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The "open door" of Oregon's community colleges : enduring mission or fading vision?

Creator:: Beebe, Anthony E.
Abstract:: Community colleges have long been thought of as the "people's college." For some thirty years, Oregonians have looked to their 16 community colleges as the less expensive, more accessible route to a college education. Oregon's community colleges have traditionally had the broad mission of providing comprehensive educational opportunities to all...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: looked to their 16 community colleges as the less expensive, more accessible route to a college

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:: the Oregon Community College Budget Processes during the 2001-2003 Legislative Session. Abstract

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

Strategic planning in one community college : changing the balance between analysis and synthesis

Creator:: Johnson, Ronald G.
Abstract:: Strategic planning is a frequently used method for defining appropriate institutional responses to changing internal and external conditions. Numerous efforts have been made to adopt strategic planning styles that were originally developed in manufacturing businesses to the purposes of higher education. Despite theses efforts, community colleges have not yet developed...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Full-time faculty recruitment and selection strategies practiced by learning-centered community colleges

Creator:: Fowler-Hill, Sandra A.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Trends in Community Colleges 23 Changes in the Community College 25 Impact of New Technology on Teaching

A descriptive study of the locus of control in selected medical office assisting students and its relationship to certain characteristics an academic success as measured by grade achievement

Creator:: Bode, Elizabeth Ann
Abstract:: The central purpose of this research was to investigate the relationship of locus of control and academic success in selected medical office assisting students. The instrument for locus of control assessment was the Adult Nowicki-Strickland Internal-External Scale (ANSIES). Structured interviews were used to elicit personal responses for the purpose of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Rick Levine of Chemeketa Community College for supporting professional development opportunities

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
Full Text:: teaching and learning community (TLC) on the professional development of community college faculty. I

Values, assumptions, and actions in an administrative team : a symbolic analysis of the expression of culture in one community college setting

Creator:: Goulard, Elizabeth Ann
Abstract:: Organizational culture is broadly recognized as a significant force in organizational action. Since the phenomenon of culture has real impact on organizations, our understanding of that impact is vital to organizational health. While academic settings provide a rich environment for studying culture, relatively little research on culture has occurred in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Organizational transformation : lessons learned by one community college

Creator:: Simmons, Linda C.
Abstract:: Critics of higher education urge educators to transform their institutions so as to align them with the needs of the twenty-first-century learner. However, colleges desiring to survive in a rapidly changing external environment often discover they must first find a way to make fundamental changes in their institutional culture. Some...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Factors and issues surrounding development of one community college baccalaureate degree program

Creator:: McKee, Jonathon V.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to describe the factors and issues surrounding development of one community college baccalaureate degree program, the three-year Bachelor of Manufacturing Technology at Westark College in Arkansas. This study probes three primary movements at play in the Westark baccalaureate program, which was developed to respond...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

ScholarsArchive@OSU

The "open door" of Oregon's community colleges : enduring mission or fading vision?

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

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

Strategic planning in one community college : changing the balance between analysis and synthesis

Full-time faculty recruitment and selection strategies practiced by learning-centered community colleges

A descriptive study of the locus of control in selected medical office assisting students and its relationship to certain characteristics an academic success as measured by grade achievement

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

Values, assumptions, and actions in an administrative team : a symbolic analysis of the expression of culture in one community college setting

Organizational transformation : lessons learned by one community college

Factors and issues surrounding development of one community college baccalaureate degree program

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