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Bailey, Brad Efficacy of a Basic Public

Speaking Course Delivered via a

Virtual Community

College

This research investigates the efficacy of basic undergraduate

public speaking courses by examining pre- and post-course

speech anxiety scores (using PRPSA survey) of those enrolled in online and traditional speech classes. The research will also examine student and faculty

satisfaction of those in traditional, hybrid, and online speech classes.

Up to 600 CC students will be surveyed from the required basic public

speaking course in the Spring 2012.

University of Southern

Mississippi

Educational Studies and

Research

Doctoral Dissertation

USM Field Support Specialist, Mississippi

Reads

9/13/2011 (Elliott)


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Baker, Judy Geriatric Nursing: A

Comparison of Final Semester

Nursing Students’

Knowledge, Attitudes, and

Interest

The purpose of this study will be to examine graduating ADN students’

knowledge of geriatric concepts, attitudes toward older adults, and desire to work in geriatric nursing.

Research Questions include: 1. What knowledge do final semester ADN

students have of geriatric concepts?2. What attitudes do final semester

ADN students have about older adults?

3. How likely are final semester ADN students to verbalize a desire to work

in geriatric nursing?4. Is there a relationship between

knowledge of geriatric concepts and desire to work in geriatric nursing

among final semester ADN students?5. Is there a relationship between attitudes toward older adults and desire to work in geriatric nursing

among final semester ADN students?6. Is there a relationship between

knowledge of geriatric concepts and attitudes toward older adults among

final semester ADN students?

This study will use a cross-sectional, convenience sample of 30 to 60 final

semester ADN students. Only students in the last semester of their nursing

programs will be used. All other students including students in an LPN-to-RN bridge program will be excluded from the study. All participants must be 18 years of age or

older. Participants will be asked to complete (on SurveyMonkey): Geriatric

knowledge tool, Attitude tool (measures attitudes toward older adults and toward geriatric nursing), & Demographic page (basic characteristics such as age, race,

gender, and experiences with older adults). Data will be collected through an

online survey tool (SurveyMonkey). Students will be invited to participate

verbally (at the beginning or end of class) and through a letter of invitation posted on Canvas. Participants will complete the

online survey on their own time using either personal computers or student

accessible college computers.

William Carey University

College of Nursing


n/a n/a 3/16/2015 (Allen)


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Boiman, Tiffany (IWPR) Identifying Strategies for

Increasing Community

College Retention and Completion

Rates Among Low-Income Women in Mississippi

The objective of this study is to assess the needs, challenges and

experiences of low-income female community college students in

Mississippi, the existing services and supports available to them,

and areas where additional resources might improve their

college persistence and completion. Results will help

community and college leaders identify promising strategies for

increasing college completion among this at-risk group of

students.

The survey--created through Survey Monkey--will be completed online, at the convenience of participants. The

survey responses will be the only data source used for this study. The will be

compiled by the Survey Monkey software and analyzed using SPSS. Each respondent will only fill out the survey once. The questionnaire will take 20-25

minutes to complete, and we do not anticipate that students will use class

time to complete the survey. Interviews with college staff and administrators will be conducted over the phone during the

fall months.

George Washington University

Institute for Women’s Policy

Research

Commissioned Research to inform the targeting of

resources to the MS Community Colleges by The Women’s Fund of Mississippi

George Washington University

Researchers 8/27/2013 (Full MACJC vote)


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Bourdene, Laine Perceptions of Leadership

Functions of Community

College Academic

Department Chairs through

the Lens of Complexity Leadership

Theory

This study will examine four research questions: (1) What

leadership behaviors do academic department chairs at community

collegesperceive as necessary for effective

leadership?(2) Do department chairs perceive leadership differently dependent

upon theacademic discipline?

(3) Through the lens of complexity leadership theory, is the primary

leadership roleof academic department chairs

perceived as administrative, enabling, or adaptive?

(4) How did the surveyed academic department chairs

assume their leadership roles? Did they receive any form of

orientation or training for the role of department

chair?

The research methodology will be descriptive and causal-comparative in design. Academic department chairs

from several departments at each college will be surveyed. The following

departments/disciplines, inparticular, will be surveyed: a)

humanities, b) fine arts, c) sciences, d) business, e) nursing, and

f) vocational. Participants will be asked to complete an online questionnaire

based on theirbeliefs regarding the leadership

behaviors necessary for effective leadership. Participation will be

completelyvoluntary in nature.The participant's

area of academic discipline, gender, and years of experience will

function as the independent variables (IV); the dependent variable (DV) will be

the perceptionsof academic department chairs of the

behaviors necessary for effective departmental leadership.


Education / Higher Ed

Administration

Doctoral Research


Coordinator of ELC, Dual

Credit, and QEP Programs and

Services, Instructor of

Anthropology

7/14/2014 (Allen)


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Buchanan, Jody The Relation of Instructor

Credentials to Student

Achievement in Mississippi

Postsecondary Metal Trades

Programs

This will be a causal comparative study encompassing three

program groups. Group one will be program instructors with only industry certifications, group two will be program instructors with an Associate’s degree and group

three will be program instructors with a B.S. degree or higher. The

completion test score data will be collected from the RCU on student

achievement and data on instructor qualifications and years

of experience will be collected from college officials.

The participants of this study will be metal trades students and instructors

(academic year 2010-2011) from postsecondary precision machining

and welding programs within the state of Mississippi.


Higher Ed Administration

Specialist Research

JCJC Welding Instructor

10/27/2011 (Elliott)


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Bristow, Vance The Status of Planned Giving

Programs in Mississippi

Community and Junior Colleges

This study will examine the planned giving activities in CJCs in

MS to determine the general characteristics of their fundraising and planned giving programs, the

level of planned giving dollars raised, what planned giving

reporting methods are being utilized, if the colleges have policies and procedures for planned gifts, and possible

deterrents of pursuing planned giving. In addition the study will

examine the relationship between the amount of planned gifts

raised and the various characteristics of the college, such as enrollment, overall budget for

fund raising program, and knowledge and experience in fund raising and planned giving of the

primary fund raising professional.

Participants will consist of the fifteen primary fundraising professionals at the community and junior colleges in MS. Participants will be contacted by email with a web link to the survey

and a cover letter explaining the purpose of the study and emphasizing confidentiality of their participation.

Mississippi State University

Community College

Leadership


Mississippi State

University Foundation

Director of Planned Giving

6/18/2013 (Lewis)


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Brown, Suzana Students' Improvement of

Writing and Their

Attendance in a Writing Center

The purpose of this student is to determine whether a relationship

exists between a student's improvmenet of writing and

his/her attendance in the writing center. Specifically, this study will examine improvement of writing

of students in a first-year composition class, with an

emphasis in four areas: thesis statement, supporting details,

organization, and grammar.

The participants will be students enrolled in first-year composition

classes. Itawamba Community College and MS Gulf Coast Community

College have been selected for this study, based upon the fact that these

two colleges having writing tutors available to their students and have

faculty members who are involved in the Mississippi Writing Center

Association (MSWCA) and the Two-Year College English Association of Mississippi (TYCAM). Students who elect to participate will be asked to

turn in two copies of their first essay and two copies of an essay written at the end of the semester. Additionally,

the researcher will ask each participating student to complete

questionnaire at the beginning of the semester for the purpose of collecting

demographic information. Upon receipt of the students' papers, the

researcher will assign a code, removing names and dates to ensure anonymity. A panel of three graders

will be selected to grade the students'


Mississippi

Department of Educational Studies and

Research


MS Gulf Coast Community

College

Faculty, Language Arts

8/21/14 (Allen)


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Carroll, Joshua Effects of economic factors on

enrollment in the Mississippi

Community College System

The purpose of this research study is to determine correlations between enrollment at Mississippi

community college branch campuses and economic factors in the counties these colleges serve and to determine the perceptions

of enrollment personnel regarding these changes.

The researcher collected the quantitative data during a study for a class project in June 2014. He asked nine colleges to provide total FTE

enrollment data for three Fall semesters for their branch campuses. Collection of data was approved by the Mississippi Community College Board (MCCB) via email. For the dissertation, the researcher plans to use this data as

well as publicly available economic factor data and interview an

enrollment personnel at each campus experiencing an increase. The

researcher plans to use quantitative data already collected and, in addition, interview enrollment personnel at six

campuses in order to determine strategies and benchmarks that may

have aided the campus with enrollment increases.


Ed Leadership and

Foundations

Doctoral Research

East MS Community

College

Business and Marketing

Management Technology

Faculty

12/5/2014 (Allen)


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Causey, Jana Federal Aid and College Success of Students in

the Community College

This study will address the following research questions: Is

there a difference between beginning and ending GPA,

semester completed, and number of graduates when one considers the type and amount of financial

aid a student receives?

The population for this study is the 2007 cohort of full-time students

entering all Mississippi Community Colleges. There will not be any contact

with the students and personal identifiers can be removed. Data will be requested regarding each student's race, gender, high school cumulative GPA (if available), highest composite

ACT score, financial information (type of aid received, if any), first semester

and cumulative GPA, semesters completed, and graduation status as of

the end of Spring 2010 semester.


Mississippi

Department of Education and

Psychology


Pearl River Community

College

Asst. VP for Forrest County

Operations

11/13/2013 (Lewis)


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Collins, Buddy The effect of the July 1, 2012

Federal student aid changes on

the annual student debt of

community college students

in Mississippi.

The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of the extensive changes in student aid, particularly the Pell Grant, which were implemented on July 1, 2012, on student loan debt in Mississippi’s 15 publicly-supported community colleges. The following research questions will be answered in order to satisfy the purpose of this study: 1) Did the July 1, 2012 changes in the federal aid program affect the annual loan debt of Mississippi community and junior college students? 2) Was the annual debt of a particular region affected significantly more than the other regions? 3) Was on gender affected more than the other? 4) Was the annual debt of a particular ethnic group affected significantly more than the others following the changes? 5) Did the changes affect the total number of loans incurred by Mississippi Community and Junior College students?

The participants in this study will be comprised of two groups of first time-

full time freshmen from each institution who participated in the federal direct

student loan program. Group 1 will be all first time-full time freshmen entering

the community colleges for the 2011-2012 school year. Group 2 will be all

first time-full time students entering the community college’s for the 2012-2013 school year. To control internal validity,

only students completing both semesters will be included in the study.

Data will be gathered from each community college. The information will

be gathered electronically identifying institution, gender, ethnicity, EFC and

loan amount. No identifiable information will be requested. A quasi experimental design will be used since

there will be no random assignment and secondary data will be gathered. A

factorial ANOVA will be used to determine differences in both main and

interaction effects.


Leadership and Foundations/ Community

College Leadership


Itawamba Community

College

VP for Student Services

12/20/2013 (Lewis)


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Coleman, Dan The Effectiveness of

African American Male

Initiative Success

Programs

This study will examine: (1) Is there a difference in GPA at end ofthe spring semester after the first year of college between students who participate in African American male success initiative programs and African American males who do not participate? (2) Is there a difference in persistence (i.e., number of semesters in school, number of credit hours,and number of courses) and graduation/transfer rates between students who pmticipate in AfricanAmerican male success initiative programs and African American males who do not participate?(3) Is there a difference in how students are paying for school (i.e., scholarships, grants, out of pocket) between students who participate in African American male success initiative programs and African American males who do not participate?

Student will be selected based on their participation in the African American

male success initiative programs at MS Delta Community College and Hinds

Community College. All students currently participating in the African

American Male Initiative Success programs at those institutions will be included. Other participants will be a group of randomly selected African

American males currently attending the colleges who do not participate in the

program. IR office will be asked to provide the researcher with the GPA at the end of the spring semester after the

first year of college, number of semesters in school, number of credit hours completed, number of courses

completed, expected graduation/transfer date, if applicable,

scholarships and grants received by each participant (to be identified by the

program director) and an equal number of randomly sampled African American

male non-participants. No student names or other personally identifiable

information will be provide to the researcher.

MS State University


College Leadership


N/A n/a 3/3/2015 (Allen)


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Copelan, Teresa Mental Health Services

Provided For Students at Mississippi

Junior/Community Colleges

The purpose of this research is to examine available services

provided at MS Community and Junior Colleges for students with mental health needs, including

what colleges provide such services, what department

provides the services, and which mental health programs are

perceived to be successful in best helping meet students' needs.

A brief online survey will be administered to Community and Junior

College personnel recommended for participation by the College president. Participation in the study is voluntary

and anonymous.


College of Education, Higher Ed

Administration

Education Specialist

Research Paper

N/A N/A 4/2/2014 (Lewis)

*Approval is contingent upon the

researcher anonymizing

the participating institutions in her research

(to ensure anonymity of

the small number of

survey respondents).


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Cooley, Joanna Gender Characteristics and Barriers to

Community College

Leadership

The purpose of the exploratory research study is to examine rural

community college administrators’ perceptions about

gender barriers and to examine administrators’ management

styles based on gender. Specifically, this study will extend

the research about community college administrators in the areas of gender, values, and

leadership styles. Data from this study may be useful in helping

administrators reduce gender-role stereotyping in the workplace.

The design of this study will utilize data from the prior academic year and instructor credentials from the above

mentioned programs.


Community College

Leadership


JCJC Faculty 8/1/2012 (Lewis)


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Davis, Ericka Community College Faculty

and Administrators

Attitudes, Perceptions, and

Practices of Distance

Education

The research examines: (1) How administrators and faculty perceive their individual innovativeness; (2) What

characteristics of faculty and administrators influence their

attitudes, perceptions, and practices of distance education;

(3) What is the relationship between community college faculty and administrators’

individual and organizational innovativeness? (4) What are the

concerns of faculty and administrators in the adoption of

distance education as indicated by their scores on the Stages of

Concern Questionnaire? and (5) What are the relationships among

faculty and administrators’ demographic variables and their levels of concern as indicated by

their scores on the Stages of Concern Questionnaire?

Eligibility will include but not be limited to female students who are

dually enrolled in Adult Basic Education/GED and Workforce, Career and Technical Education programs at: Copiah-Lincoln Community College, Hinds Community College, Meridian

Community College, Mississippi Delta Community College, Northeast

Mississippi Community College, and Pearl River Community College.

Nova Southeastern

University

Fischler School of Education


Hinds Community

College

Not Provided 8/5/2013 (Lewis)


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Dedwylder, Daryl (Jason)

How County Supervisor

Perceptions and Education Level

Affect Local Community

College Funding

Three research hypotheses have been developed for this study.

1. There is a positive correlation between the level of financial

assistance supported by a member of the

county board of supervisors and his/her perceptions about the

effectiveness of the community college in the areas of: a)

community college courses, programs and workforce training

provided by the college; b) job attainment by individuals who

attend the local community college; and c) the local

community college being a good steward of the financial support

provided by a county.2. There is a positive correlation between the level of education obtained by a member of the

county board of supervisors and the level of financiol assistance

supported by that member of the county board of supervisors for

the local community college.

Random sampling will be utilized to select the supervisors who will be

asked to participate in the study. A total number of 50 potential

participants will be randomly selected. Once randomized, supervisors will be re-assigned place holders according to the randomization results, thus further ensuring confidentiality and anonymity

of those supervisors who have been chosen to participate in the study.

Surveys will be mailed to those supervisors who have been randomly selected. Physical mailing addresses

for participants will be obtained from the Mississippi Supervisors'

Association. The survey, along with directions, necessary IRB and consent

forms, and information outlininghow survey responses will be utilized and published will be mailed to each

participant. A self-addressed, stamped return envelope will be provided in which to return the survey once it is

completed. Each participant will have two weeks from the postmarked date

to complete the survey and return it to



College Leadership


JCJC Dean of Career and Technical

Education

9/15/2014 ( Allen)


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DeVaughan, Rachel Students Perceptions of

the Effectiveness of

Developmental Math Courses

The purpose of this study is to gain an understanding of

students' perception in regards to their persistence, attitudes,

behaviors, economic benefits, and the effectiveness of the

instructional delivery of the developmental math courses,

based on an attitudinal survey.

Researcher will mail surveys to the appropriate liaisons or points of

contacts identified by the Institution Researchers at each of the colleges.

Instructors will provide paper surveys to students enrolled in Developmental Math during the Spring 2014 semester.

Students will be asked to respond voluntarily with regard to their

perceptions of the course. Surveys will be mailed back to the researcher in a

postage paid envelope. The researcher will also conduct phone interviews with the instructors to determine their teaching styles

(traditional vs. non-traditional, how instruction is delivered, whether group

works takes place, if homework is given and whether manipulatives are used along with instruction. Efforts

will be taken to minimize use of class time for these activities.


Education Doctoral Dissertation

Ocean Springs High School

Unknown 2/18/14 (Lewis)


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Grizzell, Scharvin Administrator perceptions of the community

college mission in the state of

Mississippi and how it may be

influenced by the addition of community

college baccalaureate

programs.

Research Questions - Four research questions will guide this

investigation.1.What are the perceptions of

community college administrators regarding the CCB?

2.How do administrators in Mississippi community colleges

define the mission of community colleges in Mississippi?

3.According to administrators in Mississippi community colleges,

might offering CCB programs influence the mission of community colleges in

Mississippi?4. Do administrator perceptions of

CCB programs differ based on institution size and/or the length

of time the administrator has worked in a community college?

The primary means of data collection will be via surveys. Frequency and

percentage data will be determined as part of the data analysis for all research questions. Analysis of

Variance (ANOVA) will be used to determine if there are differences in administrator perceptions based on their demographic characteristics.

Potentially 45- 70 participants of either gender and any ethnicity and race,

likely older than the age of 25. Specifically, community college

administrators including presidents, vice presidents, deans, department heads, financial administrators, and

enrollment/admissions administrators will be asked to participate in the

study.

MS State University

Leadership & Foundations


N/A N/A 5/29/2015 (Allen)


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Hemba, Jessica Mentoring and Its Effect on Faculty to

Faculty Incivility

The purpose of the study is to examine the relationship between

mentoring and incivility among nursing faculty members and their

intent to stay in academia in the community college setting.

Gaining information from this study might assist schools of nursing in identifying these behaviors in order to better

socialize novice faculty members into academia and, therefore,

assist in promoting a more positive nursing workforce.

Research questions for this study are as follows:

1. Is there a relationship between perceptions of mentoring and incivility for nursing faculty at

community colleges?2. Is there a significant difference

in perceptions of incivility between faculty who have a

mentor and those who do not?3. Is there a relationship on intent

to stay in academia based on whether faculty members have a

Data will be collected through an online survey disseminated to

Associate Degree Nursing faculty at Pearl River Community College and

Jones County Junior College.


Joseph and Nancy Fail

School


n/a n/a 4/2/2015 (Allen)


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Harris, Amanda The Effect of the High Schools That Work

Program on the College

Readiness of Traditional

College Students

This study will focus on comparing achievement levels in high schools

that implemented High Schools That Work and those that did not, to see if there are significant gains in the achievement levels of High Schools that Work students at the

college level.

The study will be based on a sample of Spring 2007 MS public high school

graduates who subsequently enrolled in MS public postsecondary education (community college or IHL) in the Fall

2007. A statistical analysis will be conducted, using the independent

variables of High School GPA, College GPA, Number of remedial courses

taken at IHL or CJC, degree attainment, and ACT scores.

Mississippi College

Teacher Education and

Leadership


Rankin County Schools

Technology Coordinator

5/20/2013 (Lewis)

Hyatt, Millie External Funding for Mississippi Community

Colleges

The purpose of this research is to examine the trends of

external funding for Mississippi Community Colleges for the

past 10 years. Utilizing interviews with the Vice-

President of Finance of each community college and the MCCB, as well as historical financial data, this research

seeks to understand trends and changes for external funding sources in relation to student

enrollment since 2002.

The design of the research will be descriptive and qualitative, utilizing face to face and/or phone interviews to collect the opinions of subject-area experts, as well as historical data from each community college’s financial statement, located at the Secretary of State’s or the State Board’s offices or websites. A 10-year analysis of all external funding to include tuition and student enrollment will be utilized.


Higher Ed Administration/

Education

Specialist Research


College

Grant Writer 11/19/2012 (Lewis)


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Jones, Kisha Fundraising Efforts in

Mississippi Community

Colleges

The purpose of this research is to ascertain the types of fundraising efforts in MS

Community Colleges and their level of effectiveness

Chief Development Officers at seven MS community colleges will be surveyed. These colleges were selected based upon the Aspen Institute College Excellence Program. They are: East MS, Hinds, Holmes, Itawamba, MS Gulf Coast, and Pearl River Community Colleges. Participation will be voluntary.

MS State University

College of Education/Lead

ership and Foundations


N/A Student 12/17/2014 (Allen)

Jones-Reed, LaToya Assessing Advising

Satisfaction and Students'

Impressions of Advisors Among

Community College Students

in Mississippi

The purpose of this research is to explore the level of satisfaction among Mississippi community

college students with advisement, and to assess student impressions

of their advisors.

Researcher will work through the Academic Deans to survey randomly selected sections of Public Speaking /Oral Communications classes, using

the ACT Survey of Academic Advising. She hopes to survey 450 students

across the 15 colleges (30 students per college).


Mississippi

Education Leadership and

Research


Hinds Community

College

Counselor 9/10/2011 (Lewis)


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Johnson, Aliesha Perspectives of the GED

The purpose of this study is to gain insight about the computer based GED implementation and

how it has benefited or not benefited the ABE programs at

our junior and communities colleges in the state of

Mississippi. Because this is a new change to the GED test and no

empirical evidence has been provided, it is a much needed

study to give a voice to the directors and instructors who

have first-hand experience with the implementation of the new

GED. Research questions guiding the study are: what are the

directors/instructor's perspective of the implementation of the computer based GED, in what ways has the computer based

GED test enabled directors/instructors to prepare students for college and career readiness, what is the director's

perspective on the emerging technology and professional

Research methods will include two audio taped semi-structured interviews with the directors and instructors from three ABE sites. There will also be casual conversation by phone, email, or text. Documents from the instructors such as lesson plans, curriculums, objectives and goals, instructor textbook guides, student learning outcomes for the state and national levels, emails, and any other instructional resources that can be provided will also be analyzed. Documents from the administrators, such as implementation guides, emails, articles, and any other resources that can be provided, will also be analyzed.


Instructional Systems and Workforce

Development


Student n/a 4/14/14 (Lewis)


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Ladner, Lynn Success of High-Achieving


This study will determine state-by-state comparisons of

degree completion of associate, bachelor's, and post-graduate

degree completion among high-achieving

community college students. The results of this research will inform

research for PhiTheta Kappa Honor Society and

assist graduate research through Mississippi State University.

Data will be collected from existing databases. Data elements from the Phi Theta Kappa databasewill be matched with records from MCCB. Methods for completion and transfer rates will be computed in ways similar to methods forreporting performance rates to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) throughthe Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). Representative samples, fromeach state, will be analyzed for completion and transfer performance using the NationalStudent Clearinghouse Student Tracker database.

Phi Theta Kappa

Information and Research

General Phi Theta Kappa

Chief Information

and Research Officer

3/16/2015 (Allen)


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Lee, Randall Comparative Analysis of Factors of

Selection of a College by High

Academic Ability Students Who Chose to

Attend Mississippi's

Public Community

Colleges in 2001 and 2011

The study will research what factors are related to college

choice decisions of high academic ability students who choose to

attend one of the 15 Mississippi public community colleges. It will

also research the variables involved in choosing to attend a Mississippi community college.

The respective community college administrators will be asked to contact

all freshmen who have the required ACT score of 26 and above directly by the most effective means possible, i.e. email telephone calls, text, etc. Once

contacted those students will be asked to volunteer to complete the survey,

which will take approximately 15 minutes.


Mississippi

Educational Studies and

Research


East Central Community

College

VP for Student Services

4/20/2011 (Elliott)


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Lewis, Beverly G. Developmental Education at the

Community College: An

Exploration of Instructional

Best Practices and the

Relationship Between

Integration, Student

Involvement, and Rates of Graduation

The purpose of this study is to identify characteristics or best

practices related to the successful completion of developmental

education that faculty, administrators, and other

educators believe are important. Furthermore, this study will

compare the rates of graduation for developmental students

(defined as those who successfully complete developmental courses)

to non-developmental students (students who did not enroll in developmental courses) that graduated between 2007 and 2012. The final purpose is to

explore the relationship between integration and student

involvement by surveying currently enrolled students.

The study will utilize both qualitative and quantitative data. The researcher will work with college administrators

to administer a 38-item questionnaire to students in one Spring 2014 and/or Summer 2014 developmental English section and one English 1 section at

the following colleges: Copiah-Lincoln, East Central, Hinds, MGCCC,

Northeast, and PRCC. Additionally, interviews will be conducted with

Developmental English faculty volunteers and administrators at these

six colleges. Graduation statistics on developmental al non-development students from all fifteen colleges will be collected from the Research and Effectiveness Division of the MCCB.


Mississippi

Dept. of Educational Studies and

Research


Pearl River Community

College

Coordinator of Business and

Student Services,

Forrest County Center

3/28/2014 (Lewis)


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Lowery, Jennifer Perceptions of Students in

Developmental Education Programs

Toward Future College Work

The purpose of this study is to examine the attitudes and

perceptions of developmental students toward future college-

level coursework. Research Questions:

1. What are the perceptions of students toward enrollment in

developmental courses?2. How has enrollment in

developmental course improved readiness for future college-level

coursework?3. The most important skills gained

from developmental coursework are…

4. Developmental courses motivate students to…

The study will use mixed methods to ensure a full understanding of the topic

under examination. The quantitative items on the questionnaire will be using

a Likert-type scale and the qualitative portion will include open-ended items.

All items on the survey were designed by the researcher with input from experts

in statistics and the field of developmental education. The students involved in this study will be part of the institutions’ developmental education

courses. The study will include a sample size of approximately 300 students. The

students will be inclusive of both genders with a variety of ethnicities and

age groups. Students will be asked to participate on a voluntary basis by the

principal investigator or trained personnel serving as the survey

administrator. The instrument will be administered during the regularly

scheduled meeting time for the courses by the principal investigator or trained personnel. The total time to complete

the instrument will be approximately 10 minutes.


Higher Education

Administration


n/a n/a 1/29/2014 (Lewis)


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Maundu, Irene Nature of the Emotional

Intelligence of Community

College Deans

The study aims to provide fundamental evidence of the

relationship between the emotional intelligence of

community college deans and selected demographics of age,

gender, race, experience, institution size, and education

level.

All 294 two year public community colleges in the southeastern region will be invited by letters of invitation and electronic mail to participate in the

survey. Participation will be voluntary. The Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT) will be used

for the study.

West Virginia University

Department of Curriculum and

Instruction / Literacy Studies


N/A Grad Student - WVU

7/16/2012 (Lewis)

McClain, Kristy The Satisfaction and Success of

Students Enrolled in

Online Education at Community

Colleges

This study will examine if there is a difference in satisfaction and

success rates with online classes between beginner and advanced students; whether students who

perceive they do not have the technological skills to be

successful in online classes are more or less likely to favor

mandatory online orientation; and whether those who complete an online orientation have higher

satisfaction and success rates than those students who do not.

Participants will be students from 15 different community colleges who

were enrolled in online classes that were either at the beginner or

advanced level. The participants should vary in gender, age, and race.

This study will use a convenience sampling technique. The sample

population will come from the participants who agree to participate in the study by clicking on the survey

link in the email correspondence to all MSVCC students.

Delta State University

College of Education


Holmes Community

College

Instructor, Biology and Chemistry

5/13/2013 (Lewis)


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Moak, Rex Comparison of the Conceptual Understanding

of Newton's Laws in an Online and Traditional

Introductory Physical Science

Course

This study proposes to do a comparison of conceptual

learning between online students in an asynchronous learning

environment and traditional face-to-face students that are enrolled in an introductory physical science

course.

Data will be collected from students enrolled in online and traditionally

taught Physical Science Survey I classes by the Principal Investigator (PI) in the

fall of 2012 and the spring of 2013. The online courses will be offered

through the MSVCC, while the traditional courses will be taught at

the Jackson County Campus of MGCCC. Participants will self-select to

participate in the study. Comprehension of Newtonian

mechanical concepts will be based on the revised Force Concept Inventory (FCI), while students' perception of

satisfaction with the online course will be measured using the Student Attitudes Questionnaire (SAQ).


Mississippi

Department of Educational Leadership



College

Faculty 3/23/2012 (Elliott)


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Moffett, Erick and Davis, Bridgette

Giving Voice to Prospective

STEM Graduates

The purpose of this study is to investigate and propose key

factors that influence college and career readiness and retention

rates in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and

Math) disciplines. By examining the college-career readiness and

current experiences of undergraduate minority students,

the researchers can begin to propose possible ways to increase

retention rates in STEM disciplines.

The researchers will investigate and propose key factors that influence

college-career readiness and retention rates in STEM disciplines. Students

with a declared major in a STEM related discipline will be invited to voluntarily participate in this study

that will assess how student attitudes, perceptions, and a variety of

interpersonal factors may influence student progress toward degree

completion in a STEM related discipline. Participants will be college undergraduate and graduate students of all ethnicities enrolled in math and

science courses at colleges and universities; all participants will be

over the age of eighteen (18). Students will be provided with the

electronic link to an online version of the survey hosted by Survey Monkey. The consent form will be provided at

the beginning of the survey, informing participants that their participation is

voluntary and he/she may decline without any penalty or prejudice.

Louisiana State University (Eric Moffeett, co-

researcher, is a doctoral

student at USM)

College of Human Sciences and Education,

School of Education

General USM PhD Candidate 12/5/2014 (Allen)


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Montgomery, Lakicha The Effects of Social Media

Use on Community

College Students

This research study will attempt to answer the following

questions: 1) What are the perceptions of community college students regarding the use of of

social media and social networking sites? 2) What are the perceptions of communitycollege students' regarding the

effects of use of social media and social networking sites on their

learning, GPA, and graduation at community colleges. 3) Are there differences in perceptions based

upon ethnicity,and current living situation?

The reseracher will request that an online survey, consisting ofof 15 questions, will be emailed to all students. Analysis will employ a

quantitative, cross-sectional research design with five independent

demographic variables (i.e., age, gender, class status, race/ethnicity,

and current living situation)and the two dependent variables (i.e.,

perceptions regarding use and perceptions regarding effects

of use).


Leadership and Foundations


n/a n/a


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Morgan, Rita Osteoporosis Knowledge

Among Nursing Students in Mississippi

This study aims to investigate the associations between students’ osteoporosis (OP) knowledge, health beliefs, and preventive

measures of increased bone loss. Results of this study will help

identify factors nursing students perceive to be influential in OP prevention and risk. Identifying

misconceptions about the development of OP in health care

providers will help the development of future

educational and preventive strategies

Nursing students, at least 18 years of age and enrolled in one of the 22

nursing degree programs in Mississippi. Permission was received

from Dr. Janette McCrory (MS IHL Director of Nursing Education) to email

all Deans or Directors of MS Nursing Programs. An introductory email will

be sent to the contacts provided by Dr. McCrory. The Deans and Directors will cut and paste the message then email

to their students with the Qualtrics link provided. If students elect to

participate, they will follow the link to the survey. The assessments used will

include the following: the Osteoporosis Health Belief Scale, Osteoporosis Self-Efficacy Scale,

Osteoporosis Knowledge Test and the Osteoporosis Risk Factor Assessment.

University of Mississippi

Health, Exercise Science and Recreation

Management/Health Promotion


N/A N/A 4/15/15 (Allen)


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Oakley, Nathan Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment as a

Predictor of College Success

This study will examine the 150% of time Associate Degree

completion rates of students who participate in Dual Credit/Dual

Enrollment, accounting for gender, socioeconomic status,

prior academic performance, and college GPA.

Data elements will be collected from the five community colleges (Copiah-

Lincoln, MS Gulf Coast, Hinds, Holmes, and MS Delta) with the highest

student participation in dual enrollment/dual credit programs.

Fields collected will include Admission Compliance, Gender, HS GPA, Cumulative GPA, Pell Status,

Enrollment Status, Degree Seeking Status, Semester Hours Enrolled, and

Completion of Associate Degree


Dept. of Leadership and

Foundations


MS Dept. of Education

Director, Curriculum and

Instruction

11/2/2012 (Lewis)

Oredein, Adetokunbo Analysis of faculty

perception: Factors

affecting the international-

ization of general

education curriculum in

Mississippi community

colleges

The purpose of this study is to analyze general education faculty

members' perspectives on the internationalization of the general

education curriculum in Mississippi community colleges and to determine any significant differences in faculty members'

perspectives based on their demographic characteristics.

The researcher plans to survey all full-time general education (transfer

credit) faculty at Holmes Community College and Hinds Community College. An administrator at each community

college being student will email all general education faculty a link to the

study's survey as well as consent information. The faculty will be asked

to complete the survey and assured that no identifying information will be

associated with their answers. The researcher will retireve the answers, store the information on a password-protected computer, and analyze the

data.


Dept. of Leadership and

Foundations


N/A N/A 4/8/2015 (Allen)


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Posey, Jeff Environmental Sustainability Practices in

Selected Publicly Supported

Community Colleges

The purpose of the study is to describe the environmental

sustainability practices being utilized at publicly supported

community, junior, and technical college campuses in the eleven

states accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and

Schools Commission on Colleges.

Subjects In the quantitative portion of the study will be presidents of

SACSCOC Level 1 degree granting institutions in the 11 SACS-COC states and will be sent an email invitation to

participate in the electronic questionnaire. Subjects

in the qualitative portion of the study will be selected by the researcher from

state-level community collegesystem leaders who have knowledge

of "green issues (building procurement/workforce

training/greencampus initiatives) in the community

college system in their respective states. These individuals will be

recruited through an introductory telephone call and will provide consent

to participate through an electronicletter of informed consent to participate in a 15-30 minute

telephone interview which will follow a standard

Interview protocol.


Thad Cochran Center for Rural

School Leadership and

Research


Copiah-Lincoln Community

College

Director of Institutional Planning and

Research

2/22/2012 (Elliott)


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Ratliff, Elmira Relationship of Self-Efficacy in


from Critical Need Areas with

First Semester Academic

Achievement

The purpose of this quantitative study will be to determine if a

relationship exists between self-efficacy scores and freshmen first semester grade point averages in community college students from critical need areas in Mississippi.

A critical need area is a school district with a large number of

teachers teaching in areas outside of their certification area, a large number of teachers who may be eligible for retirement and/or an economically disadvantaged area for students to earn an education. There are several school districts

in MS that fall under critical need.

Three multi-campus community colleges located in various regions of

the state will serve as the study locations (Co-Lin, Hinds, and MS

Delta). The sample will be drawn from freshmen students from critical needs

areas who were enrolled in college during the Fall 2013 term and have completed their first semester of

college. The sample will consist of students with a permanent address and school of graduation from any

critical need area in Mississippi. Students who consent to participate in

the research study will be surveyed electronically at the end of their 2nd semester (during the months of April and May). Subsequently, the GPA of

participating students will be obtained from the college Registrar's Office,

using the student id provided on the

University of Mississippi

Department of Teacher

Education


MS Community College Board

Program Specialist,

Curriculum and Instruction

4/3/2014 (Lewis)


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Ragsdale, Dr. Kathleen Community College

Completion Process

This project will collect and analyze qualitative data on

multilevel and reciprocal factors that constrain/promote the

completion of community college among resource-limited and other female students at six community colleges in Mississippi, using the

Ecological Model (EM) EM includes five multilevel and

reciprocal factors that shape individual behaviors: 1)individual factors; 2) interpersonal factors;

3) community factors; 4) organizational factors; and 5)

policy factors.

To achieve their goals, researchers will conduct focus groups among female

students to assess how these multilevel and reciprocal factors

promote and constrain the completion of community college among resource-

limited and other female students. Participation is voluntary, but each

participant will receive a $20 gift card for participation and will be provided refreshments during the focus group.


Social Science Research Center

Commissioned Research to inform the targeting of

resources to the MS Community Colleges by The Women’s Fund of Mississippi

Mississippi State

University Foundation

Associate Research Professor

8/30/2013 (Lewis)


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Ruffin, Jamilah An Assessment of Enrollment

Management at Community Colleges in Mississippi

This study will provide insight into enrollment management strategies being used at

community colleges in the state of Mississippi. This study will inform

discussion that could lead to an increase in participation in

enrollment management among community colleges across the nation. An in-depth knowledge will be gained on the extent to which community colleges are

utilizing enrollment management.

The enrollment manager or enrollment manager designee from each of the

community colleges in Mississippi will be targeted study participants. The

researcher will telephone each community college to identify the

name and information of the colleges designated enrollment manager who

will complete the study. The researcher will email each participant the recruitment/ consent cover letter

along with an electronic link to the survey to the participants work email.

The survey will be totally electronic with no identifying descriptors. The data will be collected and translated

into the form of percentages and frequencies; so that the findings represent a collection of all the

participants and not individual schools.


Leadership and Foundations


N/A N/A 4/8/2015 (Allen)


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Smith, Belisa Student Perceptions of

Dual Enrollment in Mississippi

Community and Junior Colleges

The purpose of this study is to investigate students' perceptions

of academic preparation and college student role preparation due to their participation in dual

enrollment courses offered to high school students.

All community college students who are 18 or over and enrolled at Jones

County Junior College, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, and East

Central Community College who were dual enrollment students while in high school will be asked to participate in the study. The questionnaire will be

posted to Survey Monkey, and an administrator at each community college being studied will email

potential participants the link as well as a cover letter that will describe the research and its intended purpose and

inform the participant that any data collected will be used for the purposes of this study only and will not be linked to the participant's name or any other

identifying information.



College Leadership


N/A N/A 4/8/2015 (Allen)


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Smith, Shannon R. An Examination Of The

Perception Of Individuals With Disabilities And

Faculty Perception Concerning

Accommodations and/or Services Provided At Two Year Institutions

The purpose of this research is to examine the perceptions of

individuals with disabilities and faculty perceptions concerning

accommodations and/or services at two-year institutions located in

Mississippi. Questions pertaining the following topics: (1) Instructor

implemented accommodations within the classroom setting; (2) Discussing accommodations was comfortable during instructor’s

office hours; (3) Accommodations provided met student needs; (4) Accommodations provided when

taking/exams were helpful; (5) Extended time on assignments and/or tests was provided and

helpful; (6) The use of technology in the classroom was helpful; (7)

Instructor’s recommendation/assisting with tutorial services helped students better understand class material; and (8) Instructor’s willingness to

assist student with disability in addition to office hours. Students

and Faculty will also be asked open-ended questions about the types of

Researcher will make initial contact with each college's Institutional

Research Office. The IR Office will work with the Disability Services office

to ensure the electronic survey is provided to appropriate students and

faculty.



N/A N/A 8/26/2014 (Allen)


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Smith, Wendy Recruting Community

College Students With Social

Media

This study will examine the following research questions: 1.

To what extent is social networking used for

recruitment/decision making purposes? 2. Is there a difference in social networking usage among

community college recruitment/decision making

across different demographics such as gender, age, highest

degree obtained, and date of last degree? 3. Is there a difference in

the opinions about the effectiveness of social networking

as a communication tool across different demographics, such as

gender, age, highest degree obtained, and date of last degree?

Researcher is requesting participation of all fifteen colleges. Data will be collected via mass email survey of staff, faculty, and administrators.


Mississippi

Education and Psychology/Education Studies and Research


Southwest MS Community

College

Workforce Director

3/23/2015 (Allen)


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Strehle, Suzanne Davis An Assessment of

Environmentally Sustainable

Guidelines at Community and Junior College Campuses in Mississippi

The purpose of this study is to determine what types of

guidelines community colleges have in place to encourage

preventative actions to lessen climate change, encourage the

building of a sustainable society, and the development a workforce

for the green energy sector. Areas examined will include

curriculum, research and scholarship, operations, faculty

and staff development, outreach and service, student

opportunities, and administration, mission, and planning.

The research is based in a documents review. No human subjects will be

used. The researcher proposes requesting copies of sustainability

guidelines from each college via email contact with facilities or operations

directors.

MSU Department of Leadership and

Foundations


N/A N/A 7/14/2014 (Allen)


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Swanson, Adam The Effects of Race and

Ethnicity in the Hiring Process:

An Experimental Study of

Millennial Undergraduate Attitudes Using

Career Electronic Portfolios

The aim of this project is to use an online questionnaire to determine whether undergraduate Millennial

students living in different geographic regions of the United States, our future generation of

hiring managers, exert individual racial bias upon reviewing career

electronic portfolios with candidate photographs.

Understanding that e-portfolios often embed a candidate picture,

the researcher aims to better understand the relationship

between the race and ethnicity of a candidate and the attitudes

participants possess when evaluating racially diverse

candidates.

The researcher created a career e-portfolio for a fictitious female

candidate applying for a Resident Assistant position, manipulated the candidate photographs within the e-

portfolio so that there were five independent conditions (e.g. White,

Black, Asian, Hispanic/Latino, & Control- No Photograph), and will

collect candidate evaluation scores from participants following their

review of the e-portfolio. The data collected from Millennial

undergraduates between the ages of 18-33 years will provide valuable information about undergraduate

hiring based decisions. The quantitative data obtained from the

project will aid in our understanding of three research objectives: (1)how

Millennial undergraduate students rate a fictitious career electronic

portfolio of the same race or ethnicity; (2) the extent to which student

classification (i.e. freshman, sophomore, junior, & senior)

influences how participants evaluate e-

USM Department of Educational Studies and

Research


USM Asst. Director, Residence

Education and First Year

Experience

4/17/2014 (Lewis)


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Taylor, Ladd Public Two-Year College

Athletics: Administrators,

Coaches, Faculty, and

Staff Perceptions and

a Causal-Comparative

Examination of Expenditures

Before and After the Elimination

of Athletic Districts

The purpose of this research is to examine the perceptions of public two-year college administrators, faculty, and staff toward funding for public two-year college athletics in the state of Mississippi, and to examine the overall athletic expenditures at the 15 public two-year colleges in the state of Mississippi before and after the elimination of athletic districts.

A delegated person at each of the public two-year colleges will be contacted in

order to request consent to send cover-letter information and survey link electronically to a designee (e.g., IT person with access to emails) by the president (or president’s delegated person) in order to distribute cover-

letter information and survey links to potential participants. Each designee

will be asked to distribute (forward) the email to the participants at his or her

respective public two-year college. Archival data retrieved from the Office of Post-Secondary Education’s Equity in Athletics Data Analysis Cutting Tool of

overall athletic expenses of public two-year colleges in the state of Mississippi for 2010 and 2012 will be compiled and

compared for analysis.





College

Interim Vice President, Perkinston

Campus and College Dean of

Athletics

2/5/2014 (Lewis)


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Tatum, Eva The Relationship of Test Anxiety to State-Trait

Anxiety in Pre-Licensure Nursing Students

The purpose of this study is to examine relationships between test anxiety and state and trait anxiety in pre-licensure nursing students. The researcher also seeks to understand the influence of age, gender, ethnicity, program type, and term in the nursing program on the level of test anxiety in pre-licensure nursing students.

Eligible participants will include students enrolled full time in a pre-licensure nursing program, awarding an associate’s degree in nursing (ADN) or Bachelor of Science in nursing (BSN), who are taking nursing courses. Participants may be females or males of any race. Participants will be recruited from 4 schools of nursing, to include 2 community colleges. A school representative chosen by the dean/director will send the study information to eligible students at a specified date/time. Voluntary participants will create a login using the link provided in the email and complete the online survey at their convenience. Data will be collected through Mind Garden, Inc. using a secure, online system known as Transform.


Joseph and Nancy Fail

School


N/A N/A (4/15/15) Allen


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Vanderford, Amy A Mixed-Methods

Approach to the Relationship Between Pell

Grant Reception and Student

Attrition

This study will examine the relationship between financial aid

reception and student attrition. Additionally, it will attempt to

determine how strategies allocating financial aid affect student

retention and completion. The goal of the study is to provide qualitative

information on student attrition after Pell receipt, the potential cost of student attrition, and the overall

impact on the colleges of those students leaving prior to receiving a

degree or certificate.

The researcher has identified five community colleges as the participants

for this study, based upon their representation of the demographic characteristics of the State. Those colleges are: East MS Community

College, MS Delta Community College, MS Gulf Coast Community College, Hinds Community College, and Northwest MS Community College. No human subjects

will be used; however, data elements will be requested to inform this

research, including: number receiving Pell, date of Pell disbursement, last dates of attendance, and projected

Institutional costs.



MS Delta Community

College

Director, Law Enforcement

Academy


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Walker, Angela Time To Weigh-In: An Analysis

Of What, If Anything, U.S. Public 2-Year

Colleges In The SACS Region Are Doing To Curb Obesity Among Their Students

The researcher will attempt to answer the following four

research questions:1. What, if anything, are public 2-year colleges in the SACS region doing to address obesity among

their students?2. What percentage of 2-year institutions has conducted a

comprehensive assessment/study of their students’ physical health

in the past five years?3. If 2-year colleges are not

addressing obesity, why not?4. Are there any institutional publications or policies (i.e., college mission statement,

strategic plan, college catalog, student handbook, etc.) that exist,

or are slated to be developed, that address students’ physical

health, particularly obesity? The study population includes 289 U.S. public community colleges in the

SACS region classified as rural, suburban, and urban.

A 17-item online survey instrument will be utilized to collect institutional demographics and student health-related program information from

senior student affairs administrators at 289 public 2-year SACS-accredited

institutions.

The University of Alabama



N/A N/A 11/1/2013 (Lewis)


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Wallace-Pascoe, Dawn Assessing the Validity of a Measure of the Culture of Evidence at Community Colleges

This study contributes a measure that can enable colleges to

understand where they are in terms of having a culture of

evidence, to identify the areas in which they should focus, and to

measure their progress in becoming more data and

evidence-driven in their decision-making processes.

The sample will consist of the Director of Institutional Research

(IR) or person with primary responsibility for assessment at all 2-year, associate degree-granting

public colleges.

The Ohio State University



N/A N/A 3/5/2013 (Lewis)

Wilhite, Christa Hope, Self-Efficacy, and

Goal Orientation as a

Motivational System in the Adoption of a

Learning Management

System Among Community

College Faculty

This research will answer four research questions: 1) To what extent is the adoption of new technology a goal for faculty? 2) Are domain specific measures of hope, self-efficacy, and goal orientation distinct and reliable in regards to faculty adoption and use of a new LMS? 3) What is the relationship among hope, self-efficacy, and goal orientation as a motivational belief system among faculty? 4) What is the relationship between hope, self-efficacy, and goal orientation as a motivational belief system and the adoption of an LMS?

The sample will consist of faculty from the Mississippi community college system who completed

training for the new learning management system, Canvas, and are currently using the system in

their courses.

University of Alabama



East Central Community

College

eLearning Coordinator

12/17/14 (Allen)


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Woodward, Jonathan Social Networking Systems as a

Vehicle to Promote Sense

of Community in E-Learning

Classes

This study will examine the development of sense of

community, connecting, learning and performing in a community college e-learning classroom as mediated by class format (i.e.,

LMS versus SNS)

Participants will be drawn from the general population of MSVCC. The sample for this study will consist of Mississippi community and junior

college students enrolled in six online Art Appreciation classes. Most of the students will be students of MGCCC.


Mississippi

College of Education & Psychology /

Department of Educational Studies and

Research



College

Dean of Instruction,

Jackson County Campus

11/1/2011 (Elliott)