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Capstones from 2019
An Anti-Deficit Approach to the Study of Persistence: Factors Influencing Persistence Among Black Males Attending Community College, Donna K. Williams
Examining Organizational Learning Culture (OLC) in Schools Adopting Trauma-Informed Practices, Constance Grimm-Grason
Increasing Self-Efficacy in Providing Inclusive Practices to Students with Diverse Learning Needs, Teresa K. Nagy
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy and Students' Behaviors, Loren Williams
Superintendent’s Perception of Their Use of Authentic Leadership Skills, Melissa Mendoza-Thompson
The Value of Professional Learning Communities as Perceived by Novice Secondary School Teachers, Brandon J. Cotter
Capstones from 2018
Community Trust Building and the Elgin Police, Frank Trost
Counselor Educators‘ LGBT(Q) Social Attitudes: An Association with Critical Consciousness, Reiko Miyakuni
District Improvement Plan for Developing the Pedagogical Skills to Effectively Meet the Academic and Social-Emotional Needs of Low SES Students, Joseph V. Zampillo
Racial Identity and Resilience in Black Male College Graduates, Anancia Stafford
The Implications of Participatory Budgeting in Illinois K-12 School Districts, Jeremy Larson
The Underprepared and Underrepresented: Perceptions and Experiences of Self-Efficacy on College Persistence Among Low-Income African American First-Generation College Students, Christine Marie Brown
Transformational Leadership and Quality in Head Start Programs, Carol L. Morrison
Using Genograms to Explore Transgenerational Trauma and Racism in African American Couples, Hollie F. Campbell
Capstones from 2017
Assessing General Education Teacher Training on IDEA and Section 504 Law, Yolian Cintron
A Workshop for Transit Crisis, Ashley Tillman
Communication Styles: Increasing Awareness Between Genders in the Workforce, Tammie Belephant
Co-Teaching and Its Effect on Student Growth, Troy Weiss
Determination of Iron Content in Water, Sreenivasareddy Annem
Digitized Engineering Notebook, Rama Krishna Akkineni, Gowtham Aluri, Trinath Reddy Boravelly, and Prahasith Challa
Digitized Engineering Notebook, Mirza Nadeem Baig, Abdul Mateen Mohammed, Ehesan Aman Mohammed, and Abdul Muqeet Syed
Digitized Engineering Notebook, Geetha R. Bavanam, Himaja Chowdary Jampani, Mohaseen Baig Mirza, and Satya Priya Sriramoju
Digitized Engineering Notebook, Vishwanath Prasad Bingi, Srikanth Y. Mallaboena, Shreya Nyapati, and Manousha Penubakula
Digitized Engineering Notebook, Mounika Reddy Bolla, Akhila Ganumpally Mekala, Sandeep Sadhu, and Deepika Yenugu