Quantitative research on education and training attainment involving wage data using "Human Capital" theoretical constructs provides insights based on monetary returns. However, similarly determining quantifiable values for the education and training attainment of individual governmental organization employees relative to their…

Career services leaders lead complex operations and leverage a vast network of community and employer partnerships to broker career opportunities for the students they serve. The purpose of this study was to understand the experiences and perspectives of career services leaders who are working on diversity and social justice initiatives at large,…

Research has recognized that a student's culture plays a role in how they experience an online learning environment, and many higher education institutions are challenged by retaining and graduating historically underserved students identified as a "success gap". For historically underserved students -- defined in this study as students…

Service learning (SL) is an experiential learning pedagogy that merges real-life community service activities with structured reflection. Electronic-Service Learning (e-SL) is a blended pedagogy that combines online education and SL. The pandemic has significantly prompted the evolution of SL toward e-SL. In planning pedagogy initiatives,…

The long-standing problem of underrepresentation of ethnic minorities in leadership roles in higher education can have detrimental consequences, such as limiting minority voices, marginalizing minority contributions, and impeding success within academe. The purpose of this qualitative exploratory case study was to explore how indigenous Samoan…

Every year, more autistic students apply for and attend higher education in the United States. With increased numbers of autistic students indicating a goal of higher education in their future, this number is likely to increase. Many colleges and universities have recognized this likely increase and have implemented programs tailored to autistic…

The purpose of this qualitative study that used a phenomenological research approach is to understand how higher education career services practitioners design and deliver career planning and professional development for Pacific Islander students at 4-year non-profit institutions within the continental United States. This study aimed to discover…

The problem of practice is related to career preparation practices for neurodiverse students; this issue is important as individuals with neurological differences experience high levels of unemployment. The purpose of this action research study was to examine and strengthen career preparation for students with neurological differences at a…

Military veterans make up a growing proportion of students attending community colleges. Current research shows that some veterans do not transition easily from the service into a higher education setting. One possible reason for this is that the military purposefully creates and sustains its service members' culture. This culture can be retained…

With the shifting dynamics within higher education, there is a stronger reliance and need for financial support in order to aid the institution's growth and financial health. One particular segment of their donor base that institutions will need to cultivate in order to respond to these dynamics is among their alumni. Simultaneously, while many…

This doctoral research project examined perceptual gaps of service quality and value in the context of higher education. The researcher performed quantitative analysis of survey data gathered from students at a small, Midwestern Bible college. Students self-selected to participate in this research project and, using class status as an independent…

Autistic students are increasingly enrolling in postsecondary institutions. While studies examining faculty-student relations is rising, there are few to no studies looking at how these relations may impact academic self-concept for autistic youth. The purpose of this dissertation was to investigate autistic college students' academic self-concept…

American Christian higher education has undergone a transformation in ideology since its inception in the Colonial Period. Christian service by students was originally attributed to the manifestation of one's love for Christ, but with successive eras, there has been a secular shift in worldview and discourse as well as service motivation from the…

In 2023, women still make less money than men for the same job, including in the field of student affairs within higher education. In this qualitative, phenomenology of sociology study I investigated the experiences of 12 women mid-and-senior-level administrators as they discussed encounters with gender bias. Several themes were discovered through…

This study examined the espoused values of an institution whose mission calls for a focus and promotion of social justice and how that institution supports its staff's development of a competency focused on social justice and inclusion. It examined the intersection of social justice and inclusion competence, early-career staff development, and…