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Melissa J. Davis – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Statement of Purpose and Method of Study: The purpose of this study is two-fold. One purpose is to examine whether there is a correlation between Mississippi community college instructors' self-reported recollections of their coping self-efficacy and burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic. The second purpose is to explore Mississippi community…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Faculty, Teacher Burnout, Teacher Attitudes
Godfrey, Cordelia Hayes – ProQuest LLC, 2019
A key concern in education today is the overwhelming number of students who leave high school unprepared for college in the core courses of English and Math. As a result of student unpreparedness, more and more students are entering college having to take developmental courses. A high number of those students are students in the state of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College School Cooperation, Partnerships in Education, English Instruction
Larmon, Brandy H. – ProQuest LLC, 2015
Retention in higher education, especially nursing education, is a concern for nurse educators. Due to the needs of nurse graduates and practicing nurses, the characteristic of self-directed learning in students is often an educational goal of a rigorous nursing curriculum. Program retention is often impacted by such demands. This study, based upon…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Nursing Education, Correlation, Academic Persistence
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Mayfield-Johnson, Susan; Mohn, Richard S.; Mitra, Amal K.; Young, Rebekah; McCullers, Elizabeth M. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2014
Online distance education creates increased opportunities for continuing education and advanced training for allied health professionals living in underserved and geographically isolated areas. The purpose of this article was to explore attitudes on barriers and benefits of distance education technology among underrepresented minority allied…
Descriptors: Barriers, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Allied Health Occupations Education
Young, Shakebra L. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This quantitative, cross-sectional, correlation research study explored the relationships between self-efficacy, social support, and academic achievement among single mothers aged 18 and older attending Mississippi public two-year institutions. A total of 82 single mothers provided data for this study by completing the following research…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, One Parent Family, Mothers, Two Year College Students
Brocato, Mary Anne – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Over the past ten years, traditional lecture style delivery has given way to computer-aided instruction (CAI) in post-secondary education. Developmental mathematics courses have been one of the most widely used applications. At a small community college in the Mississippi Delta, a computer assisted version of Intermediate Algebra was implemented.…
Descriptors: Grades (Scholastic), Females, Self Efficacy, Computer Assisted Instruction