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Andy J. Peterson – ProQuest LLC, 2024
There is a lack of information regarding strategic planning within athletic departments at the NCAA Division II level. A survey of all 306 NCAA DII athletic directors was implemented in an attempt to provide up-to-date data. The investigation focused on the prevalence of strategic plans within athletic departments at the NCAA DII level and a…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, College Athletics, Athletic Coaches, Administrators
Spence, Esmin Davis – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Effective leadership is crucial for organizations to remain competitive in this expanding higher education environment as they lead their followers, especially those in their academic units or departments. The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to describe the understanding of academic department chairs of U.S. colleges and…
Descriptors: Transformational Leadership, Department Heads, Administrator Attitudes, Motivation
Audrey Evelyn Ayers – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Conflict is inevitable in every part of life and institutions of higher education are not immune to experiencing interpersonal conflict. Department chairs hold a key position between upper administration and the rest of the faculty and staff within the department, all while still teaching classes. The purpose of this research study is to explore…
Descriptors: Department Heads, Conflict, Interpersonal Relationship, Universities
Nathan Paul Kroptavich – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this study was to understand K-12 school department chairs' lived experiences with burnout, a condition caused by chronic workplace stress that manifests as exhaustion, cynicism and mental distancing from one's work, and a sense of ineffectiveness (World Health Organization, 2019). Semi-structured interviews conducted over Zoom with…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Department Heads, Burnout, Stress Variables
Charron T. Sumler – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to investigate the lived experiences of professional counselors embedded in NCAA Division I athletic departments. Specifically, what are the pre-professional, educational, and professional experiences of licensed or license-eligible professional counselors who are/have been employed by or…
Descriptors: School Counselors, Counselor Role, College Athletics, Departments
Jonathan D. Vorbeck – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Public health involves the organized efforts of society to prevent disease, prolong life, and promote health. These efforts are exemplified through partnerships across various public and private sectors, including academia, which are crucial in addressing complex public health challenges. An academic health department (AHD) is a formal partnership…
Descriptors: Public Health, Partnerships in Education, Knowledge Level, Health Services
M. Kathleen Ferguson – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Technology education teachers can have varied pre-service training experiences, thus their needs for classroom support may vary greatly. Perkins V requires evidence-based research to justify the use of funding for professional development. This researcher sought to support Virginia's secondary technology education teachers, professional…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Technology Education, Educational Needs, Teacher Attitudes
Jasmine Bratton – ProQuest LLC, 2024
While Academic Nurse Leaders (ANLs) are vital to the functioning and quality of nursing programs in academic settings, many enter their roles with limited or no prior academic leadership and management experience. The inadequate preparation and development of ANLs remains a critical concern. For this reason, ANLs positions can be challenging and…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, Deans, Administrators, Department Heads
Valerie Brock – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The objective of this research was to interview other program directors and department chairs about their challenges and the strategies they used to overcome issues encountered while preparing for the program accreditation. The primary purpose of this research qualitative phenomenological study was to explore program directors' and department…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Instructional Leadership, Department Heads, College Administration
Evelyn Abagayle Boyd – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Often prevalent in the sciences, undergraduate research experiences (UREs) are highly beneficial engaged learning experiences in higher education. Though the benefits of UREs are well established, there is little information about which students participate in these experiences and the pathways they take to become engaged in them. This study…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Student Participation, Science Departments
Lebold, Randal Steven – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study explores learners' sense of community in the linguistics department at a Christian university in Western Canada. Since sense of community is an important factor in students' satisfaction, retention, and learning, it is important for educators to know how to support their students' feelings of community. Theological research on Christian…
Descriptors: College Students, Sense of Community, Linguistics, English Departments
Moody, Angela M. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Academic department chairs are middle managers in higher education that have unique positions within an institution. This study examined novice department chairs' leadership identity within eastern United States community colleges. Novice was defined as a person having three or fewer years of experience in the department chair position. The gap in…
Descriptors: Department Heads, Novices, Self Concept, Identification
Shelby Lee-Anne McKay – ProQuest LLC, 2022
There are currently 353 NCAA Division I schools across 32 conferences, most of which do not maintain a profit from college athletic revenue (Berkowitz, et al., 2019). Previous quantitative literature identified the opportunities of investing in Division I college athletics as increased application rates, graduation rates, retention rates, alumni…
Descriptors: College Athletics, Educational Finance, Investment, Financial Support
Katherine Schwartz Drowns – ProQuest LLC, 2022
There is significant disagreement about the Senior Woman Administrator (SWA) designation and how it should function within the overall structure of the athletic department (Smith et al., 2020). The purpose of this policy analysis case study is to fill the gap in research and better understand what people in Missouri who hold the SWA designation do…
Descriptors: College Athletics, Departments, Women Administrators, Administrator Attitudes
Jennifer L. Parks – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Nine higher education institutional administrators who embraced and supported OER (Open Educational Resources) implementation on their campuses were interviewed. As a generic, qualitative, inductive study, the goal of the research was to uncover what motivated them to lend their time and energy to such an initiative; how they perceived the value…
Descriptors: College Administration, Administrator Attitudes, Technology Uses in Education, Open Educational Resources
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