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Instructor-Initiated Communication And Student Success In Online High-Impact Community College Courses, Tonia J. Benton
Instructor-Initiated Communication And Student Success In Online High-Impact Community College Courses, Tonia J. Benton
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The problem addressed in this study is low student success in online high-impact courses. Researchers have shown that instructor-initiated communication contributes to student satisfaction and success. The purpose of this study was to determine any relationship between instructor-initiated communication and student pass rates in online high-impact courses offered at a community college in the United States. The Community of Inquiry (CoI), which identifies teacher, social, and cognitive guidelines supporting learning experiences for students, was the theoretical foundation of the study. The research question was designed to explore relationships among the percentage of students passing a course with an A, B, …
Perceptions Of Leaders Regarding Succession Planning In State Universities In A Western State, Amy Jennifer Buckway
Perceptions Of Leaders Regarding Succession Planning In State Universities In A Western State, Amy Jennifer Buckway
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Succession planning is used to identify potential leadership vacancies, develop new leaders, and provide systems for knowledge transfer to ensure optimal functioning of the organization during leadership changes. Leaders in higher education have been reluctant to develop and implement succession planning. The local problem is that higher education leadership in a Western state has experienced aging leadership and a lack of succession planning. The purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to examine the use of succession planning in 5 state universities in a Western U.S. state and to explore the leaders’ perceptions and experiences in the implementation of …
Persistence Towards Graduation Of First-Year Native American Students At A Local College, Dolores Becenti
Persistence Towards Graduation Of First-Year Native American Students At A Local College, Dolores Becenti
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, the graduation rate for Native American (NA) college students was less than 1%. As enrollment increases in local colleges and universities, so do concerns about the persistence, retention, and completion of NA students. The purpose of this study was to investigate what influenced first-year NA students to persist toward graduation at a local college. The conceptual framework concentrated on social integration perspectives based on Tinto's student integration model. A qualitative case study design was chosen to gain insight into the phenomenon. Purposeful sampling procedures were used to recruit 6 first-year NA students …