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Creator:: Lindstrom, Eric L.
Abstract:: Community colleges are being pressured to increase their direct support of the economic development agendas of their communities, their states, and even the nation. These pressures develop both externally and internally, and are exacerbated when increased demands for access to community college education must be met with chronically flat-lined or...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: issues for community colleges and their contract education programs AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF

Creator:: Morris, William Robert
Abstract:: The primary objective of this study was to develop a prototype instrument of procedures and criteria to be used by community college s for self-analysis and evaluation purposes. The study grew out of the recognized need to assess and improve the effectiveness and pertinence of community college philosophies, roles and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: the State System of Higher Education at Monmouth, Oregon, has been developing instruments for self

Creator:: Kleine, Carroyl Fayne
Abstract:: The major purpose of this study was to develop and test a procedural model for assessing work group effectiveness in a community college. The model required a process to identify differences and commonalities among work groups perceived to be effective and those perceived to be less effective. In addition, this...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: A procedural model for assessing functional characteristics

Creator:: Bombardier, Louis
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to examine the events and activities that triggered strategic and large-scale changes in four community college based Small Business Development Centers. A review of the literature in organizational theory and community college education was used to form an integrated conceptual scheme which could be...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Bombardier A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for

Creator:: Hindman, Lynne L.
Abstract:: Baccalaureate attainment represents an important goal among educators and policymakers. The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education has stated that affordability and transfer are critical to increasing baccalaureate attainment, and that community colleges have a critical role in this transfer process. On the other hand, some researchers disagree...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
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Creator:: Wolff, Susan J.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to: (a) determine the design features of the physical learning environment that support and enhance collaborative, project-based learning at the community college level; and (b) to gain an understanding of the rationale for the selection of the features. The characteristics of the physical environment...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of

Creator:: Pearson, Geraldine Helen
Abstract:: The purpose of the study was to determine if a model could be created which would describe and prescribe a superior method for strategic problem solving in the community college. A review of the literature in business and industry was used to extrapolate a model which might describe the decision...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor

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