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The Economics of American Higher Education
<p>The Economics of American Higher Education</p> <p>by</p> <p>Robin Freedman</p> <p>Advisor: Anthony G. Picciano</p> <p>American higher education is facing a perfect storm of converging issues and challenges which are threatening the demand for its product and the value proposition it offers. Many …
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Journalism and mass communication at academic crossroads in American higher education
… the future of journalism and mass communication education so that it remains a viable discipline within the academy.The Literature Review traces the origins and development of journalism and mass communication education through the 19th and 20 th centuries. It also explores the growth of …
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A Historical Analysis of Affirmative Admissions Litigation in American Higher Education: 1978--2002
Two research methodologies were implemented to conduct the study---historical analysis and document analysis. In utilizing historical analysis the author was able to examine six affirmative admissions cases. This allowed the researcher to analyze and identify how the Courts responded to each …
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Integration of Racially and Ethnically Diverse Modern Day Military Veterans in American Higher Education
… diverse modern day military veterans in American higher education. The methodology utilized in this study was phenomenology which utilized interviews as the primary method of qualitative inquiry. Eight primary themes emerged through the study including college aspirations, college …
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Benchmarks in American Higher Education: Selected Approaches for Distance Education Copyright and Intellectual Property Policies
An evaluation of American higher education distance education programs was conducted to explore how they approach intellectual property, copyright and information sharing/antitrust policy concerns for Internet-based programs. An evaluation of the current status of distance education and …
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Academic Leadership in Advancement Activities: A Dimension of the Dean's Role in American Higher Education
… costs, and an increasing emphasis on quality education, the need for effective fund-raising is important to American higher education. During the past decade, institutions of higher education, both public and private, faced difficult financial problems with no apparent end in sight. A growing …
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In the Name of the Home: Women, Domestic Science, and American Higher Education, 1865--1930
… of domestic science as an academic field for American women at the turn of the century. In this period, domestic science transcended the private sphere and emerged as an ideology of political and public domesticity in response to the anxieties engendered by the massive transformations of the …
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The Conflict in Thought Over The Role of Religion in American Higher Education, 1865-1910
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-09T18:01:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 6915340.pdf: 16847839 bytes, checksum: c768c9fccca155dd36fbfb3db7044582 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1969
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English in the era of globalization: The conceptualization of English in Korean students in American higher education
… its prestigious status in all levels of education. In a linguistic context, the influence of English in Korea has caused a concern for the purity of the Korean language. Also, participants connect their linguistic understanding of English to the prevalence of American cultural elements in …
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Bridging Generations: Shou-yi Ch’en, Yanshuo Zhang, and Their Contribution to Asian Studies in American Higher Education
… whose contributions have shaped Asian Studies in American higher education across nearly a century. Dr. Ch’en, educated in both China and the United States, played a foundational role in establishing Pomona College’s early Asian Studies program, fostering East–West intellectual exchange through …
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Bridging Generations: Shou-yi Ch’en, Yanshuo Zhang, and Their Contribution to Asian Studies in American Higher Education
… whose contributions have shaped Asian Studies in American higher education across nearly a century. Dr. Ch’en, educated in both China and the United States, played a foundational role in establishing Pomona College’s early Asian Studies program, fostering East–West intellectual exchange through …
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Going Further on That Walk: Examining the Internationalization of Public and Private Not-for-Profit American Higher Education
… between public and private not-for-profit American higher education institutions (HEIs) in 2011 and 2016.</p> <p>Using a mixed methods approach, the quantitative strand of this research uses data from the American Council on Education (ACE) 2011 and 2016 Mapping Internationalization surveys …
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Advancing Scholarship in Wartime: The World War I Research Experience and Its Impact on American Higher Education, 1900-1925
… in World War I historiography. It analyzes how American universities, represented by a select list of representative institutions, responded to increased demands for advanced knowledge during the war and how this influenced their commitment to scientific investigation and their relationship with …
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The Role of Faith in God in Administrative Decision-Making: a Descriptive Multiple Case Study of Three African-American Christian Women Administrators of American Higher Education
… decision-making practices of three African-American Christian women administrators of higher education.</p> <p><em>Method</em>. To achieve the purpose of this study, the literature was reviewed to identify existing theories. This descriptive multiple case study approach examined the impact …
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An Organizational analysis of the inter-organizational relationships between a public American higher education university and six United States corporate supporters : an instrumental, ethnographic case study using Cone's Corporate Citizenship Spectrum
… relationships between a public American doctoral research university and six of its corporate partners as framed through Cone's (2010) corporate citizenship spectrum. The World Economic Forum (2002) has universally defined corporate citizenship as: The contribution a company …
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