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A Correlational Study on the Impact of the Pell Grant Program on Utah's Public Colleges and Universities

Creator:: Clegg, Phil L.
Abstract:: The Utah System of Higher Education (USHE) and the eight public colleges and universities in the system, have depended on the Federal Pell Grant program for more than 40 years to assist students to attend. For some of these institutions, the amount of Pell grant dollars received is as much...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ Larry D. Roper

Exploring definitions of student success throughout community colleges in the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Creator:: McBeth, Scott S.
Abstract:: The topic of student success is beginning to grow in popularity throughout the United States. Student success has a wide variety of definitions ranging from a direct definition of graduation to an indirect definition of a student setting a goal of finishing a class successfully. Now there are stakeholders such...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: stakeholder groups included: (a) Instructors, (b) VP, Executive Deans, and Presidents, (c) Board members, (d

The effects of increased enrollment of international students on student services at six Washington State community colleges

Creator:: Acob-Nash, Maria
Abstract:: Institutions of higher education face a global mandate, understanding and addressing the concept of internationalization in the 21st century. As the world becomes "smaller", there is a need for college students to expand their awareness and understanding of multinational cultures and issues. Recently, many four-year colleges and universities have taken...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ) communication issues, (c) physical/space requirements/concerns, and (d) financial and budgetary concerns

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:: press on. This is for my mother, D. Gene Ernst Harris, who taught me to think. For my sisters

Oregon industrial and engineering teacher's perceived professional development needs

Creator:: Moon, Dale E.
Abstract:: Professional development is a critical part of education, especially in career and technical education (CTE). CTE programs have rapidly changing technological foundations, and while the CTE teachers' primary focus is to prepare students for entry-level positions in their occupational areas, CTE teachers are also required to embed academics into their...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: you for your support and encouragement. To Dr. Darlene Russ-Eft, Dr. Greg Thompson, Dr. Joe Johnson

The involvement of career and technical education advisory committees in modularizing curriculum

Creator:: Malosh, Ann M.
Abstract:: The emergence of modularized curriculum in community college career and technical education (CTE) programs has received substantial attention over the last decade, with researchers suggesting that this type of curriculum redesign may assist with student retention and success. The purpose of this study was to describe advisory committee member involvement...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ........................................................................93 Appendix D. IRB Form (Moraine Park Technical College) ...............................95

The Experiences of Students Who Complete in a Successful Distance Learning Course

Creator:: Smith, Steve
Abstract:: Background: Prior research has shown that distance learning courses have higher failure rates at community colleges then equivalent face-to-face to courses. There are a few programs and courses, however, that consistently achieve completion rates as high as or higher than their equivalent face-to-face courses. The research to date has not...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

The development of nursing agency in the context of oppression : a study of the experiences of nurse educators

Creator:: Schneider, Alisa L.
Abstract:: The purpose of this phenomenological study was to discover the experiences nurse educators (NEs) have had with oppression and to uncover how their experiences may have impacted their teaching. This study was significant as nurse retention is negatively affected by oppressed group behaviors (Duchscher & Myrick, 2008; Tinsley & France,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: formation of nursing students may be impacted by factors associated with oppression, and (d) more research

Relationships and Expectations for Educational Achievement of Foster Youth

Creator:: Calvert, Robert C. (Robert Christian)
Abstract:: Youth in foster care often perform at lower levels academically than those not in foster care. Prior research on the nature of the relationships that affect former foster youth's educational path has been inconclusive. Though it is widely believed that positive relationships with faculty, staff and peers is beneficial for...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Case Study : Description of a Corporate University's Operational Factors

Creator:: Ewer, Gary
Abstract:: Corporate universities (CUs) have been in existence in the United States since the early 1900s. They are increasingly providing educational and developmental opportunities for workers; however, there is little empirical research on these types of organizations. This study examined a specific electrical distributor's CU using a theoretical framework as a...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: implementation; and (d) finally, the partnership profile describing factors of a CU’s relationship with other

ScholarsArchive@OSU

A Correlational Study on the Impact of the Pell Grant Program on Utah's Public Colleges and Universities

Exploring definitions of student success throughout community colleges in the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

The effects of increased enrollment of international students on student services at six Washington State community colleges

Mentorship and Student Self-efficacy

Oregon industrial and engineering teacher's perceived professional development needs

The involvement of career and technical education advisory committees in modularizing curriculum

The Experiences of Students Who Complete in a Successful Distance Learning Course

The development of nursing agency in the context of oppression : a study of the experiences of nurse educators

Relationships and Expectations for Educational Achievement of Foster Youth

Case Study : Description of a Corporate University's Operational Factors

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