Browsing by Type "Dissertation"
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Addressing the Reading Achievement Gap in Nevada: An Exploration of Instructional Methods for Low SES and ELL Elementary Student Achievement
(2022-02-22)Teachers in Nevada have faced the problem of providing consistent, effective literacy instruction to elementary students, which impacts overall student achievement; only 48.3% of students in Clark County, Nevada were ... -
An Analysis of Multiple Measures to Reduce Disproportionality in Accelerated Program Identification
(2021-04-14)Low-income students and students of color are disproportionately identified at lower rates for accelerated programs in K-12 education compared to their peers in the United States. A lack of equitable identification processes ... -
Are They Ready?: Alternative Education and Post-Secondary Readiness
(2021-04-13)Student success is influenced by accessibility and educational experience. These two factors shape academic rigor, teacher support, and post-secondary preparation, all essential elements for the growing number of disenfranchised ... -
Black Women's Career Advancement in the City of Seattle: A Phenomenological Study
(2021-05-21)This qualitative study was intended to understand how Black women employed in a government municipality advanced to upper supervisory positions and to the top 25% of wage earners since the city’s data reveal this is a ... -
Clergy Burnout Identifying Factors Impacting Their Ability to Govern Leadership Teams
(2021-08-31)Researchers are devoting time to discover the factors contributing to clergy burnout. Pastoring a congregation is a demanding job, and the daily responsibilities of being an administrator, pastoral counselor, teacher, ... -
Cultural Disproportionality in American Classrooms: The Lived Experiences of Non-Hispanic, White, Female Teachers With Their Students of Color
(2020-12-04)Cultural disproportionality in today’s classrooms is the basis for this phenomenological qualitative study. The purpose of this study was to understand how the lived experiences of teachers affect relationships with their ... -
The Duality of Equity and Quality in American History: Through the Lens of Arts Education in Marginalized Communities in Chicago
(2021)Examining the historical trajectory of American arts education exposes two intersectional themes: quality and equity. This research study addressed the need for equitable, quality arts programming in schools across America. ... -
The Effects of Operational Managers' Behaviors on Team Members: Task and Relationship Conflict, Role Clarity, and Leader-Member Exchange
(2022-03-03)The topic of leaderships' effect on team members has been the focus of research, including role theory, leader-member exchange (LMX), and social identity. Operational managers were moved between teams to gain experience. ... -
Elementary Principals' Experiences With Coaching
(2020-03-17)The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study is to explore the topic of principal coaching using principal supervisors. In the past, the traditional model of principal supervision focused on monitoring principals ... -
The Experience of Online Sense of Community of Students and How it Affects their Decision to Withdraw from Online Education
(2020-12-23)Higher education leaders align their goals to meet accreditation requirements to achieve a level of quality for their programs. Educational leaders are also committed to expanding their education services and offering an ... -
The Experiences of Students with Learning Disabilities in a College Success Course: What is Working and What is Not
(2022-02-16)The problem addressed in this study is how a College Success course might reverse the trend of lower graduation rates for students with learning disabilities (LDs) who attend a Colorado institution of higher education. ... -
Faculty Diversity Impact on Historically Underserved Running Start Students of Color (HUSC) Access Rates at Washington State Community and Technical Colleges
(2020-12-04)Nationally and in Washington State, historically underserved students of color (HUSC) continue to lag behind their dominant culture white peers in accessing and attaining high-value credentials through institutions of ... -
Gender Bias Against Women in Policing: Is It Perception or a Reality?
(2021-09-18)Gender bias—giving preferences to men over women—is a societal issue that affects the day-to-day lives of individuals in the workforce. This is especially true in the police force, where gender bias influences the recruitment ... -
Identify the Causes of Voluntary Attrition for Highly Valued Technology Employees
(2021-10-29)Growing competition and increased IT job opportunities have imposed organizations to reduce the attrition of their highly-valued employees. Retaining employees will help organizations save money and time spent recruiting ... -
Impact of Mergers and Acquisitions on the Financial Performance of Pharmaceutical Companies: A Quantitative Study
(2021-07-21)To compensate for the potential steep revenue loss due to expiring patents, mergers and acquisitions (M&As) have been identified as a possible business strategy to replenish the acquiror’s product pipeline in the pharmaceutical ... -
Implementing Multi-Tiered Systems of Support in Continuation High Schools
(2021-12-14)The problem addressed in this study was that there remains limited research on how continuation schools implement evidence-based, multi-tiered programs (i.e., Multi-Tiered System of Support [MTSS]) to increase students' ... -
Knowledge Management Readiness for System Implementation in Small and Medium Enterprises in Vietnam
(2021-10-21)The purpose of this study is to develop a knowledge management (KM) readiness framework to implement KM initiatives in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Vietnam based on the knowledge management capability (KMC) ... -
Mentorship Matching: An Exploration of How Mentor-Mentee Matching Effects Resilience, Self-Efficacy, and Attrition in Novice Teachers
(2021-11-23)Attrition rates, or the number of individuals who leave the teaching profession, have been a continuing problem nationwide with novice teachers (i.e., those in their first 5 years of the profession) creating fiscal and ... -
Narrowing the Achievement Gap in a Southwest United States High School
(2022-02-22)Special education students spend most of their academic school days removed from the general education classroom, thus losing instruction from content specialists. This study was designed to help the researcher understand ... -
Performance-Based Incentives Relative to Organizational Objectives in the Unionized Railroad Industry
(2021-05-17)Researchers have reported a direct correlation between motivation and extrinsic incentives to increase performance in the workplace. Extrinsic motivators such as compensation, promotion opportunities, and professional ...
