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Showing 1 to 20 of 52 for “"research universities"”.
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Faculty Teaching Goals at Senior Research Universities
… was to identify faculty teaching goals at senior research universities and to determine variables which could be used to predict these goals. The eight disciplines used in this study were: accounting, chemistry, computer science, economics, English, math, mechanical engineering, and psychology. …
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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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Leadership Frames of Female Presidents of American Research Universities
… of four-year, public and private, coeducational research institutions both from the Intensive and Extensive Carnegie classifications within the United States. The population (N=30) surveyed was sent the Leadership Orientation Questionnaire (Self) developed from the previous research conducted by …
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The Socialization of Junior Tenure -Track Faculty Members in Research Universities
… of mentoring, lack of support for teching and research, lack of communication and support from senior faculty members, and support for structure faculty development programs for faculty of color. The non-minority faculty members perceived more collegiality and support from senior faculty …
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The Wealth and Color of Off-Campus Recruiting by Public Research Universities
This dissertation builds a research agenda that explores how off-campus recruiting visits by public research universities may undermine access for underserved student populations. Mainstream educational explanations for racial and socioeconomic access inequality place the onus on students, …
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The Relationship Between Academic And Student Affairs Collaboration And Student Success In Research Universities
… success and student learning. Specifically, this research sought to: (a) investigate the relationships between the number, nature, and organization of partnerships with institutional retention rates, graduation rates, and students' engagement in educationally purposeful activities, (b) test the …
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NON-CREDIT COMMUNITY ARTS PROGRAMS: A COMPARATIVE CASE STUDY OF THREE PROGRAMS WITHIN RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES
… comparative case study of three programs within research universities is to examine the perceptions of the various stakeholders of non-credit community arts programs to determine the perceived benefits received by all stakeholders from the non-credit program, the university, and its surrounding …
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The role of organisational culture during the implementation of internal succession planning within Malaysian research universities
… of culture on succession planning within public universities in Malaysia. Nevertheless; there is an absence of a comprehensive conceptual model of the culture-succession relationship in the literature that includes the impact of moderators such as national culture. A mixed mode design was adopted …
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A Study of the Relationship Between Revenue Sources and Undergraduate Students' Graduation Rates at Public Research Universities
… accountability will have a significant impact on research universities' revenue resources in the future. Driving the demand is a perceived lack of institutional productivity. Undergraduate students' graduation rates represent one product of public research universities. States have already latched …
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Cooling towers among ivory towers : a comparative analysis of research universities, electricity consumption, and greenhouse gas emissions
… sustainability audits from private and public research universities, facility size, electricity consumption, and greenhouse gas emissions are shown to exhibit strong correlations among each other even when normalized by student body, research population, or facility area. Preliminary analysis …
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An Examination of Policies and Programs Used to Increase Ethnic and Racial Diversity Among Faculty at Research Universities
… and ethnic minority faculty at colleges and universities in the United States; (b) examines policies, programs, procedures, and strategies to increase racial diversity among faculty; and (c) outlines the opportunities, challenges, and policy recommendations for the short-term and long-term …
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Intentional Internationalization of Higher Education: A Strategic Institutional Response To Globalization
… a profitable strategy used by colleges and universities to counteract the transformative effects of globalization on higher education. As institutions begin to rely more heavily on this dimension of their organizational programming, it becomes essential that they engage in the best possible …
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The Importance of Leadership Motivational Activities In Encouraging International Students To Return To Their Tier 1 Universities
… enrollment is essential, and there is scant research on academic advising strategies that can be used to combat international student attrition at these universities (O’Keefe, 2013). Studies have often lumped all international students together and made efforts to attract more international …
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DNA Purification Process Optimization at Life Technologies Corporation
… to code for specialized proteins used by research universities, national laboratories, or research companies. Once cultivated and harvested, the plasmids must be analyzed for quality and quantity. The project is divided into improving three aspects of the process: 1) plasmid …
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Building an Instrument for Measuring Academic Administrator and Faculty Member Perceptions of the Workload Allocation Process as it Applies to Higher Education
… members from colleges of education at 19 high research universities in the southeastern United States were sent the 35 item instrument via electronic survey. Survey items were placed into five unidentified domains related to the workload allocation process. Based on the data from the survey, …
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Canadian University Statements and University Community Responses Following the Murder of George Floyd
… spurred global attention and compelled Canada’s research universities to respond to widespread social unrest. This study employs content analysis and critical discourse analysis to examine how power was integrated into statements issued by Canadian universities in spring and summer 2020. In the …
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Access for Whom? Examining Poor and Ethnic-minority Student Access at the Public Flagships
… it increasingly difficult to attend large public research universities. To investigate the potential relationship that exists between market-oriented practices in higher education and access for poor and ethnic-minority students, the Institutional Logics Perspective is employed as a theoretical …
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Twenty-five years of Scholarship: A Sociology of The Review of Higher Education Contributors, 1977-2002
… it is imperative for the higher education research community to reflect on its current composition and resulting ability to understand and respond to the breadth and rapidity of that change. Accordingly, the purpose of this study was to identify selected social and academic characteristics …
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CASE STUDIES OF EdD AND PhD DISSERTATIONS
… five education administration programs housed at research universities that offer both the PhD and EdD degree in education administration. The study found that the purpose of the PhD and EdD degree is similar and focuses on career preparation. In addition, PhD and EdD education administration …
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