Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff LibraryNot a member yet
38825 research outputs found
Sort by
Analysis of the perceptions of university administrators, faculty members, and students regarding total quality management in selected Nigerian universities, 1998
Get PDFThis study analyzes the perceptions of University administrators, faculty members, and students concerning total quality management (TQM). This is done by (1) identifying the key components of TQM for higher education, and (2) assessing the perceptions of university administrators, faculty and students toward adopting and utilizing the principles of TQM as propounded by the late W. Edwards Deming. The study is inclusive of elements of historical and descriptive research design. Primary and secondary data sources of information are also used for the establishment of data base. The theoretical framework guiding this research includes enumerative theory and analytic theory. More emphasis is placed on the analytic theory because that is the main statistical theory propelling Demings' s 14 principles of total quality management. The sample for this study was taken from Nigerian universities according to personnel status and type of university. Stratified random sampling is used for this research. Four universities based on the three former Nigerian regions were chosen: East, West, and North. These three regions represent a microcosm of the Federal Republic of Nigeria because of their geo-political significance. In all, 104 individuals drawn from 4 universities, spread across a total of 42 different campuses participated in this study. The individuals include 35 students studying in Nigerian universities, 35 administrators and 34 faculty personnel employed by Nigerian universities. The significant findings of the study appear to warrant the following conclusions: If Nigerian universities are going to implement total quality management, they must have to address: the use of tests and grades, the use of goals and slogans, the use of statistical assessment, employee evaluation/meritocracy, and finally continuous improvement
The Atlanta University Bulletin (catalogue), s. III no. 3: June 1930
No full textThe Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) in supporting the processing and digitization of a number of historic collections as part of the project: Our Story: Digitizing Publications and Photographs of the Historically Black Atlanta University Center Institutions.</em
The Foundation vol. 28 no. 1
No full textThe Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) in supporting the processing and digitization of a number of historic collections as part of the project: Our Story: Digitizing Publications and Photographs of the Historically Black Atlanta University Center Institutions
African American women judges on courts of general and appellate jurisdictions: a descriptive analysis, 1995
Get PDFThis is a study on African American women judges who serve on the general and appellate courts. This study addresses four questions: who and where they serve?; what were the recruitment and selections processes that netted the majority of these judges?; what are their attitude and perceptions of gender related issues?; and what were the barriers of those seeking the judiciary? This descriptive analysis is presented as a case study. The analysis is based on data collected from the universe of African American women judges and a random sample of non-African American women judges on these court levels. African American women judges have served less than five years. They reached the bench through an informal selection process at a younger age than their judicial counterparts. They serve in large cities where they are usually the only African American woman on their court and/or court level. They are Democrats and prescribe towards a liberal ideology, yet they do not consider themselves feminists. The gender issue is important, but the race issue supersedes. The research found few differences between black and white women judge
An investigation of the perceptions of teachers regarding the role of principal leadership in the effective implementation of technology, 2004
Get PDFIn this study, the views of teachers were sought regarding elementary principals' leadership style and teachers' implementation of technology, related to the state required Intech program. Sixty participants responded to a Level of Technology survey (LoTi). Teachers' views of their level of technology implementation in the classroom were described, with statistically significant differences present between those teachers trained in Intech and those teachers who have not been trained in Intech. A multiple regression procedure revealed that consideration and grade level were significant predictors of current instructional practices. The model indicated that the lower the consideration score and the lower the grade level reported, the higher the score obtained on the current instructional practices variable. No statistically significant relationship was yielded between the state-required Intech program and teachers' reported use of technology, as measured by the Loti framework. The findings from this study add to the current body of knowledge in several ways. Elementary principals' leadership style was found to be related to implementation of technology in the classroom setting. In addition, teachers trained in the Intech model differed in their technology practices within the classroom setting. Practitioners and researchers alike may find the results of this study useful
Examining the female leader in Octavia Butler's dawn and Fledgling, 2011
Get PDFThis study examines the prototypical female leader as constructed by Octavia Butler in her science fiction novels, Dawn and Fledgling. The premise of the study relates to the protagonists capacity to undergo arduous tasks in extraordinary circumstances so that they can ultimately lead their people into a revolutionized society. Overcoming enormous obstacles, including the rejection of the very people they must lead, proves that both protagonists, Lilith Ilypo, in Dawn, and Shori Matthews, in Fledgling, are the women of the future, created to lead human beings into a brave new world. The study further examines Butlers portrayal of the othemesses that continue to plague societies, despite the societies higher evolution, and concludes that only through continuous compromise will the world become unified. Butler indicates that the onerous task of achieving this ultimate unification lies on the shoulders of women who will serve as, what I term, the futures female Adams