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Browsing Electronic Theses and Dissertations by Author "Laden, Rita M."
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A Phenomenological Study of Cultural Transition and Adjustment of Asian Undergraduate International Students Using Different Cross-Cultural Treatments
Madden-Dent, Tara (2014)When studying abroad, international students face a series of transitional difficulties impacting academic, social, and professional success. In particular, Eastern Asian international students who comprise over 42% of ... -
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Administrator Speech within PK-12 Public Education Systems: An Analysis of the Speech Rights of School Administrators in the Wake of Recent Federal Court Decisions Post Garcetti
Brackett, David A. (2014)Competing interests exist within PK-12 public education systems regarding the extent the First Amendment protects expression: individuals have the right to express themselves, while public educations systems have the right ... -
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An Ecological Study of Instructor Views of Free Use Multitasking with Digital Devices in the Classroom
Week, Sandra McElrath (2016)University instructors experience continual technological change that affects their classroom teaching and their relationships with students. Few studies have been conducted regarding instructor views about student off-task ... -
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College Students' Use and Understanding of an Electronic Social Network for Academics, Academic Help Seeking, and Academic Advising
Amador, Paul V. (2011)The arrival of a new generation of students, known as the Net Generation (Junco, 2010), into colleges and universities has demanded changes to the traditional administrative and support services provided on campuses across ... -
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Latina Perceptions: Making Meaning of Familial and Financial Tensions While Pursuing a College Degree
Rodriguez, Sandra (2019)AbstractThe purpose of this study was to explore the role that campus employment played as Latina students navigated familial obligations and financial constraints while pursuing an undergraduate degree. Specifically, this ... -
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Student Satisfaction and Perception of Value with a New Student Union Facility
Turk-Fiecoat, Heather (2011)Student union facilities have served as the hub of college campuses for over 100 years. In the past decade there has been a surge in new facilities and major renovations, which represent substantial investments on the ... -
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Students' Perception of Important Teaching Behaviors in Classroom and Clinical Environments of a Community College Nursing and Dental Hygiene Program
Kimbrough-Walls, Vickie J. (2012)Student success is dependent on effective instruction. Yet, effective teaching is difficult to define and described differently by students, faculty, and administrators. Nursing and dental hygiene education programs ... -
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Successful NCAA Division I Baseball Coaches’ Understandings of their Roles and Responsibilities as Leaders in a Higher Education Context
McMullen, Cameron (2016)Certain coaches seem to have a basic blueprint for success that consistently puts them at the forefront of their respective industries. Within this blueprint are various components of leadership. The purpose of this study ... -
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The Effects of Financial Aid Education on College Aspirations of High School Seniors
Alt, Jennifer L. (2012)Access to college for low-income, first-generation students is frequently hindered by a lack of knowledge and awareness of the college-related resources and opportunities available to them, including financial aid. ... -
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The Hazard of Graduation: Analysis of Three Multivariate Statistics Used To Study Multi-institutional Attendance
Muehlberg, Jessica M. (2013)Adelman (2006) observed that a large quantity of research on retention is "institution-specific or use institutional characteristics as independent variables" (p. 81). However, he observed that over 60% of the students he ...