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Conversations with Metropolitan University First-Year Students.
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Franklin, Kathy K.; Cranston, Vonna; Perry, Susan N.; Purtle, Damaris K.; Robertson, Blake E. – Journal of the First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2002
Interviewed 28 first-year students enrolled in a first-year experience course at a southern metropolitan university to better understand students' attitudes regarding the institution, their coursework, and their lives outside of the classroom. Identified six major constructs: student involvement in academics, the purpose of education, importance…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Higher Education, Interviews, Student Attitudes
A Theoretical Framework for Metropolitan Student Satisfaction.
Franklin, Kathy K. – Metropolitan Universities: An International Forum, 1999
This qualitative study explored the attitudes of 75 students at two metropolitan universities in focus groups that examined students' collegiate experience, and developed a theoretical model of student satisfaction comprised of three primary constructs: landscape (attitudes related to student understanding of college success), geography (attitudes…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Higher Education, Models, Qualitative Research
Influence of Web-Based Distance Education on the Academic Department Chair Role
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Franklin, Kathy K.; Hart, Jan K. – Educational Technology & Society, 2006
The purpose of this study was to examine academic department chair perceptions about the future influence of web-based distance education on departmental operations and their changing role as academic leader. Using a rating, modified-policy Delphi method, the researcher worked with 22 department chairs employed at public, urban universities in the…
Descriptors: Delphi Technique, Urban Universities, Administrator Role, Distance Education
Faculty Attitudes about Instructional Technology in a Metropolitan University Classroom.
Franklin, Kathy K.; Chesser, Jo Sykes; Edleston, Robert J.; Edwards-Schafer, Patricia; Marvin, Stephen R.; Satkowski-Harper, Tricia – Metropolitan Universities: An International Forum, 2001
Electronic focus groups with professors that explored their attitudes toward instructional technology provided data for a theoretical framework. Findings indicated that they have concerns about the ability of such technology to enhance student learning, and many view it simply as a tool for information dissemination and not as a networking medium.…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Innovation, Educational Technology
Looking in the Looking Glass: How Administrators Define Institutional Effectiveness.
Franklin, Kathy K. – Metropolitan Universities: An International Forum, 1998
From focused conversations with metropolitan university administrators, a theoretical framework defining institutional effectiveness emerged. It includes three primary theoretical constructs: landscape (the fit between university requirements and the lived experiences of students); geography (dissemination, transfer, and construction of…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Administration, College Role, Evaluation Criteria
Defining Institutional Effectiveness for a Metropolitan University.
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Franklin, Kathy K.; Boggs, Kathy J.; Conners, Nicola A.; Crum, Cindy Bagwell; Nawarat, Piyaporn; Ramirez, Carmen T.; Trawick, Kathy C. – 1997
This qualitative study explored the evaluative criteria used by administrators at a southern, metropolitan university to define institutional effectiveness and to determine the congruency between those criteria and the institution's metropolitan mission. Four focus groups were conducted with 22 administrators (vice chancellors, associate and…
Descriptors: Administrators, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy