Title: An Examination of the Effects of Undergraduate Debt on Graduate School Enrollment for STEM and Business-Related Fields
Committee:
Robert Kelchen, Ph.D.
Rong Chen, Ph.D.
Katie Smith Ph.D.
Oral Defense: May 14, 2021 @ 1pm
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Title: A Quasi-experimental Study on How Free College Influences Educational Equity in the US Based on the Analysis of Statewide Promise Programs
Committee:
Robert Kelchen, Ph.D.
Rong Chen, Ph.D.
Hillary Morgan, Ph.D.
Oral Defense: May 13, 2021 @ 9am
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Title: A National Study on the Relationship between Programmatic Factors and Athletic Training Education Board of Certification Pass Rates
Committee:
Rong Chen, Ph.D.
Robert Kelchen, Ph.D.
Dr. Richard Boergers
Oral Defense: May 10, 2021 @ 11:00am
Title: Who gets to protest? Understanding the relationship between resources in institutional characteristics and student mobilization in higher education institutions
Committee:
Rong Chen, Ph.D.
Robert Kelchen, Ph.D.
Richard Blissett, Ph.D.
Oral Defense: May 5, 2021 @ 9am
Title: College Faculty Preparation and Comfort in Teaching Students with Disabilities
Committee:
Martin Finkelstein Ph.D.
Katie Smith, Ph.D.
Wendiann Sethi
Oral Defense: May 10, 2021 @ 11:00am
Title: The Influence of the Length of the School Day on the Percentage of Students who Met Expectations and Exceeded Expectations Scores on the 2018 Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers for Algebra II
Committee:
Dr. Daniel Gutmore, Ph.D.
Dr. Christopher Tienken, Ed.D.
Dr. Jamil Maroun, Ed.D.
Oral Defense: April 29, 2021 @ 11:00am
Title: Grit as a Predictor of Retention for First-Year Latino Students at a Hispanic-Serving Institution
Committee:
Dr. Rong Chen (Mentor)
Dr. Robert Kelchen
Dr. Michael Kuchar
Oral Defense: March 5th, 2021 @ 10am
Title: A Study Examining the High School Counselor Experiences in College Choice Decision-Making.
Committee:
Dr. Rong Chen
Dr. Eunyoung Kim
Dr. Edmund Adjapong
Oral Defense: March 8, 2021 @ 10am
Title: What Matters Most for Success Student Persistence: Student Perceptions About the Influence of Their Participation in an Educational Opportunity Fund Program
Committee:
Dr. Rong Chen
Dr. Eunyoung Kim
Dr. Yesenia Madas
Oral Defense: March 8, 2021 @ 3pm
Title: Faculty Perceptions of Dyadic Advising Relationships, Power, and Cultural Consciousness on College Student Learning Outcomes
Committee:
Peggy Brady-Amoon, Ph.D.
Katie Smith, Ph.D.
Amy Klein, Ed.D.
Oral Defense: March 11, 2021 @ 11:30am