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Mayhew, Matthew J.; Bryant, Alyssa N. – Research in Higher Education, 2013
The purpose of this study was to elucidate the relationship between the collegiate religious, spiritual, and ideological climate and worldview commitment. As part of this process, 1,071 students responded to the Collegiate Religious and Spiritual Climate Survey, an empirically validated and reliable measure designed to assess dimensions of a…
Descriptors: College Environment, Religion, Ideology, Religious Factors
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Lutes, Lyndell; Davies, Randall – Innovative Higher Education, 2013
This study compared workloads of undergraduate courses taught in 16-week and 8-week sessions. A statistically significant difference in workload was found between the two. Based on survey data from approximately 29,000 students, on average students spent about 17 minutes more per credit per week on 16-week courses than on similar 8-week courses.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Minicourses, Difficulty Level, Undergraduate Students
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Smith, Gina S.; Minor, Maria A.; Brashen, Henry M. – Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 2014
Cyberbullying exists in all levels of education, from kindergarten to postsecondary. Few studies have been conducted to examine the impact of cyberbullying in higher education. Minor, Smith, and Brashen (2013) identified the need for colleges and universities to set policies and standards on how to handle faculty being cyberbullying by students.…
Descriptors: Bullying, Computer Mediated Communication, College Students, Faculty
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Hensley, Brandon – Journal of Academic Administration in Higher Education, 2014
Increasingly, scholars in academia as well as journalists are noting vast pay discrepancies among professorial ranks. This study is an attempt to examine how gender, rank, and scholarly output influence faculty members' income from their institutions. Using equity theory as a conceptual framework, the 2004 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty…
Descriptors: Teacher Salaries, Salary Wage Differentials, College Faculty, Tenure
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Morse, Andrew Q. – Journal of Research in Education, 2014
Public institutions in the United States face a policy challenge to adapt to accountability expectations among a variety of stakeholders (Bogue & Hall, 2012; Thelin, 2004; Richardson & Martinez, 2009). Among the major stakeholders are state legislators who hold fiscal and policy influence over public institutions, but these leaders have…
Descriptors: State Legislation, Accountability, Higher Education, Educational Policy
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Herzberg, Tina S.; Rosenblum, L. Penny – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2014
Introduction: This study analyzed the accuracy of 107 mathematics worksheets prepared for tactile learners. The mean number of errors was calculated, and we examined whether there was a significant difference in the level of accuracy based on National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) certification or job role of…
Descriptors: Braille, Mathematics Materials, Elementary Secondary Education, Tactile Adaptation
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Sonik, Rajan A.; Parish, Susan L.; Akorbirshoev, Ilhom; Son, Esther; Rosenthal, Eliana – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2014
Purpose: To provide estimates for the prevalence of parent-reported speech-language difficulties in U.S. children, and to describe the levels of health care access and material hardship in this population. Method: We tabulated descriptive and bivariate statistics using cross-sectional data from the 2007 and 2011/2012 iterations of the National…
Descriptors: Children, National Surveys, Incidence, Access to Health Care
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Adeyemi, B. A. – World Journal of Education, 2014
The study examined the level of ICT competence among Social Studies undergraduates of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. It also investigated the influence of motivation variables as well as the influence of self concept on the acquisition of ICT competence. This was with a view to improving ICT competence in higher institutions of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Concept, Social Studies, Student Motivation
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Gaston, Sherryl; Kruger, Mellissa L. – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2014
There are benefits to volunteering for both the community and the student undertaking the volunteering, it can help to enhance the students understanding of the area they are moving into, or it can show them where they do not want to work. It can assist the student to connect with the community and develop an awareness of the society around them.…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Social Work, Volunteers, Foreign Countries
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Grineski, Steve – Critical Questions in Education, 2014
It is widely reported that children who are homeless are victimized by overwhelming challenges like poverty and ill-advised policy decisions, such as underfunding the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. This act is the only federal legislation devoted to this marginalized group. Children who are homeless, however, should not be characterized…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Children, Poverty, Interviews
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Werner-Burke, Nanci – Educational Leadership, 2014
Too often, students don't feel engaged in their research projects. The problem begins as early as the topic-creation stage, when students may choose from a list of teacher-selected topics that don't interest them or struggle to select a single fruitful topic on their own. Nanci Werner-Burke describes how two students in an English…
Descriptors: Student Research, Research Projects, Students, Student Attitudes
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Lynch, Deborah – Educational Leadership, 2014
"It's demoralizing to see your life's work pilloried almost daily in the news." This comment is typical of the anger and disappointment expressed by many of the more than 2,300 Chicago teachers surveyed by Deborah Lynch in 2011-2012. Lynch set out to explore how the accountability policies pursued by Chicago's board of…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Accountability, School Closing, School Turnaround
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Hoey, Rebecca; McCracken, Fawn; Gehrett, Matt; Snoeyink, Rick – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2014
Nonprofit private colleges lag behind their public and for-profit counterparts in offering online programs. Many nonprofit private colleges affiliated with the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (CCCU) launched their first online programs within the past five years. As a result, administrative structures to manage online programs at…
Descriptors: Nonprofit Organizations, Private Colleges, Online Courses, Administrators
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Copeland, Scarlett M.; Calhoun, Daniel W. – International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 2014
This descriptive mixed methods study gathered both quantitative and qualitative data on the mentoring experiences of women superintendents in a Southeastern state. The quantitative participants included 39 women superintendents from this state and the qualitative portion of the study was comprised of eight female superintendents purposefully…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Women Administrators, Mentors, Interpersonal Relationship
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Tosaka, Yugi; Park, Jung-ran – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2014
This study aims at gaining a better understanding of the current state and needs of RDA training among cataloging and metadata practitioners. Using nationwide survey data focusing on the academic library sector, this study finds that while training activities since RDA's release in 2010 show a positive correlation with catalogers' levels of RDA…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Academic Libraries, Continuing Education, Training
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