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Showing 1 to 20 of 186 for “"Academic Institutions"”.
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Utilizing Student Perceptions to Facilitate Continuous Improvement for Academic Institutions
… towards curricula, teaching methods, and academic research. Business colleges could benefit from a continuous improvement approach in order to provide graduates with a quality education which would enable them to compete for the best job opportunities. Student perspectives were collected …
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A descriptive analysis of youth ministry programs in selected academic institutions
Youth ministry as an academic discipline is relatively new. Many academic institutions already have youth ministry programs, some more advanced than others, and others are considering establishing youth ministry programs to meet the growing need for training theologically grounded practitioners of …
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Teaching Academic Skills to Chinese Undergraduate Students in U.S. Academic Institutions
… in the American classroom through guidance on academic skills. To achieve this goal, a series of situationally-based curriculum modules about different academic skills are developed as the central part of this project. This curriculum is designed not only for Chinese undergraduate students, but …
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Effectiveness of Board Governance in Academic Institutions: The Case of Private Secondary Schools in Arusha Municipality
This study was carried out in Arusha municipality to determine the effectiveness of Board Governance in private secondary schools. The specific objectives of the study were to examine the Board structure of the private secondary school boards in Arusha and to examine the functioning of these boards …
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Effectiveness of Board Governance in Academic Institutions: The Case of Private Secondary Schools in Arusha Municipality
This study was carried out in Arusha municipality to determine the effectiveness of Board Governance in private secondary schools. The specific objectives of the study were to examine the Board structure of the private secondary school boards in Arusha and to examine the functioning of these boards …
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The child care conundrum : the costs and consequences of unmet early child care needs among parents working at academic institutions across the United States
… thesis builds a case for local employers and institutions to be held accountable for filling the early child care needs of their workforce. One such employer primed to tackle the child care conundrum is the American academe. I use the results of an original online survey of parents working, …
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An exploration of Academics’ Views and Perceptions of the Successful Application of Performance Appraisal in the Context of the Jordanian Higher Education: A Case Study of a Private University
… performance appraisal is applied in many academic institutions around the world in the mean improving performance of academic employees and academic institutions alike. However, views on its application vary among scholars for different <br/>reasons. With all the challenges that …
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Collecting Student Data for Accreditation Assessment
… to identify one of the key problems faced by academic institutions seeking accreditation. The accreditation process requires academic institutions to conduct a self-study analyzing how well a given program is meeting the learning outcomes the accreditation board uses in its assessment. This …
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An assessment of the missional model of graduate theological education: A case study
… perspective is a model being utilized by academic institutions within graduate theological education. Many of the academic institutions utilizing the missional model are aligning their academic institutions with theological understanding of the church from a missional hermeneutic. Method. …
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An Analysis of Perceived Faculty and Staff Ccomputing Behaviors That Protect or Expose Them or Others to Information Security Attacks.
… behaviors that either protect or expose data at academic institutions to information security attacks. This study focused on computing practices at two academic institutions: East Tennessee State University and Milligan College. Interviews with six information technology professionals and online …
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Effect of first impressions on student evaluations of lecturers
Academic institutions (particularly historically White tertiary institutions) are experiencing challenges in attracting and retaining Black African and femail academic staff. Anecdotal evidence suggests that Black African academic staff at historically White universities in South Africa experience …
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Increasing Access to Primary Care Using NP’s: The Framework for an Academic Based Nurse-managed Center in California
… the opportunity still exists to expand access. Academic institutions generally utilize licensed and credentialed NP faculty to provide clinical education to NP students and have an unrivalled opportunity to provide community healthcare through education. To maintain licensure/certification, NPs …
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Innovative use of Information Technology to Enhance Knowledge Management Practices at the Marist International University College, Nairobi - Kenya
… in knowledge management (KM) initiatives in academic institutions. A previous study by Anduvare (2015) revealed that the Marist International University College, Nairobi - Kenya had not adequately adopted information technologies into KM practices entwined in teaching, learning and research. …
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Variables differentiating between the selection of a predominantly white university and a predominantly black college by black women
… as they relate to black women's choice of academic institutions, contrasting the characteristics of those women attending a predominantly black college with those of women attending a predominantly white state university. The institutions used in this study were Tuskegee Institute and The …
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A model towards hurricane preparedness communication in the state of Florida, USA
… professionals, high-risk building occupants, and academic institutions. Three Disaster Management professionals and four high-risk building occupants reviewed the model and found that it accurately represented their interview responses; the model was refined further based on these responses. This …
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Analyzing Student Readiness for Online Learning in Higher Education
… the relationship between students and their academic institutions. Focusing specifically on RRU, the research has the potential to serve as a model for other Canadian universities seeking to improve their online educational offerings. Currently, there is limited research on the intricate …
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Spinning off new ventures from research institutions outside high tech entrepreneurial areas
… I examine how spinning off new ventures from academic institutions works in an environment outside developed high tech clusters and how it affects models of ventures. I examine these questions by studying the case of Belgium. There seems to be two archetypes of spin-off processes depending on …
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National gender policy for Rwanda: a case study of institutional response to policy recommendations on women in science and technology
… of women in science and technology in two academic institutions of Rwanda. Those are the National University of Rwanda (UNR) and Kigali Institute of Science and Technology (KIST). By exploring institutional factors underlying the said question, the study has complemented previous works on …
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An improved controller for the Rhino robot arm
… The inexpensive Rhino robot arm is one that academic institutions can easily obtain for educational purposes. This thesis presents a new controller that replaces the original Rhino controller, which in many ways was not suited, or was too limited, for experimentation. A comparison of the old …
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Redefining state sovereignty: The complexities of Humanitarian intervention and the Responsibility to Protect
… norms which has for a long time 'raged' within academic institutions and the international community as a whole. In the rhetoric of international politics, attempts to establish the responsibility of states to respect human rights within their jurisdictions are often countered with claims of …
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