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Author:: Freeman, Amy Louise
Title:: Money, Math and Engineering: The Relationships Between Community Economics, Math Preparation and the Graduation of Racially Underrepresented Engineers
Graduate Program:: Workforce Education and Development
Keywords:: prediction
recruitment
math programs
minority engineering program
STEM
poverty
race
retention
money
precollege
underrepresented
minority engineering
minority
math preparation
summer bridge
high school funding
MEP
diversity
graduation
engineering
multicultural
funding
high school
engineering shortage
Penn State
File:: Download Final_Document2.pdf
Committee Members:: William J Rothwell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William J Rothwell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Judith Ann Kolb, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Kenneth Carter Gray, Committee Member

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Author:: Spokus, Diane M
Title:: Factors Influencing Older Worker Quality of Life and Intent to Continue to Work
Graduate Program:: Workforce Education and Development
Keywords:: quality of life
human resource management
supervisory support
nursing
retention
older workers
exhaustion
corporate fit
healthcare management
File:: Download Spokus-wjrcomments_June_4_08__pdf_Format_Changes_LC1.pdf
Committee Members:: William J Rothwell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Edgar I Farmer Sr., Committee Member
Wesley Edward Donahue, Committee Member

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Author:: Allen, Dara Ware
Title:: Career Maturity and College Persistence: A Longitudinal Study of First-Year Students
Graduate Program:: Workforce Education and Development
Keywords:: retention
college persistence
career maturity
File:: Download Dara_Allen_Dissertation_Career_Maturity_08.pdf
Committee Members:: Kenneth Carter Gray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Judith Ann Kolb, Committee Member
Cynthia Pellock, Committee Member
James B Stewart, Committee Member

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Author:: DeOnna, Janetta
Title:: Developing and Validating an Instrument to Measure the Perceived Job Competencies Linked to Performance and Staff Retention of First-Line Nurse Managers Employed in a Hospital Setting
Graduate Program:: Workforce Education and Development
Keywords:: nurse manager
competencies
retention
instrument
NMCI
File:: Download DeOnna_Dissertation_7-25-06.pdf
Committee Members:: William J Rothwell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Cynthia Pellock, Committee Member
Wesley Edward Donahue, Committee Member

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Author:: Medvitz, Laura
Title:: Challenge of Retaining Top Employees in Rural Communities: A Case Study Within the Academic Sector
Graduate Program:: Industrial Relations and Human Resources
Keywords:: retention
rural retention
turnover
File:: Download Thesis_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:: Alexander Colvin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Yeo, Lihe
Title:: RETENTION OF FLAVOR COMPOUNDS BY DISPERSED HIGH-AMYLOSE MAIZE STARCH (HAMS) IN AN AQEUOUS MODEL SYSTEM
Graduate Program:: Food Science
Keywords:: starch
retention
high amylose maize starch
flavor
File:: Download lxy128thesis2.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr Donald Thompson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donald B Thompson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Devin G Peterson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Deike, Randall C
Title:: A STUDY OF COLLEGE STUDENT GRADUATION USING DISCRETE TIME SURVIVAL ANALYSIS
Graduate Program:: Educational Psychology
Keywords:: retention
graduation
survival analysis
File:: Download etd.pdf
Committee Members:: Dennis Michael Roberts, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edmond Marks, Committee Member
John D Swisher, Committee Member
Robert Leslie Hale, Committee Member

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Author:: Museus, Samuel David
Title:: Fostering Minority College Student Persistence and Baccalaureate Degree Attainment: A Collective-Cross Case Analysis of High-Performing Institutions
Graduate Program:: Higher Education
Keywords:: culture
case study
minority college students
persistence
retention
degree completion
degree attainment
success
File:: Download MINORITY_STUDENT_SUCCESS_DISSERTATION__REVISED_FOR_SUBMISSION__3.pdf
Committee Members:: Shaun R Harper, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Carol L Colbeck, Committee Member
Donald E Heller, Committee Member
Renata S Engel, Committee Member
George D Kuh, Committee Member

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Author:: Zhou, Ying
Title:: Examining the Influences on Faculty Departure Intentions: A National Study Using NSOPF-99
Graduate Program:: Higher Education
Keywords:: faculty
higher education
intent to leave
retention
File:: Download thesis_ZHOU.pdf
Committee Members:: James Fredericks Volkwein, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Carol Colbeck, Committee Member
George Farkas, Committee Member
Francis M Dwyer Jr., Committee Member

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Author:: Mordan, Benjamin Ray
Title:: Retention and professional mentoring of beginning career and technical education teachers
Graduate Program:: Workforce Education and Development
Keywords:: professional mentoring
retention
career and technical education
beginning teachers
File:: Download Dissertation_Final_Submission.pdf
Committee Members:: Robert W Clark, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert W Clark, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Cynthia Pellock, Committee Member
Richard Allen Walter, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

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