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Title: COMPARISON OF PERCEPTIONS OF EDUCATORS AND CITIZENS ON SELECTED CURRENT ISSUES IN PUBLIC EDUCATION.
Creator: HARPER, ROBERT JEROME., Florida Atlantic University, Rothberg, Robert A., MacKenzie, Donald G.
Abstract/Description: This study investigated the perceptions of administrators, citizens, teachers, and teacher educators in three counties in Central Florida on selected current issues in public education. The research also compared the perceptions from the sample groups in three differing counties. Members of each of the groups, administrators, citizens, teachers, and teacher educators were to express their opinion to sixty selected statements on twelve current issues in public education. The groups were asked...
Show moreThis study investigated the perceptions of administrators, citizens, teachers, and teacher educators in three counties in Central Florida on selected current issues in public education. The research also compared the perceptions from the sample groups in three differing counties. Members of each of the groups, administrators, citizens, teachers, and teacher educators were to express their opinion to sixty selected statements on twelve current issues in public education. The groups were asked to rank the issues and grade the public schools in their community. The survey questionnaire was administered to 1,262 participants, selected randomly from the three counties. One hundred and seven administrators, 116 citizens representing lay advisory councils, 1,022 teachers, and 17 teacher educators responded to the survey. The questionnaire contained sixty statements on the following current issues in public education: discipline, administrative leadership in the schools, teacher salaries, paperwork for educators, teacher evaluation, "back to basics" movement, financing public education, class size, schools being the cure-all for societal problems, stress and burnout, staff development and inservice for educators, and interest of parents, students, and teachers in public schools. Using a Likert scale of "strongly agree", "agree", "undecided", "disagree", and "strongly disagree", respondents indicated their perception of the statements about the issues. The chi square test of independence was the statistical method used to determine significant differences in the study population. Conclusions drawn from the survey indicated significant differences of perceptions by administrators, citizens, teachers, and teacher educators on forty-nine of the sixty statements on selected current issues in public education. Significant differences occurred between Orange, Osceola, and Seminole counties on fifteen of the sixty statements on selected current issues in public education. Administrators, citizens, and teachers by level of position (elementary, middle/junior, high school, and district) responded with significant differences on forty-seven of the sixty statements on selected current issues in public education. Differences were indicated in ranking the most important issues by the groups. The groups graded the schools between a B or "good" and C or "average" on the quality of education.
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Date Issued: 1982
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11802
Subject Headings: Education--Aims and objectives
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: A STUDY TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT TO WHICH SELECTED FLORIDA EDUCATORS, COMMUNITY LEADERS, AND LEGISLATORS AGREE ON WHAT SHOULD CONSTITUTE MINIMUM BASIC AND FUNCTIONAL SKILLS REQUIRED FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL GRADUATION.
Creator: COLMAN, CHARLES KINGSBURY, Florida Atlantic University, Wiegman, Robert R.
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which selected Florida Secondary School Principals, Minority Educators and Community Leaders, and Members of the Legislative Education Committees, agree on what should constitute minimum basic and functional skills required for secondary school graduation. Questions to be answered and explored in this study were: 1. What minimum basic and functional skills should constitute the graduation requirement for all students graduating from...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which selected Florida Secondary School Principals, Minority Educators and Community Leaders, and Members of the Legislative Education Committees, agree on what should constitute minimum basic and functional skills required for secondary school graduation. Questions to be answered and explored in this study were: 1. What minimum basic and functional skills should constitute the graduation requirement for all students graduating from public secondary schools? 2. Does or should the curriculum of the public secondary school provide for the transference of basic skills in mathematics and language to their practical application as a functional skill? 3. What readability level should be required of all students graduating from public secondary schools? 4. Are there or should there be remediation programs included in the curriculum of public secondary schools for those students who have been unable to achieve satisfactory progress? 5. How are or should existing or proposed basic skills and functional skills instructional programs be evaluated? 6. Are current Florida Secondary School Graduation Standards as outlined in Section 232.245 of the Florida Statute, titled "Pupil Progression," adequate?
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Date Issued: 1978
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11708
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Policy entrepreneurship: a descriptive portrait of higher education leaders.
Creator: Felsher, Rivka A., Pisapia, John, Florida Atlantic University, College of Education, Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
Abstract/Description: As the gap between the haves and have-nots widens, the call for reform in higher education in the United States intensifies. Policy actors, philanthropists, and academics from across the political spectrum work on various policy solutions, creating a policy environment that is complex and often contentious. Incrementalists claim that major policy reform is unlikely since unknown variables and inexplicable events can stall or dismantle policy initiatives. In such environments, policy...
Show moreAs the gap between the haves and have-nots widens, the call for reform in higher education in the United States intensifies. Policy actors, philanthropists, and academics from across the political spectrum work on various policy solutions, creating a policy environment that is complex and often contentious. Incrementalists claim that major policy reform is unlikely since unknown variables and inexplicable events can stall or dismantle policy initiatives. In such environments, policy entrepreneurs—those individuals who advocate for policy innovation, work for change, and help shape policy solutions from within and without government—try to break through the barriers of incremental politics. As important as this role is to the influencing and structuring of higher educational policy, it has not yet been explored. This study fills this gap in the extant literature by cataloging the characteristics and skills that enable higher education policy entrepreneurs at the state and national levels to persevere and accomplish sustainable and innovative higher education reforms over time.
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Date Issued: 2015
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004367, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004367
Subject Headings: Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives, Educational leadership, Entrepreneurship, Organizational effectiveness, Policy sciences, Strategic planning
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: A study of the Perceptions of Public School District Superintendents in the State of Florida Regarding Recommendations for Education Reform.
Creator: Samuelson, Melody M., MacKenzie, Donald G., Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this study was to determine through statistical analysis of a survey instrument the extent to which the 67 public school district superintendents in the state of Florida perceive the major areas of educational reform as falling into the same categories as does David T. Kearns, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Xerox Corporation, author of "An Education Recovery Plan for America" in Winning the Brain Race: A Bold Plan to Make Our Schools Competitive. Factor analysis was...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to determine through statistical analysis of a survey instrument the extent to which the 67 public school district superintendents in the state of Florida perceive the major areas of educational reform as falling into the same categories as does David T. Kearns, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Xerox Corporation, author of "An Education Recovery Plan for America" in Winning the Brain Race: A Bold Plan to Make Our Schools Competitive. Factor analysis was used to group the 36 specific recommendations into their "natural" groupings as perceived by the responding superintendents. This technique revealed that the natural psychological groupings in the eyes of the respondents were not the same as Kearns asserted. The study shows that the reform hierarchy, based on the perceptions of the superintendents, is actually three layers deep with Kearns' six categories being broken down into a bottom tier of 14 discrete areas.
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Date Issued: 1990
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000692
Subject Headings: Public schools--Florida--Evaluation, Education--Aims and objectives--Florida, Educational change
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Whither civic education.
Creator: Scher, Richard, Jack Miller Forum, Department of Political Science, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Date Issued: 2009-01-30
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FADT186471p
Subject Headings: Civics -- Study and teaching -- United States, Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives -- United States, Political science
Format: Set of related objects

Title: Perceptions of industry practitioners toward an academic degree program in public assembly facility management.
Creator: Riordan, James J., College of Education, Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
Abstract/Description: Utilizing a modified Delphi Technique research study, consensus was sought from 298 practitioners in the public assembly facility management (PAFM) industry regarding their perceptions on varied matters connected to the academic preparation of managers/executives serving the industry. A comprehensive literature review and a prior pilot study were conducted for the purpose of creating the initial survey (Questionnaire 1). The pilot study consisted of an open-ended interview session with a...
Show moreUtilizing a modified Delphi Technique research study, consensus was sought from 298 practitioners in the public assembly facility management (PAFM) industry regarding their perceptions on varied matters connected to the academic preparation of managers/executives serving the industry. A comprehensive literature review and a prior pilot study were conducted for the purpose of creating the initial survey (Questionnaire 1). The pilot study consisted of an open-ended interview session with a panel (N=16) of PAFM managers. Sixty-four (64) of 66 consensus-seeking items attained consensus from the respondents (N=298) after Questionnaire 1 results were tabulated. Respondents were given the opportunity to re-assess their Questionnaire 1 choices in Questionnaire 2 and if compelled, change them. Items related to Kinesiology and Physical Education did not attain consensus status in Questionnaire 1 or Questionnaire 2. This study concluded: a) academic program in PAFM is beneficial to the industry (96%) and 63.5% viewed the degree as very important or essential; b) the preferred academic delivery level was Bachelors/undergraduate (52.7%); c) the degree program should be housed in Business (42%); d) the preferred competencies and skill sets were identified; e) the preferred course components were identified., Statistical analysis showed that there was a significant relationship between the type of public assembly facility where a respondent worked and the preferred academic unit of the program, as well as preferred general course components. Recommendations for future research include: (a) conducting a similar study employing solely qualitative methodology; (b) seeking potential significant relationships with gender, ethnicity, geographic location, ownership and governance of facilities, years of experience; and (c) comparing and contrasting results of this study among faculty who currently teach public assembly facility management courses and the students that are in said courses . The rising cost of providing safe and cost-efficient public assembly facilities require that the people operate these facilities possess the best set of managerial, administrative and technical skills related to the management of these facilities; this study aids in that quest by suggesting competencies and course components, and potentially a PAFM general academic curriculum, based on practitioner viewpoint.
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Date Issued: 2009
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/186765
Subject Headings: Facility management, Strategic planning, Executives, Training of, Creative ability in business, Management, Education, Aims and objectives
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Improving School Performance: Leader Autonomy and Entrepreneurial Orientation.
Creator: Feit, Keith G., Pisapia, John, Florida Atlantic University, College of Education, Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
Abstract/Description: In a growingly complex and ambiguous world it is thought that flexible, change-oriented leadership that encourages a culture that is risk taking, innovative, and proactive is necessary to survive and prosper. The extant literature offers entrepreneurial leadership as having a positive impact in such environments in business settings. Schools, which are not exempt from complex and ambiguous environments, might also benefit from this new type of leadership. Hence, this study expands the study...
Show moreIn a growingly complex and ambiguous world it is thought that flexible, change-oriented leadership that encourages a culture that is risk taking, innovative, and proactive is necessary to survive and prosper. The extant literature offers entrepreneurial leadership as having a positive impact in such environments in business settings. Schools, which are not exempt from complex and ambiguous environments, might also benefit from this new type of leadership. Hence, this study expands the study of entrepreneurial leadership to the education profession, examining the relationship between principal autonomy, a principal’s entrepreneurial orientation, school culture, and school performance. This study, supported by findings of numerous educational leadership studies, posits that a significant positive indirect relationship exists between a principal’s entrepreneurial orientation and school performance, with school culture as a mediating variable. It is proposed that a greater disposition to proactive and risky behaviors in pursuit of innovation will correlate with greater cultural innovativeness, leading to higher levels of school performance. The contribution this study makes is both theoretical and practical. Theoretically, it adds a new dimension to the educational leadership literature by investigating the potential effectiveness of entrepreneurial leadership in improving teaching and learning in American schools, and the impact of risk taking, innovativeness, and proactiveness as individual distinct determinants of school performance. Practically, the study could identify new dispositions valuable to principals in efforts to improve their school’s performance. The study uses a nonexperimental, quantitative research design to explore these relationships, using correlational and regression analyses.
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Date Issued: 2016
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004589, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004589
Subject Headings: Educational leadership., Educational innovations., Entrepreneurship., Education--Aims and objectives., Education and globalization., Academic achievement., School improvement programs.
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: An exploratory multiple case study of succession planning for higher education community engagement practitioners in selected higher education institutions in theSoutheastern region of the United States.
Creator: Louisy, Heidi, Wright, Dianne A., Florida Atlantic University, College of Education, Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
Abstract/Description: Succession planning is a relatively new construct within higher education institutions (HEIs). The researcher explored the extent to which selected HEIs employ succession planning strategies in reference to the Higher Education Community Engagement Practitioner (HECEP) role and in support of HEIs earning the Carnegie Community Engagement Classification (CCEC). Four HEIs served as study sites for this research, along with a nationally recognized professional development program. Study results...
Show moreSuccession planning is a relatively new construct within higher education institutions (HEIs). The researcher explored the extent to which selected HEIs employ succession planning strategies in reference to the Higher Education Community Engagement Practitioner (HECEP) role and in support of HEIs earning the Carnegie Community Engagement Classification (CCEC). Four HEIs served as study sites for this research, along with a nationally recognized professional development program. Study results revealed that HEIs are not currently using succession planning strategies for the HECEP role. Further, although the study revealed that professional development opportunities for HECEPs exist, only 50% of institutional study participants were aware of, and participated. Finally, based on the credentials of individuals currently in HECEP roles and data obtained from this study (including data from an expert judge linked to the professional development program analyzed as part of this study), the researcher provides a job specification template for determining if institutions have a pipeline of individuals who could be prepared to assume the HECEP role in the future. This study, although limited in scope as it relates to succession planning, provides insight into the attitudes and perceptions of specific higher education professionals toward the professional development of employees, and more specifically, the HECEP role.
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Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004303, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004303
Subject Headings: Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives, Educational leadership, Leadership in education, Organizational change, School management and organization, Universities and colleges -- Administration
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: The end and means of a liberal education. An inaugural address, delivered July 11, 1854.
Creator: Anderson, Martin Brewer 1815-1890, Sheldon, Lamport & Blakeman
Abstract/Description: By M.B. Anderson, president of the University of Rochester. FAU copy edges trimmed rough, to 20 cm.
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb17f16
Subject Headings: Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives -- United States, Education, Humanistic, Moral education, Religious education, Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- 19th century
Format: E-book

Title: The call of public service: motivation and professional commitment in education.
Creator: Ackerina, Jacqueline., College of Education, Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this study was to determine if individuals who are professionally committed to careers in public education possess public service motivation. The participants in this study were a sample of convenience selected through their enrollment in graduate education programs within three East Coast universities. The sample was stratified into three groups based on their education roles as teachers, aspiring leaders, and school district administrators. Based on the 258 education sector...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to determine if individuals who are professionally committed to careers in public education possess public service motivation. The participants in this study were a sample of convenience selected through their enrollment in graduate education programs within three East Coast universities. The sample was stratified into three groups based on their education roles as teachers, aspiring leaders, and school district administrators. Based on the 258 education sector participants, the majority were Caucasian, female, and under the age of 30. All respondents held at least a bachelor's degree and the majority held up to ten years tenure in education. Utilizing an abridged version of Perry's (1996) multi-dimensional scale that was modified for the education sector, the public service motivation (PSM) construct was measured using an Internet survey approach. Three of the public service motivation dimensions and two commitment items were used to operationalize the PSM and professional commitment of education professionals within their current roles. Correlation, regression, ANOVA, and t-test analyses were conducted to examine the data collected. Study findings concluded that education professionals possess public service motivation and are professionally committed to their careers. In addition, results indicated that school district administrators possessed higher levels of public service motivation than teachers. Furthermore, demographic characteristics indicated that educators who are older, more experienced, and highly educated possess higher levels of PSM. Perhaps the most critical discovery was that when comparing education professionals to their public administration counterparts, educators possessed higher levels of public service motivation. These findings have several important implications for education institutions, academic scholars, human resource managers, and leadership preparation programs that would all benefit from all
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Date Issued: 2012
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3342031
Subject Headings: Motivation (Psychology), Educational leadership, Public administration, Education, Aims and objectives, Education, Social aspects
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Introductory discourse delivered before the American Institute of Instruction, at their fifth anniversary meeting, in Boston, August 1834.
Creator: Cushing, Caleb 1800-1879, Tuttle and Weeks
Abstract/Description: Concerning "the true uses of Instruction. How much and how little of good or of evil does Education accomplish?" Page [40] blank. Appendix, page [31]-39, contains extracts from debates in the British Parliament on the subject of a system of national education. The title recorded in Checklist Amer. Imprints reads, "August 1823," presumably a typographical error. FAU copy edges trimmed to 21 cm.
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb11f23
Subject Headings: Education -- Aims and objectives, Education and crime, Public schools, Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- 19th century, American Institute of Instruction
Format: E-book

Title: A study of four public higher education institutions in Florida: The relationships between faculty and administrator goal congruence, faculty productivity and job satisfaction.
Creator: Provost, Maria W., Florida Atlantic University, Acker-Hocevar, Michele A.
Abstract/Description: This study focuses on goal congruence between faculty and administrators, and how that congruence, negative or positive, is related to faculty productivity and faculty job satisfaction. Specifically, this study (a) examines and assesses goal congruence among faculty and administrators, (b) examines and assesses relationships between goal congruence and faculty productivity, and (c) determines how goal congruence was related to faculty job satisfaction. Finally, this study examines and...
Show moreThis study focuses on goal congruence between faculty and administrators, and how that congruence, negative or positive, is related to faculty productivity and faculty job satisfaction. Specifically, this study (a) examines and assesses goal congruence among faculty and administrators, (b) examines and assesses relationships between goal congruence and faculty productivity, and (c) determines how goal congruence was related to faculty job satisfaction. Finally, this study examines and assesses relationships between faculty productivity and faculty job satisfaction. The population for this study was the faculty, and college and departmental administrators in four of the ten public universities in Florida (USF, FAU, UCF, and FIU). College deans, associate deans, chairpersons, program directors, and tenured or tenure track faculty members were identified in eight disciplines (business administration, computer engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, English, mathematics, physics and teacher education) from each of the universities that were selected. The researcher designed the instrument used for this study. The instrument was pilot-tested in departments and colleges not examined in the dissertation study. Research findings and conclusions were that there is goal congruence between personal importance and perceived university importance of institutional mission goals for both faculty and administrators. This research found goal congruence between faculty and administrators for five, highly important "quality" goals. Faculty reported relationships for four institutional mission goals, while administrators reported congruence in common with those of faculty, and an additional four university mission goals. There were significant differences between faculty and administrators' personal importance for only one goal, while differences between faculty and administrator perceived importance were significant for four institutional mission goals. There is a relationship between faculty productivity and faculty job satisfaction for three mission goals. Congruence between faculty's and administrators' personal importance and perceived university importance of institutional mission goals is related to faculty job satisfaction and faculty productivity.
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Date Issued: 2005
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FADT12127
Subject Headings: Universities and colleges--Florida--Administration, Teachers--Job satisfaction, Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--Florida, Organizational behavior
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: The effect of a student achievement curriculum on grade 9 completion rate and student engagement.
Creator: Renda, Melissa Rose, Brigman, Greg, Florida Atlantic University, College of Education, Department of Counselor Education
Abstract/Description: The purpose of the current outcome study was to investigate the difference in grade 9 completion rate and student engagement between grade 9 students in the treatment group who received the Student Success Sills (SSS) classroom program (Brigman & Webb, 2010) and grade 9 students in the comparison group who did not receive the SSS classroom program. The sample consisted of grade 9 students enrolled in Intensive Reading classes, a required course for all high school students in the state of...
Show moreThe purpose of the current outcome study was to investigate the difference in grade 9 completion rate and student engagement between grade 9 students in the treatment group who received the Student Success Sills (SSS) classroom program (Brigman & Webb, 2010) and grade 9 students in the comparison group who did not receive the SSS classroom program. The sample consisted of grade 9 students enrolled in Intensive Reading classes, a required course for all high school students in the state of Florida who are below reading proficiency. School A served as the treatment group (n=98) and School B served as the comparison group (n=99). Certified school counselors in the treatment group implemented five, 45 minute SSS lessons and three booster lessons after being trained in the manualized use of the program and other related study procedures. A quasi-experimental pretest posttest research design was employed to examine the impact of the SSS classroom program on grade 9 completion rate and student engagement. The unit of analysis was individual grade 9 students. Grade 9 completion rate was measured by academic credits. Student engagement was measured by attendance rate and the Student Engagement in School Success Skills (SESSS) instrument.
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Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004322, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004322
Subject Headings: Achievement in education, Counseling in middle school education, Curriculum planning, Education -- Aims and objectives, Educational counseling, Educational evaluation, Motivation in education
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: The development of global-mindedness: school leadership perspectives.
Creator: Hersey, Maria., College of Education, Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this quantitative study was to investigate the development of global-mindedness (GM) in the leadership of primary schools offering international educational programs around the world with an emphasis on the need for school leaders that understand and support the development of a critical, global perspective of education. Reported findings identified the presence of the five dimensions of global-mindedness as well as the relationships between demographic variables such as travel...
Show moreThe purpose of this quantitative study was to investigate the development of global-mindedness (GM) in the leadership of primary schools offering international educational programs around the world with an emphasis on the need for school leaders that understand and support the development of a critical, global perspective of education. Reported findings identified the presence of the five dimensions of global-mindedness as well as the relationships between demographic variables such as travel experience, second language ability, and years of teaching experience. The findings also reported positive relationships between the subscales of Hett's (1993) Global-Mindedness Scale and the attributes of international-mindedness as defined by the International Baccalaureate's learner profile. The results of this study are intended to advance knowledge of the development of global-mindedness for school leaders around the world.
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Date Issued: 2012
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3342108
Subject Headings: Education and globalization, Educational leadership, Critical pedagogy, School improvement programs, Education, Primary, Aims and objectives
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Emerging narratives of Native American, Asian American, and African American women in middle adulthood with an education doctorate degree.
Creator: Bamdas, Jo Ann, College of Education, Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this qualitative narrative research study was to interpret the meaning found throughout the formal educational experience stories of Native American, Asian American, and African American women born after 1944, who had earned an education doctorate degree after 1976, and were working with adults in an educational capacity within the community. Utilizing the snowball technique, 14 participants from across the United States volunteered to collaborate with the researcher. The study...
Show moreThe purpose of this qualitative narrative research study was to interpret the meaning found throughout the formal educational experience stories of Native American, Asian American, and African American women born after 1944, who had earned an education doctorate degree after 1976, and were working with adults in an educational capacity within the community. Utilizing the snowball technique, 14 participants from across the United States volunteered to collaborate with the researcher. The study's conceptual framework included adult learning principles and practices, Nussbaum's 'narrative imagination,' which were used to examine the women's motivation to participate in an education doctorate program as well as the barriers, the enhancers, and the application of the degree in the community. Data collected included an in-depth, face-to-face interview, two reflective narrative guides, document analysis, and researcher journals and analytic memos. All data was coded and analyzed with Atlas -ti 5.0 software, and thematic analyses completed in order to triangulate the data. Six major themes for motivation to participate were found: self-awareness through placement in the family, family and community expectation in importance of education, personal strengths and weaknesses, perceived differences in the classroom and mainstream society, and knowledge of motivation to pursue doctorate. Five barriers emerged: racism, gender, advisers, institutional changes and problems, and juggling multiple roles in limited time. Five main enhancers arose: family and community foundation, financial, friends, and others which motivated participation., The women applied their doctorates through leadership activities in community-based organizations such as role modeling, mentoring, and other scholarly activities which advocated "giving back culturally," which was the ultimate meaning or value of the degree; however, achievement and credibility were also valued a doctorate degree was "only step in the process." This study provided a space for rich descriptive storytelling about each woman's successful experience pursing and completing an education doctorate program. Adult learning discussion of the findings, contributions to the literature, and recommendations for graduate education and future research were included.
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Date Issued: 2009
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/186326
Subject Headings: Achievement motivation, Minority women, Education (Higher), Educational equalization, Motivation in education, Education, Aims and objectives
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Perceptions of professionalism: a case study of community college baccalaureate faculty.
Creator: Nasse, Jeffrey Peter., College of Education, Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
Abstract/Description: This case study analyzed the perceptions of professionalism among an emerging and distinct occupational sector of community college faculty: community college faculty who teach in baccalaureate programs. The research was designed to address three questions as to the experiences of Community College Baccalaureate (CCB) faculty. First, what are the perceptions of professionalism among the community college faculty who teach in the baccalaureate programs at a multi-campus community college in...
Show moreThis case study analyzed the perceptions of professionalism among an emerging and distinct occupational sector of community college faculty: community college faculty who teach in baccalaureate programs. The research was designed to address three questions as to the experiences of Community College Baccalaureate (CCB) faculty. First, what are the perceptions of professionalism among the community college faculty who teach in the baccalaureate programs at a multi-campus community college in the state of Florida (herein referred to as Seaside College)? Specifically, what patterns emerged when faculty perceptions of professional identity were examined, first, under the lens of professionalism as established by Larson (1977) and, second, through Boyer's (1990) four domains of scholarship? Second, are these faculty perceptions different from their previously held perceptions prior to the college's expansion into baccalaureate instruction? Third, were there any noticeable differences in faculty perceptions about the individual baccalaureate areas across this college?
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Date Issued: 2013
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3362555
Subject Headings: Community college teachers, Community college teachers Professional ethics, Education, Higher, Aims and objectives, Rewards and punishments in education
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Enrollment management strategies, campus involvement, and goal achievement in public research universities.
Creator: Brown, Michelle Jitka Domas, Florida Atlantic University, Pisapia, John
Abstract/Description: This study investigated the practice of enrollment management in public Research Universities. The study produced six key findings. First, the number of Research universities with an enrollment management plan is slightly lower than universities without a plan. Second, the Enrollment Management Division was the most prevalent organizational structure created. Third, increasing overall enrollment and improving graduation rates were chosen most frequently by the universities as their most...
Show moreThis study investigated the practice of enrollment management in public Research Universities. The study produced six key findings. First, the number of Research universities with an enrollment management plan is slightly lower than universities without a plan. Second, the Enrollment Management Division was the most prevalent organizational structure created. Third, increasing overall enrollment and improving graduation rates were chosen most frequently by the universities as their most important goals. Fourth, technology and physical structure strategies were utilized the most for recruitment. And, policies and procedures strategies were used the most for retention. Fifth, the strategies most frequently used were identified and discussed in greater detail. Finally, four to five was the average number of functional areas involved in the implementation of any goal. The study supports that an enrollment management plan must be unique for each institution and provides considerations for practitioners and leaders of higher education. However, it raises question to the need for a formal written enrollment management plan for success and to the relationship between strategic planning and enrollment management.
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Date Issued: 2002
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FADT12015
Subject Headings: Education, Higher--Aims and objectives
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Community College Baccalaureate Transitions in Florida: Student Affairs' Perspectives.
Creator: Antczak, Laura, Floyd, Deborah L., Maslin-Ostrowski, Patricia, Florida Atlantic University, College of Education, Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
Abstract/Description: Many changes are occurring in community colleges offering baccalaureate degrees across the nation, especially in the state of Florida where 24 of 28 colleges in the Florida College System are offering baccalaureate degrees. The impact of these institutions shifting their missions from associate to baccalaureate degree offerings is unknown on a key area of the college - Student Affairs. The purpose of this study was to describe and document the perceived changes in and lessons learned about...
Show moreMany changes are occurring in community colleges offering baccalaureate degrees across the nation, especially in the state of Florida where 24 of 28 colleges in the Florida College System are offering baccalaureate degrees. The impact of these institutions shifting their missions from associate to baccalaureate degree offerings is unknown on a key area of the college - Student Affairs. The purpose of this study was to describe and document the perceived changes in and lessons learned about Student Affairs programs at two large, multi-campus colleges in the Florida College System offering Bachelor of Applied Science (BAS) and Bachelor of Science (BS) programs. The primary sources of data collected for this study were from 27 interviews with college administrators and staff and from 22 documents. District and campus-based administrators were selected based on their influence over, or knowledge of, Student Affairs programming at all degree levels and/or specifically at the baccalaureate degree level. Professional and support staff members were selected based on their direct involvement with the delivery or support of Student Affairs programs for baccalaureate students. The five major findings, based on a cross-case analysis, were (a) a focus on operations, (b) struggling with philosophical directions, (c) changes occurring in personnel and operational processes, (d) no change in several areas, and (e) lessons learned in cultural shift. This study concluded that the 2+2 admissions model is confusing to students, and it does not always allow for seamless financial aid coverage, which may be creating "leakages" in the community college baccalaureate (CCB) student success pipeline. Additional staff and resources are needed in the areas of admissions, recruitment, and advising. Several new and/or revised operational processes took place in the areas of admissions, recruitment, registration and records, and financial aid. Although student development theories still are seen as an important foundation of Student Affairs work, each college was struggling with their philosophical directions as a CCB institution. Finally, a majority of participants expressed a resistance to the change of becoming a CCB institution, not understanding if they still were a community college or if they were moving closer to becoming a 4-year university.
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Date Issued: 2015
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004476
Subject Headings: College personnell management, Community colleges -- Florida -- Administration, Community colleges -- Florida -- Administration, Degrees, Academic -- Florida, Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives, Student affairs services, Universities and colleges -- Florida -- Administration
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Education and progress : an address delivered before the Franklin and Washington Literary Societies of Lafayette College, at Easton, Pa. ; at the annual commencement, September 14, 1847.
Creator: Krebs, John M. (John Michael) 1804-1867, Lafayette College (Easton, Northampton County, Pa.)
Abstract/Description: By the Rev. John M. Krebs, D.D. to Lafayette College (Easton, Northampton County, Pa.) Franklin Literary Society and Washington Literary Society.
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb14f2
Subject Headings: Baccalaureate addresses -- Lafayette College, Christianity -- United States, Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives -- United States, Learning and scholarship -- United States, Progress, Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- 19th century
Format: E-book

Title: Exploring the influence of middle school leaders on middle school girls' interest in high school science enrollment.
Creator: Kijanka, Lori., College of Education, Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this research was to explore middle school leaders' perceptions of the reasons girls' enrollment levels in science courses during high school declines and if the advice given to middle school girls may be perpetuating the diminished enrollment of girls in science courses as they move from middle school to high school. The study explored the contributions of expectancy and role theory using a qualitative method. Data analysis found that cultural influences on middle school girls...
Show moreThe purpose of this research was to explore middle school leaders' perceptions of the reasons girls' enrollment levels in science courses during high school declines and if the advice given to middle school girls may be perpetuating the diminished enrollment of girls in science courses as they move from middle school to high school. The study explored the contributions of expectancy and role theory using a qualitative method. Data analysis found that cultural influences on middle school girls' career goals emerged as a significant influence on school leaders' perceptions. Instructional methodology and cultural, gendered assumptions of women in science were found as themes in middle school leaders' perceptions that further shaped the advice to girls to enroll in high school science courses. The study provided information that clarified how middle school leaders can maintain the academic pathway for girls in science as well as recommendations for further study.
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Date Issued: 2009
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/192985
Subject Headings: Science, Study and teaching (Secondary), Inquiry-based learning, Science, Study and teaching (Middle school), Curricula, Curriculum planning, Sex differences in education, Education, Aims and objectives
Format: Document (PDF)

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