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Mahalingam, Mahalakshmi R. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Food insecurity is a global concern and is acute in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa as well as pockets in the global North. In the lush green spaces of "God's Own Country", the state of Kerala in India, about 379,000 women are engaged in farming in about 75,800 groups. Spearheaded by Kudumbashree, the State Poverty Eradication Mission…
Descriptors: Hunger, Females, Agricultural Occupations, Poverty
Carter, Miriam J. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The purpose of this quantitative study was to use the theory of transformational leadership as measured by the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) to investigate the differences in the leadership behaviors of Indian Center for Research and Development of Community Education (ICRDCE) affiliated community college CEOs based on their gender…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Leadership, Administrator Behavior, Community Colleges
Kandakatla, Rohit R. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
In the last two decades, higher education researchers have reported numerous benefits of integrating technology tools in course instruction and their subsequent impact on the students' learning process. In spite of the accumulation of the large amount of evidence and multiple calls to adopt technology tools in instruction, traditional lecturing is…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Technology Uses in Education, Technology Integration, Engineering Education
Minz, Nijhar Jharia – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This interpretive study asked the question: "What education and literacy insights can be gained from the studies of the life stories of illiterate Oraon women in Jharkhand, India?" Life history methodology was used to gain insights into the lived experiences of illiterate women. I hoped to provide meaning and give voice to the voiceless.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Indians, Illiteracy
Quin, Elizabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Community colleges are a large part of the nation's higher education system and provide an important access point to post-secondary education for many students. Transfer to a four-year institution is one of the many functions served by community colleges. Despite the importance of the transfer function, the process of transferring between higher…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Economics, Transfer Policy, State Policy
Dias, Mary Beatrice – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This research contributes to efforts in assessment studies related to science and technology interventions. The work presented in this thesis focuses on understanding the effects of policies that influence science and technology interventions, and determining the impact of science and technology interventions themselves. Chapter 1 explores how…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Effectiveness, Educational Technology, Assistive Technology