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Understanding Successful Japanese Language Programs: Utah Case Study, Timothy G. Stout
Understanding Successful Japanese Language Programs: Utah Case Study, Timothy G. Stout
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Recent world events have caused Americans to reassess national political, economic, and educational priorities, resulting in a shift towards Asia. The schools in response have begun to introduce less commonly taught languages, such as Japanese and Chinese. Many Utah public schools have tried to implement less commonly taught language programs. Some have succeeded, and other others have not. The purpose of this study was to understand how and why some schools were able to successfully integrate less commonly taught language programs, and why others were not.
The results of this study suggest that the factors relating to students’ interests and …
An Educational Transition: Post-Secondary Correctional Education - A Qualitative Case Study, Greg Bartholomew
An Educational Transition: Post-Secondary Correctional Education - A Qualitative Case Study, Greg Bartholomew
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Administration of post-secondary correctional education (PSCE) programs within state was vastly changed through legislation enacted in 2009. This study examined the transition of a PSCE system formerly facilitated by higher education to the current system administered by the State Department of Corrections (SDC). This qualitative case study involved multiple perspectives from five different stake-holding groups or five socials units: state legislators, county law enforcement personnel, university personnel, state higher education administrators, SDC personnel, and technical college personnel. A thick, rich description of the transition was obtained by relying on multiple perspectives offered by informants.
The stakeholders’ “display of multiple, refracted …