Browsing by Department "Education Foundation, Leadership, and Technology"

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Leader and Staff Perceptions of Assessment and Related Professional Development in Divisions of Student Affairs

Wilkins, Emily Bradford (2019-04-16)

This study aimed to examine the effects of several factors (professional role, perceived level of assessment training, and perceived level of assessment competence) on student affairs staff members’ views of what constitutes ...

Leadership Resiliency with Rural Superintendents

Hadden, Jason (2019-04-18)

This descriptive case study examined the factors that contribute to rural superintendents’ early departure into retirement and examines leadership resiliency and the challenges that the administration faces in leadership ...

Leading School Change Through Innovation: The Hybrid Schedule

Walker, Aneta (2016-08-05)

Decades of differing philosophies and conventions have placed the idea of change at the forefront of reform efforts (Rothkopf, 2009). With the implementation of the rigorous, complex Alabama College and Career Ready ...

Learning Partnerships in a Sustained Turnaround School: A Social Network Approach

McCurdy, Shannon (2017-12-06)

Turnaround schools had gained attention since the Bush Administration and No Child Left Behind. Studies were published frequently on the blueprints of turnaround and sustainability in which leadership was a focal point. ...

Learning Style Preferences and their Relationship to Second Language Acquisition in Students of English as a Second Language

Dos Santos, Hugo (2017-04-21)

Understanding learning styles can be an essential tool to implement new learning procedures. A learning style is not just an ability but rather a preferred way of using one’s abilities (Sternberg, 1994). Sanz (2005) stated ...

Learning Style Preferences of Adults in Religious Institutions

Davis, Jennifer (2022-04-27)

There is a lack of published research on adult education programs in religious institutions. While religious institutions encourage their members to attend religious education opportunities, it may often be out of ...

Learning Styles and Preferences of Field Managers in U.S. Non-residential Construction

Holley, Paul (2016-10-26)

Construction is the largest U.S. industry, in which there are many current trends in the adoption of new project delivery strategies, management practices, and complex applications of information technology. As part of ...

Learning Styles of Older Adults in Educational Settings

Heenan, Judith (2016-08-05)

Abstract Learning Styles of Older Adults in Educational Settings, is an investigation into the learning styles of the baby boomer generation who are now entering retirement. With typical retirement at 65 years of age ...

Lessons Learned About the Implementation and Sustainability of the Redesigned Principal Preparation Programs in Alabama

Tatum, Karen M. (2012-08-02)

In the fall of 2005, the state of Alabama embarked upon a multi-system reform of its leadership standards, principal preparation program requirements, professional development standards, and professional practice evaluation ...

A Longitudinal Relationship Between Resource Allocation and Student Performance in Postsecondary Education

Adkison, David (2021-12-06)

Amidst increased enrollment, economic recession, and state budget cuts to postsecondary education over the past two decades, two and four-year colleges and universities have employed a multitude of different approaches to ...

The Lure of Non-credit Studio Art Classes for Adult Learners

Murray, Gina (2012-06-18)

The purpose of this study was to examine the motivation and satisfaction of adult learners who participated in non-credit studio art classes. Leisure motivation has been researched by educators, philosophers, psychologists, ...

Major Gifts Officers’ Perceptions of Master Teaching

Jones, Tara Grant (2021-07-19)

This study examined Major Gifts Officers’ (MGOs’) perceptions of master teaching behaviors exhibited by university faculty. Using an online survey, the Teacher Behavior Checklist was administered to Major Gifts Officers ...

Math Developmental Education Practices in the Alabama Community College System: Fall 2012 to Summer 2022

Birchfield, Kelly (2023-12-11)

In the United States, students often graduate from high school unprepared to succeed in college. In Alabama, fewer than 25% of high school graduates are college ready. Frequently, unprepared students enroll in community ...

Measuring Effectiveness in Alabama's Community Colleges as a Function of Institutional Expenditures

White, Jared (2018-04-24)

With state resources for higher education under constant pressure, it is critical to understand how to maximize institutional performance while being economical with resource allocation. Future workforce demands will call ...

Measuring Faculty Productivity: Towards a Unified Methodology at the Departmental Level

Bartholomew, Patricia (2015-12-04)

A disproportionate number of departmental and faculty productivity indices in higher education rely solely on research. Productivity in other areas of faculty workload areas, like teaching and institutional and community ...

Measuring Motivation and Tendencies Towards Self-directedness Within Information Technology in an Academic Workplace

Campbell, Robert (2011-11-30)

Advances in industry have placed a high demand on the workforce to maintain constant training. Some of the concerns that face administrators and supervisors are the best methods to keep current with new technology, how ...

Measuring Tendencies Toward Self-Directedness of Live Production Managers and Service Technicians in the Alabama Poultry Industry

Campbell, Jesse C. (2011-11-14)

The driving force behind any company’s long term success is its ability for its employees to adapt to change. The driving force behind the success of any business is the people (Campbell, 2010). Improving company profit ...