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Thesis (M.P.H.)--East Tennessee State University, 2004. / "May 2004." Title taken from PDF title screen (viewed September 11, 2007). Includes bibliographical references (p. 47-51) and appendices.

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Adolescent immigrant students face many challenges upon entering public schools for the first time, especially in rural areas where schools may not have the resources and cultural competence to meet their needs. Background factors like culture, previous schooling, and socioeconomic status combine with contextual factors in the learning environment, which further affect their academic outcome. The qualitative tradition of phenomenology was used to explore and describe the experiences and challenges of thirteen Spanish-speaking immigrant or newcomer youth who entered East Tennessee public middle or high schools within the last fifteen school years. The findings indicated that parents’ perspectives and understanding of American schools and their own academic background affect how they support their children and what they expect of them. In addition, students’ experiences affect their attitude toward the learning environment and their peers, and can cause them language anxiety that hinders English language acquisition. Students who are successful in schools are motivated by personal goals and have parents (primarily mothers) who advise them to do well in school, support them emotionally, and make sacrifices for their child’s benefit. Parent support and personal motivation encourage perseverance. These students succeed in schools where diversity is respected and with patient and understanding teachers who assume they are capable learners despite gaps in knowledge. Personal relationships with teachers and their English-speaking peers are also essential for Hispanic and Latino adolescent newcomers.

I conducted this study to determine if African American men and women who marry white men and women in East Tennessee perceive experiences of isolation and alienation from their families and friends as a result of their selection of a mate from a race other than the one into which they were born. I interviewed ten individuals who are or have been interracially married. As a result of my research, I found that my results compare favorably with those of scholarly studies that discovered alienation and isolation among interracial couples. I used descriptive research methods to analyze a segment of the Appalachian population, with literature reviews of related material and in-depth interviews conducted with subjects in the East Tennessee area. My study allowed the subjects to discuss their perceptions and feelings of being a part of this growing interracial population in East Tennessee.

From book summary: "Families, communities, and the nation itself were irretrievably altered by the Civil War and the subsequent societal transformations of the nineteenth century. The repercussions of the war incited a broad range of unique problems in Appalachia, including political dynamics, racial prejudices, and the regional economy [...]"

East Tennessee State University formally became a college in 1925 with the institution changing its name to East Tennessee State Teachers College. It would subsequently gain accreditation in 1927. Included here is the East Tennessee State University portion of the Annual Report of the Tennessee Department of Education for the scholastic year ending June 30, 1925. Outlined in this report is the general description of events that happened over the course of that year including details surrounding the name change as well as enrollment statistics and financial data. This serves as a snapshot in time as the institution was beginning to grow into the university it is today.

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