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Title: Black Women Doctoral Students' Perceptions of Barriers and Facilitators of Persistence and Degree Completion in a Predominately White University
Author: Howell, Cathy
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership
Description: This study explored the experiences of persistence and degree completion for Black women at a Predominately White Institution (PWI). The conceptual framework used to ground the research was Black Feminist Thought (BFT). The participants were 12 Bl...

Title: CAREER ASPIRATIONS VERSUS CAREER ACTUALIZATIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN EXECUTIVE LEVEL ADMINISTRATORS IN HIGHER EDUCATION AT HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN A STATE IN THE SOUTHEAST: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY
Author: McManus, Kristen
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership
Description: Despite affirmative action, gender inequities persist at institutions of higher learning in the United States. The purpose of this qualitative research study was to explore the perceptions of African American women serving in executive-level leade...

Title: CHARACTERISTICS AND SKILLS OF SUSTAINED LEADERS OF SUCCESSFUL PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS IN NORTH CAROLINA
Author: Leahy, Maria
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership
Description: ABSTRACTMARIA MARSELLA LEAHY. Characteristics and skills of sustained leaders of successful public charter school in North Carolina. (Under the direction of DR. REBECCA SHORE)Effective school leadership is fundamental to a school’s success and ult...

Title: COMMUNITY COLLEGE FACULTY PERCEPTION OF PREPAREDNESS TO TEACH ONLINE
Author: Vang, Kao
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Community colleges--Study and teaching, Instructional systems--Design
Description: Faculty competencies required to teach online have been examined in university settings but there is limited research focusing on community colleges. This study examined 101 community college faculty’s perceptions on their preparedness to teach on...

Title: COMMUNITY COLLEGE PLACEMENT: HOW EMERGING POLICY AND PRACTICE RELATE TO SUCCESS AND PERSISTENCE
Author: Helget, Donna
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Education, Higher
Description: The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine whether the method of course placement for the first attempted English and mathematics courses was independent of the student demographic variables of gender, race/ethnicity, and Pell Grant eli...

Title: COOPERATING TEACHERS’ TRAINING, CHALLENGES, AND PERCEIVED READINESS TO HOST STUDENT TEACHERS
Author: Moody, Erica
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership
Description: The student teaching experience is one that is typically filled with a wide range of triumphs and challenges, and novice student teachers (STs) tend to rely heavily on their Cooperating Teachers (CTs) to help navigate the experience. CTs have a st...

Title: CURRENT GRADING PRACTICES OF SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN THE CORE CONTENT AREAS: WHAT DO GRADES MEAN?
Author: McLean, Nathan
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Education, Education, Secondary
Description: Using survey research methodology, the study investigates assessment and grading practices of secondary school teachers. A total of 248 teachers in the Piedmont and coastal regions of North Carolina completed a web-based survey examining academic ...

Title: Challenges Faced by African International Students at a Metropolitan Research University: A Phenomenological Case Study
Author: Evivie, Loretta
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Education, Higher, History
Description: The number of international students coming to the United States has increased from 48,486 in 1959-1960 to 623,805 in the 2007-2008 academic years (Open Doors, 2008). These students contributed $15.5 billion to the United States economy, making ed...

Title: Civic learning in online courses: The experience of emerging adults at the community college
Author: Ritter, Gary Paul
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Education
Description: Civic learning is an important part of the mission of higher learning. The community college is a unique and integral part of the system of higher education in the United States. Digital technology has increased the options for students to take cl...

Title: Clergy Spouse Well-Being
Author: Stamper, Scottie
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership
Description: The needs of clergy members and clergy family members present researchers with a unique and complex set of variables. While an ever-increasing body of research related to work-related stress and high rates of chronic disease and depression among c...

Title: Comparison of the effectiveness of Traditional Nursing Medication Administration with the Color Coding Kids System in a sample of undergraduate nursing students
Author: Burgess, Colleen
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Nursing, Health education
Description: ABSTRACTThe problem of medication errors in hospitals and the vulnerability of pediatric patients to adverse drug events (ADE) was investigated and well substantiated. The estimated additional cost of inpatient care for ADE's in the hospital setti...

Title: DACA Recipients Narratives: Pursuing Noncredit Occupational Training
Author: Gardner, Andrew
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Education, Higher
Description: This adapted in-depth qualitative interview study explored and documented the lived experiences of four DACA recipients that pursued noncredit occupational training opportunities at a community college in North Carolina. The purpose was to underst...

Title: DEVELOPING AND VALIDATING A NEW INSTRUMENT TO MEASURE THE SELF-EFFICACY OF ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS TEACHERS
Author: McGee, Jennifer
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Mathematics--Study and teaching, Educational psychology, Educational tests and measurements
Description: The purpose of this study was the development and validation of an instrument to measure the self-efficacy of elementary mathematics teachers. Self-efficacy, as defined by Bandura, was the theoretical framework for the development of the instrumen...

Title: Delivery of Remedial Community College Mathematics Instruction in an Emporium Learning Environment: Predicting Academic Success, Persistence, Retention, and Completion
Author: Little, Mark
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Mathematics--Study and teaching, Community colleges--Study and teaching
Description: The purpose of this study was to find predictors of academic success, persistence, retention, and completion for students enrolled in community college developmental education mathematics courses utilizing an accelerated emporium model learning en...

Title: Does ‘Working After Work’ Affect Teachers’ Confidence? Examining Teacher Efficacy in a Professional Development Program
Author: Gartlan, Scott
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Educational evaluation, Teachers--Training of
Description: This study examined the relationship between teacher efficacy and professional development among in-service K-12 teachers. A content-rich teacher professional development program was analyzed over the course of two years using a sequential explana...

Title: EFFECTS OF DIRECT INSTRUCTION ON ACQUISITION OF EARLY ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICAL VOCABULARY BY STUDENTS WITH AUTISM
Author: Patterson, Dawn
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Special education, Education, Elementary
Description: Education in American schools is driven by the No Child Left Behind Act (2001) with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (2004) ensuring that educators provide students with disabilities a grade-aligned education. Recently, ...

Title: EXPANDING THE CONVERSATION AMONG SECONDARY EDUCATORS TOWARD A SHARED UNDERSTANDING OF STUDENT ENGAGEMENT
Author: Mitchell, Karen
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership, Curriculum planning
Description: KAREN SMITH MITCHELL. Expanding the conversation among secondary educators toward a shared understanding of student engagement (Under the direction of DR. REBECCA SHORE) To describe how high school administrators and teachers perceive student enga...

Title: EXPLORING THE PERCEPTIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN ON HOW DIVERSITY TRAINING HAS IMPACTED THEIR UPWARD MOBILITY INTO SENIOR LEADERSHIP
Author: Crews, William
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Sex role
Description: ABSTRACTWILLIAM E. CREWS. Exploring the perceptions of African American women on how diversity training has impacted their upward mobility into senior leadership. (Under the direction of Dr. LISA R. MERRIWEATHER)The purpose of the present study wa...

Title: EXPLORING THE USE OF DATA BY PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS IN THE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANNING PROCESS TO INCREASE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
Author: Hayes, Dorothy
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership
Description: ABSTRACTDOROTHY ANN HAYES. Exploring the use of data in the school improvement planning process to increase student achievement (Under the direction of DR. DAVID M. DUNAWAY).State mandates require data-driven decision-making in each step of the sc...

Title: Educational Leadership Coaches' Development of Domain Specific Expertise: A Phenomenological Study
Author: Lewis, Janice
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership, Educational evaluation, School management and organization
Description: Districts and schools having high poverty and low achievement experience the highest rates of administrator turnover. A recent paradigm shift promotes "coaching" as a supportive and focused intervention that might move the district and/or school f...