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Direct linkMilner, Lauren A.; Ferrari, Joseph R. – Journal of Catholic Higher Education, 2010
Previous research suggests that different information processing styles influence how effectively students adapt to a college environment. During the college years, individuals shape and refine their values and principles while they also develop a life-long philosophy. The present study examined how student ego-identity development (n = 1,249) was…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Church Related Colleges, Urban Universities, Higher Education
Temperato, John R.; Ferrari, Joseph R. – Journal of Catholic Higher Education, 2010
The current study investigated how a select group of mission-engaged, upper division students (n = 7) compared to a random sample of junior- (n = 20) and senior- (n = 20) year students in their perception of an urban, Catholic, and religious-order-sponsored university's identity. Across two years, we assessed mission identity and mission-driven…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Church Related Colleges, Urban Universities, Higher Education
Ferrari, Joseph R.; Cowman, Shaun E.; Milner, Lauren A. – Journal of Catholic Higher Education, 2010
Students who self-identified as activity leaders of one (n = 30), two or more (n = 21), or no campus extracurricular clubs (n = 34), completed measures on the institution's mission and values as well as its school sense of community ("SSOC"). Analyses indicated a main effect for race on "SSOC" and a subscale emphasis on diversity, such that…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Church Related Colleges, Higher Education, Student Leadership
Ferrari, Joseph R.; Mader, Megan C.; Milner, Lauren A.; Temperato, John R. – Journal of Catholic Higher Education, 2010
This study investigates how research participants' desire to make a positive social impression may affect their responses to survey questions. Specifically, participants may react in socially appropriate ways to create a positive social impression for those persons reviewing their responses. This concept is termed "impression management," or more…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Church Related Colleges, Higher Education, Urban Universities
Ferrari, Joseph R.; Velcoff, Jessica – Christian Higher Education, 2006
Higher education institutions need to ascertain whether their stakeholders understand the school's mission, vision, and values. In the present study, the psychometric properties of a mission identity and activity measure were investigated with two staff samples. Using a principal component factor analysis (varimax rotation), respondents in Sample…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Stakeholders, Institutional Mission, Psychometrics
Perceptions of University Mission Statement by Senior Administrators: Relating to Faculty Engagement
Velcoff, Jessica; Ferrari, Joseph R. – Christian Higher Education, 2006
Little is known about how senior administrators at a university (i.e., vice-presidents and deans) perceive their institution's mission, vision, and values. In the present study, we focused on perceptions of institutional mission statement and activities proposed to support that mission among senior leaders (18 vice-presidents, 17 deans) from a…
Descriptors: Institutional Mission, Position Papers, College Administration, Administrator Attitudes
