College of Education
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Current Issue: Volume 4, Number 3 (2019)
Dedication to Dr. Jill Thompson
This issue is dedicated to the late Dr. Jill Thompson who passed away, September 2, 2019. Dr. Thompson served on several dissertation committees at Fayetteville State University, in addition to numerous other accumulates in higher education. Dr. Thompson was a dedicated faculty member at Clark Atlanta University, Xavier University of Louisiana, Governor State University, University of Wisconsin-Stout, University of New Orleans, and Prairieview AME of Texas. Dr. Thompson published books, numerous articles, and publications/presentations on Mental Health. She was a driving force in the educational careers of hundreds of students through her teaching and mentoring. Salute to a notorious educator and colleague.Research Articles
Black Male College Persistence: A Phenomenological Collective of Familial and Social Motivators
Tyson Beale, LaVar Charleston, and Adriel A. Hilton
Factors Influencing Disciplinary Committee Effectiveness: The Case Of Public Secondary Schools In Ondo State, Nigeria
Akindele Matthew Ige
Changing Kindergarten Readiness Perceptions in the Rural South
Jeffrey L. Leffler, Ksenia S. Zhbanova, Brooke Sibley, Arnedra Floyd, and Tracy Brown
Examining The Institutional Factors Promoting The Educational Attainment of African American Males Social Science Majors
Dorrance Kennedy and Linda Wilson-Jones
Examining the Responsibilities of Faculty Senates
James G. Archibald, Errick D. Farmer, James L. Maiden, and Christopher A. Ray
The Cultural Context for the Pursuit of Vocation
Charles Seeley
Conceptual Articles
Educational Leaders, Professional Learning Communities, and Social Media
Ashley Johnson-Holder and Terrie Bethea-Hampton
Social Isolation and Technology: Implications for Psychosocial Development: A Theoretical Paper
Franco Zengaro, Sally Zengaro, and Mohamed A. ALI
Editors
- Sabri Dogan
- Ohio State University-Main
- Nathan Anderson