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  • Defining Community: The Impact of OSU Student Civic Engagement in Corvallis, Oregon

    Creator:
    Vincent, Jennica
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    This study explores the context of and impacts resulting from a broad range of university student civic engagements on the city of Corvallis, Oregon. Through semi-structured interviews with local community partners who engage with the university in what I term student civic service-learning, feedback reveals impacts that are overwhelmingly positive,...
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        DEFINING COMMUNITY: THE IMPACT OF OSU STUDENT CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IN CORVALLIS, OREGON Jennica Vincent

  • Five programs for four participants : stories of paradox and learning in a graduate cohort for adult literacy practitioners

    Creator:
    Fish, Susan A.
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    The purpose of this study was to understand the individual experiences of four adult literacy practitioners, Anne, Bill, Candy, and Emily, in the first cohort of the Oregon Field-Based Cohort Master's Program. This program, which Oregon established in 1993 as one venue of professional development for adult literacy and English...
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    Dissertation
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    -Based Master's Cohort Program 26 Summary of Cohort Schedule 29 Design of the Study 32 Ethical

  • Respecting one’s abilities, or (post)colonial tokenism? : Narrative testimonios of faculty of color working in predominantly white community colleges

    Creator:
    Samano, Michael Luis
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    The purpose of this research project was to gain a deeper understanding of the lived experience of faculty of color. More specifically, this project explores how diversity-related workload expectations impact faculty of color who work in predominantly white community colleges. Known by various descriptors, the term used in this research...
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    Dissertation
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    Education at OSU challenged me in culturally appropriate ways. The faculty of the CCLP pushed me to hone

  • Hearing their voices : college experiences of urban American Indian women

    Creator:
    Berry, Linda Converse
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    The purpose of this study is to explore, through their own voices, the higher education experiences of selected urban American Indian females in California community colleges. This study is an attempt to identify pathways to academic success by teasing out college practices and support systems that help Native women navigate...
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    Dissertation
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    some parts of the country it is 90% (Hall, 2003). A report on postsecondary attainment of 1992 12th

  • Virtual Liberatory Women of Color Mentorship

    Creator:
    McAloney, Kimberly A.
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    Higher education literature lacks frameworks and models that consider women of color mentoring and fewer that discuss virtual mentorship among women of color. This work examined a successful and productive virtual mentorship and explored the key features of the mentorship, how the mentorship was maintained virtually, and the benefits and...
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    Dissertation
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    an example, one of my classes engaged with case studies. My small group, the only group with

  • Making Sense of Social Justice Education: A Case Study of the Difference, Power, and Discrimination Program

    Creator:
    Furman, Kali
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    Utilizing anti-racist feminist research methodologies, Making Sense of Social Justice Education: A Case Study of the Difference, Power, and Discrimination Program, argues that institutions of higher education must attend to local histories of student activism and faculty development in their efforts to create social justice-informed structural change. Increasingly colleges and...
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    Dissertation
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    Program at OSU through three units of analysis – program history, faculty development, and faculty

  • Faculty perspectives on multicultural components of course curriculum

    Creator:
    Creighton, Clare S.
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    Multicultural curriculum, as a facet of multicultural education is not a new topic in higher education. Although there are many theories that describe multicultural curriculum (Banks, 1997b; Bennett, 2007), and a multitude of ideas and suggestions for best practices, several studies show there is not overwhelming faculty support for or...
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    Masters Thesis
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    ‘Corvallis family’ for their unyielding support and encouragement- particularly when it took the form of

  • Perceptions of Senior Student Affairs Officers on the State of Student Learning Outcomes Assessment

    Creator:
    Lang, Heather
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    Institutions of higher education are increasingly being held accountable and experiencing pressure to demonstrate how well their students are achieving intended learning outcomes. External and internal influences fuel this pressure. After decades of rhetoric on student learning outcomes assessment there remains a question of whether the practice has been fully...
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    keeping my neck warm during the long winter months of writing. Finally, to my sweet Kali for your

  • Creating and sustaining a whole community in hierarchical institutions

    Creator:
    Matheis, Christian G.
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    In this thesis, I examine some of the relationships between hierarchy and community that exist in institutions. Within institutions, individuals are separated from one another and organized hierarchically based on arbitrary inequalities. In general, I discusses inequalities based on race, class, gender, sexual orientation, age, ability, etc. Institutions organized based...
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    Masters Thesis
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    , take a lot of ethics classes, think critically, question authority, and do your best. Creating and

  • Student involvement and study abroad : exploring Astin's Theory in an overseas program in France

    Creator:
    Crust, Susan L.
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    The purpose of this study was to determine whether Alexander Astin's Theory of Student Involvement could be applied to an academic experience in an overseas setting. Using data collected from the program evaluations of 79 students who had participated in the Oregon University System exchange program in Lyon, France during...
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    of three housing groups: on-campus residence hall, home with parents, or private residence (room