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Ruirui Sun – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Using a rich and unique nationally representative sample of a cohort of young adults selected in the late 1970s and surveyed routinely through the 2010s, this study characterizes patterns in college enrollment with respect to the timing of initial enrollment, enrollment interruptions, and graduation (or non-completion) and investigates the…
Descriptors: College Enrollment, College Applicants, Young Adults, Salary Wage Differentials
Sedzmak, Kaitlyn N. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Wage gap statistics continue to show that efforts around equitable pay distributions continue to fail. These data inform us that the outcomes are not meeting expectations therefore something must change. We still see nationally that white men are paid more than any other gender or racial group, which tells us that we are hiring more diverse…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Salaries, Gender Differences, Racial Differences
Shiyan Zhang – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation focuses on the structures and impacts of digital skills in the rapidly transforming labor market. It is rooted in the premise that understanding the value of digital skills requires a relational perspective, acknowledging that these competencies are not isolated, but form complex structures across different occupations. The…
Descriptors: Digital Literacy, Skill Development, Job Skills, Occupations
Ya Vanca Brooks – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Pay inequity controversies cut across all disciplines and fields in higher education (Meara et al., 2020; Toutkoushian & Conley, 2005). Despite efforts to reduce the wage gap, gender wage inequities persist and continue to adversely affect women across various sectors (Katzeff, 2019; Schieder & Gould, 2016). Since passing the Equal Pay Act…
Descriptors: Minority Groups, Females, Federal Legislation, Gender Discrimination
Franklin, Cedric K. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Salary compression is defined as an issue of inequity when individuals performing the same job responsibilities (and in the same position) have varying compensation levels (Bereman & Lengnick-Hall, 1994; Homer et al., 2020). It occurs when a new employee is hired at a higher compensation than someone with longer tenure within the organization,…
Descriptors: Salaries, Career Pathways, Salary Wage Differentials, Compensation (Remuneration)
Doerr, Cara – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Presented in the context of this study are several conceptual and theoretical frameworks, as well as examples of empirical literature, which inform, focus, and offer perspective of the study. Gender theory and theorizing universities as gendered organizations provides the theoretical framework of the study. Along with the theoretical framework,…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Salary Wage Differentials, Government Employees, State Universities
Hannah Kay Denker – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The articles contained in this three-article dissertation carefully document characteristics of early childhood (EC) classrooms that could be beneficial to early learning and success. These articles use multiple regression, descriptive statistics, and multi-level modeling in their methodology and make recommendations for policy in the field of…
Descriptors: School Schedules, Preschool Teachers, Outcomes of Education, Time Management
Nadav Mordechai Kunievsky – ProQuest LLC, 2024
All of our choices and all that sets us apart are governed by what we can do, what we want to do, and what we know. This dissertation aims to quantify two of these channels to better understand why we differ. The first two chapters focus on what we know and how it shapes societal gaps. The first chapter attacks the question of how much of the gap…
Descriptors: Labor Economics, Decision Making, Enrollment Trends, Models
Lapetino, Kelly – ProQuest LLC, 2023
When examining career pathways, post-secondary institutions such as community colleges align education and training to career success, aiming to connect students to gainful employment. Career pathways support the skill needs of industries and incorporate competencies in an occupation or field represented by certificates and degrees awarded by the…
Descriptors: Industry, Credentials, Community College Students, Educational Certificates
Antonio J. Mari – ProQuest LLC, 2024
In Catholic high schools, the positions of campus minister and theology teacher have shifted from vowed religious and clergy to the laity. The job descriptions and expectations of these positions have not changed to reflect the realities of those who hold them. Based on my own experience and anecdotes of colleagues, I have noticed a consistent…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, High Schools, Clergy, Ethnography
Sandra Spirovska – ProQuest LLC, 2022
In this dissertation, I explore how international migration and environmental pollution shape human capital accumulation and labor market outcomes.The first chapter examines how college enrollment and major choice decisions of young adults in migrant-sending countries are affected by the removal of international migration barriers. My…
Descriptors: Migration, Migration Patterns, Pollution, Human Capital
Satabdi Adhikary – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Bullying is widely prevalent in the US. Although anti-bullying laws have been implemented across the country since 1999, bullying prevalence rates remain high. Research suggests that being a bully or a bully victim or both makes an individual more likely to experience worse physical, mental, and financial health. This dissertation comprises of…
Descriptors: Bullying, Victims, At Risk Persons, Sleep
David Rafael Orozco – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This study explores data of newly graduated students hired into the workforce. It uses data from the National Survey of College Graduates (NSCG), a longitudinal study started in 1993 by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The NSCG uses a questionnaire to collect data on demographic, education, employment, and occupation attributes from all…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Employees, STEM Careers, Salary Wage Differentials
Dustman, Kimberly – ProQuest LLC, 2023
While women have made considerable strides in terms of representation in the workplace, discrepancies by gender still exist with regard to women's professional satisfaction and wages. The field of legal private practice is one such example where female lawyers have increased in number but still do not earn commensurately with men and often do not…
Descriptors: Lawyers, Salary Wage Differentials, Gender Discrimination, Job Satisfaction
Felicia D. Robinson – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study aimed to identify the factors that affect the job satisfaction and retention of special education teachers. The researcher sought to determine the factors affecting job satisfaction and retention among special education teachers in the Midlands of South Carolina and suggestions for improvement within those areas to assist in retaining…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Special Education Teachers, Faculty Mobility, Labor Turnover