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  • Instructional methods for dietetic perceptors

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    Overpeck, Nancy Lee
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    This study attempted to answer the following question: What instructional methods should dietetic preceptors use to help dietetic interns meet the performance requirements specified by the American Dietetic Association (ADA, 1991) for entry-level dietitians? A national sample of 170 dietetic preceptors was surveyed. Ninety provided usable information to examine both...
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    Dissertation

  • 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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    improvement of educational quality (Banta 2010; Klein, Kuh, Chun, Hamilton, & Shavelson, 2005; Peterson

  • A voice : lived experiences of selected African American community college trustees

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    Hendrix, George A.
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    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...
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    Dissertation

  • Case Study : Description of a Corporate University's Operational Factors

    Creator:
    Ewer, Gary
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    Corporate universities (CUs) have been in existence in the United States since the early 1900s. They are increasingly providing educational and developmental opportunities for workers; however, there is little empirical research on these types of organizations. This study examined a specific electrical distributor's CU using a theoretical framework as a...
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    Educational Resource Information Center (ERIC). A key word search was used that included a variety of

  • Faculty perceptions of organizational climate for innovation at community colleges

    Creator:
    Batazhan, Tatyana
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    Higher education is faced with ever-increasing challenges, which require fundamental changes in order to ensure its relevance in the future. Business leaders and academic scholars urge organizations to continuously reshape and renew through learning and innovation to assure viability and sustainability. Organizational climate serves as a foundation that can promote...
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    Dissertation

  • Internationalization in Oregon and Washington community colleges

    Creator:
    Sipe, Deborah M.
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    Research on higher education during the period 1990 to 2013 has suggested that U.S. higher education institutions were significantly impacted by a number of global forces, including an increase in the movement of goods, information, and people across borders. During the same period, a measurable increase occurred in the number...
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    , T. (2012, February 4). Taking more seats on campus, foreigners also pay the freight. The New York

  • The impact of youth gang awareness training on school personnel

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    Novotney, Dave C.
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    The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of youth gang awareness training on school personnel. Middle and high school level teachers, counselors, and school administrators in a rural Oregon school district were the focus of this study. Six specially designed modules were created by the researcher and...
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    higher rate (t-test, p< 0.05) when compared to non- gang members who also reported a high level of

  • Evaluating Outcomes-Based Funding in Community Colleges

    Creator:
    Moore, Alicia K. V.
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    Background: Legislators and higher education policy makers increasingly are turning to policy initiatives to incentivize institutions of higher education to transform policies and practices in the name of student success, with success typically defined as retention and graduation rates. One such policy receiving increased attention amongst states is outcomes-based funding,...
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    Academic Search Primer, Associates Programs Source Plus, Business Source Primer, ERIC/Education Resource

  • Perceptions of international students in a community college-based coordinated studies program

    Creator:
    Insley, Andrea E.
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    This study presented an in-depth exploration of international student perceptions of a coordinated studies program (CSP) at Seattle Central Community College. In conducting this research project, a phenomenological research methodology was used. Qualitative data were collected through participant observations, focus group, document review and individual in-depth interviews with nine students....
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    Dissertation

  • Post-colonialist Pathways : Building Potential for Multicultural Service Learning at Community Colleges

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    Cate, Rachael
    Abstract:
    Latina/o student enrollments in community colleges in the United States are rapidly growing, yet Latina/o student success rates have not matched this growth. There is a need for community college programs that serve Latina/o student populations more effectively and that incorporate multicultural educational practices into college programs. The purpose of...
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    educación indígena en América Latina. In T. U. Medardo & B. Baronnet (Eds.), Educación e interculturalidad