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Kelvin Rutledge – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Over the past century, career development centers across the nation have evolved from the vocational and placement centers of the 1920s towards an interdisciplinary operational model of today (Herr, 2013). The interdisciplinary model incorporates clinically certified practitioners (e.g., career counselors, social workers) with non-clinical career…
Descriptors: Phenomenology, Career Development, Socialization, Interdisciplinary Approach
Fitzgerald, Sarah Rose – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This study examines the information seeking of scholars in the field of Higher Education. I interviewed Higher Education scholars about their use of the web, library resources, and interpersonal networking for their research. I also spoke with them about how the faculty reward system shapes their information seeking habits. I drew on information…
Descriptors: Information Seeking, Postsecondary Education as a Field of Study, Educational Researchers, Internet
Evans, Eliza – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This thesis describes how intellectual boundary spanning can be identified in the written ideas of millions of scholars, and finds that such efforts encounter translational problems which can hinder faculty careers. In particular, the work presented develops textual metrics of intellectual boundary spanning (interdisciplinarity) and field…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, College Faculty, Tenure, Career Development
Wood, Christine Virginia – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This dissertation examines the trajectory of research programs on women and gender in American universities between 1970 and 2010. The dissertation melds perspectives in the sociology of science with organizational analyses of the development of academic disciplines. The analysis forwards a new understanding of how local conditions in research…
Descriptors: Gender Issues, Womens Studies, Universities, Interdisciplinary Approach
Sickinger, Pamela H. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Within the framework of social cognitive career theory, social cognitive career variables, demographic variables, and the contextual variable, parent support, were examined to determine their predictive value for eighth-grade students' career exploration behavior. Results suggest that the social cognitive career variable, intentions/goals,…
Descriptors: Social Cognition, Career Exploration, Middle School Students, Occupational Aspiration
Humerickhouse, Kimberly D. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this research was to explore the paths taken by individuals who hold administrative positions in post-secondary honors education programs. The research sought common professional and educational experiences that current honors education program administrators believe prepared them for the position. This study included the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Mentors, Rewards, Administrators