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A case study on how universities in West South Central states that offer baccalaureate programs in public relations prepare graduates to manage crisis communications situations once they enter their professions.
(2005)
This multiple case study examines the research question. A multiple case study was used because it provided insight into how several universities were preparing baccalaureate public relations graduates for crisis communications ...
An examination of career longevity, career achievement, and Machiavellian attitudes of engineers and analysts in an international engineering and communications organization.
(2001)
There are implications for research and practice related to the explanations. The results of this study provide researchers with important information concerning the Machiavellian construct and the nature of the relationship ...
The effects of learning "C" programming on college students' mathematics skill.
(2002)
This study evolved from an attempt to determine the effects that learning computer programming has on the development of certain mathematics skills in undergraduate college students. An observational study was set up in ...
Adults returning to college.
(2005)
The purpose of this study was to determine adult student expectations in relationship to educational outcomes and benefits experienced both during the process of and after obtaining the baccalaureate degree. Because of the ...
Student engagement variables that influence academic achievement among Hispanic students at the community college level.
(2005)
The more students are engaged in their collegiate experience the more likely they are to do well academically, be retained, and achieve their education goals. Student engagement is a key to student success. The study's ...
The few who succeed: Women administrators in higher education.
(2006)
Vignettes of the interview participants provide detailed description of each individual participant; survey data provide generalized descriptions. The various themes that emerged from the interviews and survey data were ...
Impact of an Internet project on college mathematics students' discourse and meaning-making.
(2001)
Recommendations for future research regarding students' meaning efforts included suggestions for possible holistic approaches as well as suggestions for more student input into classroom curriculum design. Some examples ...
Vestiges of glory: Iraq's universities and female students in the midst of tyranny, sanctions and war.
(2006)
This historical dissertation examines the intersectionality of sanctions, war and autocratic rule as it manifested itself on Iraqi university campuses and, more specifically, the impact on female students. While much has ...
The relationship among language, classroom discourse, cognitive development, achievement, and vocabulary of developmental mathematics students.
(2001)
The purpose of this research was to examine how focusing on language and classroom discourse impacts the cognitive development, achievement, and vocabulary development of college developmental mathematics students. Two ...
The concept of brand identity in relation to students' intent-to-persist.
(2001)
The partial correlation findings revealed that all the six brand identity attributes had a positive correlation with students' ratings of their academic and social integration. Amongst the student characteristics, gender, ...