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Author:

Yin, Alexander Chih-Jen

Title:

Learning on the job: Cooperative education, internships, and engineering problem-solving skills

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

Cooperative education
engineering education
internships
problem-solving skills
Experiential Learning Cycle
Model of Domain Learning

File:

Download Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Lisa R Lattuca, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lisa R Lattuca, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Fredericks Volkwein, Committee Member
Peggy Noel Van Meter, Committee Member
Aleksandra B Slavkovic, Committee Member

Author:

Salerno, Carlo Stephen

Title:

On the technical and allocative efficiency of research-intensive higher education institutions

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

nonparametric
costs and productivity
DEA
colleges or universities
higher education

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Roger Lewis Geiger, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dorothy H Evensen, Committee Member
Irwin Feller, Committee Member
Michael John Dooris, Committee Member
James Fredericks Volkwein, Committee Member

Author:

Johnson, Damon Kent

Title:

General Education 2000 - A National Survey: How General Education Changed Between 1989 and 2000

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

general education
curriculum
higher education

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

James Fredericks Volkwein, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dorothy H Evensen, Committee Member
Jeremy Cohen, Committee Member
James L Ratcliff, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Lovik, Eric G

Title:

The Impact of Organizational Features and Student Experiences on Spiritual Development during the First Year of College

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

institutional characteristics
first-year experience
spirituality in higher education
religious institutions
multi-level model

File:

Download Lovik_dissertation2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Lisa Lattuca, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lisa R Lattuca, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patrick T Terenzini, Committee Member
James Fredericks Volkwein, Committee Member
Roger Kent Finke, Committee Member

Author:

Sweitzer, Kyle

Title:

The Correlates of Changes in Prestige among American Colleges and Universities

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

college prestige
US News
College rankings
multilevel modeling

File:

Download Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

James Fredericks Volkwein, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Roger Lewis Geiger, Committee Member
Patrick T Terenzini, Committee Member
Jonna Marie Kulikowich, Committee Member

Author:

Shibley, Lisa Renee

Title:

The Compared Costs and Benefits of Interagency Cooperation and Separate Accreditation Processes: A Case Study

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

self-study processes
interagency cooperation
accreditation

File:

Download ShibleyL3etd.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick T Terenzini, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rayne Audrey Sperling, Committee Member
M Lee Upcraft, Committee Member
James Fredericks Volkwein, Committee Member

Author:

Strauss, Linda C.

Title:

PREDICTORS OF INSTITUTIONAL COMMITMENT AT TWO-YEAR AND FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTIONS

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

Institutional Commitment
Higher Education
Hierarchical Linear Modeling

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Melvin Michael Mark, Committee Member
Michael John Dooris, Committee Member
James Fredericks Volkwein, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alberto F Cabrera, Committee Member

Author:

Prabhu, Radhika

Title:

Knowledge Creation and Technology Transfer in Nanotechnology at Research Universities

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

technology transfer
knowledge creation
interdisciplinarity
nanotechnology
academic spinoffs

File:

Download RPrabhu_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Roger Lewis Geiger, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patrick T Terenzini, Committee Member
James Fredericks Volkwein, Committee Member
Robert M Hendrickson, Committee Member
Mosuk Chow, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Tao

Title:

PERCEIVED GAINS IN CRITICAL THINKING OF ONLINE LEARNERS: EFFECTS OF MOTIVATION AND LEARNING STRATEGIES

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

critical thinking
structural equation model
online learning
motivation
learning strategies
survey research

File:

Download ETD_taozhang.pdf

Committee Members:

James Fredericks Volkwein, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Carol Colbeck, Committee Member
Lisa Lattuca, Committee Member
Rana Arnold, Committee Member

Author:

Arcelus, Victor John

Title:

In Search of a Break in the Clouds: An Ethnographic Study of Academic and Student Affairs Cultures

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

higher education
college
university
academic affairs
student affairs
collaboration
partnership
enthnography
learning-centered
intragroup dialogue
intergroup dialogue
case study
culture
climate
leadership

File:

Download _VJ_Arcelus__In_Search_of_a_Break_in_the_Clouds.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick T Terenzini, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lisa Lattuca, Committee Member
James Fredericks Volkwein, Committee Member
Edward Paul Durrenberger, Committee Member
Peter Magolda, Committee Member