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Showing 1 to 20 of 83 for “"Institution of Higher Education"”.
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Merit pay at an institution of higher education
… university consistent with selected tenets of operant conditioning?" The population for this study consisted of one state-supported institution of higher education in the Commonwealth of Virginia that has a merit pay system. Nine department chairmen and six faculty members (two per academic …
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Andragogical learning at a federal institution of higher education in the United Arab Emirates
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-03-28 without embargo terms
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Economic impact of international students attending an institution of higher education in the United States
… non-homogeneous minority presence commonplace at institutions of higher education in the early twenty-first century. The impact of international students on institutions of higher education is generally recognized from four primary perspectives including academic, cultural, political and economic …
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Living with a Chronic Condition: Perspectives of College Students at a Public Institution of Higher Education
<p>Chronic conditions are ongoing, have a pattern of recurrence or deterioration, and produce consequences impacting an individual’s quality of life. An estimated 164 million Americans are expected to be affected by chronic conditions by the year 2025 (Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease, 2016). …
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Reaching beyond compliance: Obstacles to integrating sustainability into decision -making processes in an institution of higher education
<p>There are emerging opportunities for institutions of higher education to respond to current environmental and public health crises. By setting institutional examples and modeling for others how to prioritize sustainability as a grounding framework for decision-making, institutions of higher …
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Exploring the decolonisation of the Environmental Management Curriculum in a Rural Historically Disadvantaged Institution of Higher Education
… This has led to calls for the decolonisation of academic disciplines like Geography, among others. Against this backdrop, this study analyses the decolonisation of the Environmental Management curriculum in a rural historically disadvantaged institution of higher education. The specific …
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How faith and leadership are connected: a study of Catholic women administrators in a southern public institution of higher education
Studies concerning spirituality and higher education, particularly for the college student, are beginning to appear in journals, conference papers, and presentations. However, there is little research conducted with professionals in higher education on the construct of spirituality. Spirituality …
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The Effect of Learning Communities on Freshman Student Retention Rates and GPA at a Public 4-Year Institution of Higher Education
<p>This study examined the effect of GSD 101 Learning Communities (a cohort program for freshmen at Eastern Kentucky University) on the retention and first-year grade point average of first-time, full-time freshmen at the university. The study specifically examined students enrolled in GSD 101Z and …
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Organizational Leadership : a Study of the Perceptions of Servant Leadership Practices and Beliefs, and its Implications for a Private Christian Institution of Higher Education in Brazil
… This study verified the perceptions of the workers of Brazil Adventist University (UNASP) regarding the beliefs and practices of servant leadership by using data collected online through the instrument called the Organizational Leadership Assessment (OLA), focusing on six key areas of …
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A Sense of Trust Through the Eyes of African American Doctoral Students: An Examination of How a Predominantly White Institution of Higher Education Can Create an Environment of Inclusiveness
… whether trust influences the experiences of African American students, particularly those in doctoral programs at predominantly White institutions. Recent studies suggest that colleges and universities can benefit in several ways by building and maintaining student trust. However, the body …
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Contributions of W. A. Criswell to the Establishment and Development of The Criswell College
This study researched the role of W. A. Criswell as Chancellor of The Criswell College and his involvement in the areas of development, facilities acquisitions, personnel, and academics. This qualitative historical research was taken from Criswell's personal files from 1968 through 2001. W. A. …
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Factors in Higher Education - Collective Bargaining in Florida and North Carolina
… "why" faculty bargaining emerges in a four-year institution of higher education usually points to the economic, structural, institutional or legal characteristics of the institution. However, it is this researcher's contention that the "political culture" of the State in which the institution is …
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The Experiences of Hong Kong Tertiary Students With Disabilities: A Qualitative Exploration
… by nine students with disabilities at an institution of higher education in Hong Kong. Participant observation in classrooms at the university studied and semi-structured interviews with students with disabilities, their instructors, and staff designated to serve such students constituted …
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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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Using podcasts to mediate reflective learning : a case of a postgraduate programme at a higher education institution
Although reflective learning in higher education is increasing, not much research has been conducted on using reflective learning for discursive knowledge production among students whose first language is not English. Discursive knowledge production is the meaning making process initiated when one …
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Alumni Characteristics that Predict Promoting and Donating to Alma Mater: Implications for Alumni Relations
<p>Because of declining state funding and rising costs for institutions of higher education, support from alumni is of major interest to university administrators, alumni associations, university advancement officials and other stakeholders. Gifts from alumni are becoming more important in …
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Religion and spirituality: a study of undergraduate student sentiments and transcendence
… university located in Glassboro, NJ. The purpose of this study was to determine the religiosity, religious crisis, and spirituality levels of Rowan University undergraduate students. A survey was sent to all undergraduate students at least 18 years old to participate in the study. The instrument …
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Assembling a Hispanic-Serving Institution: A Campus Landscape Analysis of a Hispanic-Serving Institution
<p>Post-secondary educational spaces are often thought of as a backdrop to where education takes place. Architectural designs are seen as neutral sites; however, higher education institutions are sites of ideological production and therefore, fundamental exercises of power (Ford, 2017). The study …
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