Description
My dissertation interest is centered around how minorities in higher education face many challenges and the majority steady rise to the top specifcllly at predominatly white institutions.
Successful completion of a doctoral dissertation requires significant amounts of independent reading on the research topic. This allows the doctoral learner/researcher to become familiar with the scope of the topic and to identify gaps or tensions within the existing literature on the topic. These gaps and tensions become the source of the dissertation research. In this assignment, you will read and annotate potential sources in your dissertation field of interest. Those demonstrating the most merit to the best of your understanding of the topic at this time should be added to your RefWorks list for potential inclusion in the literature review section of your dissertation.
General Requirements:
Use the following information to ensure successful completion of the assignment:
- It is strongly recommended that you engage in this activity throughout the duration of your program. You will be adding to this document to begin building a runnnig literature review. You will have five sources in your list by the end of this assignment.
- Instructors will be scoring your submission based on the number of unique sources identified in the list submitted.
- Download the resource Literature Review Resources Tool and use it to complete the assignment.
- Doctoral learners are required to use APA style for their writing assignments. The APA Style Guide is located in the Student Success Center.
- Refer to the resource, "Preparing Annotated Bibliographies," located in the Student Success Center, for additional guidance on completing this assignment in the appropriate style.
Directions:
Read at least five empirical articles in your general dissertation field.
In the "Literature Review Resources" document, provide the following for each source:
- The APA formatted citation.
- A brief annotation of the key points of the source.
- An indication of whether the source has been added to (Y) or excluded from (N) your RefWorks list.
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Running head: LITERATURE REVIEW
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Literature Review
Student’s Name
Grand Canyon University
Date
LITERATURE REVIEW
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Literature Review Resources
Number
1.
Article Information: Be sure entries are presented in alphabetical order.
Added to
Ref
Works? Y
or N
(optional)
Reference
Center for Community College Student Engagement (2014). Aspirations
to Achievement: Men of Color and Community Colleges.
Yes
Permalink
http://www.ccsse.org/docs/MoC_Special_Report.pdf
Annotation
In this report, the Center for Community College Student Engagement
states that many minority male students encounter challenges to achieve
at community colleges. While both black and Hispanic male students
have higher aspirations compared to their white peer when enrolling;
white male students were six times more likely to graduate than the
minority male students. However, the report says that minority men are
engaged in study skill sessions, tutoring and other activities associated
with attaining success at college than their white counterparts. These
findings are based on the responses the c...
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