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Re-Imagining Competencies in North Carolina Community Colleges: Integrating Certifications into Academic Programs at Two Community Colleges
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White, Shelley Yarbrough – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Once a community college graduate completes an associate's degree, the institution is committing to the public that the graduate possesses a prescriptive set of knowledge, skills, and abilities either gained through, or enhanced by, their college attendance. At most institutions, these skill sets are assessed almost exclusively through internal…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Competence, Two Year College Students, Two Year Colleges
Re-Imagining Competencies in North Carolina Community Colleges: Integrating Certifications into Academic Programs at Two Community Colleges
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Vester, Jonathan Steven – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Once a community college graduate completes an associate's degree, the institution is committing to the public that the graduate possesses a prescriptive set of knowledge, skills, and abilities either gained through, or enhanced by, their college attendance. At most institutions, these skill sets are assessed almost exclusively through internal…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Competence, Two Year College Students, Two Year Colleges
Case Study: Investigating the Impact of the Child Development Associate Credentialing Process on Child Care Provider Performance
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McBride, Vickie – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this case study was to investigate what impact the child development associate (CDA) credential has on the performance of childcare providers in the 6 CDA competency areas. Each participant was interviewed using 9 open-ended questions regarding their experience. Over the past few years, a number of studies have examined the effects…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Caregivers, Credentials, Case Studies
Stories of Exemplary Hospital Registered Nurses: A Narrative Analysis
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Snelson, Donna Ayers – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Today the multidimensional global shortage of nurses is negatively impacting the work environment of hospital nurses and causing, in a cyclical fashion, decreasing work satisfaction, increasing nurse turnover, and decreasing patient outcomes. While strategies aimed at causation of the nursing shortage must be addressed, to support nursing until…
Descriptors: Credentials, Nursing Education, Qualitative Research, Job Satisfaction