...The Affects of Family Support on College Students Missouri State University The Affects of Family Support on College Students Attending College is often a huge step to many students, but having an involved parent can be key to a student’s success in college. Having an involved parent can be a helpful source of insight, a shoulder to lean on when they stumble, a cheerleader to encourage and praise their successes, and a place of safety and rest. But researchers have found that first-generation college students receive far less emotional, informational and financial support from their parents than continuing-generation students (Rhoades, G. K., & Wood, L. F, 2014). Rationale As the number of students attending college rises every year, it is important for students of the future to have a positive support system behind them. Attending college is the start to achieving a higher social class and becoming part of the thirty percent of people with a college degree in the United State. For the future of education and employment, it has concerned researchers and practitioners about the amount of families not supporting their children of their education choices. The purpose of conducting further research on the lack of family support of college students is to expand on the research by Piorkowski, G. K. (1983), Rhoades, G. K., & Wood, L. F. (2014), Wei, M., Yeh, C. J., Chao, R. C., Carrera, S., & Su, J. C. (2013) and Oshikawa, S. (1968) to use their findings to add...
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...Jordan’s Male Academy: An Insight Look American individualism, a conceptualized form of individualism, is the basis through which individuals are believed to be best represented for accuracy to generalized standards of behavior. However, it is the diversity of this country that makes the American individualism more opaque and less clear, when deviations from the standard appear. Jordan High School is an institution in Long Beach, and the place for the project observations to take place. The framework to be used in this project is a combination of Geert Hofstede’s value dimensions and Edward T. Hall’s High and Low Context cultures, to better understand the culture within the school. As part of my research, outside sources are included such as websites, books, scholarly journals, etc. According to data from the academic year 2013-2014, the total enrollment of the school is 3,481 students. The student ethnicity is divided as follows: 67.3% Hispanic or Latino, 21.6% Black or African American, 4.1% Asian, 3.2% Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 1.8% White, 0.2% American Indian or Alaska Native, 0.3% Two or more races, and 0.2% Not reported. The student population is majorly populated by students on the free/reduced meals program, and an estimated 22% are English learners. The most frequent language of English learner students is Spanish, with an 84%, followed by Khmer (Cambodian), 0.8%. The teacher’s ethnicity is described as follows for the 2011-2012 academic school year, 62...
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...The presentation of ideas in different manners influences the way the audience perceives the idea and this phenomenon is called “framing”, as introduced by Tversky and Kahneman (1981), who specifically studied its effects in the decision making preferences of people. The framing effect, such as the one found in the Asian disease problem, is often explained by using Tversky and Kahnman’s (1979) prospect theory. This theory is based on the idea that people value gains and losses differently, and, as such, will base their decisions on perceived gains rather than perceived avoided losses. Thus, if a person were given two equal choices, one expressed in terms of possible gains and the other in possible avoided losses, people would choose the former; even if both achieve the same end results. Tverky and Kahneman argue that the displeasure associated with the loss is perceived to be greater than the pleasure associated with the same amount of gain. Therefore, people respond differently, depending on whether the choices are framed in terms of gains or in terms of losses. A growing body of research in decision making is strongly influenced by the prospect theory and the Asian...
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...The dominant image of Asian Americans as high achievers can be traced back to 1966 when Time Magazine (Peterson, 1960) and U.S. News and World Report (1966) reported on the ability of Japanese- and Chinese-Americans to achieve success in the face of the same adversities declared by proponents of the civil rights movement (Tran and Birman 2010). Direct experiences are pervasive, with research showing that over 99 % of Asian American adolescents have had at least one encounter in which they felt like they were being stereotyped as a model minority (Thompson and Kiang 2010). Yet, despite its prevalence and commonality, the developmental implications of the model minority stereotype are not well-understood. Most of the existing research has been...
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...provided by the stress reduction center at West Chester University that is design for West Chester university undergraduates, to make their lives easier. These students have busy, fast paced lives. The main target market for stress less is male and female young adults ages 17 to 24. Stress less is not limited to a certain nationality, sex, racial or ethnicity, but any individual with a mental health problem. There are an increasing number of students in the age group that have reported high levels of depression due to stress. It been reported the 1 in 5 undergrads is constantly stressed. Stress less will help reduce the number high cases reported to the university. This group is in great need for a program to help them deal with the problem. Balancing classes, tests, projects, extra-curricular activities, work, and relationships and paying for college is enough to make anyone feel overwhelmed. Not only is it a problem, but it is dangerous to their general health. West Chester University is a public college located in West Chester, Pennsylvania. According to the 2011 West Chester university fact book, the university has 15,100 enrolled students both undergrads and graduates and full and part time. They all come from different states or countries. There are 85% (12,834) undergrads, 41% (5,282) of these of students are male and 59% (7,553) are females. (West Chester University Fact Book, 2011). West Chester University is comprised of 80.5% (10,328) Caucasians both full and part time...
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...playing Madama Butterfly with the fullest of her life. M. Butterfly’s counterpart Madama Butterfly presents readers Cho-cho-san, a pitiful and submissive Oriental Butterfly. Cho-cho-san’s character traits fit in almost every single aspect of the ideal of Oriental women, for instance, Cho-cho-san is a geisha, an exotic representation of Japanese women in the eyes of westerners, Cho-cho-san eventually dies of seppuku, which is the Japanese ritual suicide by disembowelment, and her ultimate sacrifice of her everything from her religion to her very life. The attributes of Cho-cho-san are not exclusive to this character only but imposed on all Asian women. The western presupposition of some certain fixed and bounded Asian attributes defines the identity of Asian women and thus, creates an image of the sacrificial and submissive Oriental women. Moreover, the historical backgrounds of Hwang’s Butterfly and Puccini’s Butterfly are, in fact, the extension of gender tension to international power struggle. Cho-cho-san’s love story happens in the Meiji Period in which Japan first opened its door to foreigners; while Gallimard and Song Liling begins having an affair in the 1960s, in the midst of Cold War. Hwang’s M. Butterfly parodies Puccini’s Madama Butterfly by reversing the conventional narrative on the gender identities and the power relationship between the West and East. In other words, M. Butterfly dissolves the constructed identities of male and female as well as projects the shifting...
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...Issues Surrounding the Graduation Rate for African American Males The American educational system is generally regarded as one of the better education systems in the world. Currently, there is much national discussion about the state of the American educational system and how it can be improved. While these discussions include students from head start to doctoral programs, there is a smaller group of students whose circumstances are exceptionally dire and go largely un-discussed. African American males have one of the highest dropout rates in the United States. This is so because African American males face significantly more obstacles in receiving a high school diploma. The main factors that contribute to African American high school males dropping out are: poverty, bad school, and family breakdown (Crouse, 2010). Conversely, there are factors that contribute to African American males graduating from high school such as culturally sensitive curricula and positive Black male role models. Understanding the scope of the contributing factors surrounding the high school graduation rate of African American males paints a picture of what it means to be Black and male in the American education system. Poverty is a contributing factor to the low high school graduation rate of African American males. "Positioning Young Black" states that 36 percent of Black children live in poverty and: In many areas, Black Americans are segregated in minority communities where children are more likely...
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...its Millennium Development Goals(MDGs) for education call for an analysis of the education system of Pakistan and to look into the issues and problems it is facing so that workable solutions could be recommended. What is Education System? The system of education includes all institutions that are involved in delivering formal education (public and private, for-profit and nonprofit, onsite or virtual instruction) and their faculties, students, physical infrastructure, resources and rules. In a broader definition the system also includes the institutions that are directly involved in financing, managing, operating or regulating such institutions (like government ministries and regulatory bodies, central testing organizations, textbook boards and accreditation boards). The rules and regulations that guide the individual and institutional interactions within the set up are also part of the education system. Education system of Pakistan: The education system of Pakistan is comprised of 260,903 institutions and is facilitating 41,018,384 students with the help of 1,535,461 teachers. The system includes 180,846 public...
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...It was hypothesized that college females who were in a supportive committed relationship would have significantly higher GPAs than students who were in unsupportive relationships. The Psychosocial Intimacy Questionnaire (PIQ, Tesch, 1985) was used to measure intimacy, specifically romantic love, supportiveness, and communication ease in a participant’s committed relationship. A student’s current GPA and questions regarding course failure and academic probatio0n. This study investigated the relationship between being in a committed relationship and academic performance in female college students. College students refer to female undergraduates attending a small, private, Catholic women’s college in northeastern New Jersey, at any class standing (freshmen, sophomore, etc). Committed relationship refers to a monogamous, supportive relationship with the student’s significant other. Academic performance refers to the student’s GPA. A study by Bailey and Miller (1998) investigated if female and male undergraduates are more satisfied with their lives if they have more or less active life styles. How active students are in pursuing goals and having a large number of roles and obligations, while at the same time maintaining interpersonal relationships they could rely on for support and decision making. Life satisfaction was assessed with respect to students’ satisfaction with school performance and their dating and family relationships. This research also 1...
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...I came from a traditional Asian family that defined as a large extended family, usually up to three or four generations living together ((Vandeusen et al., 1980) which already shaped my perspectives of cultural values and beliefs early in life. As the hierarchical in the structure of traditional Asian family, male has higher value comparing to female, therefore male has more responsibilities to take in a family such as the bread maker, a good husband, a good father, a good son following the set standards (Linda, 2002). My father is the eldest son in the family has six children and I am the eldest son in the family has five children as well as the great grandchildren. This means that I was expected to be a good example for my younger brothers and sister to follow and I am always in the comparisons with everyone in the relatives. According to Chan (1986) Asian families apply “ pride and shame “ principle, which means that an individual’s actions reflect on the whole family, to their children. People who are successful in schooling and workplace enhance family pride while bad behavior brings shame to the whole family. Being educated by this mindset, my only duty was studying hard to get good marks to be the excellent student in order to make my parents proud. I became an overachiever always seeking for the best of everything and really afraid for being second, for losing in a comparison. I was guided to study three different languages, Vietnamese, English and Mandarin; since...
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...available to everyone. African Americans, Native Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, women, and individuals with disabilities were discriminated against over the course of the development of our educational system. Horace Mann, Booker T. Washington, and Catherine Beecher took down the barriers of discrimination with their unwavering approach to educational reform. Horace Mann was at the forefront of opening the doors to education for people other than just white males. Mann, through his own life experiences, believed that education for all individuals would assist in the development of opportunities for generations to come. Mann set up libraries in many schools making it possible for students to have easy access to books. Booker T. Washington set out to show the white population that African Americans could be productive citizens through his educational leadership. Washington taught with the idea that one learned by doing, thus taught skills that one saw as useful in society. Catherine Beecher is recognized as one of the early advocates of higher education for women. The educational system has had a long and interesting road of development. Although we can read and understand how far it has come, it still has a long way to go. Many things have left me wondering why there were not any prominent named individuals who worked for reform with Native Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Asian Americans. I would assume, just as Horace Mann, Booker T. Washington, Catherine...
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...Subjects Procedure Results Discussion References Author Notes Tables Appendix ABSTRACT The existence of social distance between various ethnic groups was investigated and substantiated. The Social Learning Theory was assessed as a way to explain factors that influence social distance. Social Distance was measured by an adaptation of the Bogardus-scale. A questionnaire was administered to 131 graduate and undergraduate, American and International students, living in residence halls on the university campus. The survey asked various demographic questions and included a social distance scale. Respondents were classified into three broad ethnic groups. Data were collected from these anonymous surveys and quantitatively analyzed by a computer-driven statistical program. Among the relevant findings, it was shown that social distance is a function of ethnic background, current educational level, and previous interaction with other ethnic groups. It was found that whether or not the respondent was an international or American student significantly affected social distance. Social distance also seems to be a function of current worldly events. All variables were assessed at the .05 significance level. Results lend credence to the Social Learning Theory as a tool for explaining social distance between ethnic/cultural groups. Assessing the Existence of Social Distance and Factors that affect its Magnitude at a Southern University. Robert E. Park first defined the term and concept...
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...Asian Americans in the Workplace An In-Depth Analysis of Korean Americans 11/19/2007 Table of Contents Introduction 3 History of Korean Immigration to the United States 4 Values and Customs 10 Demographical Profile 16 The ‘Bamboo Ceiling’: Barriers in the Workplace 22 A Personal Interview: A Different Side to the Story 26 Conclusion 27 References 28 Introduction The term “Asian American” has a rich history in the United States. It refers to a person of Asian ancestry who also obtains American citizenship. The term was originally used by the Census Bureau to clarify and distinguish the government’s equal opportunity programs and measurements. Also, the term “Asian American” was used by anti-war activists during the 1960s instead of using the “Oriental” which was perceived as more derogatory and demeaning. This phrase was finally popularized into mainstream academic usage in the 1970s, and is now the accepted term for government and academic research (Dacin and Hitt, 1997). Although this term allows for economists, sociologists, and statisticians to breakdown the different cultural groups found within the United States, one can delve much further into the evolution of the people we categorize as “Asian American.” In the following pages, we will attempt to explain our research findings on the evolution of one innergroup of Asian Americans within the United States, the Korean Americans. The issues raised will include: 1. An extensive overview of...
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...Diversity in the Workplace The United States is facing the need to provide nursing care to an increasing diverse patient population with a nursing workforce that, in itself, is impacted by generational, ethnic and gender differences. The purpose of this paper is to present the importance of diversity in the workplace and delivering culturally competent nursing care, the impact of gender diversity, and the misrepresentation of minorities in the nursing profession. Importance of diversity in the workplace America is a kaleidoscope of cultures, religions, races, and nationalities. The USA Quick Facts from the US Census Bureau shows the following 2011 population statistics: White 63.4%, Hispanic/Latino 16.7%, Black/Afro-American 13.1%, Asian 5.0%, American Indian & Alaska Native 1.2%, and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders. 0.2%. In 2012 minority population increased to 37% and is projected that minorities will be the majority by 2043. Mason, Leavitt & Chaffee (2012) pointed out that as our population “continues to grow and increase its diversity, it is important that the nursing workforce reflect these changes to effectively meet patient care needs and ensure cultural competency” (p. 378). Cultural assessments must be part of the nurse’s health assessment. To be culturally competent nurses need to be aware of their own culture, and the diverse culture of their colleagues and patient populations (Maier-Lorentz, 2008). Culturally competent nursing care is important for...
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...Research Method Report Analysis Hypothesis – Asian pupils are more likely to place a higher value on education and have a more positive attitude towards education than black African and white pupils. We chose to study students of different ethnicities – Black African, White, and South Asian. Specifically, we wanted to find out how different ethnic groups value education and their attitudes towards education. The reason why we chose this particular hypothesis was because we wanted to approach the stereotype of South Asians valuing education more than other ethnic groups. Also, we wanted to investigate how attitudes changed over years, as pupils did not have positive attitudes towards education and did not value it as much as they do nowadays. As our research method, we chose to use semi-structured interviews. These are interviews that consist of the same set of questions, but the researcher can probe the interviewee for more information. Usually, researchers use open-ended questions so that they can gain deeper insights. A pilot study was conducted before beginning the real interviews because we wanted to see who would fit what role and whether we were interviewing correctly. One reason as to why we chose this research method is that it allows you to gain deep insights because the researcher is able to probe for more information. Also, we are able to correct the students when confusion occurs. Another reason is that we can establish rapports with the interviewees, allowing...
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