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THE RETENTION OF FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS IN STEM: AN EXTENSION OF TINTO’S LONGITUDINAL MODEL
Title
THE RETENTION OF FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS IN STEM: AN EXTENSION OF TINTO’S LONGITUDINAL MODEL
Author
Uche, Ada
Date Created
2015
Subjects--Topical
Government policy, Education and state, Educational sociology
Description
In the current technologically advanced global economy, the role of human capital and education cannot be over-emphasized. Since almost all great inventions in the world have a scientific or technological foundation, having a skilled workforce is ...
NORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY COLLEGE ENROLLMENT SINCE IMPLEMENTING TIERED FUNDING TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Title
NORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY COLLEGE ENROLLMENT SINCE IMPLEMENTING TIERED FUNDING TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Author
Davis, Marc
Date Created
2020
Subjects--Topical
Educational leadership, Education and state, Education--Finance
Description
Since the 2008 recession, public higher education in terms of both two- and four-year institutions has been cut by $9 billion in state and local funding (Mitchell, Leachman, & Matterson, 2017). Between 2005 and 2016, state and local appropriations...
NCAA Transfer Student-Athletes, Athletic Identity, and the Impact of COVID-19
Title
NCAA Transfer Student-Athletes, Athletic Identity, and the Impact of COVID-19
Author
Verburg, Mark
Date Created
2022
Subjects--Topical
Education, Higher
Description
Transfer students are an increasingly important piece of the college athletics puzzle; however, little is known about the athletic identity of this important population and the effects of COVID on their commitment to sport. The purpose of this stu...
Investigation of a Nursing Career Counseling Program in a Community College
Title
Investigation of a Nursing Career Counseling Program in a Community College
Author
Hedgpeth, Ruth
Date Created
2015
Subjects--Topical
Education, Nursing, Health education
Description
ABSTRACT Balancing the demands of heavy academics with everyday adult responsibilities often proves overwhelming for nontraditional nursing students in a community college nursing program. Too often, nontraditional students elect to leave school a...
How Intercollegiate Athletics Contributes to Institutional Viability and Culture: Small Private College Presidents’ Perspectives.
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...
Civic learning in online courses: The experience of emerging adults at the community college
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...
A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF DIVISION I STUDENT-ATHLETES’ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL EXPERIENCES
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...