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David Henry Tanner – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Workforce development is one of the top issues for state higher education executives today. Employers are actively looking for ways to address skill gaps and labor shortages in their companies. To address these talent gaps, states are aligning their academic program approval process with state workforce needs. Minimal research has explored the…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Higher Education, Labor Needs, State Policy
Stephanie N. Jolliff – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This qualitative study, utilizing Expectancy Value Theory (EVT) as a guiding framework, delves into the motivations and preferences of alternatively certified School-Based Agricultural Education (SBAE) teachers in Ohio regarding their engagement with Teacher Professional Development (TPD). Through individual interviews with 10 alternatively…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Agriculture Teachers, Agricultural Education, Faculty Development
Patrick Ward – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This proposal is to develop a framework for designing a cybersecurity program. The goal of the program is to prepare students graduating from an accredited two-year college for success in cybersecurity careers. Several challenges such as program accreditation, workforce development, and Department of Homeland Security/National Security Agency…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Programs, Computer Security, Internet
Robert Chapa – ProQuest LLC, 2024
While the cybersecurity landscape continually evolves, with new technologies, attack vectors, and defense mechanisms emerging regularly, cybersecurity certificate programs remain challenged to stay current and relevant, often resulting in the delivery of outdated course content in existing programs. Scholars note that the absence of standardized…
Descriptors: Program Development, Computer Security, Electronic Learning, Certification
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
Mable J. Baker – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The United States is currently experiencing a decline of skilled talent in the workforce, with healthcare occupations suffering the most due to a loss in workforce talent and the onset of an aging population. This talent shortage is attributed to a "skills gap." The current case study used qualitative methodology to examine the expansion…
Descriptors: Job Training, Job Skills, Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education
Michele A. Magliulo – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this grounded theory study was to develop a model for a career development program for entry-level student affairs (SA) women professionals based on the lived experiences of current mid-level SA professionals and senior-level SA professionals. As new women professionals pursue their careers in SA, they must navigate many barriers…
Descriptors: Student Personnel Workers, Females, Occupational Aspiration, Leadership Role
Pamela Posey Holcombe – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Purpose: The military medic/paramedic population has desired to seek further education in healthcare with a program that provides earned credit for their prior learning and experiences. The population specifically wants to become a registered nurse (RN). As the nursing shortage continues, these military medics and paramedics are an untapped…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Personnel, Military Personnel, College Credits
Carlson, Cameron D. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was created in the wake of the September 11th 2001 terrorist events. DHS's formation, the largest reorganization of a governmental agency in over 50 years, brought a new emphasis on the protection of the nation, its citizens and its infrastructure to government emergency management policy. Previously,…
Descriptors: National Security, Educational Needs, Labor Force Development, Terrorism
King, Laura Rasar – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This qualitative descriptive study examined the factors that faculty leaders believe influence the decision to offer the DrPH degree in their schools of public health and how those factors influence the design of the DrPH. The central research question in this study was: How do faculty leaders describe their experience with the decision to offer,…
Descriptors: Public Health, Doctoral Degrees, Administrator Attitudes, Accreditation (Institutions)
Thompson, Brad – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This Educational Leadership Portfolio (ELP) documents my exploratory study of the feasibility of developing a new associate level (A.A.S) degree program. While this study and plan is designed to serve as a guide for any two-year or community college thinking of developing such a program, many of the artifacts in this study are written specifically…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Associate Degrees, Feasibility Studies, Program Development
Morton, Jerilyn D. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study examined the trend of community colleges offering baccalaureate degrees that address workforce needs. Employers are looking for better-educated employees and in many cases require a baccalaureate degree to even consider an individual for a job opening. Florida's legislature has been an effective facilitator in supporting the development…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Bachelors Degrees, Student Needs, Case Studies
Barakos-Cartwright, Rebekah B. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Classified employees comprise thirty two percent of the educational workforce in school districts in the state of California. Acknowledging these employees as a viable and untapped resource within the educational system will enrich job satisfaction for these employees and benefit the operations in school sites. As acknowledged and valued…
Descriptors: Employees, Nonprofessional Personnel, Job Satisfaction, School Districts
Lepper, Charles Wilmer – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This qualitative study examines the influence of a grant from the Lilly Endowment to recruit and retain intellectual capital of part-time faculty in a community college system. Through the use of grant funds, the college used in this study developed and implemented nine college-wide initiatives. This study examined adjunct faculty members'…
Descriptors: Grants, Adjunct Faculty, College Faculty, Faculty Recruitment