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Mnubi, Godfrey M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
As Tanzania celebrates fifty years of independence at the crossroads of globalization, the country has experienced a changing landscape and a major transformation in higher learning education with spectacular expansion in student enrollment rates. This requires its higher education institutions, particularly universities, to function effectively…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Enrollment Rate, Sustainable Development
Clark, Elizabeth Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The dearth of women in executive positions within the field of information technology (IT) has been studied extensively in the corporate sector. That is not the case within higher education, despite the data collected showing that women attain the top executive role--that of the Chief Information Officer (CIO)--at much better rates than their…
Descriptors: Women Administrators, Females, College Administration, Higher Education
Kirk, John R. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This quantitative survey-based research study examined the experiences of 49 men through a comparative analysis of their traditional classroom-based Diploma or Associate Degree in Nursing program and their subsequent experiences in the University of Phoenix online Registered Nurse to Bachelor of Science in Nursing (RN-to-BSN) degree completion…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Surveys, Males, Comparative Analysis
Abudalbuh, Mujdey – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study is a sociolinguistic investigation of the use of four English generic pronouns ("he," "she," "he or she," singular "they") by Arabic-speaking second language learners of English. This study takes a different approach to the investigation of second language (L2) acquisition and use by examining the…
Descriptors: Sex Role, Sociolinguistics, Form Classes (Languages), Questionnaires
Burgdorf, Aimee Michelle – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this research was to examine the vocational programs available to female inmates incarcerated in the only female prison in a southern state, to explore these inmates' thoughts, feelings and perspectives about the programs available to them, and to determine whether these programs are unintentionally gender-biased or…
Descriptors: Females, Correctional Institutions, Vocational Education, Correctional Education
Morrison, Briana Marie Keafer – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Women continue to be underrepresented among engineering faculty despite decades of reform and intervention. To understand why more graduate women do not pursue careers in academia, this mixed methods study focuses on the experiences of women currently in graduate engineering programs, and how the graduate culture shapes their development and…
Descriptors: Womens Education, Females, Graduate Students, Mixed Methods Research
Holloway, Elizabeth M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
As of 2012, women are approximately 19% of all engineering undergraduate students nationally (American Society for Engineering Education, 2012). Women's representation in engineering has not changed significantly over the last 20 years, despite increased attention, increased funding, and increased programmatic activities intended to encourage more…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Disproportionate Representation, Females, Sciences
Hilbert, Martin – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This research thesis sheds lights on different aspects of the transition toward information societies. It consists of a collection of interrelated studies that analyze in more rigorous terms three main and complementary aspects of the transition (see Figure below). After and "introductory" CHAPTER ONE, the consecutive CHAPTER TWO of this…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Social Influences, Social Environment, Science and Society
Ostos, Barbara Escobio – ProQuest LLC, 2012
While independent schools are a small sector of the American school system, they educate a significant cross section of society. Creating equitable models of leadership in their top administrative positions is important as students see those models and equate them with what leaders look and act like. This study examined leadership styles of heads…
Descriptors: School Administration, Instructional Leadership, Gender Bias, Gender Issues
Lewinter, Jane Marincic – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Engineering has traditionally been and continues to be a male dominated profession. The National Academies' "Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing America for a Brighter Future (2005)" warns that in the long run, the United States might not have enough scientists and engineers to meet its national goals unless the number of…
Descriptors: Females, Gender Differences, Engineering, Qualitative Research
Byford, Tina T. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This research examined the career progression journey of three women who had held executive administrative positions in a land-grant, doctoral institution of higher education. This qualitative study used portraiture, field notes, and document review to examine the career journeys of these three women. The guiding question of the study was, What…
Descriptors: Women Administrators, Land Grant Universities, Qualitative Research, Empowerment
Reyes Malave, Zulma B. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this qualitative methodology study was to explore and examine the contributions the Puerto Rico Public Education system has made in relation to promote and transmit gender equity, examine the knowledge of the elementary school teachers with this concern and to explore how elementary school teachers promotes gender equity through the…
Descriptors: Sex Fairness, Teacher Attitudes, Elementary School Teachers, Qualitative Research
Hanson, Karen M. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Despite earning over half of the doctoral degrees in education, women are underrepresented in the position of K-12 superintendent. In 2000, although 72% of all classroom teachers were female, only 14% of all superintendents in the United States were women. Research indicates that women experience barriers in their ascendancy to superintendent.…
Descriptors: Females, Leadership Styles, Women Administrators, Superintendents
Chavez, Jocelyn Reyes – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify and describe the strategies female college presidents/chancellors use to attain their executive positions in higher education. A second purpose of this study was to identify the barriers females in executive positions in higher education experienced and how they overcame the barriers. The final…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Females, Social Networks, Educational Background
Willis, Tasha Yvette – ProQuest LLC, 2012
As institutions of higher education strive to prepare global ready graduates, study abroad is on the rise at both 2-and 4-year campuses. Study abroad is also identified as a high impact program that can lead to increased engagement and student success. However, research has centered on the experiences of White, 4-year students. Literature is rare…
Descriptors: African Americans, Females, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students
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