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Does My Teacher Like Me? A Student-Centered Exploration of Student-Teacher Relationships and the Impact of Belonging, Race, and Ethnicity.
(2020-12)
Student discourse for a sense of belonging or care within positive, effective student-teacher relationships involves the concept of "like" or "being liked" by teachers. There has been considerable literature on a sense of ...
Transformational Philanthropy in Academia: Fundraising Tools for Institutional Advancement
(2020-12)
The purpose of the study was to investigate the philanthropic impediments faced by institutional advancement departments. The transformational philanthropy project sought to understand areas that can maximize a University’s ...
Postdocs in Mathematics: Understanding Gender Equity and Opportunity
(2020-12)
Postdoctoral (postdoc) positions in mathematics are understood as factors influencing the achievement of mathematics faculty research positions at PhD granting institutions. This capstone study demonstrates that over the ...
IT Governance and Innovation: Driving Innovation in Higher Education
(2020-12)
The literature on IT Governance (ITG) suggests that it is a critical success factor to modern day institutions and drives innovation when used effectively. Effective ITG is a key step in transforming universities steeped ...
Jewish Identity and Volunteerism at Temple Emanuel
(2020-12)
The purpose of this Capstone project was to examine Jewish identity and its impact on volunteerism at Temple Emanuel (Winston-Salem, NC). This study assessed Jewish identity of members of the Temple and their motivation ...
The Participant's Journey to Professional Transformation of Leadership Development
(2020-12)
The purpose of this capstone is to understand how a highly-selective leadership development program that selects international participants for a one-year residence in the US adequately captures the individual participants’ ...
Barriers and Catalysts in Awareness-Based Learning: A Study of Transfer of Learning in Equity-Focused Leadership Development Programs
(2020-12)
Equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) topics have become central areas of focus in leadership development programs across industries and fields. EDI leadership training efforts often involve significant focus on ...
Assessing the Impact of a Faith-based Grantmaking Program
(2020-12)
This study was designed to help Hope for San Diego (HFSD), a faith-based grantmaking organization in San Diego, California, measure the impact of their grantmaking program on the grantee organizations. Coffman and Beer’s ...
Leading the Occupational Therapy Profession Towards Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
(2020-12)
Like many national professional organizations, the American Occupational Therapy Association’s (AOTA) membership does not reflect the national demographics in terms of diversity. Throughout the years, the AOTA has published ...
Learning to Improve: An Assessment of an Institution of Higher Education Across the Dimensions of the Learning Organization
(2020-12)
Savannah State University faces several financial and operational challenges and is looking to improve its capacity to react to those challenges and to define and achieve its goals. The literature suggests that adopting ...