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Characteristics and use of inquiry and communication tools in planning for educational change

Creator:: Fierstein, Micah
Abstract:: In education today, there is a growing sense of urgency to build the capacity of educators, parents, and community members to work together to solve the complex issues facing schools. The central purpose of this study was to explore how one elementary school site council learned and adopted a set...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Perceptions of international student parents at Oregon State University about their children's local public elementary school experiences

Creator:: Harelimana, Froduald
Abstract:: The purpose of the study was to profile perceptions and beliefs of Oregon State University international student parents who have children in area public elementary schools. The research methods included a survey to 26 self-selected participants, and seven tape-recorded interviews with volunteers from the survey sample. These study subjects displayed...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Reflections on change : a community-college faculty perspective

Creator:: Zmetana, Katherine
Abstract:: This phenomenological research study focused on educational change as perceived by 16 Liberal Arts faculty members at a Pacific Northwest community college. Research data were collected through in-depth dialogic interviews and a follow-up dialogue session with six participants. The principal guiding research questions comprised the following: 1) What is the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: simple initiative put into turmoil a set of established practices and provoked serious debate around

Participation, persistence, and progression : motivating factors in the success of Hispanic community college students who moved from mastering English as a second language to a certificate or degree program

Creator:: Bennett, Judith N
Abstract:: This interpretive research sought to understand how eight Hispanic students who mastered English as a Second Language (ESL) matriculated at a rural community college, and what motivating factors encouraged or encumbered their academic persistence and success. Particularly the study focused on student backgrounds, motivations, and persistence factors influencing their success....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: language. Some were working single parents, some in full-time jobs. The initiative to become economically

Building capacity for systemic change : episodes of learning in the first year of a grant-funded change project at a land grant university

Creator:: McMurray, Janice K.
Abstract:: Demands for increasingly more responsive education systems have caused some higher education institutions to reconsider their original missions and envision new futures. This is particularly true with land grant institutions whose mandate it is to be the people's university. The purpose of this study was to explore the first year...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Description of a National Change Initiative 5 The Local FSPE Project Environment 7 Study Purpose and

Factor patterns that foster or impede distance education in Washington State community and technical colleges

Creator:: Baker, Ronald L.
Abstract:: This study was conducted to develop a holistic understanding of distance education by identifying factors and patterns of factors that foster or impede distance education. The Washington State Community and Technical College System provided the context for the investigation of four primary questions: 1. What is the community and technical...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ETI Educational Technology Initiative ETSPP Educational Technology Strategic Planning Process FTES

A descriptive study of the Oregon community college budget processes during the 2001-2003 Oregon Legislative session

Creator:: Bohart, B. Edward
Abstract:: From 1990 to 2000, Oregon community colleges experienced a shift in their revenue sources from primarily local taxes to primarily state funding. Additionally during this time Oregon approved term limits for state officials and legislators. In preparation for the 2001-2003 biennial Legislative session, the community colleges pursued new approaches to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: approved an initiative which amended the constitution limiting the time that elected state officials can

A descriptive study of the perceptions of employers, teachers and graduates of Oregon single parent/displaced homemaker programs regarding non-technical employment qualities needed on the job

Creator:: Anderson, GwenEllyn
Abstract:: The purpose of this research was to explore the perceptions of employers, teachers and graduates of the Oregon Carl Perkins Single Parent/Displaced Homemaker Programs regarding non-technical employment qualities. The Luft "Non-Technical Employment Qualities Survey Instrument" and open-ended questions were used to elicit personal responses from members of each group for...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Developmental education as a component of persistence in a postsecondary proprietary institution

Creator:: Roberts, Barbara L.
Abstract:: Persistence has been identified as an issue at all levels of higher education, and numerous strategies have been attempted to stem the flow of students who leave an institution before completing their programs of study. Persistence research abounds at the community college, four-year college and university levels, but little research...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Social and learning strategies male community college students use to maximize learning from cooperative work experiences

Creator:: Risser, Edward M.
Abstract:: Employers often lament that many American workers are not qualified for present and future jobs due to changing skills requirements and deficiencies of schools. In 1991, the Secretary of Labor's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) report recommended educators use work sites to help students achieve foundation skills and workplace...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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Characteristics and use of inquiry and communication tools in planning for educational change

Perceptions of international student parents at Oregon State University about their children's local public elementary school experiences

Reflections on change : a community-college faculty perspective

Participation, persistence, and progression : motivating factors in the success of Hispanic community college students who moved from mastering English as a second language to a certificate or degree program

Building capacity for systemic change : episodes of learning in the first year of a grant-funded change project at a land grant university

Factor patterns that foster or impede distance education in Washington State community and technical colleges

A descriptive study of the Oregon community college budget processes during the 2001-2003 Oregon Legislative session

A descriptive study of the perceptions of employers, teachers and graduates of Oregon single parent/displaced homemaker programs regarding non-technical employment qualities needed on the job

Developmental education as a component of persistence in a postsecondary proprietary institution

Social and learning strategies male community college students use to maximize learning from cooperative work experiences

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