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Experiences of medical students on a rural health track : a narrative inquiry

Creatore:: Mitchell, Phillip
Abstract:: The shortage of physicians serving rural communities is well documented. To address the rural shortage, medical schools have developed extracurricular programs, called rural health tracks, with an intent to foster medical students’ interest in serving rural communities. While there has been some research about the effects of these tracks, almost...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Is Your Community College Technology Ready? An Assessment Instrument to Promote Technology Adoption

Creatore:: Boehme, Laura A.
Abstract:: Background: Calls by presidents and legislators to raise the U.S. college graduation rate to 60% by 2025 have required educational institutions to find ways to increase accessibility and quality while simultaneously reducing costs (Bautsch, 2018; Smith, 2017). Private foundations such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation are getting involved...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Higher Education Diversity Work and its Discontents: Theorizing Student Social Media Activism as Counter-hegemonic Network of Practice

Creatore:: Robertson, Rebecca
Abstract:: Diversity and inclusion represent central challenges and opportunities in the transnational field of higher education, as the number of students enrolled in higher education has expanded exponentially over the past century and universal access to tertiary education has emerged as a development imperative. Within this context, diversity has emerged as...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Early Math Enrollment in Washington State Community Colleges

Creatore:: Harri, Ed J.
Abstract:: More than half of students in Washington state community colleges enroll in developmental mathematics, but a relatively small percentage of these students persist to the second year. Many students place into these courses and never enroll; others enroll at some point after the first academic term, even when faced with...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Predicting the Relationships between High School Characteristics and High School Community College Enrollment Rate Using the Oregon Promise.

Creatore:: Murray-Jensen, Julie
Abstract:: Background: Legislators, policy-makers, and leaders in higher education and within communities, are increasingly turning to place-based scholarships, or “promise programs”, to encourage college enrollment and address growing public concerns regarding college affordability. One such program, the Oregon Promise, was implemented across the state of Oregon in the fall of 2016....
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Women, poverty, and educational success : a critical exploration of low-income women's experience in community colleges

Creatore:: Barry, Kate R.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to critically explore low-income women's experience as they negotiate post secondary education in community colleges. Three research questions explore the context through which low-income women have entered the college experience, what that experience is like for them, and how the community college experience has...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Merging missions : a historical analysis of the University of Alaska Anchorage, 1984–2009

Creatore:: Strom, Stephen L.
Abstract:: Literature on the evolution of the American higher education system includes a historical and consistent debate over the definition of the higher education mission in the country. Recent debate focuses on mission differentiation between the university and the community college. Acknowledging systemic changes in higher education historically occurred within regions...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

White racial identity development in transitional space : Discourse and praxis among Christian teacher educators

Creatore:: Harris, Gennie S.
Abstract:: This research examines two questions: 1) What stories do Christian teacher educators tell about their own White racial identity development? and 2) Is there an impact of studying White racial identity development on the praxis of Christian teacher educators? If so, in what ways? The researcher began the project with...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

The first year experience and persistence of Native American students at one predominantly white four year institution

Creatore:: Reeves, Jennifer Jean
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to explore, from current Native American and Alaskan Native undergraduate students, what their experiences were as first year college students on the Oregon State University campus. In addition, it was important to learn how these experiences contributed to their success, satisfaction or dissatisfaction, and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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Experiences of medical students on a rural health track : a narrative inquiry

Is Your Community College Technology Ready? An Assessment Instrument to Promote Technology Adoption

Higher Education Diversity Work and its Discontents: Theorizing Student Social Media Activism as Counter-hegemonic Network of Practice

Early Math Enrollment in Washington State Community Colleges

Predicting the Relationships between High School Characteristics and High School Community College Enrollment Rate Using the Oregon Promise.

Women, poverty, and educational success : a critical exploration of low-income women's experience in community colleges

Merging missions : a historical analysis of the University of Alaska Anchorage, 1984–2009

White racial identity development in transitional space : Discourse and praxis among Christian teacher educators

The first year experience and persistence of Native American students at one predominantly white four year institution

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