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Showing 1 to 20 of 55 for “"Higher education administrators"”.
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Higher Education Administrators and Students with Disabilities: A Survey of Administrator Knowledge and Training Needs
… enroll in two-year institutions at a higher rate than in four-year institutions. The California community college system, which is the largest system of higher education in the world, enrolled 2,609,365 students with disabilities during the 2000–2001 academic year. The purpose of this …
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Student Newspaper Governance on Public University Campuses in Ohio: Higher Education Administrators vs. Student Journalists
This study examined attitudes of administrators, faculty, and students regarding student newspapers on Ohio’s public university campuses; how student newspapers on the university campuses are governed, whether jurisdiction lies in administration, faculty, or student oversight; the extent to which …
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A study of legal information needs of public higher education administrators in the District of Columbia
… analysis of legal information needs of the major administrators in the public higher education system of the District of Columbia. The study further sought to provide a model Request for Proposal (RFP) with a performance specification suitable for inclusion in a public contract which ultimately …
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A hidden culture of carelessness: a comparative qualitative study of gender inequality and its implications for African American and South African Black women higher education administrators
… the lived and career experiences of Black women higher education administrators in the United States and South Africa. This comparative study elucidated the women’s experiences while giving voice to Black women, whose experiences and status are often further marginalized under new managerial …
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Exploring the perception of value associated with ESL programs during times of unanticipated crises and the role that value plays in decision-making by higher education administrators
… financial, academic, and social advantages to higher education institutions; however, these benefits are not always obvious to decision-making administrators. IEP/ESL programs recruit overseas students who pay full international fees over years of language and matriculated course study, and …
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Planning Practices of Administrators in Continuing Higher Education
Continuing education administrators in colleges and universities have indicated a growing awareness of the need for effective planning. As the topic of planning has gained prominence, so have discussions of strategic planning. It is frequently presented to continuing higher education administrators …
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Planned Organizational Change in Continuing Higher Education: Analysis of Two Cases
… organizational change efforts of continuing higher education administrators. Especially lacking in the case literature are explorations of less than fully successful change attempts.
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Securing Internal Support for Continuing Higher Education
… information exists about the way continuing higher education administrators secure internal support for their units. Yet, in order to thrive the continuing education unit must serve the larger organization within which it exists as well as adult learners. This study examined the way deans and …
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Rural Midwestern Public College Safe Ride Program Case Study
… phenomenon researched in this case study was higher education administrators’ decisions to institutionalize a safe ride program at a small, rural college. The purpose of this single/within-site case study was to describe the changes that happened at a rural public institution of higher …
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The Design Plan for a Comprehensive Financial Literacy Program
… of financial knowledge. More specifically, higher education administrators have become increasingly concerned with ensuring that financial literacy tools are available to college students. Students of today face higher tuition and education-related costs, are less likely to receive grant …
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Assessing the Relationship Between Mandatory Faculty Development for Online Career College Instructors and Transformative Learning
… learning has become a primary focal point for higher education administrators. Institutions have focused their strategic plans to maximize opportunities to grow their campuses, through distance education. A consistent issue that has surfaced with distance education initiatives is teacher …
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The Transition Experiences of Re-Enrolling Student Veterans at a Public Four-Year University
… civilian selves).The theory has implications for higher education administrators, for faculty and staff who work with the student veteran population, and for the student veterans themselves as they work through their significant transitions back to school.
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Rural Student Career Development: Examining Between-Group Differences in Self-Efficacy and Outcome Expectation
… areas of intervention for school counselors and higher education administrators looking to improve college outcomes for rural remote students.
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History and Demise of The University Foundation in St. Augustine, Florida: An Institutional Autopsy
This is an historical study of an institution of higher education that existed in St. Augustine, Florida from 1942-1949. The name of the institution was The University Foundation, founded by George J. Apel, Jr. This institution had several higher education divisions functioning under its umbrella. …
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A Case Study of Collegiate Alcohol Education: How Can Kennesaw State University Improve?
… alcohol tend to struggle academically and have a higher likelihood of dropping out of college all together. Higher education administrators at universities and colleges across the country experience the negative effects of this behavior. To help combat and reduce these negative effects, it is …
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A Case Study Exploring the Motivating Factors and Needs That Influence Older Adult Learners’ Decisions to Enroll and Persist in One University System of Georgia eMajor Collaborative Program
… adult learners perceive the use of technology in higher education to increase academic achievement, learning comprehension, and course tasks. The current study sought to further assist higher education administrators and leaders understand older adult learners' needs and motivators and how to …
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The voices of student-parents and their hurdles to success in higher education
… how student-parents are identified and served in higher education settings. I specifically looked at the academic and personal experiences of student-parents and the resources they used in order to complete their undergraduate degrees. Student-parents between the ages of 18-40 require and utilize …
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Being Ourselves: Narratives of Disabled College Students' Interpersonal Experiences with Campus Community Members
… in response to ableism, and the need for administrators to foster belonging for disabled college students. Study implications emphasize the urgent need for higher education administrators to foster a sense of belonging among disabled college students with multiple marginalized identities …
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Developmental Mathematics: A Quantitative Investigation of Instructor Classification as Related to Student Success
… for post-secondary math educators and higher education administrators.</p> <p><em>Keywords: higher education, developmental math, student success, first-generation students, instructor employment classification, binary logistic regression</em></p>
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New transfer partners : California community colleges and private for-profit four-year institutions
… with those who transfer to public or non-profit higher education institutions. Using logistic regression analysis, this study showed that academic experiences have the greatest influence on the decision to enroll at a for-profit institution. Controlling for academic experiences and socioeconomic …
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