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  • The implementation year of shared governance at a Vanguard community college

    Creator:
    Lanning, Patrick M.
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    College governance is a function of structure and of how people act within that structure. Organizational strategies no longer identify administrations as monopolies that possess all of the good ideas. Recent organizational management approaches to governance promote inclusiveness in decision-making and are at odds with the community college's historical structures,...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Patrick M. Lanning for the

  • Community college faculty-to-faculty influence

    Creator:
    Marks, Brenda Inglis
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    As community colleges have responded to shifts in funding structures, demands from an aging population, the emergence of for-profit competitors, the development of globalization, and the increasing use of technology, the role of faculty has evolved and new leadership opportunities have emerged. This study examines informal faculty leadership at a...
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    ; Thaxter & Graham, 1999). In the early stages of community college development, "the administrators held

  • Testimonios of shared experience : Canadian women athletes and the 1980 Olympic boycott

    Creator:
    Black, S. Jill
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    The testimonios of three Canadian women athletes and the 1980 Olympic boycott are presented. The Latin American method of testimonio is adapted as a framework for understanding personal stories. Testimonios written in a series of interpretive narratives and poems--poetic testimonios--represent three women's voices. This study includes three journeys: the research...
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    Dissertation

  • Reflections on change : a community-college faculty perspective

    Creator:
    Zmetana, Katherine
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    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...
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    participation in decision-making in higher education (Thaxter & Graham, 1999; Steinberg, 1999). Action

  • Community college and university degree partnership programs : A qualitative study of the student experience

    Creator:
    Balzer, Jacqueline
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    Community college and university degree partnership programs allow students to tailor their educational experiences to fit personal goals and preferences while transitioning back and forth seamlessly between a community college and four-year university. This qualitative research study, telling the stories and lived experiences of six students participating in a community...
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  • 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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    another country and are studying in the United States on a student visa type such as F-i, M-1 orJ-1

  • The essence of influence : community college presidents' experiences with Washington state legislators

    Creator:
    Coats, Rhonda Quash
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    The purpose of this study was to identify the strategies and tactics community college presidents used to influence state legislators. Selected State Board for Community and Technical Colleges staff and legislative staff members were asked to independently name 3-5 presidents whom they perceived to be most influential with legislators. Ten...
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