The Relationship Between Professional Preparation Of Student Affairs Professionals And Community College Completion Rates, 2012 Eastern Illinois University
The Relationship Between Professional Preparation Of Student Affairs Professionals And Community College Completion Rates, Jennifer D. Elliott
Masters Theses
This study was conducted to gather data and investigate what type of degree or degrees student affairs professionals hold at community colleges in Illinois, and how earned a degree in College Student Affairs or an equivalent degree. Then, to compare this data with existing graduation and retention data to see what, if any, correlation there might be. A survey was distributed to student affairs officers at each of the 48 Illinois community colleges, with the request the survey be forwarded to their student services professional staff. This data was then compared to recent graduation and retention rates at each school. …
Social Enterprise And Christian School Finance: Receptivity Of Acsi Christian School Leaders In Mid-America, 2012 Cedarville University
Social Enterprise And Christian School Finance: Receptivity Of Acsi Christian School Leaders In Mid-America, Eric D. Schroeder
Master of Education Research Theses
This pioneering study draws on literature from both the educational and the nonprofit sectors to integrate the concept of social enterprise with the financial challenges faced by Christian schools. It then explores the receptivity of administrators and board chairmen of Association of Christian Schools International affiliated schools in the Mid-America region to social enterprise based fund raising practices. Findings show that while school leaders are cautious overall, interest varies widely with some school leaders being very receptive and other very opposed to these approaches. Analysis of specific subcategories indicates that school leaders have a greater interest in pursuing opportunities that …
"I Hope To Be A Symbol Of Encouragement": Using Craft In Community Colleges To Facilitate Student Voice In The Remedial Studies Debate, 2012 California State University, San Bernardino
"I Hope To Be A Symbol Of Encouragement": Using Craft In Community Colleges To Facilitate Student Voice In The Remedial Studies Debate, Aja Nadine Henriquez
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this study is to collect information about basic skills students in one cohort of 24 students at a local community college in order to inform policy-makers about the group for which they are making decisions. As faculty and administrators scramble to enact changes to cope with the current economy, political changes, and community demands, students are the only stakeholders whose voices aren't heard in the debate over what is to come of remedial studies in California Community Colleges. Throughout all of this research, one important element is missing in the discourse regarding remedial coursework in community college--the …
Exploiting Globalization While Being Exploited By It: Insights From Post-Soviet Education Reforms In Central Asia, 2012 Aga Khan University
Exploiting Globalization While Being Exploited By It: Insights From Post-Soviet Education Reforms In Central Asia, Sarfaroz Niyozov, Nazarkhudo Dastambuev
Institute for Educational Development, Karachi
Building on an examination of comparative and international literature and their research and development experiences, the authors highlight a number of continuities, changes, and issues between Soviet and post-Soviet, international and Central Asian experiences of borrowing and lending of education reforms. Even though Central Asian actors and institutions are not totally helpless victims and though international experts and NGOs appear well-meaning in these globalizing education transfers, the processes are leading toward reproducing global and local dependencies and inequalities.The trajectory of education reforms in Central Asia echo those of other developing countries. In response, the authors urge local policy makers and …
Odyssey Of The Mind: Social Networking In Cyberschool, 2012 Sacred Heart University
Odyssey Of The Mind: Social Networking In Cyberschool, Michael Barbour, Cory Plough
Education Faculty Publications
K-12 online learning and cyber charter schools have grown at a tremendous rate over the past decade. At the same time, these online programs have struggled to provide the social spaces where students can interact that K-12 schools are traditionally able to provide. Social networking presents a unique opportunity to provide these kinds of social interactions in an online environment. In this article, we trace the development and use of social networking at one cyber charter school to extend the space for online instruction and provide opportunities for social interaction that online schools are often unable to provide.
Mission And Catholic Identity [Booklet], 2012 Sacred Heart University
Mission And Catholic Identity [Booklet], Office Of Mission And Catholic Identity
Mission Integration & Ministry Publications
The Office of Mission and Catholic Identity at Sacred Heart University has as its primary purpose the articulation, promotion and transmission of the Catholic Intellectual and Spiritual Tradition.
Seeing With Feeling, 2012 Sacred Heart University
Seeing With Feeling, Michael W. Higgins
Mission Integration & Ministry Publications
Book review by Michael W. Higgins.
Haughey, John C. In Search of the Whole: Twelve Essays on Faith and Academic Life. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2011.
Indecent Exposure: Do Warrantless Searches Of Cell Phones Violate The Fourth Amendment?, 2012 University of New Hampshire School of Law
Indecent Exposure: Do Warrantless Searches Of Cell Phones Violate The Fourth Amendment?, Amy Vorenberg
Law Faculty Scholarship
This article argues that searches of student’s cell phone should require a warrant in most circumstances. The amount and personal nature of information on a smart phone warrants special Fourth Amendment protection. This issue is particularly relevant in the public school setting where administrators routinely confiscate phones from students caught using them in school. With more frequency, administrators are looking at the phones, scrolling through text messages and photos, and on some occasions, responding to text messages.
The U.S. Supreme Court in Safford v. Redding, acknowledges the special considerations that school children should be afforded in part because of the …
Exploration Of The Balanced Scorecard As A Tool For Performance Measurement And Strategic Planning In Higher Education Development, 2012 University of Mississippi
Exploration Of The Balanced Scorecard As A Tool For Performance Measurement And Strategic Planning In Higher Education Development, Clifton Perry Moulds
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This study sought to uncover information about the types of measurement and strategic planning models being used in higher education development, determine what measures are most important and effective for successful development practices, and explore the potential application of the Balanced Scorecard to higher education development operations. Survey data indicated a wide range of quantifiable metrics currently in use and opinions about measurements such as face-to-face visits, delivery of solicitations, and dollars raised. Personal interactions were considered the most important form of measurement, with financial outcomes falling closely behind. Very few survey respondents reported personal knowledge of the Balanced Scorecard, …
Missing And Shrinking Voices: A Critical Analysis Of Florida's Textbook Adoption Policy, 2012 University of South Florida
Missing And Shrinking Voices: A Critical Analysis Of Florida's Textbook Adoption Policy, Randria Williams, Vonzell Agosto
Educational and Psychological Studies Faculty Publications
This chapter is a critical analysis of the Florida textbook adoption policy and its recent changes. A critical multicultural and critical race theory lens is taken in the analysis of documents for how the representation of ethnic and racial minority groups is reduced and might be enlarged through alternative policy making processes.
Academic Affairs Officers: An Application Of The American Association Of Community Colleges Competencies For Community College Leaders, 2012 University of South Florida
Academic Affairs Officers: An Application Of The American Association Of Community Colleges Competencies For Community College Leaders, Misty Renee Price
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Over the last two decades, several studies have confirmed that there is a leadership crisis among the nation's community colleges. In response to this leadership crisis, the American Association of Community Colleges [AACC] commissioned the development of a leadership competency framework consisting of six leadership competency areas deemed "either `very' or `extremely' essential to the effective performance of community college leaders." Since the release of this framework, limited research has been conducted on the importance of and the preparation in the identified competencies. The majority of research that has been conducted has focused on the position of president, even though …
Editor’S Note, 2012 University of Miami
Editor’S Note, Don W. Stacks
Journal of the Association for Communication Administration
This is the Editor’s Note to Volume 31, Issue 1 of the Journal of the Association for Communication Administration.
Administrating Integration: The Principles Of Integrated Communication In The Institutional Setting, 2012 Purdue University
Administrating Integration: The Principles Of Integrated Communication In The Institutional Setting, Brian G. Smith
Journal of the Association for Communication Administration
As an emerging paradigm for communication management, integrated communication, also referred to as integrated marketing communication (IMC), poses challenges to communication administration, particularly when institutes of higher learning face a departmentalized context that may impede integration efforts. This article outlines the principles of integrated communication and illustrates them in a university’s integrated communication efforts. Integration may function as an organic process of interpersonal and social connected.
From The Perspective Of A University President, 2012 Clayton State University
From The Perspective Of A University President, Thomas J. Hynes Jr.
Journal of the Association for Communication Administration
No abstract provided.
From The Faculty Senate President’S Perspective, 2012 University of Alabama-Birmingham
From The Faculty Senate President’S Perspective, Mark Hickson Iii
Journal of the Association for Communication Administration
No abstract provided.
Clarifying Communication Competencies Through An Interdisciplinary Approach To Communication Pedagogy, 2012 Pennsylvania State University, DuBois
Clarifying Communication Competencies Through An Interdisciplinary Approach To Communication Pedagogy, Mary Mino
Journal of the Association for Communication Administration
The increased focus on assessment has resulted in a greater demand and pressure for communication programs to validate that students have learned and can apply communication competencies. However, for the most part, communication educators have offered no well-defined guidelines or systematic approaches that have been endorsed unequivocally. Although literature has described Relationship Enhancement (RE) as an extremely successful approach for improving oral communication, it has not been studied by the majority of communication educators. Through its nine basic skills, the RE Approach offers specific guidelines that systematically operationalize how to communicate effectively. This essay shares integrative research that develops a …
The Effect Of Recruitment Messages On Undergraduate Beliefs About The Communication Major: A Quasi-Experiment, 2012 Eastern Kentucky University
The Effect Of Recruitment Messages On Undergraduate Beliefs About The Communication Major: A Quasi-Experiment, Eric B. Meiners, Karen L. Rudick
Journal of the Association for Communication Administration
Despite the importance of attracting talented and qualified undergraduates into the major, the subject of recruitment for communication has received little attention. This study examines the effectiveness of a one-shot informative recruitment message on students’ beliefs and attitudes toward the communication major. As part of a quasi-experiment using a Solomon four-group design, two upper-division majors presented recruitment presentations addressing the benefits of, and misconceptions toward, the major to 130 students enrolled in introductory public speaking classes. Post-tests revealed that students exposed to the message reported significantly more favorable attitudes toward communication than those who had not seen a presentation (n …
A Sense Of Belonging: New Technologies' Effect On Recruitment Practices Of Graduate Programs, 2012 Purdue University
A Sense Of Belonging: New Technologies' Effect On Recruitment Practices Of Graduate Programs, Elizabeth Dorrance Hall, Emily C. Simmons
Journal of the Association for Communication Administration
College recruiting has changed drastically as a result of new technology such as interactive Web sites, blogs, social media, and on-line videos. This study surveyed 144 college undergraduates about their attitudes and interests in enrolling in their institution’s graduate program as well as different types of recruitment technology. Video, printed handouts, and Web sites, were explored to assess their effectiveness as recruitment tools and discover how views of effectiveness are constructed. The study found video is perceived as the most interactive and influential recruitment tool and Web sites are the most credible, trustworthy, and user-friendly recruitment tool. This study allowed …
Helping Junior Faculty Achieve Success In Promotion And Tenure, 2012 University of Dayton
Helping Junior Faculty Achieve Success In Promotion And Tenure, Jon Hess
Journal of the Association for Communication Administration
No abstract provided.
"Illegitimi Non Carborundum": Resilience In The Face Of Factory School Reform, 2012 California State University, San Bernardino
"Illegitimi Non Carborundum": Resilience In The Face Of Factory School Reform, Jennifer Nicole Brooks
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this study is to explore, through semi-structured interviews, public school educators' perspectives on how they interpret and cope/deal with the current high-stakes educational climate. This qualitative study explores how teachers interpret and negotiate top-down mandates and the effects of such mandates on self-efficacy, professional autonomy, and stress. It also investigates what sources of inspiration and/or support perceived by teachers as helpful in cultivating resilience. Semi-structured interviews with seven public elementary school teachers in a Southern California district served as the primary sources of data.