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Peter A. Testori – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study examined how undergraduate students from historically underrepresented populations who participated in the research site's precollegiate access program prior to their first semester at a small, private women's university made sense of their success in college. Transcripts were analyzed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis.…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Educational Attainment, Minority Group Students, Single Sex Colleges
William Jason Snider – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The academic success of student-athletes is a hot topic on college campuses. This exploratory action research study seeks to understand the best ways to support student-athletes at a small, private college with a large student-athlete population. Utilizing the Whole Student Theory of Advising (WSToA) framework, student-athletes were surveyed and…
Descriptors: Student Athletes, College Athletics, Academic Support Services, Academic Achievement
Barbara Wolf Shousha – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this study is to examine support for online learners in higher education programs. More institutions are offering online options due to the COVID 19 pandemic. While the pandemic affects all institutions of higher education, it is a particular challenge for smaller schools who have promoted personalized attention. The study seeks to…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Distance Education, Educational Experience, Catholics
Lango, Michael; Kortegast, Carrie – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2023
This multiple-case study sought to understand how senior student affairs officers engaged in crisis leadership and decision making during the COVID-19 pandemic's first year. Five themes emerged from the research: (a) influence of institutional structure and culture on decisions, (b) uniqueness of COVID crisis decision making, (c) engagement and…
Descriptors: Small Colleges, Private Colleges, Student Personnel Workers, Leadership
Szpunar, Ruth; Bradley, Eric – College & Research Libraries, 2023
From 2016 to 2020, ten smaller schools in one regional library consortium participated in a user needs assessment project. This article documents the process for implementing a collaborative user needs assessment by utilizing the shared interest and enthusiasm of a team of librarians to create a consortial toolkit. The toolkit supplied direction…
Descriptors: User Needs (Information), Needs Assessment, Consortia, Ethnography
Olt, Phillip A. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This single instrumental case study examined the implicit opportunity costs of regulatory compliance at a small liberal arts college (SLAC) in the Midwest. Regulatory compliance was defined broadly, including government sources from all levels as well as institutional accreditation and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). I found…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Small Colleges, Liberal Arts, Costs
Anastacia Dillon – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The population of college-going students from diverse backgrounds is increasing (Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education [WICHE], 2020). However, minoritized students have traditionally been less well served by colleges and universities in terms of timely degree completion (U.S. Department of Education, 2020d). Small private colleges…
Descriptors: Barriers, Time to Degree, Graduation, College Students
Sarah McCorkle; William O'Brochta; Cathy Box; Mary-Catherine Dean – To Improve the Academy, 2024
Faculty members impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic inadvertently participated in a historic, widespread, and rapidly occurring educational development phenomenon: the global shift toward emergency remote teaching. We surveyed faculty members (n = 502) at four different institutions (a community college and a small, medium-sized, and large…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Educational Practices, College Faculty
Brian P. Collingwood – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Despite persistent calls for institutions to offer internal leadership development programs for administrators, colleges and universities struggle to prepare mid-level administrators for professional advancement. Colleges and universities also face problems with employee retention. The experiences of those who occupy the organizational middle are…
Descriptors: Middle Management, Higher Education, College Administration, Labor Turnover
Linette Deneen Lewis – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The problem this qualitative phenomenological study addressed was the lack of understanding of the experiences of adult learners and their perceptions of online tools and interactivity as they engaged in the use of Google Docs in a traditional entry-level writing course. The purpose of this study was to gain insight into adult learners'…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Students, Computer Software, Technology Uses in Education, Adult Students
Pamela Peters – Journal of Research Initiatives, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic has strained higher education institutions, especially small Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). As campuses closed and reopened, Black communities' digital divide grew, adding to the need to stay connected. This study uses social capital to examine how institutions use language, tone, content, and…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Social Capital, Social Media, Small Colleges
Tori McLean Good – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Institutions of higher education are partially funded by philanthropic gifts to support various initiatives on campus ranging from student scholarships, specific programmatic needs, construction, and everything in between. As Generation Z becomes the predominant generational cohort graduating from colleges and universities, advancement teams must…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Age Groups, Donors, Fund Raising
Clifton Jermaine Ellis – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Forty years ago, females surpassed males in enrollment and completion in higher education. Even as the number of students in higher education has increased over the last 4 decades, the number of males who enroll and persist to completion has continued to widen. This gender gap in higher education attainment is starting to gain the attention of…
Descriptors: Males, College Students, Small Colleges, Gender Differences
Remigio Padilla-Hernandez – ProQuest LLC, 2020
This study used a quantitative descriptive design and the CIPP model to evaluate the impact a co-requisite model had on students' passing rates in entry-level college math courses. The co-requisite model has become the alternative to the traditional developmental education sequence, and understanding how it impacts students' passing rates is…
Descriptors: Required Courses, Introductory Courses, Academic Achievement, College Mathematics
Afton Fawn Ussery; Sofiya Petrova Dahman – College & Research Libraries, 2024
In the past five years, Delta State University's academic library has made significant efforts to develop sustainable outreach programs that support the LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer+) community. This program has increased the library's visibility and enhanced its image among its students, faculty, and staff. The article…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, Academic Libraries, Library Services, Inclusion