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Download full textLongwell-Grice, Rob; Adsitt, Nicole Zervas; Mullins, Kathleen; Serrata, William – NACADA Journal, 2016
The findings from 3 qualitative research studies related to first-generation college students show themes of strains in family relationships and lack of practical familial support. One study reveals sources of resiliency and persistence of graduate students; another explores sense of belonging for undergraduates attending 3 types of private…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Qualitative Research, Family Relationship, Resilience (Psychology)
Direct linkBohnet, Kimberly Jean – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This dissertation describes the process of creating a guidebook that developmental education administrators can use to build their capacity as leaders, learners, and program planners. The guidebook is the product of a qualitative study designed to better understand how community college administrators who have program planning responsibilities for…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year Colleges, College Administration, Administrators
Albashiry, Nabeel M.; Voogt, Joke M.; Pieters, Jules M. – Curriculum Journal, 2015
Learning about curriculum development is critical for middle managers of technical vocational institutions in order to assume curriculum leadership in maintaining and enhancing the quality and relevance of their educational programs. This case study reports on the design and effects of a professional development arrangement (PDA), with such a…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Technical Education, Vocational Education, Community Colleges
Guzzo, Linda R. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Knowledge is a valuable resource that fosters innovation and growth in organizations. There are two forms of knowledge: explicit knowledge or documented information and tacit knowledge or undocumented information which resides in individuals' minds. There is heightened interest in knowledge management and specifically the transfer of tacit…
Descriptors: Transfer of Training, Community Colleges, Adjunct Faculty, Knowledge Management
Taylor, Ann; Puchner, Laurel D.; Powell, Margaret B.; Harris, Valorie; Marshall, Rick – Educational Action Research, 2012
Three teacher educators worked at a US community college with two adult education staff on a grant-supported project bridging high school dropouts from adult education to employment. The teacher educators' apparently simple task of facilitating grant participants' engagement with action research became confusingly challenging. The consultants…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Action Research, Dropouts, Adult Education
Hodgson, Devon Rachelle – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Researchers argue that a California Community College's capacity for improvement and reform, given the multitude of concerns and organizational barriers associated with education institutions will require transformation of current practices to influence organizational learning (O'Banion, 1997; Cohen, 1996). Extant literature has demonstrated the…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Community Colleges, Interviews, Educational Change
