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Uslu, Baris – Tertiary Education and Management, 2018
This research aimed to identify the components of communication systems in universities and to explore their influence on academic life. To collect data, interviews were carried out with academics from Australian universities. Thematic descriptive and content analyses were performed on the data-set. Analyses showed that the human relations unit,…
Descriptors: Communication Strategies, Organizational Communication, Universities, Interviews
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Wallace, Danielle; Cesar, Gabriel; Hedberg, E. C. – Field Methods, 2018
We estimate the difference in the chance of giving a socially undesirable response, one that violates social norms, by administration mode (online or in person) for a self-administered questionnaire (SAQ). We do this by evaluating open-ended responses to a photographic stimulus designed to generate undesirable responses. We test five variables:…
Descriptors: Surveys, Mixed Methods Research, Responses, Social Desirability
Chastain, Patricia Elaine – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Universities and colleges are consistently being held accountable for measurable outcomes from internal and external stakeholders. Outcomes such as the development of critical thinking skills have been tied to funding from state and federal governments and employers believe that graduates should be able to think critically and produce results…
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, College Freshmen
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Kendall M. Zammit; Megan C. Connor; Jeffrey R. Raker – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2024
A national survey on chemistry instructional laboratories was administered to faculty members at four-year postsecondary institutions in the United States for the purpose of exploring levels of inquiry-based instruction implemented in laboratory courses. Respondents were asked to rate the level of choice their students had in deciding six key…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Chemistry, Science Instruction, Active Learning
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Chris Woods; Allison J. Smith – Journal of LGBT Youth, 2024
Misgendering and deadnaming can have a negative impact on the experiences and wellbeing of transgender, non-binary, and gender expansive (TGNB) students in higher education. As a part of a larger effort to reimagine and redesign the pursuit of TGNB student health equity, the LGBTQ + Center and Student Health Center at New York University (the…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, College Students, Language Usage, Barriers
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W. Brian Lane; Daniela Zavala; Gabriella Khazal; Naomi Laird – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2024
The communities of practice (COP) framework describes learning as a process of navigating one's position of membership within a community of professionals pursuing a set of common goals using established practices. As students navigate their membership within a community like a physics research group, they develop a mental model of the community…
Descriptors: Student Research, Research Training, Physics, Science Instruction
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Nedal Sawan; Krayyem Al-Hajaya; Mohammad Alshhadat; Rami Ibrahim A. Salem – Journal of International Education in Business, 2024
Purpose: Focusing on the quality of teaching and learning, this study aims to explore the perceptions of accountancy students in two emerging UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) of the quality of their learning experiences and the impact of these experiences on generic skills development. Design/methodology/approach: A questionnaire survey was…
Descriptors: Accounting, Business Schools, Blended Learning, Soft Skills
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Floyd, Alan; Preston, Diane – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2018
This paper reports on findings from a Leadership Foundation for Higher Education funded project exploring the role of associate deans in UK universities. While the number of associate deans leading cross-curricular and inter-disciplinary initiatives appears to be on the increase, there has been very little research focusing on the exact nature of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Deans, Power Structure, Participative Decision Making
Locklear, Lawrence T. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
There is a paucity of research on American Indian students in U.S. higher education, particularly those who commute and are citizens of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina. Unfortunately, no studies have examined the engagement of undergraduate Lumbee commuter students. Kuh (2009b) defined student engagement as "the time and effort students…
Descriptors: American Indian Students, Commuting Students, Undergraduate Students, Learner Engagement
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Sharp, John G.; Zhu, Xiaotong; Matos, Mayara; Sharp, Jane C. – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2021
In this article, we present details of a new Academic Boredom Survey Instrument (ABSI) incorporating different measures of academic boredom's trait, state and other characteristic attributes for the exploratory study of student engagement in Higher Education (HE). Developed from a review of international research literature and our own empirical…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Student Surveys, Learner Engagement, Test Construction
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Huang, Futao – Higher Education Quarterly, 2021
This study analyses the challenges facing Asia's academy based on major findings from the international survey which was implemented in seven selected Asian systems in 2012-2013. The study argues that the academics in these participating teams were concerned with demographic issues, academics' deteriorating working conditions, building both…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Practices, Surveys, Teacher Attitudes
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Stewart, Mary K.; Hilliard, Lyra; Stillman-Webb, Natalie; Cunningham, Jennifer M. – Online Learning, 2021
This article applies the Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework to a particular disciplinary context: first-year writing (FYW). Students enrolled in online FYW courses across three institutions (n = 272) completed a version of the CoI survey that was slightly modified to fit the disciplinary context of writing studies. A factor analysis was…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Inquiry, Freshman Composition, Online Courses
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Fosnacht, Kevin; Gonyea, Robert M.; Graham, Polly A. – Journal of Higher Education, 2020
A heterogeneous student body is valued in part because diverse interactions among students help create educated and competent citizens and promote learning and development. Campus housing is a primary setting for diverse interactions as students navigate living with individuals who differ from themselves. This study investigated how the roommate…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Dormitories, Correlation, Peer Relationship
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Coker, Jeffrey Scott; Heiser, Evan; Taylor, Laura – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2018
This five-year study of graduating seniors at Elon University (n = 1,858) compared student outcomes measured by the National Survey of Student Engagement across five study abroad groups: no study abroad, semester, short-term (three-week), two short-terms, and semester plus short-term. Both short-term and semester programs were positively…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, College Seniors, Outcomes of Education, Learner Engagement
Wasmanski, Stephanie Lynn – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this study was to explore the regulatory styles, as identified in Ryan and Deci's Self-Determination Theory, of graduate students enrolled in prescribed and elective courses, in a fully online Master of Education degree program. A sample consisting of 53 participants, enrolled in a master's degree program in education at a state…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Self Determination, Elective Courses, Required Courses
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