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Public trust / private interest : practical and philosophical issues for community colleges and their contract education programs

Creator:: Lindstrom, Eric L.
Abstract:: Community colleges are being pressured to increase their direct support of the economic development agendas of their communities, their states, and even the nation. These pressures develop both externally and internally, and are exacerbated when increased demands for access to community college education must be met with chronically flat-lined or...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Eric L. Lindstrom for the degree of Doctor of Education in Education presented on March 21, 2002

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:: , Skipper, and Allen, 1993; Goetz and LeCompte, 1984; Lincoln & Guba, 1985; Merriam, 1988; Miles & Huberman

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:: as fostering or inhibiting distance education (Merriam-Webster Editorial Staff, 1996). Foster- To

The effects of career planning on self-concept and academic achievement of at-risk middle school students in an urban public school environment

Creator:: Casey, Michael Winfield
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of a six-week career planning dropout prevention program on the self-concepts and academic achievement of at-risk middle school students in an inner-city public school environment. The research population consisted of 1,434 students (grades seven, eight and nine) attending an inner...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: (Merriam, 1983). Global Economy An integrated, comprehensive, international group of industrial

Nontraditional students in nontraditional graduate programs in education : coping with the conflicts between family and career responsibilities and the institutional demands of higher education

Creator:: Brazier, Allan A.
Abstract:: This qualitative study was designed to identify factors that might affect the psychological and educational wellness of nontraditional students in nontraditional graduate programs in Education. Specifically, informants were selected purposefully from three Oregon State University extended-campus graduate programs in Education. Student informants were working professionals with family obligations. Faculty informants...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , attitudes, values, or skills (Darkenwald & Merriam, 1982). Nontraditional programs: Programs that are

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
Full Text:: in complex educational systems. Eric Rothschild, a high school teacher whose exuberance for teaching

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
Full Text:: American society will suffer. Jonathan D. Fife, Professor of Higher Education and Director of ERIC

A study of supervisors' ratings of consultant teacher effectiveness in relation to leadership styles and personality types

Creator:: Houck, Sandy L.
Resource Type:: Dissertation

An investigative study into the effectiveness of using Computer-aided Instruction (CAI) as a laboratory component of college-level biology : a case study

Creator:: Barrett, Joan
Abstract:: Community colleges serve the most diverse student populations in higher education. They consist of non-traditional, part-time, older, intermittent, and mobile students of different races, ethnic backgrounds, language preferences, physical and mental abilities, and learning style preferences. Students who are academically challenged may have diverse learning characteristics that are not compatible...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Outcomes-based curriculum reform in a community college : a discipline based inquiry

Creator:: Meier, Rebecca Anne
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to examine how faculty curriculum committees from different disciplines moved through a major curriculum change process from content-focused curriculum to outcomes-based curriculum. Data was gathered through direct observations, committee member interviews, a questionnaire, and the Gregorc Style Delineator from four curriculum committees representing different...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: to developing this theory. Edward L. Thorndike's (Merriam & Caffarella, 1991) major contribution to

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Public trust / private interest : practical and philosophical issues for community colleges and their contract education programs

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

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

The effects of career planning on self-concept and academic achievement of at-risk middle school students in an urban public school environment

Nontraditional students in nontraditional graduate programs in education : coping with the conflicts between family and career responsibilities and the institutional demands of higher education

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

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

A study of supervisors' ratings of consultant teacher effectiveness in relation to leadership styles and personality types

An investigative study into the effectiveness of using Computer-aided Instruction (CAI) as a laboratory component of college-level biology : a case study

Outcomes-based curriculum reform in a community college : a discipline based inquiry

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