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  • Factors that influence the selection of a traditionally female occupation by women in Oregon community colleges

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    Dresser, Judy Riebli
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    The major question of this study was why do community college women choose traditional occupations? The study examined the characteristics of community college women who chose preparation for a traditional occupation either immediately after graduation from high school or after a period of absence for family responsibilities. The sample for...
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  • Selected variables as predictors of retirement readiness of older employed women

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    Jordan, Jean E.
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    The purpose of this study was to gather and interpret data in order to contribute to a better understanding of older employed women as they prepare for the transition from the paid workforce to retirement. Selected descriptive variables were measured to determine their relationship to retirement readiness in a sample...
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    of older employed women AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Jean E. Jordan for the degree of Doctor of

  • The experiences of middle-level Chinese female adult immigrants working at west coast community and technical colleges

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    Zhou, Lin
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    Community and technical colleges in the United States are experiencing an expansion of racial and ethnic diversity in students, faculty, and administrators. From 1996 to 2006, the number of Asian female college students increased 55.3%, from 13,184 to 20,477. The number of Asian male students increased 48.9%, from 9,731 to...
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    education, Chinese immigrant women who are middle-level administrators play a role as important as that of

  • A cross cultural examination of factors influencing exercise during pregnancy

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    Nevarez, Holly Clements
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    Overweight and obesity are a growing national concern, particularly among women and selected minority populations (Ayala, Elder, Campbell, Slymen, Roy, Engelberg, et al., 2004; NHANES, 2003). Pregnant women bear a disproportionate risk of becoming overweight or obese (Greene, Smickikias-Wright, Scholl, & Karp, 1988; Gunderson et al., 2000; Rossner, 1999). Although...
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    Overweight and obesity are a growing national concern, particularly among women and selected minority

  • The Hijab and Muslim Women in a Western Society : Motivation, Modifications, and Well-being

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    Maqsood, Elham Nour Ahmad
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    The primary purpose of the present study is to explore the effect of wearing the hijab in a Western society on Muslim women’s well-being, their motivation to wear it, and the different modifications that they have made on their hijabs. To investigate the relationship between the hijab and Muslim women’s...
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    Muslim women who live in Corvallis, Oregon. Four of these women are over 50 years old and wear the

  • African-American women faculty teaching at institutions of higher-learning in the Pacific Northwest : Challenges, dilemmas, and sustainability

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    Townsend-Johnson, Linda
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    Title: African-American Women Faculty Teaching at Institutions of Higher Learning in the Pacific Northwest: Challenges, Dilemas, and Sustainability Institutions of higher learning in the Pacific Northwest have successfully recruited African-American faculty, yet these institutions have difficulty retaining African-American faculty for at least five years. African-American women faculty experience problems obtaining...
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    African-American Women Faculty Teaching at Institutions of Higher-Learning in the Pacific Northwest

  • Development of a perceived personal power inventory for undergraduate university women

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    Bushnell, Bobette
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    Communication cannot be successful without the cooperative listening response of an auditor. Auditors must feel empowered to act as agents of change or their decisions and actions cannot be influenced by the discourse. Their every response depends upon their ability to perceive themselves as potential mediators of change. A review...
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    undergraduate university women AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Bobette Bushnell for the degree of Doctor of

  • Experiencing service-learning in prison

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    Kopet, Julie G.
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    The purpose of this qualitative, phenomenological study was to explore the lived experiences of incarcerated women who participated in a service-learning program to help the homeless. Service-learning is effective pedagogy for involving students in civic engagement, and their involvement has been shown to increase the self-esteem of participating college students....
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    incarcerated women in the Oregon Department of Corrections (Oregon Department of Corrections Research

  • Emergency contraceptive pills and college women : factors influencing intention and use

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    Nelson, Heather A.
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    Approximately half of the 6.4 million pregnancies occurring each year in the United States are unintended (Finer & Henshaw, 2006). Unintended pregnancies, defined as pregnancies not wanted at the time conception occurs, regardless of contraceptive use (Chandra, Martinez, Mosher, Abma, & Jones, 2005) can have serious repercussions on women, children,...
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    Public Health presented on June 12, 2009. Title: Emergency Contraceptive Pills and College Women

  • Aging in place : a contemporary social phenomenon

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    Lee, Megan
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    Most aging individuals prefer to remain in a self-determined home environment, and generally aging adults want to remain in the same home or same community. The benefits of remaining in a self-determined private home environment while aging have been established. Because individuals present a diversity of needs, it takes interdisciplinary...
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    Older Women Aging in Place in Oregon ………………………………………………… 113 Abstract …………………………………………………………………….114