Awards & Grants
Perry receives dissertation award
Dr. Shannon Perry, Assistant Dean of the College of Business and Computing, received the Dr. Charles L. Faires Dissertation of Distinction award from Nova Southeastern University. The mixed methods sequential explanatory study titled “The Impact of Online Student Support Services on Retention in the eMajor Bachelor of Business Administration Online Program” examined the impact of student support services on retention within the eMajor BBA program implemented in Spring 2017.
The results of the study showed that students enrolled in the eMajor program were slightly more retained than students not enrolled, with significant differences in both the provision of the readiness assessment, a measure of a student’s readiness to take online courses, and outreach efforts, including contacts with at-risk students. However, the data derived from interviews suggest it’s the presence of a support team that may be the integral factor that positively impacts retention.
