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Author:

Galinova, Elena

Title:

The Construction of Meritocracy within Mass Higher Education: Organizational Dynamics of Honors Programs at American Colleges and Universities

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

stratification
meritocracy
higher education
honors programs
organizations
selective college admissions

File:

Download Elena_Galinova_ETD.pdf

Committee Members:

Gerald K Letendre, Committee Member
Roger Lewis Geiger, Committee Member
Cheryl Achterberg, Committee Member
David P Baker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Kuterbach, James Michael

Title:

A model of academic enablers and academic performance among postsecondary learners

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

academic enablers
academic performance
postsecondary
higher education

File:

Download Dissertation_-_Jim_Kuterbach.pdf

Committee Members:

David P Baker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David P Baker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Katerina Bodovski, Committee Member
Robert James Stevens, Committee Member
Liang Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Fleishman, Shannon Smythe

Title:

Community Colleges in the Lives of Contemporary Youth: Educational Expansion, Steady Expectations, and Inter-institutional Attendance

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

community colleges
higher education
college students
youth
educational expectations
inter-institutional

File:

Download diss-FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

David P Baker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David P Baker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jeremy Staff, Committee Member
John Jesse Cheslock, Committee Member
Leticia Oseguera, Committee Member

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:

Download Dissertation_-_Final.pdf

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