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Factors related to the economic sustainability of two year chemistry-based technology training programs

Creator:: Backus, Bridgid A.
Abstract:: Two-year chemistry-based technology training (CBTT) programs in the U.S. are important in the preparation of the professional technical workforce. The purpose of this study was to identify, examine, and analyze factors related to the economic sustainability of CBTT programs. A review of literature identified four clustered categories of 31 sub-factors...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Bridgid A. Backus for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in

(re)Presenting in a global village : students of color and the study abroad international experience

Creator:: Davis-White Eyes, Allison
Abstract:: Post-secondary education institutions across the United States are increasingly allocating resources to promote international education exchange programs as a pedagogical praxis to develop students into global citizens. Underlying such notions of global citizenship is the assumption that students will also develop a stronger post-national or cosmopolitan identity as a result...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: (re)Presenting in a Global Village: Students of Color

A National Five-Year Exploratory and Descriptive Analysis of Two-Year Public College Graduation Rates at Branch Compared to Non-Branch Campuses

Creator:: Harrison, Faimous J. L.
Abstract:: Branch campuses play an important part in postsecondary degree attainment by providing place-bound students from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds in different geographical regions access to education that is convenient. Their heterogeneousness structures, including enrollment size, communities, and populations served, are not accurately reflected in the majority of the research. Currently, there...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: April 29, 2015. Title: A National Five-Year Exploratory and Descriptive Analysis of Two-Year Public

Threat assessment in community colleges

Creator:: Bolante, Rebecca
Abstract:: The field of threat assessment and management in higher education is in the early stages of development. In particular, little is noted in the research literature about the practices of threat assessment teams in this environment. To fill this knowledge gap, a random national sample of 15% (n = 148)...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: pathway to violence (Calhoun & Weston, 2003). Behavioral assessment team: A multidisciplinary team

Responsive pedagogies of practice : Researching an ambitious secondary mathematics teacher education design

Creator:: Campbell, Matthew Paul, 1983-
Abstract:: Design in secondary mathematics teacher education must prepare teacher candidates to do the work of ambitious and equitable mathematics teaching with skill by situating development in the work of teaching and incorporating opportunities to investigate and enact teaching. Teacher education designs must also be responsive to the work that mathematics...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: do in school settings—which are a product of a set of goals, expectations, and communities that

Mob mentality and classroom management : Meeting student needs and building self-regulation skills

Creator:: Mills, Jan L.
Abstract:: Literature on classroom management asserts that the best discipline is preventive, with studies on teacher variables such as empathy or enforcement of consequences, as well as student variables such as peers reporting positive behaviors with group contingencies, among others. However, there is little in the research that specifically targets regular...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: numbers of students simultaneously act out in highly frequent and disruptive ways as a large group

Mentorship and Student Self-efficacy

Creator:: Williams, MaryJean Harris
Abstract:: Background: The United States has been under-producing college graduates since at least 1980, with many challenges suppressing students’ self-efficacy. One approach to improving student outcomes is through mentorship. This dissertation applied Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) and Kram’s Mentor Relationship Development Theory (MRD) to discover whether students’ campus mentorship experiences...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: reviewed indicating a dearth of studies applying Kram’s MRD to the college experience. Of particular

Characteristics, Pathways, and Predictors Related to the Transfer Behaviors of Adult College and University Students

Creator:: Potter, Charlie
Abstract:: Adult students are a population that is critical to addressing the college completion crisis. Retention and completion for adults lags behind students who enter college directly from high school. However, higher education has largely been built around service to younger high school graduates, and institutions are slow to change. A...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : ______________________________________________________ Gloria E. Crisp Adult students are a population that is critical to addressing the

Instructional coaching and disciplinary literacy : an examination of the engagement of secondary content-area teachers in professional development

Creator:: Bamford, Barbara JoAnne Dehm
Abstract:: The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the factors that contributed to the engagement of middle and high school teachers in professional learning with instructional coaches, relative to disciplinary literacy. The study addressed the following question: What factors appear to influence secondary content-area teachers' engagement with instructional coaches,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: instructional coaches, relative to disciplinary literacy? This study is set in a large suburban district and

The Impact of Geo-Political Trends on US Higher Education Cross-Border Partnerships with Non-US Educational Institutions

Creator:: Ferguson, Daniel T.
Abstract:: This study investigated three questions: how, what kind of, and why were cross-border partnerships with non-US educational institutions developed at two public four-year US universities; how, what kind of, and why will cross-border partnerships with non-US educational institutions develop and/or change at US universities if nationalistic geo-political trends reflective of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: are involved in cross-border partnerships. In this study, both universities were assigned a

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Factors related to the economic sustainability of two year chemistry-based technology training programs

(re)Presenting in a global village : students of color and the study abroad international experience

A National Five-Year Exploratory and Descriptive Analysis of Two-Year Public College Graduation Rates at Branch Compared to Non-Branch Campuses

Threat assessment in community colleges

Responsive pedagogies of practice : Researching an ambitious secondary mathematics teacher education design

Mob mentality and classroom management : Meeting student needs and building self-regulation skills

Mentorship and Student Self-efficacy

Characteristics, Pathways, and Predictors Related to the Transfer Behaviors of Adult College and University Students

Instructional coaching and disciplinary literacy : an examination of the engagement of secondary content-area teachers in professional development

The Impact of Geo-Political Trends on US Higher Education Cross-Border Partnerships with Non-US Educational Institutions

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