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Zhang, Yi – Community College Review, 2016
Objective: Guided by validation theory, this study aims to better understand the role that academic advising plays in international community college students' adjustment. More specifically, this study investigated how academic advising validates or invalidates their academic and social experiences in a community college context. Method: This…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Foreign Students, Academic Advising, College Students
McKee, Valerie Lynn; Odom, Summer Felton; Moore, Lori L.; Murphrey, Theresa Pesl – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2016
Agricultural leadership extension programs aim to expand the horizons of leaders through study and experiences. These programs can have direct implications for communities when they are designed and delivered for county officials. This study specifically examined a leadership program administered in Texas which has graduated five classes of county…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Agricultural Education, Leadership Training, Program Descriptions
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Martinez, Miriam G.; Harmon, Janis M. – Reading Psychology, 2015
This study investigated the impact of a graduate course that focused on picture books on teachers' understandings of the picture book format and the ways in which these understandings influenced their self-reports of picture book use in the classroom. Findings of this qualitative investigation revealed that immersion in and analysis of the picture…
Descriptors: Picture Books, Graduate Students, Teachers, Qualitative Research
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Turner, Jacqueline S.; Juntune, Joyce – Journal of Advanced Academics, 2018
Current literature has identified a growing achievement gap experienced by students raised in poverty. However, some students from poverty can defeat the odds and succeed academically with advanced degrees. Nine graduate students self-identified as being raised in poverty participated in this study. The home-related experiences that led to their…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Student Attitudes, Graduate Students, Poverty
Davis, LaVerne A. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
It was not known how the visually disabled perceived gaining employment or how perception affected employment seeking behaviors within this population. The purpose of this qualitative narrative study was to explore how the visually disabled perceived gaining employment and how perception affected employment seeking behaviors within this…
Descriptors: Employment, Visual Impairments, Work Attitudes, Qualitative Research
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Howard, Rachael M. – Reading Improvement, 2017
This research investigated reading support and book preferences of fourth grade English language learners (ELLs) who were struggling readers. This qualitative research focused on three case studies. Interviews were conducted to explore ELLs' perceptions on reading motivation, reading programs, and types of support they received. Descriptions of…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Reading Attitudes, English Language Learners, Reading Difficulties
Mota, Alma Yvette – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Research indicates Latino males are under-represented in the educational pipeline and administrative ranks of public education. Further studies attribute the Latino culture as contributing to the obstacles encountered in Latino advancement. This qualitative study was a life history of a first generation U.S. born Latino raised in a Texas-Mexico…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Males, Qualitative Research, Biographies
Ortega-Feerick, Diana – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The issue of guns and gun control is very complex especially since the passage of Campus Carry Law in the state of Texas. The purpose of this qualitative case study is to explore how decision-making administrators at four nonresidential community colleges in South Texas implemented Campus Carry Law. This study further seeks to examine how 10…
Descriptors: Weapons, State Legislation, Qualitative Research, Case Studies
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Donaldson, Paul; McKinney, Lyle; Lee, Mimi; Pino, Diana – NACADA Journal, 2016
For this study, we analyzed the relationship between intrusive academic advising and community college student success. Utilizing a qualitative, single-case study design, we conducted interviews with 12 students who participated in an intrusive advising program at a large, urban community college in Texas. Analysis of the interview data revealed…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Two Year College Students, Qualitative Research, Academic Advising
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Friedel, Janice Nahra; Wilson, Sarah L. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2015
For decades, higher education professionals and researchers have used the term reverse transfer to describe a specific group of students. A current review of community college literature and higher education policy reflects a contextual change of the term, and today reverse transfer has grown to include students who transfer from a two-year…
Descriptors: Reverse Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Literature Reviews, Qualitative Research
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Alexander, Jackson C.; Rucker, K. Jill; Graham, Donna L.; Miller, Jefferson D.; Apple, Jason K. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2017
This study characterized perceptions of agricultural leadership programs in colleges of agriculture, food, life, human, or environmental sciences at 1,862 land-grant institutions. Objectives included describing the need for programs, studying evolution within the discipline, discussing faculty recommendations for future development, and examining…
Descriptors: Land Grant Universities, Agricultural Education, Leadership Training, Agricultural Colleges
Juenke, Carl W. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
A significant number of students receive special education services for mathematics learning disabilities, however, many additional students need mathematics intervention to support their learning in the regular education classroom. A Response to Intervention (RtI) model has been identified as effective in addressing these students' needs;…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Primary Education, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Mathematics Instruction
Miles, R. Mark – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Universities and colleges have developed an over-reliance on adjunct faculty, and as a result, researchers have begun to study adjunct faculty satisfaction as it relates to their working conditions. Current research indicates that professional development is a source that can contribute to satisfaction at work (Hoyt, 2012). However, the research…
Descriptors: Adjunct Faculty, Faculty Development, Teaching Experience, Community Colleges
Barrett, Cedric L. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this study was to examine cyberbullying policies and procedures in middle schools in a large urban school district located in a metropolitan area of Texas. The researcher obtained the perceptions of middle school principals regarding how they implement policies and procedures for dealing with incidents occurring on their campus.…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Administrator Attitudes, Bullying, Computer Mediated Communication
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Niño, Juan Manuel – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2018
This qualitative study seeks to create a better understanding of the work of school superintendents. This study was conducted using ethnographic techniques as a way to describe the practice of a Latino superintendent in a borderland community in south Texas. Guiding questions for this study were: What goes on in the workday life of a…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Leadership Role, Leadership Styles, Qualitative Research
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