Peabody College Leadership, Policy, and Organizations: Recent submissions
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2020-05)This exploration into the extant literature surrounding Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) was conducted with the underlying goals of discovering the activities, practices, and polices that Lane College ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2020-05)This study further explores the salience of the theory of student persistence at residential colleges and universities (Braxton, Doyle, Hartley, Hirschy, Jones, & McLendon, 2014) at a small, private, HBCU located in Jackson, ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2020-05)The Innovation Center of St. Vrain Valley Schools provides STEM-based educational experiences to students in a 50,000 square foot, state-of-the-art facility in Longmont, Colorado. Several local business and industry partners ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2020-04)Within the past year, the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) updated its mission, vision, and values to better reflect the trends impacting its more than 1,700 members. An increased emphasis on diversity, ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2020-05)Student debt has increased rapidly in the United States over the past 20 years and totals more than $1.3 trillion dollars. Roughly half of students borrow to pay for tuition and living expenses associated with a college ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2020-05)The school principal plays a significant role in a school’s success, and research highlights the importance of principals learning through others (Smylie, Murphy, & Louis, 2020). Unfortunately, principals often work alone. ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2020-05)This study was a one-year investigation into the implementation of two pilot literacy curricula in Hamilton County Schools in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Surveys, interviews, and student performance data were analyzed to ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2019)As the demographic characteristics of college students in the United States have shifted and expanded, so have the patterns of student mobility across international borders. Study abroad opportunities have also become ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2019-05)This project was a one-year investigation of the implementation of the STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) Initiative in the Metro Nashville Public School System. Interviews with STEAM teachers, ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2019-05)To explore and understand the impact of the Affinity Bonding recruitment model at Alderson Broaddus University, we employed a mixed methods approach research design to answer the following questions: (1) What are the ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2019-05)In recent decades, research demonstrating both that teacher quality significantly influences student achievement and that teacher effectiveness varies considerably has stimulated a number of reforms aimed to improve the ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2019-05)Collectively, Tennessee, institutions, and students, both veteran and their dependents, strive toward the successful completion of post-secondary education for the public good of the state and the private good of the ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2019)In 2018, an urban district in the Southeastern United States, identified for this study as Manchester City Schools (MCS), developed a strategic plan under the newly hired superintendent. This strategic plan established a ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2019)Since the historic 2001 passage and subsequent implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act, NCLB, schools and districts across the nation have been held accountable in one way or another for student achievement. These ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2019-05)Despite increases in access to postsecondary education, addressing gaps in outcomes across socioeconomic groups remains challenging. Even if more lower income students are entering postsecondary institutions today than in ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2019-05)In this study, we utilize a logic model adapted from Tinto’s (1975) Interactionalist Theory and the Theory of Student Departure in Commuter Colleges and Universities by Braxton et al. (2004) to measure determinants of ...