Sentences with phrase «ethnic studies programs»

Ethnic - action associations and ethnic studies programs have been established on college campuses across the country.

Ethnic particularism, in the official form of admissions procedures and ethnic studies programs and the unofficial form of students» seating choices in the cafeteria and the library, is a powerful force in American...

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Not exact matches

Special programs have been established in ethnic studies and in women's studies, for example, that address the needs of some students and support certain social movements.

Thus when the guerrillas of the New Left marched off the streets and into the universities at the end of the sixties, they did not create «proletarian studies» programs, but fortresses of ethnic and gender politics.

They said the key messages from the study were that stroke is a highly preventable disease globally, regardless of age and sex; that the relative importance of modifiable risk factors means there should be development of regional or ethnic - specific primary prevention programs, and that additional research on stroke risk factors is needed for countries and ethnic groups not included in INTERSTROKE.

«One answer to fostering academic equity among high achievers is the public availability of challenging educational programs across all ethnic and social class backgrounds,» said study author Sharon L. Weinberg, professor of applied statistics and psychology at NYU Steinhardt.

«Our studies highlight the need for college prevention and treatment programs to focus efforts on sexual, gender, racial and ethnic minority groups.»

Beth Berila, Ph.D., 500 - hr RYT is the Director of the Women's Studies Program and Professor in the Ethnic and Women's Studies Department at St. Cloud State University in St. Cloud, Minnesota.

And, of course, most graduate and professional school programs in all areas of study suffer from poor participation by students from historically underrepresented racial and ethnic backgrounds.

Nine of those studies found that school choice provided a more integrated classroom experience, one found no visible difference, and no empirical study had ever found that a school choice program made ethnic segregation worse.

Schools offer a robust selection of classes and after - school programs in the arts, languages, and ethnic studies, as well as Advanced Placement (AP) and honors courses.

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A robust selection of classes and afterschool programs in the arts, languages, ethnic studies, AP, IB, and honors courses as well as services, for example to support special education students.

Forster has conducted empirical studies on the impact of school choice programs in Milwaukee, Ohio, Florida and Texas, as well as national empirical studies comparing public and private schools in terms of working conditions for teachers, ethnic segregation and teacher and staff misconduct.

Our study explores this question by examining ethnic and linguistic variation in the alignment between parents» and teachers» evaluations of their relationship, as well as the extent to which participation in a family engagement program designed to strengthen relationships among parents, school staff, and children might improve parents» and teachers» perceptions of one another or bring these perceptions into closer alignment.

Sara served as Visiting Faculty in the Ethnic Studies Department of Brown University, and entered a graduate program at Brown's Center for Environmental Studies in 2009.

Although «the vast majority (87 %) of law firms participating in the study reported that they currently have a mentoring or associate integration program,» most law firms that participated in the study did not offer specialty mentoring programs specifically designed for women or ethnic minority lawyers.

Several studies have shown that immigrants and ethnic groups are underrepresented in parenting support programs and that the programs only reach native - born parents and those parents with higher levels of education.16 — 18 There are also difficulties related to recruiting and retaining immigrant parents and hard - to - reach groups in interventions.19, 20 There is limited evidence on parenting intervention programs directed toward immigrant parents.

A 2008 study of Oklahoma's universal preschool program conducted in Tulsa showed positive results for all racial and ethnic groups, but impacts were particularly strong for Hispanic children.

Erkut's research on children and adolescents included a research program on raising confident and competent girls, Puerto Rican youth development, the effects of sports on girls» and boys» development and sexual behavior, evaluating youth - serving agencies» science and math programs for girls and children of color, and a study of racial / ethnic identification among adolescents from mixed - ancestry backgrounds.

The Supporting Healthy Marriage (SHM) study tested a voluntary, yearlong relationship and marriage education program targeting low - income married couples from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds who had children or were expecting a child.

While existing literature has focused on how MFT training programs can become culturally sensitive, attract and retain students from ethnic minorities, and subsequently produce culturally competent therapists able to meet the needs of underserved communities, few studies have focused on the experience of Latinos specifically.

We addressed some of the prior criticisms of EBT research by ensuring that (1) participants and study context were clinically representative, (2) there were no systematic differences in clinician competence across conditions (ie, all clinicians were randomly assigned), and (3) the sample would include the ethnic diversity that critics have found insufficient in the randomized controlled trial literature.17 - 20 Accordingly, we obtained samples from outpatient treatment programs that served the general public across a broad demographic and income range, we included only youths whose families sought treatment (ie, no recruiting or advertising), all treatment was provided by professional clinicians employed in the participating programs, and all treatment was provided in those programs (ie, not in university laboratory clinics).