All dissertations completed at Western Michigan University are entered into ScholarWorks. Some may be embargoed or restricted by the authors and may be only available from on-campus computers. Print copies are available through interlibrary loan for dissertations before 2013. If you have any questions, please contact wmu-scholarworks@wmich.edu.

This department was called Educational Leadership until around 2000. Then departmental responsibilities were redistributed between Educational Studies and Teaching, Learning, and Leadership, both active until 2007. This list includes dissertations from all three of those earlier departments.

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Dissertations from 2002

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Examining the Similarities and Differences in Benefits of School-to-Work as a Workforce Development Strategy: A Study of Key Stakeholder Involvement Using a Multiple Case Study Approach, Alton Leon Alford

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Job Satisfaction and Leadership Style: A Study of Michigan High School Principals, David A. Barry

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Predicting a Passing Outcome on the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses by Associate Degree Graduates, Patricia M. Collins

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Social Responsiblity and Types of Service Learning: A Comparison of Curricular Service Learning, Co-Curricular Service Learning, and Traditional Community Service, Jay Richardson Cooper

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The Adjustment Problems of African Students at Western Michigan University, Apollos Bitrus Goyol

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A Test of Factor Analysis as a Validation Procedure for Physician Certification Examinations, Jeffrey D. Greene

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Factors Affecting Superintendent Longevity in Michigan, Sally Hipp

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Specifying The Psychomotor Domain of the Construct of Nursing Competence, Joni L. Jones

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A Study of the Effects of Goal Conflict on Job Satisfaction in Auxiliary Enterprise Units within Higher Education, Stephen M. Keizer

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Have Charter Schools Materialized Their Promise a Contrast Between Rhetoric and Reality, Mary Kay Kempker-VanDriel

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After Turning Points: Evidence of the Adoption of Middle School Reforms in the United States 1987-2000., Nancy Barnes Mansberger

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Career Planning Needs of Students, Carol Nowakowski

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The Relationship between Financial Aid and Freshman Persistance at a Midwestern Liberal Arts College, Jack Phillip Powell

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Integration of Multiple Perspectives on Leadership: A Comparative Study of Experienced and Novice Leaders, Rigoberto J. Rincones-Gomez

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Differences among Accredited Athletic Training Education Programs in Preparing Students for the National Certification Examination, Donna M. Ritenour

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The Structure of the Leadership Construct: A Test of Factorial Invariance Using Structural Equation Modeling, Liliana Rodriguez-Campos

Dissertations from 2000

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Teachers’ Perceptions of School Culture in Relation to Job Satisfaction and Commitment, Mayda Bahamonde-Gunnell

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The Effect of Presentation Media on Student Reading Comprehension, Jeffrey T. Conklin

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Parental Involvement: Quantifying Parent Behavior and its Influence on a Child's Readiness to Learn, V. Yvonne Conner

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A Study of the Relationship Between Epistemic Style and Evaluation Practice, Deanna Draze

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Can Principals’ Personality Traits Predict their Risk-Taking: Uncertainty and Success Orientation as they Relate to Risk Propensity, Bruce A. Evans

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A Comparison of Learning in Adult Accelerated and Non-Accelerated Courses, Donald J. Green

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Public School Principals’ Perceptions in Accredited and Non-Accredited Elementary Schools Regarding Strategies to Improve Student Performance on the Michigan Education Assessment Program, Mattie P. Hampton

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A Study of Parental Characteristics and School Choice, Chia-Lin Hsieh

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An Exploratory Study of Michigan Grantmaker Attributes and Competencies, Lisa R. Wyatt Knowlton

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Teacher Perceptions of Collaboration and Engagement in Five Twenty-First Century Restructuring Schools in Indiana, Cynthia L. Kujawski

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A Case Study of the Effects of the Strategic Planning Process on the Trust Level of Administrative Staff in a K - 12 School District, Michael F. Paskewicz

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Issues of Factorial Invariance Inherent in Conceptual Change: Teachers’ Evolving Perceptions of Classroom Practice, Cynthia C. Phillips

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Teachers’ Use of Instructional Alignment in Michigan Fifth Grade Classrooms and the Relationship of Use to Student MEAP Scores in Writing, John Rasmussen

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The Organizational Culture in Community Foundations, Nanette Marie Reiser

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Attitudes and Perceptions of Michigan School Administrators toward Female Administrators, Dorothy J. VanderJagt