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Stacy R. Lung – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study explores how Christian educators in liberal arts universities understand the contribution of wonder-filled moments in their classrooms. As a transformative emotion, wonder and the related awe challenge education's prevailing objectification and instrumentalization, inviting students and educators to embrace an appreciative and open…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Christianity, Liberal Arts, Psychological Patterns
Megan M. Dross – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Across the United States a significant number of individuals find themselves incarcerated each year. For the state of Florida, this number represents one of the highest in the country (Carson, 2021). Prior research has indicated that incarcerated populations across the country tend to have a lower literacy level and less education experience than…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Access to Education, Correctional Education
Amy M. Wilkinson – ProQuest LLC, 2022
A well-established conceptualization of academic capitalism is rooted in the marriage of economic theory and critical social. Significantly, academic capitalism links economic dimensions with the political-ideological transformations of U.S. society associated with the fall of communism and the rise of neoliberalism. Academic capitalism is based…
Descriptors: Dance Education, Undergraduate Study, Neoliberalism, Role of Education
Gwitaek Park – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Learning prepositions is very important for students with an intellectual disability to engage in functional communication behaviors. In addition, it is important for the students with intellectual disability to engage in physical activity at school because they spend the majority of their waking hours during weekdays at school. One way to…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Physical Activity Level, Interdisciplinary Approach, Academic Education
Junjian Gao – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This study examined Chinese university students enrolled in a Sino-United States university and how they perceived learning processes, academic value, and cultural awareness at two distinct campuses. Comparing and contrasting student experiences at a foreign satellite campus in China (Wenzhou-Kean University) with the experiences of those same…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods
Malea Crosby – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Institutions of higher education are facing increased pressure to do more with less while continuing to provide a high-quality education. Faculty are asked to teach more and do more with decreased resources and without additional compensation. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on institutions of higher education resulting in…
Descriptors: Organizational Climate, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Correlation
Murren-Holder, Tracee – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This qualitative phenomenological study was designed to understand the factors that contribute to college persistence and completion for Black and Latinx students in the northeastern United States. Additionally, the researcher aimed to understand how high school and college preparation structures and policies contribute to college completion rates…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, African American Students, Hispanic American Students, College Preparation