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The Minutes Of The Marshall University Graduate Council Meeting, November 22, 2019, Marshall University Graduate Council

Graduate Council Minutes

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The Minutes Of The Marshall University Graduate Council Meeting, October 30, 2019, Marshall University Graduate Council

Graduate Council Minutes

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The Minutes Of The Marshall University Graduate Council Meeting, August 30, 2019, Marshall University Graduate Council

Graduate Council Minutes

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Institutional Adoption And Implementation Of A Mandated Community College First Year Experience Course, Carmen Varney Purpus

Dissertations

This purpose of the research study is two-fold. The first aim is to establish strategies that can guide community colleges interested in the implementation of a mandated First Year Experience course as well as to identify barriers community colleges may encounter to help them move from desiring a mandated student success course to acting to create one. It is widely believed that student success course helps students learn to be successful, but it is not a widely accepted practice to mandate it for all students.

The second objective is to add to the limited body of research. A nonexperimental descriptive …

The Minutes Of The Marshall University Graduate Council Meeting, April 26, 2019, Marshall University Graduate Council

Graduate Council Minutes

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The Minutes Of The Marshall University Graduate Council Meeting, March 22, 2019, Marshall University Graduate Council

Graduate Council Minutes

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The Minutes Of The Marshall University Graduate Council Meeting, March 1, 2019, Marshall University Graduate Council

Graduate Council Minutes

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The Minutes Of The Marshall University Graduate Council Meeting, January 25, 2019, Marshall University Graduate Council

Graduate Council Minutes

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The Minutes Of The Marshall University Graduate Council Meeting, November 30, 2018, Marshall University Graduate Council

Graduate Council Minutes

No abstract provided.

Assessing Student Strengths: Academic Performance And Persistence Of First-Time College Students At A Private Church-Affiliated College, Jeffrey S. Williamson

Faculty Scholarship – School of Graduate and Continuing Studies

The research study sought to identify the significance or impact of strengths training received by first-time college students at a private, denominationally affiliated college that holds membership in the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU) and to determine whether or not there were statistically significant differences in first semester outcomes between students who received formal feedback and training on their identified strengths and those who do not receive their strengths results or training.

First-time college students at Mount Vernon Nazarene College (MVNC) in Mount Vernon, Ohio completed the Gallup Strengths Finder (GSF) assessment as a part of the new …