This study explores the changing mission statements of the University of Toledo and how those changes impacted the social contract between the University and city of Toledo. Specially, the study engages in historical and documental analysis and investigates three major moments i…
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Kazakhstan's higher education system is based on the Soviet governance structure, limited academic freedom and no autonomy from the state. In such a system faculties are contract employees delivering predesigned courses with no incentive to bring new ideas and methods. But emplo…
This dissertation examined the relationship between general work motivation and the motivation for using instructional technology by university faculty in their teaching. Data for the study were collected from a sample of 157 faculty members. Confirmatory factor analysis was emp…
This study presents the results of qualitative research of the experiences and attitudes of Palestinian Christian students concerning inter-faith discussions with their Muslim fellow students at Bir Zeit University. The aim of the research was to inform ministry to the Christian…
The purpose of this study is to contribute to the understanding of the new private universities in Egypt by exploring the theory and practice involved in one of the four recently created private universities, Hope University. The study assessed the extent to which the University…
Commensurate with an emerging demand for social mobility in Malaysia has been an increasing governmental focus on racial/ethnic social equality. Tensions focused on social outcomes associated with racial affinity have created deep-seated ill feelings across ethnic boundaries in …
The purpose of the ground-breaking study is to examine the equivalency of computerized and paper and pencil testing methods as they relate to student performance in an adult education program at a Middle East university. The objectives of the research were to examine the similar…
In today's competitive environment, where all students have many options opened to them, factors that enable educational institutions to attract and retain students should be seriously studied. Higher education institutions, which want to have competitive edge in the future, may…
Movement, stasis, and the management of displacement underpin this thesis on refugee participation in UK higher education. Drawing on accounts from mature students of their experience of going to university in England and Wales, the study examines the intersection of higher educ…
High level sport is linked to educational institutions. Historically, a number of systems designed to develop high level sports performance have been based at places of learning. This work is concerned with how an educational institution has gone about developing the sport of ju…
This project investigated the views of 49 university undergraduate students regarding the phenomenon of bullying in three distinct settings: their memories of compulsory education (primary and secondary), their personal workplace experience (or workplace study placement), and th…
This thesis explores the contemporary position of the university by examining specific elements within the current knowledge discourse. In presenting a view of the Knowledge Management (KM) movement within the discipline of Management Science this thesis supports the claims that…
There is a lack of evidence demonstrating how the variables of age, gender, and personality style correlate with university faculties' application of technology in their instructional practices. The purpose of this quantitative, correlational study was to investigate any relatio…
This research is a qualitative ethnographic case study of Kuwaiti students attending the University of Missouri-Kansas City. The purpose of this research was two-fold: to understand the academic and cultural factors that affected the adjustment of Kuwaiti students sponsored by t…
This study constitutes a history of the policies and politics surrounding the massification of university education in Nigeria between 1952 and 2000. The concept of massification as used in this study refers to a program of expansion of facilities and mass access to university e…
This dissertation is a vertical case study of a higher education reform process that took place at the Université Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD) in Senegal from 1992 to 2003. The reform process called the CNES (Concertation Nationale sur l'enseignement supérieur/National Consultation f…
This research explores the feasibility for a university in Bangladesh under Catholic sponsorship. The study is designed to help the leaders of the Catholic community make an informed decision for its future educational ministry. The findings indicate that the Catholic community …
This study investigated the effects of reading comprehension strategy awareness and use on main idea comprehension and recall in first and second languages for Arabic-speaking Libyan university students. The research examined the effects of general reading proficiency, text diff…
This research begins with a question: How are diasporic feelings of connection and belonging created and maintained in people with no traceable ancestry to a distant country that is identified as a homeland? My thesis answers this question by developing the notion of placement p…