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Network ties and two-year midlevel academic administrator professional development: A narrative study
(2007-12)
Scope and Method of Study: The purpose of this qualitative study was to identify the means through which midlevel academic administrators (MAAs) of two-year postsecondary institutions acquire the minimum skills and knowledge ...
First-year international students' perceived impact of the International Student Services office
(2017-05)
As international student attendance on college campuses in the US continues to increase in record numbers, International Student Services (ISS) offices across the country are tasked with providing services to aid the growing ...
Admissions criteria as predictors of academic success in first- and second- year osteopathic medical students
(2008-12)
Scope and Method of Study: Overall undergraduate grade point average (GPA), Science GPA, and MCAT scores (Medical College Admission Test) are nationally used as the leading criteria for medical school recruitment and ...
Grid and group description of improving schools and raising student achievement with six SREB leadership strategies
(2005-12)
Scope and Method of Study: Using the Mary Douglas' (1982) Grid and Group Framework, the purpose of this study was to explain how organizational culture affects the implementation of the six school improvement strategies ...
Hanging up and hanging out: A qualitative case study of college men imagineering a short-term study abroad engineering course in Spain
(2017-12)
This naturalistic inquiry case study examined the experiences of five college men participating in a two-week, summer study abroad course administered by a Midwestern, public land-grant university. The short-term program ...
Effect of sex congruence in athletic training students' clinical education dyads
(2014-05)
Preparing healthcare providers for the realities of entry-level professional practice is critical. To this end, the traditional medical education model for a variety of disciplines mandates a period of supervised student ...
Retrospective analysis of the effectiveness of an alternative admissions program which utilizes a decelerated curriculum to increase the enrollment and successful completion of underrepresented minorities in an osteopathic medical school in the south central United States
(2015-07)
The purpose of this quantitative research study was to determine the effectiveness of an alternative admissions program that admits students with lower MCAT, overall undergraduate GPA and undergraduate science GPA into a ...
Multiple-case study of responses to state-mandated performance funding in three Oklahoma community colleges
(2015-07)
In April 2012 the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education revised the funding formula for public higher education institutions to include a performance funding component. Although performance funding is widely implemented ...