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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 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: 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: Examining Design Knowledge and Practice Among Stem Faculty-Designers Using Visual Lesson Blueprints
Author: Budhrani, Kiran
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership, Educational technology, Design
Description: Attention is being given to improving the design of undergraduate gateway courses (i.e., entry-level, introductory) in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), particularly those facing challenges of large enrollment...

Title: Exceptional institutional performance: A case study of three North Carolina community colleges' strategic responses to accountability factors: 2007-2009
Author: Lattimore, John
Date Created: 2011
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership, Education, Higher--Administration, Community colleges--Study and teaching
Description: Accountability demands on North Carolina community colleges are examined in a qualitative case study of three institutions that met Exceptional Institutional Performance standards set by the North Carolina General Assembly in 2007-2008 or 2008-200...

Title: Exploring Sense of Belonging Among First-Generation College, Second-Generation Immigrant Students
Author: Brais, Sayde
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Education, Higher, Educational leadership, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
Description: The purpose of this study was to explore the lived experiences of four-year university and college students identifying as first-generation in college (FGC) and second-generation immigrant (SGI) in the United States., with a focus on a sense of be...

Title: FACULTY ADVISORS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THE IMPACT OF AN ACADEMIC ADVISING QUALITY ENHANCEMENT PLAN ON ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE OF A COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Author: Stewart, Makena
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership, Community colleges--Study and teaching, Adult education
Description: Student success initiatives identify comprehensive academic advising as a key strategy in promoting student retention while also ushering in cultural change within an organization. A qualitative intrinsic case study was conducted to examine the im...

Title: FACULTY PERCEPTION OF KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE IN DESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTING ACCESSIBLE ONLINE COURSES
Author: Guilbaud, Thelma
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership, Education, Higher, Educational technology
Description: This study examined the perceptions of university faculty on their knowledge and accessibility practices in designing and delivering online courses for students with disabilities. An online survey developed by the researcher was utilized to collec...

Title: How Intercollegiate Athletics Contributes to Institutional Viability and Culture: Small Private College Presidents’ Perspectives.
Author: Simmons, Connie
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership, Education, Higher, School management and organization
Description: Small, private colleges provide an essential element to the landscape of higher education, offering intimate class sizes and high touch experiences for traditional college populations. Led by an institutional president, who sets strategic initiati...

Title: How school leaders prioritize and allocate resources to improve teacher quality through teacher professional development: A multiple case study in suburban North Carolina
Author: Tyson, Deonte
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Education, Educational leadership, Teachers--Training of
Description: This multiple case study examined the methods by which school leaders determined and planned teacher professional development, as well as what teachers perceived as their professional development needs and how they believe school leaders take thos...

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: State-Led Virtual School Senior Leaders: An Exploratory Study
Author: Sivy, Mark
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership, School management and organization
Description: The purpose of this study was to explore the role-related characteristics, factors, and requirements that can influence state-led virtual school senior leaders' leadership qualities, attributes, beliefs, and approaches. Semi-structured interviews ...

Title: Student Success in a Large-Size Hybrid Learning Course - A Study of Student Backgrounds, Online Video Quizzes, and Persistence
Author: Park, Enoch
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership
Description: The purpose of this study was to identify and examine the potential factors that could predict college students' success in a large-size undergraduate hybrid learning course, offered in a southeastern public university.Based on a review of the exi...

Title: UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT SELF-EFFICACY AND PERCEPTIONS OF VIRTUAL WORLD LEARNING EXPERIENCE
Author: Stanton, Lorraine
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership, Educational technology
Description: Virtual worlds are innovative teaching and learning methods that can provide immersive and engaging learning experiences (Lu, 2010). Though they have potential benefits, students sometimes experience a steep learning curve and discomfort with the ...

Title: Where are all of the Black Women? The underrepresentation and experiences of Black women in intercollegiate athletic leadership
Author: Stone, Cynthia
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership, Ethnicity--Study and teaching, African Americans--Study and teaching, Sports administration
Description: Higher education leadership demographics contrast sharply with formulaic narratives of college campuses filled with gender and racial diversity, especially in intercollegiate athletics. Black women occupy only 2% of athletic director positions at ...