Higher Education Institutions are worth £45 billion to the UK economy, according to a report published in 2006 by Universities UK (UUK), the representative organization of the United Kingdom’s universities. The higher education sector has undergone considerable change with the i…
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As the forces of globalization accelerate, Saudi Arabia is entering the 21st century with immense pressure on its traditional ruling balance. Possessing a largely statist economy, a growing youth demographic and the societal pressures attendant with rapid social and technologica…
This qualitative, phenomenological study was conducted to explore the lived experiences of 12 Afghan women enrolled in higher education institutions in Afghanistan. The objective was to develop an understanding of the participants' perceptions of the factors that led to their en…
Religion and spirituality have been found to contribute to the well-being of American university students. Although practiced by a small minority, Islam is the fastest growing faith in the United States, indicating a growing campus presence. The purpose of this study was to iden…
Although the study of college student development has progressed during the last decades to address various aspects of identity development across a wide range of diverse populations, there is a noticeable gap in the literature about Muslim-American college students and how the …
American religious diversity has expanded since the 1960s when immigration law changed the geographical map of our immigrant pipeline from Europe to Asia, Africa, and the Middle East (Smith, 2002). This demographic change in immigration patterns has affected the population of st…
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have shown significant growth in supporting their lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer students. However, a number of these institutions do not see a need to implement specialized resources and support for their LGBT…
In this study, I focused on the history of Ave Maria University during its formative years in Florida from 2003 to 2011 to answer the research question: How did a new, conservative Catholic university emerge in the United States at the beginning of the 21st century? Understandin…
As an indigenous serving institution, the University of Hawai‘i (UH) serves all indigenous groups including Pacific Islander groups. Continual and practical training of emerging educational leaders at the UH is critical to the ongoing success of Hawai‘i’s only public post-second…
There is a significant gender disparity in the highest leadership levels in Dominican universities. Research argues that in traditionalist societies and in some developing countries particularly, it is increasingly challenging for women to make it to top leadership. To achieve a…
The purpose of this qualitative study was to determine what factors were most important to Black and Latino males at a private, faith-based, predominately white institution (PWI). Using a sample of Black and Latino male Alumni of a private, faith-based, predominately white insti…
Black men in America have a long-standing, strained relationship with authority in this country. History has shown time and again that racism has allowed authority figures to abuse their power and for some this subjugation causes Black men to be resistant to authority all togeth…
Jesuit universities provide a means of preparing students to advocate for social justice and the common good through an educational method known as Ignatian pedagogy. Rooted in the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola, Ignatian pedagogy is a teaching practice rich in co…
Slaughter and Rhoades (2009) developed the theory of academic capitalism to explain the market-like behaviors of colleges and universities, which has been made more prevalent by the rise in neoliberal ideology and the new knowledge-based economy. Bok (2003), Giroux (2003), and o…
This dissertation used a historical research method to examine the rise of the centuries-long complex construct of intellectual property ownership through the lenses of American institutions of higher learning and the American legal system, the latter of which attributing its in…
This grounded narrative inquiry study analyzes the self-selection transitional career motivations by California Community College chief fundraising executives when considering the pursuit of a California Community College presidency. A theoretical research framework is an approa…
El contexto actual demanda que las universidades latinoamericanas, o un grupo de ellas, asuman la responsabilidad de conducir investigación de frontera que contribuya con el desarrollo social y económico. En este sentido, la presente tesis tiene el objetivo de estudiar las influ…
With state and federal funding sources shrinking for higher education, it is becoming evident that the nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) must become more intentional and strategic in seeking to diversify their revenue stream through such methods as ca…
This applied dissertation focused on understanding the perceptions of orientation professionals of the impact of orientation programming at public historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). This study illustrates the effective practices of orientation programming and …