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The Power Of Open: Benefits, Barriers, And Strategies For Integration Of Open Educational Resources, Tian Luo, Kirsten Hostetler, Candice Freeman, Jill Stefaniak

STEMPS Faculty Publications

Open Educational Resources (OER) are becoming a significant, mission-driven trend within educational literature. To help address rising costs, instructors and designers are looking to OER to effectively replace traditional instructional content, which requires more than just identify and replace. Drawing from 51 OER studies conducted in countries across the five continents, this systematic literature review explored the empirical themes evident in the current research on a global scale. This review found (1) discoverability, sustainability, and remixing are significant barriers that stand in the way of OER disrupting traditional textbook models; (2) there is no significant difference in learning outcomes when …

Community College For All: How Two-Year Criminal Justice Transfer Students Perceive Their Educational Experience, Elizabeth Monk-Turner, John Allen, John Casten, Cathy Cowling, Charles Gray, David Guhr, Kara Hoofnagle, Jessica Huffman, Moises Mina, Brian Moore

Sociology & Criminal Justice Faculty Publications

[Introduction] President Obama and others have called for free community college-- "America's College Promise." Yet controversy surrounds the community college system, with proponents emphasizing the educational opportunities provided while critics bemoan the high dropout rate and lack of equality of educational outcomes. Little research explores how students perceive their educational experiences at two-year colleges. This article explores community college strengths and weaknesses as perceived by a sample of successful criminal justice transfer students. During qualitative interviewing, students reported that they had a positive experience at community college and that it allowed them to prepare to be successful at university. Expense, …

Institutional Factors Supporting The Enrollment And Persistence Of African-American Males In Virginia Community Colleges, Alfred A. Roberts

Educational Leadership & Workforce Development Theses & Dissertations

The participation and persistence rates of African-American males in American institutions of higher education consistently trail those of other ethnic and gender subgroups. These national enrollment, graduation, and transfer statistics are reflected in the member institutions of the Virginia Community College System (VCCS). The purpose of this study was to determine which of the 23 member colleges of the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) have been able to enroll and graduate or transfer the highest proportional number of African-American male students and to identify the institutional characteristics and practices that best predict the enrollment and persistence of African-American males.

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Identifying Enrollment Factors At New River Community College, Keith Mcallister

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

The problem of this study was to determine significant factors that facilitated enrollment increases at New River Community College.

Factors That Influenced Enrollment In The Firm Program At Bethel High School, Susan Carroll

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

To help answer this problem the following goals were developed: 1. Determine the reasons students enrolled in The Firm 2. Determine who influences students' decisions to enroll in The Firm; 3. Recommend future recruitment strategies for The Firm

Factors That Influence Students To Enroll Into Teletechnet Programs, Elaine Ward

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

Some of the areas considered in this study include: 1. Identify the factors that influence student enrollment at the Southwest Virginia Community College Teletechnet site; 2. Identify the population of students enrolling at the Teletechnet program in regards to age and occupation; 3. Project the graduation rate of those students enrolling at the Teletechnet site located at Southwest Virginia Community College during spring 2002.

A Study To Determine What Factors Influence Students To Enroll At Mountain Empire Community College, Joseph Lincoln Young

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

The specific research goals designed to answer this problem included: 1. Identify why traditional students enroll at Mountain Empire Community College; 2. Identify why nontraditional students enroll at Mountain Empire Community College; 3. Identify why students transfer to Mountain Empire Community College after attending another college; 4. Make recommendations on advertising the attributes of an education from Mountain Empire Community College.

Factors That Affect African-American Enrollment In Urban Agricultural Degree Programs In The Commonwealth Of Virginia, Thomas Earl Tracy

Theses and Dissertations in Urban Services - Urban Education

The purpose of this study was to determine reasons why few African Americans are in leadership positions in the urban agriculture industry. The lack of leaders will probably continue because there is a dearth of African Americans enrolled in agriculture programs at colleges and universities in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Six research questions guided the study in its endeavor to determine perceptions about the urban agriculture industry. Data were collected through surveys and interviews. A background questionnaire, developed by the researcher collected data on age, academic interests, urban background, exposure to agriculture occupations, and factors that affected selection of college …

Description Of Factors That Influenced The Ninth Grade Students' Enrollment Of The Industrial Arts Department In The City Of Chesapeake, Oliver Croswell Holley Jr.

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

The purpose of this study was to determine why ninth graders chose not to enroll for an industrial arts class. The following questions gave guidance for the investigator to design a questionnaire: 1. Is the decision primarily made by the student? 2. Are there external influences such as peer pressures, parental advice, school guidance? 3. Has the student planned to enroll later? 4. Is the decision a temporary one?

A Projection Of Student Enrollment In Industrial Arts At Old Dominion University 1978-1982, Donald James Buchanan

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

The problem of this study is to establish a data base on enrollment in Industrial Arts at Old Dominion University through 1982. Data concerning industrial arts majors and graduates will be analyzed to identify a possible trend in enrollment. Questions which further delineate the problem and provide specific direction for the study are: 1. What has been the enrollment in industrial arts at Old Dominion University during the past 10 years? 2. What enrollment figures can be expected in industrial art at Old Dominion University during the next 5 year period? 3. Can changes in FTE enrollment be attributed to …