Browsing Education Doctoral Work by Issue Date
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Innovation Hour: A Qualitative Case Study of a School-Wide Advisory
(North Dakota State University, 2015)Innovation Hour is a unique advisory program that was created at Anywhere High School to foster increased student connectedness to school. Having a strong connection to school may help students thrive, building capacity ... -
Utilizing the Concerns-Based Adoption Model in a Professional Development Series for Teachers Implementing New Technologies
(North Dakota State University, 2015)A growing number of school districts are adopting mobile electronic devices as replacements for textbooks and to improve test scores. Yet questions remain regarding staff preparedness, instructional and pedagogical ... -
Counselor Education: A Personal Growth and Personal Development Experience
(North Dakota State University, 2015)A basic qualitative design was implemented to better understand the personal growth and personal development of seven master’s level counseling graduates in the mid-western United States. Three foundational questions were ... -
Life in the Slow Lane: An Autoethnography of Identity Development Following Disability in Young Adulthood
(North Dakota State University, 2015)The purpose of this manuscript is to view, through an autoethnographic lens, the role of adult education, distance education, and assistive technology on identity changes that take place when becoming disabled in young ... -
Capturing the Essence of Canine Animal-Assisted Therapy in Counseling: A Phenomenological Inquiry of At-Risk Youths' Experiences of a Residential Canine Animal-Assisted Therapy Program
(North Dakota State University, 2015)Phenomenological inquiry was implemented to capture the experiences of nine at-risk youths’ unique and shared experiences of a canine animal-assisted therapy in counseling (AAT-C) program at a therapeutic working ranch ... -
Relationships Among Retention, Satisfaction, and Academic Performance
(North Dakota State University, 2015)The purpose of this quantitative research study was to examine survey and institutional data of NDSU current and former undergraduate students to describe, measure, and explore relationships among student retention, ... -
Education Doctoral Classrooms: A Community of Scholars or a Community of Resistance?
(North Dakota State University, 2015)Since its beginning, doctoral education has been designed to serve largely a White male student population, which has resulted in prescribed forms of scholar identity, teaching, and scholarship (Gardner, 2009; Berelson, ... -
Best Practices for Communicating Critical Messages from a Registrar's Office to Traditional-Aged College Students
(North Dakota State University, 2015)The purpose of this study was to determine what strategies are most effective for communicating critical messages to traditional-aged undergraduate college students and best practices in evaluating critical messages. A ... -
Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivational Factors That Influence Students’ Interest in Critical Languages Learning
(North Dakota State University, 2015)The present study compared and analyzed intrinsic and extrinsic motivational factors that influence students’ interest to learn critical language. The study was based on comparison of two intrinsic motivational factors, ... -
A Qualitative Research Study to Explore the Lived Experiences of Females who are Homeless and Living in Shelters
(North Dakota State University, 2015)Homelessness could affect all persons at some point in life regardless of age, gender, race and class if a person falls prey to certain risk factors such as chronic mental illness, addiction, family disruptions, and sudden ... -
Re/braiding Catrachaness: The Testimonios of Subaltern Voices
(North Dakota State University, 2016)The current literature about rural feminists in Central American countries lacks details about the experiences women like my Grandmother had. The physical and social realities of my Grandmother breathed collective ... -
Evaluating Students' Perceptions of Instructional Practices Employed in Adult Education Program at King Saud University
(North Dakota State University, 2016)The purpose of this quantitative study was to describe the perceptions of students pursuing an Adult Education graduate degree at King Saud University; the students’ perception was examined regarding the teaching practices ... -
The Boundaries of Social Entrepreneurship in Higher Education: A New Framework
(North Dakota State University, 2016)Social entrepreneurship (SE) incorporates the more ethical dimensions of innovative business practices in the pursuit of financial sustainability in the advancement of societal goals, and is intended to empower all ... -
Risk Perceptions in the Management of Student Organizations
(North Dakota State University, 2016)The purpose of this study was to examine perceptions of risk in student organization management, including differing perceptions among student leaders, advisers, and university personnel, as well as, how factors such as ... -
Faculty and Alcohol Use Communication
(North Dakota State University, 2016)Most institutions of higher education have recognized the detrimental impact of high-risk alcohol use on college students’ success and it has been strongly recommended that prevention practitioners incorporate faculty ... -
The Relationship of Organizational Culture and Managerial Leadership
(North Dakota State University, 2016)The purpose of this research is to examine the relationship of managerial leadership and organizational culture based on the integration of the two culture theories of Grid and Group Competing Values Framework (Hierarchy, ... -
Strategic Human Resource Development Impact on Organizational Performance: Does SHRD Matter?
(North Dakota State University, 2016)In the United States today organizational leaders are concerned with skills gaps, or the limited availability of qualified workers to fill open positions. The reason for their concern is the impact of skills gaps on ... -
Fatherhood and the “Inside American Joke”: The Perseverance of Single Fathers in College
(North Dakota State University, 2016)The purpose of this dissertation is to understand the experience of the single father in college. A transformative/feminist perspective, interpreted through the author’s personal lens of motherhood, sheds light on ways ... -
Saudi Female Students’ Perceptions of their Democratic Empowerment in the Classroom at King Saud University
(North Dakota State University, 2016)The purpose of this quantitative study is to describe female graduate students’ perceptions about their democratic empowerment in the classroom at King Saud University in Saudi Arabia. Their perceptions are compared based ... -
Effects of Phylogenetic Tree Style on Student Comprehension
(North Dakota State University, 2017)Phylogenetic trees are powerful tools of evolutionary biology that have become prominent across the life sciences. Consequently, learning to interpret and reason from phylogenetic trees is now an essential component of ...