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Bergerson, Amy A. | Gender disparity in engineering: results and analysis from school counselors survey and national vignette | In an earlier paper by our group [1] we presented statistical analysis based on 30 years of ACT data illustrating gender disparity in engineering majors and career choices. Obtained results also revealed the presence of a large number of students who are interested in engineering but who may not be ... | 2012-01-01 | |
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Bergerson, Amy A. | Outreach and identity development: New perspectives on college student persistence | College student persistence continues to pose challenges for higher education institutions, despite over 40 years of research. Although persistence is studied from many different angles, the majority of studies examining the causes of and cures for students' departure from college reflect the import... | 2014-01-01 | |
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Pounder, Diana G. | Theory to practice in administrator preparation: an evaluation study | The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the effectiveness of a field-based doctoral program in educational administration on linking theory and research to the improvement of practice. Specifically, the study evaluates the degree and ways in which doctoral student field-based projects and studies c... | Educational administration; Doctoral programs; Theory-practice programs | 1995 |
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Johnson, Bob L. | Extending the study of learning environments: Connecting the field to other literatures | The study of learning environments in educational organisations has a short but impressive history. A review of this literature reveals that considerable progress has been made in the investigation of this phenomenon. Yet in spite of these advances, momentum in the field has diminished in recent yea... | Organizational theory; Learning environments | 2002 |
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Hillman, Nicholas W | Preparing for the silver tsunami: the demand for higher education among older adults | (Over the next decade, Baby Boomers will be reaching retirement age in large numbers and the U.S. will be undergoing one of the most significant demographic shifts in its history. This demographic shift has important implications for the role of higher education as a provider of lifelong learning an... | 2010 | |
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Hillman, Nicholas W | The ethical dimensions of awarding financial aid | Abstract In countries charging tuition fees, and those that are considering adopting tuition fee policies, recent economic conditions are making education less affordable and accessible for students (Johnstone & Marcucci, 2010; Schwarzenberger & Opheim, 2009). To combat these challenges, nations, ... | 2011 | |
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Pounder, Diana G.; Bergerson, Amy A. | Job desirability of the university professorate in the field of educational leadership | This survey research study uses job choice theory to assess recent educational leadership doctoral graduates' perceptions of the desirability of the educational administration professorate. Results reveal attractive and unattractive aspects of professorial work as well as those job attributes that ... | Educational administration; Professorial work | 2004 |
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Hillman, Nicholas W | Tuition discounting for revenue management | Over the past decade, institutionally-funded financial aid (or "tuition discounts") have been the fastest-growing item within most public four-year college and university operating budgets. One explanation for this trend is due to the changing structure of public colleges' revenue streams, as tuitio... | 2010 |
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