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Effects of Prior Learning Assessment on Graduation Rates of Adult Students in an Online Degree Program
(2020-07-20)
Technological advances and changes to America’s workforce have created a need for adult workers to upskill their abilities. Many of these adults address this need by pursuing a college degree. While adult learners tend to ...
Information Gathering to Improve Health Literacy and Understand Glaucoma
(2020-11-23)
Glaucoma is a major cause of blindness among African Americans. There is currently a knowledge gap about glaucoma in the US population. The internet has emerged as a center of self-directed education in the 21st century. ...
Pink Lemonade: An Autoethnographic Fantasia
(2020-04-29)
Pink Lemonade provides a campus climate study of queer experience on a rural, Southern
campus in the United States. The researcher employs autoethnographic methods under a post- qualitative paradigm to explore the lives ...
Relationship between Teachers' Attitudes and Beliefs and Adoption of Culturally Responsive Teaching Practices
(2020-05-15)
Despite gains in student achievement in the South and nationwide, NCLB-defined achievement gaps for underrepresented populations persist. The need to address this gap is particularly important in Texas where 2015-2016 ...
Seminary Teaching Perspectives: A Comparison Study of Teaching Perspectives Between Seminary Faculty and Students at a Midwestern Seminary
(2020-05-18)
The purpose of this study was to look at the teaching perspectives within a seminary setting. Seminary settings are drastically different than local church settings. They are primarily focused on the academic development ...
Roles, Relationships, and Power: The Patterns of Knowledge Co-Construction in an Online Educational Leadership Course
(2020-07-16)
Social interaction is an essential component of learning, but the online learning environment presents challenges to creating meaningful interactions (Palloff & Pratt, 2003; Simonsen, 2015). Researchers have long sought ...
Alabama Superintendents’ Perceptions of Staying or Leaving the Position
(2020-07-30)
The purpose of this study is to determine reasons superintendents choose to stay or leave
the superintendency. By analyzing reasons why superintendents stay or leave, the data collected
may provide further insight on ...
An Analysis of Grade Distribution at a University in Southern Alabama Across Fields in Human and Health Services
(2020-12-01)
This study analyzed grade distributions of academic disciplines of Human Services, Social Work, and Nursing at a university in Southern Alabama during the 2019- 2020 academic year. Grade distributions were compared to ...
The Identification and Implementation of Key Characteristics of Exemplary Career and Technical Education Programs in Rural Areas
(2020-07-22)
The increased demand for a skilled workforce has placed new challenges on rural school districts. Students are provided the opportunity to obtain the skills required to fill the workforce needs through exemplary career and ...
An Analysis of Factors that May Influence Student Satisfaction in Computer Programming Courses at an Online Midwestern University
(2020-08-04)
The rise in demand for computer programming jobs has created a significant need for computer programming training. Online learning can be an effective tool for meeting the needs of these job demands. The challenge for ...