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A Principal's Perceptions Of Character Education In A Rural Public School, Sandra H. Harrison
A Principal's Perceptions Of Character Education In A Rural Public School, Sandra H. Harrison
Educational Foundations & Leadership Theses & Dissertations
A majority of rural public schools face difficult and challenging problems: geographical isolation, escalating crime, impoverished families, economic inequities, faculty nonretention, declining enrollments, and lack of success in meeting accreditation benchmarks. In the past decade, support for character education as a valuable pedagogy to complement instruction and academic achievement emerged. The obligation to meet federal and state standards created expectations that school principals have the leadership ability to facilitate strong academic curricula as well as programs fostering students' moral development through character education. Mobilizing resources for character education initiatives becomes the responsibility of school principals or their designees. The purpose …
The Attraction Of Adjunct Faculty To Rural Community Colleges, Hara Dracon Charlier
The Attraction Of Adjunct Faculty To Rural Community Colleges, Hara Dracon Charlier
Educational Foundations & Leadership Theses & Dissertations
As rural community colleges face mounting fiscal pressure, the ability to attract adjunct faculty members to support the institutional mission becomes increasingly important. Although the professional literature documents differences between rural, suburban, and urban community colleges, the effect of this institutional diversity on the role and attraction of adjunct faculty has not been explored. The purpose of this cross-sectional, national study of chief academic officers (CAOs) was to examine the impact of institutional type on the reliance on and demand for adjunct faculty across teaching disciplines and explore the applicability of the applicant attraction model (Rynes & Barber, 1990) to …