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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"higher ed"”.
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Reducing Preventable Emergency Department Visits by Improving Patient Care Access to Primary Care
… care creates a concern to receive comprehensive medical care. Improving access to a consistent source of care can help to obtain high quality of care, continuity of care, and reduce preventable emergency department (ED) visits. The aim of this project is to reduce preventable ED visits by …
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Higher education and development in the golbal south: The case of Kenya
Globalization has challenged and changed roles for governments, non-profits, and no-governmental institutions for countries in Global South. it has similarly spawned the births of numerous manifestations of NGOs, which potentially complement the approximately 7,000-9,000 higher education …
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The effect of first-year writing programs on the retention and persistence of historically underserved students
… and student persistence are perennial issues in higher education. With the current enrollment challenges in all sectors of higher ed, more attention is being paid to these issues than ever before. Colleges and universities are interested in shoring up their budgets as well as improving completion …
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Open Source Micro Diplomas: New Credentials for New Learning
… most Americans. Only about a third of citizens aged 25 and over have achieved a baccalaureate degree or better. Two-thirds are left behind in precarious jobs that pay substantially less and that are losing ground. Everyone from politicians to parents repeats the mantra of “college for all”, but …
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Look for pattern: collage as co-created pedagogical space
My research takes place in the areas of art education and arts-based research. This inquiry is multivalent and expansive, and I see a direct connection between making, learning and teaching. Through the lens of art, teaching becomes part of this research. This dissertation is an invitation to …
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Health Care Transitions in Sickle Cell Disease
… with sickle cell disease (SCD) have increased their life expectancy and necessitated their transition to adult health care. However, there is a limited understating of health care transition in SCD and the impact it has on outcomes beyond perspective on and satisfaction with the process from …
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A service marketing approach to recruiting students in German private universities :exploratory thesis of student expectations and experiences
Changes in the higher education sector have forced private universities in Germany to reflect how they can best compete in the market, attract students, find their market niche and differ-entiate themselves from similar institutions. The recruitment of students at private universities is …
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The archives mixtape: an education in (un)making Black deaths
Education is usually framed as critical for saving Black youth. From beyond their passing, dead Black youth call for a critical stance on US educational institutions. This study adopts this critical stance. Such a critical stance allows me to ask: What do educational institutions, and their …
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You Are Academia
… suggests that the fundamental purpose of current higher learning structures is meant to improve revenue and the quantity of works produced—not necessarily the quality of student education. This is a work of overt satire and takes roughly 20 minutes to complete.</p>
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The evaluation of the nutritive value of Baobab seed cake and Macadamia oil cake as feed for ruminants
Horticultural by-products such as seed and nut oil residues have the potential to replace conventional protein and energy sources in diets for ruminants. The objective of the study was to evaluate the nutritive value of Macadamia oil cake and Baobab seed cake as nutrient supplements for feedlot …
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Finding community, calling home: Social factors in the academic identity development in two first-generation, low-income college students at an elite university
… original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2024-09-16 without embargo terms
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Implementing change in higher education : resolving change management deficiencies and its effects on process and employee efficiency.
This Problem of Practice study explored and synthesized the lived experiences of specialized project managers as they grappled with the challenges of aligning technical and people-centric change. For these individuals within a fast-growing organization in a complex and rapidly evolving …
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Leadership orientations of rural community college presidents serving appointed or elected independent governing boards: a four-frame analysis
… presidents and board chairs serving appointed or elected independent governing boards to determine reported and observed leadership orientations of presidents. The study used the Leadership Orientation Survey developed by Bolman and Deal (1990) to quantify the use of the four leadership …