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P17 Black Male Summit, Brandon Jackson
P17 Black Male Summit, Brandon Jackson
Black Male Summit
Tale of Two African American Males and Their Journey to Ivy League Schools: A Case Study
How do we get more African American males to show their GREATNESS and academic prowess? Can Black Males attend Ivy League schools? How do we prepare our Black Male Scholars for college and career readiness to maximize their education?
P18 Black Male Summit, Brandon Jackson
P18 Black Male Summit, Brandon Jackson
Black Male Summit
GRAB “A Hands-On Approach to Student Engagement and Academic Performance for African American Males”
Can a handful of words change the trajectory of a persons’ life? Can this acronym G.R.A.B. lead to enhanced college and career readiness in addition enhance their quality of life?
Modeling The Progress And Retention Of International Students Using Markov Chains, Lucas Gagne
Modeling The Progress And Retention Of International Students Using Markov Chains, Lucas Gagne
Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects
International students are a small and diverse student population present in any sizable American university. One of the greatest obstacles in their path is the acquisition of the English language. English for Academic Purposes (EAP) programs, such as the English Language Institute (ELI) at the University of Akron, attempt to address this problem. By studying how this student population progresses in their academic studies, EAP programs and their associated universities can make well-informed decisions on how best to serve their English Language Learners. One way to study International students is through the use of a Markov model based on university …
Perfecting The Process Of Pairing College Roommates: A State Of The Art Review, Carly A. Corio
Perfecting The Process Of Pairing College Roommates: A State Of The Art Review, Carly A. Corio
Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects
The entirety of higher education is facing new budgeting and costly cuts to essential entities of the institutions. One of the most expensive and fiscally-beneficial parts of most college campuses are their residential facilities. With the thousands of universities in the country come hundreds of thousands of residence halls, all filled with pairs of roommates. Apart from a handful of them that self-select who they room with, the majority of college roommates are randomly paired using a computerized questionnaire that does its best to put two random individuals together in hopes that they are compatible as roommates. This state of …