Browsing Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis electronic theses and dissertations (MU) by Thesis Advisor "Mendoza, Pilar, 1974-"
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The adjunctification of United Methodist part-time local pastors : a case study of part-time local pastors in the Mountain Sky Conference of the United Methodist Church
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)The issue this dissertation addresses is that the fastest growing population of clergy leaders in The United Methodist Church (UMC) are local pastors who are generally not seminary degreed, ordained, or guaranteed employment. ... -
Chronic illness and the college student experience : an anti-deficit achievement study of resilience in higher education
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)Data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health indicates that students with chronic illness graduate college at half the rate of non-ill college students (18% vs. 32%) (Herts, Wallis & Maslow, 2014). ... -
Empowerment in academia : non-academic professional staff's perspectives on employee empowerment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)The concept of employee empowerment has long been heralded as advantageous to employees and organizations both in the public and private sectors. However, the concept still remains ambiguous because there is no settled ... -
Foundational scientific knowledge in athletic training curricula
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)During 2015 the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE) first publically identified they believe strong foundational scientific knowledge produces the best health care providers. Next, in May ... -
Impacts of the state 4-H Council experience : a phenomenological study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)Leadership has long been recognized as a subject central to the human experience. Prepared leaders can wield critical influence in the rise of cultures, the growth of human opportunity, and the lasting direction of world ... -
The role of college admissions representatives in the college application process by students' income and academic achievement
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] College access is one of the most studied areas in higher education, and yet college enrollment rates remain problematically stratified by socioeconomic ... -
Three tears for the red, white, and blue : self-realization of racial identity as a higher education administrator
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)A better understanding of one's racial identity can help eliminate racial injustice in higher education. Critical whiteness studies posit that white identity must be revealed. Using scholarly personal narrative, this study ...