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Konda, Srinivas; Tiesman, Hope M.; Hendricks, Scott; Grubb, Paula L. – Journal of School Health, 2020
Background: The purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence, identify risk factors, and assess the impact of nonphysical workplace violence (WPV) events among education workers (teachers, professionals, and support personnel). Methods: A cross-sectional survey was mailed to a random sample of 6450 education workers, stratified by sex,…
Descriptors: Violence, Mental Health, Risk, Incidence
Lange, Tyana – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Institutions of higher education (IHEs) are competing to recruit students in a crowded market with the number of colleges on the increase and the number of high school seniors declining. IHEs are looking for effective ways to recruit students and increase retention and graduation rates. Relationship marketing (RM) is an approach from business that…
Descriptors: Role, Marketing, Higher Education, Student Recruitment
Nell, Karen R. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This case study examines secondary school leaders' perceptions of their ability to build positive relationships with the adolescents in their care as a means for improving students' academic performance. A sample of administrator participants was chosen from four suburban high schools with similar demographics located in the South Central…
Descriptors: Accountability, Well Being, Leadership Styles, Student Attitudes
Karnes, Sandra Lee – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This ethnographic case study investigated second year college students who participated in the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program at a technical college in northeastern Pennsylvania. In order to understand how learners stayed motivated in a college setting, I selected participants who were in their second year of the TAA program. A total of…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Technical Education, Postsecondary Education, Semi Structured Interviews
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Ma, Grace X.; Tan, Yin; Toubbeh, Jamil I.; Su, Xuefen; Shive, Steven E.; Lan, Yajia – Health Education Research, 2004
The relationship between acculturation and smoking behavior was examined in four Asian-American groups that included recent immigrants and US-born Koreans, Chinese, Vietnamese and Cambodians residing in the Delaware Valley of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The study was part of a community-based, comprehensive cross-sectional study designed to…
Descriptors: Cambodians, Smoking, Acculturation, Immigrants
Harvey, Michael W.; Pellock, Cynthia – Journal for Vocational Special Needs Education, 2004
This study investigated the relationship between demographic characteristics of Pennsylvania career and technical education (CTE) instructors and program expectations for secondary students with and without disabilities. Respondents' gender, age, level of education, years in current position, years in education, and training in special needs (i.e.…
Descriptors: Vocational Education Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Characteristics, Teacher Expectations of Students