Kathryn D Talley
Biographic Data
| ID | 141496 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kathryn D Talley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kathryn D |
| FAMILY NAME | Talley |
| SIGNATURE | TALLEY K D |
| AFFILIATIONS | TCS Education System |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Considering leaving before they've even started: An examination of freshmen at risk for transfer
Purpose Most retention literature compares students who remain at an institution with those who leave. This paper seeks to extend the analysis by focusing on freshmen who leave in order to transfer to another institution. Using person‐centered and variable centered approaches, it aims to examine subgroups to determine variables contributing to different transfer rates. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected through surveys, and a quantit…
National Survey of Student Engagement's (NSSE) benchmarks – one size fits all
Purpose Administrators of the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) argue that the results from the five benchmarks, constructed from the survey's items, “produce a set of national benchmarks of good educational practice that participating schools are using to estimate the efficacy of their improvement efforts”. The objective of this paper is to show that any assessment of educational quality cannot be separated from students' expectations…
Paths to Homelessness: Extreme Poverty and the Urban Housing Crisis
Overview Understanding Homelessness: Industrial and Urban Decline The Root Causes of Homelessness in American Cities Paths To Homelessness The Old Homeless: Sam Sheldon and Henry Walsh Work Versus WelfareA False Choice: Sue Jackson The Economic Marginality of Young Families: Sara, Dave, Elizabeth, and Joshua Left Behind in a De-industrialized, Low-Wage Economy: Bob and Nancy Shagford and Their Children Eviction: Debbie Jones and Her Children Soci…
Paths to Homelessness: Extreme Poverty and the Urban Housing Crisis
Resisting Shelterization: The Politics of Housing and Homelessness
This paper addresses the homeless situation in the United States and the government’s approaches to solving the problem. This paper argues that a proliferation of shelters and shelter services has occurred over the past decade, contrasting that with a precipitous decrease in low-income housing. An analysis of the negative consequences of shelterization follows, stressing the control and dependency engendered in shelter settings. Finally, the pape…
A Qualitative Methods Exercise: Student and Faculty Interpretations of Classroom Teaching
A new course in qualitative research methods was introduced recently at North Central College. Given the students' lack of familiarity with the basic concepts and techniques of qualitative methodology, we chose to begin the course with an exercise based on the experience of everyday social life. Using the social construction of reality as a theoretical framework, we wanted to exemplify the meaning of in a way that would engender students' interes…
A Qualitative Methods Exercise: Student and Faculty Interpretations of Classroom Teaching
A new course in qualitative research methods was introduced recently at North Central College. Given the students' lack of familiarity with the basic concepts and techniques of qualitative methodology, we chose to begin the course with an exercise based on the experience of everyday social life. Using the social construction of reality as a theoretical framework, we wanted to exemplify the meaning of in a way that would engender students' interes…
Resisting Shelterization: The Politics of Housing and Homelessness
This paper addresses the homeless situation in the United States and the government’s approaches to solving the problem. This paper argues that a proliferation of shelters and shelter services has occurred over the past decade, contrasting that with a precipitous decrease in low-income housing. An analysis of the negative consequences of shelterization follows, stressing the control and dependency engendered in shelter settings. Finally, the pape…
A Qualitative Methods Exercise: Student and Faculty Interpretations of Classroom Teaching
A new course in qualitative research methods was introduced recently at North Central College. Given the students' lack of familiarity with the basic concepts and techniques of qualitative methodology, we chose to begin the course with an exercise based on the experience of everyday social life. Using the social construction of reality as a theoretical framework, we wanted to exemplify the meaning of in a way that would engender students' interes…
Paths to Homelessness: Extreme Poverty and the Urban Housing Crisis
Paths to Homelessness: Extreme Poverty and the Urban Housing Crisis
Overview Understanding Homelessness: Industrial and Urban Decline The Root Causes of Homelessness in American Cities Paths To Homelessness The Old Homeless: Sam Sheldon and Henry Walsh Work Versus WelfareA False Choice: Sue Jackson The Economic Marginality of Young Families: Sara, Dave, Elizabeth, and Joshua Left Behind in a De-industrialized, Low-Wage Economy: Bob and Nancy Shagford and Their Children Eviction: Debbie Jones and Her Children Soci…
Considering leaving before they've even started: An examination of freshmen at risk for transfer
Purpose Most retention literature compares students who remain at an institution with those who leave. This paper seeks to extend the analysis by focusing on freshmen who leave in order to transfer to another institution. Using person‐centered and variable centered approaches, it aims to examine subgroups to determine variables contributing to different transfer rates. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected through surveys, and a quantit…
National Survey of Student Engagement's (NSSE) benchmarks – one size fits all
Purpose Administrators of the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) argue that the results from the five benchmarks, constructed from the survey's items, “produce a set of national benchmarks of good educational practice that participating schools are using to estimate the efficacy of their improvement efforts”. The objective of this paper is to show that any assessment of educational quality cannot be separated from students' expectations…
Sociology (5 works) · Economics (3 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Higher Education Governance and Development (2 works) · Higher Education Research Studies (2 works)