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An Analysis of Study Abroad and its Impact on Graduation

Smith, Melanie (2021-10)

Students leaving institutions of higher education prior to graduation leads to millions of dollars in lost revenue (Sutter & Paulsen, 2016; Undergraduate Retention and Graduation Rates, 2018). Retention theorists Tinto ...
Assessing Motivation and Learning Strategy Usage by Dually Enrolled Students

Day, Molly Miranda (2019-06-06)

Georgia’s Dual Enrollment program allows high school students to simultaneously earn high school and college credits reduce degree completion time and cost to Georgia families. Streamlined policies and additional funding ...
Associate Degree Nursing Students’ Perceptions of Academic Dishonesty and Unprofessional Behavior

Suber, Tracy White (2018-05-25)

Academic dishonesty and unprofessional behavior are major concerns for faculty and administrators among all disciplines, but are even more concerning to those in healthcare fields of study, such as nursing. Although not a ...
The Athletic Training Professional Degree: A Case Study of the Perceptions of Program Stakeholders in a Private College

Adeyemi, Justin A. (2018-05)

By 2022, existing undergraduate athletic training programs must offer a master’s degree in order for students to seek entry into the field. As a profession embedded within allied healthcare, this educational reform exists ...
A Balm in Gilead: Portraits of African American Women Faculty Bearing Witness to Striving, Surviving, and Thriving at Predominantly White Institutions in the Deep South

Lee, Rochelle Bornett (2018-12)

The purpose of this of research was to identify the strategies used by six African American women faculty members and how they bore witness to striving, surviving, and thriving at predominantly White institutions (PWIs) ...
Black Scholars’ Burden: An examination of life and career experiences of African-American faculty at a PWI

Robinson, Michelle (2020-12)

In this narrative study, the researcher examined African-American faculty members’ experiences in their efforts to earn and sustain roles as university faculty members. Previous researchers indicated that African-American ...
Black Women as Self-Defining Leaders: A Narrative Analysis Connecting Controlling Images with Leadership Representation

Jackson, Mirakal (2023-05-22)

The purpose of this narrative inquiry (Clandinin & Connelly, 2000; Kim, 2016) study was to investigate, document, and illuminate how controlling images influence the perceptions, experiences, opportunities, and/or health ...
The Call In: Black Administrators’ Experiences With and Sense-Making of Race and Racism in Predominantly Black K-12 Schools

Frazier, Jada M. (2020-05)

This study employed a basic interpretive qualitative research approach within the theoretical framework of critical race theory (CRT) to explore the experiences of six Black administrators who served predominantly Black ...
Career Pathway Barriers, Strategies, and Practices of Female Superintendents in Rural Georgia: A Narrative Inquiry

Rehberg, Erin S. (2022-05)

I investigated six rural Georgia female school superintendents’ perceptions of trajectories into the superintendency and their roles and responsibilities as educational leaders. I examined how their life and career experiences ...
Case Study of Exemplary Leadership Practices Impact on New Teacher Integration and School

Chaffin, Megan McLeroy (2023-05-02)

This study aimed to determine how exemplary leadership practices contributed to a collaborative and empowering school culture. The study examined how Kouzes and Posner’s (2017) five practices of exemplary leadership impacted ...
Case Study of Nursing Graduate Ethical and Attitude Development After Completing Vertically Aligned Service-Learning Coursework

Cocchi, Cody M. (2020-03)

This exploratory, qualitative case study examined graduates’ experiences within a Bachelor of Science in Nursing program which included vertically aligned service-learning courses throughout the curriculum. Additionally, ...
Changes in Academic Advising and Its Impact on Advising Professionals

Baldwin, Brittany (2020-05)

This is a basic qualitative interpretive study that explores the perceptions of professional academic advisors on changing role expectations, the impact of those changes on their ability to fulfill their job requirements, ...
A Comparative Study of the Degree of Self-directedness In High School Career and Technical Student Organizations Within A Southeast Regional Educational Service Agency

North, Matthew (2023-05-24)

Career and Technical Student Organizations and Career and Technical Education programs in secondary education claim to prepare its students and members for post-secondary success. However, these claims are inherently ...
Determining Academic, Background, and Financial Predictors of Community College First Year Retention using Data Mining Techniques

Pace, Camille Gasaway (2021-06)

Even with extensive retention research dating from the 1960s, community colleges still struggle to identify the reasons why students do not return to college. Data mining has allowed these retention models to evolve to ...
The Effect of Algebra Support Classes on EOCT scores SGPs

Parker, Lynn Harris (2015-12-18)

Schools are having to find innovative ways to increase the instructional time in the school day to not only address deficiencies in students’ mathematical knowledge but to also increase the academic rigor and prepare ...
The Effect of the Self-Contained Ninth Grade Campus on Student Achievement Indicators

Finch, James Marshall (2015-12)

The research on smaller learning communities like freshmen academies is plentiful in the literature about its impact on the social and academic adjustments students must make when transitioning from middle school to high ...
The effects of an assignment that incorporated reading, writing, discourse, and reflection for Honors Advanced Algebra students: A quasi-experimental study

Cutts, Anna Denson (2018-12)

This quasi-experimental design, with a mixed methods approach, examined the effects of an assignment that incorporated reading, writing, discourse, and reflection for Honors Advanced Algebra students. A sample of 150 Honors ...
The effects of an assignment that incorporated reading, writing, discourse, and reflection for Honors Advanced Algebra students: A quasi‐experimental study

Cutts, Anna Denson (2018-12)

This quasi-experimental design, with a mixed methods approach, examined the effects of an assignment that incorporated reading, writing, discourse, and reflection for Honors Advanced Algebra students. A sample of 150 Honors ...
Effects of Sport Career Termination and Transition on Self-Determined Exercise Motivation and Athletic Identity of College-Aged Female Students

McMichael, Brian Marcus (2019-11)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of sport career termination and postsecondary transition on self-determined exercise motivation and athletic identity of college-aged female students who were ...
Embodied Leaders and Student-Centered Practices: Experiences of Middle School Teachers in a Mindfulness Community of Practice

Wilson, Krista, Lou (2023-06)

I designed this study to understand the experiences of teachers participating in a community of practice centered around mindfulness in a private middle school. My goal was to understand how they shared a concern around ...

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