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Nevith, K. Tyshun – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this evaluation was to provide descriptive feedback to assist coordinators of the Alabama Community College System's (ACCS) outcome-based funding (OBF) model in conducting a formative needs assessment. Employing a quasi-experimental design, this evaluation utilized both the CIPP decision-oriented and Stake's participant-oriented…
Descriptors: School Policy, Educational Finance, Accountability, Needs Assessment
Ruth W. Brock – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Overweight and obesity are national epidemics affecting 42.4% of adults in the U.S.; with the southeastern region exhibiting higher obesity rates than most other regions in the U.S. (National Center for Health Statistics, 2020; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services & Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2009). Alabama ranks 3rd…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Health Behavior, Student Behavior, Minority Groups
Nance, Ashton – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This quantitative comparative study aimed to evaluate how undergraduate students at four-year institutions assess diversity and inclusion on their campuses and how their thoughts affect retention. Differences were assessed between White and BIPOC (Black, Hispanic and Latin, Asian and Pacific Islander, and Native American and Alaskan Native)…
Descriptors: Minority Group Students, Undergraduate Students, Student Diversity, School Holding Power
Schlosser, Elizabeth Auretta Cox – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This study accessed the relationship between race, socioeconomic status, age and the race implicit bias held by middle and high school science teachers in Mobile and Baldwin County Public School Systems. Seventy-nine participants were administered the race Implicit Association Test (race IAT), created by Greenwald, A. G., Nosek, B. A., &…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap, Statistical Analysis, Scores
Flowers, Robbi C. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
School administration is the single most important contributing factor to the success of an effective school (Cunningham & Cordeiro, 2006, 2009). Though principals' and assistant principals' salaries have increased across the United States within the past five years, salaries for secondary principals and assistant principals do not relate to…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Labor Turnover, School Administration, Mentors
Walker, Kimberly LaRaine – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This research study was designed to determine leadership and instructional behaviors of administrators and teachers who are participants in the Alabama AP Initiative, as well as evaluate the perceptions of the AAPI with regard to student performance. The importance of this research was three-fold. First, this study provided principals, as well as…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Community Leaders, Curriculum Development, Rural Schools