Our understanding of community college pathways to baccalaureate degrees in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) is remarkably incomplete, despite growing recognition the sizeable role that colleges stand play increasing number students who enter STEM programs, particularly underrepresented students. Here, we drew from data on nearly 3 million analyze participation navigation transfer curriculum colleges, while focusing primarily fields math, chemistry, physics. We found a large...

For 50 years, JABS has played a significant role in making available new knowledge about organizational change. In the last decade, once again been at forefront of introducing approach to change, namely, positive scholarship and This article summarizes some findings that have emerged from this its most important attributes are identified.

Abstract This chapter presents demographic characteristics of contingent faculty across and within higher education sectors. The descriptive data provide insight into how each sector's hiring patterns have changed over the past 30 years. Results indicate that regardless institutional type, role has increased will likely continue to grow.

Child welfare caseworkers typically have high turnover rates, and little is known about how to increase their job satisfaction. Utilizing structural equation modeling, this study investigates the connections between empowerment, leadership, learning culture, physical environment, satisfaction among social workers in child organizations. We employ a dataset from comprehensive organizational health assessment survey of 2801 individuals analyze direct indirect effects empowerment variables on...

Background: Shared governance is currently under attack by state agencies that seek to limit the power of institutional governing bodies. In addition, effectiveness has been called into question practitioners and researchers alike, which creates an additional stress on prevailing structure higher education. Purpose, Objective, Focus Study: Given challenging context education exists in with decreasing financing desire for more legislative oversight, effective shared critical. this study, we...

Workplace flexibility has become increasingly important in industries across the world. The COVID-19 quarantines expedited adoption of remote work among other flexible workplace programs, but their uniformity, efficacy, and sustainability are still being scrutinized. purpose this study is to review policies American higher education attempt identify coherent themes that may be beneficial creating a shared sense meaning pertinent variables data-driven decision-making. We employed qualitative...

The Hispanic-Serving Institution designation is based on enrollment with the overarching goal to ensure specialized support for Hispanic students. Despite intentional funding, some institutions reap financial benefits while not bolstering resources and population, or at least without seeing positive outcomes. Past research has illustrated this through dollars spent per student by racial category analysis of programs. purpose study investigate perceptions students physical space (i.e....

Presidents, provosts, deans, and other upper-level administrators in higher education fit common definitions of “elites” the context qualitative research. Scholarship on methods specific to field has not identified or described unique challenges interviewing these elites. The purpose this paper is examine share strategies for elite interviewing, with application research education. We provide three examples empirical studies involving and, using literature from fields, highlight strategies....

Faculty job satisfaction is critical to the success of students and institutions higher education. Satisfaction faculty has often been tied autonomy complete their work with many viewing themselves as independent contractors whose roles identities are separate from institution's, but implications this mentality scarcely understood. This study applies empowerment framework which encompasses constructs like trust self-determination enhance understanding relationship between faculty's...

Presidents have difficult roles regardless of systemic context and in times crisis their work is especially complex. While the body on presidents generally growing, understanding role underdeveloped. In this study, we enhance research presidential leadership by applying competing values framework to a unique set interviews with 14 from eight nations. Our results highlight value tensions that were are experienced during as these leaders manage local needs national guidance. The most common...

Mission statements have been a staple of higher education institutions for decades, but little is known how they are used as tool institutional decision-making. Using three distinct data sources, this study relies on framing theory to analyse the perceptions university presidents in United States role mission deciding when and communicate. Further, we compare espoused values made following 2016 US presidential election. Findings indicate view central their decision communicate our analysis...

Abstract The number of federally designated Hispanic serving institutions (HSIs) has almost doubled over the last 10 years. This shift led researchers and policy makers alike to increasingly scrutinize what it means be serving, not just enrolling. In this study, we present perspectives from five community college presidents who lead HSIs. Based on interviews examine how define servingness they view as critical truly students. Our findings indicate that involves a focus getting resources...

Abstract In recent years, technology has made it possible, and in some ways critical, for college university presidents to increase campus‐wide communication. Following the 2016 US presidential election, many across country sent communications response while others chose not respond. The resulting reactions from campus community stakeholders these communications, or lack of communication, was mixed due contentious nature election. an effort better understand a president’s decision...

This study utilizes interviews with five Hispanic presidents at Hispanic-serving community colleges in the United States to understand how define and perceive their role ensuring servingness, that is, guaranteeing population is being fully served, Hispanic-Serving Institutes (HSIs). We employ Garcia colleagues' multidimensional framework of servingness. Past research on HSI leaders has not employed perceptions ensure Four common themes emerged from data, indicating are concerned about...

In recent years, technology has made it possible, and at times critical, for college university presidents to increase their campus-wide public communication. However, there is little research that analyses these frequent timely presidential communications. Using grounded theory, this study took steps fill gap by analysing the unprecedented response campuses had 2016 United States election of Donald Trump. The analysis focused on responses from fifty state flagship universities found...

International student services centers (ISSC) at postsecondary institutions in the United States are central to supporting international students' transition and adjustment needs. As leaders of these units, ISSC directors 'managerial professionals' (MPs), exhibiting characteristics both traditional academic administrative roles. These qualities mirror requisite adaptiveness their positions, required navigate complex international, national, institutional factors affecting students...

Abstract Many regional public universities (RPUs) provide college access to diverse groups of undergraduate students and face pressures pursue prestige in the academic hierarchy. Prior research posits that RPUs will strive for because status‐ resource‐based rewards flow from increasing their admissions selectivity, research‐intensity, wealth. As this dominant perspective suggests, may erode historic missions democratizing educational opportunity emulate more elite peers improve external...

Abstract Faculty engage in several institutional activities typically categorised as teaching, research and service. Within those there are numerous potential tasks, denotes that faculty often bemoan this work which can lead to turnover lack of commitment. We present the job crafting framework one way allow be active participants increasing their The focus analysis was understanding three concepts (e.g., task, cognitive relational) is most associated with commitment among academic staff, or...

Research on dual credit (DC) programs highlights the benefits including enhanced post-secondary access, higher GPAs, lower remediation, increased persistence, and graduation rates. Most of this work focuses students, analyzing local, state, federal data. The purpose study is to present perspectives high school support staff, faculty, administrators regarding student access utilization DC programs. Findings indicate that despite low SES cost still perceived as a significant barrier for...