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The Difference in College Choice Factors between Parents and Student-Athletes, and the Effects of Personal Fit on School Selection
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William L. Nixon – ProQuest LLC, 2020
On the campus of Brigham Young University (BYU) sits a 66,000-seat stadium that bears the name of a college football hall of fame coach LaVell Edwards (1930-2016). While pursuing his doctorate, Edwards (1978) decided to focus his dissertation on college recruiting and significantly contributed to the forefront of student-athlete college choice…
Descriptors: College Choice, Student Recruitment, Student Athletes, Student Attitudes
Exploring Connections between Social, Civic, and Education Organization: An Historical Case Study of Three Key Figures Inthe New York City Community Control Movement, 1966-1968
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Keith Wayne Trahan – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Schools serve both to connect and separate people within society. Therefore, the landscape of school reform presents an opportunity to explicate the opposing forces of connectedness and competition that are entrenched in twenty-first century society. It can serve as a laboratory in which to study foundational social issues. This study is an…
Descriptors: Politics of Education, Social Attitudes, Community Attitudes, Alienation
The Business of Creating Small Businesses: A Case Study of the Springfield Business Incubator at Springfield Technical Community College
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Klauber, James Shuler, Sr. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this case study is to understand and explain the characteristics of a small business incubator located on the campus of a community college. Business incubation and entrepreneurship programs are increasing in number on community college campuses across the country (Montoya, 2009). As community colleges have traditionally played a…
Descriptors: Small Businesses, Entrepreneurship, Financial Support, Community Colleges
Academic Dishonesty: The Link between Academics and the Law
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Jackson, Judith T. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
There have been many studies done and much research completed on the problem of academic dishonesty at the college and university level. However, there is a dearth of studies done on academic dishonesty as it relates to the legal issues and trends related to higher education administration. The purpose of this research is to analyze the issues,…
Descriptors: Evidence, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Legal Problems
Second Grade Teachers' Literacy Instruction: Linking Beliefs to Practice
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Smith, Tracy Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Teachers hold beliefs about how children best learn how to read. It is clear from the literature how beliefs are acquired, and that it is possible for beliefs to change. What is not clear is if teachers' beliefs are connected to classroom practices as they relate to teaching reading, and if legislation mandates impact instructional practices. The…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Program Effectiveness, Grade 2, Teacher Student Relationship
Experiments on Health and Education in Developing Economies
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Lu, Fangwen – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Health and education are two important issues in developing economies. Field and natural experiments provided me with great opportunities for identifying the effects of health insurance and incentive on doctors' prescribing behaviors and the peer influences among students. The first chapter examines whether doctors write more expensive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Incentives