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Integration and marginality: Narratives of commuter students.
(2006)
As an attempt to understand the experience of the commuter, a qualitative design was selected, with a phenomenological approach. Six commuter students, between the ages of eighteen and twenty-four, were selected to participate ...
CONCURSO FEVER: THE EPIDEMIC SWEEPING BRAZIL
(2016)
This dissertation investigates public sector work and the desire for concursos in northeastern Brazil. It considers the meaning of civil service to “new” middle class Brazilians and seeks to understand how standardized ...
Public/Private Partnerships: A Trojan Horse for Higher Education?
(2010)
Partnering with private industry is presented as a sensible solution to some faculties at institutions of higher education during the current economic downturn. The authors discuss the historic context for increased ...
A descriptive case study of the impact of 9/11 on international student visa policy in the 20 months following the attacks.
(2005)
International students in the U.S. have consistently been treated in public policy as educational diplomatic and economic assets. In the year before 9/11, a national policy endorsing international education, including ...
An exploration into success factors of African American males who obtained terminal degrees from majority White institutions.
(2006)
The study consisted of individual unstructured interviews with five African American males that completed a Ph.D. at an MWI. The interviews explored how these individuals made sense of their achievement of a terminal degree.
Presidential leadership: A phenomenological study of the leadership experience of Oklahoma's regional university presidents.
(2005)
Regionally focused state colleges and universities present a unique and challenging leadership opportunity to the men and women who have been chosen to serve as president. A literature review showed that the leadership ...
Librarians and the emerging research library: A case study of complex individual and organizational development.
(2007)
The purpose of this case study was to increase the knowledge base of how research librarians experience and cope with the turbulence of change within their library system. This research also examined the issues that surround ...
Retrospection on a baccalaureate degree in mid-life: What does it mean in a woman's life?
(2002)
A national higher education public policy agenda enmeshed in economic issues threatens to diminish access and disregard the baccalaureate educational needs of women in midlife. The numbers of adult women attaining bachelor's ...
Alterations to faculty compensation structures at midwest medical schools.
(2001)
Despite an almost equal number of positive and negative outcomes reported as a result of the plans' implementation, the majority of the faculty respondents were accepting of the revised plan, and reported its implementation ...
Why not OU? Matriculation decisions of first-time direct-from-high-school students admitted to the University of Oklahoma.
(2006)
In addition, the primary theme of this dissertation---enrollment choice--- involves issues related to decision-making by both the student and the institution. Decision-making is a fundamental component of the leadership ...