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Denise Fernandez-Pallozzi – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The initiative to implement multiple pathways to graduation aims to increase high school graduation rates. Where these opportunities may be present, there are specific actions district leaders can take to support the implementation of multiple pathways to graduation. Through correlational quantitative research, this study provided the opportunity…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, Superintendents, Change Strategies, Academic Achievement
Holloway, Kelly L. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The problem targeted by this study is the widening imbalance between admissions and graduation rates occurring at many long-standing institutions of higher education. This study applied the theory of disruptive innovation to gain insight into the policies, procedures, beliefs, and perspectives of how a single college that was established in the…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Case Studies, Semi Structured Interviews, Focus Groups
Schwedler, Jennifer Green – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Enterprise software implementations are subject to high failure rates. Organizations of higher education can be particularly resistant to technology implementations as they can be perceived as eroding the traditions of the institution. The California State University (CSU) system is moving into a new phase of data-driven accountability for…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Innovation, Computer Software, Accountability
Dodman, Stephanie Lynn – ProQuest LLC, 2011
There is a persistent and significant gap in the achievement of students who attend high-poverty schools and those who attend low-poverty schools. Students in high-poverty schools, the majority of whom are African American and Hispanic, are not achieving the same levels of academic success as their low-poverty or White counterparts. Retention…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Capacity Building, Educational Policy, Accountability