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Lina Safa – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This qualitative study investigated the success strategies of Lebanese women leaders in higher education, a sector where they have historically faced underrepresentation. It examined the evolution of women's roles in this field, highlighting the progress and ongoing challenges related to gender biases and societal constraints in Lebanon. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Women Administrators, Higher Education, College Administration
Darwin Leavell – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Gender inequality limits women's ability to make decisions in their best interest and behave independently of the male patriarch in the home. These inequalities can result in limited access to healthcare, support, services, and positive outcomes from receiving medical care. In addition, women deemed to have a lower social status than men do not…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Sex Fairness, Academic Aspiration
Lazen, Matthew – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The number of international branch campuses globally has skyrocketed in the last fifteen years, rising from 183 to 232 between 2011 and 2015 alone. This case study looks at the ways that two highly selective American universities adapted their educational policies, programs, and practices at international branch campuses in a Persian Gulf country…
Descriptors: Multicampus Colleges, Educational Policy, College Programs, Educational Practices
Wang, Haiping – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Chinese students were found less likely to seek professional help for psychological problems compared to their western counterparts. The purpose of the present research was to investigate the barriers to Chinese college students seeking psychological help from professionals. Quantitative data on Asian values, social supports, self-stigma,…
Descriptors: Barriers, Help Seeking, College Students, Mental Health
Iyer, Vidya V. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Despite the phenomenal growth projected for the Indian information technology (IT) industry, one of the biggest challenges it faces is the high rate of turnover in offshore supplier firms based in India (Everest Research Group 2011). According to recent estimates, turnover rates among Indian information systems (IS) professionals have been…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Technology, Industry, Professional Personnel