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Community College Vice Presidents' Perceptions of Academic Partnerships
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Savage-Early, Gloria Jean |
| Copyright Year | 2014 |
| Abstract | COMMUNITY COLLEGE VICE PRESIDENTS' PERCEPTIONS OF ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIPS Gloria Jean Savage-Early Old Dominion University, 2014 Committee Chairperson: Dr. Karen L. Sanzo Partnerships have a very important place among twoand four-year institutions as they allocate limited resources to continue to give higher education students a quality education. Community college vice presidents desire to give students options of completing degrees while maintaining jobs and supporting families along with options of pursuing advanced degrees. This qualitative study, which uses a phenomenological approach, will explore the perceptions of higher education community college vice presidents regarding the factors that affect partnerships between twoand four-year institutions o f higher education. The main research question and sub-questions, to be explored are as follow: How do vice presidents o f two-year educational institutions perceive partnerships with four-year institutions? a. How do perceptions o f communication affect partnerships between two-and fouryear higher education institutions? b. How do perceptions of agreement affect partnerships between two-and four-year higher education institutions? c. How do perceptions o f trust affect partnerships between two-and four-year higher education institutions? d. How do perceptions o f collaboration and accountability affect partnerships between two-and four-year higher education institutions? VICE PRESIDENTS' PERCEPTIONS OF PARTNERSHIPS IV DEDICATION I would like to dedicate this dissertation to my parents and grandparents who are no longer here to witness this achievement, and to Jesus Christ who is ultimately responsible for it all. Thomas Leon Savage, Sr. (Father) Beatrice Walton Savage (Mother) Daniel A. Savage (Paternal Grandfather) Annie Peele Savage (Paternal Grandmother) James Edward Walton (Maternal Grandfather) Matilda Stewart Walton (Maternal Grandmother) JESUS CHRIST (My Lord and Savior) VICE PRESIDENTS ' PERCEPTIONS OF PARTNERSHIPS v ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to acknowledge and thank all the wonderful people who have helped me on this journey. First, I thank my parents Thomas Leon Savage, Jr. and Beatrice Walton Savage, for loving me and giving me their best and I thank God the creator of all. Without God and my parents there would be no me. Next, I thank other family members and friends, who are too numerous to name. I especially thank my husband (Wilbert), our son (Aries), and my siblings (Frances, James, Leon, Thomas, Charles, and Cynthia), who all encouraged me tremendously. Thank you and I love you all so very much. A special “thank you” goes to Dr. Dorothy C. Cooke for being an extraordinary mentor and friend. She understood the dissertation process and believed in me. She always encouraged me to do my best. I also thank my dissertation chair and committee members (Dr. Karen Sanzo, Dr. Mitchell Williams, and Dr. Alan Schwitzer) for their guidance during this challenging and rewarding process. Continue to help others. Thank you to the study participants, who agreed to be interviewed and the peer member who were sounding boards for clarity and validity as they listened to me talk about my dissertation and asked me questions. Finally, last and most precious I thank Jesus, who is the center of my joy and my life. I have never been nor will I ever be anything without Him. From my heart I thank you all so very much! |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.25777/1bfh-5b68 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1166&context=efl_etds |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.25777/1bfh-5b68 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
