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Development Of An Instrument To Determine Factors Relating To Early Student Withdrawal From Strayer University, James F. Mccoy

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The management of Strayer University has established very aggressive student 2 enrollment growth plans, which entail annual growth percentages exceeding those of many other regionally accredited public, private, and proprietary institutions of higher education. Catering to the educational needs of adult learners, Strayer University operates in an environment that has undergone an extensive metamorphosis as an increasing number of public and private colleges and universities have incorporated the adult learner market into their growth strategies. As a host of distance education alternatives continue to gain acceptance from both the general public and the higher education community learners, both traditional and …

Development Of An Instructional Program In The Administrative Investigation Process In The Rochester Police Department, Frank A. Colaprete

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The problem under investigation was that of substandard administrative investigations in the Rochester Police Department. Organizational feedback from the executive command staff, patrol section captains, and command personnel from the Professional Standards Section led to the identification of a human performance gap on behalf of patrol supervisory and command staff who complete administrative investigations that are substandard. The purpose of this study was to develop a curriculum for the administrative investigation process that would be available to employees of the Rochester Police Department.

There were two research questions utilized in the exploration of this project, (a) "What were the appropriate …