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Author:

Thoman, Jennifer

Title:

ACADEMIC ADVISING AT PENN STATE: POLICY, PRACTICE, AND POTENTIAL

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

advising
developmental theory
higher education
academic coaching
career counseling

File:

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Committee Members:

Dana Mitra, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Maryellen Schaub, Committee Member
Kevin Kinser, Committee Member

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:

Download Dissertation_Final_Jaffa_Jana_2020.pdf

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:

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:

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:

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:

Download Himes_Dissertation_FINAL2.pdf

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