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Oh, Kyong Eun; Colón-Aguirre, Mónica – College & Research Libraries, 2019
Google Scholar and academic library discovery systems are both popular resources among academic users for finding scholarly information. By conducting an online survey with 975 users from more than 20 public research universities across the United States, this study comparatively investigates how and why academic users use these two resources.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Search Engines, Information Retrieval, Public Colleges
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Fossey, Richard – Journal of College and University Student Housing, 2018
College students who reside in campus dormitories at public universities have a reasonable expectation of privacy in their dorm rooms that is protected by the fourth amendment; and officials cannot search these rooms for law enforcement purposes without a valid warrant. Non-students, however, have no such reasonable expectation of privacy in…
Descriptors: College Students, Public Colleges, Privacy, Dormitories
Lumina Foundation, 2018
This brief tells the story of Indiana's efforts to develop and implement outcomes-based funding (OBF) for public postsecondary education. Indiana's story is supplemented by a briefer description of efforts in Tennessee. Based primarily on interviews with key state leaders, this story is designed to highlight the unique path each state took to…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Financial Support, Postsecondary Education, Public Colleges
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Lee, Jungmin – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 2016
This study tested the Bennett hypothesis by examining whether four-year colleges changed listed tuition and fees, the amount of institutional grants per student, and room and board charges after their states implemented statewide merit-based aid programs. According to the Bennett hypothesis, increases in government financial aid make it easier for…
Descriptors: Merit Scholarships, Student Costs, Hypothesis Testing, Change
Tennessee Higher Education Commission, 2021
The Academic Supply and Occupational Demand report highlights the connections between degrees that are being produced in Tennessee and the jobs that are available in the state. This year's report incorporates several meaningful changes from prior years' reports. The Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) and Tennessee Department of Labor and…
Descriptors: Educational Demand, Supply and Demand, Demand Occupations, Labor Needs
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Hilton, Jason T.; McCleary, Madeline – Journal of Teacher Education and Educators, 2019
This study examined the preconceived notions of preservice teachers toward those from poverty backgrounds at a medium-sized public university in Pennsylvania, USA. Results of the study indicate that cultural stereotypes about those who are poor persist in preservice teachers and that these views differ significantly based on when, how and in what…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Poverty, Stereotypes
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Windrow, Vincent; Korstange, Ryan – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2019
This paper uses Middle Tennessee State University's MT Scholars Academy, an extended early arrival program targeting first-year students who are classified as at-risk by a variety of measures, as a case study for demonstrating the effectiveness of AASCU's Re-Imagining the First-Year (RFY) initiative. In particular, this case study demonstrates the…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, At Risk Students, Case Studies, Program Effectiveness
Tennessee Higher Education Commission, 2020
The Academic Supply and Occupational Demand report highlights the connections between degrees that are being produced in Tennessee and the jobs that are available in the state. This report is divided into four sections: (1) Expected Degrees presents projections of postsecondary credentials to be awarded by public, private, and proprietary…
Descriptors: Educational Demand, Supply and Demand, Demand Occupations, Labor Needs
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Ziskin, Mary B.; Rabourn, Karyn E.; Hossler, Donald – Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 2018
Performance-based funding (PBF) for public colleges and universities is increasingly prevalent worldwide, as a part of a broader pattern of marketisation in public education. This study focused on developing an empirical view of how, and in what contexts, policy makers use the concepts of neoliberal economics to design and support PerformanceBased…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Finance, Public Colleges, Universities
Poutre, Alain; Voight, Mamie – Institute for Higher Education Policy, 2018
Tennessee is at the vanguard of the free-college movement. Launched in 2015, Tennessee Promise makes technical and community colleges tuition-free for recent high school graduates in the state. With the addition of Tennessee Reconnect in 2018, adult students can attend tuition-free as well. The efforts of the state's leadership, especially its…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Postsecondary Education, State Programs, Tuition
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Rolfhus, Eric; House, Emily; Douglas, Brian; Leeds, Daniel – Regional Educational Laboratory Appalachia, 2017
Many studies show a strong link between earning a college degree and receiving higher wages (for example, Carnevale, Jayasundera, & Gulish, 2015). Consequently, a large body of research is published each year analyzing indicators of progress toward increased college enrollment and completion (for example, National Student Clearinghouse…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, Enrollment, Public Colleges, Two Year Colleges
Tennessee Higher Education Commission, 2019
This report is the result of collaboration between the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) and the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD). Using data from academic years 2006 through 2016, THEC projected degree production for public, private, and proprietary institutions in Tennessee through 2025 (i.e., academic…
Descriptors: Educational Demand, Supply and Demand, Demand Occupations, Labor Needs
Natow, Rebecca S.; Reddy, Vikash; Grant, Markeisha – Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2017
As postsecondary institutions increasingly integrate technology into developmental education, it becomes important to understand how technology is used in these programs, what challenges institutions have encountered relating to the technology, and what considerations institutional leaders take into account when deciding whether and how to…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Community Colleges, Semi Structured Interviews, Technology Integration
Boatman, Angela – Center for the Analysis of Postsecondary Readiness, 2019
Under a hybrid emporium instructional model, students primarily learn content and skills at their own pace through a computer-based platform; during class time, faculty serve more as tutors facilitating individual learning rather than as traditional lecturers. This study evaluates the adoption of this technology-centered instructional model in…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology, Remedial Mathematics, Two Year Colleges
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Jee, Jeffrey Mark; Good, Donald W. – Journal of Academic Administration in Higher Education, 2017
The U.S. Congress has recognized that safety is essential on our college and university campuses. Incidents such as the Virginia Tech massacre and the death of Jeanne Clery have emphasized the need for legislation that assists students in selecting a safe college and improves their safety by reducing the incidence of crimes and fires. The Clery…
Descriptors: Public Colleges, Private Colleges, School Safety, Federal Legislation
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