Browse Theses & Dissertations By Academic Program
The data presented here includes all theses and dissertations submitted digitally at MSU, a requirement since roughly 2011, for a total of 83 theses and dissertations in 172 programs. The full collection includes many more items that have recently been scanned, though not yet with consistent enough metadata to be included here.
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Advisors & Committee Members
- Amey, Marilyn (2)
- Anagnostopoulos, Dorothea (4)
- Andrews, Dorinda Carter (2)
- Andrews, Dorinda DCA (1)
- Arnold Lyon, Melissa (1)
- Arsen, David (11)
- Ballard, Charles (1)
- Biddle, Jeff (1)
- Bouck, Emily (1)
- Bowman, Kristine L. (1)
- Campbell, Douglas (2)
- Cantwell, Brendan (2)
- Chandra, Siddharth (1)
- Chudgar, Amita (12)
- Chudgar, Amita AC (1)
- Cowen, Josh (2)
- Cowen, Joshua (12)
- Crespo, Sandra (1)
- Crocco, Margaret (1)
- DeLany, Brian (2)
- Dhaliwal, Tasminda (1)
- Dickert-Conlin, Stacy (1)
- Dirkx, John (1)
- Drake, Corey (2)
- Duke, Nell K. (1)
- Dunbar, Christopher, Jr. (3)
- Dunn, Alyssa Hadley (2)
- Fairweather, James S. (1)
- Fendler, Lynn (1)
- Ferkany, Matt (1)
- Flennaugh, Terry K. (5)
- Floden, Robert (3)
- Frank, Kenneth A. (13)
- Gotwals, Amelia (1)
- Gunnings-Moton, Sonya (1)
- Halvorsen, Anne-Lise (6)
- Hartman, Douglas K. (1)
- Heilman, Elizabeth (2)
- Houang, Richard T. (2)
- Imberman, Scott (8)
- Jacobsen, Rebecca (6)
- Jamison, Amy (1)
- Jezierski, Louise (1)
- Khalifa, Muhammad (1)
- Kim, Dongbin (1)
- King, Bruce (1)
- Konstantopoulos, Spyros (2)
- Krajcik, Joseph (1)
- Lo, Jane (1)
- Mabokela, Reitumetse (2)
- Mariage, Troy (1)
- Marin, Patricia (1)
- Markle, Barbara (1)
- Mavrogordato, Madeline (7)
- Metzler, John (3)
- Paine, Lynn (8)
- Parks, Amy (1)
- Penuel, William R. (1)
- Peurach, Donald (2)
- Phillips, Kristin D. (2)
- Printy, Susan (2)
- Qin, Desiree Baolian (1)
- Reckase, Mark D. (1)
- Reckhow, Sarah (6)
- Renn, Kristen (2)
- Rodriquez, Louie (1)
- Roeber, Edward (1)
- Ryan, Ann Marie (1)
- Salloum, Serena (1)
- Santiago, Maribel (1)
- Schmidt, William (1)
- Schneider, Barbara (7)
- Schwartz, Amy (1)
- Schwarz, Christina V. (1)
- Schwille, John (1)
- Sedlak, Michael (10)
- Smith, BetsAnn (4)
- Stamm, Michael (1)
- Stein, Kristy Cooper (5)
- Stroupe, David (2)
- Strunk, Katharine O. (5)
- Sun, Min (1)
- Sykes, Gary (2)
- Tatto, Maria Teresa (2)
- Torres, A. Chris (5)
- Troia, Gary (1)
- Venzant Chambers, Terah T. (2)
- Villarruel, Francisco (2)
- Warren, Chezare (1)
- Watson, Vaughn (1)
- Wawrzynski, Matthew (1)
- Weiland, Steven (3)
- Wheeler, Christopher (2)
- Wilinski, Bethany (7)
- Williams, Michelle (1)
- Wilson, Suzanne (4)
- Wright, Tanya (1)
- Youngs, Peter (14)
- Yun, John (3)
Geographic
- Africa, East (1)
- Africa, Sub-Saharan (1)
- Asia (1)
- Bangladesh (1)
- Brazil (1)
- California (1)
- China (1)
- Côte d'Ivoire (1)
- Côte d'Ivoire (1)
- Finland (1)
- Ghana (1)
- Houston (1)
- India (1)
- Iowa (1)
- Korea (South) (1)
- Kyrgyzstan (1)
- Malawi (1)
- Malaysia (1)
- Mexico (1)
- Michigan (13)
- Middle West (2)
- New Southwest (1)
- New York (1)
- New York (State) (1)
- North Carolina (1)
- OECD countries (1)
- Pakistan (1)
- Seoul (1)
- Southwest, New (1)
- Sub-Saharan Africa (1)
- Tanzania (3)
- Texas (1)
- United States (21)
- Zambia (1)
Topic
- Absenteeism (Labor) (1)
- Academic achievement (8)
- Administration (1)
- Advanced placement programs (Education) (1)
- Africa, East (1)
- African American dropouts (1)
- Agriculture (1)
- Agriculture--Study and teaching (Elementary) (1)
- Alternative education (1)
- Armed Forces (1)
- Asia (1)
- Bangladesh (1)
- Brazil (1)
- California (1)
- Career development (1)
- Charter schools--Finance (1)
- China (1)
- Civics (1)
- Class size (1)
- Cognitive learning (1)
- College applications (1)
- College attendance (2)
- College choice (2)
- College-school cooperation (1)
- Common Core State Standards (Education) (2)
- Community and college (1)
- Community and school (3)
- Community schools (1)
- Computer-assisted instruction (1)
- Counseling in secondary education (2)
- Creative thinking (1)
- Cultural relativism (1)
- Côte d'Ivoire (1)
- Decision making (2)
- Design (1)
- Discourse analysis (1)
- Dropout behavior, Prediction of (1)
- Dropouts (1)
- Early childhood education (3)
- Early childhood education--Parent participation (1)
- Education (5)
- Education and state (28)
- Education and state--Economic aspects (2)
- Education and state--Evaluation (1)
- Education and state--U.S. states (1)
- Education for All (Project) (1)
- Education, Elementary (2)
- Education, Higher (1)
- Education, Higher--Social aspects (1)
- Education, Primary (1)
- Education, Secondary (2)
- Education, Secondary--Parent participation (1)
- Education, Urban (1)
- Education, Urban--Political aspects (1)
- Education--Curricula (1)
- Education--Economic aspects (1)
- Education--Evaluation (2)
- Education--Finance (1)
- Educational accountability (2)
- Educational change (6)
- Educational change--Citizen participation (1)
- Educational change--Public opinion (1)
- Educational change--Social aspects (1)
- Educational equalization (1)
- Educational evaluation (2)
- Educational innovations (1)
- Educational law and legislation (2)
- Educational leadership (3)
- Educational leadership--Philosophy (1)
- Educational sociology (1)
- Educational television programs (1)
- Educational tests and measurements--Public opinion (1)
- Educational vouchers (1)
- Effective teaching (2)
- Elementary school principals (1)
- Elementary school principals--Attitudes (2)
- Elementary school principals--Decision making (1)
- Elementary school teachers--Attitudes (1)
- Elementary school teachers--Job stress (1)
- Elementary school teachers--Rating of (1)
- Elementary schools (1)
- Emigration and immigration (1)
- Employee retention (2)
- Encouragement (1)
- Evaluation (3)
- Evaluation--Statistical methods (1)
- Finland (1)
- First year teachers (1)
- First year teachers--Attitudes (1)
- Ghana (1)
- Government policy (1)
- Group work in education (1)
- High school counselors (1)
- High school seniors (1)
- High school seniors--Attitudes (1)
- High school students (1)
- High school students--Attitudes (1)
- High school teachers--Attitudes (1)
- High schools--Curricula (1)
- High schools--Graduation requirements (1)
- Hispanic American dropouts (1)
- Horticultural crops (1)
- Houston Independent School District (Tex.) (1)
- India (1)
- Indians of North America--Education (1)
- Interdisciplinary approach in education (1)
- Iowa (1)
- Ivoirian Civil War (Côte d'Ivoire : 2002-2007) (1)
- Job analysis (1)
- Korea (South)--Seoul (1)
- Kyrgyz language (1)
- Kyrgyzstan (1)
- Language and languages (1)
- Language policy (1)
- Legislators--Attitudes (1)
- Legislators--U.S. states (1)
- Linguistic rights (1)
- Low-income high school students (1)
- Low-income students (1)
- Low-performing schools (1)
- Magnet schools--Evaluation (1)
- Malawi (1)
- Malaysia (1)
- Marginality, Social (1)
- Mathematics teachers (2)
- Mathematics--Study and teaching (2)
- Mathematics--Study and teaching (Elementary) (1)
- Methodology (1)
- Mexico (1)
- Michigan (13)
- Middle West (2)
- Middle school principals (1)
- Middle school principals--Attitudes (1)
- Middle school teachers (1)
- Middle school teachers--Attitudes (2)
- Middle school teachers--In-service training (1)
- Middle school teaching (1)
- Minorities--Education (1)
- Minorities--Education (Secondary) (1)
- Minorities--Education--Social aspects (1)
- Motivation in education (2)
- Multicultural education (1)
- Multilingualism--Social aspects (1)
- Narrative inquiry (Research method) (1)
- Native language and education (2)
- New Southwest (1)
- New York (State) (1)
- Next Generation Science Standards (Education) (1)
- No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (United States) (1)
- North Carolina (1)
- OECD countries (1)
- Organizational behavior (1)
- Organizational change--Psychological aspects (1)
- Pakistan (1)
- Parental influences (1)
- Parents--Attitudes (2)
- Peer pressure (1)
- People with disabilities--Education (1)
- Performance in children (1)
- Polynomials (1)
- Postsecondary education (1)
- Primary school teachers (1)
- Primary school teaching (1)
- Psychological aspects (1)
- Public opinion (1)
- Public schools (1)
- Public schools--Administration (1)
- Public schools--Finance (1)
- Quantitative research (1)
- Race relations (1)
- Race to the Top (Program : U.S.) (1)
- Readiness for school (1)
- Reading (1)
- Recruiting and enlistment (1)
- Rural schools (1)
- Russian language (1)
- Scheduled tribes in India--Attitudes (2)
- Scheduled tribes in India--Education (4)
- Scheduled tribes in India--Government policy (1)
- School administration teachers (1)
- School choice (3)
- School discipline (1)
- School gardens (1)
- School improvement programs (4)
- School integration (1)
- School management and organization (4)
- School supervisors (1)
- Science students--Attitudes (1)
- Science teachers (1)
- Science--Study and teaching (1)
- Science--Study and teaching (Elementary)--Curricula (1)
- Science--Study and teaching (Secondary) (1)
- Segregation in education (1)
- Social aspects (1)
- Social justice and education (1)
- Social networks (1)
- Social science teachers--Attitudes (1)
- Social sciences--Study and teaching (Middle school) (1)
- Special education--Economic aspects (1)
- Special education--Finance (1)
- Sports for children (1)
- State boards of education (1)
- Student adjustment (1)
- Student aspirations (1)
- Students with disabilities (1)
- Sub-Saharan Africa (1)
- Tanzania (3)
- Teacher educators (1)
- Teacher effectiveness (4)
- Teacher mobility (1)
- Teacher turnover (2)
- Teacher-principal relationships (2)
- Teacher-student relationships (1)
- Teachers (2)
- Teachers' backgrounds (1)
- Teachers--Attitudes (2)
- Teachers--Language (1)
- Teachers--Professional relationships (2)
- Teachers--Rating of (1)
- Teachers--Supply and demand (1)
- Teachers--Training of (1)
- Teachers--Training of--Evaluation (1)
- Teaching teams (1)
- Teaching--Standards (1)
- Testing (1)
- Texas--Houston (1)
- Transnationalism (1)
- Tribal government (1)
- United States (21)
- Universities and colleges (1)
- Universities and colleges--Administration (1)
- Urban high schools (1)
- Urban policy (1)
- Urban schools (2)
- Urban schools--Social aspects (1)
- Urban teenagers (1)
- Web-based instruction (1)
- Year-round schools (1)
- Youth development (1)
- Youth with social disabilities--Counseling of (1)
- Zambia (1)
Discipline
- African American studies (1)
- African studies (2)
- Agriculture education (1)
- Developmental psychology (1)
- Early childhood education (4)
- Economics (1)
- Education (14)
- Education finance (4)
- Education history (1)
- Education policy (71)
- Educational administration (7)
- Educational evaluation (6)
- Educational leadership (7)
- Educational philosophy (1)
- Educational technology (1)
- Educational tests & measurements (2)
- Elementary education (2)
- Higher education (1)
- Higher education administration (1)
- Hispanic American studies (1)
- Individual & family studies (1)
- International relations (1)
- Latin American studies (1)
- Native American studies (1)
- Organizational behavior (1)
- Political science (1)
- Public policy (4)
- Reading instruction (1)
- Science education (3)
- Secondary education (1)
- Slavic studies (1)
- Special education (1)
- Teacher education (1)
Keyword
- Absenteeism (1)
- Academic Socialization (1)
- Accountability (2)
- Achievement (1)
- Achievement Gap (2)
- Advanced Placement (1)
- Africa (1)
- African American Teachers (1)
- Alternative Primary Education (1)
- Alternative Schools (1)
- American Indian (1)
- Asian Studies (1)
- Assessments (1)
- Authentic Instruction (1)
- Authentic Intellectual Work (1)
- Auto-Ethnography (1)
- Bangladesh (1)
- Belief Influence And Change (1)
- Bias (1)
- Bilingual Education (1)
- Bioecological Systems Theory (1)
- Black Teachers (1)
- Boundary Spanner (1)
- Brazil (1)
- Capitalization (1)
- Charter Schools (1)
- Civics Education (1)
- Class Size (1)
- Cognition (1)
- Collective Sensemaking (1)
- College Access (1)
- College Counseling (1)
- College Readiness (1)
- College-Going (1)
- Common Core State Standards (1)
- Community Of Inquiry (1)
- Community Schools (1)
- Compensatory Education (1)
- Competition (2)
- Conflict And Education (1)
- Coordination (1)
- Cote D'Ivoire (1)
- Critical Document Analysis (1)
- Critical Policy Analysis (1)
- Critical Whiteness (1)
- Cross Lingual (1)
- Crpbis (1)
- Cultural Context (1)
- Cultural Relevancy (1)
- Curricular Reform (1)
- Dam-Gem Spectrum (1)
- Decision-Making (1)
- Degree Attainment (1)
- Democratic Education (1)
- Desegregation (1)
- Design & Organization (1)
- Development (1)
- Developmental Assets (1)
- Dif (1)
- Differential Item Functioning (1)
- Disabilities (1)
- Disability (1)
- Discipline (1)
- District Turnaround (1)
- Diversity (1)
- Dropout Recovery (1)
- Dual Language Immersion (1)
- Early Childhood (1)
- Early Childhood Care And Education (1)
- Early Childhood Policy (1)
- Early Childhood Systems (1)
- Early Education Policy (1)
- Early Learning (1)
- Early-Career Teachers (1)
- Early-Career Teaching (1)
- Economics Imperialism (1)
- Economics Of Education (2)
- Education (4)
- Education Decentralization (1)
- Education Finance (2)
- Education Governance (2)
- Education In Emergencies (1)
- Education Policy (11)
- Education Policy Design (1)
- Education Reform (2)
- Educational Administration (2)
- Educational Evaluation (1)
- Educational Governance (1)
- Educational Infrastructure (1)
- Educational Leadership (2)
- Educational Ngo (1)
- Educational Policy (7)
- Effective Schooling (1)
- Elementary Education (1)
- Encroachment (2)
- Engagement (1)
- Enrollment Patterns (1)
- Equity (3)
- Expectations (1)
- Experience Sampling Method (1)
- Experimental Science (1)
- Family Engagement (1)
- Farm (1)
- Federal Education Policy (2)
- Federalism (1)
- Finance (1)
- Focus School (1)
- Garden (1)
- Gentrification (1)
- Ghana (1)
- Governance (1)
- Grassroots Activism (1)
- Heterogeneity In Effects (1)
- High School Dropout (1)
- High School Longitudinal Study Of 2009 (1)
- Higher Education (1)
- History Of Education Policy (1)
- Horizontal Inequalities (1)
- Humanities-Based Knowledge (1)
- Implementation (2)
- Improvement Science (1)
- Inclusive Education (1)
- India (1)
- Indigenous Rights (1)
- Instruction (1)
- Instructional Coaching (1)
- Instructor (1)
- Instrumental Variable (1)
- Interdisciplinary Studies (1)
- International And Comparative Education (1)
- International Education (1)
- International Education Development (1)
- Intra-Organizational Mechanisms (1)
- Job Satisfaction (1)
- Job Stress (1)
- Korea (1)
- Kyrgyz Republic (1)
- Labor Market Outcomes (1)
- Language Of Instruction (1)
- Language Policy (1)
- Language Regimes (1)
- Leadership (2)
- Learning (1)
- Learning Environment (1)
- Literacy (1)
- Local Implementation (1)
- Longitudinal Experiment Design (1)
- Low- And Middle-Income Countries (1)
- Lusaka (1)
- Magnet School (1)
- Marginalization (1)
- Mathematics (1)
- Mayoral Control (1)
- Meta-Analysis (1)
- Mexico (1)
- Michigan (2)
- Mid-Level Actor (1)
- Middle School (1)
- Military Recruiting (1)
- Mixed Methods (2)
- Multilevel Item Response Theory (1)
- Native American (1)
- New Teacher Experiences (1)
- News Media (1)
- Non-Cognitive Factors (1)
- Non-Formal Education (1)
- Novice Teachers (1)
- Online (1)
- Opportunity To Learn (1)
- Organizational Behaviors (1)
- Organizational Study (1)
- Organizational Theory (1)
- Orthogonal Polynomial Contrasts (1)
- Own Race Teacher (1)
- Pakistan (1)
- Parent-Child Interaction (1)
- Parental Engagement (1)
- Parental Involvement (1)
- Perceived Organizational Support (1)
- Person-Environment Fit (1)
- Policy (5)
- Policy Analysis (1)
- Policy And Practice (1)
- Policy Coherence (1)
- Policy Context (1)
- Policy Implementation (4)
- Policy Implementation Process Tools (1)
- Policy Networks (1)
- Policymaking (1)
- Political Participation (1)
- Politics (1)
- Positive Youth Development (1)
- Postsecondary (1)
- Postsecondary Pathways (1)
- Postsecondary Transition (1)
- Postsecondary Transitions (1)
- Power Analysis (1)
- Practice (1)
- Principal Leadership (3)
- Principals (1)
- Privatization (1)
- Professional Development (2)
- Professional Learning Community (Plc) (1)
- Promise Neighborhood (1)
- Prosocial Behavior (1)
- Public-Private Partnerships (1)
- Qualitative (1)
- Qualitative Methods (1)
- Qualitative Research (1)
- Qualitative Sociology (1)
- Quantile Regression (1)
- Race-Match (1)
- Racial Differences (1)
- Reading (1)
- Recruitment (1)
- Reform (1)
- Reform Implementation (1)
- Representation (1)
- Resiliency (1)
- Responsiveness (1)
- Retention (1)
- Reverse Transfer (1)
- Rural China (1)
- Rural Education (1)
- School Accountability (1)
- School Administration (1)
- School Choice (4)
- School Choice Policy (1)
- School Closure (1)
- School Counseling (1)
- School Improvement (1)
- School Mission (1)
- School Of Choice (1)
- School Organization (1)
- School Readiness (1)
- School Reform (1)
- School Reuse (1)
- School Sports (1)
- School Turnaround (1)
- Schooling (1)
- Science Education (2)
- Secondary Data Analysis (1)
- Secondary Education (1)
- Secondary Schools (1)
- Segregation (2)
- Sensemaking (2)
- Service Collaboration (1)
- Social Constructions (1)
- Social Inclusion (1)
- Social Justice (1)
- Social Movements (1)
- Social Networks (2)
- Social Studies Education (2)
- Special Education (2)
- Spillover Effects (1)
- Standards Policy (1)
- State (1)
- State Government (1)
- Student Achievement (2)
- Student Engagement (1)
- Student Interest (1)
- Student Mobility (1)
- Student-Teacher Relationships (1)
- Students Of Color (1)
- Sub-Saharan Africa (1)
- Survey Experiment (1)
- Survey Research (1)
- Sustainable (1)
- Systemic Effects (1)
- Tanzania (1)
- Teacher Absenteeism (1)
- Teacher Background (1)
- Teacher Beliefs And Practices (1)
- Teacher Collegiality (1)
- Teacher Diversity (1)
- Teacher Education (1)
- Teacher Evaluation (3)
- Teacher Labor Market (2)
- Teacher Learning (1)
- Teacher Mobiliy (1)
- Teacher Personnel Policy (1)
- Teacher Pipeline (1)
- Teacher Policy (1)
- Teacher Professional Community (1)
- Teacher Qualification (1)
- Teacher Quality (2)
- Teacher Retention (1)
- Teacher Satisfaction (1)
- Teacher Sensemaking (1)
- Teacher Strike (1)
- Teacher Supply (1)
- Teacher Support (1)
- Teacher Turnover (1)
- Teachers (1)
- Teaching Practices (1)
- Test-Based Accountability (1)
- Testing (1)
- Testing And Accountability (1)
- Transition Practices (1)
- Translating Policy Into Practice (1)
- Tribal Government (1)
- Uncertainty Management (1)
- Undermatch (1)
- Understanding Policy Reform (1)
- University-School Partnerships (1)
- Urban Education (2)
- Urban Partnerships (1)
- Urban Teaching (1)
- Year-Round Education (1)
- Zambia (1)
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