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Retention Strategies: A Mixed Methods Research Study on Factors that Motivated Black Educators to Stay and Teach at a K-12 School During a National Crisis
Get PDFThe purpose of this research study was to improve retention of Black educators of K-12 schools during a national crisis. To do so, this research study investigated Black educators of K-12 schools to determine factors that motivated them to stay and teach during a national crisis. This research used Herzberg\u27s Two-Factor Theory of Motivation- Hygiene for its theoretical framework. A convergent mixed-methods design was used to collect the qualitative and quantitative data, analyze the data separately, and then merge the data to determine the findings from this research study (Creswell, 2018). The data collected was from Black educators of K-12 schools who taught during the crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic. An electronic survey was used to collect the quantitative data to learn trends and similarities of the participants\u27 responses relating to this research study\u27s purpose. There were 60 participants who initiated the survey and 34 who completed the survey. Informal interviews were used to collect the qualitative data of 10 survey participants to gain more insight and understanding of their human experiences while teaching during a national crisis. This research discovered from the survey responses and informal interviews that student support in relevance to student safety and academic success were the leading factors that motivated Black educators of K-12 schools to remain in the classroom and teach during a national crisis. Additional factors that motivated Black educators to stay and teach at a K-12 school during a national crisis was years of employment. This research also discovered that work conditions in relevance to occupational health, the role of technology, and administration support impacted Black educators\u27 experiences while teaching at a K-12 school during a national crisis
Why Do Some Troubled Banks Fail Instead of Merge?
No full textMost troubled banks do not fail, even during a financial crisis. If a troubled bank fails, it enters the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) resolution process, imposing a cost on the deposit insurance fund. The FDIC closely monitors troubled banks and encourages management to resolve issues, including seeking a merger partner. Why can some troubled banks merge while others cannot prevent failure? We compare merged banks (over 4,000) with failed banks (466) during 2001-2019 and find that they differ in almost all aspects going back several years before the merger or failure. Using a sub-sample of failed and merged banks matched on early signs of impending failures (construction loans, asset growth, brokered deposits, capital, experience), we show that the troubled merged banks made better decisions relating to cost (labor and funding), and risk management (market risk and non-real estate related credit risk), making them attractive merger targets
Church Collective-Community Collective: Achieving a Faithful Economic Justice by Joined Faith Action and Intentional Collaboration
Get PDFClearly, we are at a serious inflection point in our country’s history, and more specifically in relation to the thesis posited in this dissertation project, we are also at a seminal inflection point as related to the collectiveness, and in measure, the deficit of collectiveness that exists in the broader African American community, and the attendant detriment it can be to lasting meaningful church and community cooperation. This cooperation is becoming even more vital, because at this point in time, we will continue to encounter more turbulence. This will have effects on the well-being, financial and otherwise of all Americans, but advancing from a deficit position of action, the afro-centric community, church, and citizenry must embrace and proffer a greater unity by being intentional about our needs, and the satisfaction of them. Binding our prosperity and future in tandem with operating socially and economically in concert with one another, even more than we ever have. Knowing and understanding the broader dynamics that accompany all partnerships or collaborations, it is important that we understand the nature of opposition outside and even more, inside our community, and that it is overcoming the negative effects of how we cooperate to prosper, that we learn how to work, and begin to thrive. Even as we have encounters that consider the past, we know that the effects of being collective and cooperative will have a net effect of positive gains for the wealth of our community, and its long-term prosperity. Engaging the betterment of our own souls, and spirituality is a guiding movement, that then expands through the church and community. Clergy and the men and women of God must lead this. If our communities and churches operate in greater harmony, their collective power will be position then to help the broader community, not as unwitting recipients of the service, or cause de-jour, but to assert what the community needs, and can demand because of the collective power it brings to bear. As citizens, not consumers of the promise of our country; as children, held in the promises of God
Multiplayer game features and how they influence online disinhibition and toxic behaviors
No full textResearch in toxic behaviors in online video game spaces has revealed factors influencing their frequency, but specific communication features’ effect on toxicity remains to be investigated. This work explored relationships between multiplayer online game features, online disinhibition, and toxic behaviors; and introduced Communication Restriction Types (CRT), a new categorical system that qualifies barriers of entry and usage requirements for communication features in games. Surveying 306 players across five different games, this study measured self-reported tendencies to exhibit toxic behaviors and individual levels of online disinhibition. Regression analysis supported research that toxic disinhibition affects toxic behaviors. Additional analysis on toxic behaviors on a per-feature basis revealed that pings specifically are abused for toxic behaviors above most other communication feature methods
Using Graph Theory to Create a 3D Miniscaped, Non-Linear Level
Get PDFThis study focuses on how to use the Graph Theory and the Dominion Theory to design a three-dimensional (3D) non-linear, miniscaped level layout in a video game. Using these theories, the researcher aimed to aid players in navigating non-linear levels (which are notoriously difficult to traverse). Consequently, the researcher created a methodology outlining the best practices for constructing a level using Graph Theory and Dominion Theory. The researcher constructed a game level in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim to explore the effectiveness of this methodology. Testers played the level and provided feedback regarding their experiences. The researcher analyzed this data to confirm or deny their methodology’s accuracy