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"Focusing on three hunger strikes occurring on university campuses in California in the 1990s, Ralph Armbruster-Sandoval examines people's willingness to make... 
Stanford University Student strike, 1994 | University of California, Santa Barbara Student strike, 1994 | University of California, Los Angeles Student strike, 1993 | Hispanic American college students | Hunger strikes | Student protesters

"Based on extensive original research, this book explores the early educational experiences of foreign children in Japan. It considers foreign children's... 
Students, Foreign | Students | Language and languages | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General | Study and teaching | Foreign speakers | Language and culture | Social aspects | Language acquisition | Social conditions | Linguistic minorities | Japanese Culture & Society | Japanese Studies | International & Comparative Education | Education Policy & Politics | Students - Japan - Social conditions

Political activity | Student movements | Greece Social conditions | College students | Greece Politics and government | Ethnikon Metsovion Polytechneion (Greece) Student strike, 1973 | History

This reader-friendly, interactive staff development resource is designed to help teachers deal with some of the main barriers-particularly 'mental baggage' -... 
Motivation in education | African American students | Services for | Racism in education | Teacher-student relationships | Psychology | Schule | Chancengleichheit | USA | Schwarzer | African American students - Services for

Using previously classified documents and original interviews, "The Other Alliance" examines the channels of cooperation between American and West German... 
Political activity | International cooperation | Students | Student movements | Vietnam War, 1961-1975 | Protest movements | History | Internationale Politik | USA | Neue Linke | Sozialistischer Deutscher Studentenbund | Internationale Zusammenarbeit | Soziales Netzwerk | Deutschland-BRD | Studentenbewegung | Politischer Protest | Schwarzer | Geschichte (Histor) | United States | 20th century | Germany (West) | Vietnam War, 1961–1975 | Political Science

Exploring the Palestinian Student Movement from an historical and sociological perspective, this book demonstrates how Palestinian national identity has been... 
Palestinian Arabs | Political activity | Gaza Strip | West Bank | Student movements | General Union of Palestine Students | Education, Higher | College students | National characteristics, Palestinian | Social aspects | History | Education (Higher) | Politics & government | Middle East Studies | Middle East Politics

The financing of higher education is undergoing great change in many countries around the world. In recent years many countries are moving from a system where... 
Student aid | Student loans | College costs | Students | Finance, Personal | International & Comparative Education | Higher Education | United States

"An understanding of today's college students is vital to the effectiveness of our nation's colleges and universities. The third in a series on college student... 
Attitudes | Political activity | College students | Education, Higher | Social aspects

The Chinese Educational Mission was one of the earliest efforts at educational modernization in China. As part of the Self-Strengthening Movement, the Qing... 
History | Chinese students | Great Britain | Decentralization in government | 20th century | Scotland | 19th century | Scottish Office | Politics and government

African Americans and Latinos earn lower grades and drop out of college more often than whites or Asians. Yet thirty years after deliberate minority... 
Academic achievement | College students | Minorities | Educational equalization | Social conditions | Education (Higher) | Sociology, Social Studies | College | Soziale Situation | USA | Student | United States | Education | Sociology | Rating of | Discrimination in education | Recruiting | College Freshmen | Minority Groups | Socioeconomic Background | Ethnicity | Higher Education | Academic Failure | Cultural Background | Student Characteristics | Low Achievement

"Student Engagement in Higher Education fills a longstanding void in the higher education and student affairs literature. In the fully revised and updated... 
Student affairs services | Student activities | Muticultural education | Services for | EDUCATION / Students & Student Life | College students | EDUCATION / Higher

Political activity | Students | Developing countries Social conditionsHistory | Student movements | Youth protest movements | Youth | History

The case studies describe projects that support the success of international students studying at academic institutions, and provide examples of strategies for... 
Students, Foreign | Services to minorities | Libraries and colleges | Library orientation for minority college students | Graduate students, Foreign | International education | Services to graduate students | Activity programs | Academic libraries | Library outreach programs | Counseling of

How do college students "really" conduct research for classroom assignments? In 2008, five large Illinois universities were awarded a Library Services and... 
Services to minorities | Methodology | Study and teaching (Higher) | Attitudes | Research | Academic libraries | Relations with faculty and curriculum | Libraries and colleges | Libraries and teachers | Libraries and students | Information behavior | College students | Ethnographic Research in Illinois Academic Libraries Project | Use studies | Ethnography | Student Research | Library Services | Use Studies | Help Seeking | Librarians | Marketing | Hispanic American Students | Library Services and Technology Act 1996 | College Students | Undergraduate Students | Illinois | First Generation College Students | Library Instruction | College Faculty | Expectation | College Libraries | Interviews

There is lots of popular and scholarly concern today about why black students aren't doing better in school. The most popular explanation, the "acting white"... 
Academic achievement | Ethnic identity | Education | African Americans | African American students | School integration | Social aspects | Track system (Education) | Social conditions | Integration | USA | Identität | Schulbildung | Schwarzer | Rasse | sociology | United States | Ability | Acting white slur | Race | Brown v. board of education | Achievement | Curriculum tracking | School success | Black students

Launched in 1964, the Mississippi Freedom Schools were designed to counteract segregationist policies that inhibited opportunities for black youth. Providing... 
Student movements | Civil rights movements | African Americans | 1900 - 1999 | History | Political aspects | Mississippi | Mississippi Freedom Schools | Education | Mississippi Race relationsHistory | African American students | Civil rights | Political activists | Race relations | History, Political Science, African-American Studies, Civil Rights | Law | Political Science | 20th century | Sociology