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Drake, Douglass Martin – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Power and authority exist in every relationship. The relationship between teacher and student is no exception. Legitimacy is the cornerstone of authority, yet there is a dearth of research into how teacher legitimacy affects the teacher/student relationship. In the current study, I sought to identify characteristics and behaviors teachers exhibit…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Teacher Behavior, Teacher Student Relationship, Power Structure
Pamela A. Peters – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study explores the experiences of first- and second-year first-generation college students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) related to the college admissions process and finding financial aid. This applies the digital divide to determine whether the three levels of the digital divide still impact first-generation…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Black Colleges, College Admission, Student Financial Aid
Crowl, Justin – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study examines the relationship between student perceptions of university police and fear of crime through the utilization of a rational choice perspective. Over the last three decades, a plethora of research has explored fear of crime and factors related to its occurrence. However, a thorough review of the literature revealed a limited…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Fear, Police, Correlation
Amy J. Penick – ProQuest LLC, 2023
To ascertain variance and predictive measure between respondents' self-reported time of disclosure and disability identity development while mitigating for confounding variables: social desirability, transition planning experience, visibility, ethnicity, gender, veteran status, and age, research was conducted at a public two-year institution.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Students with Disabilities, Self Concept, Time
Ryosuke Reo Watanabe – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Today's complex problems transcend borders and require a collective and adaptive learning response. Literature suggests that, because the traditional hierarchical or positional style of leadership cannot effectively address problems we face today, leadership should take a more collaborative and systemic form. Rost (1991) characterized this new…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Undergraduate Students
Clarke, Hannah E. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Student loans have become a cornerstone of democratized access to higher education. This dissertation contributes a novel approach to conceptualizing the student loan issue: students as consumers--both of college and of the student loans themselves. Through a mixed-method in-depth study of a graduating cohort at a public flagship university, I…
Descriptors: Paying for College, Student Loan Programs, College Students, Student Attitudes
Graham, Terrece F. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 ushered in a period of change in higher-education systems across the former Eastern bloc. Reform-minded leaders in the region sought to introduce western models and policies promoted by foreign development aid agendas. Private higher-education institutions emerged. This qualitative multiple case study examines…
Descriptors: Universities, International Education, International Cooperation, Foreign Countries
Sautner, Kerry – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This study explored the narrative of new Philadelphia Police recruits' experiences within a training program that used storytelling techniques to positively influence their knowledge and assumptions about social justice and fairness. Prior research has suggested that storytelling can be an effective way to engage learners in understanding…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Police Education, Training, Teaching Methods
Baxter, Kathleen B. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
As a result of the underrepresentation of women in science and engineering programs, the culture is male-dominated and perpetuates an unsupportive and biased climate that discourages undergraduate women from connecting to their gender. Using a social identity framework, this study addresses how gender influences undergraduate women's perception of…
Descriptors: Women Scientists, Focus Groups, Science Careers, Engineering
Karabin, Beverly Lynn – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study described the factors that contribute to engagement patterns of college students with the hidden health-related disability of orthostatic intolerance. Specifically, it used a qualitative methodology and collective-case study design to explore the categories of campus physical, institutional, academic and social engagement from a student…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Development, Participant Observation, Self Advocacy