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Path to the professoriate for high-achieving, first-generation college students.
(2006)
The researcher conducted nine interviews with high achieving first-generation college students who were able to overcome difficulties in order to gain access to higher education, persist through the maze of obstacles that ...
Factors in successful GED recipients in higher education.
(2006)
An inductive phenomenological study was conducted using eight GED recipients who had attempted higher education at a four-year university with this researcher's own experiences included. Four members of the study were ...
Political presidents at four-year institutions of higher education in Oklahoma: A study of leadership.
(2002)
The primary questions addressed by this study are: (1) What are the stories of university presidents of four-year institutions in Oklahoma who transitioned to the presidency from an elected or politically appointed office? ...
The advancement of women in higher education leadership.
(2001)
The cross-case analysis is supported by literature on organizational culture, change and life cycle. The importance of pioneers and the context for social change are discussed along with their impact on the diffusion of ...
The apparent strategies of universities with exemplary retention rates: A synthesis of academic cocurricular programming.
(2003)
Many institutions of higher education offer cocurricular programming opportunities outside of the classroom to supplement learning and to impact retention. While many retention studies have focused on social programming ...
Extent of congruence between student perception and media representations of quality of higher education institutions.
(2005)
This study examines the degree of congruence between students' use of indicators in judging university quality and media use of those indicators. Through a student survey and content analysis of the media, each one's ...
A comparison of organizational culture between administrative affairs administrators and academic affairs administrators at selected institutions of higher education.
(2001)
This study examined the organizational culture of two administrative subcultures, the administrative affairs division and the academic affairs division in three four-year institutions of higher education: a research ...
Communication apprehension in life narratives.
(2002)
A phenomenological study was conducted with eight college students who scored 100 or over on the Personal Report of Communication Apprehension. Each student discussed his/her life narrative in 90 to 120 minutes interviews. ...
A qualitative inquiry into a child's perspective on parent(s) attending university.
(2004)
Adult learners return to and participate in post-secondary education, many of whom are parents. Student-parents question the impact of their participation in higher education on their children. To address this issue, an ...
Social interaction phenomena in the first-year college experience.
(2005)
The transition from high school to college is not an easy process. New freedoms and new independence provide for an exciting first year. There is little debate as to the importance of starting college off well. However, ...