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Showing 1 to 20 of 34 for “"Public Research University"”.
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Department chairs' research-related roles and responsibilities at a public research university
… to explain how academic department chairs enact research-related roles and responsibilities at one public research university to support faculty research productivity. For this study, I interviewed 22 department chairs at one public research university in the Southeastern United States undergoing …
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Brand coherence at a major multi-campus public research university: An exploratory case study
… case study was to examine a major multi-campus public research university with brand coherence across its institution. The case study of State University explored the phenomenon of brand coherence through the perspectives of 21 senior administrators who participated in semi-structured …
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Sense of place and student engagement among undergraduate students at a major public research university
The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between sense of place and student engagement among undergraduate students, in order to influence how higher education institutions view the role of the physical environment in fostering student engagement, learning, and personal …
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Bridging the academic biotechnology commercialization gap: can the mission of the public research university be preserved?
… determine if there is a best model available for public research universities to use when they are implementing or revising a mechanism to commercialize early-stage academic biotechnology inventions and discoveries. Unintended consequences, including conflicts of interest, faculty roles, and the …
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Mentoring and locus of control of African American and European American doctoral students in a midwestern public research university
… American doctoral students at a Midwestern, public, research university. The study also sought to determine students' preferences for mentoring based upon their mentors' race, gender, and age, and the students' perceptions of their mentors' personal and professional attitudes and values, and …
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Can We Have It All? Painting a Picture of the Adjunct, Clinical, and Tenured/ Tenure-Track Faculty Mother Experience At a Large Southern Public Research University
… their faculty and mother roles. This qualitative research study aimed to better understand faculty mothers' lived experiences serving as both a faculty member and a mother within the southern culture of a large, public research institution located in the southeastern region of the United States. …
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The Role of Chief Diversity Officers in Institutionalizing Diversity and Inclusion: A Multiple Case Study of Three Exemplar Universities
… so that diversity moves from the margins of the university to the center and becomes a standard way of thinking and doing business. Given this high-level executive leadership design, the functions and duties of the CDO are significant. A CDO must be the advocate and leader for sustained …
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Interdisciplinary Research Connections and Attitudes in Research Universities
… support the development of interdisciplinary research connections in a large public research university. Graduate students and faculty from 15 departments (n = 227) responded to an online survey focusing on an individual's openness toward interdisciplinary research, applied epistemological …
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Sources of financial stress and its impact on undergraduate international student experience and retention process
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This phenomenological study sought to explore how financial stress shaped the experiences and retention intentions of undergraduate international students in a large, public research university in the United States. The …
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The Use of Service Blueprinting as a Method of Improving Non-Academic College Student Experiences
… is commonly used in many service industries, but research exploring its application within a higher education context is very limited. The purpose of this case study was to describe the use and effects of extensive service blueprinting of non-academic student experiences in one university in the …
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Motivation and Needs of On-line Learners at Virginia Tech
… 13 totally on-line classes offered at a large, public, research university located in a mid-Atlantic state. The purpose of this study was to examine what motivates students to take on-line courses and to assess their interest in receiving other academic and student services on-line. Data were …
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New BSN Nurse Informatics Competencies: Perceptions of Academic Preparedness for Practice
<p>One rapidly expanding nursing program at a public research university in the mid-south region of the United States served as the site for this study. Recent nurse graduates were selected in a purposeful sampling from alumni who had conferred degrees from May 2007 through May 2013. Sixty-three …
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Studying in the United States: Chinese Graduate Students' Experiences of Academic Adjustment
… qualitative study employed a phenomenological research method to explore four Chinese graduate students' lived experiences of academic adjustment in a public research university in the United States. Purposive sampling was used to identify information-rich students, and in-depth interview was …
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"""I am not beneath you because I am from a different continent, I am also like you!"": Nigerian college students make meaning of racial and ethnic identity at a predominantly white institution"
… racial and ethnic space in the United States. My research investigates underrepresented cultures from Africa - namely Nigeria - whose ethnic background is often considered invisible in the U.S. This research examines how Nigerian college students make meaning of their racial and ethnic identity at …
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Institutionalizing Service-Learning as a Best Practice of Community Engagement in Higher Education: Intra- and Inter-Institutional Comparisons of the Carnegie Community Engagement Elective Classification Framework
… Private Liberal Arts College, a Private Teaching University, and a Public Research University located in the same metropolitan area. Organizational Change Theory was used as a theoretical model. Case study methodology was used in the present qualitative research to perform document analysis with …
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Portraiture and the Large Lecture: Storying One Chemistry Professor's Practical Knowledge
… lecture professor of general chemistry at a public research university in the southeast. This study continues Elbaz's (1981) work on practical knowledge with the incorporation of a qualitative and intentionally interventionist methodology which "blurs the boundaries of aesthetics and …
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BREAKING THE CYCLE? AN EXPLORATION OF ACADEMIC MATCHING AND RURAL STUDENTS' COLLEGE CHOICE PROCESSES
… exclusively on students from those groups. Research has also, however, identified a geographic component to undermatching, as rural students have been found to undermatch at significantly higher rates than their urban and suburban counterparts. Interestingly, rural students are less likely …
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Articulando Chicana/Latina's critical narratives on their graduate experiences
… Chicana/Chicano at a large, predominantly White public research university in the Midwest, using qualitative and interpretive research methods. To achieve this, I gathered eight semi-structured narratives with self-identified Chicana/Latina women and one queer Chicana/Chicano, who were doctoral …
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Strong Black Womanhood, Stress, and Coping: A Quantitative Investigation of a Culturally Encapsulated Phenomenon
… region of the United States including a large, public, research university; a small, private, religious-affiliated university; and three public, historically Black universities. The following research questions guided the study: a) What are the respondents’ levels of Strong Black Woman …
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