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Author:: Ward, Melissa
Title:: Using Local Demographic Characteristics to Predict Admittance and Enrollment of Underrepresented Applicants in a Midwest Flagship University
Graduate Program:: Rural Sociology
Keywords:: underrepresented
higher education
diversity
admittance
enrollment
File:: Download Ward_Thesis_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Kathryn Jo Brasier, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Karmelita, Courtney E
Title:: Exploring Adult Learners' Experiences Transitioning to Higher Education
Graduate Program:: Adult Education
Keywords:: adult learners
transition
higher education
adult learner barriers
transition theory
File:: Download Karmelita.Dissertation.Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Adnan A Qayyum, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Adnan A Qayyum, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Melody M Thompson, Committee Member
David Post, Committee Member
Margaret Ann Lorah, Committee Member

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Author:: Robert, Jenay Robin
Title:: Case Studies of Tenure-track Science Professors: Exploring the Relationship between Teaching and Research
Graduate Program:: Curriculum and Instruction
Keywords:: science education
stem faculty
higher education
professional development
research and teaching
File:: Download JenayRobertDissertation2016.pdf
Committee Members:: William Carlsen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rose Mary Zbiek, Committee Member
Gregory John Kelly, Committee Member
William O Hancock, Committee Member

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Author:: Fu, I-Pang
Title:: THE ROLE OF INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN IN COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES: A QUALITATIVE INQUIRY IN THREE HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
Graduate Program:: Workforce Education and Development
Keywords:: Competency-based education
competency
higher education
instructional design
qualitative inquiry
CBE
File:: Download Fu_Dissertation_Final_2016.pdf
Committee Members:: William J. Rothwell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William J. Rothwell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Wesley E. Donahue, Committee Member
Judith A. Kolb, Committee Member
Rayne A. Sperling, Outside Member

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Author:: Wymore, Joshua Aaron
Title:: College Reimagined: A Study of Affordability & Radical Organizational Change
Graduate Program:: Higher Education
Keywords:: higher education
affordability
student debt
innovation
change
small private
liberal arts
leadership
transformation
sensegiving
ASSA
academic capitalism
crisis
tuition dependent
File:: Download Wymore_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: John Jesse Cheslock, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Jesse Cheslock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Liang Zhang, Committee Member
David S Guthrie, Committee Member
Glen Kreiner, Outside Member

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