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Paternalism In Academia, Danielle Stager
Paternalism In Academia, Danielle Stager
Honors Projects
If a policy that is beneficial to most students nevertheless violates autonomy and harms even a minority of students in the process, then it should not be implemented. Banning laptops, requiring attendance, and other similar actions are beneficial to most students, but also violate autonomy and harm a least a minority of students to whom they are applied. Therefore, these policies, such as banning laptops and requiring attendance, should not be implemented.
Academia’S Past Boundaries In The Present Future, Elijah Sloat
Academia’S Past Boundaries In The Present Future, Elijah Sloat
History Honors Papers
In the later nineteenth century, Americans trained and acquired history degrees in Europe and Germany. It was in Europe that American scholars developed their understanding of what an “Historian” was. This image was one of a masculine “objective” researcher solving and discovering the “truth” of the past. It was these characteristics that formed the original boundaries of the American historical discipline. These boundaries remain and can be seen in contemporary discourse on academia. In Chapter Two this discourse is discussed and explored focusing on the four groups of scholars, disciplines, institutions, and the public. My research seeks to understand how …
Employee Engagement From The Viewpoint Of Employees In Academia, Stephanie Giles-Merrick
Employee Engagement From The Viewpoint Of Employees In Academia, Stephanie Giles-Merrick
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Research does not address how staff in the United States perceive employee engagement in the university system. Leadership training and communication for managers are essential processes that help staff become highly engaged in universities. The purpose of phenomenological study was to explore the views of employees in a selected university within the state of Georgia in an attempt to address positive employee engagement in the academic environment. The engagement theory and social exchange theory were used as the conceptual frameworks to explore how employees engaged in their department working with their managers. To address this question, a purposeful sample of …
Experiences Of Women Stem Professors Who Are Considering Leadership Positions At Research Universities, Cheri Liebow
Experiences Of Women Stem Professors Who Are Considering Leadership Positions At Research Universities, Cheri Liebow
Doctoral Dissertations
Empirical evidence is needed to discern the reasons for inequities among those with doctorates hired in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. It is necessary to create a successful and motivational atmosphere for various types of female leaders who are seeking opportunities to become leaders, especially in STEM fields. This qualitative-method study used an exploratory design. The study first sought to gather information about female STEM professors’ experiences through open-ended qualitative interviews to explain gaps in details of women’s experiences as professors in STEM departments of universities. Second, the researcher sought to discern common themes in interview responses for …