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Creator:: Seyfarth, Leonard H.
Abstract:: This study investigated the following question: If one wants to be a good student and then compares his/her own values with those of good students, will he/she shift values immediately to resemble those of good students, and later improve academic performance? The investigator drew a sample of 237 volunteers of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Michael Colbert, an early member of the committee, who taught the most cost-effective course in my

Creator:: Ruhl, Glenn David
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine and explain attitudes toward intercollegiate athletics of undergraduate students in three academic majors attending Oregon State University. The attitudes of a proportionate random sample consisting of 215 students were measured according to their responses to thirty-two Likert scale items containing six sub-scale...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: According to Michael S. McPherson, "sports" have become the top priority for the student-athlete (McPherson

Creator:: Olcott, Donald J.
Abstract:: This thesis asserts that faculty are the critical resource for the integration of distance education by postsecondary institutions. The major barriers to the participation and adoption of distance education center around faculty. This manuscript thesis incorporates a series of articles to develop applied frameworks and strategies that place faculty at...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: articles in this thesis: Dr. Michael Moore, Editor, The American Journal of Distance Education; Dr. Donna

Creator:: Boyse, Peter Dent
Abstract:: This study examined the role perceptions of trustees in the locally controlled Oregon community college system and the state controlled Washington community college system. Authorities in the literature were consulted to define the "ideal trustee role" and the study determined which governance system was most effective in fostering this "ideal...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: is dedicated to my father, John Wesley Boyse, Sr., and mother, Ellen Elizabeth Boyse. Education has

Creator:: Wiggins, Robert W.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to describe and explain significant mentor/protege relationships in professional ministry education. Through an exploratory, naturalistic inquiry, the mentoring phenomenon was studied inductively, culminating in a descriptive theory that illuminated the variables and their interrelationships on the ministerial campus. The multiple case study design accommodated...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: phase of that sequence. Hunt & Michael (1983) Hunt and Michael proposed a comprehensive framework to

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