Browsing UW-L Theses & Dissertations by Subject "Education, Higher"
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BIPOC medical student wellness: An interpretative phenomenological analysis
(2024-05)Black, Indigenous, (and) People of Color (BIPOC) medical student wellness has been studied almost exclusively by utilizing quantitative research methods. Few studies have looked at BIPOC medical student wellness through ... -
“Can I really do this?”: Understanding the experiences and choice to persist of underrepresented conditionally admitted first-year college students
(“Can I really do this?”: Understanding the experiences and choice to persist of underrepresented conditionally admitted first-year college students, 2021-08)Research lacks insight into how the transition to college affects conditionally admitted college students and what may influence their stress levels, academic performance, or persistence rates. The purpose of this ... -
Career aspirations of Wisconsin women working in student affairs: The effect of demographic and institutional factors
(2023-12)The purpose of this census-style quantitative research was to investigate what relationship existed between demographic and institutional factors and women's career advancement aspirations in student affairs in the state ... -
Changing the price of the ticket: a critical analysis of high impact practices
(2020-05)Institutions of higher education present High Impact Practices (HIPs) as educational best- practice for all students, investing resources to intervene in ways that may perpetuate inequality rather than address it. This ... -
Critical student affairs pedagogy: A qualitative study of student affairs educators’ beliefs and practices for teaching in undergraduate settings
(2023-12)After nearly 100 years, student affairs’ educational role in colleges and universities continues to be debated (ACPA, 1937; McCaughey & Welsh, 2021; Penney, 1969;). While student affairs personnel, at the field’s origins, ... -
From the margins to the center: A critical phenomenological study on the experiences of BIPOC DEI leaders at two-year predominantly White institutions in the Midwest
(2024-08)This study examines the motivations, definitions of success, and elements that contribute to their self-defined success among BIPOC DEI leaders in two-year predominantly White institutions (PWIs) in the Midwest. Using a ... -
Go with the flow: A phenomenological study of regional admissions professionals recruiting in the Midwest
(2024-08)Institutions of higher education have faced significant changes. While institutions have adapted to these many changes due to internal and external factors, limited inquiry is available on experiences of regional admissions ... -
Hanging on to our hope: African American middle level managers’ retention in student affairs
(2024-08)This qualitative dissertation study addressed why African American middle-level managers remain in their positions in higher education or student affairs. This study highlighted issues relevant to middle-level managers ... -
Mii o’no gidibaajimowininaanan (These are our stories): Raising the voices and experiences of Indigenous students in higher education
(2023-05)This Indigenous-framed research used counterstorytelling to identify and center student success factors through shared stories provided by five Indigenous students in higher education in Northern Minnesota and Northern ... -
National Guard students and academic disruptions in higher education: A hermeneutic phenomenological study
(2023-05)National Guard students experience academic disruptions when military service and college academic coursework overlap. The pace of military operations and the increased reliance on the National Guard raise the likelihood ... -
NCAA Division III student athletes' perceptions of Title IX
(2020-05)United States President Richard Nixon signed Title IX of the Educational Amendments Act into law in 1972. Since 1972, Title IX on college campuses has legally mandated access for both sexes to all academic offerings and ... -
Redefining Hmong American woman identity in higher education: A scholarly personal narrative
(2021-05)Recent educational trends for Hmong American women have been the pursuit of postsecondary education and the development of new self-identities as first- and second- generation college students. As the researcher and ... -
“Running when everyone else is walking”: How college student mothers perceive their intersecting identities, navigate barriers, and define success
(2023-05)There are nearly 3.5 million mothers currently pursuing an undergraduate degree in the United States. Despite the substantial number of student mothers on college campuses, there are significant gaps in the extant ... -
Stop-out experiences of part-time and fluidly enrolled, low-income, first-generation community college women
(2021-08)This study addresses the need to better understand community college students' varied enrollment behaviors and experiences in the context of the national college completion agenda, current research, and retention theory. ... -
“Taking a Step Back”: What White Student Affairs Practitioners Engaged in Social Justice Work Say about Followership
(2023-05)The study of followership is underrepresented in leadership literature. The purpose of this interpretative phenomenological study was to explore how White student affairs practitioners engaged in social justice work at a ... -
Transfer pathways: A critical phenomenological study of Latinx community college students’ experience
(2023-05)This phenomenological study aims to understand the lived experience of Latinx transfer students as they navigate through the transfer process from a California community college to four-year universities in California. ...