Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
- Discipline
-
- African American Studies (1)
- Arts and Humanities (1)
- Clinical Psychology (1)
- Education Policy (1)
- Educational Psychology (1)
-
- Experimental Analysis of Behavior (1)
- Higher Education (1)
- Medicine and Health Sciences (1)
- Mental and Social Health (1)
- Policy Design, Analysis, and Evaluation (1)
- Psychology (1)
- Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration (1)
- Public Policy (1)
- Race and Ethnicity (1)
- Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies (1)
- Sociology (1)
- Substance Abuse and Addiction (1)
Articles 1 - 2 of 2
Full-Text Articles in Education
The Attracting Intelligent Minds Conference: An Assessment Of Graduate Diversity Recruitment, Alfred T. Dowe
The Attracting Intelligent Minds Conference: An Assessment Of Graduate Diversity Recruitment, Alfred T. Dowe
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Graduate student recruitment is one of the most important factors in growing university enrollment. Unlike undergraduate recruitment, graduate recruitment is a coordinated effort facilitated between graduate faculty and program coordinators and graduate recruiters who often work outside of the department. An essential element in graduate recruitment is the effectiveness with which underrepresented minorities are identified and recruited. Graduate schools are commonly using initiatives known as intervention strategies to help enhance their traditional recruitment strategies and campus visitation programs have become a popular recruitment tool within those strategies.
Since the 1990’s, the University of Arkansas (UA) has employed various intervention strategies …
An Examination Of Psychoeducation And Its Potential Modifying Influence On Alcohol Use Patterns Among Adults Reporting Co-Occurring Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms And Hazardous Alcohol Consumption, Sarah Jo Bujarski
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Research has suggested that consumption of alcohol in the presence of elevated posttraumatic stress symptom (PTSS) may serve an avoidant function to cope with negative emotions. These coping-related motives for use are theorized to both maintain PTSS and relate to poorer prognoses in treatment for alcohol use disorders (AUDs). Treatments utilizing coping skills training, which typically also involves educating clients about the negative consequences of drinking alcohol to cope, suggest the utility of targeting coping behaviors to reduce alcohol use. These studies, however, have not attempted to isolate the effects of psychoeducation on alcohol-related factors. The current study investigated the …