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Perceptions of organizational culture of a multi-campus community college district: mixed methods in concert
Author(s):Kuster Dale, Kimberly
Date Issued:2012
Format:born digital; doctoral dissertations
This concurrent, mixed-methods case study analyzed perceptions of current and preferred organizational culture within a rural, multi-campus community college district. This phenomenon was examined by analyzing and comparing ...
Factors influencing access to higher education in La Rinconada, Peru: an ethnographic case study
Author(s):Busch, AnneLiese M.
Date Issued:2020
Format:born digital; doctoral dissertations
Studies show that there is a large gap in participation in higher education between Peru's poorest members of society and their wealthier counterparts despite the existence of 51 public universities located across Peru ...
Experiences of Latina students during their first year of attendance at a four-year university, The
Author(s):Perdigon, Nereida
Date Issued:2016
Format:born digital; doctoral dissertations
Latin@ is a minority group that has grown rapidly in the last twenty years in the United States. However, Latin@s have low participation in higher education, placing the group in a disadvantaged position compared with other ...
Experiences of undergraduate students as a result of participation in an international service immersion trip
Author(s):Fechter, Patricia A.
Date Issued:2014
Format:born digital; doctoral dissertations
The purpose of this interpretive phenomenological analysis study was to explore the experience of returning home to the United States after completing an international service immersion trip, and the feelings and emotions ...
Experiences of persistence in business education: a retrospective phenomenological analysis of African American alumni
Author(s):Allen, Aswad A. A.
Date Issued:2014
Format:born digital; doctoral dissertations
This qualitative study examined the lived experiences of African American undergraduate business degree alumni from a predominantly White research institution located in the Rocky Mountain region. As national demographics ...
Implications of online social network sites on the personal and professional learning of educational leaders
Author(s):Elias, Scott
Date Issued:2012
Format:born digital; doctoral dissertations
The purpose of this study is to explore the ways in which five educational leaders make use of online social network sites (SNSs) for their personal and professional learning. Specifically, I focus on how participants use ...
Impact of an educational intervention on college athletes' knowledge of sports related concussions, The
Author(s):Miyashita, Theresa
Date Issued:2011
Format:born digital; doctoral dissertations
Objective: To determine if a lecture on sports-related concussions would improve college athletes' knowledge, and to determine common misnomers college athletes have regarding sports-related concussions. Design: Mixed ...
Educational experiences: voices of incarcerated male youth
Author(s):Singleton, Everett B.
Date Issued:2016
Format:born digital; doctoral dissertations
Youth who experience academic failure are at a greater risk for evolvement in delinquency. Their perceptions regarding educational experiences could reveal some of their challenges or barriers to academic achievement. The ...
Review of Lean Construction conference proceedings and relationship to the Toyota Production System framework
Author(s):Jacobs, Gideon Francois
Date Issued:2010
Format:born digital; doctoral dissertations
The objective of this study was to align the International Group of Lean Construction (IGLC) conference proceedings against the Toyota Production System (TPS) to determine how well research themes in construction studies ...
Middle school student motivational experiences in mathematics: a narrative inquiry
Author(s):Ramey, Melanie B.
Date Issued:2013
Format:born digital; doctoral dissertations
Among middle school students there is thought to be a lack of motivation toward academic achievement in math. Ames expressed this thought in 1990 when mentioning this as one of the biggest problems in education. Motivation ...