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Conditions Affecting Adjunct Teaching Performance: A Descriptive Study, Terry Baggett
Conditions Affecting Adjunct Teaching Performance: A Descriptive Study, Terry Baggett
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
Colleges and universities have been undergoing long-term structural changes and among these is the ever-increasing reliance on adjunct faculty. The most important goal of higher education is student success and faculty are one of the biggest influencers of student learning success. As a result, factors affecting faculty can also have secondary effects on students. The purpose of the study is to describe various conditions within selected institutions that are affecting adjunct faculty instructional performance as perceived by adjunct faculty themselves.
This study used a survey methodology with a descriptive design. Results from four community colleges and one university were collected …
Institutional Adoption And Implementation Of A Mandated Community College First Year Experience Course, Carmen Varney Purpus
Institutional Adoption And Implementation Of A Mandated Community College First Year Experience Course, Carmen Varney Purpus
Dissertations
This purpose of the research study is two-fold. The first aim is to establish strategies that can guide community colleges interested in the implementation of a mandated First Year Experience course as well as to identify barriers community colleges may encounter to help them move from desiring a mandated student success course to acting to create one. It is widely believed that student success course helps students learn to be successful, but it is not a widely accepted practice to mandate it for all students.
The second objective is to add to the limited body of research. A nonexperimental descriptive …
Ua42/3/2 Challenging The Spirit Strategic Plan, Wku Glasgow
Ua42/3/2 Challenging The Spirit Strategic Plan, Wku Glasgow
WKU Archives Records
Strategic plan for 2014-2019.
Ua42/3/2 Challenging The Spirit Action Plan, Wku Glasgow
Ua42/3/2 Challenging The Spirit Action Plan, Wku Glasgow
WKU Archives Records
Strategic plan workbook for 2014-2019.
Ua42/3/2 Wku Glasgow Factbook, Wku Glasgow
Ua42/3/2 Wku Glasgow Factbook, Wku Glasgow
Implications Of Extended College Algebra On Western Kentucky University Students, Julie Anne Baker
Implications Of Extended College Algebra On Western Kentucky University Students, Julie Anne Baker
Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects
College algebra has the highest enrollment of any mathematics course at Western Kentucky University. In an effort to increase the success rate in this course, Western Kentucky University added an extended version of college algebra to the curriculum in the fall of 1997. The extended version incorporates two days of supervised study per week in addition to traditional lectures. This study investigates the success of the extended college algebra course on achievement rates of Western Kentucky University students.