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An Examination of Community College Students' Intrinsic Motivation, Sense of Belonging, and Perception of Presence in Online First-Year Composition Courses 

Online courses have grown in popularity, and higher education continues to diversify. Black students continue to have lower graduation rates and lower success rates in classes, that is more pronounced in online courses, than their White peers. Read more.

"Not Everyone Will Get There”: Bourdieu, Identity, and Ideology for Rural Regional Students Experiencing a Cultural Competence Immersion at the Pine Ridge Reservation

This dissertation’s interpretive qualitative study looks at how nursing students from �Ը������� University’s Salem rural regional campus narrated their experiences of a ten-day cultural competence immersion at the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota and at what this immersion and participants’ stories might reveal about their identities-in-progress.  Read more.

La Riqueza de Nuestras Raíces: Counter-Stories of Culturally Grounded Latina Leadership in Higher Education

The underrepresentation of Latina women in executive and senior administrative leadership positions within higher education remains a persistent concern. This study examined their leadership journeys, including pathways into leadership, institutional conditions encountered, and the cultural assets and experiences that supported their advancement. Read more.

A Document Analysis of Climate Change Open Educational Resources for Nature of Science Representation: A Two-Paper Set

Climate change represents a critical global challenge, and educational resources play an important role in supporting climate change instruction in K–12 classrooms. As teachers increasingly rely on freely accessible instructional resources, it is important to understand how these materials represent Nature of Science (NOS), or what science is like and how scientific knowledge develops. Read more.