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Shirley Ann Williams And Joseph L. Williams Jr. -- Part 2, Kelli Johnson
Shirley Ann Williams And Joseph L. Williams Jr. -- Part 2, Kelli Johnson
Oral Histories – NPS AACR Civil Rights In Appalachia Grant
Part 2 of Kelli Johnson's oral history interview with Shirley Ann and Joseph L. Williams Jr..
This oral history is part of the National Park Service African American Civil Rights History and Appalachia Grant Program.
Shirley Ann Williams And Joseph L. Williams Jr. -- Part 1, Kelli Johnson
Shirley Ann Williams And Joseph L. Williams Jr. -- Part 1, Kelli Johnson
Oral Histories – NPS AACR Civil Rights In Appalachia Grant
Part 1 of Kelli Johnson's oral history interview with Shirley Ann and Joseph L. Williams Jr..
This oral history is part of the National Park Service African American Civil Rights History and Appalachia Grant Program.
William "Bill" Austin Smith Sr., Kelli Johnson
William "Bill" Austin Smith Sr., Kelli Johnson
Oral Histories – NPS AACR Civil Rights In Appalachia Grant
Kelli Johnson conducting an oral history interview with Bill Smith.
This oral history is part of the National Park Service African American Civil Rights History and Appalachia Grant Program.
Arthur "Billy" Leonard Pegram Jr., Kelli Johnson
Arthur "Billy" Leonard Pegram Jr., Kelli Johnson
Oral Histories – NPS AACR Civil Rights In Appalachia Grant
Kelli Johnson conducting an oral history interview with Billy Pegram.
Mr. Pegram is know as Billy Pegram.
This oral history is part of the National Park Service African American Civil Rights History and Appalachia Grant Program.
Marcia Lynn Hoard Williams, Kelli Johnson
Marcia Lynn Hoard Williams, Kelli Johnson
Oral Histories – NPS AACR Civil Rights In Appalachia Grant
Kelli Johnson conducting an oral history interview with Marcia Williams.
This oral history is part of the National Park Service African American Civil Rights History and Appalachia Grant Program.
Internet Connectivity Among Indigenous And Tribal Communities In North America - A Focus On Social And Educational Outcomes, Christopher S. Yoo, Leon Gwaka, Muge Haseki
Internet Connectivity Among Indigenous And Tribal Communities In North America - A Focus On Social And Educational Outcomes, Christopher S. Yoo, Leon Gwaka, Muge Haseki
All Faculty Scholarship
Broadband access is an important part of enhancing rural community development, improving the general quality of life. Recent telecommunications stimulus projects in the U.S. and Canada were intended to increase availability of broadband through funding infrastructure investments, largely in rural and remote regions. However, there are various small, remote, and rural communities, who remain unconnected. Connectivity is especially important for indigenous and tribal communities to access opportunities for various public services as they are generally located in remote areas. In 2016, the FCC reported that 41% of U.S. citizens living on tribal lands, and 68% of those in the rural …
Effective Strategies For Recruiting African American Males Into Teacher Education Programs, Fredrick Wellington Snodgrass
Effective Strategies For Recruiting African American Males Into Teacher Education Programs, Fredrick Wellington Snodgrass
Online Theses and Dissertations
In today’s society, the teaching workforce should be more diverse. However, it still consists of majority white females. From a survey reported by Education Week in 2017-2018, the teaching workforce consisted of 79.2% white teachers. The same data reported that the teaching workforce consists of 7% African-Americans (Will, 2020). From that 7% of African-Americans, African-American males consists of 2% of the teaching workforce (Bell, 2017). Some school districts are seeking to attract more minority teachers to reflect their student demographics. In 2018, data reported from statista.com shows the following student demographics in K-12 public schools across the U.S.: 47% White, …
Human Capital Formation And Return Migration Within Mong Communities In Rural/Semi-Rural Northern California, Chong Yang
Human Capital Formation And Return Migration Within Mong Communities In Rural/Semi-Rural Northern California, Chong Yang
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
This research uses computational grounded theory to explore the human capital formation and stay/return migration experiences of well-educated Mong adults living in various rural/semi-rural Northern California localities within Butte, Yuba, and Sutter Counties. Rural vitality is dependent on the return of these well-educated rural-raised adults. Out-migration of rurality’s best and brightest contributes towards a brain drain and the hallowing out of rurality’s human capital. Findings of this research is conveyed using two research articles examining two different points on the continuum of rural vitality. The first article examines 19 Mong adults’ educational experiences within their rural communities and college education. …