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A Phenomenological Exploration of Self-Directed Learning Among Successful Minority Entrepreneurs
(2013)
This transcendental, phenomenological study explored the Self-directed learning (SDL) of 10 successful minority entrepreneurs. Two SDL theories serve as lenses for the study, Spear and Mocker's (1984) Organizing Circumstance ...
Differences in leadership behaviors among North American and Latin American continuing education practitioners.
(2006)
Leadership training is one of the fastest growing sectors of university continuing education in the US and Canada. The pervading belief that basic leadership and management skills will transfer successfully from culture ...
Supervisory beliefs and behaviors associated with veteran teacher motivation.
(2000)
This study examined how principals view the supervision of veteran teachers, and identified supervisory beliefs and behaviors that may affect veteran teacher motivation. Two interviews with six elementary principals were ...
Career development patterns of Cheyenne/Arapaho women in rural Oklahoma.
(1998)
The study was designed and implemented to identify Cheyenne/Arapaho women's perceptions of career direction in their lives. Many factors were considered as the women were interviewed; family structure and history, influential ...
The Relationship of Athletic Department Expenditures on Academic and Athletic Outcomes
(2020-12-18)
Higher education institutions have been critiqued on the ever-increasing costs of intercollegiate athletic departments with little evaluation on how these expenditures impact athletic outcomes and academic outcomes on an ...
Effects of a marketing strategies promotional mix on students attitudes toward Northern Oklahoma College.
(1999)
It was concluded that there existed differences among the factors of the promotional mix in terms of influencing prospective students' attitudes toward NOC. Promotional activities included in the personal selling factor ...
Holding Back English Learners: The Impact of Early Elementary Grade Retention on Language Development
(2019-05-10)
An abundance of scholarly work indicates that the practice of requiring a student to repeat a grade likely has significant academic, social and long-term effects on students. Grade retention, prevalent in elementary schools ...
The Relationship Between Exposure to Higher Levels of Morally Principled Thinking and the Development of Moral Decision Making Competencies of Student-Athletes
(2011)
At intercollegiate athletics' most competitive level, NCAA Division I, student-athletes frequently experience national attention from media outlets, increased pressure to perform from coaches, celebrity status from society, ...
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 ...
Striving to Breathe and Balance on the Brink: Spirituality in the Lives of New Faculty in Transition
(2010)
The purpose of this study was to increase an understanding of spirituality's place in the holistic adult adjustment of new faculty members during their transitional years at a public research university. Many have been ...