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- Title
- A CASE STUDY OF THE ENGLISH SECOND LANGUAGE PROGRAMS OF A NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL DISTRICT
- Author
- Harris, Letitia
- Date Created
- 2010
- Subjects--Topical
- English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers
- Description
- As the United States struggles with issues regarding the rapidly increasing immigrant population, so do public schools struggle with providing the youth of this non-English speaking population a quality education. Because of the requirements and s...
- Title
- A COMPARATIVE EXPLORATION OF CULTURE CHANGE IN NURSING HOMES: THE RESIDENTS' PERSPECTIVE
- Author
- Murray, Louise
- Date Created
- 2010
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership, Gerontology
- Description
- The need to provide an environment that ensures both quality care and quality of life for residents of nursing homes has long been recognized. The culture change movement in nursing homes emphasizes both principles. This mixed-methodology research...
- Title
- A Case Study of the Strategic Staffing Initiative Used In Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
- Author
- March, Kendra
- Date Created
- 2013
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership
- Description
- Accountability standards challenge schools to provide quality education for all students and to ensure that all students are on grade level by the end of the school year. If schools fall short of this challenge failing to make at least one year of...
- 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...
- 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 Confirmatory Factor Analysis of a Measure of Preservice Teacher Knowledge, Skills and Dispositions
- Author
- Ellison, Antoinette
- Date Created
- 2009
- Subjects--Topical
- Teachers--Training of, Educational tests and measurements
- Description
- Recent literature on school improvement indicates that teacher quality has a large impact on student learning (Aaronson, Barrow, & Sander, 2007; Rivkin, Hanushek & Kane, 2005; Hanushek, Kane, O'Brien, & Rivkin, (2005); Nye, Konstantopoulos, Hedges...
- Title
- A Cultural Wealth Perspective on Success and Persistence in Engineering for Black and Latino Students: Exploring Interactions with Faculty and Other Institutional Agents
- Author
- Foxx, Krystal
- Date Created
- 2014
- Subjects--Topical
- Engineering, Education
- Description
- Using Yosso's (2005) community cultural wealth (CCW) framework, this qualitative case study (conducted through a federally-funded grant) explored the experiences of eight Black and Latino successful engineering students at a Southeastern universit...
- Title
- A Delphi-Based Investigation on Principal Preparedness for Managing School Finance
- Author
- Christian, Arthur
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Management, Education--Finance
- Description
- Background. Research on principal preparedness for managing school finance is limited. Grounded in theory, principal preparation programs are wifout practical exercises for leadership readiness on budgets and finance. On its face, this topic is he...
- Title
- A LEGAL ANALYSIS OF CYBERBULLYING WITH SEXTING CASES
- Author
- Ayers, Dana
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Law
- Description
- The misuse of social media and technology is an emerging threat to adolescents. The court systems are being forced to address the legality and fine line of social media use and the First Amendment rights of those involved. This research study is a...
- Title
- A LEGISLATIVE EXAMINATION OF THE NORTH CAROLINA TEACHERS' AND STATE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM: RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT
- Author
- Griffin, Richard
- Date Created
- 2014
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership, Education and state, Education--Finance
- Description
- The North Carolina Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System (TSERS) experienced a decline in its funded ratio from 112% in 2002 to 94% in 2011 and an increase in its unfunded actuarial accrued liabilities over the same period. The change i...
- Title
- A Legal Analysis of Students' First Amendment Rights in K-12 Public Education as it Relates to Internet Speech
- Author
- Erdie, Julia
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership
- Description
- Adolescents are rarely without a cellphone and typically have unfettered access to social media sites where they post their status or comment on their friends’ posts. When said communication is used to bully or threaten others, it brings on challe...
- Title
- A Legal Analysis of the Effects of Morse V. Frederick on Student Speech in K-12 Education
- Author
- Moree, Joseph
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership, School management and organization
- Description
- The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of Morse v. Frederick on student speech in K-12 public schools. Cases meeting the research criteria were selected from federal court districts. Those cases were briefed and analyzed. The resul...
- Title
- A Legal Analysis of the Involvement of School Resource Officers in Searches and Seizures in K-12 Public Schools
- Author
- Wells, Richard
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership, Education and state, School management and organization
- Description
- The purpose of this study was to develop a set of court-based guiding principles for the integration of school resource officers in searches and seizures in K-12 public schools. This purpose was achieved by applying Standard Legal Analysis methodo...
- Title
- A Multiple Case Study on the Lived Experiences of Five Upper Elementary School Teachers Who Transitioned from Traditional Grading Practices to Standards-Based Grading Practices
- Author
- Frazier, Meghan
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Education
- Description
- Through a qualitative multiple case study, the researcher’s goal in conducting this study was to investigate and understand the experiences of five upper elementary teachers in grades three through five who transitioned from traditional grading pr...
- Title
- A Phenomenological Case Study of Faculty and Staff Experiences in Green Zone Training to Support Student Veteran Transition into Higher Education
- Author
- Davis, Christine
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership, Education, Higher--Administration
- Description
- The enactment of the federal G.I. Bill in 1944 and subsequent amendments over the past 76 years have provided greater access to higher education for veteran service members (Servicemen’s Readjustment Act, 1944; Steele et al., 2018; U.S. Department...
- Title
- A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF DIVISION I STUDENT-ATHLETES’ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL EXPERIENCES
- Author
- Lewis, Daryl
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership, Sports administration
- Description
- This study looks at the experience’s student-athletes believe to have contributed to their academic success. The researcher used the four areas of Tinto’s (1993) Longitudinal Model of Institutional Departure as a framework to determine the role th...
- Title
- A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF THE PERCEPTIONS OF BEGINNING PK–12 PUBLIC EDUCATION TEACHERS ON DEFINED BENEFIT RETIREMENT PLANS
- Author
- Mangiaracina, Rex
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Education and state, Education--Finance, School management and organization
- Description
- ABSTRACTA QUALITATIVE STUDY OF THE PERCEPTIONS OF BEGINNING PK–12 PUBLIC EDUCATION TEACHERS ON DEFINED BENEFIT RETIREMENT PLANS. The significance of this study was its ability to further inform beginning PK–12 public education teachers and policy ...
- Title
- A QUALITATIVE STUDY ON THE EXPERIENCES OF FACULTY ADVISORS’ PARTICIPATION IN A SHARED MODEL OF ADVISING AT A PRIVATE, COMPREHENSIVE UNIVERSITY
- Author
- Siarzynski-Ferrer, Kristina
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Higher
- Description
- Faculty advising has maintained a prominent role in the history of higher education institutions in the United States (Cook, 2009; Habley, 2003; Rudolph 1962). The role of faculty serving as advisors is still significant at private, four-year coll...
- 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...