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Alternative funding strategies and resources for the development of undergraduate insurance and risk management programs: Exploring the efficacy of a theoretical model
(2014-12)
Due to funding diminishment from traditional sources, many insurance and risk management undergraduate degree programs have turned to alternative funding resources in order to survive. This qualitative multi-case study ...
Differences in students' perceived classroom experiences by instructor gender, student gender, and persistence in STEM courses
(2014-12)
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields are growing and have lucrative job opportunities for college graduates. However, the number of students in STEM majors and the number of those who persist in ...
Poverty as a curriculum topic in Christian schools
(2014-05)
The purpose of Christian education is to incorporate Biblical values in the curriculum, and one essential message in the Bible is to reach out and liberate the poor. Through interviews, writing protocols, a focus group ...
Development and quasi-experimental evaluation of a screen-based virtual reality tutorial
(2014-05)
The challenges users face when interacting with screen-based virtual reality (VR) are addressed in this study with theories from the literature to open a line of inquiry into pre-immersion training development as described ...
Effect of authentic leadership on employees' attitudes, behaviors, and performances in a Korean context
(2014-05)
Few empirical studies have been conducted on authentic leadership. The two main purposes of this study were to investigate the roles and effects of authentic leadership in an organization, and to describe its potential ...
Learning strategy preferences, verbal-visual cognitive styles, and multimedia preferences for continuing engineering education instructional design
(2014-07)
A literature search revealed very little information on how to teach working engineers, which became the motivation for this research. Effective training is important for many reasons such as preventing accidents, maximizing ...