GSLC LibGuides: Selected GSLC Dissertations by Subject: Education

All GSLC dissertations can be found at the link below. Search by author, keyword, topic, etc. Our dissertations are published in Open Access.

https://aura.antioch.edu/mlphdlcuw/

Turning Around Small, Private, Tuition Dependent Colleges: How Boards of Trustees Impact Decline and Turnaround by Mike Bills
Publication Date: 2020

Method: Case Study
Keywords: Private college; Tuition dependence; Board of trustees; college presidents; alumni board members; decline; financial stress; turnaround; change; enrollment strategy; optimism bias; loss aversion; crisis leadership; structural deficit; case study
Fostering Leadership in High School: Development and Validation of Student Leadership Capacity Building Scales by Lindsay Beth Lyons
Publication Date: 2018

Method: mixed methods
Keywords: Student voice; Youth leadership; Scale development; High school; Shared leadership; Mixed methods; Shared leadership; Capacity building; Social justice leadership; Inclusive leadership; Positive leadership
The Effects of Mentoring and Induction Programs and Personal Resiliency on the Retention of Early Career Teachers by Lucinda Lett Leugers
Publication Date: 2018

Method: multiple regression
Keywords: early career teachers; mentoring; induction programs; resilience; resilience scale; teacher retention
Interpretative Analysis of Adult Learners’ Lived Experiences in a Uniquely Designed Higher Education Program by LaTonya M. Branham
Publication Date: 2018

Method: interpretative phenomenological analysis
Keywords: Adult Learner; Higher Education; Academic Advisor; Professor; University; Baccalaureate degree; Leadership; Experience; Persistence; Retention; Graduation; Optimum; Confidence; Expectation; Influence; Need; Impact; Qualitative; Phenomenology
Students' Perceived Value of the Community College Experience: A Mixed Methods Study by Robin A. Duncan
Publication Date: 2018

Method: Mixed methods
Keywords: Perceived Value; Service Quality; Academic Quality; Satisfaction; Student Engagement; Involvement; Student Experience; Higher Education; Two Year Colleges; Community College; Students; Mixed Methods; Regression; Factor Analysis; Persistence; Retention
Experiential Journey of Females Who Enter or Re-enter College Later in Life to Degree Completion by Rita Audy Johnston
Publication Date: 2017

Method: phenomenology
Keywords: adult female college students; women; nontraditional students; access to higher education; women degree completion; social identity; role identity; intersectionality; phenomenological research design; feminism; phenomenology
A Mixed Methods Perspective: How Integral Leaders Can Contribute to the Growth of Emerging Leaders by Susan M. Hayes
Publication Date: 2015

Method: mixed methods
Keywords: mixed methods; integral theory; hero journey; spiral dynamics; tier one development; tier two development; leader; leadership; adult development; emerging leaders
At the Heart of the Classroom: Teachers' Experience of the Suffering and Success of Students for Whom They Care by Randall Kenyon Bartlett Jr.
Publication Date: 2015

Method: phenomenology
Keywords: Teaching; Caring; Urban Schools; Phenomenology; Classroom Community; Suffering; Teacher; Lived-Experience; Education; K-12; School Reform; Phronesis;
Presidential Arcs: What Institutional Histories Can Tell Us About The Office by Jennifer A. Carlo
Publication Date: 2014

Method: comparative case study
Keywords: higher education leadership; higher education presidency; college and university leadership; college and university presidency; higher education; failed presidencies; higher education administration; presidential arc; college presidents
Portraits of Women’s Leadership after Participation in a Culturally Based University Tribal College Partnership by Catherine Calvert
Publication Date: 2014

Method: portraiture
Keywords: Native Americans; Women; Leadership; Empowerment; Healing; Tribal Colleges; University Partnerships; Portraiture; TCUs; Higher Education; Cohorts; Non-Traditional Students; Self-Efficacy
Measuring Normlessness in the Workplace: A Study of Organizational Anomie in the Academic Setting by Tayo Glenn Switzer
Publication Date: 2013

Method: quantitative / anomie study
Keywords: anomie; workplace; Durkheim; higher education; sociology; business management; organizational theory; surveys; associate professors; normlessness; organizational cohesion; norms; leadership; organizational change; academic anomie; organizational anomie