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A study of the frequency of utilization of the Oregon State University health services in relation to selected characteristics of students

Creator:: Stanaway, Timothy John
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to identify some of the factors associated with student usage of the Student Health Services (SHS) and of the Infirmary at Oregon State University. The population for the study was the freshman class entering Oregon State University in September, 1968. The original enrollment of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Organizational transformation : lessons learned by one community college

Creator:: Simmons, Linda C.
Abstract:: Critics of higher education urge educators to transform their institutions so as to align them with the needs of the twenty-first-century learner. However, colleges desiring to survive in a rapidly changing external environment often discover they must first find a way to make fundamental changes in their institutional culture. Some...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Transformational learning : a deep description of an emancipatory experience

Creator:: Retherford, April L.
Abstract:: This ethnography describes a learning context where transformational learning routinely creates an emancipatory experience. It identifies those elements that increase understanding of transformative process-describing how the context that contains and supports this learning is constructed and a perspective transformation is sparked by group synergy. It names three transformational learning outcomes:...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Internal support systems essential to faculty success in distance delivery education programs

Creator:: Cannon, Michael P.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to identify the internal support systems that contributed to the success of community college faculty teaching in a distance education setting. How do those faculty who are perceived as being successful in this setting attain such stature? What are the contributing factors? If contributing...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

A phenomenological study of collaboration between a community college and selected social service agencies

Creator:: Crusoe, Kristen L.
Abstract:: This is a study of the process of collaboration between a community college and selected social service agencies for the purpose of developing an integrative social service and education delivery system, the One-Stop Center. Particular focus is on the interpersonal dynamics among the key stakeholders involved in a collaborative partnership....
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Strategic planning in one community college : changing the balance between analysis and synthesis

Creator:: Johnson, Ronald G.
Abstract:: Strategic planning is a frequently used method for defining appropriate institutional responses to changing internal and external conditions. Numerous efforts have been made to adopt strategic planning styles that were originally developed in manufacturing businesses to the purposes of higher education. Despite theses efforts, community colleges have not yet developed...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Performance measures funding : the journey of one Washington Community College

Creator:: Nisson, Blaine D.
Abstract:: The study was designed to gain an understanding of the implementation of Performance Measures Funding at one Washington State community college. The research participants included the nine individuals who were charged with the design and implementation of the college's Improvement Plan, which addressed the four legislatively, prescribed goals outlined in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Staff perceptions of community college governance

Creator:: Bell, James W.
Abstract:: Research into community college governance has in the past centered on the formal aspects of decision-making of these institutions. These past studies often ignore the informal governance practices and policies that operate within all organizations. Staff perceptions of community college governance have not been studied and possible disjunction between formal...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Bangladeshi and Mexican immigrants who leave early from postsecondary education in the United Kingdom and the United States

Creator:: Tracy, Gwyneth Jones
Abstract:: The purpose of this cross-cultural study is to improve the understanding of the educational experiences of immigrant students who leave postsecondary education prior to completion of a program in two traditionally immigrant-magnet countries. This research focuses on Bangladeshi immigrants in the United Kingdom and Mexican immigrants in the United States,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Electric utility pole yard training facility : Designing an effective learning environment

Creator:: Topping, Robert P.
Abstract:: The primary responsibility of electric utilities is to supply consistent, dependable, and affordable energy to private customers, businesses, and industries. As with many businesses, electric utilities are experiencing the effects of an aging workforce and expending considerable resources to train their current and replacement workers. Community colleges can partner with...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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A study of the frequency of utilization of the Oregon State University health services in relation to selected characteristics of students

Organizational transformation : lessons learned by one community college

Transformational learning : a deep description of an emancipatory experience

Internal support systems essential to faculty success in distance delivery education programs

A phenomenological study of collaboration between a community college and selected social service agencies

Strategic planning in one community college : changing the balance between analysis and synthesis

Performance measures funding : the journey of one Washington Community College

Staff perceptions of community college governance

Bangladeshi and Mexican immigrants who leave early from postsecondary education in the United Kingdom and the United States

Electric utility pole yard training facility : Designing an effective learning environment

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