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Theses and Dissertations--Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation

Theses/Dissertations from 2024 2024

THE CO-CURRICULUM OF COLLEGE STUDENT EMPLOYMENT: PERSPECTIVES FROM SUPERVISING PRACTITIONERS, Brittany Begley Wildman

Data in Higher Education: Exploring the Collection, Interpretation, and Utilization of Information for Institutional Decision-Making around Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Terri Berkley

A CHANGE OF CHARACTER? EXPLORING THE POSSIBLE EFFECTS OF NON-TENURE TRACK FACULTY AT LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGES, Robert Brown

Increasing Expectations for Entry: Analyzing Changes in Labor Market Entry-Level Education Requirements Over Time with Potential Implications for Credential or Degree Inflation and Returns-to-Education, William Nicholas Grinstead

De Aquí, y De Allá: Education, Culture, and Identity Development of Transnational Latinas, Elizabeth Harris-Medina

BLACK GIRL WISDOM: A BLACK FEMINIST ANALYSIS OF SUCCESS STRATEGIES OF PROFESSIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN AT PREDOMINATELY WHITE HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS, TeAsia Jordan

SHAPING COLLEGE HABITUS: AN EXPLORATION OF THE EFFECT OF THE SOCIAL/SPATIAL CONSTRUCTION OF FIRST-YEAR CLASSES ON THE HABITUS OF LOW-INCOME, WORKING-CLASS RURAL STUDENTS, Joshua R. McConnell Parsons

THE IMPACT OF DUAL CREDIT PARTICIPATION ON GRADUATION & EXCESS HOURS, Erin Mulligan-Nguyen

Student Loan Debt: Exploring the Economic Influences on Federal Student Loan Default for Students that Attended Public, Two-Year Institutions, Brian Perry

WORKING TO LEARN AND LEARNING TO WORK: A COMPARATIVE EXPLORATION OF FEDERAL WORK-STUDY PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION ACROSS KENTUCKY COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, Alexandria Wasson

AN EVALUATION OF STATISTICAL APPROACHES WITHIN A HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH FRAMEWORK: HOW DOES ONLINE DISTANCE LEARNING IMPACT STUDENT OUTCOMES?, Nathaniel P. Wilson

Theses/Dissertations from 2023 2023

UK College of Medicine African-American Medical Students' Experience with Faculty Mentoring, Ashlee-Nicole C. Hamilton

Embracing Rural First-Generation College Student Scholar Identity: Wading Waist Deep in Unfamiliar Waters, Robert Hayes

Minimum High School Graduation Requirements and Teacher Compensation, Allison Johnson

The Moral Imperative to Include More Women in Leadership within Institutions of Higher Education, Kathryn Mattingly Flynn

WHA UP BRUH, YOU GOOD: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF MENTORING PROGRAMS FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES IN COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Taran LanDell McZee

WHERE DO WE FIT IN? INFORMATION LITERACY, ACADEMIC LIBRARIANS, AND CURRICULA, Robert Zai III

Theses/Dissertations from 2022 2022

Housewives to Heroines: Continuing Education for Women at the University of Kentucky, 1964-1988, Allison L. Elliott

PRAY AND PLAY: THE IMPACT OF FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES AMONG DI AFRICAN AMERICAN COLLEGIATE FOOTBALL PLAYERS IN KENTUCKY, Rasheed Flowers

UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT OF A FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING PROGRAM ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT PERSISTENCE IN ENGINEERING, Brad Hubbard

ROLE STRAIN AND ROLE SATISFACTION OF ACADEMIC PROGRAM COORDINATORS AT A SOUTHERN RESEARCH-INTENSIVE DOCTORAL GRANTING UNIVERSITY, Samer R. Jan

Authorship & Agency: Exploring Coaching as a Tool for Student Success, Allison Rebecca Lake

RETENTION OF FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS AT A FOUR-YEAR REGIONAL PUBLIC INSTITUTION, Matthew Andrew Schumacher

Student Involvement & Growth: A Case Study on Student Stories of Agency & Adulthood, Jamie Nicole Taylor

Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021

Utilizing a Theory of Change Process to Establish Framework for a Student Success Course, Sy Bridenbaugh