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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: Durability, Indirect Bankruptcy Costs, and Capital Structure
Author: Shah, Dhara
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Finance, Economics
Description: I contribute to the literature by formally modeling the indirect bankruptcy costs for a firm that sells durable goods. Consumers concerned about warranties or future product services penalize the distressed firm by putting off purchases or leaving...

Title: EARLY IDENTIFICATION AND TREATMENT OF MULTIPLE MYELOMA IN PRIMARY CARE
Author: Banks, Philwyna
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Nursing
Description: ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Multiple myeloma is the second most prevalent hematological malignancy worldwide and the most common hematologic malignancy affecting the African American population. Multiple factors contribute to these marked disparities in t...

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: FROM ROOTS TO STAR TREK: A CASE STUDY ON SUCCESSFUL PERSISTENCE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE ENGINEERING MAJORS
Author: McGee, Marquis
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Engineering, Education, Higher, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
Description: The United States is competing on a global level for jobs in the STEM fields but retention and graduation rates in the engineering disciplines are lower than desired. African American males make up 5 % of the population of American colleges and un...

Title: Preventing 30-Day Rehospitalization Among Elderly Patients Through A Collaborative Transition of Care Program Between Acute and Primary Care
Author: Wingate, Katie
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Nursing, Medicine, Gerontology
Description: There is a disconnect between acute and primary care when transitioning elderly patients from the hospital to the community, often leading to insufficient primary care follow-up and increased rehospitalization. The purpose of this pilot study was ...

Title: Does Gender Matter? A Moderated Model for Family Climate and Psychological Ownership of the Family Firm as Experienced by Next-Generation Family Members.
Author: Shike, Sarah
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Entrepreneurship
Description: While most family business leaders want their offspring to take over the family business, most next-generation family members choose to pursue opportunities outside their families’ businesses. This research aims to understand how internal family d...

Title: Project Termination Quality and its Influence on Organizational Learning and Project Management Success
Author: Cardella, Craig
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Industrial management
Description: Project Management activities have become an integral part of almost every organization. Most of the effort on a project tends to occur in the middle of a project with a substantial focus on the planning and execution phases, but with limited emph...

Title: Project Management in Higher Education
Author: Alpert, Shannon
Date Created: 2011
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership
Description: This study identified factors that influenced the use of project management in higher education research projects. Using a qualitative grounded theory approach that included in-depth interviews with assistant professors, the researcher examined ho...

Title: PERCEPTIONS OF CLIMATE AND STUDENT-FACULTY INTERACTIONS AMONGST AFRICAN AMERICAN PERSISTERS IN A BUSINESS PROGRAM AT A PREDOMINANTLY-WHITE INSTITUTION
Author: Allen, Monica
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership, Education, Higher
Description: While representation of African American students in freshmen enrollment has improved, degree attainment of African Americans and other minority groups continue to lag behind the White and Asian American populations. Compounding the issue of lower...

Title: Perceptions of Resiliency and Success in an American Community College: A Case Study of Five Transnational Students
Author: Classens, Nachette
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership, Adult education
Description: This dissertation examines five transnational students' views of their academic experiences in an American community college. The investigation contributes to the existing literature that illuminates the trends and conditions in which transnationa...

Title: Psychosocial Adjustment and Intentions to Persist for Transfer Students in the Psychology Major at a Four-Year Urban Research Institution
Author: OReilly, Elaine
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Education, Higher, Psychology
Description: This study examined factors related to the psychosocial adjustment and intentions to persist of transfer students in the psychology major at a large urban research institution in the southeastern United States. Psychosocial adjustment was operatio...

Title: RENEGOTIATING IDENTITY: UNDERSTANDING THE COMMUNICATIVE NEGOTIATION OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRANSFER STUDENT IDENTITIES
Author: Stamper, Brandy
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Education, Higher
Description: Literature on community college (CC) students transferring to four-year institutions sufficiently addresses aspects of pre-transfer success indicators, transfer process barriers, and post-transfer outcomes. Yet, research frameworks in post-transfe...

Title: Principals' Perceptions Of Resource Adequacy For Addressing Childhood Obesity
Author: Floyd, Otis
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership, Obesity in children
Description: ABSTRACTOTIS HENRY FLOYD. The perceptions of the K-12 principals on resource adequacy for professional development addressing student obesity (Under the direction of DR.RICHARD G. LAMBERT). With the rapid expanse in childhood obesity and the schoo...

Title: Principal Efficacy of Alternative Secondary and Traditional Secondary Principals
Author: Snyder, Elizabeth
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership
Description: Serving in North Carolina’s public alternative secondary schools can be a challenge for principals. Self-efficacy is the perceived judgment that one has the ability to execute a course of action to bring about a desired result. Using Albert Bander...

Title: Perception or Reality? A Frame Analysis of Leadership Behavior, Style, and Effectiveness Among Selected Community College Administrators
Author: Little, Susan
Date Created: 2010
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership, Community colleges--Study and teaching, Education, Higher
Description: ABSTRACTSUSAN DIANNE LITTLE. Perception or reality? A frame analysis of leadership behavior, style, and effectiveness among selected community college administrators. (Under the direction of Dr. JOHN GRETES) The American community college has reac...

Title: Three Essays on Household Finance, Climate Change, and Corporate Finance
Author: Shen, Chen
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Finance
Description: Police departments located in states allowing payday lending report 14.34% more property crimes than the police departments located in states not allowing payday lending. I also find that the police departments located in counties bordering with s...

Title: A Comparison of Developmental Mathematics Sequences at a North Carolina Community College Using a Markov Chain Model
Author: Peeler, Matthew
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Mathematics--Study and teaching, Community colleges--Study and teaching, Educational evaluation
Description: This study compares students at a North Carolina community college taking a course-based developmental mathematics sequence to students taking a new, module-based emporium method developmental mathematics sequence using a Markov chain model to com...

Title: A Comparison Of Academic Advising Experiences And Satisfaction Of African American Males and Other Students At A Predominately White Institution
Author: Means, Billie
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Education, Educational leadership, Educational psychology
Description: Of all college students, four percent are African American males of which one third graduate within six years. The status of African-American males in higher education serves as an impetus for research to investigate their collegiate experiences a...

Title: A Comparison of Administrators' and Teachers' Perceptions of National Technology Standards
Author: Wilkins, Patricia
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership
Description: The need for teachers and administrators to select and use appropriate and effective technologies to support instruction is critical for the academic and social success of students. The purpose of the study was to document and compare administrato...