Capstone Experience Purposes by Russell Kirkscey, Julie Vale, Jennifer Hill, James Weiss

“…This study investigated the purposes of CEs through a content analysis of institutional course syllabi/course outlines/module outlines and catalog/calendar descriptions at five institutions of higher education: a large public research university in Canada, a large public teaching university in the United Kingdom (UK), a college of a large public research university in the United States (US), and two medium-sized private liberal arts universities in the US. …”
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Identifying The Components And Factors Of Graduate’s Employability: The Perspectives Of Policymakers, University Administrators, Undergraduates And Employers In Penang by Hao, Moo Keng

“…Lastly, student representatives are the students who are still studying at the public research university and the international college in Penang. …”
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Changing Pedagogy by Su-I Hou, Shannon Wilder

“…This study conducted inductive analyses on faculty motivations, barriers, and strategies for service-learning (SL) adoption in a major public research university in the Southeast United States. Data found faculty members with prior SL experience were often motivated by intrinsic personal values, yet external barriers need to be addressed to increase morale. …”
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DESIGNING THE NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY / by Crow, Michael M., author 338066, Dabars, William B., author 633321

“…Crow proposed his idea--one that would fundamentally redesign the public research university--ten years ago when he became president of Arizona State University and now he has a decade of experience to support his plan. …”

The unexpected emotional cost of teaching chemistry in a pandemic by Rebecca M. Jones

“…This paper offers one perspective on the emotional reality of teaching collegiate chemistry at a large public research university in the United States. Considering and describing emotions such as frustration, grief, anger and hope, I share a hidden reality of being faculty during a pandemic. …”
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Perceived Barriers and Levels of Satisfaction with Student Services for Adult Learners by Nicole Cabrere-Buggs

“…The study examined situational, institutional, and dispositional barriers at one public research university, which may shed light on areas in student services which need to be addressed in higher education.…”
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Best Practices for EdD Comprehensive Exams and Capstone Projects by Masha Krsmanovic, Holly A. Foster

“…The study was conducted at a large, public research university in the South. A total of 316 students enrolled in the program and were invited to complete the survey, of which 131 responses were analyzed. …”
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Investigating race consciousness within teachers’ and leaders’ visions of equitable mathematics instruction in the U.S. by Cara Haines, Charles Munter, Erica Mason

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Trends, Challenges and Opportunities at University of Manitoba Libraries during the COVID Pandemic by Wei Xuan, Christine Shaw

“…The success of the library services provided by the UML inspires positive thinking about the forward direction for public research university libraries. …”
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The Media Scapegoat and Mom’s Mouth by Chrysalis L. Wright, Jasmin Mokbel

“…Swearing acceptance as a function of media and family influences was examined among 763 college students from a large southeastern public research university. Participants completed an online questionnaire and answered a series of questions related to their personality characteristics, religiosity, and swearing histories and attitudes. …”
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An Integrated Architecture, Methods and Some Tools for Enhancing Sustainable Enterprises and Systems by Paul G. Ranky

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Undergraduate Research as System by Laura E Cruz, Devon Anckle, Lara LaDage, Amy Chan Hilton, Alan Rieck

“…This study examines the written and visual results of a participatory systems-mapping process used to explore undergraduate research at a large, public research university in the United States. With the university’s transition to a high-impact practice model, the institutional value of undergraduate research has increased, but challenges remain in implementing the practice equitably and inclusively, especially in the complex environment of higher education. …”
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Investigating the Academic and Social Benefits of Extended New Student Orientations for First-Year Students by Krista M. Soria, Beth Lingren Clark, Laura Coffin Koch

“…In this study, researchers examined the benefits of college students’ participation in an extended new student orientation at a large, public research university. Framed within social identity theory, this study extends a hypothesis that extended new student orientations promote the institutional social identity of first-year students and facilitate their sense of belonging through supportive community development; consequently, the findings suggested that first-year students who participated in an extended new student orientation had a greater sense of belonging, higher academic performance (as measured through students’ fall and spring cumulative grade point averages), and higher retention to their second year. …”
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Toward institutionalization of responsible innovation in the contemporary research university: insights from case studies of Arizona State University by William B. Dabars, Kevin T. Dwyer

“…A comprehensive organizational reconceptualization undertaken by Arizona State University (ASU) during the past two decades has been motivated in part by an explicit intent to institutionalize reflexive understandings of societal responsibility within a major public research university. In the process of operationalizing new models for the American research university, ASU embarked on an academic reorganization that institutionalized the conditions for responsible innovation. …”
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Students’ personal factors as a determinant of entrepreneurial intention by Azman Ismail, Hidayati Ernida Hassan Azahari

“…This study examines the relationship between students’ personal factors (i.e., personal attitude and perceived behavioural control) and entrepreneurial intention by using 130 survey questionnaires gathered from students in an economic and business faculty in Malaysian public research university. The outcomes of SmartPLS analysis revealed two main findings: first, personal attitude was significantly correlated with entrepreneurial intention. …”
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Motivating Factors for the Transfer of Information Literacy Skills among Undergraduates by Karen Sobel

“…It was conducted at an urban public research university in the United States, among 24 first- year undergraduates who participated in first-year seminars. …”
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Examining lecture and inquiry-based laboratory performance for language minority students in science gateway courses. by Christian Fischer, Ha Nguyen, Gabriel Estrella, Penelope Collins

“…This study examined the effectiveness of lectures and inquiry-based instruction in supporting learning for language minority (LM) students in science gateway courses at a large public research university. Utilizing institutional data from 6,911 students across nine years, we fitted cross-lagged panel designs to model associations between lecture courses and inquiry-based laboratory courses for both LM and non-LM students in two-course sequences of introductory college Physics and Chemistry. …”
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Critical community-engaged scholarship in an undergraduate food systems capstone: A case study from Public Health by Yona Sipos, Alan Ismach

“…In this perspective paper, we present a case study of food systems pedagogy and critical community-university engagement within a school of public health at a large and public research university. We start by providing a contextual foundation for the importance of intentionally centering equity-oriented curriculum and community partnerships in academic settings. …”
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Mentoring Undergraduate Research in Different College/University Settings by Elmer-Rico Mojica

“…This paper gives insights from my perspective on how undergraduate students are being mentored in doing research in different university/college settings, namely a premier university (University of the Philippines Los Baños), a public research university (University at Buffalo), a public senior college (York College) and a private university (Pace University). …”
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Graduate- and undergraduate-student perceptions of and preferences for teaching practices in STEM classrooms by Ngawang Gonsar, Lorelei Patrick, Sehoya Cotner

“…We explored student-reported instructional strategies and student perceptions of and preferences for a variety of teaching practices in graduate and undergraduate classrooms across three STEM colleges at a large, public, research university. We found that both graduate and undergraduate students desired more time for AL and wanted less lecturing than they were currently experiencing. …”
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