College X
TO: Stephen Spencer
SUBJECT: Notice of x Review and approval
¨ Exemption
The Human Subjects Review Committee of College X has reviewed and approved your proposal entitled:
The Impact of Achieving the Dream on Student Success of First-Year, Full-Time, Degree-Seeking Students at College X.
You are advised that with respect to:
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the rights and welfare of the individual(s) involved;
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the appropriateness of the methods used to secure informed consent; and
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the risks and potential benefits of the investigation.
The Human Subjects Review Committee has reviewed your proposal and does consider your project to be:
¨ Exempt
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Fully acceptable (without reservations).
¨ Acceptable with the reservations noted below
¨ Not acceptable for the reasons noted below
Approval date: January, 2013
Signed for the Committee by:
Dr,G.R.S.
G.R.S., Chairperson
Human Subjects Review Committee
APPENDIX C
IRB APPROVAL BENEDICTINE UNIVERSITY OFFICE OF INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH
ALANDRA WELLER-CLARKE, PHD
From: Stephen_Spencer
Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2013 7:24 PM
To: ageorge276@yahoo.com; Chand, Sunil; dielpsych@aol.com; Tom Schick
Subject: FW: IRB Office and Dissertation Proposal
Committee,
See below. The study received IRB approval today from Benedictine University.
Stephen J. Spencer
Benedictine University
Ed.D. Candidate
419-476-1036 (home)
419-708-7435 (cell)
-----Original Message-----
From: Weller-Clarke, Alandra [mailto:AClarke@ben.edu]
Sent: Thu 7/18/2013 2:11 PM
To: Stephen_Spencer
Subject: RE: IRB Office and Dissertation Proposal
Hello Steven,
Your application has been approved. For your records, it will be recorded as #20130718. Best regards with your study!
AC
Alandra Weller-Clarke, PhD
Associate Professor & Educational Psychologist
IRB Chair
Benedictine University
aclarke@ben.edu <mailto:aclarke@ben.edu>
APPENDIX D
NIH CERTIFICATE
CURRICULUM VITAE
Stephen J. Spencer
Doctoral Candidate Benedictine University
The College of Education and Health Services
Benedictine University
EDUCATION
Benedictine University, Lisle, IL
Ed.D. Doctoral Candidate in Higher Education Administration and Organizational Change
Dissertation: "The Impact of Achieving the Dream on Student Success of First-Year, Full-Time Students at a State Community College"
Advisor: Dr. Sunil Chand
Antioch University, The McGregor School, Yellow Springs, OH
M.A. in Management, (1998)
Ohio State University, College of the Arts and Sciences, Columbus, OH
B.A. Political Science (1983)
PROFESSIONAL ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
1999-2005 Adjunct Instructor in Microeconomics and American Government, Owens Community College, Findlay and Perrysburg, Ohio campuses. Interest in Student Engagement and retention was a primary interest after this experience.
2012-2013 Intern, Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, Ohio. High-level Internship at executive level shadowing community college leaders to include department directors, assistant deans and deans, vice-presidents, and a campus president. Attended and participated in meetings on student success, student life programs, student mentoring, recruitment, campus renovation and expansion, and departmental budgets.
DOCTORAL LEVEL COURSEWORK
Issues in Higher Education
Research Methods: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Methods
Policy, Politics, and the Law
Organization Development, Change, and Innovation
Strategic Institutional Planning and Accountability
Dissertation Seminar I: Leadership and Development
Organizational Strategy and Student Services
Emerging Technologies
Dissertation Seminar 2: Dissertation Research
Curriculum Planning and Evaluation
Teaching and Learning
Qualitative Research Methods
Quantitative Research and Mixed Design
Financial Management and Budgets
Personnel, Performance, and Accountability
Management of Change
Dissertation Seminar: Dissertation Research 3
Dissertation Seminar: Proposal Defense
Dissertation III: Final Defense
THESIS DISSERTATION ABSTRACT
" The Impact of Achieving the Dream on Student Success of First-Year, Full-Time Students at a State Community College"
This study was conducted to determine whether a significant relationship exists between Achieving the Dream (AtD) efforts and student success among first-year, full-time degree-seeking students at a state community college. For this study, student success was measured in terms of student engagement, student persistence, and academic performance, measured by grade point average (GPA). The data on student persistence and grade point average were retrieved from the institution where the study was conducted, for students in their first to second semester of full-time enrollment. The data for student engagement were retrieved from results on the Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE), administered by the institution. The data were grouped into longitudinal periods of 2002-2004 and 2005-2011, to track pre-AtD and post-AtD student performance and engagement.
The selected student population excluded students in certificate and specialized non-credit programs and part-time students. The study was conducted using a non-experimental exploratory research design. Data were collected from fall and spring semesters each year from 2002-2011, and aggregated for analysis to explore significant relationships and trends prior to and after the implementation of AtD. Specifically, data was analyzed for statistically significant relationships among variables, using Pearson's correlation coefficient. In addition, statistically significant differences in student success before and after the implementation of AtD was explored through the use of t-tests and Analyses of Variance (ANOVA) .
The results of this study provided information about student success in relation to Achieving the Dream in the sample population. The AtD implementation was correlated between the variables of student engagement benchmarks, GPA, and student persistence rates.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
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Student Success and Technology and Information Systems
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Student Engagement
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International Standards of Curriculum Development, specifically Great Britain, Germany, India, Japan, and China
INSTRUMENTATION EXPERIENCE
Microsoft Office 2010 and above, to include Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Access.
Windows 7 applications
Epson Laptop Projector
Adobe PDF File Creation
Smart Draw 2010 Charts and Graphs Software and Integration into Word and PowerPoint Presentations
Survey Gold Software and integration into Word and Powerpoint programs/presentations
IBM SPSS Statistics 22 Software for statistical analysis
Skype for video and audio display and webcam
Go to Meeting Conference Software
SPECIALIZED SKILLS
The Epson Laptop and projector is used to present course content Powerpoint presentations, internet sites of interest, videos or DVDs of academic interest, and You-Tube presentations to a small or large classroom audience. Skype video or audio is used for communication between peers or campuses. Smart Draw 2010 is used for Charts and Graphs display to students, faculty, and peer groups and is used in private or academically assigned research. Survey Gold Software is to study faculty or student feedback on matters of importance to the institutional mission.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
American Association of University Professors (AAUP)
American College Personnel Association (ACPA)
National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA)
COMMUNITY SERVICE
The United Way of Northwest Ohio
The American Heart Association Heart Walk Campaign of Northwest Ohio
The Martin Luther King Kitchen (Toledo, Ohio)
The Cherry Street Mission (Toledo, Ohio)
Disabled American Veterans (Lifetime Member)
INTERESTS
Softball Leagues, Golf, Jogging, Hiking, Reading (History), Working with Youth (Athletic)
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