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Administrative Evaluation of Online Faculty in Community Colleges
(North Dakota State University, 2012)
Policy and procedure haven’t kept up with institutional practices at community colleges. With over 5.5 million college students taking online courses, 29% of college students are taking an online course. As student numbers ...
Assessing Minority Students' Perceptions and Attrition at a Predominantly White Institution
(North Dakota State University, 2012)
The enrollment, retention, persistence, and overall college experience of minority students are topical issues in colleges and universities, and even more so in predominantly White institutions (PWIs) where minority students ...
Money, Well-Being, and Implications for Mental Health
(North Dakota State University, 2012)
Literature has shown there is little or no correlation between money and increased well-being, that monetary pursuits and material possessions are extrinsic goals that can become detrimental to one’s psychological well-being, ...
Lives at Risk: High School Dropouts in the Northern Plains Region
(North Dakota State University, 2012)
Education is essential to personal welfare. As educational levels increase, personal income rises, the quality of life improves, and society benefits as criminality declines, tax income increases, and the cost of social ...
Educational Social Software: The Use of Social Network Sites for Teaching and Learning
(North Dakota State University, 2012)
Although social network sites (SNS) are in use by millions worldwide, the deployment of such sites as tools for teaching and learning is new. Topics related to the ways, means, and outcomes of SNS use in education and ...
Motivational and Adaptational Factors of Successful Women Engineers
(North Dakota State University, 2012)
It is no surprise that there is a shortage of women engineers. The reasons for the shortage have been researched and discussed in myriad papers, and suggestions for improvement continue to evolve. However, there are few ...
Citizenship and Social Activism: A Mixed Methods Case Study to Understand Cultural Competence in Students of a Service-Learning Based Course
(North Dakota State University, 2012)
This mixed methods case study sought to understand cultural competency in the students of a service-learning based course, “Citizenship and Social Activism (HDFS 310),” taught at North Dakota State University in Fargo, ...
School Counseling Supervision: A Qualitative Summary from the Perspective of School Counseling Site-Supervisors
(North Dakota State University, 2012)
School counseling supervision is an area of research that has limited information available to school counselors. As a result, a qualitative study from the perspective of school counseling site-supervisors was conducted ...
The Association between Factors Affecting Enrollment Decisions in Manufacturing Occupational Clusters in Two-Year Colleges
(North Dakota State University, 2012)
The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationships between factors that affect student enrollment decisions in manufacturing occupational programs in two-year colleges and to describe current enrollment status ...
Sustainability of Professional Development to Enhance Student Achievement: A Shift in the Professional Development Paradigm
(North Dakota State University, 2012)
The purpose of this study was to determine the sustainability of professional development--teacher utilization of the Science-in-CTE pedagogical model and science-enhanced CTE lessons--one year following the Science-in-CTE ...