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Presidential Fundraising In South Carolina's Two-Year Technical Colleges, John Boyd
Presidential Fundraising In South Carolina's Two-Year Technical Colleges, John Boyd
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The purpose of this study was to explore fundraising at South Carolina's Technical Colleges. The major focus of the study was on presidential characteristics and practices along with various institutional characteristics and fundraising success. The research design was descriptive and employed various methods in the collection of data. Data were obtained from administrative sources, public documents, surveys, and interviews. The study includes general information on South Carolina's Technical Colleges, information from IRS Form 990s on 15 of the colleges, results of survey data from 12 colleges, and follow-up interview responses from 5 of the presidents who completed the survey. …
Institutional Culture, Performance, And Learning In A Two-Year Technical/Community College, Vicky Maloney
Institutional Culture, Performance, And Learning In A Two-Year Technical/Community College, Vicky Maloney
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The environments of higher education institutions have undergone significant changes in the past twenty years as a result of concerns expressed in prominent reports. These external concerns and initiatives reflect contemporary criticisms by the public about the efficiency and effectiveness of the performance of institutions. The response from research, legislatures, and the institutions has been to implement practices aimed at improvement and borrowed from business and industry. Research indicates that this performance orientation to change in higher education has largely failed, due in part to the lack of attention given to the culture of the institution.
Emerging research indicates a …
The Experiences Of Chief Student Affairs Officers In Addressing Incidents Of Racial Insensitivity On College And University Campuses, Idella Glenn
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This study examined the Chief Student Affairs Officer's (CSAO) role in addressing incidents of racial insensitivity on college and university campuses. The research methodology used for the study was a qualitative research design. Utilizing the collective case study method, within-case and cross-case analyses were completed for the study. Data were collected from eleven CSAOs at public institutions through their participation in telephone interviews.
Five major themes emerged from the study. First, the CSAO
must be multiculturally competent in order to address a variety of incidents of racial insensitivity. Second, the CSAO must understand the law and legal precedents regarding …
Student Perspectives Of Political Bias In The College Classroom, Darren Linvill
Student Perspectives Of Political Bias In The College Classroom, Darren Linvill
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The purpose of this study was to explore how students experience political bias in the college classroom and the extent to which this bias is perceived by students in one midsized, public, land-grant university in the Southeastern United States. The current study addressed the issue of politically biased college professors in U.S. college classrooms, a matter that has gained attention in academia and the general public in recent years. A review of literature explored both partisan research and the limited available peer-reviewed research addressing political bias in the classroom. The research model, the sequential, exploratory mixed methods model, was described …
Managing Legitimacy Through Presidential Transition In The Bible College, Robert Wood Jr.
Managing Legitimacy Through Presidential Transition In The Bible College, Robert Wood Jr.
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The purpose of this study is to analyze the presidential transition at Northland Baptist Bible College and compare it to the current literature on presidential transition with respect to the grounded theory of social legitimacy. The context of the examination was the presidential transition of a long-time president leaving office and passing the mantle to a younger, incoming president. The methods for this research study were qualitative and phenomenological in nature.
The data was collected through interviews, focus groups, participant observation, and literature review. A strong triangulation of information aided in providing a comprehensive picture of the presidential transition that …
The Institutionalization Of Service-Learning At Land-Grant Colleges In South Carolina, Lorilei Swanson
The Institutionalization Of Service-Learning At Land-Grant Colleges In South Carolina, Lorilei Swanson
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Although service-learning became a popular method for advancing civic engagement on college campuses in the 21st Century, it struggled with gaining academic legitimacy and the support necessary to become institutionalized. The primary research question for this study was: What factors characterize and distinguish the institutionalization of service-learning in higher education at two nationally recognized land-grant institutions in South Carolina? The secondary research questions for this study addressed how philosophy and mission of service-learning, faculty support for and involvement in service-learning, student support for and involvement in service-learning, community participation and partnerships, and institutional support for service-learning manifest in these institutions. …
Teacher Growth: Essential Characteristics Of Experiences In Development From A Novice To Veteran Teacher, Jean Rollins
Teacher Growth: Essential Characteristics Of Experiences In Development From A Novice To Veteran Teacher, Jean Rollins
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Every day teachers enter and leave the field of education. The number of teachers leaving the field in the first five years of teaching has doubled in the last ten yers. It is important to examine the constructs that allow some teachers to remain in the field, while others leave to pursue different careers. A review of the literature showed that there was understanding of the positive and negative constructs in education, but there was limited resarch on the application of these constructs to the teachers' careers. To understand why some teachers remain in the field and others leave, this …
School Building Quality And Student Performance In South Carolina High Schools: A Structural Equation Model, Scott Smith
School Building Quality And Student Performance In South Carolina High Schools: A Structural Equation Model, Scott Smith
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This study attempts to identify conditions of school building quality that relate to the performance of students in public high schools in South Carolina. The amount of data collected in this area is relatively small, and the researcher wishes to add South Carolina to the list of states that are slowly developing a means to assess school condition. The primary research question in the study asks: How does the condition of a school facility affect student performance, as measured by the High School Assessment Program? The results are analyzed using AMOS in lieu of more traditional statistical approaches. AMOS provides …