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The Relationship Between Management Diversity And Supplier Diversity Program Development: A Supplier Diversity Professional Perspective, Marilyn L. King
The Relationship Between Management Diversity And Supplier Diversity Program Development: A Supplier Diversity Professional Perspective, Marilyn L. King
Public Affairs Dissertations
Companies that supply the Federal government with goods and services are required by law to have a supplier diversity program/initiative. They are also required to appoint a supplier diversity professional to manage the program. Programs are audited by the Small Business Administration to determine due diligence efforts to achieve the mandated annual spend, education, and development requirements from the Veterans Administration for small businesses. Supplier diversity programs typically begin at the token level and can usually be developed to a world class level if the initiatives are strategically integrated in the corporation's supply chain and supported by senior management. For …
Impact Of The Advancement Via Individual Determination (Avid) Program On Closing The Academic Achievement Gap, Charlotte S. Ford
Impact Of The Advancement Via Individual Determination (Avid) Program On Closing The Academic Achievement Gap, Charlotte S. Ford
Public Affairs Dissertations
There is disparity in the quality of school experiences encountered by students of different races, languages, social classes, and communities. There are also systemic issues that affect the quality of education received by students attending schools primarily comprised of students from the lower socioeconomic status and ethnic minorities. Students of color and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds consistently earn lower grades and lower test scores than their peers. Despite many education reform efforts in the 1980s and 1990s, the academic achievement gap continues to persist.AVID program was evaluated as an academic intervention program geared toward closing the academic achievement gap. …
The Relationship Between Management Diversity And Supplier Diversity Program Development: A Supplier Diversity Professional Perspective, Marilyn L. King
The Relationship Between Management Diversity And Supplier Diversity Program Development: A Supplier Diversity Professional Perspective, Marilyn L. King
Public Affairs Dissertations
Companies that supply the Federal government with goods and services are required by law to have a supplier diversity program/initiative. They are also required to appoint a supplier diversity professional to manage the program. Programs are audited by the Small Business Administration to determine due diligence efforts to achieve the mandated annual spend, education, and development requirements from the Veterans Administration for small businesses. Supplier diversity programs typically begin at the token level and can usually be developed to a world class level if the initiatives are strategically integrated in the corporation's supply chain and supported by senior management. For …
More Than Money: Higher Education Decisions Of Low-Income And Minority Students, Tiffany Gurley-Alloway
More Than Money: Higher Education Decisions Of Low-Income And Minority Students, Tiffany Gurley-Alloway
Public Affairs Dissertations
A gap persists in K-12 academic achievement, high school persistence, college attendance, and educational attainment by income level and race/ethnicity. Issues of race and ethnicity in education are often intertwined with those of economic status because African Americans and Latinos are more likely to live in poverty and have lower median household incomes than are Whites in US. Much of the literature regarding the achievement gap focuses on barriers faced by low-income and minority students; two barriers in particular are low student motivation and inadequate academic preparation. In addition to these individual level barriers, schools as institutions perpetuate and reward …
Impact Of The Advancement Via Individual Determination (Avid) Program On Closing The Academic Achievement Gap, Charlotte S. Ford
Impact Of The Advancement Via Individual Determination (Avid) Program On Closing The Academic Achievement Gap, Charlotte S. Ford
Public Affairs Dissertations
There is disparity in the quality of school experiences encountered by students of different races, languages, social classes, and communities. There are also systemic issues that affect the quality of education received by students attending schools primarily comprised of students from the lower socioeconomic status and ethnic minorities. Students of color and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds consistently earn lower grades and lower test scores than their peers. Despite many education reform efforts in the 1980s and 1990s, the academic achievement gap continues to persist.AVID program was evaluated as an academic intervention program geared toward closing the academic achievement gap. …
More Than Money: Higher Education Decisions Of Low-Income And Minority Students, Tiffany Gurley-Alloway
More Than Money: Higher Education Decisions Of Low-Income And Minority Students, Tiffany Gurley-Alloway
Public Affairs Dissertations
A gap persists in K-12 academic achievement, high school persistence, college attendance, and educational attainment by income level and race/ethnicity. Issues of race and ethnicity in education are often intertwined with those of economic status because African Americans and Latinos are more likely to live in poverty and have lower median household incomes than are Whites in US. Much of the literature regarding the achievement gap focuses on barriers faced by low-income and minority students; two barriers in particular are low student motivation and inadequate academic preparation. In addition to these individual level barriers, schools as institutions perpetuate and reward …