Your participation is voluntary, and you are not required to answer any questions you do not want to answer. The focus group interview will take approximately one and a half to two hours. To maintain the essence of your words for this research, the interviews will be audio recorded and at any time you may request to see or hear the information is collected during the research process. The focus group interview will be tape-recorded and I will take notes. This is done for data analysis. The tape will be transcribed by me and kept confidential in a computer. All individual identification will be removed from the hard copy of the transcript. Participant identity and confidentiality will be concealed using coding procedures. For legal purposes, data will be transcribed on to a compact disc and transmitted to a Benedictine University faculty member for secure and ultimate disposal after a period of seven years. Dr. Antonina Lukenchuk is the Benedictine University faculty member who will secure and ultimately dispose of the information disc, her contact information is at the end of this form. As researcher, I will also maintain a copy of the data on a password-protected computer. Excerpts from the interview may be included in the final dissertation report or other later publications. However, under no circumstances will your name or identifying characteristics appear in these writings. If, at a subsequent date, biographical data were relevant to a publication, a separate release form would be sent to you. I would be grateful if you would sign this form on the line provided below to show that you have read and agree with the contents. The study has been approved by the Institutional Review Board of Benedictine University. The Chair of Benedictine Institutional Review Board is Dr. University’s Alandra Weller-Clarke. She can be reached at (630) 829 6295 and her email address is . – The chairperson for this dissertation is Dr. Antonina Lukenchuk and she can be reached at (630) 310-6382, her email address is for further questions or concerns about the project/research. You will be given a signed copy of this consent form. Please acknowledge with your signatures below your consent to participate in this study. Thank you for your willingness to participate in this research study, Kimberly Chavis Doctoral Candidate in the Higher Education and Organizational Change Program College of Education and Health Services Benedictine University □ I have read the information presented in the consent form and fully understand the contents. I acknowledge that I am at least 18 years of age and I voluntarily agree to
Your participation is voluntary, and you are not required to answer any questions you do not want to answer. The focus group interview will take approximately one and a half to two hours. To maintain the essence of your words for this research, the interviews will be audio recorded and at any time you may request to see or hear the information is collected during the research process. The focus group interview will be tape-recorded and I will take notes. This is done for data analysis. The tape will be transcribed by me and kept confidential in a computer. All individual identification will be removed from the hard copy of the transcript. Participant identity and confidentiality will be concealed using coding procedures. For legal purposes, data will be transcribed on to a compact disc and transmitted to a Benedictine University faculty member for secure and ultimate disposal after a period of seven years. Dr. Antonina Lukenchuk is the Benedictine University faculty member who will secure and ultimately dispose of the information disc, her contact information is at the end of this form. As researcher, I will also maintain a copy of the data on a password-protected computer. Excerpts from the interview may be included in the final dissertation report or other later publications. However, under no circumstances will your name or identifying characteristics appear in these writings. If, at a subsequent date, biographical data were relevant to a publication, a separate release form would be sent to you. I would be grateful if you would sign this form on the line provided below to show that you have read and agree with the contents. The study has been approved by the Institutional Review Board of Benedictine University. The Chair of Benedictine University’s Institutional Review Board is Dr. Alandra Weller-Clarke. She can be reached at (630) 829 – 6295 and her email address is . The chairperson for this dissertation is Dr. Antonina Lukenchuk and she can be reached at (630) 310-6382, her email address is for further questions or concerns about the project/research. You will be given a signed copy of this consent form. Please acknowledge with your signatures below your consent to participate in this study. Thank you for your willingness to participate in this research study, Kimberly Chavis Doctoral Candidate in the Higher Education and Organizational Change Program College of Education and Health Services Benedictine University □ I have read the information presented in the consent form and fully understand the contents. I acknowledge that I am at least 18 years of age and I voluntarily agree to