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Full-Text Articles in Higher Education
A Different Set Of Rules? Nlrb Proposed Rule Making And Student Worker Unionization Rights, William A. Herbert, Joseph Van Der Naald
A Different Set Of Rules? Nlrb Proposed Rule Making And Student Worker Unionization Rights, William A. Herbert, Joseph Van Der Naald
Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy
This article presents data, precedent, and empirical evidence relevant to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) proposal to issue a new rule to exclude graduate assistants and other student employees from coverage under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The analysis in three parts. First, the authors show through an analysis of information from other federal agencies that the adoption of the proposed NLRB rule would exclude over 81,000 graduate assistants on private campuses from the right to unionize and engage in collective bargaining. Second, the article presents a legal history from the past half-century about unionization of student employees …
Forevereiu (Winter 2020), Eastern Illinois University Alumni Association
Forevereiu (Winter 2020), Eastern Illinois University Alumni Association
ForeverEIU 2020
A priceless education: EIU alumni manages finances for two of the largest cities in the U.S.
Female Student Veteran's Transition To College, Doug Michaels
Female Student Veteran's Transition To College, Doug Michaels
Masters Theses
This study was focused on learning more about the experiences female student veterans have while transitioning from the military to college as well as what types of resources they utilized during this time. Research on this population is very limited, but the number of relevant studies completed is increasing. A narrative qualitative approach was utilized for this study in order to give this population the platform to tell their stories and for their voices to be heard. There were four participants who have all served at least one year in the military and have completed at least one year of …
Persistence Of African American Students At Predominately White Institutions, Candace Thompson
Persistence Of African American Students At Predominately White Institutions, Candace Thompson
Masters Theses
Using qualitative methodology, the persistence of African American students at predominately White institutions was analyzed. This was conducted through semi-structured interviews by six participants which evaluated African American students’ overall persistence. Participants expressed what determined their selections of institutions as well as what institutional and personal factors negatively and positively affected their matriculation throughout the institution. In addition, the study provided recommendations to student affairs professionals to better serve this population.
A Qualitative Study Of Why Women Join Panhellenic Organizations, Alex T. Martens
A Qualitative Study Of Why Women Join Panhellenic Organizations, Alex T. Martens
Masters Theses
Each year more and more women across the country are enrolling in higher education institutions. However, this increase in attendance is not reflected in sorority recruitment. Studies are either non-existent on why women are joining sororities, or the studies that are conducted focus on harm reduction, including alcohol and hazing. Studies also seem to focus more on men, and fraternities. This study was designed to focus on the experience that women are experiencing during recruitment and the reasoning for joining their respective chapters. Using a qualitative approach, the researcher interviewed six women who varied in race, year in school, and …
How Leaders In Greek Life View Alcohol, Blake Miller
How Leaders In Greek Life View Alcohol, Blake Miller
Masters Theses
The researcher in this study used qualitative methodology to explore perspectives of undergraduate student leaders in fraternity and sorority life at a mid-sized, Midwest institution on alcohol, especially within the Greek life system. Eight informants participated in semi-structured, open-ended interviews and were asked about their views on and experiences with alcohol, both as a new member and after having leadership experience. Informants were also asked about alcohol intervention and prevention measures. A majority of informants maintained or developed an indifferent or aversive view of alcohol, had decreased their personal levels of alcohol use, had made attempts to change the way …
Analyzing Students' Historical Thinking Skills At Different Grade Levels, Aaron Callaway
Analyzing Students' Historical Thinking Skills At Different Grade Levels, Aaron Callaway
Masters Theses
The purpose of this research study is to compare and contrast the historical thinking abilities of students in distinct age-groups through their use of disciplinary literacy skills. This was accomplished by having eight total subjects from four distinct student age-groups participate in a guided inquiry activity about the beginning of the Korean War. As they engaged in the inquiry activity, the participants’ cognitive process and responses to the researcher’s questions were recorded and transcribed and later analyzed. These transcriptions were juxtaposed with one another in search of any major patterns that emerged during the inquiries. Several patterns were identified including …
Parents’ Perceived Financial Behaviors Impact On College Students’ Financial Behaviors, Naomi Saxon
Parents’ Perceived Financial Behaviors Impact On College Students’ Financial Behaviors, Naomi Saxon
Masters Theses
The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between traditional-aged college students and their parents perceived financial behaviors. It utilized Dew and Xiao’s Financial Management Behavior Scale (FMBS) (2011). Past research indicated that there is a positive impact between a parent’s involvement in students’ academic endeavors, however little research explored the relationship between their impact on a young adults’ financial behaviors. Students’ were asked a series of questions from the FMBS rating their actual financial behaviors. These results were compared to their perception of their parent’s financial behaviors in the following categories: money management, credit management, savings management, …
Panhellenic Women's Leadership Development And Self-Efficacy, Caitlyn Gastfield
Panhellenic Women's Leadership Development And Self-Efficacy, Caitlyn Gastfield
Masters Theses
Substantial research has been done on self-efficacy as well as a growing amount of research on women in leadership. This qualitative study examined the perceived relationship between leadership development opportunities given to Panhellenic women and their perceived level of self-efficacy. Three semi-structured interviews were conducted at a regional, mid-sized institution in the Midwest with undergraduate women holding leadership positions in their respective Panhellenic organizations. The results found in this study support many of the previous findings in research in relation to the importance of leadership development and self-efficacy. Many types of leadership development opportunities emerged, from informal peer support to …
The Path To Persistence: How Highly-At-Risk Students Persevere To Graduation Day, Alexis Kaine Straub
The Path To Persistence: How Highly-At-Risk Students Persevere To Graduation Day, Alexis Kaine Straub
Masters Theses
This phenomenological study looked at highly-at-risk college seniors who exhibited four out of the eight risk factors defined by the institution where the study took place. The purpose was to gain insight into how highly-at-risk college seniors persist to graduation by discovering what protective factors they utilized in their college career as well as the role resiliency and/or grit may have played. The participants were five undergraduate students who were enrolled at a mid-sized, public university in the rural Midwest. They responded to questions in one semi-structured interview designed to capture their experiences about college starting from high school until …
First-Generation Black Males’ Challenges In Attending A Pwi: Understanding What Makes Them Persist, Shakeitra Simmons
First-Generation Black Males’ Challenges In Attending A Pwi: Understanding What Makes Them Persist, Shakeitra Simmons
Masters Theses
Using qualitative methodology, the researcher studied the challenges and persistence factors for undergraduate First-generation Black males to persist at a Predominantly White Institution. Through conducting six one-on-one semi-structured interviews, the researcher identified the challenges faced by this group of students as mental health, lack of support, and racism/microaggressions. The researcher also identified the factors for persistence at the PWI to be upward mobility, family and school personnel support, and campus involvement.
Growing Pains: Self-Efficacy Development In Resident Assistants, Zachary King
Growing Pains: Self-Efficacy Development In Resident Assistants, Zachary King
Masters Theses
This qualitative study examined the perspectives of Resident Assistants’ (RAs) in terms of job responsibilities, the interplay between job tasks and self-efficacy, and mitigating factors that impact the RAs self-efficacy. Mastery experiences, verbal persuasions, and staff dynamic were perceived as the primary mitigating factors that positively and negatively impact a Resident Assistant’s self-efficacy. Although not shared by all the participants, other migrating factors included vicarious experiences and physiological/affective states. Student affairs professionals should focus on the impact of staff dynamic, the why and how tasks are completed, and placing a greater emphasis on recognizing the work of resident assistants. It …
Transitional Experiences Of Post-Secondary Students With Non-Disclosed Disabilities, Sierra E. Headrick
Transitional Experiences Of Post-Secondary Students With Non-Disclosed Disabilities, Sierra E. Headrick
Masters Theses
The purpose of this study was to examine the transitional experiences of undergraduate students with non-disclosed disabilities and gain insight on the intentions of students choosing the route of non-disclosure in higher education. It was found that students with non-disclosed disabilities have significant challenges with managing their workloads and stress in their transition into college. Additionally, changes in support from high school to college have a significant influence on self-disclosure of disabilities. With parental guidance lacking from the participants’ support systems in post-secondary education, it was found that changes in support among the group’s transition into college may be a …
Shaking The Ceiling: First Leadership Role Attainment For Collegiate Women, Elizabeth J. Siecinski
Shaking The Ceiling: First Leadership Role Attainment For Collegiate Women, Elizabeth J. Siecinski
Masters Theses
Using qualitative research methodology, factors and barriers influence leadership role attainment for collegiate women were explored and examined. The study used semi-structured interviews with four participants to look at factors influencing leadership attainment and why women decide to lead. The researcher identified factor before and after college that impacted a women’s decisions to lead, and her ability to attain a role. Challenges and barriers that women face in their leadership role attainment were also found. Overall, the research found that due to barriers and challenges women struggle to lead authentically, and that they see leadership as way to contribute to …
Making The Dream Become A Reality: How Student Affairs Professionals Support Undocumented Students, Jacqueline R. Garcia
Making The Dream Become A Reality: How Student Affairs Professionals Support Undocumented Students, Jacqueline R. Garcia
Masters Theses
There are complex challenges undocumented students in higher education face including the legal system, psychological stressors, campus climate, and financial assistance. This qualitative study was designed to look at how student affairs professionals support undocumented students and their critical role in supporting these students in navigating higher education. Four semi-structured interviews were conducted with participants whose professional position was specifically focused on working with undocumented students. From this study, the researcher identified the challenges undocumented students faced, beneficial resources that supported them, and additional needs that were not being met on these campuses. Recommendations for programs and services for student …
Social Media's Impact On College Student Activism: Senior Student Affairs Professional's Perspectives, Louis Soltysiak
Social Media's Impact On College Student Activism: Senior Student Affairs Professional's Perspectives, Louis Soltysiak
Masters Theses
Activism has been an ever present on college campuses throughout history. The student activist has been a part of some of the biggest movements in American history, such as, the Anti-Vietnam War movement, the Civil Rights Movement, the Kent State Massacre, and the #MeToo movement. This study seeks to understand student activism on college campuses and how activism has changed in our new digital era. The internet’s social media platforms have created new meeting places and areas for idea sharing for college activists. These social media platforms mean that students can remotely plan, organize, and execute their protests, demonstrations, or …
Reinstated Students: The Experiences And Perceptions Of Academic Dismissal And Reinstatement, Kiona Webber
Reinstated Students: The Experiences And Perceptions Of Academic Dismissal And Reinstatement, Kiona Webber
Masters Theses
The researcher used a qualitative method to study reinstated students who were previously on academic dismissal from the institution of research. Through the use of semi-structured, individual video calls, the researcher explored what academic and non-academic factors contributed to the participants being placed on academic dismissal, and their decisions to reinstate into the institution. The factors identified as contributing to their academic dismissal includes, challenging family cohesions; participants having to balancing work, school, and parenting; and lacking a supportive network. This study identified the participants biggest contributions to the persistence and motivation to reinstate were their family and support networks.
The Living Mission: Mission Statements Evidenced In The Student Experience, Darek D. Hollis
The Living Mission: Mission Statements Evidenced In The Student Experience, Darek D. Hollis
Masters Theses
Mission statements are thought to be documents that hold the core purposes of an organization. While several studies have examined the various aspects of higher education mission statements, few have explored how the themes within mission statements are transferred to those the institutions is serves, it’s students. This qualitative studied used semi-structured interviews with graduating senior students at a mid-sized, Midwest institution to examine whether or not the missional themes were evident in and valuable to the students’ experience. The result of the study found that the missional themes were in general present and valuable in the students’ experience. The …
Forevereiu (Summer 2019), Eastern Illinois University Alumni Association
Forevereiu (Summer 2019), Eastern Illinois University Alumni Association
ForeverEIU 2019
EIU Creates Path for Alumni Zookeepers; etc.
Research Panel: Variation In Women Attaining Full Professorships At Research Universities And Non-Tenured Faculty Systems In The Us And Abroad, Lisa Allen
Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy
Adjunct Faculty: Why and How We Should Help Them
Research Panel: Variation In Women Attaining Full Professorships At Research Universities And Non-Tenured Faculty Systems In The Us And Abroad, Sandra Darkey
Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy
Structural/Organizational Determinants of Variations in Women Attaining the Full Professorship at Research Universities
Research Panel: Variation In Women Attaining Full Professorships At Research Universities And Non-Tenured Faculty Systems In The Us And Abroad, Martin Finkelstein, Yiannis Floropoulos
Research Panel: Variation In Women Attaining Full Professorships At Research Universities And Non-Tenured Faculty Systems In The Us And Abroad, Martin Finkelstein, Yiannis Floropoulos
Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy
Employing Part-Time and Temporary Academic Staff: A Comparative Perspective
Panel: Organizing Outside The Law, Karly Safar
Panel: Organizing Outside The Law, Karly Safar
Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy
No abstract provided.
Panel: Organizing Outside The Law, Hailey Huget
Panel: Organizing Outside The Law, Hailey Huget
Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy
Circumventing the NLRB in Grad Organizing: Georgetown and Gage
Panel: Peer-Based Faculty Evaluation V. Student Evaluation Of Teaching
Panel: Peer-Based Faculty Evaluation V. Student Evaluation Of Teaching
Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy
Student Survey of Teaching
Panel: Peer-Based Faculty Evaluation V. Student Evaluation Of Teaching, Leah Akins, Laura Murphy
Panel: Peer-Based Faculty Evaluation V. Student Evaluation Of Teaching, Leah Akins, Laura Murphy
Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy
No abstract provided.
Panel: Peer-Based Faculty Evaluation V. Student Evaluation Of Teaching, Leah Akins, Laura Murphy
Panel: Peer-Based Faculty Evaluation V. Student Evaluation Of Teaching, Leah Akins, Laura Murphy
Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy
Maintaining peer-based faculty evaluation: a case study involving student surveys of teaching
Panel: Legal Issues In Higher Education: Annual Review Of Court And Administrative Developments (Cle), Beth Margolis
Panel: Legal Issues In Higher Education: Annual Review Of Court And Administrative Developments (Cle), Beth Margolis
Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy
No abstract provided.
Panel: Legal Issues In Higher Education: Annual Review Of Court And Administrative Developments (Cle), Natasha Baker
Panel: Legal Issues In Higher Education: Annual Review Of Court And Administrative Developments (Cle), Natasha Baker
Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy
No abstract provided.
Panel: Legal Issues In Higher Education: Annual Review Of Court And Administrative Developments (Cle), Aaron Nisenson
Panel: Legal Issues In Higher Education: Annual Review Of Court And Administrative Developments (Cle), Aaron Nisenson
Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy
No abstract provided.