women of color absent from positional leadership in higher education

Paper instructions:
Over the course of the term, you will be developing a research proposal. A research proposal typically is designed to better understand some societal, community, organizational, group, familial, or personal problem (ideally yours will be related to the field of conflict resolution in some way). In the case of evaluation research, a research proposal is designed to assess the implementation of a program, treatment model, or organization that responds to a social problem. A problem statement provides a compelling, concise, and convincing argument for conducting your research and, ideally, funding it. It must be grounded in solid evidence but also presented in an understandable fashion, with a captivating argument or story. In this assignment, you must create a problem statement for your research proposal meeting all of these criteria on a topic of your choice. You must go beyond the course materials to cite additional scholarly sources.

Problem Statement

Over the course of the term, you will be developing a research proposal. A research proposal typically is designed to better understand some societal, community, organizational, group, familial, or personal problem (ideally yours will be related to the field of conflict resolution in some way). In the case of evaluation research, a research proposal is designed to assess the implementation of a program, treatment model, or organization that responds to a social problem. A problem statement provides a compelling, concise, and convincing argument for conducting your research and, ideally, funding it. It must be grounded in solid evidence but also presented in an understandable fashion, with a captivating argument or story. In this assignment, you must create a problem statement for your research proposal meeting all of these criteria on a topic of your choice. You must go beyond the course materials to cite additional scholarly sources.
Required Texts:

1.    Hansen, Toran. 2013. The Generalist Approach to Conflict Resolution: A Guidebook. Plymouth, UK: Lexington Books.
ISBN-13: 978-0739176320

2.    Grinnell, Richard M., & Unrau, Yvonne A. 2011. Social Work Research and Evaluation: Foundations of Evidence-Based Practice (10th Ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.
ISBN-13: 978-0199988310

3.    Wholey, Joseph S., Hatry, Harry P., and Newcomer, Kathryn, E. 2010. The Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
ISBN-13: 978-0470522479