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Johnson, Gary R.; Jubenville, Colby; Goss, Benjamin – Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, 2009
The purpose of this study was to identify important college choice factors for entering freshmen student athletes at small, private higher education institutions that compete in an National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics-member athletic conference representing small, private schools across the southeastern United States. Using Gabert,…
Descriptors: College Athletics, Private Colleges, College Choice, Athletes
Willis, Lucinda; Wilkie, LeAnn – Journal of Employment Counseling, 2009
Faculty at a small university discussed digital portfolios for technology support students who were entering the senior year without a portfolio that illustrated their knowledge and skills for potential employers. Business leaders expressed the need for graduates to demonstrate technological skills and other critical competency areas. Recent…
Descriptors: Technical Support, Portfolios (Background Materials), Educational Technology, College Faculty
Noel-Levitz, Inc, 2010
This report provides an early indication of fall 2010 enrollments in higher education by documenting changes in the numbers of deposited/confirmed students at four-year colleges and universities as of May 1, 2010, versus May 1, 2009, along with changes in admitted students, applicants, and projected summer melt. The report is based on a Web-based…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Enrollment Trends, Student Attrition, College Admission
Horowitz, Gail – Journal of Experimental Education, 2010
This qualitative study investigated the achievement goal orientations of a group of all male pre-med students attending a small, urban undergraduate college. Semi-structured interviews examined under what circumstances students adopted extrinsic goals, mastery goals, or a mixture of the two. Findings indicated that while nearly all students…
Descriptors: Premedical Students, Goal Orientation, Interviews, Qualitative Research
Lund, Jacalyn; Boyce, B. Ann; Oates, Richard; Fiorentino, Leah – Quest, 2010
If one reads the paper or listens to the news, professional disposition are almost becoming critical job skills in the world of work. Similarly, faculty dispositions, defined in this article as "attitudes, values, and beliefs demonstrated through both verbal and non-verbal behaviors as educators interact with students, families, colleagues, and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Tenure, Focus Groups, Job Skills
Lang, James M. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
In this article, the author discusses the difficulty of finding a faculty position at teaching-oriented colleges for graduate students who have had no classroom experience. He stresses that graduate students need professional exposure and guidance to prepare them for the teaching job. He also offers possible routes to help graduate students…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Research Universities, College Faculty, Small Colleges
Kelderman, Eric – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
Welcome to the Centennial Conference: 11 small, private liberal-arts colleges in the mid-Atlantic region that belong to the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division III, where there are no sports scholarships to lure top-notch players. Instead, the contest to recruit the best athletes--a high-stakes game that has long defined only the…
Descriptors: College Athletics, Small Colleges, Recreational Facilities, Costs
Andrews, Bradley J. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This research explores the factors that affect persistence decisions of undergraduate students at a small, private, liberal arts college. Pre-institutional commitment, the commitment to a specific higher education institution by a student prior to arriving on campus for the first academic term, is examined for its effect on student persistence…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Private Colleges, Academic Persistence
Long, Lori K.; Janas, Debra L.; Kay, Lalene; August, Cassandra – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2009
As online learning in higher education continues to grow, the diversity of institutions offering such options also grows. However, small private institutions have been the slowest to adopt online learning (Allen & Seaman, 2006). The challenge for the smaller institution is often the lack of technological resources and support for faculty. The…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Small Colleges, Online Courses, Higher Education
Proper, Eve; Willmer, Wesley K.; Hartley, Harold V., III; Caboni, Timothy C. – International Journal of Educational Advancement, 2009
This article examines the factors that influence presidents' perceptions of board effectiveness in relation to their boards' fundraising role. Data from a survey of small college presidents are used to see what factors influence each of four areas of satisfaction: deciding policy, making financial contributions, referring donor prospects and…
Descriptors: Fund Raising, Small Colleges, College Presidents, Stakeholders
Emerson, John; Brooks, Rachelle L.; McKenzie, Elaine Croft – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2009
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation funded the College Sports Project (CSP) in 2003 to focus on academics and athletics within Division III. The CSP includes a longitudinal data collection effort comparing athletes to nonathletes at over 80 Division III institutions in the United States. This chapter draws on the CSP to highlight the challenges small…
Descriptors: College Athletics, Athletes, Data Collection, Educational Experience
Diaz, Russell – Campus Technology, 2009
In 2006, when the author joined the staff at Dominican College (New York), he discovered that the network, computers, and IT contracts were in sorry shape. He also found that this kind of condition is common in small colleges. Such a state of affairs is usually brought about by the unrelenting demands placed on small IT staffs. IT staffers at…
Descriptors: School Business Relationship, Small Colleges, Information Technology, Computer Networks
Carnevale, Dan – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2007
Many small colleges have a dedicated fan base for their sports, yet ESPN will not be coming to campus anytime soon. The solution for some has been Webcasting. Faraway alumni are able to reconnect with their alma maters. Troops in Iraq who have ties to the university have been known to watch. Parents get to watch every time young Billy goes up to…
Descriptors: Small Colleges, College Athletics, Internet, Computer Mediated Communication
Gill, Jeffrey – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Despite healthy growth in past decades, in a time of national and global economic instability small, private Christian colleges now find themselves in a precarious position. Leading effectively in such colleges and universities in a time of external and/or internal crisis is a great challenge. This research is about a small, Christian college with…
Descriptors: Christianity, College Presidents, Church Related Colleges, Case Studies
Banerjee, Gouri – Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 2011
As higher education moves increasingly to blended and fully online environments, smaller institutions often ask whether this is a desirable trend. They face many challenges in transforming their largely face- to-face didactic teaching traditions to the technology mediated learning environments. Learning effectiveness and student satisfaction are…
Descriptors: Small Colleges, Liberal Arts, Course Evaluation, Electronic Learning