Theses/Dissertations - Educational Leadership
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Environment and affluence : how food insecurity shapes student identity at a selective flagship institution.
(2021-07-13)The purpose of this study is to understand how students who experience food insecurity manage and display their identity at a selective state flagship institution with a culture of affluence. Though many scholars have ... -
Incompatible? : How Christian faith informs Title IX policy and practice.
(2021-07-07)Extensive literature exists on the integration of faith and learning, or faith and practice, in Christian higher education (e.g., Beers 2003; Beers & Beers, 2008; Dockery & Morgan, 2018; Glanzer et al., 2020a; Guthrie, ... -
Caregivers’ choice against : a case study of caregivers’ denial of language services in Central Texas.
(2021-07-04)The focus of this study was to describe the prevalent issue affecting English Language Learners in Central Texas ISD (CTXISD) due to the denial of bilingual language services by caregivers, and to make sense of these parent ... -
The importance of what students care about : a grounded theory exploration of student preferences and pathways.
(2021-07-07)Students make countless decisions in college. Yet, few studies on student pathways through college consider the importance of what students care about. A review of the higher education literature devoted to student pathways ... -
The influence of academic, social, and deeper life interactions on the psychological sense of community of international students in the United States.
(2021-05-03)More than one million international college students studied in the United States in 2019. International students contributed $41 billion and sponsored 458,290 jobs to the U.S. economy during the 2018-2019 academic year. ... -
Social support and its influence on college students' understanding of moral expertise.
(2021-04-23)Colleges and universities offer environments conducive to moral development, which is seen as essential for cultivating civic engagement, intellectual growth, and virtuous character. As part of a larger study on character ... -
Social support and its influence on college students' understanding of moral expertise.
(2021-05-03)Colleges and universities offer environments conducive to moral development, which is seen as essential for cultivating civic engagement, intellectual growth, and virtuous character. As part of a larger study on character ... -
Multicultural & social justice competence and leadership in student affairs : a structural model.
(2021-05-02)This study aims to provide a framework for understanding the development of student affairs professionals’ self-perception of leadership ability through the improvement of multicultural/social justice competencies. The ... -
District of innovation-hired career and technical education teachers : a study of preparation and effectiveness.
(2021-04-15)School districts across the nation are struggling to fill Career and Technical Education (CTE) teaching positions each year (Devier, 2019). To address this demand in Texas, state lawmakers passed legislation to create ... -
Stress and burnout of secondary principals in a rural school district in South-Central Texas : a case study.
(2021-04-09)Principals play an integral role in promoting the overall success of a school. Principal turnover is an increasing problem across the United States, which has created a principal shortage. Turnover of effective school ... -
Why do teachers stay? Exploring teacher retention in urban schools.
(2021-04-26)There are nearly 250 teachers hired each school year due to attrition in Smith Independent School District (SISD). Attrition is a repetitive obstacle to finding qualified teachers for open positions. From the 2015–2016 to ... -
Factors influencing teacher job selection of a rural school district for employment.
(2021-03-30)Recruitment of excellent teachers for employment in rural school districts is highly competitive. Human resource decision makers become more competitive by understanding factors that influence job selection. A targeted, ... -
Derailed : an interpretivist study of how senior-level higher education administrators experience and navigate job loss.
(2020-11-05)This qualitative study used a multi-frame interpretivist approach to explore academic leaders’ involuntary or unwanted job departures—derailment. Informed by interviews with executive-level college and university administrators ... -
Influences on academic talent development of Black females : systematic review and case study.
(2020-09-24)Although Black females are the majority of the Black population in colleges and universities, Black women are still underrepresented in advanced degree programs. Moreover, Black females are underrepresented in other areas ... -
Do gender and expertise matter? An exploration of athletic product endorsement in China.
(2020-07-15)This study examined the effect of an athlete endorser’s gender-sport fit and expertise in the decision-making process of athlete endorsed product impressions in a Chinese sports market. The result of this study showed that ... -
Thriving through relationships : exploring the influence of interactions on college student success for living-learning community students.
(2020-06-11)College student interactions have long been categorized around academic and social domains of students’ lives. Studies of interactions also often omit how professional campus staff are involved. In addition to including ... -
Effective middle school practices to reduce the frequency with which students share sexually explicit content.
(2020-01-16)The Central Independent School District (CISD) has experienced an uptick in student sexting incidents at the middle school level. It is the opinion of Central ISD and the researcher that additional efforts are required ... -
An examination of leadership development strategies of fast-growth public-school districts in Texas.
(2020-02-05)The Lamar Consolidated Independent School District (LCISD) hires over a dozen campus administrators annually. This has created a repetitive struggle to find internal candidates who are effectively prepared to fill these ... -
The search for a new order : a historical evaluation of community-based accountability in Texas public education.
(2020-02-20)The purpose of this study was to advance understanding of the perceptions of educational leaders promoting community-based accountability systems in Texas. Specifically, this study analyzed the educational intents of ... -
Examining junior high principals’ perceptions of a delayed school start time.
(2020-04-03)The purpose of this qualitative case study was to examine the perceptions of junior high school principals as they relate to a change in school start time policy in a large suburban school district. Throughout the last two ...
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