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Direct linkGilblom, Elizabeth Anne – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This study examined if and to what extent selected institutional services and special learning and credit opportunities in the 2-year private, for-profit college sector and community colleges in the United States are related to race, socioeconomic status and urbanicity. The researcher evaluated whether the institutional services and special…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, Two Year College Students, Public Colleges, Proprietary Schools
Soliz, Adela – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Community colleges enrolled 37 percent of students attending Title IV-eligible, degree-granting institutions in 2000, but by 2012, this had dropped to 33 percent (National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), 2013). At least some of this decline is hypothesized to be due to the rise of for-profit institutions, which enrolled approximately 9…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Proprietary Schools, Public Colleges, Competition
Caruth, Gail Dianna – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The enrollment of students 25 years of age and older is just below 50% of the total student body in American higher education. Research suggested that these adult students should be taught andragogically. The purpose of this study was to determine where undergraduate, adult students are located within the 4-year private, public, and for-profit…
Descriptors: Andragogy, Adult Students, Undergraduate Students, Multivariate Analysis
Cannon, Russell – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This dissertation contains chapters that explore higher education policy issues related to student outcomes. In the first chapter, I examine the results of a controlled randomized trial of a brief, inexpensive phone call outreach to a sample of Pell eligible students at the University of Missouri intended to increase FAFSA filing, on-time FAFSA…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Policy, Outcomes of Education, Outreach Programs
Strassberg, Petra – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Over the last 50 years there has been a great deal of research focused on gender inequity in higher education in the U.S. These studies have been limited to individual or regional universities, or discussions on the possible causes of gender inequity in the area of higher education. This study examines gender inequity at doctoral-granting…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), College Faculty, Universities, Gender Differences
Connolly, Maureen – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This study provides a framework for institutions of higher education to measure to what extent their emergency preparedness plans align with the National Response Framework (NRF). The author used alignment with the five principles of the NRF as a proxy to measure emergency preparedness at colleges and universities and to answer the following…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Emergency Programs, Universities, Colleges
Webster, Matthew A. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
In the state of Texas, Licensed Professional Counselors (LPCs) work to provide mental- health services designed to meet the needs of those who are dealing with a variety of affective, cognitive, and behavioral issues. Multiple educational pathways are available for obtaining the LPC license, with primary distinctions being among the graduate…
Descriptors: Counselors, Internship Programs, Counselor Training, Graduate Study
