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Direct linkJacqueline Renee Bennett – ProQuest LLC, 2023
There has been a documented shortage of nursing and allied healthcare professionals in the healthcare workforce. The clinical workforce is supplied by nursing and allied health programs, and the faculty for nursing and allied health come from experienced and qualified clinicians. Therefore, shortages in the clinical healthcare workforce and…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Faculty, Satisfaction, Faculty Promotion
Sanchez, Cheryl Lea – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The development of healthy relationships among the students, faculty, and staff at higher education institutions leads to the creation of a seamless, connected learning environment for the students (Blimling & Whitt, 1999; Kezar, Hirsch, & Burack, 2001; Kuh, Kinzie, Schuh, Whitt, & Associates, 2005; Pascarella & Terenzini, 2005).…
Descriptors: Student Personnel Workers, Administrator Attitudes, Two Year Colleges, Rural Schools
Porter, Catherine L. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Community colleges today are experiencing monumental shifts in their operating environments. Some of these changes are known, but many of them are not. They include shifts in curriculum, funding, and societal expectation to name a few. Through the constructs of high quality work environment and organizational fluidity theory, this research…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Change, Organizational Change, Holistic Approach
Simon, Thomas C. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Although critical thinking skills are important for all citizens participating in a democratic society, many community college students appear to lack these skills. This study addressed the apparent lack of research relating critical thinking instruction to campus climate. Critical thinking theory and Moos's organizational climate theory served as…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Community Colleges, Multiple Regression Analysis, Social Change
Padron, Eduardo J. – Presidency, 2009
Today, America faces a shifting and demanding economic and workforce environment. Americans know that the workplace is changing but not where it's heading. Each demonstration of the latest breakthrough technology can have enormous impact on the society, opening up entire new industries and markets and instantly limiting the viability of others. Of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Dropout Rate, Dropouts, Educational Opportunities
Peer reviewedChristensen, Chad – New Directions for Higher Education, 2008
Institutions of higher education have been gradually employing more part-time faculty over the past several decades. Walsh estimates that part-time faculty employment across all types of institutions increased 79 percent from 1981 to 1999. The growth of part-time faculty at community colleges is equally astounding. It is now estimated that 67…
Descriptors: Employment, Community Colleges, Colleges, Outcomes of Education
