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The Development of Cultural Adaptability Including Relevant Experiences and Perceptions of Traditional College Students: A Perspective from a Small, Private Liberal Arts University
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Golden, Kerri A. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The growth in technology and the global nature of business and work have created new challenges for higher education. Administrators from institutions around the country desire more international study by their faculty and students as well as more visitors and residents to the campus from countries abroad. Are college students prepared for the…
Descriptors: Resident Advisers, College Students, Student Attitudes, Group Activities
Academic Life at the Franchise: Faculty Culture in a Rural Two-Year Branch Campus.
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Wolfe, John R.; Strange, C. Carney – Review of Higher Education, 2003
This case study of faculty culture focused on the dynamics of a small, rural, two-year branch campus of a large state university. It reports descriptive themes concerning the isolation and rural location of the campus, its diminutive size, faculty role perspectives, and factors related to faculty role implementation. It provides a portrait of this…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Faculty, Educational Environment, Higher Education
Transfer Practices at Porterville College: Case Study #4 of 7 Featuring Colleges with Consistently Higher than Expected Transfer Rates, Fall 2008
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Mery, Pamela; Schiorring, Eva – Research and Planning Group for California Community Colleges (RP Group), 2008
In Spring 2007, the State Chancellor's Office of the California Community Colleges awarded the Transfer Leadership Center (TLC) study to investigate two-to-four year transfer practices and strategies. As part of the study's qualitative component, research teams from the Center for Student Success of the Research & Planning Group of the…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Economically Disadvantaged, Small Colleges, Community Colleges