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Author:

Lee, Shannon

Title:

THE USABILITY OF EDUCATIONAL AND EMPLOYMENT RECORDS FOR INSTITUTIONAL ASSESSMENT

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

wage records
unemployment insurance
education records
employment records
institutional research
assessment
human capital theory
signaling theory
workforce development
higher education
employment outcomes of education
labor economics
labor research
earnings of college graduates
retention

File:

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Committee Members:

David Lynn Passmore, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Lynn Passmore, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Cynthia Pellock, Committee Member
Wesley Edward Donahue, Committee Member
John Thomas Harwood, Outside Member
David W. Stevens, Special Member
Susan Mary Land, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kafle, Madhav Prasad

Title:

Negotiating Academic Literacy in Mobility: Undergraduate Refugee Students’ Challenges in US Higher Education

Graduate Program:

Applied Linguistics

Keywords:

academic literacy
Bhutanese refugees
higher education
informal networks
literacy challenges
literacy pedagogy
mobility
negotiation

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Committee Members:

Suresh Canagarajah, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suresh Canagarajah, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Celeste S Kinginger, Committee Member
Sinfree Bullock Makoni, Committee Member
Xiaoye You, Outside Member
Robert William Schrauf, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Marcinkevage, Carrie

Title:

Critical Success Factors of Constituent Relationship Management (CRM) Strategy in a Higher Education Institution

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

action research
appreciative inquiry
boundary permeability
boundary theory
critical success factors
CRM
constituent relationship management
customer relationship management
higher education
organizational boundaries
action research
appreciative inquiry
boundary permeability
boundary theory
critical success factors
CRM
constituent relationship management
customer relationship management
higher education

File:

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Committee Members:

William J Rothwell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William J Rothwell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Wesley Edward Donahue, Committee Member
Glen Kreiner, Committee Member
Brian Harold Cameron, Outside Member
Susan Mary Land, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Jaffa, Jana Marie

Title:

The Internationalization of Higher Education: A Case Study of the Emergence of Global Programs at The Pennsylvania State University

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

higher education
internationalization
student mobility
international programs
organizational culture

File:

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Committee Members:

Kevin Kinser, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David S Guthrie, Committee Member
David Post, Outside Member
Kevin Kinser, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Craig A. Campbell, Outside Member
Kevin Kinser, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Miron, Layli

Title:

Reframing Immigration through Religious Advocacy: Rhetoric, Cosmopolitanism, and the Divine

Graduate Program:

English

Keywords:

migration
immigrant
refugee
asylum
immigration policy
advocacy
activism
religion
Islam
Baha'i Faith
Bahá'í
Catholicism
Jesuit
social media
United States
human rights
cosmopolitan
public communication
comics
faith-based
nonprofit organization
NGO
nativism
xenophobia
nationalism
higher education
pedagogy
Mexico
Iran
globalization
rhetoric and composition
Christianity
Zoroastrianism
Judaism
Hinduism
Buddhism
transnational
undocumented
Islamophobia
women's rights
writing studies
border control
detention
college teaching
social justice
mobility
deportation

File:

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Committee Members:

Cheryl Jean Glenn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cheryl Jean Glenn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Xiaoye You, Committee Member
Ana Cooke, Committee Member
Suresh Canagarajah, Outside Member
David Andrew Loewenstein, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Shamekhi, Yahya

Title:

Distribution of Higher Education Subsidies in the United States

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

higher education
fiscal policies
public policy
economics of education
subsidy
progressivity
regressivity
education finance
financial aid

File:

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Committee Members:

John Jesse Cheslock, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Jesse Cheslock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kelly Ochs Rosinger, Committee Member
David P Baker, Committee Member
Roger Finke, Outside Member
Kevin Kinser, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Winkler, Stephanie

Title:

Privacy Management for Student Data in Higher Education Learning Analytics Applications

Graduate Program:

Informatics

Keywords:

learning analytics
privacy
higher education

File:

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Committee Members:

Dongwon Lee, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Susser, Committee Member
S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Member
Aiping Xiong, Committee Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Webb, Ashton Robert

Title:

An Analysis of University Patenting Activity

Graduate Program:

Higher Education (PHD)

Keywords:

higher education
patenting

File:

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Committee Members:

John Cheslock, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kelly Rosinger, Major Field Member
Karen Paulson, Major Field Member
George Lesieutre, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kevin Kinser, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Patil, Padmavathi

Title:

Searching for President 'Right': Evaluating a Typology of Research University Leaders

Graduate Program:

Higher Education (PHD)

Keywords:

higher education
presidents
leadership
human capital theory
upper echelons theory
organizational theory
typology
institutional outcomes

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Committee Members:

Kevin Kinser, Program Head/Chair
John Cheslock, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kelly Rosinger, Major Field Member
Donald Hambrick, Minor & Outside Field Member
Aparna Joshi, Outside Unit Member

Author:

Kryst, Erica

Title:

The Role of Higher Education in the Habitus Transformation of Youth from Rural Communities

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy (PHD)

Keywords:

rural education
higher education
habitus
rural youth and communities
rural out-migration

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Committee Members:

Gerald K Letendre, Program Head/Chair
Katerina Bodovski, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Soo-yong Byun, Major & Minor Field Member
Mark Brennan, Outside Unit Member
Kai Schafft, Outside Field Member

Author:

Himes, Hilleary

Title:

Academic Advising Outcomes Across Advising Structures and Student Socioeconomic Status

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy (PHD)

Keywords:

Academic advising
Socioeconomic status
higher education

File:

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Committee Members:

Yvette Richardson, Outside Unit Member
David Post, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
David Smith, Special Member
Kevin Kinser, Program Head/Chair
Dana Mitra, Major Field Member
Allie Goldstein, Outside Field Member

Author:

Shannon, Tammy

Title:

Adult, First-Generation College Students' Perceptions of Belonging: Connections Through Communities of Practice

Graduate Program:

Lifelong Learning and Adult Education (DED)

Keywords:

Adult student
communities of practice
first-generation student
higher education
persistence
sense of belonging

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Committee Members:

Craig Campbell, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Ewing, General Studies & Outside Field Member
Rama Radhakrishna, Outside Unit Member
Heather Toomey Zimmerman, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Rebecca Tarlau, Major Field Member
Esther Prins, Major Field Member

Author:

Kirk, Chris

Title:

Perpetuating inequity: The role of parent councils in opportunity hoarding and privilege-dependence of higher education institutions

Graduate Program:

Higher Education (PHD)

Keywords:

opportunity hoarding
privilege-dependence
parent councils
parent involvement
higher education
organizational routines
social stratification

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Committee Members:

Karly Ford, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Molly Martin, Outside Unit & Field Member
David Guthrie, Major Field Member
Karly Ford, Chair of Committee
Kelly Rosinger, Major Field Member
Leticia Oseguera, Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Stevens, Samantha

Title:

A Latent Class Analysis Approach to the Identification of Doctoral Students at Risk of Attrition

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

latent class analysis
social identity threat
intervention
higher education
attrition

File:

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Committee Members:

Jonathan Emdin Cook, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jes Matsick, Committee Member
Dawn Paula Witherspoon, Committee Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Cate, Leandra Maureen

Title:

Dismantling the Ivory Tower: Ideological Framing of the University Through Graduate Student Unionization

Graduate Program:

Higher Education (PHD)

Keywords:

graduate student unionization
social movements
higher education
international students
labor
ideological framing
neoliberal university

File:

Download LeandraCate_Dissertation_061722.pdf

Committee Members:

John Cheslock, Major Field Member
Rebecca Tarlau, Outside Field Member
Karly Ford, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mccarthy, Outside Unit Member
Leticia Oseguera, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Chichester, Steven Andrew

Title:

Tomatoes for sale: An examination of online higher education decision makers' perceptions of online offerings

Graduate Program:

Higher Education (PHD)

Keywords:

online education
higher education
online learning
educational access
tuition revenue

File:

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Committee Members:

John Cheslock, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
William Diehl, Outside Unit & Field Member
Karen Paulson, Major Field Member
Gerald Letendre, Major Field Member
Kelly Rosinger, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies