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- Title
- A Phenomenological Inquiry to Understand Environmental Work Factors, Academic Readiness and Supervisory Needs of Interprofessional Collaborative Counselors
- Author
- Kipick Cawn, Michelle
- Date Created
- 2014
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Counseling psychology, Mental health
- Description
- The multi-professional health care setting calls for a stronger evidence-based practice for providing collaborative framework/theory across disciplines. The purpose of this study was to develop an understanding of the perspectives of counselors wh...
- Title
- EFFECTS OF TEACHER DIVERSITY AND STUDENT-TEACHER RACIAL/ETHNIC MATCHING IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ON EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
- Author
- Banerjee, Neena
- Date Created
- 2013
- Subjects--Topical
- Government policy, Teachers--Training of, Education and state
- Description
- This dissertation investigates the implications of student-teacher racial/ethnic matching on two educational outcomes. The fourth chapter investigates whether assignment to same-race teachers affects students' math and reading achievement growth i...
- Title
- EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VARSITY SPORTS PARTICIPATION AND COLLEGE STEM DECLARATION
- Author
- Averette, Morgan
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Recreation
- Description
- MORGAN AVERETTE. Exploring the Relationship between Varsity Sports Participation and College STEM Declaration.(Under the direction of DR. MARTHA CECILIA BOTTIA)This study investigates the association between high school interscholastic sports part...
- Title
- Improving Nursing Recognition and Management of Postoperative Delirium in the Acute Care Setting
- Author
- Belin, Latasia
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Nursing
- Description
- Introduction: Postoperative delirium is a common cognitive complication characterized by an abrupt disturbance in brain function after surgery. It occurs in 15 to 25% of patients undergoing major elective surgeries and up to 50% of patients who ha...
- Title
- MENTAL HEALTH CASE MANAGERS: AN ANALYSIS OF COMPASSION FATIGUE AND WELLBEING
- Author
- Bilaye-Benibo, Tamunosaki
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Sociology, Health services administration, Medical personnel
- Description
- Compassion fatigue is a phenomenon wherein employees in "helping professions" develop decreased capacity for empathy due to repeated/extended exposure to client trauma and suffering. In addition to negatively impacting relationships with their cli...
- Title
- Past Experiences and Preferences for Queer Sex Education Among LGBTQ+ College Students
- Author
- Petrizzo, Kristen
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Queer studies, Educational sociology
- Description
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other (LGBTQ+) students face a higher risk than their cisgender, heterosexual peers of experiencing symptoms of poor sexual health, poor mental health, and sexual violence. Despite this, LGBTQ+ stude...
- Title
- Poverty, English, and Evangelism: A qualitative study of young adults in a church-based English language program in Cambodia
- Author
- Krzeszewski, Lori
- Date Created
- 2011
- Subjects--Topical
- English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers, Language and languages--Study and teaching
- Description
- This qualitative case study explored the motivations and experiences of thirty young adults enrolled in a free church-based English program in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Data include the researcher's field notes from six months of participant observati...
- Title
- Relationship of age, gender, attachment level to parent, and race of primary caregiver with Biracial identity development among Biracial students
- Author
- Bobb, Travis
- Date Created
- 2011
- Subjects--Topical
- Counseling psychology
- Description
- TRAVIS SCOTT BOBB. Relationship of age, gender, attachment level to parent, and race of primary caregiver with Biracial identity development among Biracial students (Under the direction of DR. PHYLLIS POST)The purpose of this study was to examine ...
- Title
- Sexual Orientation, Occupations, and Earnings Among Men
- Author
- Smith, Joseph
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Sociology
- Description
- Despite an apparent sea change in public attitudes regarding sexual orientation, contemporary qualitative research demonstrates stereotypes persist towards gay men, in turn affecting their labor market outcomes and earnings. This research tests th...
- Title
- Standardized Distraction: Why the Emphasis on High-Stakes Testing Can't Resolve Educational Inequality
- Author
- Giersch, Jason
- Date Created
- 2012
- Subjects--Topical
- Government policy, Education and state, Educational sociology
- Description
- Standardized testing has exploded into nearly every grade level and subject area in public education over the past two decades. Attaching high stakes to standardized test results was intended to improve education for all students, but especially f...
- 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 ...
- Title
- THE TITLE WAIVE: A POLICY AND LEGAL ANALYSIS OF THE 50 STATES’ ESEA WAIVERS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR FEDERALISM AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW MAKING IN EDUCATION POLICY
- Author
- Trull, Sheena
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Government policy, Education and state, Law
- Description
- The aim of this dissertation is to provide a critical analysis of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Flexibility Waivers administered by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan since 2012. As a function of federalism, local school p...
- Title
- The Community College: Access to Opportunity or Barrier to Success
- Author
- Grubbs, Samuel
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Social structure, Government policy, Education, Higher
- Description
- The purpose of this dissertation was to investigate some of the contradictory outcomes for community college students. I investigated whether community colleges lower their students’ aspirations and make students less likely to be socially involve...
- Title
- The Effects of Religious Identity and Race on Political Participation and Voter Registration
- Author
- Venezia, Ashleigh
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Sociology
- Description
- The relationship between religion and political participation and voter registration has not been investigated through the lens of Identity Theory. In this thesis, I utilize measures of religious affiliation and race to examine their influence on ...
- Title
- The Role of Formal and Informal Social Support on Depression for Individuals Living with HIV Disease
- Author
- Bloomer-Clouse, Amanda
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Sociology, Mental health, Medical sciences
- Description
- The current literature on depression within HIV populations shows poorer outcomes for these individuals than those in the general population. To further these studies, I performed an analysis looking at the effects of formal and informal social su...
- Title
- VALIDITY OF THE 2013 NSSE ENGAGEMENT INDICATOR MODEL FOR PERSISTING TRANSFER STUDENTS: A CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS STUDY
- Author
- Le, Thanh
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership, Education, Higher--Administration, Education, Higher
- Description
- The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center (2015) reported that there were 2.4 million student transitions from one institution to another over a six-year period between 2008 and 2014. According to the Student Achievement Measure (SAM, n.d...
- 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 ...