• Understanding community college student perception of success beyond traditional measures of persistence and degree attainment 

  Head, Brooke Adkison (University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)

  The purpose of this qualitative case study was to understand community college student success from the student perspective. Research questions included: (1) How do community college students define success? (2) What are ...
• Cultivating the roots of STEM: investigating the influence of a STEM program on teachers' efficacy and adolescents' attitudes toward STEM 

  Wilson, Michelle McBenge (University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)

  The newest science standards and national economy demand a committed emphasis to STEM integration in K-12 education. The need for STEM programs in K-12 education continues to grow, specifically in the formative adolescent ...
• Identifying and exploring Alabama nursing students’ attitudes toward caring for people living with HIV: an explanatory sequential mixed methods study 

  Jennings, April Lambert (University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)

  The aim of this study was to identify the attitudes of nursing students in Alabama toward people living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) or Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), and then further explore how ...
• Organizational culture and diversity participation in study abroad 

  Hudson, Holly S. (University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)

  This dissertation seeks answers to perplexing questions: 1) Why don’t more students—particularly minority and other traditionally underserved students—participate in study abroad programming? 2) Does institutional culture ...
• President Carmichael's failure to commit: challenges of leadership in the desegregation of the University of Alabama 

  Wever, Sarah Elizabeth (University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)

  Oliver Cromwell Carmichael, the University of Alabama’s 19th president, was president during a time of controversy. A native of Alabama, President Carmichael was aware that segregation was a deep-rooted tradition in the ...
• Teachers as professionals: Germany, the United States, bildung, and didaktiks 

  Toland, Bradley (University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)

  Overwhelmingly, Americans express that they admire teachers and support public education, yet simultaneously demand greater accountability from and control over them. They argue that teachers are professionals, yet hold ...
• Exploring teachers’ meaning, methods, and perceived effectiveness of culturally responsive instruction on student college readiness in an urban secondary school district 

  Peoples, Tineka Bates (University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)

  Research indicates that significant numbers of urban students are underprepared for post-secondary education at four-year universities. The purpose of the qualitative phenomenologically informed dissertation is to explore ...
• The effect of implementing monetary incentive into a sexually transmitted infection prevention and education program 

  Townsend, Haley Franklin (University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)

  The purpose of this experimental study was to explore the effects of monetary incentives on the engagement with sexually transmitted infection education and prevention materials in 18- to 24-year-old females enrolled in a ...
• Theory-based post -simulation debriefing: perceived effectiveness of debriefing and transfer of learning 

  Colvin, Natasha Renee (University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)

  Background Nurse educators have an obligation to ensure that students learn, develop, and apply higher-order cognitive skills. New graduates are expected to practice at a higher performance level in order to care for more ...
• A study on the choice to accept a faculty position at a four-year, non-tenure granting university 

  Wynne, Phillip (University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)

  Earning tenure is a prestigious, professional achievement for faculty in higher education. The number of tenured faculty, open tenure positions, and newly created tenure positions within higher-education has declined since ...
• The relationship of enabling school structure, academic optimism, school disciplinary climate and pupil control ideology with school discipline rates 

  Willis, Jeffrey Dwayne (University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)

  The relationship between enabling school structure, academic optimism, pupil control ideology, and school disciplinary climate with school disciplinary rate was quantitatively investigated in my dissertation. A total of ...
• Pathways to the baccalaureate: exploring graduating transfer students’ involvement at a four-year institution 

  Bickel, Amelia (University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)

  The community college has long been touted as a democratizing force for American higher education, and one of the primary ways that America will reach its degree attainment needs to compete globally. However, in recent ...
• Instructor presence in online courses: a qualitative study of student and instructor perspectives 

  Kirkland, Randi Leigh (University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)

  Online learning is experienced by students and instructors at many universities, and enrollment has continued to increase in recent years (Legon & Garrett, 2017; Legon & Garrett, 2018). Several researchers have identified ...
• The campus speech wars: the problem of freedom in higher education 

  McLelland, Lane Busby (University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)

  This study seeks to provide administrators and faculty with a better grasp of the dynamics of the Campus Speech Wars (CSW) so they may develop civic education strategies that more thoroughly address the problem of campus ...
• The decision-making process of Louisiana's executive university leaders during declining state appropriations from 2008 to 2016 

  Bohl, Kelsey (University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)

  Since 2008, the Louisiana state legislature has continually defunded public higher education. Decreased state funding has significant implications for public higher education, including decreased student access and college ...
• Ritualized relief: service-learning as the violence of mercy after the 2010 Haitian earthquake 

  Bailey, Megan Snider (University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)

  Relief offered by short-term, international volunteers in the wake of a natural disaster hinders community rebuilding despite servers’ good intentions. American college and university student service-learning teams—wherein ...
• The lens of colorblindness and cultural competency: an examination of how Black female social workers view their clients 

  Thompson, Karen (University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)

  This qualitative phenomenological study explores how Black female social workers in the American South perceive their clients’ racial identities and how these perceptions affect their professional practice. Using Patricia ...
• Evaluation of Student Knowledge of Student Services at Shelton State Junior College 

  Lee, Humphrey L. (University of Alabama Libraries, 1983)

  The junior college emerged as a viable element of the American higher education system during the twentieth century. The first junior college established in this country was in Joliet, Illinois in 1901 and by 1976 approximately ...
• An Analysis of the Nonprint Tasks Performed By Media Professionals in Junior College Library Media Centers 

  Dorin, Donald E. (University of Alabama Libraries, 1981)

  Innovation in instructional technologies appears to be expanding and producing genuine advances in teaching and learning methodologies in junior colleges. The state of the art in the development of print and nonprint ...
• Integrating Game-Based Learning Initiative: Increasing the Usage of Game-Based Learning Within K-12 Classrooms Through Professional Learning Groups 

  Denham, André R.; Mayben, Robert; Boman, Terri (Springer, 2016-01)

  In the past 15 to 20 years there has been an increased interest in the use of games for learning. A considerable amount of work has already been done by educational researchers and theorists (Gee, Squire, Malone, Lepper, ...

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