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Creator:: Klimes, Debra S. E.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to discern the nature of legislators' perceptions about community colleges' abilities to generate revenues through alternative funding sources and the resultant effects on state allocations to these colleges. Selected community college-related staff members and legislative staff members in Idaho and Oregon were asked to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: growing funding problem, one concern is that the day-to-day operations or maintenance of operations (M&O

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:: way they are" (Bogdan & Biklen, p. 101). As explained by Gall, Gall, and Borg (1999), "through

Creator:: Hendrix, George A.
Abstract:: The focus of this study is a search for the voice of African American community college trustees as they work to impact the changes community colleges must make over the next quarter century. It examined the lived experiences and perceptions that selected African American community college trustees have of their...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: itself narratively rather than with numbers (Bogdan & Bikien, 1998). Van Manen (1990) characterizes

Creator:: Wolff, Susan J.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to: (a) determine the design features of the physical learning environment that support and enhance collaborative, project-based learning at the community college level; and (b) to gain an understanding of the rationale for the selection of the features. The characteristics of the physical environment...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: vision and goals; (1) use technology and other tools to accomplish goals; and (m) keep pace with change

Creator:: Andreas, Michelle R.
Abstract:: The purpose of this phenomenological research is to deepen understanding of the interrelationship between being lesbian and community college leadership experiences, values, priorities, practices, and identity negotiation. The following outlines thematic research findings. 1. Lesbian community college administrators' have experiences in: -- Anti-lesbian work environments that exposed them to homophobic...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Hansen, Eric J.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to explore the applicability of Collins’ (2001) Good-to-Great theory, as originally introduced for the business sector and as adapted for the social sector, to the ways a community college moved from being “good” to being “great.” The following questions guided the research: (1) Which...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: higher education. The question is, where to now? And how we are going to get there" (Deborah M. DiCroce

Creator:: Kruger, Mari L.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to explore the lived experience of courage among community college leaders across the United States. The following questions guided the research: (1) What is the courageous experience like for a community college leader? (2) What is the process of courage development? (3) What are...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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