Culminating projects, primarily theses and dissertations, completed to fulfill the requirements of the Higher Education Administrtion program, address issues in academic affairs, student affairs, and administrative affairs.. Higher Education Administration is a program in the Department of Educational Leadership and Higher Education.
Culminating Projects from 2023
The English Writing Journey of L2 International Graduate Students, William Collis-Prather
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Managing Change from the Middle: An Exploration of How Midlevel Managers Make Sense of Their Roles in the Context of Organizational Change, Nicole Gahagan
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Exploring Black Women Student Affairs Professionals and Identity-Conscious Supervision, Vanessa Herrera
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Ready Pupil One: Online Learning Experiences of Undergraduate STEM Majors at a Midwest Regional Comprehensive University, Rachel Humphrey
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Are We There Yet? Where Developmental Education Has Been and Where it is Going: A Critical Discourse Analysis of California’s AB 705, Denise Kruizenga-Muro
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Navigating Challenges: Experiences of African American Women as Presidents in U.S. Institutions of Higher Education, Sylvester Lamin
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The Influence of Campus Facilities on the Satisfaction and Retention of Students in a Higher Education Setting, Tim Norton
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Relieving Students' Institutional Debt and Student Success: A Correlational Study, Robert Perez
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Exploring the Advising Experiences of First Year, First-Generation Community College Students: A Case Study, Kristen Stradt-Johnson
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Self-Perception of Gender Influence on Leadership in Two-Year, Public Institutions of Higher Education, Kimberley Turner-Rush
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Exploring Student Decisions at Various Stages of the Covid-19 Pandemic, Giovanna Walters
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The Impact of Academic Libraries on LGBTQ+ Undergraduates, Rachel S. Wexelbaum
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Culminating Projects from 2022
Student Support Professionals Experience Onboarding, Stacy Frost
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“It’s Like You are Supposed to be There”: The Meaning of Institutional Fit for First-Generation Students and Implications for Policy and Practice in Higher Education, Andrea Leah Gierok
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Influence of Deployment on the Returning Student Veteran to a Four Year Institution, Gary Nierengarten
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Confidence in Counseling Skills in Communication Sciences and Disorders: A Mixed-Methods Study on Theory to Practice, Sarah Schaefer
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Culminating Projects from 2021
Narrative Study: The Impact of Food Insecurity on Student Health and Persistence, Deborah Allen
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Bordado a Mano: Testimonio de la Vida de un Maestro (Stitched by Hand: Testimonio of an Educator), Stephanie Bohlman
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Perspectives from Female Athletic Trainers in Men's Professional Sports: How Their Athletic Training Programs Set Them Up for Success, Caitlyn Champ
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Leading from the Middle – How Gen X Leaders are Navigating Their Leadership Experience with Baby Boomers and Millennials, Paul Drange
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Transitioning into College During a Pandemic and Civil Unrest, Hillary Gokey
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Exploring Chinese International Undergraduate Students’ Cross-cultural Adjustment to American Universities, ningsheng huang
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Credits as Currency: Increasing Educational Wealth Through Institutional Policy Reform; How Race, Class, and Sex Predict College Credits Awarded Based on AP Exam Scores, Marah Jacobson-Schulte
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Maybe, Maybe Not: Examining Factors that Influence Adjunct Faculty Members’ Instructional Technology Usage, mia naseth-phillips
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A Quantitative Analysis of Emergency Grant Persistence Rates, Rachel Sherlock
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Engagement Theory based Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Computer Science Students’ Perceptions of Their Learning Engagement Using Mobile Devices, Aleksandar Tomović
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A Racial Equity Study of Federal and Institutional Financial Aid Verification Processes, Tara Winchester
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Culminating Projects from 2020
Student Experiences of Tutoring in an Associate Degree Nursing Education Program, Onalee Finseth
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Factors Contributing To Student Loan Debt, Cynthia Fitzthum
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Swirling to Graduation: Student Reflections on their Educational Journey, Steven A. Hirsch
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Teaching Methods Matter: A Comparison of Learning Outcomes and Persistence in STEM between Traditional Lectures and Active Learning Using Undergraduate Learning Assistants in Introductory Chemistry Courses, Jodi Laudenbach
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Driving Change in Workforce Speech-Language Pathology Clinical Supervisors: How Identity Impacts Response to Supervision Policy Changes, Joy McKenzie
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The Metaphors of Identity Among Adjunct Faculty, Melissa Ryan
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Faculty Advisors' Development of Academic Advising Knowledge and Competencies, Elizabeth M. Twiton
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Culminating Projects from 2019
An Exploration of the Experiences of Mid-level Women Leaders in Academia, Eglantina Cenolli
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Nursing Program Acceptance Criteria, Connie Frisch
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Female NCAA Division I Women's Ice Hockey Head Coaches: Keeping Women in the Game, Amber Fryklund
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Interim Administration in Higher Education, Charles Hentges
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The Minnesota Alliance for Nursing Education: A case study, Faith Johnson
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From Community College Faculty to Dean: Using Schlossberg’s Transition Theory to Understand the Transition Experience., Derrick D. Lindstrom
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The Spirit at Work: Student Affairs Practitioners and Spiritual Identity, Margaret Sarnicki
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Tanzania Leaders’ Perceptions of Practices that Resulted in Successes and Failures of Educational Development Programs in Coastal Tanzania, Nancy Shedrack
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The Impact of Residential Life Hall Directors Becoming Hourly Employees in the Minnesota State University System, Jamie L. Van Boxel
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The Effects of the College Experience on Student-Athlete Sleep and Performance, Eric Weigel
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Culminating Projects from 2018
Understanding the Lived Experiences of Former MN State Community College Nursing Directors and Deans: Working Together to Identify the Challenges to Inform Solutions, Misun Bormann
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Suicide among Emergency Responders in Minnesota: The Role of Education, Chris Caulkins
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Reluctance Toward Online Teaching, Sally Dufner
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Building the Case for Succession Planning in Higher Education: A Study of Succession Planning Pilots within the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System, Kristina Keller
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An Examination of Leader-Member Exchange and Job Embeddedness of High Performing Development Officers in Higher Education, Nicholas Linde
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An Interpretive Phenomenological Study of How RN to BS Students Experience and Make Meaning of Participating in a Poverty Simulation, Carrie McNamer
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Measuring Employee Perceptions of a Learning Organization during Strategic Change, Kasey Uran-Linde
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Culminating Projects from 2017
The Vanguard of Racially Reconstituting Higher Education Black Student Campus Activism: #STANDwithUs!, Marcellus James Davis
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Female Student Affairs Professionals and Work-Life Balance, Debra K. DeMinck
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How Demographic and Professional Characteristics Affect Faculty Attitudes Regarding Assessment of Student Learning, Angela Erickson-Grussing
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Healthcare Student Collegiate Honors Decision-Making: A Grounded Theory, Brenda Frie
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A Multiple Regression Analysis of Factors Concerning Satisfaction,, Jim S. Knutson-Kolodzne
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LGBTQ Mid-Level Administrators of Color in Student Affairs: Experiences of Support and Resilience, Saby Leimomi Labor
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Experiences of Bangladeshi Undergraduate International Students’ Studying in the United States, Kristy Modrow
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Finding Voice: A History of the Minnesota Two-Year College Faculty Union, Shawn E. Mueske
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Students' Performance on Institutional Learning Outcomes, Cheryl R. Norman
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The Effect of LGBT Resource Centers on Student Success & Engagement, Kristopher A. Oliveira
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Athletic Identity, Identity Foreclosure, and Career Maturity of a NCAA Division II Female Student-Athlete, Paula U'Ren
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Culminating Projects from 2016
International Students Adjustment to College: The Relationships between Adjustment, Background Characteristics and Student Success, Ghulam Yahya Ahmadi
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Marijuana Use Among Community College Students: A Study of Academic and Social Involvement, Matthew J. Borcherding
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Mentorship of Select African American School Administrators, Michael Favor
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Assessing the Needs of Non-Monosexual Students Related to Campus LGBT Services, Sidney R. Gardner
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Engaging Master’s Students: The Forgotten Population, Caitlin Lindsay
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Campus Activities Boards: Student Self Ratings for Officers and Committee Members, Mary Tosch
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Predictors of Faculty Intentions to Refer Students with Mental Health Concerns to Mental Health Professionals, Jessica Tye
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Culminating Projects from 2015
The Influence of Advanced Preparation Program Transition Experiences on Students of Color, Brian P. K Johanson Sebera
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Culminating Projects from 2014
Grow Your Own Leaders: Campus-Based Leadership Development Programs, Eric J. Runestad
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The Development of Critical Thinking Skills in Undergraduate Students, Karla J. Saeger
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Culminating Projects from 2012
Factors that Influence Students' Persistence and Degree Attainment while Matriculating through a Doctor of Education Program, Michele L. Braun
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Undergraduate Student Leadership Development: A Quantitative Investigation Using the Social Change Model of Leadership Development, Jodi L. Monerson
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Past, Present, Future: Times of Change for Continuing Education Units in Higher Education Institutions, Gail M. Ruhland
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Culminating Projects from 2010
Criteria used by University Administrators in Parental Notification for Students with Mental Health Concerns, Margaret L. Sarnicki
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Culminating Projects from 2008
Effects of Gender on the Career Aspirations of Administrators in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System, Christine C. Lepkowski
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