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- 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...
- Title
- Access to the Baccalaureate: A Multilevel Model of Baccalaureate Completion for Associate in Applied Science Transfers
- Author
- Atwell, Adam
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Higher
- Description
- This study used multilevel modeling to examine the extent to which student, academic, institutional, and community-level characteristics impact the baccalaureate attainment of students who transferred with the Associate in Applied Science (AAS) de...
- Title
- Aspirations of Community College Associate of Applied Science Students: A Qualitative Analysis With Implications for Measuring Outcomes
- Author
- Smith , Steven
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership, Education, Higher, Education, Higher--Administration
- Description
- This study used an in-depth qualitative multi-interview approach to explore the lived experience of associate in applied science (AAS) students at a community college in North Carolina. The purpose of this study is to explore the aspirations of co...
- Title
- COMMUNITY COLLEGE PLACEMENT: HOW EMERGING POLICY AND PRACTICE RELATE TO SUCCESS AND PERSISTENCE
- Author
- Helget, Donna
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Higher
- Description
- The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine whether the method of course placement for the first attempted English and mathematics courses was independent of the student demographic variables of gender, race/ethnicity, and Pell Grant eli...
- Title
- DACA Recipients Narratives: Pursuing Noncredit Occupational Training
- Author
- Gardner, Andrew
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Higher
- Description
- This adapted in-depth qualitative interview study explored and documented the lived experiences of four DACA recipients that pursued noncredit occupational training opportunities at a community college in North Carolina. The purpose was to underst...
- Title
- Delivery of Remedial Community College Mathematics Instruction in an Emporium Learning Environment: Predicting Academic Success, Persistence, Retention, and Completion
- Author
- Little, Mark
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Mathematics--Study and teaching, Community colleges--Study and teaching
- Description
- The purpose of this study was to find predictors of academic success, persistence, retention, and completion for students enrolled in community college developmental education mathematics courses utilizing an accelerated emporium model learning en...
- Title
- From Early College to the University: A Case Study Exploring First-Semester Experiences
- Author
- Smith, Bradley
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Higher
- Description
- This single case study explored the first-semester experiences of twelve early college high school (ECHS) graduates as they transitioned to a large, public university in North Carolina. The purpose was to understand how early college graduates mad...
- 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
- 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...
- 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
- 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...
- 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...
- 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 Transfer Seminar: Measured Impacts on Transfer Student Outcomes
- Author
- Swintal, Andrea
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Higher--Administration, Education, Higher
- Description
- The volume of transfer students across college and university campuses in the United States continues to rise; however, institutions continue to struggle with identifying and applying best practices that encourage these students to earn their bacc...
- Title
- Understanding the Complexities of Advising Transfer Students in an Institution-Driven System
- Author
- Holliday-Millard, Paul
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Higher--Administration, Education, Higher, Educational leadership
- Description
- Nationally, while the majority of community college students indicate a desire to transfer to a four-year college or university, many of them fail to do so (Horn & Skomsvold, 2011; Hossler et al., 2012; Jenkins & Fink, 2015; Shapiro et al., 2013)....
- 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...