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Elizabeth Hannah Huvard – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Student success is often treated as an observed variable, or something that you can measure directly with a single instrument. Single course outcomes such as final course grade or learning gain on an assessment have become synonymous with success in undergraduate science education research. Continually relying on these narrow course outcomes to…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Biology, Science Education, College Science
Rocha, Claudio M. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The theoretical argument of the current research is that athletic departments have been effective in attaining their conflicting goals mainly because they have become highly effective in managing institutional rules. Neo-institutionalism (DiMaggio & Powell, 1991), loose coupling (Meyer & Rowan, 1977), and patterns of bureaucracy (Gouldner, 1954)…
Descriptors: College Athletics, Investigations, Physical Activities, Structural Equation Models
Fung, Terence Yip-hung – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Under the George W. Bush U.S. presidential administration, the federal government pushed for greater accountability among institutions of higher education for educational outcomes. Graduation rate is a key performance indicator of institutional accountability. Previous researchers of student attrition focused primarily on the effects of student…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, Structural Equation Models, Educational Objectives, Institutional Characteristics