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  • Autotronics : Implications for automotive related training programs standards based upon emerging technologies

    Creator:
    Savin, Stuart
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    The purpose of the study was to provide a method for evaluating the effect, impact or role that (as perceived by automotive, diesel, automotive collision faculty and administrators) the nationally recognized industry training standards developed by Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) and National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation (NATEF) have on the...
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    consistent with business and industry practice is a major challenge for vocational education” (p. 1). An

  • Working together for student success: cross-functional collaboration at community colleges

    Creator:
    Loveday, Joyce E.
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    The purpose of this study was to identify and describe the underlying mechanisms within community colleges that influence cross-functional collaboration. The study also explored the role of community college leadership in fostering internal collaboration. The following questions guided the research: (1) What does cross-functional collaboration look like at a community...
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    Education presented on September 21, 2009. Title: Working Together for Student Success: Cross

  • Research mentorship in counselor education

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    Briggs, Cynthia A. (Cynthia Ann)
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    Research mentorship is a new construct emerging in the literature, but remains inadequately defined and scarcely researched. This topic is of relevance to counselor education because of the paucity of literature on the topic, and because of our professional commitments to diversity, wellness, and scholarship. Effective mentorship has been shown...
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    Dissertation

  • Veteran Student Success : An Evaluation of Veteran Students' Perceptions of a Cohort Learning Model

    Creator:
    Campbell, Edward J.
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    In 2010 the American taxpayers spent $697 million educating veterans under the provisions of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (commonly referred to as the GI Bill). Most veterans begin their college education at a community college. However, the number of veterans succeeding in community colleges is exceedingly low. Based...
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    ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Edward J. Campbell for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Education

  • The Bullying Experiences of Muslim-American Youth in U.S. Public Schools

    Creator:
    Baadarani, Dalia
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    Bullying cultivates insecurity and fear while generating attention for the perpetrator and degrading the student-victim in front of others. The act erodes the self-efficacy and identity of minority students more specifically and produces a hostile climate that undermines the learning and social development to all affected. Despite the pervasive negative...
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    submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the

  • A critical exploration of assessment within multicultural affairs

    Creator:
    Martinez, Jessica A.
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    This thesis explored the experiences of four Student Affairs practitioners working within Multicultural Affairs (MA). The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine how professionals within MA offices were developing and conducting assessment as well as identify barriers they faced and best practices used. Data for this study was...
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    ). Public funds were needed for improvements to public K-12 education and state infrastructure, the rising

  • Contemporary student veterans : transitional experiences from military life to college life

    Creator:
    Normandin, Kathleen
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    The contemporary student veteran population is growing rapidly as service members who served in the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts take advantage of the Post 9/11 Veteran Educational Assistance Act of 2008 to receive educational benefits to attend college (Cook & Kim, 2009). However, student veterans entering college today have a...
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    transitioning from military life to college life at higher education institutions in the United States. This

  • A qualitative study of the determinants of resistance to homosexuality in heterosexual identified students

    Creator:
    McGraw, Cathlene E.
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    Two decades of literature from national college student climate reports measuring student attitudes toward people who are lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender (LGBT) indicate, “anti-GLBT intolerance and harassment has been prevalent” (Rankin, 2003). This study seeks to explore the determinants of such attitudes and explore the life contexts of students’...
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    A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the

  • Community college and university degree partnership programs : A qualitative study of the student experience

    Creator:
    Balzer, Jacqueline
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    Community college and university degree partnership programs allow students to tailor their educational experiences to fit personal goals and preferences while transitioning back and forth seamlessly between a community college and four-year university. This qualitative research study, telling the stories and lived experiences of six students participating in a community...
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    THE DISSERTATION OF Jacqueline Balzer for the degree of Doctor of Education in Education

  • Developing NGSS Scientific Practices Through Inquiry in an Outdoor Learning Environment

    Creator:
    Halsey Randall, Micki Marie
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    The National Research Council has aggregated research evidence on the pedagogy of science teaching and learning (NRC, 2012), culminating in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). These standards support emphasis on eight scientific practices as an important component for teaching science as inquiry to K-12 students. This latest framework for...
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    Philosophy in Science Education presented on July 5, 2016. Title: Developing NGSS Scientific Practices