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Author:

Smith-Hollins, CherRhonda M

Title:

Barriers to Enrollment in Colleges of Agriculture: Perspectives of Currently Enrolled Students at 1862 Land-Grant Institutions

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Extension Education

Keywords:

Barriers to Enrollment
Enrollment barriers
1862 land grant institutions
College of Agriculture
Higher Education

File:

Download Smith-Hollins_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Connie Devine Baggett, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Connie Devine Baggett, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patreese Donette Ingram, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rama B Radhakrishna, Committee Member
Cynthia Pellock, Committee Member

Author:

Jensen, Daniel

Title:

THE MALE ADULT WORKING-CLASS STUDENT IN FORMAL HIGHER EDUCATION: AN IDENTITY CRISIS?

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Social Class
Working-Class
Higher Education
Adult Education
Identity
Male Students

File:

Download DJDissertation_UMI.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniele D Flannery, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Member
Kenneth Brian Cunningham, Committee Member
Holly L Angelique, 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:

Silva, Mary Kathleen

Title:

Accreditation, Knowledge, and Strategies of Professionalizing Occupations

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

Professionalization
Accreditation
Higher Education

File:

Download etd.pdf

Committee Members:

Carol L Colbeck, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Adam W Rome, Committee Member
M Lee Upcraft, Committee Member
Dhushy Sathianathan, Committee Member
Roger Lewis Geiger, Committee Member

Author:

Dudley, Valerie Careve

Title:

Teaching Diversity: How Personal Experience with Diversity Informs Pedagogical Choice and Practice

Graduate Program:

Instructional Systems

Keywords:

Diversity
Teaching
Higher Education

File:

Download Valerie_Careve_Dudley-_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Priya Sharma, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Barbara L Grabowski, Committee Member
Jill L Lane, Committee Member
Deborah Frances Atwater, Committee Member

Author:

Hickey, Suzanne M

Title:

Understanding Catholic Universities' Organizational Identity: Perspectives From University Leaders

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

Catholic
Identity
Culture
Women Presidents
Leadership
Higher Education

File:

Download Hickey_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Beverly Lindsay, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Beverly Lindsay, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edgar I Farmer Sr., Committee Member
Kimberly Griffin, Committee Member
Timothy Grant Pollock, Special Member

Author:

Khoury, Issam Elias

Title:

Unbridled globalization: The transformation of higher education in Qatar

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

Qatar
Higher Education
Globalization
Westernization
Qatar University
Education City
Arabian Gulf
Persian Gulf
Case Study

File:

Download Issam_E_Khoury_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Roger Lewis Geiger, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David P Baker, Committee Member
Robert M Hendrickson, Committee Member
Dennis Coleman Jett, Committee Member

Author:

York, Travis Tilmond

Title:

Exploring Service-Learning Outcomes and Experiences for Low-income, First-generation College Students: A Mixed Methods Approach

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

Service-Learning
Higher Education
Student Outcomes
Low-Income
First-Generation
Mixed Methods

File:

Download York_Dissertation__4.5.13__Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert M Hendrickson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Kimberly Griffin, Committee Member
Kai Arthur Schafft, Committee Member
Nancy A Tuana, Special Member

Author:

Gilbert, Claire Krendl

Title:

Collaboration in Information Technology within the Committee on Institutional Cooperation

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

Collaboration
Information Technology
Higher Education
Case Study

File:

Download Final_Dissertation_Gilbert_April_.pdf

Committee Members:

Kimberly Griffin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kimberly Griffing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Thomas Harwood, Committee Member
Dorothy H Evensen, Committee Member
Aaron Wachhaus, Committee Member
Roger Lewis Geiger, Special Member

Author:

Winters, Caryn Lynette

Title:

The Primacy of Principles: Exploring Journalism Educators' Democratic Imperative to do Good Work

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

Journalism
Mass Communication
Journalism Education
Good Work
Democracy
Higher Education
Civic Education
Ethics

File:

Download C.L.Winters_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Marie Hardin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anthony Olorunnisola, Committee Member
Charles Elavsky, Committee Member
Jacqueline Edmondson, Committee Member

Author:

Kashyap, Shubha

Title:

A Case Study to Examine Institutional Factors Facilitating and Inhibiting Faculty Preparation for Teaching in an Online MBA Program

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

Faculty Preparation
Online Education
Online MBA program
Institutional Factors
Facilitating Change
Higher Education

File:

Download Kashyap_Dissertation_Final_May_2014.pdf

Committee Members:

William J Rothwell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Judith Ann Kolb, Committee Member
Susan E Cromwell, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Muntaka, M Nadhir

Title:

Exploring Mobile Phone Usage And Potentials For Enhancing Higher Education Ghana, West Africa

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Mobile phone
Higher Education
Ghana
Transactive Memory Theory
Mobile learning
m-learning
Learning process

File:

Download MS_Theses_IST_PSU_Muntaka_August2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Lynette Marie Yarger, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ladislaus M Semali, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eileen M Trauth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Blackman, Phillip Charles

Title:

A Hypothetical Case Study Analysis of California's Potential Implied Contractual Obligation to Provide the State's Citizens Affordable Access to Postsecondary Education

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

Higher Education
Law
Implied Contracts
Affordable Access
Public Finance

File:

Download Blackman_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert M Hendrickson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dorothy H Evensen, Committee Member
John Jesse Cheslock, Committee Member
Katherine C Pearson, Committee Member

Author:

Myers, Jennifer L

Title:

A Narrative Inquiry Into Factors That Affect Professional Academic Advisors’ Work Engagement

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

Employee Engagement
Academic Advising
Higher Education
Qualitative Research
Narrative Inquiry
Work Engagement

File:

Download J._Myers_Dissertation-2015_Final3.pdf

Committee Members:

Judith Ann Kolb, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Judith Ann Kolb, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Cynthia Pellock, Committee Member
Mark D Threeton, Committee Member

Author:

Vines, Karen Absher

Title:

ENGAGEMENT THROUGH COOPERATIVE EXTENSION: TOWARDS UNDERSTANDING MEANING AND PRACTICE AMONG EDUCATORS IN TWO STATE EXTENSION SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Extension Education

Keywords:

Higher Education
Engagement
Community Development
Cooperative Extension

File:

Download VinesFinal170417.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Connie Baggett, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Connie Baggett, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr. Ed Yoder, Committee Member
Dr. Linda Caldwell, Committee Member
Dr. Ted Alter, Outside Member
Dr. Eric Kaufman, Special Member

Author:

Hestres Garcia, Annette Marie

Title:

LEARNING EXPERIENCES OF LGBQ LATINA, CHICANA, AND PUERTO RICAN FACULTY MEMBERS IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES AND PUERTO RICO

Graduate Program:

Lifelong Learning and Adult Education

Keywords:

LGBQ Latina
LGBQ Chicana
LGBQ Puerto Rican
Faculty Members
Higher Education
Comparative Studies
Narrative Inquiry
Thematic Analysis
Faculty
Comparison
Learning Experiences

File:

Download Hestres_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Fred Schied, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fred Schied, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Esther Prins, Committee Member
Gabeba Baderoon, Committee Member
Judith Sierra-Rivera, Outside Member

Author:

Turso, Denise L

Title:

THE EFFECTS OF STUDENT CONTROL OF MODALITY AND SELF-EFFICACY ON LEARNING IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION

Graduate Program:

Learning, Design, and Technology

Keywords:

Modality Principle
Engineering
Higher Education
Self-Efficacy
Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning
Segmenting

File:

Download Turso_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Kyle Peck, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kyle Peck, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Roy Clariana, Committee Member
Simon Richard Hooper, Committee Member
Julia Diane Plummer, Outside Member

Author:

Powell, Alexis A

Title:

THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION: AN ANALYSIS OF STUDY ABRAOD PROGRAMMING AT THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSIRTY AND THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

Higher Education
Internationalization
Study Abroad
Education
Experiential Learning
Enrollment
Participation Rates
Learning Outcomes

File:

Download Alexis_A._Powell_M.A._Thesis_EDTHP_2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Maryellen Schaub, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David P Baker, Committee Member

Author:

Smyth, David R

Title:

Academic Entitlement, Adults in Graduate Education, and Popular Culture: A Mixed-Methods Study

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Academic Entitlement
Student Entitlement
Popular Culture
Graduate Education
Higher Education

File:

Download D_Smyth_Dissertation_02-28-2018_w_Vita.pdf

Committee Members:

Ed Taylor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ed Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robin Redmon Wright, Committee Member
Peter Jones Kareithi, Committee Member
Charles David Kupfer, Outside Member
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Umbricht, Mark Richard

Title:

Identifying Gaps in the First-Generation Pipeline: A Study of Gaps in College Expectations, Access and Completion by First-Generation Status

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

First-generation
Higher Education
Access
Completion

File:

Download Identifying_Gaps_in_the_First-Generation_Pipline__Umbricht_-_Final_.pdf

Committee Members:

John Jesse Cheslock, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Jesse Cheslock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karly Sarita Ford, Committee Member
Kelly Ochs Rosinger, Committee Member
Aleksandra B Slavkovic, Outside Member

Author:

Badenhorst, Paul Roger

Title:

Kintsugi and Processes of Productive Damage: The Values of Embodiment and Emotion For Antiracism Work in Education

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Race
Higher Education
Teacher Education
Embodiment
Emotion
Melancholic Object Attachments
Antiracism

File:

Download Pauli_Badenhorst_Ph.D_Dissertation_The_Pennsylvania_State_University_Final_Draft.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeanine M Staples, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph M Valente, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gail Louise Boldt, Committee Member
Samuel Jaye Tanner, Committee Member
Julia A Green Bryan, Outside Member

Author:

Brinker, Suzan

Title:

Tensions in International Higher Education: Sense Making, Decision Making, and Organizational Culture

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

Qualitative Research
Higher Education
International Higher Education
Ethnography
Organizational Culture
Sense Making
Decision Making

File:

Download Brinker_FinalDissertation_Fall2018.pdf

Committee Members:

John Jesse Cheslock, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Jesse Cheslock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David S Guthrie, Committee Member
Gerald K Letendre, Committee Member
Kyle Peck, Outside Member

Author:

Daniels, Aubrey

Title:

A Retrospective Study on the Relationships between Complex Trauma, Family Environment, Family Cohesion, Resilience, and Depression in Young Adults

Graduate Program:

Counselor Education

Keywords:

Complex Trauma
Resilience
Depression
Family
Cohesion
Family Environment
Family Cohesion
Counseling
Counselor Education
Mental Health
School Counselors
Higher Education
Trauma
Counselor Supervision

File:

Download 7-25-19_FINAL_PDF_Aubrey_Daniels_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Julia A Green Bryan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jolynn Carney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Diandra Janelle Prescod, Committee Member
Carlomagno Del Carmen Panlilio, Committee Member
Kenneth Levy, Outside Member

Author:

Hu, Tien Ling

Title:

THE SCHOOLED SOCIETY IN TAIWAN: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HIGHER EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT AND STEM+ BRAIN DRAIN OR BRAIN CIRCULATION?

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

Higher Education
brain drain
brain circulation
scientific production
research university
STEM+

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

David P Baker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kevin Kinser, Program Head/Chair
Maryellen Schaub, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bigelow, Taylor Marie

Title:

Influences on College Student Alcohol Recidivists in Recovery and Their Decision Making: A Narrative Inquiry

Graduate Program:

Counselor Education

Keywords:

College Student
Alcohol Use
Recidivism
Decision Making
Narrative Inquiry
Health Education
Brief Intervention
Alcohol Recovery
Substance Use
Higher Education

File:

Download Bigelow_Dissertation_Final_Revised_7.20.2020.pdf

Committee Members:

Jolynn Carney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jolynn Carney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Wendy Ann Coduti, Committee Member
Diandra Janelle Prescod, Committee Member
Mari Haneda, Outside Member
Carlos P Zalaquett, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhai, Yusen

Title:

Investigating the Relationships Between College Student Mental Health, Risk Perception, Protective Factors, and Academic Persistence in Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Graduate Program:

Counselor Education

Keywords:

COVID-19
Mental Health
Risk Perception
Optimism
Help-seeking
Social Support
Academic Persistence
College Student
Higher Education
Marginalized Students
Disproportionate Impact
Health Disparities
Inequalities

File:

Download Zhai_-_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jolynn Carney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jolynn Carney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Diandra Prescod, Committee Member
Julia A Green Bryan, Committee Member
Mary Beth Oliver, Outside Member
Liza Marie Conyers, Committee Member
Jolynn Carney, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Cassell, Alexander

Title:

State Postsecondary Governance Reforms in the Twenty-First Century

Graduate Program:

Higher Education (PHD)

Keywords:

Higher Education
Public Policy
Governance
State Government
Governance Reform

File:

Download Cassell_Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Kevin Kinser, Program Head/Chair
John Cheslock, Major Field Member
Kelly Rosinger, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Andrew Fenelon, Outside Unit & Field Member
Karly Ford, Major Field Member

Author:

Park, Hyunju

Title:

First-generation college students’ academic and social involvement towards degree completion

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

First-generation college students
Activity Involvement
Degree Completion
Higher Education

File:

Download Doctoral_Dissertation_Hyun_Ju_Park_Higher_Education_Submitted_.pdf

Committee Members:

John Jesse Cheslock, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Jesse Cheslock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Leticia Oseguera, Committee Member
David Post, Committee Member
Jonna Marie Kulikowich, Outside Member
Kevin Kinser, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Montgomery, Rachel Lynn

Title:

“We Built the Airplane as We Were Flying It”: A Grounded Exploration of Co-Deanships in U.S. Law Schools

Graduate Program:

Higher Education (PHD)

Keywords:

Co-Leadership
Co-Deanship
Co-Dean
Dyad
Legal Education
Higher Education
Law Schools
Law School Leadership
Executive Dean
Executive Level Leadership
Shared Leadership
Collective Leadership
Dyadic Leadership
Grounded Theory

File:

Download Final_RMontgomery_6.26_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Kevin Kinser, Program Head/Chair
Karen Paulson, Outside Field Member
Leticia Oseguera, Major Field Member
Susan Simkins, Outside Unit Member
Karly Ford, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Cardenas, Artemio

Title:

Demographic Change and the Fiscal Sustainability of Public Regional Colleges and Universities

Graduate Program:

Higher Education (PHD)

Keywords:

Higher Education
Finance
Demographics
Enrollment

File:

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Committee Members:

Kelly Rosinger, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
John Cheslock, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kelly Rosinger, Major Field Member
Leticia Oseguera, Major Field Member
Chris Witko, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Dhanorkar, Shipi

Title:

An Investigation of the Design Space for Student Learning Tools that Aid Interaction with Recorded Lecture Content

Graduate Program:

Informatics (PHD)

Keywords:

Lecture Recording
AI
Human-Computer Interaction
Design
Scenario-Based Design Research
Higher Education

File:

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Committee Members:

Priya Sharma, Outside Unit & Field Member
D. Benjamin Hellar, Special Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair
Jack Carroll, Major Field Member
Kenneth Huang, Major & Minor Field Member