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Patricia C. Timmons – ProQuest LLC, 2024
In today's increasingly interconnected world, intercultural skills and global competence are essential for success in the workforce and society. Internationalization initiatives, such as student mobility, have emerged as effective ways to develop these skills. This study explored the experiences of Black students who participated in community…
Descriptors: African American Students, Community College Students, Student Mobility, Academic Achievement
Vernetta Burkhalter – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Academic mid-level managers, despite their work history and education, are not always prepared for the duties and responsibilities of their current positions or for senior-level management positions. The purpose of this study was to examine how academic mid-level managers perceived intentionally-designed professional development at a suburban…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Middle Management, Higher Education, Empowerment
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Terenko, Olena – Comparative Professional Pedagogy, 2019
Types of non-formal adult education in the USA and Canada are singled out. Non-formal adult education in the United States and Canada is subdivided into basic adult education, education for professional development, education for personal development, specialized adult education, education for the development of civil society (constituents of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Nonformal Education, Adult Education, Professional Development
Mergner, Leslie A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Higher education is experiencing unprecedented change due to economic and demographic projections, largely focusing on the usage of adjunct faculty. No longer will community colleges be able to rely solely on full-time faculty to ensure that students persist to graduation. This executive position paper provides a proposed plan for a formalized…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Adjunct Faculty, Professional Development, Technical Institutes
Barnes, Michelle M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This doctoral thesis explored mentoring in early learning teacher preparation programs. This study explored the reflective processes embedded in the work between student teachers and their mentors during early learning student teacher experiences at Washington State community and technical colleges. Schon's (1987a) concepts of…
Descriptors: Mentors, Student Teaching, Practicums, Trust (Psychology)
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Solan, Ann M.; Gambescia, Stephen F. – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2010
Commentators in the profession are asking why adult continuing education students seem preoccupied over getting "a good grade" and "finishing school quickly" rather than pausing to consider how the teaching/learning process helps their personal growth and valuing learning for learning's sake. The purpose of this study was to identify, categorize,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Continuing Education, Teaching Methods, Adult Education