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Where Will I Sleep Tonight? A Qualitative Case Study Of Homeless And Displaced College Students, Andria Lynn Coleman
Where Will I Sleep Tonight? A Qualitative Case Study Of Homeless And Displaced College Students, Andria Lynn Coleman
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
The purpose of this study is to identify the needs of undergraduate students who are homeless or displaced, as well as examine the policies, procedures, and systems of Mountain University, a public four-year university, that may support or hinder students’ retention and progression. This study will be driven by the following research question: How do students who are homeless or displaced, but earned a scholarship, grant, or both navigate the policies, procedures, and systems of Mountain University during their first two years? Using Resiliency Theory and Hope Theory as the theoretical frameworks, this qualitative multiple case study seeks to identify …
Perceptions Toward The Value Of Higher Education For Hotel Professionals In Las Vegas: A Case Study, Gary Lee Deel
Perceptions Toward The Value Of Higher Education For Hotel Professionals In Las Vegas: A Case Study, Gary Lee Deel
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
This study concerns a qualitative investigation of the views toward higher education and its importance to hospitality career success among hotel professionals in the Las Vegas, Nevada area. Existing literature supported the premise that education may be important to professional career success in several different ways, and that values concerning education may be passed from one person to another via social learning. However, the relevant theories had not previously been evaluated within the context of the hospitality industry. Professionals in reporting relationships at two Las Vegas hotels were interviewed to determine perceptions about higher education, the sources of those perceptions, …
Knowledge Of Personal Energy Requirements In College Students, Aurora Maria Buffington
Knowledge Of Personal Energy Requirements In College Students, Aurora Maria Buffington
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
This study explored whether university students enrolled in health science classes were able to estimate their energy requirements within a range of calories equal to predicted Estimated Energy Requirements (EER) +/- two standard deviations. The International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) and a participant survey were given to a convenience sample of 63 male and 92 female undergraduate students (19-23 years) with subsequent measurements of height, weight and body fat percentage. Results from the IPAQ yielded metabolic equivalents which were converted to physical activity coefficients for use in the EER equation. Students significantly underestimated their EER by an average of 700 …
A Study Of California Community College Student Retention And Persistence With Extended Opportunity Programs And Services (Eop&S), Leonard Marvin Crawford
A Study Of California Community College Student Retention And Persistence With Extended Opportunity Programs And Services (Eop&S), Leonard Marvin Crawford
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
This research analyzed a select number of Extended Opportunities Programs and Services (EOP&S) within the California Community College system. Student perceptions and self reported attitudes were obtained through survey techniques from a select number of EOP&S programs based upon persistence trends of students from a recent four-year period. More specifically, these student trends were analyzed at three different levels of persistence, i.e., highest, median, and lowest. The respective groupings were surveyed to determine qualitative elements of EOP&S program services students associate with their persistence; The findings basically indicate that the consistent qualitative elements of programs services that EOP&S students associate …
Perceptions Of "Others": The Role Of Heterosexism In The Decline Of College Women Coaches, Amy Sandler
Perceptions Of "Others": The Role Of Heterosexism In The Decline Of College Women Coaches, Amy Sandler
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Since Title IX was signed into law in 1972, opportunities for females to participate in collegiate sport have increased tremendously. But these advancements have not held true for women head coaches in collegiate sport. For female head coaches, in fact, the inverse has resulted. Whereas prior to 1972, women led most collegiate women's athletic teams, today the majority of women's collegiate athletic teams are led by men. Previous researchers have pointed to the existence of a relationship between heterosexism and the decline of women coaches, but prior to this study, little or no empirical research on lesbian head coaches' perceptions …
The Relationships Of Selected Factors To Success In A College Reading Program, Corene Flowerette Walker Casselle
The Relationships Of Selected Factors To Success In A College Reading Program, Corene Flowerette Walker Casselle
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Purpose. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships of several variables--reading ability (vocabulary, reading comprehension, reading power, and reading efficiency) as measured by the Iowa Silent Reading Tests, locus of control as measured by the Rotter I-E Scale, class attendance, age and sex--to overall success in a college reading improvement program; Subjects. Subjects were students enrolled in three sections of Speed Reading and Study Skills at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), during the First Spring Session, 1977. Sixty-three students participated in the study--thirty-three males and thirty females ranging in age from seventeen to sixty-one years. …
A Comparison Of Two Approaches To Teaching Public Speaking At The Community College Level, Harvey Allen Godorov
A Comparison Of Two Approaches To Teaching Public Speaking At The Community College Level, Harvey Allen Godorov
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
The purpose of this study was to compare two types of instruction to determine whether one approach or method is superior in promoting student achievement in the basic speech communication course in a community college setting. The study was planned to find answers to the following question: To what extent do students, who are exposed to two different teaching/learning approaches, differ in terms of their cognitive achievement in oral communications?;The statistical design that was used is the Nonequivalent Control Group Design which is as follows:;O X O; - - - - - - - - - - - - -; …
Psychological Correlates Of Adherence To Femininity Ideology In Hispanic And European-American College Women, Carolina Villar-Mendez
Psychological Correlates Of Adherence To Femininity Ideology In Hispanic And European-American College Women, Carolina Villar-Mendez
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Submission to the desires of others and an objectified relationship to one's body have been identified as two major components of femininity ideology. Research suggests that over-adherence to feminine ideals may result in reduced well-being, the extremes of which can be depression, anxiety, eating disordered behavior, low self-esteem and academic performance deficits. This study examined the (1) extent to which adherence to femininity ideology, as defined by the aforementioned two components, was related to well-being and academic performance and, (2) ethnic differences in adherence to femininity ideology and its correlates in 162 college women, 80 of which self-identified as Hispanic …
The Influence Of Collective Efficacy On Reporting Crime Among College Students, Violet Angelina Colavito
The Influence Of Collective Efficacy On Reporting Crime Among College Students, Violet Angelina Colavito
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Colleges and universities often aim to create a sense of community and a neighborhood feel for students. University campuses are designed in ways that reflect the factors of social cohesion measured by Goudriaan, Wittebrood, and Nieuwbeerta (2006). Crime on college campuses is an important social issue. Data from the NCVS suggest that between 1995 and 2002, college students experienced an estimated 400,000 to 530,000 violent crimes each year; yet only about 35% of violent victimizations against college students were reported to the police (Baum 2005, and Hart 2003). Yet, research exploring the effect of social cohesion and collective efficacy on …
Examining Women Faculty Experiences Using The Model Of Human Occupation Perspective: A Qualitative Approach In One Community College, Christine R Privott
Examining Women Faculty Experiences Using The Model Of Human Occupation Perspective: A Qualitative Approach In One Community College, Christine R Privott
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Occupations for women in the academy have been changing over the last century. Contemporary studies that have looked at women faculty work have been mixed in their findings about the relationship between gender and job satisfaction. Few studies have focused on two-year-college models of women's experiences as faculty; Set in the context of occupational science theories, this qualitative study explored the daily work of women faculty in one community college. The concept of faculty work was viewed through Kielhofner's Model of Human Occupation, which suggests that occupations are made up of three subsystems of human action or doing: volition, habituation, …
Public College Students' Academic Experiences And Performance In Utah's Religious Enclave, Joe Peterson
Public College Students' Academic Experiences And Performance In Utah's Religious Enclave, Joe Peterson
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Many American colleges were established in "religious enclaves," regions dominated by somewhat homogeneous religious cultures that were formed when cobelievers experienced socially inhospitable conditions and removed themselves from the culturally diverse mainstream and gathered into more homogeneous cultural strongholds. Through modernization and urbanization, many former religious enclaves have evolved into pluralistic social settings; however, one large enclave remains. In Utah, students at public colleges and universities experience a cultural environment where the LDS (Mormon) religion has overwhelming demographic dominance (77 percent of Utah's population in 2000, Grammich, 2004, p. 20). This dissertation explores the influence of the enclave milieu on …
New College Formation: A Case Study Comparing Five Recently Opened State Colleges, John Richards Mundy
New College Formation: A Case Study Comparing Five Recently Opened State Colleges, John Richards Mundy
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
This policy analysis reviewed the needs assessment process for the formation of five recently opened and publicly-supported state colleges. The analysis revealed how public policy, higher education goals and objectives, and statewide resources and politics become engaged and intertwined in the creation of a new public middle-tier state college. This comparative case study examined the needs assessment process used in the creation of five recently opened colleges for effectiveness: CSU Monterrey Bay, CSU Channel Islands, Central Oregon University, Florida Gulf Coast University and Nevada State College HenderSon The analysis focused on four principal dimensions taken from the extant literature relevant …
Differences In Television Use Between Adopted And Non-Adopted College-Aged Adults, Christopher Edward Yunker
Differences In Television Use Between Adopted And Non-Adopted College-Aged Adults, Christopher Edward Yunker
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
This thesis is an original study that examines the media usage between adoptive and non-adoptive college-aged adults United States. The beginning of this thesis will focus primarily on television's ability to get a message across to a huge audience in the shortest amount of time. It will state the hypotheses and examine the research questions being sought. Simultaneously, it will examine the effect the media has on our youth. Hypothetically, adopted children have been more susceptible to the messages delivered. It will be the intent to analyze and discuss this susceptibility further in this thesis; The survey asked the subjects …
The College Choice Phenomenon: An Exploration Of Parental Perceptions, Sandra Jean Lord Thomas
The College Choice Phenomenon: An Exploration Of Parental Perceptions, Sandra Jean Lord Thomas
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Napoleon Bonaparte coined the maxim; "The future destiny of the child is always the work of the parent" (Evans, 1971, p. 18). A parent plays a key part in the development and progression of a child. Consequently, children often adopt parental perceptions of the world around them. The college choice phenomenon is no exception; parents perform a critical role. The purpose of this study was to examine the role parents played in the college choice phenomenon. The study employed a qualitative research approach with a quantitative component to explore parental perceptions and the interrelated roles of parents, students, high school …
A Study Of Post-Tenure Review *Policies Among Nevada Community Colleges And The Peer Institutions Of Ccsn, Thomas M Peacock
A Study Of Post-Tenure Review *Policies Among Nevada Community Colleges And The Peer Institutions Of Ccsn, Thomas M Peacock
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
This study carries forward the research of post-tenure review in selected community colleges. Administrators, faculty leadership, and faculty from the four (4) community colleges in Nevada and the seven (7) peer institutions of the Community College of Southern Nevada (CCSN) participated in this research; A descriptive survey instrument was used that was formatted using Likert-type items. The participants were asked to rate the degree to which they agreed or disagreed with the 27 statements; Statements 1--15 were designed to reflect the participant perceptions on how their institutions post-tenure review procedures comported with the AAUP's MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR GOOD PRACTICES IF …
Disadvantaged Gifted And Talented Students Who Make It To College And Those Who Don't: Implications For School Leaders, Patricia Ann Green
Disadvantaged Gifted And Talented Students Who Make It To College And Those Who Don't: Implications For School Leaders, Patricia Ann Green
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Gifted and talented education students demonstrate outstanding ability in the areas of general intelligence, creative thinking, productive thinking, leadership, the visual arts, the performing arts, or an academic aptitude in a specified area. This study is a comparative, qualitative analysis of two groups of disadvantaged students who were categorized as gifted and talented in elementary school, and their postsecondary goals. Twelve students of cross-cultural backgrounds are included in the study. The academic journey of the students from elementary through secondary school, and the factors that determined whether they made it to college or not are the focus of the study. …
Community College Human Resource Officers' Perceptions Of False Sexual Harassment Accusation Processing, Carlton Ransom Insley
Community College Human Resource Officers' Perceptions Of False Sexual Harassment Accusation Processing, Carlton Ransom Insley
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Sexual harassment in America's academic institutions, including two-year colleges, continues to be an important issue for administrators to address. While people may believe that the potential for false accusations exists, as is true for any inappropriate behavior, little has been written, or presumably, studied about false sexual harassment accusation. A theoretical framework taken from Rotter's Expectancy-Reinforcement Theory (a Social Learning theory) was proposed as a basis to explain the possibility that contemporary conventional behavior may be guiding college administrators who process sexual harassment claims, and those who are participants. It states, in part, that individuals behave in a manner that …
Personal Epistemology: Implications For Stress In College Students, Robyn M Johnson
Personal Epistemology: Implications For Stress In College Students, Robyn M Johnson
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
This research study investigated whether college students' epistemological beliefs (i.e. certain knowledge, simple knowledge, fixed ability, quick learning, and omniscient authority) could predict negative stressors and/or reactions to stress in their college experience. Based on responses to two self-assessment inventories and a demographic survey; analysis of the data suggests that over and above contributions from demographics (i.e. gender, ethnicity, age, and education level), certain dimensions of epistemological beliefs contributed significantly to the prediction of negative stress in college students. This suggests that it is essential for educators to provide opportunities for students' epistemological development; specifically, in the area of constructing …
Breast Cancer Screening Behaviors And Beliefs In College Women, Leslie Ann Snyder
Breast Cancer Screening Behaviors And Beliefs In College Women, Leslie Ann Snyder
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Despite recommendations by health professionals and the American Cancer Society, few women perform breast self-examinations (BSE) or have clinical breast examinations (CBE) on a regular basis. The current study used self-reports from 453 college women under 30 years of age to investigate factors that may influence breast cancer screening behaviors. Examiners and non-examiners were compared on a series of variables: (1) health beliefs and practices (personal risk estimates for breast cancer, risk reduction expectancies, perceived susceptibility to breast cancer, perceived seriousness of breast cancer, perceived benefits of BSE, perceived barriers to BSE, confidence in performing BSE, general health motivation, the …
Dual -Enrolled Student Success In An Open Enrollment Community College, Frank James Dipuma
Dual -Enrolled Student Success In An Open Enrollment Community College, Frank James Dipuma
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
The study investigated student success in a dual enrollment program at an open enrollment community college. The objective of the analysis was to determine the success of dual enrolled students compared with regularly enrolled community college students. Indicators of student success, including GPA, retention, and remediation, were examined for dual enrolled students; Results of the study indicated that high school students concurrently enrolled at a community college were similar in many respects to the general college population. Overall, there was a significant difference in the GPA performance between Community College High School (CCHS) students and regularly enrolled college students, with …
Community College Faculty Attitudes On Professional Development Attendance And Incentives, Patricia T Laflamme
Community College Faculty Attitudes On Professional Development Attendance And Incentives, Patricia T Laflamme
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
The full-time teaching faculty of the Community College of Southern Nevada responded to a survey designed to gather their views on internal professional development activities coordinated by the Faculty Center for Learning & Teaching (FCLT). The survey items elicited what types of activities or attitudes interfered with faculty attendance at such activities and what potential incentives or rewards were attractive to them in return for their participation in the activities; Significant findings for reasons that faculty do not participate in professional development primarily revolved around the faculty demographic characteristics of gender or teaching area (vocational or academic). This was true …
The Impact Of Freshman Success Courses On Freshman-To-Sophomore Persistence And Academic Achievement At A Wiche Urban University And College, Velicia Mcmillan-Haron
The Impact Of Freshman Success Courses On Freshman-To-Sophomore Persistence And Academic Achievement At A Wiche Urban University And College, Velicia Mcmillan-Haron
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
This research investigated whether or not freshman success courses have an effect on persistence and/or academic achievement of freshman attending two large, urban, less selective WICHE (Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education) institutions, Metropolitan State College of Denver, and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. More specifically, this study set out to analyze the participation in a freshman success course with persistence and academic achievement of nor-traditional freshmen at these WICHE Urban Universities. Finally, the study was also designed to identify the type or types of freshman success course(s) specifically offered at the WICHE Institutions participating in the study; The …
Assessing Learning Outcomes In College Introductory Economics Courses: A Case Study, John Richards Mundy
Assessing Learning Outcomes In College Introductory Economics Courses: A Case Study, John Richards Mundy
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Many issues affecting economic education remain unresolved within the profession. Much scholarly attention in recent years relates to the teaching of college introductory economics principles in courses. This thesis analyzes the learning outcomes of students taking introductory college economics principles courses. Little basic research has been performed on the assessment of how students actually learn the concepts of economics. This thesis takes a unique approach to the assessment of learning outcomes. Following a pre- and post-test survey, students were scored on the basis of both their economic attitude sophistication, and their knowledge of content. The results were regressed against a …
Television As A Medium To College Students' Predispositions: Portrayals Of Professors And Their Profession, Mona Millicent Lauber
Television As A Medium To College Students' Predispositions: Portrayals Of Professors And Their Profession, Mona Millicent Lauber
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Students bring preconceived beliefs and attitudes to their initial college experience. These predispositions influence their communication and interaction with faculty and others in the higher education environment. Previous research identified family, school, and peers as sources that contribute to the formation of students' predispositions. This study was designed to explore television as a fourth medium to college students' predispositions; Drawing from the perspectives of social cognitive theory and cultivation theory, portrayals of professors were analyzed in 15 episodes across three television programs. The content analysis employed both quantitative and qualitative techniques. Personality categories for the quantitative portion were adapted from …
College Radio Curricula: Las Vegas General Manager Views, Brad Leonard Weiss
College Radio Curricula: Las Vegas General Manager Views, Brad Leonard Weiss
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Radio continues to prosper in hundreds of different formats, with five radios on average in each American home, and over 10,000 radio stations in the United States. The key variables in the study of radio curriculum would seem to include: the specific classes that professionals believe would help students prepare for the radio industry; the theory/practical blend of course work; and the outside internship and professional programs available for students prior to entering the full-time radio job market; The purpose of this study is to gather and assess radio station general managers' perceptions of the ideal radio curriculum. Since general …
Basic Skills Teacher Licensure Test Scores As College Of Education Admission Criteria, Audrey Lawrence
Basic Skills Teacher Licensure Test Scores As College Of Education Admission Criteria, Audrey Lawrence
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
The objective of this paper is to analyze the criterion-related validity of the Pre-Professional Skills Test (PPST) cut-scores as teacher education program admission criteria. PPST and American College Test (ACT) scores of 372 graduates, and PPST scores and other academic characteristics of 1,062 graduates of a Nevada teacher education program were examined. Findings of this study support that PPST and ACT subtests measure similar constructs, PPST scores do not predict success in student teaching, nor do they predict teacher candidates' college GPAs over and above ACT scores. In addition, over 99 percent of students who received scores of 22 or …
A Descriptive Study Of Enrollment Marketing Strategies For Four -Year Public Colleges And Universities, Becky Lynn Watson
A Descriptive Study Of Enrollment Marketing Strategies For Four -Year Public Colleges And Universities, Becky Lynn Watson
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Choosing a college education is only one of many choices a student has for post-secondary education or training. The current change in the university campus environment is creating a change in the marketing environment. A higher education institution must continually adapt its marketing efforts to keep pace with the changing needs of its constituency---the students. The institution must know its public and its market to be able to attract adequate resources and convert them into services for its public. The nature and function of higher educational institutions is changing due to changes in the attitudes of the consumer. Higher education …
Affirmative Action In Higher Education: A Legal Analysis Of The Use Of Race As A Factor In College Admissions After Bakke, N. J Pettit
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
The purpose of this dissertation was to examine the legal status of affirmative action in higher education admission policies with regard to the use of race as a factor. This study answered these three questions:;What is the current status of the Regents of the University of California v. Bakke decision as a basis for assessing higher education admission policies? What legal benchmarks have emerged since the Bakke decision which may impact the development of university admission policies? What policies may achieve diversity in higher education admissions without incurring legal risks by using race and ethnicity in the admissions policies?;The significance …
Recreation And Gambling Behaviors Among College Students, Laurie Platz
Recreation And Gambling Behaviors Among College Students, Laurie Platz
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Motivation of student gamblers was described and compared with their motivation for other recreational activities. Students (N = 996) at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas completed self-report questionnaires including The South Oaks Gambling Screen (Lesieur and Bloom, 1987) and the Recreation Experience Preference Scales (Driver, 1983). Despite differences in statistical significance (p {dollar}<{dollar}.01), pathological gamblers (N = 111) and recreational gamblers (N = 349) shared 7 of their top 10 ranked motives for gambling. Primary motives for gambling appeared to remain stable with practical differences emerging in the rankings of their importance depending on an individual's level of gambling involvement. All students assigned statistically higher importance to their favorite other recreational activities than to their favorite gambling activities. However, recreational gamblers reported more agreement between motives for participating in their favorite gambling activities and their favorite other recreational activities.
College Students' Image Of Nursing As A Career Choice, Diana Teresa Mendez
College Students' Image Of Nursing As A Career Choice, Diana Teresa Mendez
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
This thesis is a study of the image of nursing among college students. It has been inferred that the poor image of nursing negatively impacts on recruitment into the profession. A convenience survey of two groups of college students was instituted to determine the image of nursing in relation to an ideal career, and to discover if there are factors which make the choice of nursing as a career more likely. The responses of a group of 163 nonnursing students were compared to the responses of a group of 93 nursing students; This survey indicated that the image of nursing …