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Factors Residence Life Professionals Consider When Selecting Teams of Resident Assistants
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Sorensen, Erik A.; Keil, Evan D. – Journal of College and University Student Housing, 2021
Significant literature exists exploring interview and selection processes broadly, but little research specific to Resident Assistant (RA) interviews is available. Studies on RA interview processes include quantitative studies connecting interview scores to job performance or discussions of bias within processes. The purpose of this qualitative…
Descriptors: Dormitories, Resident Advisers, Employment Interviews, Personnel Selection
Job Experience and Educational Preparation Factors in Recruitment and Retention of Hall Directors
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Eric M. Finkelstein – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Student affairs practitioners in higher education have been leaving the field at an alarming rate (National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, 2022). As personnel working on the front lines in efforts related to student success and retention, early-career incumbents in these positions experiencing such high rates of attrition…
Descriptors: Labor Turnover, Dormitories, Higher Education, Administrators
Pursuing Higher Education: Adaptation Challenges and Coping Strategies of Rural Students at Urban Universities in Bangladesh
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Ali, Shoukot; Sarker, Md Fouad Hossain; Islam, M. Saiful; Islam, Md Kabirul; Al Mahmud, Rafi – Tertiary Education and Management, 2021
This study examines how students from rural areas in Bangladesh face particular challenges in adapting to university dormitories in urban areas. There has been an increase in the number of students migrating from rural areas of Bangladesh to the cities for pursuing higher studies. These students face numerous challenges to adapt themselves to a…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Students, Student Adjustment, Acculturation
Rentz's Student Affairs Practice in Higher Education. Sixth Edition
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Naijian Zhang – Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, Ltd, 2024
"Rentz's Student Affairs Practice in Higher Education" introduces readers to the functions of all student affairs services on college campus and to the nuts and bolts on what student affairs professionals in each specific area do to achieve their goals of providing students with meaningful collegiate experiences and accomplish the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Personnel Services, Academic Advising, Enrollment Management
Dissenting Students as a Disruptive Force in Higher Education Philanthropy: Indiana University and the 1920s War Memorial Campaign
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Kimmel, Dillon – American Educational History Journal, 2022
In the opening years of the 1920s, Indiana University-Bloomington (IU) faced a dilemma. Enrollment was growing and demand among students for co-curricular and leisure activities was growing with it. But the university had few adequate facilities to support such activities and state appropriations were barely enough to cover expenses related to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational History, Educational Finance, State Universities
Taking Advantage of a Multicultural Campus: Impact of At-Home Intercultural Initiatives on Japanese Students' Skills and Future Goals
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Hofmeyr, Ana Sofia – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2021
In 2014, 24 Type B universities were selected as part of the Top Global University Project to act as institutional role models of internationalization in Japan and as gateways for the development of global human resources, that is, globally competent human resources. The increasing pressure to internationalize, perceived as a major solution to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Global Approach, Human Resources