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Amy Lovin Henecke – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Several factors contribute to the challenges community college leaders face in maintaining and sustaining noncredit workforce development programming. For example, these factors include funding reductions from state legislators and corporations using internal training departments for workforce development. There are community colleges that do…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Noncredit Courses, Labor Force Development, Sustainable Development
Tiffany E. Demris – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This dissertation seeks to introduce financial modernization as a distinct subcategory of modernization and present practical applications for sport managers. Modernization literature has shown that, as society advances, levels of complexity increase. Modernization is generally concerned about the impact of technology, transportation, financial…
Descriptors: Administration, College Athletics, Financial Support, Development
Meredith A. Byrd – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Success of the Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) framework relies upon school-wide participation and buy-in. The problem was that failure to attain staff buy-in impedes the successful implementation of PBIS. While research on school leadership and PBIS separately is vast, a gap exists in the literature identifying leader and…
Descriptors: Positive Behavior Supports, Teacher Attitudes, Administrator Attitudes, Elementary Schools
Joy Tatum Shideler – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study utilizes a correlational research design to identify the relationship, if any, between institutional and external support of research and development (R&D) at an R1 University Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education R1: Very High Research Activity Doctoral University in the southeastern United States of America.…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Correlation, Research Design, Research Universities
Erin A. Leach – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The Morrill Act of 1862 provided the funding mechanism for the modern land-grant college system. In the over 160 years since its passage, the tripartite land-grant mission of teaching, research, and service has become the most recognizable legacy of the legislation. Recent scholars of land-grant education caution against viewing the history of…
Descriptors: Land Grant Universities, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Financial Support
Yolanda Louie – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The problem that was addressed through this study is that online undergraduate adult students, 25 years of age or older, do not persist to graduation at Caring University, a pseudonym for an online university. The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate the perceptions of online adult undergraduate alumni about what motivated them to…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Adult Students, Academic Persistence, Virtual Universities
Diana L. Bailey – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The lack of traditional clinical sites for nursing students has prompted a surge in simulation as an innovative teaching strategy in undergraduate nursing education. The International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning (INASCL) developed the INACSL Standards of Best Practice: Simulation? to direct schools of nursing in…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Nursing Education, Simulation, Financial Support
Patroy Montaque – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Economic development theory focuses on a country's human capital development which is its greatest resource. Human capital development is the empowerment of citizens which comes through education and training. A major player in this process is Community colleges which its mandate is to bridge the skills gap and attend to the academic needs of its…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Student Attrition, Government Role, Financial Support
Alfredo F. Rivera-Mejias – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The introduction of standardized learning management systems (LMSs) for blended learning (BL) in K-12 education in Puerto Rico signifies a pivotal shift towards enhancing educational environments with technology. This qualitative study was conducted to understand the perspectives of teachers and school directors on the LMS adoption process.…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Administrator Attitudes, Standards, Learning Management Systems
Dana Elizabeth Tottenham – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this study considers the intersections of education abroad and alumni engagement through a social justice lens. This research examines the "cultural imperative to systemic reform" (Kozaitis, 2013, p. 139) through the perspective of higher education's integration of education abroad as a core high-impact practice (Kuh,…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Social Justice, Alumni, College Graduates
Anthony W. Burkhammer – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this study was to determine the motivators and hygienes that affect the job satisfaction and classroom efficacy of community college faculty in Arkansas. Using Herzberg's Two-Factor Theory, this research found motivating factors, such as the nature of the work, autonomy and independence, and professional relationships to be…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Faculty, Hygiene, Job Satisfaction
Pharen A. Nelson – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation investigated the persistence of African American college students with disabilities in higher education, focusing on academic, social, and institutional factors influencing their success. Using a qualitative approach and insights from interviews; findings revealed that comprehensive academic support services, social integration,…
Descriptors: African American Students, College Students, Students with Disabilities, Academic Support Services
Davey, Andrew – ProQuest LLC, 2019
While grassroots and student activism surrounding the first Earth Day in 1970 played a role in fostering environmental studies programs around the country, this dissertation narrates the untold story of other forces that served as crucial catalysts. Established conservation education models, the dynamics of college and university funding, and the…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Social Change, Politics, Higher Education
Lyndsey Strahan – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This case study used qualitative research methods to examine the role faculty play in the application of a general education policy mandate in the state of Missouri. Senate bill 997 required that general education be transferable between all public colleges and universities in the state. To aid in this endeavor, a committee made of faculty…
Descriptors: Financial Support, Teacher Role, Faculty, Curriculum Implementation
Manns, Monica Rene – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Community Learning Centers (CLC) provide extended learning opportunities for students and families that live in fiscally under-resourced communities. These centers provide opportunities for academic enrichment. This includes an array of additional services, programs, and activities. The programs should be designed to reinforce and complement the…
Descriptors: Community Centers, Community Programs, Program Evaluation, Formative Evaluation