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Identifying Factors That Contribute To The Performance Of Campus -Level Boards In A Multicampus System, Daniel L. Schenk

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Limited research exists on assessing the performance of campus-level boards involved in the governance of campuses within multicampus systems. The purpose of this mixed-method study was to identify factors that contribute to the performance of campus-level boards. The study included 13 campus-level boards that served the Ivy Tech State College multicampus system. Seventy of the 90 trustees appointed to the 13 boards participated in the quantitative element of the study. The Board Self Assessment Questionnaire (BSAQ) developed by Chait, Holland, and Taylor provided data for the quantitative element of the study. Interviews of 10 trustees, purposefully selected from the 70 …

Personal Projects And Motives For Drinking Behavior In College Students: An Exploratory Study, Nicole Ann Shiber

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Goals are used as ways to guide behavior. Goals have also been suggested to be related to an individual's decisions to use alcohol. A well-accepted model is the motivational model of alcohol use which utilizes goals and other factors that weigh into the final common pathway” which is a motivationally influenced decision. Part of this motivational model are the four motives for drinking established by Cooper (1994), which are enhancement, coping, social, and conformity. In addition, this motivational model has a strong affective component and is considered an emotional regulation model of alcohol use. College students' general life goals for …

Predicting Level Of Employment In Substance Abusing Veterans, Tracy Ann Spence-Jones

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine whether the specific set of variablesEducation, ethnicity, severity of substance abuse, dual/polysubstance abuse, and severity of psychiatric problems was able to predict level of employment in substance abusing veterans. Initial data were gathered utilizing archival data from the Addiction Severity Index from 148 consecutive referrals to a substance abuse unit at the Veterans Administration of Western New York Healthcare System in Buffalo, New York from June 1997 to September 1997. The final sample consisted of archival data from 102 veterans who met inclusion criteria. The following null hypothesis was tested by multiple …

The Relationship Between Correctional Officers' Personality And Job Satisfaction, Performance, And Turnover, Robin A. Lemmon

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This study examined correctional officers' personality and job satisfaction, performance, and turnover. Two hundred newly hired correctional officers from 9 facilities across a Midwestern state were administered the 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF). They were contacted 3 to 5 months after their date of hire and then again 6 to 8 months after their date of hire to complete the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ). At that time employment status and performance evaluations were also collected. A discriminant function analysis was used to identify which of the five global factors from the 16PF discriminated between correctional officers who stayed, those who …

Intervention Plan To Reduce Truancy Of Seventh-, Eighth-, And Ninth-Grade Students, Mike Stiefel

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This applied dissertation describes the attendance problems of students at Wellborn High School. Wellborn High School is 1 of 7 high schools in the Calhoun County School District. Located in a community with a high poverty rate and limited employment opportunities, the school has the highest percentage of truancy of 7th-, 8th-, and 9th-grade students in the district. Many parents of this community do not value education; therefore, they are indifferent to enforcing the attendance policy of the school district.

A review of selected literature was conducted to identify causes of truancy. After identification of many characteristics of truancy and …

Alternative Route To Licensure In Special Education: A Program Evaluation, Karen Y Kennedy

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Special education teachers are needed nationally. For several reasons, there are not enough special education teachers to accommodate the growing number of students with special education needs. The Clark County School District (CCSD), in Las Vegas, Nevada, suffers from this teacher shortage; The need for special education teachers in CCSD has grown tremendously with the population growth in the past decade. The Alternative Route to Licensure (ARL) Program in Special Education was a response to this need. The ARL program provides CCSD with teachers to fill vacancies in the resource room setting that otherwise may be filled by long-term or …

Harper & Brothers’ Family And School District Libraries, 1830-1846., Robert S. Freeman

Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research

In the 1830s, at the dawn of mass-market publishing, J. & J. Harper of New York began publishing several libraries, including Harper’s Family Library and Harper’s School District Library. A “library” in this sense is a series or set of uniformly bound and uniformly priced books issued by the same publisher. A leading publisher and a major force in the broad religious and social reform movements of the period, the Harper brothers helped to shape education in American homes and schools. As Methodists they were advocates of reading for moral improvement. As innovative publishers, they made full use of the …

The Eagleville Times Volume 1, Issue 4, Debbie Ryan, Hillary Brown

Eagleville Times

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Needed: Urologic Nursing Mentors For New Grads, Karen A. Karlowicz

Ellmer School of Nursing Faculty Publications

Presents the accomplishment felt after a completion of intense course of study. Inundation of nursing graduates; Assessment of nursing education programs; Tips to develop the role as urologic nurse.

The Poverty Of Language In Education : A Social Class Perspective On An Unequal Institution, Julio J. Cardona

Capstone Projects and Master's Theses

What is the poverty of language? In researching this topic, many researchers who study linguistics and sociolinguistics have reported that language acquisition is affected by social class. Researchers have reported that the lower and working class struggle more frequently in the attainment of Standard or "Cash" English when compared to upper or middle-class students. After reviewing several sources, I find that problems with the "poverty of language in education" include low requirements for cognitive skills in the workplace, lack of reading and writing skills attained by the working class, and the minimal funding of education in working class neighborhoods. Many …

Perceptions Of Elementary School Teachers Regarding Preparedness And Inclusionary Practices Of Classified Students In Public Elementary Schools, Melanie Littell North

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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Perceptions Of Selected New Jersey Superintendents On The Role Of Administrative Experi Ence In The Hiring And Selection Of Elementary Principals, Drucilla W. Clark

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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The Impact Of Classroom Organization In Grade 4 On Student Achievement In Science, Edward Duncanson

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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The Effects Of Peer Coaching Model Of Evaluation, Kathleen Mary Henderson Prystash

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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The Importance Of Instructional Leadership Behaviors Of Principals As Perceived By Middle School Teachers And Principals, Peter Litchka

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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The Willow Tree Teen Institute: An Evaluative Study Of A Resiliency-Based Substance Abuse Prevention Program For Middle School Students, Susan Hunter-Mazzella

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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Right To Write - Free Expression Rights Of Pennsylvania's Creative Students After Columbine, Barbara Brunner

Faculty Scholarship

This comment analyzes the current state of students' free speech rights in the context of creative writing assignments and examines potential First Amendment applications to the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA), a statewide, mandatory, standards-based exam administered to Pennsylvania public school students. The PSSA, which currently contains a writing assessment for students in sixth, ninth, and eleventh grades requiring students to write essays in response to prompts, is scored anonymously by private entities under contract with the Pennsylvania Department of Education. Those private subcontractors have "red-flagging" procedures in place to identify essays containing imagery or themes that indicate imminent …

The Virtual High School: An Historical Analysis Of One E-Learning Model, Jill L. Sack

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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The Children's Internet Protection Act In Public Schools: The Government Stepping On Parents' Toes?, Kelly Rodden

Fordham Law Review

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Zelman V. Simmons-Harris: Is The Supreme Court's Latest Word On School Voucher Programs Really The Last Word?, Sara J. Crisafulli

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.

Governmental And Academic Integrity At Home And Abroad, Sara Sun Beale

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.

A Comparison Of The Quality Of The School Experience For Current High School Students And For Teachers When They Were High School Students, James R. Willison, Sr.

Theses and Dissertations

This study is designed to compare the quality of school experiences for teachers when they were students with that of current high school students. Teachers and students from one urban, one suburban, and one rural high school in Central Arkansas completed the Concord High School Student Survey (CHSSS), an instrument designed to measure the quality of the school experience. Mean scores on the CHSSS for teachers and students were compared using a two-sample t-test. The data conclude that there is a statistically significant difference between perceived quality of school experiences for current students and the perceived quality of school experiences …

A Comprehensive Overview Of Introduction To Clinical Medicine Courses And Course Directors, Linda A. Deloney

Theses and Dissertations

The knowledge, skills, and attitudes basic to medical practice are introduced and taught in medical school courses that are often called Introduction to Clinical Medicine (ICM). This study provided an updated overview of ICM courses and discussed changes that have occurred during the past decade. In addition, this study developed a profile of ICM course directors, an area that had not been investigated previously. The observational, cross-sectional study utilized a quantitative design and web-based surveys. Two survey instruments were adapted from previous studies, authored using Questionmark Perception software, and e-mailed to curriculum contacts in all member schools of the Association …

Civic Engagement In Higher Education: A Grounded Theory, Dean Patrick Mcgovern

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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Gang Specific Policies And Regulations In The K-12 Educational Context, Jesse Christopher Cheng

Social and Cultural Sciences Faculty Research and Publications

This paper is a modest step toward resolving a sorely underresearched question: How to counter the troublesome effects of youth gangs in the K-12 school setting?

A Study Of The Influence Of Birth Order And Other Variables On Student Perceptions Of School Effectiveness In A Southwestern Michigan County, Hamil Tobias

Dissertations

Problem. There is an increasing demand for quality education. In his initiative for education reform, U.S. President George W. Bush promoted the concept of no child left behind, in which he calls for more accountability. It is useful to examine student perceptions of how well the education system functions. Instead of a monolithic view, their perceptions were analyzed by birth order, gender, and ethnicity. The purpose of this study was to determine to what extent student perceptions differed by their birth order, gender, and ethnicity.

Method. This study utilized a 4 x 2 x 2 (birth order by …

Children And Family Values : A Critical Appraisal Of 'Family' In Schools, Rowena Alexandra Passy

Other Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business Theses

Prompted by the Labour government's proposal to introduce education on family relationships into the National Curriculum, this research project was set up to investigate how teachers portrayed 'family' within the classroom and the reactions that children had to the images that were presented. The intention was to highlight any problems that might arise from including 'family' into the formal curriculum. The fieldwork was conducted in three primary and three secondary schools. Two of each of the schools were located in the West Country and the remaining two, in order to give some ethnic and cultural balance to the project, were …

Information-Literacy Programmes And Course Curricula: The Case For Integration, Anne Ambrose, Brian Gillespie

Level 3

"Our ability to think, and to select and use the information at our disposal will be the critical determinant of the future success of the Information Society in Ireland."

(Information Society Commission 2000: 118)

The quotation above acknowledges the critical importance of information skills, and suggests that the very success of the concept of an 'information society' relies upon an information-literate population. Surveys of employers show an increasing demand for 'graduates with an ability to analyse, evaluate and process information effectively' (Big Blue, 2002: 4). Such skills are directly related to the aims and processes of …

The Special Education Administrator: Job Satisfaction, Workload And Turnover, Mary Lynn De Pierro

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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Teacher Perceptions Of The Danielson/Mcgreal Model Of Differentiated Evaluation And Its Impact On Professional Growth, Linda M. King

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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