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Effectiveness Of Electronic Language Learning In Usa Community Colleges: A Critical Review, Iman Ibrahim Khudhair
Effectiveness Of Electronic Language Learning In Usa Community Colleges: A Critical Review, Iman Ibrahim Khudhair
Journal of STEPS for Humanities and Social Sciences
This study explores the current literature on ‘the effectiveness of electronic-learning (e-learning)’ in teaching/learning language skills. Through providing a comprehensive synthesis of amassed related empirical and conceptual articles, drawing on students’ and instructors’ experiences, a mapping review is conducted to look at the impact of e-learning within US community colleges. This research aims to examine the most recent literature about the efficiency of implementing e-learning alone to deliver language skills in US community colleges, and to investigate if e-learning leads to an increase or decrease in students’ dropout and success rates from community colleges. After examining the available literature, it …
Community College Employee Perceptions Of The Four-Day Schedule As A Community College Institutional Strategy, Mitchell Holder
Community College Employee Perceptions Of The Four-Day Schedule As A Community College Institutional Strategy, Mitchell Holder
Murray State Theses and Dissertations
In the face of enrollment declines (American Association of Community Colleges [AACC], n.d.; Barrington, 2020; Schwartz, 2020) and state funding cuts (Lorenzo, 2018), community colleges search for institutional strategies to gain competitive advantages in student recruitment and enrollment management. The four-day schedule has been used by a number of community colleges and four-year colleges as an institutional strategy to reduce costs (Cardinale, 2013; Chen, 2020; Moltz, 2008), improve employee morale (Ellen, 2011; Toppo, 2018; Wallace, 1981), and increase productivity (Bothwell, 2019; Ellen, 2011). Some institutions have adopted the four-day schedule believing it would provide a competitive advantage in student recruitment …
Panel Handout: Future Of Community Colleges - Tennessee College Promise Campaign
Panel Handout: Future Of Community Colleges - Tennessee College Promise Campaign
Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy
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Panel Handout: Future Of Community Colleges - Long Beach College Promise Campaign
Panel Handout: Future Of Community Colleges - Long Beach College Promise Campaign
Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy
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Panel Handout: Future Of Community Colleges - College Promise Campaign
Panel Handout: Future Of Community Colleges - College Promise Campaign
Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy
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Panel: Future Of Community Colleges - College Promise Campaign, Martha Kanter
Panel: Future Of Community Colleges - College Promise Campaign, Martha Kanter
Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy
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Examining The Transition To A Four-Day School Week And Investigating Post-Change Faculty/Staff Work-Life Balance: A Community College Case Study, Nelly Cardinale
Examining The Transition To A Four-Day School Week And Investigating Post-Change Faculty/Staff Work-Life Balance: A Community College Case Study, Nelly Cardinale
Dr. Nelly Cardinale
This single descriptive embedded case study examined the process of implementing a four-day work/school week at a community college and investigated post-change faculty/staff work-life balance. All of the students attending this college live at home. The change was implemented due to state funding shortfalls, increasing college utility expenses and low employee morale. Additionally, this study resulted in a set of guidelines that can be used by change agents of similar colleges to implement this change. Moreover, the study describes the positive and negative aspects associated with the shorter work/school week. On a positive note, the schedule facilitates making personal appointments, …
Perceptions Of Personnel At Selected Texas Community Colleges Regarding The Impact Of Technology On Their Libraries, Sharon K. Kenan
Perceptions Of Personnel At Selected Texas Community Colleges Regarding The Impact Of Technology On Their Libraries, Sharon K. Kenan
Department of Educational Administration: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
Technological innovations have transformed all areas of community college libraries. Automated library systems, office software, and Internet access have altered work processes for library personnel and have changed research methodologies for students and faculty. The purpose of this bounded multiple case study was to explore how the adoption of technology has changed important areas of four community college libraries in Texas. Using purposeful sampling to select community colleges with high technology libraries, the study explored how the adoption of technology by the case college libraries changed the libraries and the roles of people employed within the libraries by examining the …
International Partnership In Educational Strategic Planning And Evaluation: The Muffles College Project, Brian Satterlee
International Partnership In Educational Strategic Planning And Evaluation: The Muffles College Project, Brian Satterlee
Brian Satterlee
The Florida Association of voluntary Agencies for Caribbean Action was formed by the state’s Governor to increase cooperation with Caribbean nations and provide on-site technical assistance and training in health, agriculture, social services, and education. In 1996, the Association conducted a project with Muffles College, a junior college in Belize, to develop a strategic planning workshop for the college’s faculty, administration, and constituents and to develop an implement an institutional evaluation process for the college. The project resulted in the following outcomes: (1) the strategic planning workshop helped staff identify the college’s internal strengths, such as the discipline of the …
An Analysis Of Workplace Violence Incidents In Virginia Community Colleges And The Major Employers, Betsy E. Summerfield
An Analysis Of Workplace Violence Incidents In Virginia Community Colleges And The Major Employers, Betsy E. Summerfield
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The media during the past ten years has given considerable attention to the workplace violence in factories, service organizations, and the public school systems throughout the United States. This study compared patterns of workplace violence in the 23 member institutions of the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) with the patterns of workplace violence in selected for-profit service and manufacturing employers in Virginia, to determine if workplace violence incidents occurring in the VCCS's member institutions reflect the workplace violence incidents experienced by business and industry within each member institution's service region. Chi-square analysis showed a significant difference in non-violent conflict training …