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Ethical Decision-Makers: How Student Affairs Staff Make Moral Choices in the Face of Sexual Assault Cases on Campus
(2019-08-08)This qualitative study examined the experience of seven student affairs staff at a private, religiously oriented university in the South who deal with sexual assault cases. Using Nathaniel’s (2006) theory of moral reckoning ... -
EXAMINING HOW RACE MEDIATES TEACHER-STUDENT RELATIONSHIPS
(2018-12-06)This study focused on the role that race plays in Teacher-Student Relationships (TSRs). The study took place at a middle school in North Texas. A racially diverse group of teachers at the school was interviewed regarding ... -
Examining the Social Effects of Community-Based Mentoring on At-Risk Adolescent Girls
The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study is to examine which strategies of mentoring, if any, have a positive impact on adolescent girls who engage in potentially at-risk social behaviors, which may negatively ... -
Exit Exam Requirements And High School Graduation: A Texas Perspective
(Education, 2014-07-14)The movement towards exit exams requirements prior to a student graduating from high school is one of the most prominent developments on the education policy landscape nationwide. Previous research on the impact of exit ... -
Experiencing Technology Integration In The Collegiate Classroom: From The Perspectives Of Itinerant Adjunct Language Instructors
(Education, 2015)In the last 40 years, the adjunct instructor population has become the largest group in higher education. Despite their numbers, they continue to be largely ignored and, most importantly, untrained. Their itinerancy forces ... -
Exploring College Readiness: The Role Of Dual Credit And SES On College Persistence And Student Success
(Education, 2013-03-20)Texas' 2006 House Bill 1, which required all high schools in Texas to provide students with the opportunity to earn a minimum of 12 hours of college credit prior to their graduation beginning the fall of 2008, changed the ... -
Exploring Principals' Perceptions Of Characteristics, Practices, And Programs That Influence College Readiness For Low Socioeconomic Students In Smaller Texas High Schools: A Delphi Study
(Education, 2013-10-23)The purpose of this study was to investigate characteristics, practices, programs, and other factors of smaller Texas high schools that are successful at producing college-ready low-SES graduates. The analysis of the data ... -
Factors Of Attrition In Cohort Doctoral Education: A Self Determination Theory Perspective
(Education, 2014-03-12)Attrition rates, completion rates, and time to degree are the key areas researchers have sought to examine influencing factors and patterns of behavior that describe the departure process of students in doctoral study. ... -
Faculty Beliefs, Experiences, and Interactions with Students in the Context of Campus Carry
Although gun possession has traditionally been prohibited at higher education institutions, several states have passed legislation in recent years allowing guns to be carried on college campuses. The so-called “campus ... -
Faculty tiering and academic inbreeding: one institution's relationships and realities
(Oklahoma State University, 2000)"Like inbreeding, if the proliferation of faculty tiering is problematic for academe, this institution is promoting faculty tiering, but at a lower rate than national trends. But, inbreeding and faculty tiering appear to ... -
FOURTH AMENDMENT KNOWLEDGE IN STUDENT HOUSING: A STUDY OF TEXAS PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS
The purpose of this quantitative study was to analyze Texas public college and university housing professionals’ knowledge of constitutional Fourth Amendment law using a 20-question True/False/Unsure survey. This survey ... -
Gender Behavior Types, Teacher-Student Interactions, and Mathematics Performance: An Empirical Analysis of Texas High School Students
(2016-12-07)The purpose of this study was to explore the gender behavior types for both female and male high school students. Using the gender behavior types as a lens, the study examined the existence of any differences in teacher-student ... -
Graduate School Experiences And Post-graduation Plans Of International Science And Engineering Doctoral Students At A Public University
(Education, 2014-07-14)This quantitative study examines the graduate school experiences of international science and engineering doctoral students at a public University and aims at understanding to what extent graduate school experience influences ... -
High School Principal Transformational Leadership Behaviors And Teacher Extra Effort During Educational Reform: The Mediating Role Of Teacher Agency Beliefs
(Education, 2013-10-23)Transformational leadership has been shown to affect organizational commitment, capacity development, and performance. However, these relationships have received very little attention in schools, especially high schools ... -
Homesickness at College: Its Impact on Academic Performance and Retention
(Johns Hopkins University PressDepartment of Educational Leadership & Policy Studies, The University of Texas at Arlington, November 2)**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: For this study we identified factors exerting significant influence on homesickness and explored the impact of the homesick experience on students’ academic ... -
Ideological and Legal Determinants of U.S. Court of Appeals Judges' Voting in K-12 Autism Reimbursement Cases (1983 - 2016) Under the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act
The results of this study reveal the influence of (1) U.S. Court of Appeals judges' political ideology; (2) pivotal special education Supreme Court Decisions' influence; and (3) Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ... -
Ideological and Legal Determinants of U.S. Courts of Appeals Judges' Voting in K-12 IDEA Reimbursement Cases Involving Children with Learning Disabilities
(2017-05-03)The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is the seminal federal legislation entitling children with disabilities to a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE). The law permits parents who contend their child ... -
Ideological And Legal Determinants Of U.S. Supreme Court Justices' Voting In Establishment Clause Cases In K-12 Education: 1947-2014
This study investigated the influence of: (1) justices' political ideology; (2) justices' religious affiliation; (3) justices' qualifications; and (4) legal precedent on voting at the United States Supreme Court in ... -
IDEOLOGICAL AND LEGAL PREDICTORS OF U.S. COURT OF APPEALS JUSTICES’ VOTING IN TITLE VII NATIONAL ORIGIN EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION CASES IN K-16 EDUCATION
(2016-12-07)This study investigated the influence of: (1) judges’ political ideology as measured by party-of-the- appointing president and DW-nominate scores; and (2) legal precedent as measured by voting which occurred before or after ... -
IDEOLOGICAL, LEGAL, AND CASELOAD EFFECTS ON COURTS OF APPEALS JUDGES’ VOTING IN RACE-BASED TITLE VII CASES BROUGHT BY AFRICAN-AMERICAN PLAINTIFFS IN K-12 PUBLIC EDUCATION
This study investigated how effectively U.S. Courts of Appeals judges’(1) political ideology, as measured by party of the appointing president or judges’ DW-nominate scores; (2) legal developments, as measured by the 1991 ...