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The Quest For Respect: Esl Faculty And Programs In U.S. Higher Education, Ildiko Porter-Szucs
The Quest For Respect: Esl Faculty And Programs In U.S. Higher Education, Ildiko Porter-Szucs
MITESOL Journal: An Online Publication of MITESOL
Relying on data from two nationwide surveys, this study examines the status of ESL programs in primarily U.S. higher educational settings as perceived by professionals in such programs. The focus is on the perceived lack of recognition and on measures taken against it. Survey respondents make suggestions for increasing the field’s visibility and respect on campus through interdepartmental outreach, policy and curricular initiatives, marketing, publishing/presenting, and academic as well as non-academic initiatives involving students.
Black Male Persistence Through Stereotypes In College, Taylor B. H. Boyd
Black Male Persistence Through Stereotypes In College, Taylor B. H. Boyd
Masters Theses
Stereotypes create threatening environments for Black males on campus causing social, psychological, and academic effects of Black male collegiate success. The theoretical underpinnings of stereotype threat and critical race theory drive this study and explain where stereotypes derive from and how they create threatening environments for stereotyped Black male collegians. In addition, this thesis seeks to break the deficit narrative surrounding Black males in college. In doing so, this study highlights how Black males persist through stereotypes and the threatening environments they create in both academic and social settings in college. The qualitative phenomenological research design captures the lived experiences …