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A study of non-persisters within a cohort of vocational students at the University of Alaska Anchorage

Creator:: Vinson, Julia Flory
Abstract:: The purpose of this research was to explore non-persistence by vocational students in the College of Career and Vocational Education at the University of Alaska Anchorage. A cohort of 156 students were identified and tracked from fall 1989 through spring 1992. In the first part of the study, using the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Leadership in crisis at Meadow View Community College : a case study

Creator:: Leinbach, William T.
Abstract:: This case study of leadership in crisis at Meadow View Community College (fictitious name) was undertaken to add to the practical and theoretical knowledge and understanding of presidential leadership issues that actually occur in American community colleges. The college under study one of nearly one-third of the community colleges in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: scientific study that admit the subjective perception and biases of both participants and researcher into

Internal support systems essential to faculty success in distance delivery education programs

Creator:: Cannon, Michael P.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to identify the internal support systems that contributed to the success of community college faculty teaching in a distance education setting. How do those faculty who are perceived as being successful in this setting attain such stature? What are the contributing factors? If contributing...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

The trades mentor network : mentoring as a retention intervention for woman apprentices in the building trades

Creator:: Arvidson, Jeanne L.
Abstract:: Community service organizations, community college apprenticeships and organized labor have been working together to address the barriers to successful completion of apprenticeships. The barriers have been especially daunting for women and people of color. The Trades Mentor Network (TMN) grew out of a need to address this issue and to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: perception of the apprentices, it was a useful retention strategy. A literature survey identified the

Middle school change : a process for restructuring in a large school district

Creator:: Hanneman, Kathleen D.
Abstract:: This qualitative study examined organizational change including the necessary steps that a large school district took in planning and implementing a reform effort. This project told a story of one school district's experience. The study covered a five year period from 1990 to 1995 in the 30,000 student Salem-Keizer School...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: the negative side, as a participant, there might be a perception of bias or ownership. I worked very

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:: freedom; moreover, faculty perception of teaching is not necessarily to "serve the customer and to

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

The impact of a community college interdisciplinary faculty teaching and learning community on faculty professional development

Creator:: Pincus, Gail S.
Abstract:: My study explores the impact of participation in a faculty teaching and learning community (TLC) on the professional development of community college faculty. I address the problem that, in spite of the growth of faculty development activity in the community college during the past decade, how faculty development occurs is...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Toward a student-constructed model of student services for electronic distance education

Creator:: Blount, Joanna F.
Abstract:: The purpose of this qualitative study was to describe and communicate a student-constructed model of student services for electronic distance education (EDE). This study seeks to answer the following questions: Do students enrolled in EDE perceive a need for student services? If not, why not? Which services do students want/need?...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: experiences best perception of analysis support services for recommended their needs and wants Thematic

An assessment of computer utilization by graphic design professionals in Thailand

Creator:: Disatapundhu, Suppakorn
Abstract:: The uses of computer technology in the fields of art and graphic design in Thailand were investigated for the purpose of identifying levels of current computer use from 280 responses to a specifically designed questionnaire among: 1) full-time graphic design educators, 2) art and design students, and 3) graphic design...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

ScholarsArchive@OSU

A study of non-persisters within a cohort of vocational students at the University of Alaska Anchorage

Leadership in crisis at Meadow View Community College : a case study

Internal support systems essential to faculty success in distance delivery education programs

The trades mentor network : mentoring as a retention intervention for woman apprentices in the building trades

Middle school change : a process for restructuring in a large school district

Reflections on change : a community-college faculty perspective

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

The impact of a community college interdisciplinary faculty teaching and learning community on faculty professional development

Toward a student-constructed model of student services for electronic distance education

An assessment of computer utilization by graphic design professionals in Thailand

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