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Title: A Qualitative Interview-Based Study of the Experiences of Community College Disability Services Providers
Author: Nichols, Jennifer
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Education, Education, Higher, Disability studies
Description: The purpose of this study is to explore and capture the experiences of disability services providers (DSP) within the community college setting as it relates to facilitating and coordinating accommodations for students with disabilities, collabora...

Title: A Qualitative Interview-based Study of the Lived Experiences of North Carolina Community College Students Who Report Food Insecurity
Author: Stafford, Nanci
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Community colleges--Study and teaching, Adult education, Education, Higher
Description: AbstractA Qualitative Interview-Based Study of the Lived Experiences of North Carolina Community College Students Who Report Food Insecurity (Under the direction of Dr. Alan Mabe)This study represents North Carolina community college student exper...

Title: Building the Leaders of the Future: A Communication Perspective on College Student Leadership Programs
Author: De Jesus Cesar Bezerra Alonso, Vanessa
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Communication
Description: While leadership communication has been the focus of interest for communication scholars in the last 20 years, no work has been done to understand the conceptualizations of leadership and its implications for the communication discipline in the hi...

Title: Dynamic Capabilities of Research Universities and the Innovation Performance Through Technology Transfer
Author: Bibi, Ghazala
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Industrial management
Description: ABSTRACTDYNAMIC CAPABILITIES OF RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES AND THE INNOVATION PERFORMANCE THROUGH TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER Under the direction of DR. KELLERMANNS This research paper explores the relationship between dynamic capabilities and innovation perfo...

Title: GLOBALIZATION AND EDUCATION: 21ST CENTURY INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES FOR URBAN TEACHERS
Author: Menand, Howard
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Education, Education, Higher
Description: In the current knowledge economy, a connection exists between globalization and global macro policies and the micro level effect of these policies at the local classroom level. This study begins by establishing globalization's impact on education ...

Title: HIGHER EDUCATION ACCESS GAP: LOTTERY-BASED MODEL FOR MITIGATING POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION ACCESS-GAP IN NORTH CAROLINA
Author: Gamble, Eric
Date Created: 2011
Subjects--Topical: Education, Higher, Education and state, Education--Finance
Description: The rising cost of obtaining tertiary education threatens the educational dreams of thousands of North Carolina students and creates an educational access-gap between low- and high-income students. Although there are various needs-based state and ...

Title: INTEGRATION AND PERSISTENCE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN A U.S. PRIVATE FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTION: A QUALITATIVE CASE STUDY
Author: ADEWALE, TITILOLA
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Multicultural education, Education, Higher--Administration, Education, Higher
Description: ABSTRACTTITILOLA OLUWATOSIN ADEWALE. Integration and persistence of international students in a U.S. private 4-year institution: A qualitative case study. (Under the direction of DR. MARK D’AMICO)Globalization has resulted in the rapid mobility of...

Title: Major Decisions: A Phenomenological Study of the Experiences and Decision Making Processes of Undecided, First-Generation College Students
Author: Siarzynski, Kristen
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Education, Higher
Description: While many students decide to attend college for increased career opportunities, first-generation college students (FGCS) are far more likely than their peers to report attending college for this reason (Bui, 2002; Byrd & MacDonald, 2005; Martinez...

Title: THE IMPACT OF SENSE OF BELONGING INTERVENTIONS ON SOCIAL INTEGRATION AT A SMALL, PRIVATE INSTITUTION
Author: Perrell, Amber
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Education, Higher
Description: Higher education institutions continue to struggle with encouraging retention for first-year students. Prior research has shown that establishing social integration during the first-year of college is a crucial component of a successful transition...

Title: The Association of Frequency of Utilizing Student Services with Student Success at a Community College
Author: Kendra-Dill, Zachary
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Education, Higher
Description: As colleges work to meet performance standards, staff have been placed in key service areas to help students be successful. With the majority of the seven million community college students attending part-time, needing developmental education, and...

Title: The Jewish Problem: Anti-Semitic Admissions Quotas in Southern U.S. Medical Schools, 1920s-1960s
Author: Marks, Taylor
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Judaism--Study and teaching, History, Area studies
Description: Anti-Semitism and worldwide Jewish immigration quotas informed the implementation of Jewish quotas in medical schools around the country from the 1920s to the 1960s. While many are aware of immigration quotas and the anti-Semitism that ran rampant...

Title: WHO I AM IN STEM: BEING AFRICAN AMERICAN, A COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRANSFER STUDENT, AND A STEM MAJOR
Author: Dounebaine, Yolanda
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Education, Higher, Science--Study and teaching, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
Description: This qualitative research study utilized the stories of ten African American community college STEM transfer students to explore STEM identity formation, the role race played in this identity formation, the educational experiences that influenced ...