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2019 December 16 - University Council Agenda And Minutes, East Tennessee State University

University Council Agendas and Minutes

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2019 December 5 - Information Technology Council Minutes, East Tennessee State University

Information Technology Council Agenda and Minutes

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2019 December 2 - Faculty Senate Agenda, East Tennessee State University

Faculty Senate Agendas and Minutes

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Online Ultrasound Programs: Program Directors’ Perspective, Ashley Morgan

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study focused on opinions of diagnostic medical sonography program directors concerning online education within an allied health field that is clinically based. Although the study is centered around sonography, the findings can be applied to many online programs with clinical aspects. There was limited information concerning online education within a clinically based healthcare field, therefore the literature review focused on distance or online education in general. The participating program directors used online/distance learning terms interchangeably. The objective of this study was to identify factors that attributed to or hindered the progress of an online program in diagnostic medical sonography. …

Second-Grade Students’ Perceptions Of Their Classrooms’ Physical Learning Environment, Tsitsi Nyabando

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Guided by the constructivist framework, the focus of the investigation was on second-grade students and their perceptions of their classrooms’ physical learning environment.

A qualitative multiple case study approach was employed, and data were collected through interviews, participant-generated photographs, and observations. Participants in the study were 16 second-grade students in four classrooms in three school districts in Northeast Tennessee. A physical learning environment tool, Assessing the Pillars of the Physical Environment for Academic Learning (APPEAL), developed by Evanshen and Faulk (2019) was used to select classrooms to take part in the study. The tool focuses on dimensions that help observers …

Queer Students’ Perceptions Of Inclusion At Abc Community College: A Phenomenology, Francis Canedo

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This qualitative study examined the lived experiences of Queer students at ABC Community College. Using phenomenology as its guiding framework, transcribed interviews were analyzed in order to seek the phenomenon of the experience. Examination of the literature suggested that Queer students’ experiences of discrimination could have a negative impact on academic achievement and that inclusive and affirming spaces have the opposite effect.

Further, Queer students search for affirming spaces from their faculty and peers, and the engagement these spaces provide may be good prognosticator academic achievement. When students are provided with inclusive spaces, they may be more likely to come …

Admission Criteria: A Focus On Using The Interview, Vanessa Jones

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The growing number of candidates for allied health programs and the continued quest for identification of ideal candidates increases the pressure for allied health programs to continually improve their selection process. Despite past and recent research and the significant amount of literature on admission criteria for selective allied health programs, there is limited research on faculty perceptions of the interview as part of the admission criteria.

For this study, interviews were conducted with fifteen allied health faculty members who teach in a program with selective admissions. The interviews consisted of seven open-ended questions and were audio-recorded, then transcribed through Temi.com. …

Student Retention In Community College Engineering And Engineering Technology Programs, Harrison Orr

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

An ex-pos-facto non-experimental quantitative study was conducted to examine the academic, financial, and student background factors that influence first-to-second year retention of engineering and engineering technology students at U.S. community colleges. Analysis of the five research questions was done using a chi-square test and multiple logistic regressions. Data were obtained from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Beginning Postsecondary Students 2012/2014 (BPS: 12/14) study. Computations were performed using PowerStats, a web-based statistical tool provided by the NCES, as well as IBM SPSS 25.

The sample population consisted of students who entered postsecondary education for the first time in the …

The Effects Of Grade Configuration On Sixth, Seventh, And Eighth Grade Students’ Tnready English Language Arts And Math Achievement, Carmen Cristy Pendergrass

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine if a significant difference exists in the TNReady scores of Tennessee students who attend a kindergarten through eighth grade school (K-8) as compared to students who attend a middle school (6-8 grades). The results of the 2018-2019 TNReady, the state adopted standardized achievement test for Tennessee, were used as the data for the study. The relationship between grade configuration and the percent of students who scored on track or mastered in English language arts and math was analyzed using an independent samples t-test. Further disaggregating by specific grade levels, grade configuration and …

Factors That Contribute To Pk-12 Teacher Retention In One Midwest School District, Jeffery Phillips

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this quantitative study was to determine relationship of the distinct factors to PK-12 teacher retention in one Midwest school district. This study was an examination of multiple factors, including work environment, fit, compensation and benefits, leadership, performance management system, peer support and mentoring, that contributed to the retention of PK-12 teachers with different levels of education, certifications, experience, career plans, and military affiliation. The questions on the Teacher Retention Survey used a Likert-type scale to measure teacher perceptions about retention factors to address 8 research questions.

For this study, I surveyed the population of 704 current PK-12 …

Perceptions Of Maxine Smith Fellows On Barriers That Contribute To The Underrepresentation Of African Americans In Faculty And Administrative Positions At The Tennessee Board Of Regents, Sidney R. Hill

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

African Americans are underrepresented in full-time faculty and administrative positions at Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) institutions. This study examined the perceptions of 11 Maxine Smith Fellows on the underrepresentation at TBR institutions and provides recommendations that could assist in increasing representation of African Americans in full-time faculty and administrative positions.

A qualitative method was used for the study. Each participant was required to participate in a recorded SKYPE interview. The researcher transcribed the interviews and analyzed the data using coding to derive overarching themes that provided findings based upon the research questions.

Based upon the analysis of data, the …

2019 November 18 - Faculty Senate Agenda And Minutes, East Tennessee State University

Faculty Senate Agendas and Minutes

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2019 November 15 - Board Of Trustees Academic, Research, And Student Success Committee Agenda And Minutes, East Tennessee State University

Board of Trustees Agendas and Minutes

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2019 November 15 - Board Of Trustees Audit Committee Agenda And Minutes, East Tennessee State University

Board of Trustees Agendas and Minutes

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2019 November 15 - Board Of Trustees Finance And Administration Committee Agenda And Minutes, East Tennessee State University

Board of Trustees Agendas and Minutes

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2019 November 15 - Board Of Trustees Agenda And Minutes, East Tennessee State University

Board of Trustees Agendas and Minutes

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2019 November 5 - Information Technology Council Minutes, East Tennessee State University

Information Technology Council Agenda and Minutes

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2019 November 4 - Staff Senate Agenda And Minutes, East Tennessee State University

Staff Senate Agendas and Minutes

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2019 November 4- Faculty Senate Agenda And Minutes, East Tennessee State University

Faculty Senate Agendas and Minutes

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2019 October 22 - Student Government Organization Minutes, East Tennessee State University

Student Government Association Agendas and Minutes

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2019 October 21 - Faculty Senate Agenda And Minutes, East Tennessee State University

Faculty Senate Agendas and Minutes

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2019 October 14 - University Council Agenda And Minutes, East Tennessee State University

University Council Agendas and Minutes

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2019 October 1 - Information Technology Council Minutes, East Tennessee State University

Information Technology Council Agenda and Minutes

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2019 October 8 - Information Technology Council Minutes, East Tennessee State University

Information Technology Council Agenda and Minutes

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2019 October 7 - Staff Senate Agenda And Minutes, East Tennessee State University

Staff Senate Agendas and Minutes

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2019 October 7 - Faculty Senate Agenda And Minutes, East Tennessee State University

Faculty Senate Agendas and Minutes

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Illuminated Magazine, Etsu School Of Graduate Studies

Illuminated

From the School of Graduate Studies; Optimism, Health Related Self-E­fficacy, and Quality of Life [Morgan Treaster, Psychology, Ph.D]; Beckett and the Creative Writing Process [Sam Campbell, English, M.A]; Where Are They Now? [Featuring: David Bryant & Wilhelmina Van Dijk]; Discovering the Role of Anandamide in Physcomitrella patens [Imdadul Haq, Biomedical Sciences, Ph.D]; Examining the Forest Setting in Early Modern Literature [Brooke Johnson, English, M.A.]; Where Are They Now? [Featuring: Meg Roussos]; Identifying Risk Factors Regarding Phthalate Exposure [Denise Chavez, Public Health, M.P.H.]; Where Are They Going? [Featuring: Oceane Tanny & John Wagle]; Predicting the Past and Future Environments of the …

2019 October 1 - Student Government Organization Minutes, East Tennessee State University

Student Government Association Agendas and Minutes

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2019 September 23 - Faculty Senate Agenda And Minutes, East Tennessee State University

Faculty Senate Agendas and Minutes

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2019 September 20 - Board Of Trustees Agenda And Minutes, East Tennessee State University

Board of Trustees Agendas and Minutes

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