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  • A qualitative study of the professional growth of mid-career community college faculty

    Creator:
    Crawford, Charles J. M.
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    The purpose of this study is to explore experiences of professional growth for mid-career community college faculty. The research question that guided the study is: How do community college faculty members experience professional growth at mid- career? The research design included an interpretive social science methodology and phenomenological method. Nine...
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    Dissertation
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    June 4, 2012 Title: A Qualitative Study of the Professional Growth of Mid-Career Community College

  • Tenure-track faculty : motivations, expectations, and experiences

    Creator:
    Pearson, Heather S.
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    This study explored the motivations, expectations, and experiences of tenure-track faculty members at a public research institution. Through semi-structured interviews with twelve participants, the study utilized a constructivist paradigm to qualitative research to address the individual experiences of faculty members entering the professoriate and pursuing tenure. With this methodology and...
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    Masters Thesis
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    for the degree of Master of Science in College Student Services Administration presented April 28

  • The Professional Identity of Community College Faculty Members

    Creator:
    Mohrbacher, Robert C.
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    Background: Previous studies suggested that the professional identity of community college faculty is less than clearly articulated. Lack of clarity with regard to professional identity may have impacts in a number of areas, including recruitment, professional development, and the overall reputation of community colleges. Purpose: To examine how community college...
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    Dissertation
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    community college teacher or faculty member is described—especially by the general public, but to some

  • Critical factors affecting the meaningful assessment of student learning outcomes : A Delphi study of the opinions of community college personnel

    Creator:
    Somerville, Jerry A.
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    The two-fold purpose of this study was to identify critically important factors that affect the meaningful assessment of student learning outcomes and study why they were critically important. A three-round Delphi process was used in both a pilot project and in a full study to solicit the opinions of individuals...
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    Dissertation
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    Learning Outcomes: A Delphi Study of the Opinions of Community College Personnel Abstract approved

  • A comparative analysis of two English literacy and civics education programs in Oregon

    Creator:
    Newby, Jennifer
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    The purpose of this study was to investigate the perspectives of education professionals who manage, coordinate, and instruct in the English Literacy and Civics Education Grant (EL/Civics) Programs in Oregon community colleges. The study compared the EL/Civics Grant Program to the conventional English as Second Language (ESL) programs offered at...
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    Dissertation
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    study was conducted to explore the answers to this question. Data collected from each college were

  • Faculty perceptions of organizational climate for innovation at community colleges

    Creator:
    Batazhan, Tatyana
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    Higher education is faced with ever-increasing challenges, which require fundamental changes in order to ensure its relevance in the future. Business leaders and academic scholars urge organizations to continuously reshape and renew through learning and innovation to assure viability and sustainability. Organizational climate serves as a foundation that can promote...
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    Dissertation
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    study. A total of 219 full-time community college faculty members participated in the study, which

  • Faculty perspectives on diversity curriculum

    Creator:
    Ayala, Javier Ivan
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    This research addresses how instructors move from surface levels of diversity understanding to deep levels. The focus was higher education instructors who taught in a general education program, primarily teaching freshman students. The case location is at a public institution on the West coast. Using the literature on diversity and...
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    Dissertation
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    the College of Education Dean of the Graduate School I understand that my dissertation

  • Faculty perceptions of actions of community college presidents that increased organizational trust

    Creator:
    Baker, Joshua D.
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    Organizational trust refers to the tendency of individuals or groups within an organization to trust each other. Tschannen-Moran (2004) describes trust as one's "willingness to be vulnerable to another based on the confidence that the other is benevolent, honest, open, reliable, and competent" (p. 17). The purpose of this study...
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    Dissertation
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    hearing the opinions of community college faculty members. Having been a former teacher I felt like I

  • Organizational Transformation and Social Construction : How Community College Faculty Make Meaning of the Completion Agenda

    Creator:
    Moore, Sally Widenmann
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    How do organizational members socially construct the shared meaning of a mandated change in the external environment? The opportunity to address this question presented itself when President Barack Obama set forth a goal for American community colleges to increase the number of students completing certificates and degrees by 5 million...
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    Dissertation
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    : How Community College Faculty Make Meaning of the Completion Agenda Abstract approved