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Alon, Titan M. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This paper builds a model of human capital accumulation driven by increasing specialization of the workforce. Individuals increase the efficiency of time dedicated to human capital acquisition by focusing investments on narrower sets of skills. The evolution of secondary and post-secondary curricula in the United States from 1870-2000 confirms the…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Specialization, Labor Force, Efficiency
Wheeler, Dwayne – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Parent participation continues to decline among African American communities in urban schools. Parental involvement is essential to closing the achievement gap in urban schools. This grounded theory study explored the principals' perceptions and experiences of elementary school principals, parents, and district office staff as it relates to…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Urban Education, Urban Schools, Elementary Schools
Frett, Jeannette – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This study examined the lived college-to-career experiences of 23 Black and Hispanic first-generation bachelor's degree recipients who completed an 18-month career preparation program conducted by Management Leadership for Tomorrow, a non-profit organization dedicated to the career preparation and professional advancement of high-performing…
Descriptors: Student Experience, African American Students, Hispanic American Students, College Graduates
Manjounes, Cindy Kay – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Some public university systems are considering abolishing tenure as a cost-saving mechanism, but little is known about how this change may impact organizational outcomes related to faculty retention and research productivity. Using Almendarez' human capital theory, the purpose of this concurrent mixed methods study was to explore how tenure…
Descriptors: Tenure, Higher Education, College Faculty, Productivity
Allen, Wendy Bickford – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Early care and education (ECE) services are necessary for a society because of a variety of ethical, economic, and developmental reasons. A well-developed field of practice is needed to ensure young children have access to high quality care and education settings. To promote a thriving profession, many are calling for the field of early care and…
Descriptors: Social Capital, Case Studies, Early Childhood Education, Faculty Development
Naven, Matthew Stevens – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This dissertation examines the role that external factors play in students' educational attainment and success. The first two chapters examine the role of school quality. Chapter 1 examines how the timing of school quality impacts human capital formation, and Chapter 2 examines whether schools provide equal quality to all students within the…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Academic Achievement, Educational Quality, Human Capital
Walker, Allison Edwards – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Many teachers, after having worked in isolation for so long and a business capital model of education reform, do not understand the concept of professional capital and its impact for transforming education. The purpose of this study was to examine elementary teachers' perception of professional capital within their community of practice. The data…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Communities of Practice, Human Capital
Jett, Robin – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Teacher turnover and retention has been a challenge within schools for many years. However, schools in low-performing urban settings experience teacher turnover at a much higher rate than schools in higher socioeconomic statuses. Therefore, the purpose of this descriptive qualitative study was to determine the reasons why effective teachers at…
Descriptors: School Administration, Administrator Role, Faculty Mobility, Low Achievement
Leon, Bianca R. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of this study is to examine a community college district Grow Your Own (GYO) leadership program in the Western United States, the Multi College Leadership Development Institute (MCLDI). The MCLDI was developed in-house for a multi-campus community college district and offered to interested employees at all position levels with the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Leadership Training, Leadership Qualities, Attitude Measures
Madera, Merilee – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Using a phenomenological methodology, this qualitative study renewed the examination of gender inequality in higher education administration by allowing women who have experienced the glass ceiling phenomenon at Research Doctoral institutions to provide further meaning by sharing their stories. The glass ceiling phenomenon reveals itself most…
Descriptors: Phenomenology, Qualitative Research, Gender Bias, Higher Education
Dotzel, Kathryn Rose – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This research investigates three topics related to human capital and innovation in the United States. The primary objective of the first chapter is to examine the influence of natural amenities on student migration decisions using institution-level data from the National Center for Education Statistics' Integrated Postsecondary Education Data…
Descriptors: Essays, Human Capital, Innovation, School Statistics
Erwin, Christopher Patrick – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Human capital production is central to economic wellbeing from a national perspective: it improves productivity, spurs technological innovation, and promotes sustainable economic growth over time. Equally important, investments in human capital are central to economic wellbeing at the individual level. College graduates tend to earn more money,…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Labor Market, Education Work Relationship, Merit Scholarships
Rebecca Grant – ProQuest LLC, 2016
For decades the American public education system has struggled to meet the needs of our nation's children and families. In an effort to bring fresh solutions to this major issue, a trend of enticing accomplished private sector individuals into the education sector has developed within the past decade. The Broad Residency was established in 2002 to…
Descriptors: Career Change, Human Capital, Educational Administration, Business Administration
Blanchard, Weedens E. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this research case study was to examine a post-secondary pilot program that provides education to select New York City homeless adults at a private university. In this study, the researcher examined how the Academy program assists homeless and disadvantaged adults to obtain post-graduate employment opportunities through academic…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Adults, Private Colleges, Economically Disadvantaged
Bruce, Caula Andrea – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The remarkable economic success of the Cayman Islands is primarily driven by its large expatriate population. Expatriates make up over one-third of the total population of the Islands and half of the labor force. This has led some Caymanians to demand more opportunities for local individuals. However in April 2014, one of the two local newspapers…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Latin Americans, Case Studies, Foreign Nationals