Business education, Critial thinking skills, Critical thinking assessment, Graduate Business Education, Masters in Business Administration, MBA
The need for graduate business education, and in particular Masters of Business Administration (MBA) programs, to foster the development of the critical thinking skills of its graduates has increased. Employers of MBA graduates desire sound...
In the 2009-10 school year, Oxford Area School District [OASD] in southeastern Pennsylvania implemented a full day kindergarten program. OASD intended to provide a more rigorous educational experience for students as they begin their formal...
Challenges of Military Leadership, Leadership, leadership challenges with global conflict, Military Leadership
The post 911 military challenges threaten Army leadership. Traditional leadership that governed a cold war military has made current policies and practices detrimental to effective leadership and, therefore, demands change. This paper examines the...
Corrections, Learning Communities, New Jersey, Prison
Currently, the United States of America incarcerates 2.3 million people--more than at any time in its history. In the 1980s, due to a political shift toward support for punitive criminal justice policies, which included an expensive and expansive...
employee retention, hiring and training, hotels, motivating and inspiring, retention practices, rewarding and recognizing
Employee retention in the hospitality industry is a persistent problem which management can reduce by applying effective managerial and leadership practices as a means of generating employee satisfaction. Researchers found factors such as long,...
iPad, Pilot, Productivity, Professional Development, User Support, Walkthroughs
This study employed a pilot test of iPads to determine how the device could be integrated into the ABC school district's instructional and technical environments. The research design included a descriptive longitudinal case study evaluation of the...
American public school systems, Harford County Maryland, historical development of American public school districts, public school districts
The history of the Harford County Public Schools school system, located in Harford County, Maryland, is examined. The school system's development in regard to financial and operational components of the organization is the focus of this overview...
Adolescents, Improvement, Middle, Motivation, School
Effectively addressing the unique developmental and academic needs of adolescents is a challenge that educators have been grappling with since the mid-1960's when school systems began to convert junior high schools into middle schools. While...
Employee Engagement, High Performance Work Place, Organizational Culture, Performance Metrics, Program Evaluation
Leadership development and employee engagement are two elements critical to the success of organizations. In response to growth opportunities, our Distribution and Logistics company set on a course to implement High Performance Work Place to meet...
China, Chinese, Community College, Global, Higher Education, Language
Public education reform designed for K-12 and higher education exists to transform teaching and learning within the United States in order to graduate today's student. One specific initiative on the federal, state, and local levels is the...
The purpose of this descriptive study is to examine the factors that influenced
parents in a school district in Delaware when they selected a high school for their
child. This study also sought to examine the sources of information that parents...
Black Scholes Merton, Covered Call, Derivative, Dollar Strike, Great Recession, Penny Pilot
Options on equities valued below $50.00 have traditionally traded in $2.50 strike price increments. The SEC, in cooperation with options exchanges, has completed a pilot program of $1.00 strike price increments for options on equities valued...
African American slavery, Bible knowledge, biblical illiteracy, biblical literacy, Black church, Christian education
Although the Bible is the world's best-selling book, the magnitude and scope of biblical illiteracy among Americans has been observed and documented by pastors, researchers, and Christian educators. This general decline in biblical literacy in...
criminal justice, law enforcement, mental illness, police, probation officer, website
Probation and parole officers supervise a disproportionate amount of offenders with mental illness. Many causes contribute to this over-representation ranging from deinstitutionalization, to co-occurring disorders, to homelessness. It appears...
case study methodology, diffusion of innovation, diffusion theory, disruptive innovation theory, management of innovation, media and entertainment industry
Traditional television broadcasters and movie studios, whose traditional businesses have enjoyed more than a half-century of little competition, are under attack from new entrants. These media sub-industries find themselves having to adapt to...
Given the predicted shortages of minority dental healthcare providers in the United States and the expanding diversity of the general population, it is important to recruit and retain an ethnically and culturally diverse allied dental workforce....
African Americans, Business Incubators, Entrepreneurship, Micro-entrepreneurship, Social Capital, Social Networks
This case study analyzed how 15 African American micro-entrepreneurs in a low-income community located in the Northeastern part of the United States perceive the assistance they received from a micro-business incubator in establishing social...
Community Living Arrangements, Intellectual Disability, Medication Administration, Medication Administration Training, Medication Errors, Unlicensed Medication Administrators
In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania the Office of Developmental Disabilities has designed a medication administration "Train the Trainer Program" that certifies non-medical personnel to administer oral medications in designated regulated programs...
community college, developmental education, graduation, Hispanic, recruitment, retention
The graduation rates for Hispanic students in higher education are the lowest in the nation in comparison to any other subgroups, yet they are the fastest growing population in the nation. Lack of a rigorous curriculum in a K-12 setting and...
