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Minoritized Medical Students' Integration Of Professional Identities: A Phenomenological Study, Travis Erickson Dec 2023

Minoritized Medical Students' Integration Of Professional Identities: A Phenomenological Study, Travis Erickson

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This qualitative study fills a gap in the extant literature by exploring how medical students with minoritized identities make meaning about sense of self-definition and emerging professional identities while enrolled in medical school. More specifically, the focus of this study explored how minoritized medical students perceived their sense of self and dimensions of identity were shaped during their medical education, and what perceptions these medical students had about how they manage their professional identity development. Emergent themes included: (a) making connections between self-definition and professional identities, (b) past experience of difference shaping identities, (c) self-definition with complexity, (d) fluidity as …


An Economic Analysis Of Student Loan Default, Arianna Castonguay May 2019

An Economic Analysis Of Student Loan Default, Arianna Castonguay

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Cumulative student loan debt in the United States has now surpassed $1.5 trillion. Moreover, since the turn of the century, cohort default rates of these loans have steadily risen across all types of institutions. The latest data from the U.S. Department of Education shows 10.8 percent of borrowers who entered repayment in fiscal year 2015 have defaulted within three years. In turn, the first chapter of this paper summarizes student loan policies as well as trends in debt and default. Furthermore, it highlights the consequences of high student debt and default for individual borrowers and the economy. Results show evidence …


Minerva 2019, The Honors College Jan 2019

Minerva 2019, The Honors College

Minerva

This issue of Minerva includes a farewell from departing Honors Dean, François Amar; an article on the new service-learning course HON 175 and the course's inaugural Hurricane Island experience; and a deep dive into the Servant Heart Research Collaborative and the group's visit to Sierra Leone, Africa. Other highlights include reflections by a number of Honors faculty who returned from sabbatical; and a look into 2019-2020 student thesis research and internship experiences.


The Marginalization Of Faculty And The Quantification Of Educational Policy: Lessons From My Many Years On Faculty Senates, Howard P. Segal Jan 2019

The Marginalization Of Faculty And The Quantification Of Educational Policy: Lessons From My Many Years On Faculty Senates, Howard P. Segal

Maine Policy Review

Howard Segal shares conclusions about higher education and policy that apply to public colleges and universities across the country.


Muslim International Student And Higher Education: A Qualitative Study Of Students' Experiences Against A Backdrop Of Islamophobia, Donna M. Seppy May 2018

Muslim International Student And Higher Education: A Qualitative Study Of Students' Experiences Against A Backdrop Of Islamophobia, Donna M. Seppy

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

International student enrollment at institutions of higher education in the United States continues to rise. Despite political and social tensions, students from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) nations continue to enroll in record numbers, yet there is minimal literature focused on the experiences of this sub-group of international students.

This qualitative study sought to understand the lived-experiences and perceived needs of Muslim International students from Middle East and North Africa nations enrolled in an institution of higher education in the northeast United States. This study employed a phenomenological approach to discovery aimed to develop new understandings of their …


Minerva 2016, The Honors College Dec 2016

Minerva 2016, The Honors College

Minerva

This issue of Minerva includes the article "Dear Bill and Betsy," documenting student gratitude for generous Honors donors Bill and Betsy Leitch; an interview with former professor and Honors Preceptor, Walter Macdougall; and an article on Honors student Emily Illingworth and her experiences in Honors. Other highlights include an article on distinguished Honors graduates Mark Pettegrow and Mark Haskell; and an article on the 2016 election as covered by UMaine Journalism students.


"It's Not Just The Money" Figure 28, Philip A. Trostel Oct 2015

"It's Not Just The Money" Figure 28, Philip A. Trostel

'It's Not Just the Money' Data Sets

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"It's Not Just The Money" Figures 26-27, Philip A. Trostel Oct 2015

"It's Not Just The Money" Figures 26-27, Philip A. Trostel

'It's Not Just the Money' Data Sets

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"It's Not Just The Money" Figure 19, Philip A. Trostel Oct 2015

"It's Not Just The Money" Figure 19, Philip A. Trostel

'It's Not Just the Money' Data Sets

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"It's Not Just The Money" Figure 18, Philip A. Trostel Oct 2015

"It's Not Just The Money" Figure 18, Philip A. Trostel

'It's Not Just the Money' Data Sets

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"It's Not Just The Money" Figure 20, Philip A. Trostel Oct 2015

"It's Not Just The Money" Figure 20, Philip A. Trostel

'It's Not Just the Money' Data Sets

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"It's Not Just The Money" Figures 34-35, Philip A. Trostel Oct 2015

"It's Not Just The Money" Figures 34-35, Philip A. Trostel

'It's Not Just the Money' Data Sets

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"It's Not Just The Money" Figures 22-24, Philip A. Trostel Oct 2015

"It's Not Just The Money" Figures 22-24, Philip A. Trostel

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"It's Not Just The Money" Figures 12-17, Philip A. Trostel Oct 2015

"It's Not Just The Money" Figures 12-17, Philip A. Trostel

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"It's Not Just The Money" Figure 30, Philip A. Trostel Oct 2015

"It's Not Just The Money" Figure 30, Philip A. Trostel

'It's Not Just the Money' Data Sets

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"It's Not Just The Money" Figure 25, Philip A. Trostel Oct 2015

"It's Not Just The Money" Figure 25, Philip A. Trostel

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"It's Not Just The Money" Figure 31, Philip A. Trostel Oct 2015

"It's Not Just The Money" Figure 31, Philip A. Trostel

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"It's Not Just The Money" Figure 29, Philip A. Trostel Oct 2015

"It's Not Just The Money" Figure 29, Philip A. Trostel

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"It's Not Just The Money" Figure 11, Philip A. Trostel Oct 2015

"It's Not Just The Money" Figure 11, Philip A. Trostel

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"It's Not Just The Money" Figure 44, Philip A. Trostel Oct 2015

"It's Not Just The Money" Figure 44, Philip A. Trostel

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"It's Not Just The Money" Figure 43, Philip A. Trostel Oct 2015

"It's Not Just The Money" Figure 43, Philip A. Trostel

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"It's Not Just The Money" Figure 46, Philip A. Trostel Oct 2015

"It's Not Just The Money" Figure 46, Philip A. Trostel

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"It's Not Just The Money" Figures 36-39, Philip A. Trostel Oct 2015

"It's Not Just The Money" Figures 36-39, Philip A. Trostel

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"It's Not Just The Money" Figure 40, Philip A. Trostel Oct 2015

"It's Not Just The Money" Figure 40, Philip A. Trostel

'It's Not Just the Money' Data Sets

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"It's Not Just The Money" Figure 41, Philip A. Trostel Oct 2015

"It's Not Just The Money" Figure 41, Philip A. Trostel

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Humanizing The Humanities: A Historical, Cultural, And Philosophical Examination Of The Disintegration Of Humanities Higher Education, Nicholas Moore Apr 2014

Humanizing The Humanities: A Historical, Cultural, And Philosophical Examination Of The Disintegration Of Humanities Higher Education, Nicholas Moore

Honors College

This essay is an examination of the multifaceted reasons humanities education in American colleges is losing standing and funding. Historical, cultural, and philosophical perspectives are used to analyze the grounds that have justified the decreasing levels of support for humanities education. Historically, there is no longer any external justification provided, as there was when Sputnik was launched and the Cold War was endured. Culturally, the high culture model of ascension through the accrual of cultural signifiers is no longer the dominant form of raising one’s status, as it was when the humanities could be justified as cultural initiation. Philosophically, market-based …


Background Report On College Affordability In Maine, Philip A. Trostel Jul 2003

Background Report On College Affordability In Maine, Philip A. Trostel

Economic Development

The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education gave Maine an “F” grade for affordability of higher education in both Measuring Up 2000 and Measuring Up 2002. In the 2000 report, Maine’s affordability score (54 on a 100-point scale) was 3rd worst in the nation (ahead of RI and NH). In the 2002 report, Maine’s affordability score (56) was in a three-way tie (with NY and VT) for 7th worst in the country (ahead of NH, RI, MT, OR, DE, OH). Although there are legitimate criticisms of the methodology for constructing these scores, it seems pretty clear that college …


Increasing Postsecondary Enrollments In Maine: Changes Needed In Higher Education Policies, David L. Silvernail Jan 1997

Increasing Postsecondary Enrollments In Maine: Changes Needed In Higher Education Policies, David L. Silvernail

Maine Policy Review

Why does Maine rank so low in higher education participation? What factors may be influencing whether Maine citizens pursue education beyond high school? Much of the debate to answer these questions has focused on students and described the problem as a lack of aspirations. David Silvernail provides another look at this issue. While student aspirations are important, Silvernail suggests that factors related to Maine's higher education system also may contribute to the problem of low enrollment. He compares Maine to six peer states and finds that for a number of factors such as cost and program accessibility, Maine ranks poorly. …


The Comittee On Women And The Curriculum-October 1982, University Of Maine, Committee On Women In The Curriculum Staff Oct 1982

The Comittee On Women And The Curriculum-October 1982, University Of Maine, Committee On Women In The Curriculum Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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The Comittee On Women And The Curriculum-April 1982, University Of Maine, Committee On Women In The Curriculum Staff Apr 1982

The Comittee On Women And The Curriculum-April 1982, University Of Maine, Committee On Women In The Curriculum Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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