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Лебедєв, М. y М. І. Скрипник. "Educational institution contracting process: stages and procedures". Thesis, Київський національний університет технологій та дизайну, 2020. https://er.knutd.edu.ua/handle/123456789/16888.

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Melnyk, K. V., N. V. Borysova y V. I. Melnyk. "Automation of employee evaluation in educational institution". Thesis, Odessa National Academy of Food Technologies, 2019. http://repository.kpi.kharkov.ua/handle/KhPI-Press/44719.

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Markmann, Margaret Mary T. "Katharine Drexel: Educational Reformer and Institution Builder". Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2012. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/179571.

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Amidst the racial animosity that characterized the nineteenth century, Katharine Drexel, the Philadelphia heiress, believed that education would be the equalizer between white and black America. Grounded in a strong sense of Catholic social justice, Drexel committed her fortune to providing educational opportunities that frequently eluded African Americans. She established a community of Roman Catholics nuns for that specific purpose. By combining their efforts to address the deficiencies in African American education, Drexel's religious congregation reflected the efforts of other nineteenth century groups of women who pooled their efforts to address social concerns of the larger American society.
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Martínez, Contreras Ysrael Alberto. "The Transformational Leadership in a Public Educational Institution". Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2014. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/117845.

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The transformational leadership allows managers influence their teachers who recognize and attributed control to the director. The research investigated what are the characteristics of the transformational leadership of the director of a public educational institution of the UGEL 07. Through the study we recognized the features of transformational leadership in the director. The research identified three elements of the transformational leadership attributed to the director. The views expressed by the teachers and the data obtained from the respondents in order to obtain a description of the exercise of transformational leadership in the selected institution were also examined.
El liderazgo transformacional permite a los directivos influenciar en sus docentes quienes reconocen y atribuyen mando al director. La investigación indagó cuáles son las características del liderazgo transformacional del director de una institución educativa pública de la UGEL 07. A través del estudio reconocimos las características del liderazgo transformacional en el director. En la investigación se identificaron tres elementos del liderazgo transformacional atribuidos al director. También se analizaron las opiniones vertidas por los docentes y los datos obtenidos de los encuestados a fin de obtener una descripción del ejercicio del liderazgo transformacional en la institución seleccionada.
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Mullen, Gary. "Integrating Equine-Assisted Activities and Therapy (EAAT) into a Higher Learning Institution". ScholarWorks, 2010. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/845.

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Collegiate equestrian programs are costly to operate, and cost often exceeds revenue from tuition. The local problem in this project study was the need for supplemental revenue to support a cost-intensive equestrian program, without cutbacks or raising student fees. The study examined the integration of an equine-assisted activities and therapy (EAAT) program for additional income, while capitalizing on existing institutional resources at a Midwestern university in the United States. Research questions explored how to implement an EAAT program to close the budgetary gap at the project site. Systems theory formed the conceptual framework for analyzing the relationship between program characteristics and budgetary adequacy, as well as promising points of intervention in the systemic relationship between program and budget. A mixed methods design included a quantitative survey of all U.S. post-secondary institutions (37) with EAAT programs. Survey data were expanded and validated through open-ended interviews using a panel of five experts selected from the survey group. Data analysis included the constant comparative method, member checking, and triangulation procedures. Focus groups provided feedback on analyzed data regarding application to the project site. Results revealed dominant themes: collaborations; the relationship with administration; finances; staffing; scheduling; and employability. A three-option proposal was created to integrate EAAT, which included students providing community EAAT services to enhance their professional skills, and program revenue. Beyond addressing the financial issue, the social change implications of this study include preparing college graduates for service-based careers that advance a culture of equity and diversity in the workplaces to which they will bring the values learned in the EAAT program.
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Gonzaga, Reed Ryan Ronald. "The Impact of a Community-Based College Access Program at a Midwestern Institution". Thesis, Lindenwood University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10643055.

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Low-income, first-generation, urban students are typically underprepared academically for college-level course work and lack knowledge, which most non-first-generation students possess (Ward, Siegel, & Davenport, 2012). Success in higher education depends on students effectively navigating and transitioning into an institution (Pike & Kuh, 2005). Community-based nonprofit organizations support first-generation, low-income, urban students as they navigate through the provision of college access/readiness programs (Smith, Benitez, Carter, & Melnick, 2012). The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of one community-based college access program on the persistence, retention, and matriculation of its participants. Quantitative data included retention rates and grade point averages of 39 students who participated in the program and 82 similarly qualified non-participants. The retention rate for students participating in the program was 95% and the GPA was 2.88, as compared to a 79% retention rate and a GPA of 2.40 for similarly qualified students. The difference in both retention rates and GPA was statistically significant. For the qualitative portion of the study, focus groups were conducted to understand perceptions of 15 participants who were first-generation, low-income, urban students. Their responses were viewed through the lens of Schlossberg's (1989) theory of marginality and mattering. In addition, staff members who have worked longitudinally with students were interviewed. Three themes emerged: relationships, intentional experiences, and self-advocacy. Based on the findings from this study, college access programs should design their curriculum and experiences around the relationship between students and staff members.

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Wilson, TaJuan RaKeem. "The Impact of TRIO Student Support Services at a Midwestern Institution". Thesis, Lindenwood University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10125269.

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First-generation, low-income, and disabled college students are an increasing population (Tinto, 2012). TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) is an academic support program funded by the U.S. Department of Education that seeks to support this demographic to overcome challenges and thrive while in college (Coffman, 2011). Utilizing a mixed methods approach, the goal of this study was to examine the student success outcomes of retention and grade point average of TRIO SSS students compared to students who are similarly qualified but not being served by TRIO SSS at a Midwestern, large, public, four-year institution. In addition, TRIO SSS seniors were interviewed during focus groups. During focus groups, students reflected on their overall programmatic experiences in TRIO. A total of 1,913 students were involved in the quantitative analysis, and 16 TRIO seniors participated in the focus groups. Data analysis resulted in the emergence of four major themes: (a) relationships, (b) loyalty, (c) trust, and (d) transformation. These findings were consistent with other studies conducted within the scope of Tinto’s (2012) theory of student retention. All of the interview participants identified a profound and personal emotional connection to their time in TRIO SSS. This study was significant due to the lack of previous research that couples the experiences of students with quantitative data. Implications for practice included, but were not limited to, stronger support for first-generation students through a range of campus partnerships and initiatives. Recommendations for future research included expanding this study by examining TRIO programs at other institutions and gathering perceptions of first-generation students through multiple focus groups.

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Payton, Whitney Monique. "Factors Affecting Institution Selection for Undergraduate Gates Millennium Scholars". DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 2016. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/cauetds/27.

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College enrollment is experiencing an upward trend; however, the quality of institutions selected by minority students remains a question. Promising minority students are failing to select high quality colleges and universities, despite academic components that would leave them otherwise qualified for admission. In fact, nearly 80% of high academic achieving low-income, minority students under match when selecting a college or university (Obama & Obama, 2014). The purpose of this study was to examine the factors leading to selection of institution for Gates Millennium Scholars while examining the relationship between college selection and socioeconomic status, cost, high school grade point average (GPA), family support, need for achievement, self efficacy, persistence, advisement, and technology for Gates Millennium Scholars. Pearson Correlation was utilized to examine survey data collected from 87 Gates Millennium Scholars. The implications of collection selection for low- income, minority students are significant in understanding the needs of this highly diverse student population. This study sought to identify the variables that significantly impact college selection for low-income minority students.
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Wampler, Douglas R. "Legacy systems migration in the small liberal arts educational institution". Virtual Press, 2003. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1273274.

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With new technologies arriving at an ever-increasing rate, legacy systems migration has become a growing research area. However there are few if any studies that analyze a comprehensive actual migration in progress. Legacy system migrations commonly fail and typically fail in the planning phase unbeknownst to their project managers. Possessing information on other successes and problems would aid in mitigating these failures.The Value and Significance of the ProblemThe purpose of this research is to initially document an actual legacy systems migration for a small liberal arts educational institution and analyze the successes and failures to identify their underlying cause in order to enforce or discourage certain practices. There are very few software/hardware migration studies, if any that are based on actual data. For this reason this study provides the academic community with an important data point for analysis.The MethodThe migration under consideration is an Administrative Systems Upgrade at DePauw University. The current system that has had minor upgrades is approximately twenty years old. The planned migration has a three-year scope. The planning phase started on March 2002 and finished on March 2003. Important documents that will be analyzed to form a basis for analysis will be a white paper entitled Employment of Technology to Improve Administrative Operations: Assessment and Recommendations, produced by an external consultant, the resulting actual migration plan, discussions with the project manager and related technical staff who are involved with the migration. RisksSince the research will conclude before the completion of the DePauw Administrative Systems Upgrade, this study will be limited to the tasks completed within the timeframe. As with studying any real system success of the study may be affected by:Completion of assigned milestones within the project itself;Input from end users in the form of interviews or surveys;Input from IT staff involved in the upgrade in the form of interviews or surveys.The portion of the DePauw Administrative Systems Upgrade that falls outside the scope of this research may be the topic of future research.
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Eid, O. M. "The khalwa as an Islamic educational institution in the Sudan". Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.370219.

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McArdle, Gerard M. M. "An analysis of gender issues in a co-educational institution". Thesis, University of Ulster, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.393763.

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Teeple, Jamie Eric. "A Multidisciplinary Normative Evaluation of Media as an Educational Institution". University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1372859710.

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Mason, Tisa Ann. "The commuters' alma mater: Profiles of college student experiences at a commuter institution". W&M ScholarWorks, 1993. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539618744.

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Writers have criticized the literature on college student involvement as being biased, starting from the premise that the residential experience is the normative one, and have called for a reexamination of the concept of student involvement. Thus in response to that need, this study explored the concept of student involvement from commuter college students' perspectives.;Focused on both Astin's theory of student involvement and Pace's work on quality of effort, it was hypothesized that there were differences between highly involved commuter college students and commuter college students who were minimally involved in the college experience. Since student involvement has both quantitative and qualitative features, the study explored the concept of student involvement by utilizing both research methods. The quantitative portion of the study applied the College Student Experiences Questionnaire. This instrument not only provided a snapshot of student involvement but also identified highly involved and minimally involved college students who served as the sample frame for the qualitative portion of the study which involved the use of field notes, semi-structures interviews, focus groups, and paper and pencil exercises.;Through a combination of a series of statistical procedures, matrix displays, content analysis, and narration, it was concluded that highly involved commuter college students differed from those students minimally involved in the college experience. Students described a variety of opportunities for involvement and perceived that the opportunity for involvement did exist on a commuter campus.;Although students who were highly involved in the college experience were diverse with regard to age, gender and other characteristics, overall, those students who were enrolled full time and were younger than 26 tended to put forth more effort toward utilizing group facilities and participating in organized activities than did part-time students and students 26 years of age or older. Furthermore, evidence was presented to suggest that a key to involvement inequities among commuter students, and between commuter and resident students may involve the difficulty in engaging in constructive peer relationships. Based on the students' experiences 13 suggestions for facilitating the involvement of commuter students were offered. Among other things it was concluded that where one lives (resident or commuter) may not be the sole determinant of one's college experience. Further research is needed with regard to this topic.
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Martin, Robin. "African American Leadership in Urban Institutions of Higher Education: A Case Narrative of the Social, Cultural, and Institutional Impact of an Individual Leader at a Historically White Institution". University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1368024654.

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Dorsey, Gwendolyn C. "An Examination of the Lived Educational Experiences of Successful Latinas Currently Enrolled in a Four-Year Institution". Thesis, The George Washington University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3738491.

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This qualitative research study discovers, investigates and explores how selected Latinas make meaning of their high school experience. This study also examines whether there are any resources and/or factors that contributed to their success. The 14 participants are currently enrolled as full time students at a post-secondary institution. The researcher conducted one in-depth, semi-structured interview with each participant. Qualitative research methods (Merriam, 2009) were used to analyze what participants shared. Social capital theory was the theoretical perspective that provided the lens for this study (Coleman, 1988; Putnam, 2000; Stanton-Salazar, 2001). A concept map containing four categories, self, family, school and community, along with a constructivist outlook were included in the overall approach to interpret how Latinas made meaning of their experience. Results from analysis of the data revealed five main themes: (a) Self Identity, (b) Family Influences, (c) Educational Experiences, (d) Advocacy, and (e) Community Connections. These themes and the categories in the concept map are interrelated and were found to have an impact on how Latinas access, acquire, network, and build upon social capital. The conclusions, along with the implication to theory, inform the implications for practice in school systems and policy.

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Hernández, Diana Marie. "The Actions Institutional Agents Take to Support First-Generation Latino College Students at A Catholic Hispanic-Serving Institution: An Embedded Case Study". W&M ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1530192466.

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The purpose of the study was to examine the actions institutional agents took to support first-generation Latino students at a Catholic Hispanic-Serving Institution using Stanton-Salazar’s (2010) framework. All but one of the 14 roles in the framework were present. An in-depth examination of the framework led to the creation of a fluidity model, aligning with Stanton-Salazar (2010) and Jiménez’s (2012) findings that institutional agents fulfilled simultaneous and multiple roles. In addition, the data demonstrated that institutional agents’ roles worked in tandem with Rendón’s (1994) validation theory. Last, context and whether St. Jude’s was Hispanic-serving versus Hispanic-enrolling (Corral, Gasman, Nguyen, & Samayoa, 2015; Hurtado, González, & Calderón Galdeano, 2015; Malcom-Piqueux, 2010; D. A. Santiago, 2009) were addressed. St. Jude’s was both Hispanic-serving and Hispanic-enrolling according to D. A. Santiago’s (2009) definition. A conceptual model was introduced based upon all of the findings. Based upon the findings, Stanton-Salazar’s (2010) framework can serve researchers and practitioners alike as a roadmap to advance the academic and social needs of first-generation Latino students. Keywords: Latino, Hispanic-Serving Institution(s), validation, first-generation
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Perrell, Amber Renee. "The Impact of Sense of Belonging Interventions on Social Integration at a Small, Private Institution". Thesis, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10784995.

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Higher education institutions continue to struggle with encouraging retention for first-year students. Prior research has shown that establishing social integration during the first-year of college is a crucial component of a successful transition and has a positive influence on student persistence and academic success (Astin, 1993; Chapman & Pascarella, 1983; Tinto, 1993). Social integration has historically been defined in terms of peer connections and involvement (Tinto, 1993); however, recent research has explored the importance of sense of belonging as an important psychosocial component in the transition to college (Strayhorn, 2012a). Sense of belonging focuses on feelings of fit, perceptions of social support, and feeling as though one matters to the community. The current study sought to explore the conceptual framework in which sense of belonging was included as a component of social integration. Moreover, this study explored whether institutional action could influence first-year students’ overall social integration through a focus on peer connections, involvement, and sense of belonging.

This quasi-experimental, quantitative study analyzed the influence of a campus intervention focused on social integration, called the Belonging Reinforcement Intervention (BRI). The BRI program was delivered to first-year students at a small, private institution during the first three weeks of their collegiate experience. The Belonging Reinforcement Intervention included researched components related to social belonging and normalizing students’ not feeling an immediate sense of fit (Walton & Cohen, 2011a), reinforcing institutional commitment and belonging through communications (Hausmann et al., 2007), and research focused on peer mentoring as a way to encourage campus involvements (Peck, 2011). The study used a national instrument, the Mapworks Transition Survey, to determine if this intervention could influence the various components of social integration.

The findings from the study support a comprehensive view of social integration that includes sense of belonging. The findings further indicate that students who participated in the BRI program showed statistically significant increases in peer connections, involvement, and the current study’s social integration scale which included sense of belonging. Furthermore, the findings suggest that the BRI program was particularly beneficial for Hispanic students with their intent to become involved and for female students for their overall social integration. The results of this study have implications for future institutional interventions and developing lasting programs that will help first-year students to succeed and persist in their college experience. The conclusions presented suggest that a broader definition of social integration can allow institutions and researchers to better understand and support the challenges students face during the transition to college.

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Karousou, Regina. "Investigating undergraduate students' transitions within one institution of higher education". Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2010. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/11873/.

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The thesis explores the potentially problematic nature of transitions and the implications for the way students engage with (and disengage from) the process of learning. Although studies in the field of student experience, learning approaches and transitions have examined the relation between learning and contextual factors, there has not been an in-depth examination of the ways students cope with the changes at personal and academic level they are confronted with at university. This study draws initially upon the theories of Lave & Wenger to develop a theoretical model for conceptualising students' experiences of learning at university. The study is therefore able to provide additional insights into the way individual identity; institutional communities and the interaction between the personal and the social elements can play a role in students' experiences of their transitions to and in university. This is developed with a very specific focus on transitions from first to second year study at university. In order to explore the nature and range of transitions that students experience, the methodological design of the study is based upon a qualitative methodology including classroom observations, semi-structured interviews of nine undergraduate students along with non-participant observation of two modules within one pre-1992 HE institution. The data are analysed to explore the research participants' perceptions, meanings and practices as these are negotiated and enacted in the various communities before and after their transition to and within university. The research findings suggest that the process of transitions involves a rich interplay between roles, relationships and participation. As students strive to develop higher order skills and become part of their communities, they seem to be confronted with changes in perceptions, positions and attitudes. These changes can be seen as deriving from the interactions between students and their institutional and wider communities. In essence, therefore, the thesis offers a model for understanding students' transitions to and within university. This model suggests that underpinning students' experiences at university are a range of transitions within various communities that influence the way identities, knowledge, and practices are constructed.
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Issaias, Theodossios D. (Theodlossios Demetrios). "Re-imaging the knowledge factory : an alternative role for Attica's educational institution". Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/65550.

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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2011.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-108).
Point of departure for this thesis is a concern regarding educational institutions' current state and the dialectic that it suggests with the city within which they reside. US universities and specifically MIT are used as case studies to depict the contemporary conditions that characterize research and education and their impact in their physical, economic and social context. Last, using as a test-field the city of Eleusina in Greece, this proposal aims to destruct the accumulated and concentrated value embedded in the knowledge economies of universities. The recent financial crisis in Greece has created conditions in which the state of emergency defines sovereignty itself. Nevertheless, by seeking to trade on values of authenticity, locality, culture opens space for political thought, and potentially actions within which alternatives can be both formulated and achieved. Universities as cultural institutions are taking part in this dynamic process. Educational institutions could provide the platform for redefining and negotiating the cultural commons. Operating in multiple geographies, universities are part of the global networks of knowledge. They are also significant nodes of the knowledge system and its global-local dialectic. The manifestation of these systems in urban space makes universities ideal places for this exploration. The restructuring of the Greek University, already an undergoing process, gives the opportunity to re-imagine education in its contemporary context. This project is sited in the city of Eleusina; one of the most devastated areas in the country both by the recent crisis and by its industrial past. On the other hand the city's unique superimposition of layers created through the centuries - evident in the urban fabric - in addition with the current uncertainty, are used as the pivot for the proposal of an alternative educational institution.
by Theodossios D Issaias.
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Sharma, Pradeep. "Identity formation, newcomer dynamics and organisational change in a higher educational institution". Thesis, University of Hertfordshire, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2299/12625.

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This research looks at the dynamics of identity formation in a higher education organisation during a strategic branding project, the arrival of a newcomer and my role as the dean of a school of art and design. Most branding literature focuses on the key stages of how a brand proposition is formed and assumes the straightforward roll out of the identity for the organisation. In this research I focus on what goes on around me as ideas are formed and presented back to the organisation, rather than on the idealised process of what should go on. The method takes a “withness” approach to the narrative rather than a synoptic case study approach, focusing on my experience and practice. This highlights the social context of organisational life – the context of human power relationships in which people enable and constrain each other on the basis of human attributes such as identities, anxieties, values, emotions, fear, expectations, motives and interests. The research shows that intention is only a part of the narratives about strategy and identity in organisations. I argue that notions of certainty that are inherent in intentional brand strategies are often based on arbitrary inferences and that by nature brand propositions are abstractions and therefore only representative of a partial reality. To present them in a rigid sense and develop vigilant strategies for identity preservation seems artificially limiting and devoid of context. Branding has played an important role in the world of objects and transactions. It has indicated a sense of ownership, a promise of quality and performance, and more recently an indication of self-image and identity. Yet when branding is applied to organisations it is problematic. Taking principles from a context of objects and applying them to social life has led to branding often being about the preservation of a specific concept of identity and not about the ongoing dynamic process of identity formation in organisations. It is frequently seen as manipulative and controlling, yet is also seen as an important indicator of personality, differentiation, togetherness and is linked to notions of loyalty and trust. Paralleling Mead’s notion of the “I-me” dialectic, an organization can also be seen to be emerging in the context in terms of its presentation in everyday life. The notion of certainty in this sense of organizational identity denies the dynamics of the situation and one could argue that vagueness is present in all aspects of social life and essential for creative action as it allows space for newness. Any articulation of identity is a simplification of an identity that is constantly evolving. But at what level are these simplifications and abstractions useful and not debilitating? This is not to argue that intention and strategy are not essential parts of joint action. The process of negotiating is an essential part of working together towards joint action. It is a process in which we reveal our intent and discover important aspects about each other and ourselves as we emerge in the social; it is about intention and attention. However we cannot really know how people will respond to our gestures and actions, and it is in the actions that we reveal the sincerity of our intent. Managers and strategies do not solely determine organisational identity, and neither are employees free to choose their identities, attitudes, expectations and actions. We are both enabled and constrained by our own pasts and social relationships. We inform the organisational identity as well as being informed by it in an on going process of relating. This way of thinking has implications for the way that we think about brand strategy in organisations – it is not a deterministic process of control, and neither is it a process of anarchic behavior, of open resistance to management intention. Branding is a social act and is performed by human agents who are inherently complex, individual and collective at the same time. The role of the practitioner is to make sense of what is going on between us and pay attention to what emerges – after all, it is not what a brand is but what a brand does.
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Ellis, John Alfred. "The factors that motivate teachers and administrative staff in an educational institution". Thesis, Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1987. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B18036995.

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Thesis (M. Ed.)--University of Hong Kong, 1987.
Cover title: The factors that motivate teaching and administrative staff in an educational institution. Includes bibliographical references (leaf 74-79).
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Chey, Chor Khoon. "Cultural acclimatisation: Foreign students studying in a private educational institution in Singapore". Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2007. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/308.

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This Portfolio aims to examine the problems of acclimatisation and coping strategies of such foreign students. A sample of tweleve students was chosen from Chinese students studying at one private educational institution in Singapore. Drawing on the findings of Furnham (1997) and Murphy-Lejenne (2002), among others, the present study looks at the reasons why the participants decided to travel overseas, why they chose Singapore as their destination, what problems they encountered while here, and how they coped with the problems. They were also asked what specific problems they encountered with the schools they enrolled in. It is the contention of the present study that school has a major influenceon their overall acclimatisation. Suggestions were sought from the participants on ways they thought the school could help make their stay here more successful The in-depth interviews found that the main problem encountered by the Chinese students were with accommodation, student agents, school, language, and the :attitude of the local populance towards them. To cope with their problem;, they relied on friends, and family for support and information, and used modern technology for communication. They expected the school to help them find suitable accommodation and practise higher standards of service. The present study concludes with recommendations for further actions needed by schools and government and areas for future research.
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Sparrow, Alice Pickett 1939. "THE SOCIOLOGICAL IMPACT OF THE FAMILY EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS AND PRIVACY ACT ON AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION". Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/275273.

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Fenwick, Stephanie. "Exploring Faculty Members’ Multicultural Competence at a Faith-Based Institution". ScholarWorks, 2014. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/480.

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This study explored challenges related to issues of diversity for faculty members teaching in nontraditional adult degree completion programs. The problem addressed was an increasing expectation that faculty members facilitate learning to help increase the cultural proficiency of their students without having prior training or needed experience. A critical appreciative inquiry (CAI) case study methodology with a transformative conceptual framework was used to explore the intersection of effective adult learning paradigms and multicultural competence. The primary research question addressed the cultural competence challenges that faculty members confront when teaching in the adult classroom. A purposeful sample of 188 faculty members was selected to take a self-reflective survey. Ten participants then self-selected to participate in follow-up focus groups and interviews. Qualitative data analysis was conducted through line-by-line analysis resulting in emergent themes, both in the self-reflective survey and in the focus groups and interviews, and then filtered through the change process phases of CAI. Findings revealed a need for further knowledge about diversity scholarship and identity formation, particularly related to sociocultural power differentials that may impact student learning engagement. The resulting project was a training module with opportunities for follow-up faculty learning communities to deepen learning about inclusive practice. Positive implications for social change included, but were not limited to, increased critical consciousness for faculty members and the successful use of CAI as a methodology for facilitating nondefensive dialogue in faith-based institutions of higher learning.
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Varnavas, Andreas. "Achieving excellence through organisation learning : developing the capabilities of a hospitality educational institution". Thesis, Middlesex University, 2006. http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/13553/.

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Boyne, Grace Marie 1948. "Cross-cultural communication: Perceptions on an educational institution by urban and traditional Indians". Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/291447.

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Cross cultural communication is difficult because of the different cultural parameters. The cultural experiences define your perspective. Behavior in culture, moreover, is dependent on many factors as historical, sociological and psychological experiences. These experiences further define your worldview and determine your reactions.
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Lynch, Robin Vann. "Mentoring and 'Others': The Mentoring Experiences of African American Students in a Predominantly White Institution of Higher Education". The Ohio State University, 2000. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1392384339.

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Visser, Joy-Anne. "Challenges and support needs of mature postgraduate part-time students at a higher education institution". Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/18044.

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ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The researcher wished to ascertain what challenges mature, part-time, postgraduate Masters students faced. The research project focussed on the challenges faced by mature, part-time, postgraduate Masters students, in particular those challenges concerning their higher education institution. The interview schedule questions were based on the main challenging domains as revealed in the literature review. The researcher also gave the students the opportunity to voice any other challenges/support that was not covered in the interview schedule. The interview schedule was used at the face-to-face interviews and e-mailed to students that were unable to have interviews. The researcher used Qualitative Research Design so she could elicit verbal/written, descriptive accounts of students' experiences of challenges and support at their higher education institution. The focus points allowed the researcher to gather much information with regard to the support the students got in the challenging domains namely; Home, Family, Work, Colleagues, Social, Financial, Institution and any Other Challenges/Support. The mature, part-time, postgraduate Masters students felt they needed more support in various areas as well as from their institution of higher education. The researcher's aim is to bring the challenging domains and findings to the attention of those concerned with student support and recommend some support measures that could be adopted. Further research topics were also put forward.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Dit was die navorser se wens om te bepaal watter uitdagings volwasse, deeltydse, nagraadse Meestersgraad studente in die gesig staar. Die navorsingsprojek het gefokus op die uitdagings wat ondervind word deur volwasse, deeltydse, nagraadse Meestersgraad studente veral uitdagings aangaande hoër opvoedkundige instellings. Die onderhoud skedule vrae is gebaseer op die hoof uitdagende areas soos getoon in die Literatuur Oorsig. Die navorser het ook die studente 'n geleentheid gegee om enige ander uitdagings of vorme van ondersteuning te noem wat nie in die onderhoud skedule gedek is nie. Die onderhoud skedule is gebruik in persoonlike onderhoude wat ook ge-epos is aan studente wat nie die onderhoude kon bywoon nie. Daar is gebruik gemaak van Kwalitatiewe Navorsing sodat die navorser die nodige verbale/geskrewe, beskrywings van die studente se ervarings, uitdagings en ondersteuning by die hoër opvoedkundige instellings kon bestudeer. Die fokuspunte het die navorser toegelaat om baie informasie met betrekking tot die ondersteuning wat studente gekry het in uitdagende areas bv. Huis, Familie, Werk, Kollegas, Sosiale, Finansiële, Instelling en enige ander uitdagings/ondersteuning te verkry. Die volwasse, deeltydse, nagraadse Meestergraad studente het gevoel dat hul meer ondersteuning benodig in verskeie areas sowel as van hul hoër opvoedkundige instelling. Die navorser se doel is om uitdagende areas en bevindings onder die aandag van diegene betrokke in die ondersteuning van studente te bring, en sommige meganismes wat as ondersteuning kan bied aan te beveel. Verdere navorsingsonderwerpe is ook na vore gebring.
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Dalgety, Michael Franklin. "Student-athlete perceptions of a summer pre-enrollment experience at an NCAA Division I-AAA institution". Scholarly Commons, 2012. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/81.

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The purpose of this exploratory qualitative study was to examine student-athlete perceptions of the role of summer pre-enrollment in their adjustment and transition to college. The study focused on student-athletes who received athletically-related financial aid at a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I-AAA institution. The Academic Progress Rate (APR), which measures academic eligibility and retention while incorporating a penalty structure for underperforming teams and athletic departments, has emerged as the fundamental measure of academic success for intercollegiate athletics programs. Educators have responded with a broad spectrum of support programs for student-athletes in order to meet APR benchmarks and avoid costly penalties. The NCAA first permitted the awarding of athletic aid to incoming student-athletes for summer pre-enrollment during the early part of the last decade. However, relatively little research has examined the concept of summer pre-enrollment and the role it may play in a student-athlete's adjustment and transition to college. The researcher conducted retrospective in-depth interviews with seven men's and women's basketball student-athletes who had completed one year of full-time enrollment at the selected institution and who received athletic aid for their summer pre-enrollment. Data was analyzed in a manner consistent with Boeije's Constant Comparative Analysis. This study drew upon Schlossberg's Transition Theory, and the participants described their experience in relation to their situation, self, support, and strategies. Collectively, the findings suggested that the participants perceived at least some benefit to their academic adjustment and social integration to college from the summer pre-enrollment. Though the summer pre-enrollment may not have provided identical academic, athletic, and social demands as the academic year, most of the participants indicated they were able to gain a better understanding of what college classes and college life were like as a result of their summer pre-enrollment participation. The findings further suggested that the participants were well prepared and well equipped for the demands of college prior to their summer pre-enrollment experience. Future research is needed to examine the role of summer pre-enrollment in the college adjustment and transition of student-athletes who are less prepared for the demands of college.
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D'Cunha, Fidelis Teresa. "A Qualitative Case Study on the Functional Role of the Chief Mission Officer within the Organizational Structure of a Catholic Higher Education Institution: A Strategy to Preserve the Integrity of Institutional Mission and Identity". University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1404776046.

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Rapaport, Irene. "Women's informal learning experiences at work : perspectives of support staff in an educational institution". Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ37229.pdf.

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Scheepers, Margarietha Johanna. "A strategic marketing planning framework for a private educational institution / by Margarietha J. Scheepers". Thesis, Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/2773.

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Keelen, Kevin Michael. "Educational plans in achieving student transfer goals results from a private, two-year institution /". Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2009. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1925733431&sid=9&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Smith, Kandis Marie Beaman. "Barriers, benefits and consequences of technology in classroom instruction : a case study of a Research I institution /". free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 1998. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p9924926.

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Carr-Winston, Melodie. "A Mixed-Methods Study Investigating the Relationship between Minority Student Perceptions of the Climate and Culture of Their Institution and the Climate and Culture of Higher Education". Thesis, Lindenwood University, 2019. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=13426680.

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The researcher conducted a mixed-methods study at a private, Midwestern, Predominantly White institution in order to determine the relationship between minority student perceptions of higher education and minority student perceptions of their institution. The goal of the study was to determine whether minority student perceptions of the climate and culture of their institution influenced their perception of higher education as a whole. Another objective was to determine whether minority student perceptions connected to minority student retention. To determine the relationship, the researcher surveyed 20 undergraduate, African American students and conducted one-on-one interviews with three of the students between the fall of 2017 and the summer of 2018.

The researcher analyzed the results of the climate and culture perceptions survey instruments to determine relationships between minority student perceptions of the culture of higher education and minority student perceptions of the culture of their school. Secondly, the researcher analyzed the relationship between minority student perceptions of the climate of higher education and minority student perceptions of the climate of the school. Through quantitative analysis, the researcher determined there was no relationship between minority student perceptions of the culture and climate of higher education broadly, and their perceptions of the culture and climate of their institution.

Qualitative analyses suggested students believed their perception of school climate and culture mirrored the climate and culture of higher education. Perceptions included facing racism and microaggressions, a lack of support from faculty, and not feeling intentionally included in campus programming all while having a sense of safety on campus. Regardless of whether student perceptions of higher education were positive or negative, each student who did not graduate that year intended to return the following academic year. Individual reasons for intent to return determined the relationship between minority student perceptions of higher education and minority student retention.

Recommendations from the researcher included exploring mentoring programs geared toward minority students, investigating the benefits of a diversity course for all students, implementing an African American Studies program, conducting research focused on reasons minority students remain at an institution, and the functionality of other groups considered minority in higher education. Exploring the aforementioned suggestions in depth could lead to a better overall understanding of how minority students can receive support and experience more retention in higher education.

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Booysen, Lene. "Educational interpreting in undergraduate courses at a tertiary institution : perceptions of students, lecturers and interpreters". Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/97131.

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ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In recent years, there has been an increase in the use of educational interpreting at tertiary institutions in South Africa. Various pilot studies, as well as long-running interpreting projects at North West University, University of the Free State, and the University of Johannesburg have shown that educational interpreting is a viable way of implementing a multilingual language policy and accommodating various languages in the classroom. Educational interpreting has also been researched at Stellenbosch University (SU) in recent years and following the success of a 2011 pilot project at the Faculty of Engineering, the university plans to implement the service in other faculties as well (see Stellenbosch University Language Policy 2014). The study reported in this thesis was conducted at SU and was interested in the perceptions of interpreting held by the three main role players in the interpreting service. The main focus of the study was on examining perceptions of interpreting held by second year Engineering students who attended lectures in which educational interpreting was used as mode of delivery. The data collected on these perceptions was also contextualised by findings from data collected on students’ language backgrounds (including language use, language attitude and actual and perceived language proficiency). As a secondary aim, the study was interested in the perceptions held by lecturers and interpreters working in the Faculty of Engineering. Findings indicated that students generally had positive perceptions of interpreting and felt that interpreting was a good way to accommodate various languages at SU. It also proved useful to collect data on students’ language backgrounds in order to contextualise the results of the interpreting questionnaire, as important nuances emerged which were not apparent when these results were considered on their own. This lead to the insight that feedback from students regarding their experience of the interpreting service should be contextualised in terms of their language backgrounds, as this would lead to more valuable and useful feedback. Finally, lecturers and interpreters both showed positive perceptions of interpreting, with a marked progression in perception of the role of the interpreter in the classroom becoming apparent as experience of educational interpreting increased. The most important suggestion to follow from this finding was that students and lecturers should be made (more) aware of what interpreting entails, how interpreters are trained and how they prepare for lectures, as this should lead to more positive perceptions and increased use of this service.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Opvoedkundige tolking het oor die afgelope paar jaar baie gewild geword by tersiêre instellings. Verskeie loodsprojekte en gevestigde tolkprogramme by NWU, UVS en UJ het bewys dat opvoedkundige tolking ‘n lewensvatbare manier is om meertalige taalbeleide te implementeer, en om die gebruik van verskeie tale binne die klaskamer moontlik te maak. Opvoedkundige tolking word ook by SU nagevors en sedert die sukses van ‘n loodsprojek gedurende 2011 by die Fakulteit van Ingenieurswese het die gebruik van opvoedkunidge tolking in klaskamers begin toeneem. Die studie het belang gestel in die persepsies van tolking van die drie hoofrolspelers van die tolkdiens. Die primêre fokuspunt van die studie was om die persepsies van tolking van tweedejaar-ingenieurswesestudente wat lesings gehad het met opvoedkundige tolking te ondersoek. Die data wat oor hierdie persepsies ingesamel is, is ook gekontekstualiseer deur bevindinge wat gemaak is uit die beskouing van data oor die studente se taalagtergrond (insluitende taalgebruik, taalhouding, en werklike en waargenome taalvaardigheid). Die sekondêre fokuspunt van die studie was om insigte te verkry oor die persepsies van tolking van dosente by die Fakulteit van Ingenieurswese, asook van die tolke wat die ingenieursmodules getolk het. Soos reeds genoem het die Fakulteit van Ingenieurswese reeds sedert 2011 sekere modules aangebied deur middel van opvoedkundige tolking. Teen die tyd wat data ingesamel is in die tweede semester van 2013 was dit moontlik om data te verkry van tweedejaar-ingenieurswesestudente wat reeds vir amper twee semesters aan opvoedkundige tolking in hul klaskamer blootgestel is. Die bevindinge van die studie het oor die algemeen aangetoon dat studente ‘n positiewe persepsie gehad het van tolking, en dat hulle gevoel het tolking ‘n goeie manier is om verskeie tale by die universiteit te akkommodeer. Die gebruik van data oor studente se taalagtergrond as konteks vir die bespreking van die persepsiedata was ook baie handig, aangesien belangrike nuanses vorendag gekom het wat nie duidelik was toe die persepsiedata op sy eie beskou is nie. Dosente en tolke het beide ‘n positiewe persepsie van die tolking getoon, met ‘n duidelike progressie wat plaasgevind het in hul persepsie van die rol van die tolk in die klaskamer namate die omvang van hul ervaring met opvoedkundige tolking vermeerder het.
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Luna, Michael. "A Case Study of the Influence of Multipurpose Spaces on Campus Life at an Institution of Art and Design". Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10285138.

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Many colleges and universities have space on campus that extends beyond a traditional classroom. These areas include but are not limited to dining hall facilities, residence halls, college bookstores, and outdoor quads that serve as a focal point of the institution. In the case of a small, private, Los Angeles-based art and design college, this type of space was not always formally available to its students. Thus, a sense of student community engagement was absent from the college experience.

The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore how the implementation of a new multipurpose space at a college of art and design had the ability to alter the social and academic experiences of art and design students. The study amplified the voices of students who lacked power and longevity at an art and design institution. In a case study method of design, an interview protocol was used for primary data collection, with additional data obtained through document collection and participant observation. Environmental theory served as a conceptual framework for this research. Ten students and seven faculty, staff, or other administrators participated in this study in the fall of 2016. Findings emphasized that art and design students have a need to foster expression and thrive in environments where strong levels of student engagement are present.

The new facility serves as the central platform to highlight values or desires that ultimately sustain the heartbeat and magnificence of the new space. Participant motivation to utilize the new space was driven by the opportunity to experience stronger engagement in spaces that were previously nonexistent. While data were collected from multiple college stakeholders, the primary focus of this research was the influence on student culture. The findings suggested a need for new systematic processes that equate to a series of short- and long-term recommenda- tions for policy and practice.

This study provides recommendations for policies and practice that may transfer to similar institutional contexts and provide institutional leaders with insights and strategies to develop community and facilitate a stronger sense of campus life in the context of an art and design school.

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Avent, Yolanda Latrice. "A SOCIOHISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF THE BLACK CHURCH AS AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION: UNDERSTANDING PARISHIONERS ENGAGEMENT AND MOTIVATION TO SEEK HIGHER EDUCATION". Diss., Virginia Tech, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/104089.

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Learning from the experiences of Black adult learners within the Black church provides an opportunity to learn from a culturally relevant space that has deeply rooted historical ties in the Black community. The over-arching research question in this study is: How does the Black church meet the needs of its adult learners, and what can higher education institution learn from these practices to retain Black students while creating a more inclusive environment? While research on adult learners is plentiful, the intersection of the Black church as a lens in which to design more culturally relevant spaces and pedagogy has not been as prominent. These experiences provide insight into how higher education institutions can provide a more learning centered and welcoming environment for Black students. This mixed methods study centered on the experiences Black adult learners who engaged in educational programs within the Black church. The quantitative analysis focused on preset motivational dimensions to measure how they impacted the adult learners' reasons for participating in church based adult education using a survey instrument. The qualitative analysis centered on their experiences during their engagement in the educational programs and their reasons for engaging through utilizing semi structured interviews. The findings suggest that adult learners perceived their experiences within the Black church as ones in which they developed a greater sense of empowerment and achievement. The participants' construction of their experiences was guided by their conceptualizations of what it meant to be Black student in an educational setting, and more specifically in the Black church. There were four major themes that highlighted the experiences of these adult learner learners, which included: (1) The Black church shielded learners from negative identity association, (2) Advocacy from the Black church was considered significant to learner engagement, (3) Trust in the educational spaces contributed to the learners' success, (4) Culturally relevant learning spaces positively influenced learner engagement. The findings of this study continue the discussion on how adult learners make sense of their experiences related to the Black church and higher education, and more importantly how create more inclusive learning spaces that remove barriers for Black students.
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Learning from the experiences of Black adult learners within the Black church provides an opportunity to learn from a culturally relevant space that has deeply rooted historical ties in the Black community. The over-arching research question in this study is: How does the Black church meet the needs of its adult learners, and what can higher education institution learn from these practices to retain Black students while creating a more inclusive environment? While research on adult learners is plentiful, the intersection of the Black church as a lens in which to design more culturally relevant spaces and pedagogy has not been as prominent. These experiences provide insight into how higher education institutions can provide a more learning centered and welcoming environment for Black students. This mixed methods study centered on the experiences Black adult learners who engaged in educational programs within the Black church. The quantitative analysis focused on preset motivational dimensions to measure how they impacted the adult learners' reasons for participating in church based adult education using a survey instrument. The qualitative analysis centered on their experiences during their engagement in the educational programs and their reasons for engaging through utilizing semi structured interviews. The findings suggest that adult learners perceived their experiences within the Black church as ones in which they developed a greater sense of empowerment and achievement. The participants' construction of their experiences was guided by their conceptualizations of what it meant to be Black student in an educational setting, and more specifically in the Black church. There were four major themes that highlighted the experiences of these adult learner learners, which included: (1) The Black church shielded learners from negative identity association, (2) Advocacy from the Black church was considered significant to learner engagement, (3) Trust in the educational spaces contributed to the learners' success, (4) Culturally relevant learning spaces positively influenced learner engagement. The findings of this study continue the discussion on how adult learners make sense of their experiences related to the Black church and higher education, and more importantly how create more inclusive learning spaces that remove barriers for Black students.
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Avent, Yolanda Latrice. "A Sociohistorical Analysis of the Black Church as an Educational Institution: Understanding Parishioners Engagement and Motivation to Seek Higher Education". Diss., Virginia Tech, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/104089.

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Learning from the experiences of Black adult learners within the Black church provides an opportunity to learn from a culturally relevant space that has deeply rooted historical ties in the Black community. The over-arching research question in this study is: How does the Black church meet the needs of its adult learners, and what can higher education institution learn from these practices to retain Black students while creating a more inclusive environment? While research on adult learners is plentiful, the intersection of the Black church as a lens in which to design more culturally relevant spaces and pedagogy has not been as prominent. These experiences provide insight into how higher education institutions can provide a more learning centered and welcoming environment for Black students. This mixed methods study centered on the experiences Black adult learners who engaged in educational programs within the Black church. The quantitative analysis focused on preset motivational dimensions to measure how they impacted the adult learners' reasons for participating in church based adult education using a survey instrument. The qualitative analysis centered on their experiences during their engagement in the educational programs and their reasons for engaging through utilizing semi structured interviews. The findings suggest that adult learners perceived their experiences within the Black church as ones in which they developed a greater sense of empowerment and achievement. The participants' construction of their experiences was guided by their conceptualizations of what it meant to be Black student in an educational setting, and more specifically in the Black church. There were four major themes that highlighted the experiences of these adult learner learners, which included: (1) The Black church shielded learners from negative identity association, (2) Advocacy from the Black church was considered significant to learner engagement, (3) Trust in the educational spaces contributed to the learners' success, (4) Culturally relevant learning spaces positively influenced learner engagement. The findings of this study continue the discussion on how adult learners make sense of their experiences related to the Black church and higher education, and more importantly how create more inclusive learning spaces that remove barriers for Black students.
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Learning from the experiences of Black adult learners within the Black church provides an opportunity to learn from a culturally relevant space that has deeply rooted historical ties in the Black community. The over-arching research question in this study is: How does the Black church meet the needs of its adult learners, and what can higher education institution learn from these practices to retain Black students while creating a more inclusive environment? While research on adult learners is plentiful, the intersection of the Black church as a lens in which to design more culturally relevant spaces and pedagogy has not been as prominent. These experiences provide insight into how higher education institutions can provide a more learning centered and welcoming environment for Black students. This mixed methods study centered on the experiences Black adult learners who engaged in educational programs within the Black church. The quantitative analysis focused on preset motivational dimensions to measure how they impacted the adult learners' reasons for participating in church based adult education using a survey instrument. The qualitative analysis centered on their experiences during their engagement in the educational programs and their reasons for engaging through utilizing semi structured interviews. The findings suggest that adult learners perceived their experiences within the Black church as ones in which they developed a greater sense of empowerment and achievement. The participants' construction of their experiences was guided by their conceptualizations of what it meant to be Black student in an educational setting, and more specifically in the Black church. There were four major themes that highlighted the experiences of these adult learner learners, which included: (1) The Black church shielded learners from negative identity association, (2) Advocacy from the Black church was considered significant to learner engagement, (3) Trust in the educational spaces contributed to the learners' success, (4) Culturally relevant learning spaces positively influenced learner engagement. The findings of this study continue the discussion on how adult learners make sense of their experiences related to the Black church and higher education, and more importantly how create more inclusive learning spaces that remove barriers for Black students.
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Cox, Glenda. "Explaining the relations between culture, structure and agency in lecturers' contribution and non-contribution to Open Educational Resources in a higher education institution". Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20300.

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Despite the existence of many successful initiatives to promote the sharing and use of Open Educational Resources (OER), sharing and use of OER is not a widely accepted practice in higher education. The reasons for lecturers' choices on whether or not to contribute OER are poorly understood. This thesis develops a theoretically-based explanation of both why lecturers contribute and why they do not. The thesis addresses the question: How do the relations between culture, structure and agency influence lecturers' contribution and non-contribution of OER in a higher education institution? A mixed methods approach was used to gather quantitative (questionnaires) and qualitative (interviews) data. Fourteen lecturers from the University of Cape Town (UCT) were interviewed (two from each of its seven faculties), seven who had contributed OER and seven who had not. The analysis adopted an Activity Theory framework to highlight the enablers and barriers to contribution present in the institutional system. The Social Realism of Margaret Archer (1995, 2003, 2007a, 2012) was used to explore the power of academics' agency and their internal conversations arising from their personal concerns in deciding on their courses of action. This study illustrates how capturing lecturers' internal conversations and analysing how they think about their social contexts is valuable not only in the context of OER but also as a way of understanding their role as social actors more generally. Analysing the relations between culture, structure and agency in institutions explains why some institutions are slow to change and/or prefer to maintain current practices. At UCT, where institutional culture allows academic freedom of choice and structure supports that choice, it is the academic agents themselves who hold the power of action to contribute or not to contribute OER. Academics have the power to change their practice if it makes sense in terms of their projects, the activities that they are involved in and their concerns. Thus in this context, the long term sustainability of the OER movement rests firmly on the willingness of individual lecturers to share and use OER. By understanding the institutional context in which the individual is placed, OER can be encouraged appropriately
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Ditchburn, Pamela Joy. "The history of Tiger Kloord 1904-1956 : a missionary society educational institution in Southern Africa". Thesis, SOAS, University of London, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.498286.

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Rishe, Karl K. "A Case Study: The Investigation of how the Catholic missional and identity at a small, private, catholic, liberal arts institution is manifested in the institutional culture". University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1447688091.

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Deng, Jin. "Expatriate Students' Perceptions of Attendance and Persistence at a Private Malaysian Institution". ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4278.

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Although Malaysia primarily relies on expatriates to develop its economy, a private Malaysian institution had not examined the retention of expatriate students who might contribute toward the country's future economy. The problem that prompted this study was the institution showed low graduation rates for expatriate students and had not assessed the perceptions of key factors that impacted their attendance and persistence. The purpose of this study was to provide insights about expatriate students' perceptions of key factors about attendance and persistence at the institution. Tinto's longitudinal model of dropping out and the conceptual model guided this study. With a guiding question about students' perceptions, specific research questions explored expatriate students' perceptions of individual characteristics, the interactions within the institutional environment, and institutional characteristics that influenced their decisions to attend and persist at the institution. Qualitative data were collected using interviews from a purposeful sample of 5 expatriate students. Data were transcribed and coded inductively, resulting in 10 themes: Malaysia as a destination for higher education, the Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE) institution as an institution, supporting group, English language, past educational experiences, academic integration, commitment, social integration and institutional commitment, college quality, and institutional type. A white paper was proposed as a project that included recommendations to stakeholders. The positive social changes were to promote future expatriate students' persistence and graduation rates, enhance their learning, and prepare them to be the future leaders in Malaysia, their country of origin, or elsewhere internationally.
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Surber, Angeline M. "E-learning Factors Influencing Strategies| Multi-Case Study of Employee Training at a Higher Educational Institution". Thesis, Northcentral University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10256272.

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E-learning modality is a viable choice for higher educational students and due to many associated features with e learning methodologies, it has become a desirable business option tool for incorporating into educational and organizational training structures. Using e learning platforms is an effective way to manage training costs for employees, enhance organizational knowledge, update employee skills, remain competitive, and meet overall organizational goals. The problem is in a high tech, knowledge based society, in order for organizations and institutions to remain competitive and effective, it is important that management identify e learning technology factors and models that influence organizational training structures and examine how those e learning factors and models can be adopted, synergized, and strategized into the overall organizational strategic planning process. The purpose of this qualitative multi case study was to examine and gaining a deeper understanding of e learning modalities, factors, and technologies that influence organizational training models, adoption, and integration into overall institutional strategies for employee training at teaching and learning facilities. The participants of the study were from a Southwestern Community College institution, and included directors and operational staff members from two employee training facilities. Both purposeful and convenience sampling selections were used with a targeted sample size of 13 participants. Of the 13 participants for the study, three were excluded, which left a total of 10 participants. To gain relevant data to address the purpose of this study, data gathering consisted of participants’ responses to 17 open ended interview questions that addressed two overarching research questions. Through conducting a thematic analysis of the interview responses, eight respective categories emerged which aligned to the study’s two research questions. Key findings noted in this research study were the cost and challenges to acquire and update e-learning resources and to be innovative. In conclusion, the participants from the different sites viewed the importance differently on how e learning should be a part of the overall organizational strategic plan and noted several e-learning factor similarities and differences. Future research is needed to examine factors affecting the adoption and integration of e learning training into business strategies from an in-house corporate training environment.

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Moodley, Kumaree. "Exploring the leadership capacity development needs of middle management within a selected higher education institution". Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/11309.

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The twenty first century society is characterised by a lack of certainty and an unstable economic, social, political, and technological environment. Many South African higher education institutions are facing many challenges in understanding and responding to organisational change and development and this has implications for leadership. Ensuring an adequate leadership skills base is one of the key priorities for the transforming South African higher education landscape, especially as this pertains to developing the type of leaders who can meaningfully engage staff in change and transformation processes (Herbst, 2007). Effective leadership is vital for a productive, functional organisation and it is important to cultivate leadership development initiatives that are in alignment with and contribute to the achievement of the desired strategic outcomes. There is increasing emphasis on developing executive and middle management staff to be highly competent in achieving the strategic goals and priorities of the institution. The focus of this study is to explore the leadership capacity development needs of middle managers employed by a specific higher education institution in the Eastern Cape. The study will use the well-documented scholarship from Bernard Bass‟s interpretation of transformational, transactional, and laissez-faire leadership styles to frame the understanding of the leadership styles of middle managers as well as their developmental needs with regard to leadership (Bass, 1997). This will be used as an interpretive lens to assess the leadership development needs, including leadership skills needs, and the effectiveness of leadership development programmes in addressing the needs of middle managers within the higher education institution that is the focus of this study.
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America, Carina. "Management education via the internet: factors facilitating and inhibiting the adoption of WEBCT at a faculty in a higher education institution". Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2006. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_2432_1188476943.

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The emergence of the Internet and the World Wide Web in particular, impact increasingly on the activities of commerce and industry and in the process also change the manner in which courses are delivered in higher education. The aim of this study ws to investigate the relationship between certain antecedent factors and the adoption of a specific technology called WebCT among lecturers within a business faculty at a higher education institution.

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Juškienė, Airina. "Ugdymo institucijų vadovų vadybinių kompetencijų edukacinė analizė". Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2007. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2007~D_20070816_161857-44638.

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Įgyvendinant LR Švietimo įstatymą, reikalavimai ugdymo institucijos vadovui, jo kompetencijoms didėja ir nuolat kinta, dėl vis labiau kintančio veiklos pobūdžio profesinėje veikloje. Vadovai tampa visos organizacijos ašimi, nuo jų kompetencijų priklauso visos organizacijos rezultatai. Magistro darbe pateiktos kompetencijos, kvalifikacijos ir kompetentingumo sampratų interpretacijos, pateikta kompetencijos lygių analizė, apibendrintos bendrųjų kompetencijų koncepcijos bei efektyvaus vadovavimo būtinybė organizacijoje. Aptartos teorijos apie asmenybines, dalykines komunikacines, socialines psichologines, profesines, vadybines bei didaktines kompetencijas. Darbe pateikiami ugdymo institucijų vadovų vadybinių kompetencijų sampratos suvokimo tyrimo rezultatai, kurie parodė, kad kaip svarbiausias savo darbe vadovai išskyria socialinę (santykiai su kitais žmonėmis ir socialine aplinka harmonizuojantys gebėjimai ir savybės) bei edukacinę (saviugda) kompetencijas. Darbe realizuoti kelti uždaviniai, apibendrinti tyrimo rezultatai, suformuluotos išvados ir rekomendacijos.
Implementing the Educational law of Lithuania Republic, the requirements for the leader of a training institution and his competences continuously grow and change for the changing activity character in the career. The leaders become the axis of the whole organization; the results of the organization depend upon their competences. The competences, qualifications and interpretations of competence conception, the analysis of competence levels are reported in the master‘s work. The general competence concepts and the need for the effective management in the organization are summarized there, too. The theories about personal, subject – communicative, social psychological, professional, managemental and didactic competencies are discussed. The results of the research about the training institution leader‘s management competences conception are laid out in the work. The results have revealed that the social (relations to other people and social environment harmonizing skills and qualities) and educational (self-education) competences are the most important ones to the leaders. The raised goals have been realized, the research results have been summarized and the conclusions and recommendations have been formulated in the master‘s work.
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Contier, Xavier Sven Colverson. "The institution of the museum in the early twenty-first century in Scotland". Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/19480.

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At the beginning of the twenty-first century, cultural policy in Scotland was dominated by the political ideas and priorities of New Labour. Post-devolution government in Scotland, in line with wider British policy, encouraged a new role for the heritage and culture sector, with a new insistence on the language and implementation of a ‘social inclusion’ agenda. However, more than a decade after devolution, changes in government and economic crisis have reconfigured the priorities of the Scottish museum sector. Central questions posed in this thesis are: Has the Scottish museum’s societal role (as promulgated by Labour) been disrupted and altered by recent political and economic shifts and by the threat of future upheavals? And if so, how? What is the current direction of reform within the Scottish museum sector? What are the current narratives of education promulgated within the sector? What symbolic traits are projected by the contemporary museum in Scotland? Building on previous research and theory in museological studies, this thesis offers a fresh perspective on the educational and social role of the contemporary museum in Scotland. Following on from Hewison (1987), I argue that museums in Scotland are responding to post-industrial malaise and fear of decline. Unlike Hewison, however, I argue that this response carries little nostalgia or naïve adoration of the past, but instead seeks to position the museum as an exemplar of stability, business sense and creative thinking in a context of societal anxiety. The National Galleries of Scotland provides an appropriate case study to explore the role and response of the Scottish museum sector to the economic and political uncertainty of the modern era. NGS is one of Scotland’s most prominent and oldest ‘heritage’ institutions, attracting over one million visitors a year. It is also a multisited, national institution, directly supported by government and closely aligned to official cultural policy. This thesis uses archival research and ethnographic methods such as interviews and observation to reveal shifts in educational and reform narratives within the Scottish museum sector as well as underlying ideas that shape these narratives. Conducted over the course of three years, from 2011 to 2013, this research is situated at an interesting time for the Scottish museum sector, as Scottish society wrestles with the economic uncertainty of the early twenty-first century.
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Osigwelem, Kenneth Ugochukwu. "Exploring the application of profile theory based strategy for managing talent positioning in a Nigerian Higher Education Institution". Thesis, University of Sunderland, 2017. http://sure.sunderland.ac.uk/8564/.

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Brain drain has been the main cause of academic staff attrition in Nigeria Higher Education Institutions which results in talent void. This circumstance has left HEIs to grapple with the challenge of managing the consequences of talent void among faculty in areas of course/module allocation, project supervision and recruitment of new talents to fill the vacuum occasioned by brain drain. This loss of experienced academics remains a challenge to institutions of higher learning in particular and often culminates in disruptive academic service delivery. In a proactive approach to manage the fallouts of talent void in HEIs, this research proposes a talent management strategy based on application of Profile theory to manage talent positioning in a higher education institution in Nigeria in order to cope with evolving workforce. The research specifically had its focus on three scenarios; talent recruitment, project supervision, and course/module allocation. The research used a mixed method of inquiry involving five departments in a single institution in which two sets of data were collected. The first set of data collection involved survey using questionnaire and interview. While simple descriptive statistics was used in analysing the questionnaire, Soft System Methodology was used in interpreting and analysing the qualitative data in order to gain rich contextual understanding of the problem situation. The second set of data collection involved anonymous artefact representing candidates’ attributes used for modelling candidates profile for capability and compatibility. The profile theory based talent management strategy was developed and evaluated using Importance-Satisfaction analysis model. Specifically, profile theory modelled candidates’ characteristics/attributes for talent identification and made distinctive talent identification where ties occurred based on capability and compatibility This research contributes to body of knowledge in two ways. First, it demonstrates how Talent Management approach can mitigate the impact of brain drain and other forms of employee turnover in HEI. Second, it also explores and demonstrates how profile theory tool can be applied in filling talent void and allocation of duties as a strategy for talent positioning within academic roles in a HEI.
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White, Timothy Raymond Howard. "Lovedale 1930-1955 : the study of a missionary institution in its social, educational and political context". Thesis, Rhodes University, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001856.

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Lovedale was founded by the Glasgow Missionary Society as an eduational centre for Africans. Education was to be adapted to the lives of the Africans which would be a departure from the English classical tradition. This meant that emphasis was placed on vocational training and that academic education focussed on the study of English rather than the Classics. But the importance of mother-tongue education was also stressed. The missionaries placed emphasis on village education, whereby the African would be taught skills and crafts that would be useful to him in life. Education, they argued, should also aim at character-training and at spreading the Christian message. They also wanted to see co-operation between the Church and the State in the education of the African. Vocational education was designed to create African artisans who would be able to compete with Whites; but it also aimed at emphasizing the importance of industry in building up character. The Lovedale Press illustrates vocational training in progress, dealing with the difficulties that arose when African printers came into competition with Whites. But the missionaries also used the Press to propagate the Christian message and to promote African literature. An ideological rift began to open up between the missions and the new Black political beliefs of the Second World War. This led to the Lovedale Riot which is considered in the broader framework of sociopolitical unrest within the country. After the 1948 Election an ideological rift also developed between the missions and the State. This study concludes by examining the introduction of the Bantu Education Act and the Lovedale response to this. It was felt that although Bantu Education threatened to undermine their educational endeavour, they should nevertheless cooperate with the system in order to save what they had built up.
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