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  • Measuring student satisfaction with the service processes of selected student educational support services at Everett Community College

    Creator:
    Kerlin, Christine
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    The era of "customer satisfaction" brings students to colleges who are increasingly identifying themselves as customers. Competition among a growing number of institutions and learning organizations is sharpening the desire of institutions to deliver high quality service in order to attract and retain students. Some examples of interactions where service...
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    other community colleges would be helpful in building a database and reference points about student

  • Special education compliance issues in Oregon

    Creator:
    O'Dell, Richard M.
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    In the 27 years since the establishment of federal law mandating special education, no state has been fully in compliance. In addition, the voices of school personnel (special education teachers, speech and language pathologists, and school psychologists) charged with implementing these laws and regulations have been largely silent in the...
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    RESEARCH ............................................... 63 CHAPTER 3: METHODS

  • Perspectives of teacher leaders in an educational reform environment : finding meaning in their involvement

    Creator:
    Birky, Virginia Davidhizar
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    The purpose of this qualitative research study was to describe the experiences of secondary teachers who were actively involved in positions of teacher leadership in their schools and to discover the meaning that leadership activities had for them in their work. The informal teacher leaders performed their leadership functions in...
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    for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Education presented on December 3, 2001. Title: Perspectives

  • Partnerships at the center of Advanced Learning : a regional educational reform initiative

    Creator:
    Dunlap, Joseph H.
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    The purpose of this research study is to investigate and gain understanding of the factors contributing to development of the Center for Advanced Learning (CAL), a regional collaborative educational reform project and the partnerships that emerged from that process. The development process and partnerships are examined from a systems thinking...
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    not to partner with the CAL? 3) What are the systems components that contributed to developing this

  • 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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    ) Stability, 3) Finding support, 4) Mattering, 5) Success Factors, 6) Barriers, and 7) How the college can

  • Spiritual leadership : voices of women community college presidents

    Creator:
    Jones, Kristen (Kristen Annette)
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    The purpose of this study is to name and give voice to the spiritual expression of leadership by women community college presidents. The following questions guided the research: (1) How do women community college presidents describe spirituality? (2) How does spirituality convey itself in the reflections, self-expression, and practice of...
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    presidents? and (3) How do women community college presidents honor which expressions of their spirituality

  • Outcomes-based curriculum reform in a community college : a discipline based inquiry

    Creator:
    Meier, Rebecca Anne
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    The purpose of this study was to examine how faculty curriculum committees from different disciplines moved through a major curriculum change process from content-focused curriculum to outcomes-based curriculum. Data was gathered through direct observations, committee member interviews, a questionnaire, and the Gregorc Style Delineator from four curriculum committees representing different...
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    Privacy 3. On an outcomes-based curriculum planning committee, knowledge of member differences and

  • Out on a limb : Serving students at one community college branch campus

    Creator:
    Norby, Paula
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    More than any other single factor, access to community college education depends on proximity. The advent of the community college branch campus has opened higher education to broader segments of the population. The purpose of this study was twofold: 1) to discover services that students who attend a branch campus...
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    stages: 1) outreach and intake, 2) entry, and 3) engagement. The study took place at a Northwest

  • Improving student satisfaction and retention with online instruction through systematic faculty peer review of courses

    Creator:
    Aman, Richard R.
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    The purpose of the study was to determine if online courses that were faculty peer reviewed based on five factors of quality instruction resulted in increased levels of student satisfaction and higher rates of student retention when compared with nonreviewed courses in a post-secondary context. The five factors of quality...
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    satisfaction findings, and (3) factors of quality instruction influencing student satisfaction findings

  • Perceptions and experiences of students who graduate with the Associate of Arts/Oregon Transfer (AA/OT) Degree

    Creator:
    Scott, Patricia Marie
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    The purpose of this qualitative study was to learn about the perceptions and experiences of students who graduated with the Associates of Arts/Oregon Transfer (AA/OT) degree. This study answered the following questions: 1) How did the AA/OT degree attainment assist in the overall achievement of goals? 2) How did AA/OT...
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    the community college. Theme 3 AAIOT graduates encountered stigmas associated with community college