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Moore, Kimberly A. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
College students are failing to graduate at unacceptable rates (Camera, 2016; DeVore, 2016; Scherer & Anson, 2014; Schneider, 2008). If graduation is the goal, then retention is the means. The research study sought to understand a potential solution to the pervasive retention problem, by researching a new strategy, compassionate enrollment.…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Two Year College Students, Enrollment, Academic Persistence
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Govender, Neelan; Grobler, Bennie; Mestry, Raj – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2016
The Holistic Equilibrium Theory of Organizational Development was used to gain an in-depth understanding of the influence of holistic staff capacity on conducting effective internal whole-school evaluation (IWSE) within the Gauteng Department of Education's public secondary schools. In the context of South African education, the staff of each…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Evaluation (Groups), Holistic Approach, Secondary Schools
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Hearne, Lucy; Geary, Tom; Martin, Noelle – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2017
This paper will deliberate upon the relevance of guidance counselling as a "whole school" responsibility in the context of recent policy and practice changes in the Irish post primary sector since the Government of Ireland Budget 2012. Pertinent issues including the complexities of delivering a whole school approach to guidance…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Counseling, School Guidance, Case Studies
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Cooper, Joseph N.; Hall, Jori – Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 2016
The purpose of this article is to describe how a mixed methods approach was employed to acquire a better understanding of Black male student athletes' experiences at a historically Black college/university in the southeastern United States. A concurrent triangulation design was incorporated to allow different data sources to be collected and…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Males, College Students, African American Students
Sinutko, Jaime M. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Admission to a baccalaureate nursing school in the United States is currently a challenging proposition for a variety of reasons. This research explored a holistic nursing school admission process at a small, private, baccalaureate college using a retrospective, mixed-method, approach. The holistic method included multiple admission criteria, both…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, College Admission, Admission Criteria, Nursing Students
Aslan, Sinem – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The primary purpose of this study was to improve existing design theories for characteristics of an information-age school and roles that educational technology should serve for key stakeholders in such schools. In addition to this primary purpose, this study explored how learner-centered instruction and assessment were implemented in an…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Learner Controlled Instruction, Access to Information, Information Technology