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In the last few decades, the growth of administration costs on higher education campuses surpassed the growth of instructional costs. The escalating costs of higher education, which are now outpacing general price levels, have raised...
Established standards and guidelines promote school librarian leadership in technology integration. Despite the imperatives implicit in professional guidelines and standards, school librarians' active engagement as leaders is not...
This evaluation assessed the Curving Cliffs Program (a pseudonym) and how well it reflected the framework for Effective Everyday Practice Supporting School Readiness for All Children in the domain of pre-literacy. The program was a...
Response to intervention (RTI), an educational reform effort designed to meet the needs of struggling learners, has been adopted by an increasing number of states as a primary component of their educational service delivery model for low...
A Case Study Exploration of First-Generation and Low-Income College Students Facing Academic Distress Decision-Making in Regards to Financing Their Education
During the past 20 years, there has been a change in the higher educational landscape. As federal financial assistance to students has increased in form of increased educational loans, state educational funding to higher educational...
The Race to the Top (RTTT) federal grant program was an initiative that targeted improving Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education. However, the evaluation of the program reported only student outcomes for...
Since Colonial America, higher education had a mission of producing student leaders, and at least in the early stages colleges and universities were also interested in the development of the spiritual lives of college students. By the...
Higher education institutions have campus traditions that are honored and repeated by generations of students, faculty, staff, and alumni (Manning, 2000). It is important to understand these traditions and the purpose and history behind...
As businesses expand to incorporate a more global perspective, study abroad programs are needed to help American college students compete with their international peers. Businesses are realizing that employees must possess skills that...
In November 2002, Florida voters approved a class size reduction (CSR) amendment to the state constitution that required the State to lower class sizes to specified cap amounts in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade by the beginning...
Retaining Students Through First-Year Experience Courses: Exploring Relationships Between Course Content and Graduation of Students Enrolled in a First-Year Experience Course
The large number of students who choose to leave the university before graduation has caused administrators to explore new ways to retain students. Research indicates "only half (51%) of students who enrolled at four-year institutions in...
This phenomenological, qualitative research study examined the experiences that influence students’ decisions to laterally transfer from one four-year institution to a public, regional, liberal arts university in the southeastern United...
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