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Heather M. Hammitt – Online Submission, 2024
Many community colleges do not have a formal process in place to offer or support a structured gap year option for students who recently graduated from high school, thereby denying those students an educational option that has been recognized as beneficial to many learners. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore factors that…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community College Students, Stopouts, Undergraduate Students
Albertson, Trinity – Online Submission, 2022
Limited entrepreneurial training programs are offered in higher education that address the hurdles, issues, knowledge, and experiences of female entrepreneurs. In addition, few opportunities are available for the intrapersonal skill and self-efficacy development needed by female entrepreneurs to be successful. Few theoretical studies on female…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Higher Education, Self Efficacy, Females
Fifolt, Matthew M. – Online Submission, 2006
The purpose of this study was to examine students' perceptions of mentoring in a university cooperative education (co-op) program. Within this setting, students report to a supervisor. This supervisor has direct responsibility for the student and may influence the quality of the co-op experience by providing a mentoring role. A need existed to…
Descriptors: Mentors, Student Attitudes, Cooperative Education, Supervisor Supervisee Relationship
Beleli, Ozsel; Chang, Victoria; Feigelson, Michael J.; Kopel-Bailey, Jules A.; Maak, Sheila A.; Mnookin, Jacob P.; Nguyen, Thu H.; Salazar, Mariana; Sinderbrand, Joy E.; Tafoya, Simon N. – Online Submission, 2007
Broad access to quality, child-friendly education in emergencies is a critical component of early reconstruction and development. As a class of graduate students at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, our goal is to make a modest contribution to the field of education in emergencies by working…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, War, Violence, Conflict
Quarles, Alice; Maldonado, Nancy; Lacey, Candace H. – Online Submission, 2005
In order to develop an understanding of mentoring relationships and the impact these relationships might have on the development of high-risk adolescent females, this qualitative study explored the relationships between six "Little Sisters" and their Big Sisters mentors. The purposefully-selected sample included women and girls who were actively…
Descriptors: Females, Self Efficacy, Mentors, High Risk Students
Banke, Susan; Maldonado, Nancy; Lacey, Candace H.; Thompson, Steve – Online Submission, 2005
This qualitative study examined the spiritual experiences of Christian school leaders. A purposeful, nominated sample of 12 Christian school leaders was selected. In-depth, open-ended interviews were conducted, audio taped, and then transcribed verbatim. Data analysis was based on Rudestam and Newton (2001) and Creswell's (1998) method of…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Spiritual Development, Religious Education, Instructional Leadership