The Kansas State University College of Education is proud to be a leader in education research here in Kansas. As part of an ongoing initiative to promote outstanding research in the College of Education, faculty are invited to nominate a graduate student with an outstanding dissertation to submit a brief for publication. We are grateful to the practitioners who have contributed their dissertation research to our Research Brief initiative. It is our hope that this work provides a bridge between researchers, practitioners, and policy makers, making research more accessible to those in the field.
his study looked at how young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and other significant disabilities experience life after high school—focusing on their own experiences and quality of life (QOL).
Community colleges provide access to higher education for many underserved student populations in the United States, and many community college students enroll in classes underprepared for academic rigor of college classes.
This study explored professional identity formation among non-clinical professionals in the field of continuing medical education.