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  • Chunking professional-technical programs to create pathways to degree completion in community colleges

    Creator:
    Dins, Kate
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    The purpose of this study was to explore the phenomenon of community colleges creating pathways to degree completion in professional-technical programs by breaking degree programs into smaller portions, referred to as "chunks." The purpose or possible advantage of chunking was that it would improve the rate of degree completion among...
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    Dissertation
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    Appendix B: Interview Protocol .................................................................240

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

    Creator:
    Samano, Michael Luis
    Abstract:
    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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    to become genuinely multicultural .............................. 172 B. Informed Consent

  • Profiles in courage of community college leaders

    Creator:
    Kruger, Mari L.
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    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...
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    Dissertation
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    experience of courage were: (a) real risks, (b) reasoned choice, (c) call to act, (d) facing adversity, (e

  • Faculty perspectives on diversity curriculum

    Creator:
    Ayala, Javier Ivan
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    This research addresses how instructors move from surface levels of diversity understanding to deep levels. The focus was higher education instructors who taught in a general education program, primarily teaching freshman students. The case location is at a public institution on the West coast. Using the literature on diversity and...
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    Dissertation
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    .................................................................. 172  Appendix B –Example Syllabi Scored

  • Moving from good to great: how one community college made the transition

    Creator:
    Hansen, Eric J.
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    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...
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    Dissertation
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    good to great, specifically: (a) Context Matters, (b) Enduring Leadership, and (c) Creating the

  • Forging their way : the experience of single fathers on a community college campus

    Creator:
    Cook, Tim S.
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    The purpose of this study was to understand the experiences of single fathers attending a community college. Single fathers comprise one-fifth of all single parent families, yet little research has been done on this growing segment of the population. A phenomenological approach was utilized to examine the attributes, needs, and...
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    Dissertation
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    ...................................................................................................... 141 APPENDIX A: INVITATION LETTER .................................................. 142 APPENDIX B

  • Fraternity men's diversity experiences and degree of gender role conflict

    Creator:
    Schalewski, Lucas L.
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    Gender role conflict has been found to be a psychological condition that produces negative outcomes for men as they negotiate the tensions between who they truly are and who they feel they must be based on social expectations (O'Neil, Helms, Gable, David, & Wrightsman, 1986). Recent studies on college men's...
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    Masters Thesis
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    OF APENDICIES Appendix Page A. Recruitment Email ……………………………………………………………..140 B

  • A critical exploration of assessment within multicultural affairs

    Creator:
    Martinez, Jessica A.
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    This thesis explored the experiences of four Student Affairs practitioners working within Multicultural Affairs (MA). The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine how professionals within MA offices were developing and conducting assessment as well as identify barriers they faced and best practices used. Data for this study was...
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    Masters Thesis
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    ) shifting cultures: bringing assessment to the forefront of the work, (b) people power: building a

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

    Creator:
    Vincent, Jennica
    Abstract:
    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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    Capstone Project
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    sustainability of these partnerships” (Prentice, Robinson, & Patton, 2012, p. 14). Issues in Assessment In

  • 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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    Guiding Open-ended Interview Questions ……………………………………………………….110 Appendix B