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Pascarella, Ernest T.; Salisbury, Mark H.; Blaich, Charles – Journal of College Student Development, 2011
This study analyzed a multi-institutional and longitudinal data set to determine the impact of exposure to effective instruction on first-year persistence--defined as reenrolling for the second year of college at the same institution. Net of important confounding influences, exposure to effective instruction significantly increased the likelihood…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Educational Experience, Academic Persistence, Participant Satisfaction
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Avoseh, Mejai B. M., Ed. – Commission for International Adult Education, 2018
These "Proceedings" derived from the Commission for International Adult Education's (CIAE) 2018 International Pre-Conference. They contain 23 papers from 32 authors. Eight of the lead authors are graduate students -- four are rounding up their Master's degrees while four are on their doctoral programs. The rest are a mix of seasoned and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Role of Education, Innovation, Technology Uses in Education
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Hedrick, Bradley N.; Stumbo, Norma J.; Martin, Jay K.; Martin, Liam G.; Nordstrom, David L.; Morrill, Joshua H. – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2012
The purpose of this exploratory research is to document the level of personal assistance support provided to students with severe physical disabilities by disability support services in higher education institutions across the United States. A national survey was conducted of members of the Association of Higher Education And Disability (AHEAD)…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Physical Disabilities, Severe Disabilities, National Surveys
Wei, Liping; White, Cameron – Online Submission, 2011
Confronted with the challenge of increasing globalization, the institution of education needs to answer the call and become better equipped with global dimensions in today's globally interdependent world. The internationalization of education should not remain as an optional attribute of education; rather, it is integral. In addition to…
Descriptors: International Educational Exchange, Global Approach, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy
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Bender, Keith A.; Heywood, John S. – Education Economics, 2011
Previous research confirms that many employees work in jobs not well matched to their skills and education, resulting in lower pay and job satisfaction. While this literature typically uses cross-sectional data, we examine the evolution of mismatch and its consequences over a career, by using a panel data set of scientists in the USA. The results…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Personality Theories, Work Environment, Labor Market
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Tekleselassie, Abebayehu Aemero; Villarreal, Pedro, III – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2011
Despite concerns about turnover among administrators, conditions that influence career longevity intentions of school principals are less known. To address this gap in the literature, we conducted a three-level Generalized Multilevel Model to estimate variations in school and district characteristics impacting principals' career departure and…
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Job Satisfaction, Principals, Incentives
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Reeves, Todd D.; Pedulla, Joseph J. – Professional Development in Education, 2011
Online professional development (OPD) is proliferating in an effort to eliminate barriers to high-quality in-service teacher training. Using the Internet as a vehicle for continuing professional development, however, introduces new concerns largely absent in its face-to-face counterpart. For example, evidence from the USA's e-Learning for…
Descriptors: Evidence, Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Least Squares Statistics
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Orwig, Marcy Leasum – Business Communication Quarterly, 2011
While experts agree the U.S. recession is over, many employees feel that they are still being asked to do more work for less pay. This concept of less compensation for employees is not surprising, but no one has addressed how volunteers in organizations might also be affected by the economy. Are volunteers also expected to do more work for…
Descriptors: Hospitals, Volunteers, Motivation, Group Membership
Schmaltz, Sarah Katherine Abrams – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The study, A Case Study of Organizational Collaboration in an Institution of Higher Education, is a look into what is working and what is not working inside a collaborative initiative at the University of Virginia called the Partners for Leadership in Education. The Partners for Leadership in Education is one of the longest lasting collaborations…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Leadership, Partnerships in Education, Cooperation
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Simmons, Lakisha L.; Simmons, Chris B.; Hayek, Mario; Parks, Rachida; Mbarika, Victor W. – Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 2012
A significant body of literature focuses on learning mediated by technology (eLearning). We conceptually develop and empirically test a model of trust antecedents with online undergraduate students. Contributing to the student eLearning success literature, we posit that eLearning students require the support of technologies and trust in those…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Comparative Analysis, Trust (Psychology), Undergraduate Students
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Estelami, Hooman – Marketing Education Review, 2012
Much of the existing research in distance education has focused on contrasting the outcomes between traditional face-to-face teaching and purely online courses, in which the entire course content is delivered online. However, research has not examined the effectiveness of hybrid-online courses, in which a combination of online delivery and…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Distance Education, Online Courses, Marketing
Lewis-Grace, Dorothy – ProQuest LLC, 2011
In 2007, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) reported in their 2004-2005 Teacher Follow-up Survey that nearly 20% of U.S. teachers leave the profession after their first year of teaching and almost 30% leave after the fourth year of teaching. These percentages are even greater for mathematics teachers. The inability of schools to…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Job Satisfaction, Participant Observation, Focus Groups
Frey, W. Bruce – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Managing a business requires vigilance and diligence. Small business owners are often ignored by IT vendors and inundated by the choices of software applications and therefore, need help finding a viable operating software solution for small business decisions and development. The extent, if any, of a significant influence of operational software…
Descriptors: User Satisfaction (Information), Testing, Computer Software, Business
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Bob G. Barrett – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2011
While some organizations have made strides in employing workers with disabilities as an act of social responsibility, other entities have started to realize the need and value of this untapped human resource (Thakker, 1997). Research has shown that employees with disabilities have low turnover rates, low absenteeism, and high motivation to prove…
Descriptors: Employment Practices, Employees, Disabilities, Information Technology
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Lambert, Lisa Schurer – Journal of Applied Psychology, 2011
The reciprocal exchange of employees' work for pay that is central to employment relationships is viewed here through the lens of the psychological contract. A psychological contract involves promised inducements, promised contributions, delivered inducements, and delivered contributions: How an employee cognitively integrates these 4 elements is…
Descriptors: Employer Employee Relationship, Psychology, Employees, Social Exchange Theory
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