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Direct linkCassidy Ladd-Minx – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study analyzed the impacts of participation in short-term study abroad programs at Oklahoma community colleges through a quantitative research design. Student retention and degree completion are concerns for all types of higher education institutions, but U.S. community colleges experience an even greater struggle to retain students from…
Descriptors: School Holding Power, Educational Attainment, Study Abroad, Program Effectiveness
Mankins, Jennifer K. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Reading is one of the primary goals of the early elementary grades. When students start to struggle with this complex skill, educators and parents search for solutions to rectify quickly mounting gaps before a child falls too far behind. In the State of Oklahoma, lawmakers have passed a law requiring mandatory 3rd grade retention for students who…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, School Holding Power, Reading Instruction, Reading Difficulties
Gazaway, Amy R. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Strengths-based education initiatives have been implemented at higher education institutions world-wide as efforts to enhance student retention and degree completion. The Oklahoma State University (OSU) College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (CASNR) joined the institutions utilizing strengths identification and development…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Natural Resources, Undergraduate Students, Academic Achievement
Romel S. Muex – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Teacher attrition adversely impacts the academic future of the students in public schools. Each year, thousands of classrooms go without qualified teachers to provide instruction. Without qualified teachers to instruct students using college and career readiness standards, education agencies, including state departments of education, districts,…
Descriptors: Teacher Persistence, Public School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Conditions
Lawrence, Shannon Gordon – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Teacher shortages are a critical issue for education, and agricultural education has not been exempt from this trend. Many factors possibly contribute to this lack of qualified teachers. Researchers suggest that retention practices, stress factors associated with agricultural education, and job satisfaction may be areas for improvement within the…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Shortage, Teacher Persistence
Stewart, Sheilynda F. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to examine student demographic, family characteristics, pre-college, and college academic factors that predict persistence between freshmen students who were placed or not placed in remediation courses. The participants for this study were comprised of 3,213 first-time, full-time and part-time, degree-seeking freshmen…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Predictor Variables, Grade Point Average, Academic Advising
