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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"College Culture"”.
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Tribal College Culture-Based Education Impacts American Indian Students In North America
<p>Life Circle Tribal College (a pseudonym), as other tribal colleges, claims its purpose for existence is to help increase American Indians' access to affordable and culturally relevant vocational and academic postsecondary education. This study sought to answer the following questions: (1) How …
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Perceived Impact of Institutional Culture on Advanced Degree Aspirations of Students Attending Two Southern Women's Colleges
Women's college culture has been found to have qualities that promote the success of the women who graduate from these institutions. This research sought to identify aspects of women's college culture that students perceive as having impacted their aspirations for an advanced degree. Fifty-eight …
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Perceptions of organizational culture of a multi-campus community college district: mixed methods in concert
… of current and preferred organizational culture within a rural, multi-campus community college district. This phenomenon was examined by analyzing and comparing data collected by surveying all full-time employees utilizing the Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument (OCAI) and …
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Love and Low Serotonin
… and psychology; in this case it is American college culture and youthful minds. It is up to the reader to become an explorer also. S/he may turn the pages with an objective mind, or with a sympathetic one. Either will be presented with the same questions: questions concerning self-image, …
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Intra- and inter-personal predictors of posttraumatic stress disorder and sexual risk-taking behaviors
<p>Sexual risk-taking, while common in college culture, can increase the risk of sexual victimization. Nearly 20% of college women have been sexually assaulted (Krebs et al., 2009). Moreover, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) has been associated with sexual risk-taking (Johnson & Johnson, 2013). …
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A Study of the Design and First-Year Implementation of the Iowa Community College Quality Faculty Plans
… first-year implementation of the Iowa community college Quality Faculty Plans. The plans were developed by each of the fifteen Iowa community colleges in response to Iowa Code 260C.36 which replaced community college faculty licensure in July 2003. According to Iowa Code, Quality Faculty Plans …
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Exploring The High School Experiences Of Black Males With Their Considerations To Enroll In College
… males with their considerations to enroll in college. The research was guided by social network theory as a lens to understand Black males’ considerations to enroll in college upon high school completion. Ten Black male college students participated in semi-structured interviews, and an …
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Rethinking Counseling for College: High School Counselors' Perceptions of Community and Technical Colleges
… 62% of high school graduates enroll in college, almost half of these students do not return for their second year in school. This demonstratable gap in college interest and reaching actual goals speaks to a need for information on how to facilitate the precollege guidance process to …
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Beyond A Paycheck: Additional Benefits Of The Federal Work Study Program At A Commuter Community College
<p>Nationwide, community colleges have a graduation rate average of only 18%. As a result, institutions continually look for avenues to improve student success, persistence and achievement. While retention programs such as freshman orientation, communities of learning, TRiO and mentoring receive …
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A Study of Organizational Culture in Ontario Colleges with High Student Satisfaction
… measures. The use of organizational culture assessment can assist organizations to understand their current culture and, consequently, to inform strategies for change management. This study examined the perceptions held by administrators at four Ontario colleges with above average …
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Beyond the Dream:Improving College-Readiness of Underprepared Community College Students
<p>The majority of the nation’s first-year college students are not prepared to assume postsecondary level studies. Many are diverted to developmental education programs and most never attain postsecondary credentials. Educational reform is on the national agenda and challenges community colleges …
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How generalists function as a community of practice in a community college one-stop student service center
… as successful learners, they need to develop college knowledge, referring to understanding college admission, financial aid, college culture, and the college system. One approach that community colleges are implementing to support their students through the transition into their institution is …
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An analysis of the nature and function of the education policies at colleges of education in the National States in South Africa
… as well as the Departments cf Education and Culture, influence the functioning of the colleges of education in the National States in South Africa. It was also to determine the extent to which policies, evolved within the colleges themselves, are-af-feeted—by—interventions from the various …
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Revitalization of an Historically Black College: A Maryland Eastern Shore Case
… even though, like other small historically black colleges, UMES faced an uncertain future. Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are among America's most valuable resources, but for more than 130 years, these institutions of higher learning had to overcome the obstacles of limited …
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The socialization of students at a midwestern college
… study was to understand and explain the overall culture and subcultures of Prairie College (a pseudonym) and how those cultures socialized students to persist or depart from the institution. In accordance with the higher education student retention theory and research of Braxton (2000), Kuh and …
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An Exploration of Leadership and Campus Cultural Orientation In a California Community College
… orientation at a single California community college. The conceptual framework for the study consisted of the transformational leadership paradigm articulated by the full range leadership model (Bass & Avolio, 1994; Bass & Riggio, 2006). A taxonomy of campus cultural orientations was also …
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Insights into pastoral care experiences following the implementation of the Equality Act 2010: a case study approach
… in England. In further education (FE) colleges, the Equality Act 2010 (the Act) aims to improve pastoral care provision, promote inclusive education, and remove barriers that some students face. It is necessary to reflect on what constitutes ‘success’ a decade after the enactment of the …
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The Effects of College Diversity Education on Ethnocultural Empathy
… to understand the traditions and values of other cultures. Most students (68%) reported they were more likely to intervene if they witness someone making discriminating statements towards an individual because of their social identity. Limitations and future directions are discussed. </p>