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  • Factors Associated with Job Satisfaction among Foreign-Born Faculty at Community Colleges within the United States

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    Moore, Marian
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    Job satisfaction has received considerable attention within the community college sector, but there is limited research focused solely on the job satisfaction of foreign-born faculty members employed at community colleges. The purpose of this study was to examine factors associated with job satisfaction among foreign-born faculty members employed at U.S....
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    members: Drs. Larry Roper, Jessica White, Bruce Clemetsen, and Larry Becker for your time, dedication

  • The Impact of Financial Education on Community College Student-Loan Debt

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    Garcia, Veronica R.
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    The student-loan market has surpassed 1.3 trillion dollars; rising student-loan cohort default rates are a growing concern among educational institutions. Many colleges are implementing financial-education programs for students to help increase their knowledge, aptitude, and skills so they may become informed consumers. Purpose/Objective/Research Question/Focus of Study: The purpose of this...
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    study, Tom Scheuerman, Dr. Jessica White, Dr. Richard Duran and Dr. Susan Shaw. Dr. Alisa Beyer, who

  • The illicit use of prescription stimulants on college campuses : a theoretical examination

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    Bavarian, Niloofar
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    The illicit use of prescription stimulants (IUPS) is a critical Public Health problem in the college population that represents a unique form of substance use. Namely, the primary motives for IUPS by college students are academic in nature (e.g., Teter, McCabe, LaGrange, Cranford, & Boyd, 2006), which may explain why...
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    promotion. All the while, you advocated for the development of my work-life balance. Dr. White, thank you

  • Women engineering transfer students : the community college experience

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    Patterson, Susan J.
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    An interpretative philosophical framework was applied to a case study to document the particular experiences and perspectives of ten women engineering transfer students who once attended a community college and are currently enrolled in one of two university professional engineering programs. This study is important because women still do not...
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    . Third, white and Asian students are more likely to transfer; blacks and Hispanics are less likely to

  • Developing self-efficacy and self-regulated learning in academic planning : applying social cognitive theory in academic advising to assess student learning outcomes

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    Erlich, Richard J.
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    This dissertation demonstrates how Social Cognitive Theory (Bandura, 1986, 1997) can be successfully applied to Counselor academic advising interventions, in order to increase students' self-efficacy and self-regulated learning (Zimmerman, 2000) in academic planning as learned outcomes. This was accomplished by (a) reviewing the academic advising literature and showing the current...
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    you! To my committee members Dr. Larry Roper, Dr. Jessica White, Dr. Cass Dykeman, and Dr. Kayla

  • The meaning of persistence for African American femalesattending urban community colleges

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    Glavan, John
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    The purposes of this study were to examine the experiences of African American female students attending urban community colleges, to gain further understanding of how they interpret the meaning of persistence, and to identify the factors that affect their persistence. African American women attending community college in Los Angeles were...
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  • Hispanic community college student empowerment : developmental English participants describe their educational experiences

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    Lawrenson, Lisa Aguilera
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    The purpose of this study was to learn about the experiences of Generation 1.5 Hispanics in developmental English in community college. A qualitative comparative case study design was used for this social critical study. The key findings fell into three categories: road blocks, motivators, and actions. The road blocks included:...
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    the community if the Mexicans wanted to come to White schools. . . . Sentiment is bitterly against

  • Profiles in courage of community college leaders

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    Kruger, Mari L.
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    The purpose of this study is to explore the lived experience of courage among community college leaders across the United States. The following questions guided the research: (1) What is the courageous experience like for a community college leader? (2) What is the process of courage development? (3) What are...
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    Roper, Dr. Jessica White, Dr. Steven Rubert, and Dr. Pamela Transue for their time and energy which

  • Research mentorship in counselor education

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    Briggs, Cynthia A. (Cynthia Ann)
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    Research mentorship is a new construct emerging in the literature, but remains inadequately defined and scarcely researched. This topic is of relevance to counselor education because of the paucity of literature on the topic, and because of our professional commitments to diversity, wellness, and scholarship. Effective mentorship has been shown...
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  • Recordando memoria : shaping Chicana identity

    Creator:
    Martinez, Yolanda Tellez
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    This research explored the self-concept of Chicanas in terms of their lived experiences and how those experiences influenced the shaping of their identity. It examined the multiple labels Chicanas use to self-identify and the context or situations in which they use specific labels. Moreover, it took into account the influence...
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    Jackson, Alex Sanchez, Warren Suzuki, and Jessica White. Special thanks to George H. Copa, major