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Baillie, Colleen P. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Undergraduate students represent a new but growing population at a school of public (SPH) health at a large, private, urban research university on the East Coast. This SPH has offered a minor in public health since 2010, and a major was initiated in 2014. The school also plans to offer an accelerated bachelor's-to-master's in public health…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Undergraduate Students, Public Health, Student Experience
Nuñez, Elizabeth M. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Undergraduate research is often regarded as the most powerful high impact practice because it encompasses several high impact practice strategies (e.g. faculty-student mentorship, collaborative learning, common intellectual experiences) within one experience. First-generation college Students of Color are often excluded from undergraduate research…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Undergraduate Students, African American Students, Minority Group Students
Barrow, Elizabeth Cynthia – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This dissertation explores how four pre-service teachers (PSTs) came to define and understand intercultural competence (ICC) during a short-term student teaching abroad program. In this exploratory, collective case study I highlight the participants' voice by analyzing their definitions of ICC before, during, and after their experience in Germany…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Cultural Awareness, Teacher Competencies, Study Abroad
Pasquesi, Kira – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Colleges and universities use language (i.e., talk and text) to represent diversity and inclusion in community engagement. Diversity refers to individual and social or group differences (e.g., race, ethnicity, national origin, social class, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, ability), while inclusion is the intentional and ongoing…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Language Usage, Community Involvement, Discourse Analysis
Hetzell, Leah B. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
As calls for institutions of higher education to educate globally competent citizens have intensified over the last two decades, the field of international service learning (ISL) has responded resoundingly. ISL programs have been implemented at many institutions and there have been countless studies that demonstrate the great power for student…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Experience, Reentry Students, Service Learning
Walburn, H. Lincoln – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Each year the number of individuals who join the military is around 150,000, and many only spend four to eight years in the military before leaving to find their next career as a civilian. Many of these veterans enroll in higher education and begin to utilize the educational benefits they earned through their military service. Student veterans…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Veterans, Educational Benefits, Military Service
Chace, Sarah Valentine – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study undertook to examine the effects of a unique leadership-training program on one group of urban school superintendents. This two-year program, called the Program for Leading Superintendents (PLS), was largely based on concepts of Heifetz's adaptive leadership model. The purpose of the research on the effects of this program was to…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Urban Schools, Superintendents, Leadership Training
Weiss, Dina M. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Aspiring teachers seeking licensure in New York State are required to prepare a portfolio of materials demonstrating their readiness to teach during their student teaching clinical experience, as per edTPA (a teacher performance assessment developed by Stanford University). This research considered how cooperating teachers in the student teaching…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Program Effectiveness, Portfolios (Background Materials), Cooperating Teachers
Biermeier, Chadwick – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This study was an examination of the minority student retention rate in a year-long bridge program. The retention rate of these students is 25%. University administration was concerned about the retention rate and its impact on future enrollment. Using Jack Mezirow's transformative learning as a framework of understanding, the purpose of this…
Descriptors: Minority Group Students, Academic Persistence, Success, Barriers
Almusharraf, Norah Mansour – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This dissertation examines how English language learners in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) realize learner autonomy, especially in the context of the learner's meaning development via purposeful vocabulary acquisition. This project is a qualitative case study that engages both teachers and English learners as subjects over a prolonged period of…
Descriptors: Females, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Gruber, Melinda Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Many new and emerging leaders will move into leadership positions in healthcare as experienced leaders retire or move to other positions. These individuals need leadership development that supports them in becoming transformational change leaders. This study explored the topic of peer learning as a leadership development approach in a healthcare…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Peer Teaching, Cooperative Learning, Health Services
Doraiswamy, Nithya – ProQuest LLC, 2015
This qualitative case study focused on the multifaceted issue of exploring science teacher leaders understanding and addressing of issues of diversity and equity with peers through professional development. The purpose of the study was to highlight the opportunities and barriers to the addressing of issues of diversity and equity through the work…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Teacher Leadership, Diversity (Institutional), Diversity (Faculty)
Weiss, Elizabeth Rocio – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Linked Learning is an approach that has proven effective in transforming the learning experiences for high school students. An instrumental case study was conducted in a large urban district in Southern California where district and school leaders implemented Linked Learning as a systemic high school reform initiative. Analysis of the data…
Descriptors: Educational Change, School Districts, Interviews, High School Students
Logan, Rosemary – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This dissertation explores the confluence between transformative learning (TL), education for sustainability (EfS), and Expeditionary Learning (EL). The researcher has studied the experiences of EL graduates from three high schools and asked the question: does participation in an EL high school result in transformative learning? If so, what are…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Acceleration (Education), Sustainability, High School Graduates
Garcia, Samuel, Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Researchers have noted that effective school leadership is essential to ensuring positive student and school outcomes. To achieve these outcomes, university preparation programs must adequately train and develop aspiring school leaders with the knowledge, skills, and capacity needed to be effective leaders. This qualitative case study examines a…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, School Districts, Audio Equipment, Course Descriptions
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