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Thomson, Lisa Petty – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Within the field of higher education, Colleges of Education, in conjunction with the Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate (CPED), are working to distinguish the Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) as a distinct doctoral degree designed for scholar-practitioners. The purpose of this study was to identify the perceptions of current Ed.D. students and…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Educational Benefits, Doctoral Programs, Graduate Students
Adams, James Victor – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The aim of this study was to investigate whether there was a statistically significant difference in collegiate success rates of GED credential recipients and high school graduates in community colleges. Data obtained from the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) PeopleSoft system at Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Credentials, Grade Point Average, Technical Institutes
Cohen, Kristin E. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study was designed to investigate the factors that affect master's student persistence in the United States. More specifically, this study explored whether the following factors: students' background, institution's, academic, environmental and psychological influences, had a significant effect on whether a master's student persisted and/or…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Masters Programs, Graduate Students, Academic Persistence