The community college has long been touted as a democratizing force for American higher education, and one of the primary ways that America will reach its degree attainment needs to compete globally. However, in recent decades, community colleges have come under scrutiny for producing lower than desired success rates in terms of transfer and…

Women and underrepresented minorities can help fill the ever-growing demand for engineers in the United States. Quality teaching methods, an understanding of the cognitive aspects of learning, and faculty addressing biases help ensure student success in engineering majors. Accordingly, the community college engineering pathway can help fill the…

The 2007 Head Start Reauthorization Act mandated that all Head Start teachers have at least an associate degree and 50% of teachers within each Head Start program should have a baccalaureate degree in early childhood education. The problem addressed in this study was that Head Start teachers from a Midwestern region encountered barriers as they…

In recent years, advancement has been documented in the literature about the educational attainment among Latinas. However, a review of the literature revealed limited research on the educational experiences of the Latina "madre." This phenomenological study contributes to the existing knowledge about the lived experiences of the Latina…

Background: Radiologic technology programs train students to be entry level radiologic technologists. These programs have historically had a high rate of attrition. Students selected for the program usually fill a finite number of seats, and every student who fails to complete the radiologic technology program creates a vacancy. Every vacancy…

Since nurses are the primary providers of direct patient care in the United States, a shortage in any community can impact the quality of health care available. Rural areas were among the first to be affected by the current nursing shortage. Further challenges to the rural nurse supply include a lack of access to nursing education, particularly…

The purpose of this research is to acknowledge what California Community Colleges are/are not doing in regards to poor transfer outcomes to bolster bachelor's degree attainment, especially for underrepresented minorities (URM) and Black indigenous people of color (BIPOC) students. The California Community College system entices students with low…

The purpose of this study was to examine the factors that determine the success and the persistence of students seeking to obtain their baccalaureate degree at Blue Mountain University (which is a pseudonym to maintain anonymity). This study focused on Blue Mountain University, located in South Dakota, and the factors that may contribute to…

The length of time for a student to complete their undergraduate bachelor's degree is a critical outcome measure at public higher education institutions. This investigation explores the efforts performed at a highly selective public research university to improve student degree completion, and includes a comprehensive review of the institutional…

Student perceptions of academic dishonesty and clinical integrity were explored in this qualitative study, with Bandura's social learning theory utilized as the primary framework for the study and Kohlberg's theory of moral development as the secondary framework. A basic qualitative methodology was employed to answer the research question: what…

Students who transfer from a community college to a four-year university have a singular path to travel. Researchers have studied this population for several decades. This research dissertation has built on the findings of these pioneers in the field of transfer student persistence. As a result of this study, two additional pieces of the transfer…

This study, exploration of Black male mentoring on Black Males' retention and graduation at predominately White systemized universities, examines the impact of Black male mentoring relative to the retention and graduation of Black male university students at predominately White systemized universities. It examines Black male mentoring relative to…

Although teachers' use of quality teacher-student interactions is important for the academic and social development of their students, these types of interactions are not used consistently by teachers in early childhood classrooms. This study was used to explore the education of the classroom teacher as a potential reason for this inconsistency.…

The purpose of this basic qualitative research study was to discover the experiences of first-generation Ivy League undergraduates in order to understand better what experiences transformed these students into self-confident and independent first-generation Ivy League graduates. The rationale for this study was to fill the gap in scientific…

This qualitative study explored the social and academic engagement experiences of military veteran students in various online-delivery formats at a small, rural university. There are very few studies describing the experiences of veteran students in online formats in higher education. The researcher interviewed eight military veteran students from…