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“I Didn’T Feel Alone”: A Phenomenological Study Of University Branch Campus Graduates, High Impact Practices, And Student Persistence, Jesse Raymond Neimeyer-Romero

Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations

University branch campuses play a vital role in today’s higher education field. Branch campuses help facilitate the delivery of knowledge, development, and learning opportunities to populations that may not have any other prospect in regard to pursuing their educational goals. Branch campuses have also become a new way for institutions of higher education to collaborate and work together to serve students’ interests. Yet, despite enrollment growth across thousands of higher education branch campuses that exist in the United States, the literature on branch campuses is scant. Furthermore, branch campuses, like their main campus counterparts, have a responsibility to ensure that …

Developing An Implementation Plan For Program Success: Sjsu Campus Community Emergency Response Team (C-Cert), Waynette Fernandez Santos

Master's Projects

San Jose State University would benefit from the implementation of the Campus Community Emergency Response Team (C-CERT), a program that many higher education institutions use to train community members in disaster preparedness. With a C-CERT program, trained people are empowered to know how to conduct themselves during an emergency, and learn how to keep themselves, their friends and colleagues safe. This research surveyed and interviewed emergency management professionals in other higher education institutions to determine best practices for C-CERT implementation. The goal of this research was to analyze other higher education institutions’ C-CERT success, identify what characteristics make their C-CERT …

Action Items, Wku Graduate Council

Graduate School

Overview of action items handled by the Graduate Council.

Wmu Board Of Trustees Formal Session June 27, 2018, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Approval of the Minutes (April 18, 2018 Meeting)
• Remarks by the Chair
• Remarks by the President
• Comments by the Faculty Senate President
• Comments by the Western Student Association President
• Comments by the Graduate Student Association President
• Showcasing New Student Orientation
• Public Comments Regarding Action Items
• Tuition and Fees for Main Campus
• Tuition and Fees for Extended University Programs
• University Budget for 2018-2019
• Creation of the Richmond Institute for Design and Innovation
• Academic Tenure and Promotion
• Redemption of Debt and Transfer of Building and Related Property to WMU Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine
• Action as Class …

Developing The Capacity Of Culturally Competent Leaders To Redress Inequitable Outcomes: Increasing Opportunities For Historically Marginalized Students, Sheri Williams

Administrative Issues Journal

Objective: This study investigated the practices and impact of interdisciplinary faculty at a flagship university in the American Southwest who were engaged in the process of redesigning curriculum in order to center candidates on what they need to know and do as culturally competent school leaders.

Method: Participants were 31 interdisciplinary faculty involved in preparing candidates for leadership in early childhood and elementary and secondary education, in diverse contexts including high need and Native American-serving schools. The qualitative study utilized document analysis of faculty’s multi-year work in developing the capacity of candidates to increase opportunities for historically marginalized students. An …

“You Will Do Better Then I Did” The Positive Actions Black Parents Employ To Influence Their Child’S Choice To Attend College, Meagan Mitchell

College of Education Theses and Dissertations

This study employs an anti-deficit perspective in exploring how the parents of first generation, low-income African American students positively influence their child’s choice to attend college. This study examines the positive direct and indirect actions taken by African American parents with limited monetary resources to encourage their child to decide to attend college when they have not finished a four-year degree themselves. A qualitative approach that includes a critical narrative inquiry design was adopted to deconstructing the stories of the various families and provide a space to uncover assumptions about knowledge, power and reflexivity. Furthermore, this study deconstructs the participants’ …

Ua45/6 Commencement Program, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Commencement program listing graduates with order of exercises for all WKU campuses.

Initial Evidence Of Construct Validity Of Data From A Self-Assessment Instrument Of Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (Tpack) In 2-Year Public College Faculty In Texas, Kristin C. Scott

Human Resource Development Theses and Dissertations

Technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) has been studied in K-12 faculty in the U.S. and around the world using survey methodology. Very few studies of TPACK in post-secondary faculty have been conducted and no peer-reviewed studies in U.S. post-secondary faculty have been published to date. The present study is the first reliability and validity of data from a TPACK survey to be conducted with a large sample of U.S. post-secondary faculty. The professorate of 2-year public college faculty in Texas will help their institutions meet the goals of the state’s higher education strategic plan, 60x30TX. In order to do …

The Minutes Of The Marshall University Staff Council Meeting, April 2018, Marshall University Staff Council

Staff Council Minutes

No abstract provided.

Meeting Minutes, Wku Graduate Council

Graduate School

Meeting agenda.

2018-03-29 Agenda Book, Morehead State University. Board Of Regents.

Morehead State Board of Regents Agenda Books and Meeting Minutes

Agenda booklet for the Board of Regents for March 29, 2018. Included in the booklet are the meeting minutes from December 7, 2017 and the special meeting on February 22, 2018.

March Agenda, Wku Graduate Council

Graduate School

Meeting agenda.

Wmu Board Of Trustees Formal Session March 14, 2018, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Approval of the Minutes (January 24, 2018 Meeting)
• Remarks by the Chair
• Remarks by the President
• Comments by the Faculty Senate President
• Comments by the Western Student Association President
• Comments by the Graduate Student Association President
• Partnering with Regional Needs on Entrepreneurial Education
• U.S. Department of Education High-Impact Leadership for School Renewal Project
• WMU Students Creating a Collective Impact
• Public Comments Regarding Action Items

Quarterly Meeting Agenda & Packet, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Action items:

• Graduate Certificate in Scientific Data
• Sabbatical Leave Requests
• Emeritus Appointment
• Naming Designated Rooms / Areas
• Barbara Burch Resolution of Appreciation
• Rick Stansbury Contract Addendum
• Auditor's Report & Financial Statements
• WKYU-TV & WKYU-FM Audits
• 2017-18 Operating Budget Revisions
• Personnel Actions
• 2nd Quarter Revenue & Expenditures
• Budget Stabilization Plan

February Agenda, Wku Graduate Council

Graduate School

Meeting agenda.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 92 [93], No. 2 [28], Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles

• Henderson, Andrew. College Heights Herald Awarded Grant to Fund Ongoing Lawsuit
• Deletter, Emily. Enrollment in Language Classes Drops This Semester
• Deletter, Emily. Climate Chasers – Mesonet
• Eiler, Olivia. Student Course Evaluations Have Minor Impact
• Vogler, Emily. Editorial Cartoon re: Wrong Side of History
• Redacting Responsibility: One Victim Is Far Too Many – Sexual Abuse
• Collins, Emma. Board of Regents Approve Graduate Certificate
• Collins, Emma. Dean Accepts Position at University of North Texas – Neale Chumbler
• Williams, Tyger. In Character – Comic Con
• Jessie, Alec. Former …

Academic Affairs Committee Agenda & Packet, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Action items:

• Scientific Data Analytics Graduate Certificate
• Sabbatical Leave Requests
• Emeritus Appointment

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 93, No. 1 [27], Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Deletter, Emily. $40 Million in the Red – Budget
• Ziege, Nicole. Construction Complete on Ogden College Hall
• Eiler, Olivia. Ten-year Housing Plan Will Focus on Students
• Collins, Emma. Chick-fil-A Will Open Late Due to Renovations
• Ziege, Nicole. WKU Makes Plans to Combat Winter Weather
• Henderson, Andrew. WKU Is No Exception to Hate Crimes. Help Us Track Them
• Vogler, Emily. Editorial Cartoon re: Snow
• Meso-Debt: Kentucky Cannot Afford to Lose the Mesonet Program
• Byrd, Jessica. Cutting the Mesonet Deprives Everyone of Knowledge
• Joyner, Brook. March Like …

January Agenda, Wku Graduate Council

Graduate School

Meeting agenda.

Investigating Nce Preservice Candidates And Graduates’ Visual Literacy Practices In Middle And High School Science And Social Studies Classrooms, Xiaoning Chen, Mark Newman, Vito M. Dipinto

NCE Research Residencies

The study investigates whether secondary education science and social studies candidates transferred what they learned about visual literacy in their teacher preparation program to their practicum/student teaching classrooms. The study included qualitative and quantitative methods to document the candidates’ visual literacy knowledge and practices. The findings indicate that the candidates did employ visual literacy strategies as visuals had already been regularly used in their classrooms. But, they had limited success in implementing the strategies learned in their methods courses. In addition, they showed a good working knowledge of what visual literacy is and acknowledged its value in the classroom. They …

Ua3/6/3 President's Office-Zacharias Subject File, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Unprocessed subject files created by the President's Office during Donald Zacharias' administration. John Minton served as acting president from January to July 1979. Occasionally files created under his administration are found in the Zacharias papers. They are designated as such in the collection inventories.

Bridgewater State University Factbook, 2017-2018, Office Of Institutional Research, Bridgewater State University

Factbook

No abstract provided.

Ua45 2018-2019 Four-Year Degree Paths, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

An addendum to the 2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog

The purpose of the Four-Year Degree Path is to assist undergraduate students in determining a timeline for completion of their undergraduate degree program. Each path displayed within this website provides students with the anticipated order in which a degree would typically be completed in a timely fashion at Western Kentucky University.

The Degree Paths show appropriate timing and spacing of general education, core course requirements, elective suggestions, prerequisites and displays how each of these requirements may be met during a four-year time frame.

The Degree Path is simply a guideline and might not …

2018-2019 Catalog, Wku Graduate School

Graduate School

Graduate School catalog regarding admissions, curriculum and policies.

General Undergraduate Catalog, 2018-2019, Marshall University

Marshall University Catalogs 2010-2019

Marshall University Undergraduate Course Catalog for the 2018-2019 academic year.

Graduate Catalog, 2018-2019, Marshall University

Marshall University Catalogs 2010-2019

Marshall University Graduate Course Catalog for the 2018-2019 academic year.

Educational Development Needs Of Higher Education Faculty Working With Ells, Kevin Joseph Martin

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

This study was undertaken to examine the educational development (ED) needs of higher education (HE) faculty who have English language learners (ELLs) in their mainstream courses but do not have specialized training in teaching such students. A quantitative approach was used to explore the impact of any existing ED and areas that might need improvement. This study, guided by andragogy, examined the pedagogical needs of these HE faculty. A cross-sectional analysis of online survey data using a multiple analysis of variance (MANOVA) and multiple analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) examined the ED needs and available resources of faculty with respect to …

Breaking Barriers In Teaching And Learning: Linking Honors Courses: A New Approach To Defining Honors Pedagogy

National Collegiate Honors Council Monographs: Chapters

The shift in higher education toward outcome-based learning represents a significant opportunity for honors. By removing disciplinary boundaries related to teaching content knowledge, outcome-based learning increases opportunities for connecting student learning across courses within well-defined honors curricula. It also empowers honors students, many of whom are eager to take leadership of their educational experiences, to extend their learning in new ways. This essay presents an example of how drawing connections across honors courses within a curriculum creates unique opportunities for engaged, transformative learning and, unexpectedly, for the development of an honors program identity.

Breaking Barriers In Teaching And Learning: Innovative Discussion-Based Pedagogy

National Collegiate Honors Council Monographs: Chapters

Psychologists have identified a series of specific kinds of learning experiences that confer broad and lasting educational benefits, contributing to overall professional success regardless of field. These benefits include developing creativity, problem-solving, cognitive complexity, and flexibility (Maddux et al.); working well in diverse or dispersed groups; negotiating interpersonal problems (Tadmor et al.); tolerating ambiguity; pursuing cultural engagement; appreciating diversity; and being open to experience (Shadowen et al.). This research is important because it provides evidence for the longterm impact of certain experiences on ways of thinking rather than their short-term ability to help students pass exams. The research argues powerfully …

2017-18 Strategic Plan Progress Report, University Of Northern Iowa

Institutional Effectiveness & Planning Documents

A report detailing the progress on the strategic goals within the University of Northern Iowa's strategic plan.