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Creator:: Holland-Rich, Teresa A.
Abstract:: Higher education is being asked to address issues of quality, accountability, and transparency. Accreditation is one tool higher education institutions use to address these concerns. The purpose of this quantitative study was to analyze the impact of the new accreditation standards adopted by the Northwest Commission for Colleges and Universities...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . This study was based on the perceptions of Washington State community college administrators

Creator:: Oliveira, Kristine Yvonne
Abstract:: The diversity of attitudes held by California community college faculty about Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) was studied. In twelve semi-structured interviews, faculty informants explained how their work has changed as a result of increased standardization and accountability measures, how they value those changes, and how they expect the profession to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: internal, academic values. The objective of this study is to interview 12 community college faculty

Creator:: Pascoe, Jason J.
Abstract:: Student engagement in a course plays a vital role in a student’s ability to process and construct knowledge. Student engagement research has investigated how students engage in and out of the classroom on a macro scale, through observation and survey data collection of large student populations, which lack focus on...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: a particular context both in and out of class using descriptive and interpretive case study

Creator:: Wilson, Gordon Ned
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to describe the leadership development process of former student leaders at Snow College. More specifically, the study focused on understanding how, when, and where leadership development took place in their "lived experience" within the student government at Snow College (Van Manen, 1998). Examining the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: student leadership development in this community college setting. Although the results of this study

Creator:: Newby, Jennifer
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate the perspectives of education professionals who manage, coordinate, and instruct in the English Literacy and Civics Education Grant (EL/Civics) Programs in Oregon community colleges. The study compared the EL/Civics Grant Program to the conventional English as Second Language (ESL) programs offered at...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: study is a comparative case study of two EL/Civics programs in Oregon. Currently, 12 community

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