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Filtro per: Committee Member Steel, Brent S. Degree Field Adult and Higher Education

Experiences of medical students on a rural health track : a narrative inquiry

Creatore:

Mitchell, Phillip

Abstract:

The shortage of physicians serving rural communities is well documented. To address the rural shortage, medical schools have developed extracurricular programs, called rural health tracks, with an intent to foster medical students’ interest in serving rural communities. While there has been some research about the effects of these tracks, almost...

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Dissertation
Is Your Community College Technology Ready? An Assessment Instrument to Promote Technology Adoption

Creatore:

Boehme, Laura A.

Abstract:

Background: Calls by presidents and legislators to raise the U.S. college graduation rate to 60% by 2025 have required educational institutions to find ways to increase accessibility and quality while simultaneously reducing costs (Bautsch, 2018; Smith, 2017). Private foundations such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation are getting involved...

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Dissertation
Higher Education Diversity Work and its Discontents: Theorizing Student Social Media Activism as Counter-hegemonic Network of Practice

Creatore:

Robertson, Rebecca

Abstract:

Diversity and inclusion represent central challenges and opportunities in the transnational field of higher education, as the number of students enrolled in higher education has expanded exponentially over the past century and universal access to tertiary education has emerged as a development imperative. Within this context, diversity has emerged as...

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Dissertation