Educational research on belonging shows that a student’s sense of belonging in the classroom can positively affect everything from cognitive functioning and academic achievement to participation and retention (Baumeister et al., 2002; Baumeister & Leary, 1995; Goodenow, 1993; Os…
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A major focus of policymakers in recent years has been community colleges, which have been viewed as potential engines for economic advancement and student success. I examined the leadership history of Roane State Community College, a two-year institution of higher learning serv…
The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between career and technical education (CTE) participation and students’ decisions to enroll in higher education in Arkansas. This quantitative study anchored by the social cognitive career theory and self-efficacy concep…
This study used a qualitative phenomenological method to investigate the experiences of women chief technology officers in community colleges and their experiences that led to attainment of leadership roles in technology.
Community colleges are mission-driven workplaces with diverse and complex multigenerational employee constituencies. The multigenerational workplace presents community college leaders with significant challenges, including managing employees with varying communications styles an…
Recent policies based on the Guided Pathways model have been implemented at numerous community college systems across the nation, including in California, with the goals of easing the decision-making process of students and increasing the efficiency with which they navigate thes…
Using the Ancient Petitions (SC8) a collection of documents housed in the UK National Archives (TNA) as the case study, this dissertation proposes an open-access Resource Description Framework (RDF) structured by integrating a hybrid of traditional analytic descriptions from cod…
Currently, very little is known about the nature, scope, and quality of college-in-prison programs. Particularly given the reinstatement of Pell grants for incarcerated college students in December 2020—after a 26-year long ban—it is timely and urgent to center these issues and …
This study explored the best testing practices for the NC Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET) to determine preparedness for entry-level law enforcement officers. The researcher implemented a mixed-methods approach to answer five research questions based on collected historical…
College students report high rates of mental health problems. Even as help-seeking behaviors have increased over the years and college mental health services report increased utilization, untreated mental disorders are prevalent among college students. The unmet mental health ne…
This study evaluated the phenomenon of anti-Black womanism in enrollment management at Historically White Institutions (HWIs) for Black women professionals. The qualitative study was conducted to understand dialectical functions of enrollment management and the dialectical respo…
In an era of accountability for educational performance, community colleges should know whether student success is influenced by hiring racially diverse employees. Student interactions with diverse individuals improve student achievement on key performance indicators. This corre…
The number of students with disabilities enrolling in college has more than tripled since 1978. Students with disabilities now account for 9.3% of all incoming freshmen, and that percentage is predicted to increase as their high school graduate rates increase and as service men …
This study investigated two features of the biofunctional theory of educational psychology, the multi-source hypothesis of learning and wholetheme instruction. The multi-source hypothesis holds that learning theories that account only for students' active efforts to learn fail t…
The purpose of this study was to determine adult vocational needs in Saudi Arabia as perceived by Saudi students in the United States. Selected literature regarding adult vocational education policies and practices in the United States and in a number of developing countries was…
This study explores the ways in which North Carolina community college leaders inspire first-generation African American college students (FGAACS) to graduate. Over the last couple of decades, there has been an influx in the number of FGAACS enrolling into college. Although the …
The purpose of the study was to contribute to a better understanding of teaching strategies in interactive video distance learning classrooms. The study attempted to identify distance education teaching strategies that produce, foster, and enhance interactivity (motivation and p…
How can teachers foster learning environments that promote creative thinking and problem solving skills in students? What types of methods, instructions, interactions, communications, and climate do these teachers need so they may promote creative thinking in students? Moreover,…
The purpose of this study was to describe the factors that helped to increase the academic success of 13 low-track Hispanic students who attended a local community college. The participants graduated from a nearby high school within the service district of the community college …