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A Correlational Study On Parental Attachment And Spiritual Development Of College Students, Mary-Ellen Madigan

College of Education and Human Sciences: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

During college, students search for meaning in their lives and question their beliefs, behavior, and mortality (Garber, 1996). One way that students search for meaning is through their spiritual lives. Spirituality is “the personal quest for understanding of ultimate questions about life, about meaning, and about relationship to the sacred or transcendent” (Koenig, McCullough & Larson, 2001, p. 18). Parental attachment theory explains that students who have developed a secure attachment with their parents see their parents as a secure base from which to explore their environment (Kenny & Donaldson, 1991, p. 480). This environment may be internal or external. …

Seasons Of Presidential Leadership: A Mixed-Methods Study Contributing To A Theory On Insitutional Cycles In Higher Education, Roger G. Christensen

College of Education and Human Sciences: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

SEASONS OF PRESIDENTIAL LEADERSHIP: A MIXED-METHODS STUDY CONTRIBUTING TO A THEORY ON INSTITUTIONAL CYCLES IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Roger G. Christensen, Ph.D.

University of Nebraska, 2007

Advisor: Sheldon L. Stick

Studying higher education leadership is particularly useful when considered at different periods of an institution’s history; the kind of leader needed to head a major college or university will be different during different time periods. An important factor in identifying a leader for any institution is finding one qualified to lead during a particular stage of institutional development. Neff and Leondar (1992) stated that deriving presidential criteria from an appraisal of …