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Noemi Maldonado Picardi – ProQuest LLC, 2021
To promote student persistence and success in higher education research identifies the importance of supporting students' academic and social integration as well as providing mentoring to facilitate a sense of connectedness and commitment to the institution. Such resources are particularly important for Black males, who often enter college…
Descriptors: African American Students, Males, Academic Persistence, Small Colleges
Alex Anderson – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The recruiting component is a critical piece to the success of collegiate athletic programs. Small colleges that rely on athletic programs as a branch of enrollment management find coaches and athletic directors continuously searching for the most talented student-athletes to increase the chances of winning games. Along with talent, coaches must…
Descriptors: Student Athletes, College Choice, Private Schools, College Athletics
Nicole M. Wild – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Background/Significance: Self-confidence and self-efficacy among undergraduate nursing students in a simulation are necessary components of measurement within the curriculum. Exploring strategies to improve clinical competence, self-confidence, and knowledge is essential. Local Problem: Currently, faculty within a small faith-based University…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Video Technology, Simulation, Clinical Experience
Dennis James Perkins Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Entry-level student affairs professionals play a significant and influential role in the growth and development of college students. Despite the value of these entry-level professionals, attrition from the student affairs profession is a pressing issue (Renn & Jessup-Anger, 2008), primarily because 55% of student affairs professionals leave…
Descriptors: Dormitories, Student Personnel Services, Student Personnel Workers, Entry Workers
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Jennifer Y. Abbott; Jordin Clark; James Proszek – Basic Communication Course Annual, 2024
With increasing threats to democracy, we call for communication educators to renew and re-examine their commitment to advancing civic engagement in the basic course. Given recent scholarly criticism that civic engagement pedagogies falsely present democratic practice as neutral or apolitical and reinforce the status quo, we set an agenda for basic…
Descriptors: Communications, Teaching Methods, Citizen Participation, Assignments
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Todd J. Hostager; Christopher Knowles; D. Alan Christopher – Journal of Education for Business, 2024
Prior research explored the effects of receiving review sessions for business core courses on standardized test results obtained via the Major Field Test in Business (MFTB) and the Comprehensive Business Exam (CBE). The present study contributes to the literature by examining the impacts of single core course and topical area review sessions on…
Descriptors: Marketing, Business Administration Education, Ethics, Individual Differences
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Sarah Beth Dempsey; Adeline Diaz; Samantha Giordano; Bianca Meza – New Directions for Student Services, 2024
Saint Mary's College of California is a small, Catholic Lasallian, liberal arts institution located in the San Francisco Bay area. Founded in 1863, the institution currently serves approximately 2,000 enrolled students. The Catholic Institute for Lasallian Social Action (CILSA) is the social justice and community engagement center that provides…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Catholics, Religious Colleges, Small Colleges
Brianna B. Douglas – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This qualitative dissertation explored the research question: "How do presidents at small private universities collaborate with local government and industry leaders in their host communities to enhance economic development?" The data were collected from three presidents that had been a university president at a qualifying institution…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Cooperation, Government School Relationship, School Business Relationship
Margaret Byrns – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Research has indicated that undergraduate students struggle with conceptual understanding of confidence intervals, negatively impacting statistical literacy skills, and advocates have suggested the flipped classroom pedagogy as a potential solution. The purpose of this nonequivalent control group quasi-experimental study was to determine if a…
Descriptors: Flipped Classroom, Statistics Education, Teaching Methods, Introductory Courses
Radhika Aravamudhan – ProQuest LLC, 2023
According to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), there were 3,982 degree-granting postsecondary institutions in the United States in the 2019-2020 school year. Of these, 1,625 were public institutions and another 1,660 were private, nonprofit institutions (four-year and two-year schools). The private, nonprofit sector plays an…
Descriptors: College Enrollment, Private Colleges, Small Colleges, Tuition
Sheri Popp – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Historically, college and university professors have been known as experts in their respective disciplines but lack training in pedagogy or andragogy. This problem can be particularly impactful at very small colleges where resources for faculty professional development are scarce. Faculty development which creates learning communities encourages…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Small Colleges
Sarah W. Skoy – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Two qualitative studies, 2015 and 2020, on seniors' satisfaction with faculty interactions provided the background for this 2023 qualitative study. This present study explored the characteristics and development of the faculty, staff, and student interactions that influenced college student satisfaction. Even though quantitative research showed…
Descriptors: Student Satisfaction, College Students, Interaction, Small Colleges
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Henderson, Holly – Educational Review, 2023
The decision of whether and where to attend higher education is an inherently geographical decision. Amongst the structural inequalities that determine how decisions about higher education are made are a number of complex socio-spatial factors ranging from proximity of higher education institution to place of residence and availability of…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Mobility, Decision Making, Foreign Countries
Jim Sciuto – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Students are transferring from community colleges to four-year institutions in increasing numbers, yet transfers are persisting and graduating from four-year institutions at lower levels than students who had begun at the institution. Research suggests that transfer students feel less connected to a four-year institution, and fostering transfer…
Descriptors: Sense of Community, Religious Colleges, Small Colleges, Private Colleges
Heather Vezner – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The student teacher (ST) and cooperating teacher (CT) relationship is a key element in a productive practicum experience. A strained relationship inhibits learning, creates stress, and can lead to discontinuing the placement. The purpose of this action research study is to understand the conflicts that occur in the ST and CT relationship during…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Cooperating Teachers, Practicums, Teacher Student Relationship
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