Sharing the culminating research work of Marian University doctoral students in the Ed.D. in Organizational Leadership program. Dissertations present theoretical and controlled research investigations, while capstone projects diagnose a problem embedded in the author’s own organization, design and implement an intervention to make progress on that issue, and reflect on the effectiveness of the intervention.
The purpose of this qualitative study is to examine how principal supervisors who identify as Black develop Black principals in K-12 settings. The approaches generally include leadership activities, philosophies, and mentoring....
The United States is experiencing a paradox related to the care and support of individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities. As diagnoses of these disabilities increase, there are not enough people to provide...
This capstone documented the process of defining, developing, and evaluating a curriculum for professional selling within a business school in a small liberal arts university. Specifically, it addressed the research question:...
Teacher residency programs were designed to fill the space of teacher shortages, by placing highly trained novice teachers into school buildings to complete a yearlong assignment. The impact of teacher residencies is dependent...
Instructional leadership can be conceptualized as the leadership approach wherein the school leader collaborates with teachers, to provide both support and guidance to establish the best teaching practices for students...
Black males are underrepresented in the teaching profession at all levels, but especially at the elementary level. The low number of Black male teachers can be attributed to low salary, low regard for the profession, perception...
Several job demands impact faculty engagement (Finkelstein, 1996; Peterson, 2004; West, 2012), which has implications for the success of higher education institutions and the student experience (Delmas & Childs, 2021; Cole et...