Theses and dissertations published by graduate students in the Department of Educational Leadership and Workforce Development, College of Education, Old Dominion University, since Fall 2016 are available in this collection. Backfiles of all dissertations (and some theses) have also been added.
In late Fall 2025, all theses will be digitized and available here. In the meantime, consult the Library Catalog to find older items in print.
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Dissertation: Certification of Financial Aid Administrators, Stacey A. Peterson
Dissertation: Community College Student Learning in Phlebotomy Preceptor-Led Clinical Internship, Susan E. Phelan
Dissertation: Education and Economy: The Impact of Investment in Human Capital Through Education on Unemployment, Zafer Pirim
Dissertation: Persistence to an Associate of Applied Science Registered Nurse Degree: The Impact of Placing Into Developmental Education Courses on Student Success, Caroline Clark Rivera
Dissertation: Student Achievement as an Investment in Human Capital: Using Longitudinal Patterns of Per Pupil Instructional and Capital Expenditures, Socioeconomic Status, and Past Performance in Predicting Student Achievement, Charles Anthony Roberts
Dissertation: Exploring the Impact of Classified Staff Interactions on the Student Experience: A Multiple Case Study Approach, Mary Ann Schmitt
Dissertation: Community College Student Persistence: A Focus on Occupational and Academic Clubs, Catherine Jean Songer
Dissertation: The Factors That Are Related to Native American Community College Students' Intent to Persist, Garnet Laureen Williams
Dissertation: Ethically Speaking: Academic Librarians' Perceptions of Information Privacy, Intellectual Freedom, and the USA PATRIOT Act, Alicia Carol Willson-Metzger
Dissertation: Financial Aid as Retention Predictor: The Relationship of Financial Aid to Retention at a Virginia Community College, Eunice Rohrer Wine
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Dissertation: Persistence of Community College Transfer Students in a Private Liberal Arts University Nursing Program, Rita M. Amerio
Dissertation: Cultural Intelligence: An Examination of Predictive Relationships in a Study Abroad Population, Bryan James Banning
Dissertation: Critical Components of Community College Enrollment Management Planning, Karen Hart Bucher
Dissertation: The Attraction of Adjunct Faculty to Rural Community Colleges, Hara Dracon Charlier
Dissertation: Noncognitive Predictors of Academic Performance and Persistence in Horizontal and Vertical Transfer Students By Academic Level, Christopher A. Davis
Dissertation: A Utilization-Focused Evaluation of a Community College Adjunct Faculty Professional Development Program, Gordon Edenfield
Dissertation: Implementer Perceptions of Washington State's Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training (I-BEST) Program, Robert W. Fox
Dissertation: College Student Adjustment and Health Behaviors, Lisa Anne Hall
Dissertation: Internationalization Efforts in United States Community Colleges: A Comparative Analysis of Urban, Suburban, and Rural Institutions, Natalie Jean Harder
Dissertation: Exploring Entrepreneurialism in Community Colleges in the Appalachian Region, Sharon Lynn Hatfield
Dissertation: Perceptions of Virginia Community College System Faculty and Administrators on the Purposes for and Composition of a Comprehensive Evaluation System for Teaching Faculty Members, William H. Hightower Jr.
Dissertation: Academic Engagement: The Impact of Personal, Cultural, and School Factors on African American Student Academic Effort, Ruth Alisha Jenkins Hill
Dissertation: Adjunct Faculty Organizational Sense of Belonging and Affective Organizational Commitment, Constance L. Merriman
Dissertation: Student Perceptions of Campus Safety Within the Virginia Community College System, Robert Chad Patton
Dissertation: The Utilization of a Computer Assisted Guidance System in Academic Advising, Charles Van Vleck Pfautz
Dissertation: Examining the Impact of Leadership Style and School Climate on Student Achievement, Tina Robinson
Dissertation: The Administration of Community College Blogs: Considering Control and Adaptability in Loosely Coupled Systems, Troy A. Swanson
Dissertation: Moderator Effect of Financial Aid on Predictors of Community College Graduation Rate, Richard Wilt
Dissertation: English Language Proficiency and Academic Achievement of International Students: A Meta-Analysis, Rachawan Wongtrirat
Dissertation: Female Ph.D. Completion: How Field of Study Moderates the Predictive Relationships Between Social and Academic Interactions With Faculty, Research Productivity and Degree Completion, Miki Yoshimura
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Dissertation: Examining the Community and Two-Year Technical College Presidency: Vice President and Chief Officer Perceptions of Challenges, Changes, and Aspirations, Juliet Jefferson Brown
Dissertation: The Philanthropic Motivations of Community College Donors: A Study of the Educational Foundation of a Mid-Sized, Multi-Campus Community College in Virginia, Linnie Smith Carter
Dissertation: Changing Diversity in U.S. Schools: The Impact on Elementary Student Performance and Achievement, Jennifer Karyn Clayton
Dissertation: Leadership Development Programs in Two-Year Colleges: Critical Components, Delivery Methods, and the Role of Distance Learning Technology, Mary Clare DiGiacomo
Dissertation: A School Leadership Perspective on Cultural Competencies and Self-Regulation in a Government-Funded Preschool Setting, Anita B. James
Dissertation: Emerging Workforce Trends and Issues Impacting the Virginia Community College System, Mary Greer Landon
Dissertation: The Impact of Participation or Non-Participation in the Academic Excellence Commitment Area of the NCAA CHAMPS/Life Skills Program on the Academic Progress and Graduation Success Rates of Division I Football Teams, Melanie Miller
Dissertation: The Impact of On-Line Training on College Faculty Attitudes and Knowledge of Students with Disabilities, Wayne M. Pollock
Dissertation: Institutional Factors Supporting the Enrollment and Persistence of African-American Males in Virginia Community Colleges, Alfred A. Roberts
Dissertation: Exploration of Barriers and Solutions for Women in the Pathway to the High School Principalship, Tracy Shook Skinner
Dissertation: The Impact of Dual Enrollment Participation on Degree Attainment, Peggy Anne Westcott
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
Dissertation: School District Budgeting in the Era of Increased Accountability and No Child Left Behind: A Mixed Methods Case Study of School District Budgeting Processes and the Correlation to Student Achievement, Scott Alan Burckbuchler
Dissertation: The Relationship Between Rural Middle School Student Mathematics Achievement and Classroom Sense of Community, John E. Donlan
Dissertation: Perceptions of Second-Level Managers' Performance in Student affairs, Jennifer Kingsley
Dissertation: The Influence of Demographic Characteristics, Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Attributes on the Effectiveness of the LADDERS Probation Intervention Program, Terri M. Mathews
Dissertation: Effect of Outside Employment on Academic Success Among Full-Time Associate Degree Nursing Students, Julian A. Moore
Dissertation: The Non-Cognitive Attributes of First-Year At-Risk Students Who Are Academically Successful and Retained at Old Dominion University, Tisha M. Paredes
Dissertation: A Program Evaluation of Supplemental Instruction for Developmental Mathematics at a Community College in Virginia, Marilyn Lawson Peacock
Dissertation: The Relationship of Teacher Route to Certification to Student Outcomes on Statewide Social Studies Assessment, Aaron L. Smith
Dissertation: The Impact of Participation in a Virginia Community College Orientation Program Course on Student Engagement, Satisfaction, Academic achievement, and Retention, Wendy L. Tighe
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
Dissertation: The Influences of Interaction on the Satisfaction, Achievement, and Retention of Developmental Community College Students, Elizabeth Copeland Wilmer
Dissertation: Generational Differences Among Community College Students in Their Evaluation of Academic Cheating, Kathleen E. Wotring
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
Dissertation: Evaluating Work Keys Profiling as a Pre-Employment Assessment Tool to Increase Employee Retention, Ruth Zimmer Hendrick
Dissertation: Examining Retention and Academic Success Among Community College Developmental Algebra I Students, Patricia B. Huber
Dissertation: An Examination of Differences Between Occupational-Technical Student and Transfer Student Engagement at Small Community Colleges in Virginia, Janet T. Laughlin
Dissertation: Predictors of Persistence Among Community College Adult and Traditional-Aged Students, Kellie Crawford Sorey
Dissertation: Workforce Investment Act services: Effect on Dislocated Worker Reemployment, Martha A. Walker
Theses/Dissertations from 1983
Thesis: A Comparative Study Between a Readiness Measure and an Achievement Test as Measured by the Metropolitan Readiness Test and the Science Research Associates Achievement Series, Linda L. Ditchburn
Theses/Dissertations from 1972
Thesis: The Contributions of the W. K. Kellogg Foundation to Adult Education, Betty Lou Mitchell
Thesis: Advanced Placement Guidelines for Schools of Practical Nursing for Placement of Nursing Assistants, Leona Casner Wyatt
Theses/Dissertations from 1971
Thesis: Multiple Correlation Between Eighth Grade Modern Mathematics Success and Selected Areas of Verbal Ability, Allen L. Davis
Theses/Dissertations from 1970
Thesis: An Evaluation of Old Dominion University Counseling Services by Selected Graduates of the School of Education, Carol Jean Anthony
Thesis: Policies and Procedures Employed by Personnel Administrators in the Recruitment Process of Public School Teachers in Virginia, Gabriele Sylvia Blankenship
Thesis: A Follow-up Survey of the Graduates of the Cooperative Program of the Norfolk City Schools and the Leigh Memorial Hospital School of Licensed Practical Nursing, Joseph Patrick Clarke
Thesis: A Descriptive Survey of Elementary Teachers' Attitudes Toward Faculty Meetings, Charles Clay
Thesis: A Descriptive Study of the Selection of General Goals of Life by Urban University Entering Freshmen, Walter Rupert Earl
Thesis: An Analysis of Professional Negotiation in the Public School Systems of Virginia, Ernest Michael Ellis
Thesis: The Use and Effectiveness of Computers for Administrative Purposes in the Tidewater Public Secondary Schools, William Carlisle Harrell
Thesis: A Survey of the Facilities in the Norfolk City Senior High Schools for the Gifted Student, Ernest Henderson Knox
Thesis: An Investigation of Selected Current Practices in the Recruitment of Industrial Arts Education Majors in the State of Virginia, David Ernest Sawyer
Thesis: The Need for Assistant Elementary School Principals in the Public Schools of Norfolk, Virginia, Joseph Lee Wiggins
Theses/Dissertations from 1969
Thesis: The Elementary Principalship in the City Schools of Virginia Beach, Lois H. Barbour
Thesis: A Survey and Appraisal of the Nongraded Approach to Education in the Elementary School, James Roszel Darden
Thesis: A Comparison of the Organizational Climate Description Questionnaire and Assumed Similarity of Opposites Scales as Measurement of Elementary School Organizational Climate, Robert Matthew Devine
Thesis: Compensatory Education for Students at Jacox Junior High School, John Henry Edwards III
Thesis: A Survey of Secondary School Principals in Virginia, Daniel Peter Elliott
Thesis: Correlation Between Creativity as Measured by Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking Figural Forms A and B and Intelligence as Measured by the Lorge-Thorndike Intelligence Test of Fifty Sixth Grade Students, Thomas A. Felton
Thesis: An Evaluation of Kindergarten Children's Reactions to a Selected Group of Story Books, Bonnie Jean Folkerts
Thesis: The Relationship of Three Selected Admission Variables to Student Achievement in a Diploma School of Nursing, Elsie M. Futrell
Thesis: A Replication of Gouldner's Latent Role Identifications of Cosmopolitan and Local in a Public High School, Ronald S. Godwin
Thesis: A Survey of the Attitudes and Opinions of Ninth and Twelfth Grade Males Toward Apprenticeship Training, Shirley Nichols Gray
Thesis: Current Practices in the Use and Handling of Confidential Information in Student Cumulative Folders, Phyllis Webster Jamison
Thesis: A Survey of Parents' Knowledge of College Selection and Application Procedures, Susan Stevenson Landis
Thesis: A Study of Selected Groups of Old Dominion College Freshmen Women, Dorothy F. Lippincott
Thesis: A Comparison of the Budget Formulation Procedures Used in the Six Cities of the Hampton Roads Complex, William George Matton Jr.
Thesis: A Study of the Relationship Between One's Religious Belief and One's Philosophy of Human Nature, Sister Mary Richard Norris
Thesis: Origin Implementation and Evaluation of the Occupational Work-Study Program in the City Schools of Portsmouth, Virginia, James Columbus Robinson
Thesis: A Study of Construction Inspectors in a Selected Environment to Determine the Relationship Between Specific Factors and Technical Training Deficiencies, Harry Anthony Stolmeier
Thesis: The Role of the American Woman in Contemporary Society as Perceived by Fifteen and Eighteen Year Old Girls in an Urban High School, Jo Anne S. Vance
Theses/Dissertations from 1968
Thesis: A Descriptive Study of Religious Attitudes Between Catholic Students in a Catholic School and Catholic Students in a Public School, Antionette Vinci Haynes
Thesis: Some Selected Characteristics of a Dental Assistant Education Program Based on Certain Needs of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Gene W. Hirschfeld
Thesis: A Comparison of Selected Indian Educational Aims of 1947-1953 with Current Practice with Reference to the State of Mysore, Andrew McDearmid
Thesis: A Comparison of the Biology Curricula in Virginia Colleges, Carol Ann McDearmid
Thesis: A Survey of Modern Foreign Language Programs in Selected Cities of Tidewater Virginia, Rhonwen Leonard Newton
Thesis: A Survey of Religious Activities in the Junior High Schools of Virginia, Franklin Bruce Owen
Thesis: A Study of Selected Dropouts with Implications Toward Methods of Dropout Prevention, Elsie Lela Tereskerz
Theses/Dissertations from 1967
Thesis: The Comparison of Certain Personnel Policies of Virginia Beach City Schools (Virginia) and Spartanburg City Schools (South Carolina), E. Carlton Bowyer
Thesis: A Study of Vocational Choice as it Affects a Selected Group of Seamen Apprentices in the United States Navy, Richard Burnside Buffington
Thesis: An Evaluation of Retired Military Personnel Employed as Teachers in Secondary Schools in Virginia, Thomas Harrington Cave
Thesis: A Survey of Community Services Used by Students Enrolled in the Kirk-Cone Rehabilitation Center, 1965-1966, Audrey Hackett Crandall