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Key, Damon L. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this quantitative cross-sectional study was to examine the current perceptions of online graduate degrees by academic hiring managers when making hiring decisions. The population studied consisted of deans, department chairs, human resource directors, and faculty at colleges and universities with AACSB and IACBE business program…
Descriptors: Personnel Directors, Administrator Attitudes, Virtual Universities, Academic Degrees
Caglioti, Carla – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Creative Writing, usually housed within the English Department, has become a progressively more popular field of study among students and budget conscious administrators. But for all its popularity, it is a field that has been left generally unexamined by scholars. While there have been numerous scholarly studies…
Descriptors: Fine Arts, Creative Writing, Intellectual Disciplines, English Departments
Lambertus, Amanda Janes – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to characterize mathematics departments that graduate a relatively large percentage of women doctorates. Through a collective case study of six graduate departments, and an in-depth case study of one department, the researcher highlights six characteristics of these mathematics departments and their descriptive…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Graduate Students, College Faculty, Females
Stilson-Hart, Amy – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Unionization efforts on community college campuses have increased fivefold over the past decade, this research addressed issues relating to increased levels of faculty unionization on community college campuses in Ohio. The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine and describe what, if any, relationships exist among faculty union…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Tenure, Program Effectiveness, Leadership Effectiveness