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Abhayawansa, Subhash; Bowden, Mark; Pillay, Soma – Accounting Education, 2017
Students' conceptions of learning (CoL) play an important role in the learning process leading to the development of generic skills. This paper investigates whether CoL of accounting students can be developed by incorporating high-level cognitive skills progressively within the accounting curriculum. First, the study explored, using…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Accounting, Role, Learning Processes
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Pernia, Ronald A. – IAFOR Journal of Education, 2017
This study explores how the decentralization law of 1991 in the Philippines has provided the conditions for the interface of higher education and politics by virtue of Local Government Units (LGUs) establishment of Local Colleges and Universities (LCUs). Anchored on educational politics framework, it specifically looks at the experience of Mandaue…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Higher Education, Local Issues, Politics of Education
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Rosario, Carrie; Modeste, Naomi; Dos Santos, Hildemar; Handysides, Daniel; Gamboa-Maldonado, Thelma; Boyd, Kendal – Journal of American College Health, 2017
Objective: Health literacy is a determinant of health, but disparities in health literacy persist. This study examined the influence of ecological factors on college students' health literacy. Participants: During January 2016 a nonrandom sample of black undergraduate students (n = 298) aged 18-24 were recruited from enrollment lists at two urban…
Descriptors: Health, Literacy, African American Students, Smoking
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Bunning, Lucy; Kostka, Ilka – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2018
This study examined undergraduate international students' communication-related experiences during service-learning, focusing specifically on their goals and strategies and the role of communication. Participants included 28 English as a Second Language (ESL) students in two sections of a service-learning course in a university pathways program in…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Communication Strategies, Metacognition, Foreign Students
Holton, Valerie L.; Early, Jennifer L.; Resler, Meghan; Trussell, Audrey; Howard, Catherine – Metropolitan Universities, 2016
Using Kotter's model of change as a framework, this case study will describe the structure and efforts of a centralized unit within an urban, research university to deepen and extend the institutionalization of community engagement. The change model will be described along with details about the implemented strategies and practices that fall…
Descriptors: Urban Universities, Case Studies, School Community Relationship, Community Involvement
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Forbes-Mewett, Helen – Higher Education Research and Development, 2016
The security of international students in regional higher education spaces in Australia has been overlooked. Contingency theory provides the framework for this case study to explore the organisational structure and support services relevant to a regional higher education space and how this impacts the security of international students. In-depth…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Geographic Regions, Case Studies, Qualitative Research
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Tuinamuana, Katarina – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2016
What is it that teacher-educators "do"? This paper draws on interview data with Deans/Heads of Schools of Education in the Australian context to explore this question by asking: How is the teacher-educator produced as a category of academic worker? Using critical approaches to discourse analysis, the paper presents two interlocked…
Descriptors: Teacher Educators, Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Audits (Verification)
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Gasman, Marybeth; Nguyen, Thai-Huy; Commodore, Felecia – Urban Education, 2017
To understand the context of urban Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and their role in educating Black males, we conducted a literature review examining the academic contributions of these institutions to Black males. To bolster the literature, we examined Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System data, determining a set of…
Descriptors: African American Students, Males, Academic Achievement, Urban Universities
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Zerquera, Desiree D.; Ballysingh, Tracy Arámbula; Templeton, Emerald – Association of Mexican American Educators Journal, 2017
This article examines administrators' perspectives related to embracing and fulfilling a diversity- and access-centered mission at urban-serving universities with high Latinx enrollment. Considering today's context of higher education--whereby access and opportunities for Latinx and other marginalized populations has become increasingly…
Descriptors: Institutional Mission, Hispanic American Students, Institutional Characteristics, Administrator Attitudes
LeBeau, Ling Gao – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This study examines the internationalization process of an urban research university in the Midwest in order to understand how the process approach of internationalization (De Wit, 2002) frames the university's international planning and activities and makes an impact on their effectiveness. De Wit's (2002) internationalization circle was employed…
Descriptors: Case Studies, International Education, Urban Universities, Research Universities
Bulluck, Kristeen Hendricks – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Houle conducted one of the first studies about adult learner participation. In 1961, Houle wrote "The Inquiring Mind", which describes three distinct learning types: goal-oriented, activity-oriented, and learning-oriented learning. For more than fifty years, The Inquiring Mind has been read, referenced, and reviewed. Several scholars…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Cognitive Style, Adult Students, Graduate Students
Scott, Lauren C. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Overview: In the United States, adult engagement in physical inactivity has decreased since the implementation of the 2008 PA guidelines. In 2013, only 20% of Americans met the PA recommendations. In 2014, research showed that 23% of adults did not engage in any leisure PA in the United States (U.S Department of Health and Human Services, 2016).…
Descriptors: African American Students, College Students, Student Attitudes, Student Participation
Holton, Valerie L.; Early, Jennifer L.; Jettner, Jennifer F.; Shaw, Kathleen K. – Metropolitan Universities, 2015
As universities institutionalize a public mission, they seek strategies and opportunities to more deeply involve external stakeholders in all aspects of their work: teaching, research, and service. These partnerships support universities in their efforts to generate new knowledge, educate the citizenry, and to improve the well-being of…
Descriptors: School Community Relationship, Urban Universities, Case Studies, Community Development
MDRC, 2015
Graduation rates at community colleges are low, especially for students who need developmental (remedial) courses to build their basic skills. ASAP is a comprehensive program at the City University of New York designed to help more associate degree-seeking students graduate and help them graduate more quickly. Using a random assignment research…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Community Colleges, Acceleration (Education), Remedial Programs
Medley, Barbara C. – Metropolitan Universities, 2013
The role of individual faculty in community service at institutions of higher education has been less studied due to its association with personal volunteer work. This paper suggests that such service should be viewed as an integral part of engagement, particularly when it contributes to positive change and problem resolution in urban communities.…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Urban Universities, Volunteers, Citizen Participation
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