The purpose of this study was to compare the changes in the
perception of the university environment that occurred in four selected
.groups of freshmen residence hall students: females residents in
single-sex halls (N = 150), female residents in coeducational halls
(N = 89), male residents in single-sex halls (N...
The central purpose of this comparison was to determine the
congruence or difference between two teaching techniques, the television
method and the conventional lecture method as used in teaching
General Hygiene on the freshman college level at Oregon State University.
Sub-problems associated with this study were, (a) the development
of...
Millions of children are exposed to various types of violence throughout their school years. American children, by the time they are 18 years old, have seen more than 100,000 acts of violence on television alone. The effect of exposure to violence becomes a part of a child's life experience and...
Community colleges have become a practical educational option for undocumented students seeking an associate degree; thus reflecting the community college's very mission and purpose by providing access and affordability for these students. Specifically, undocumented Latino students are known to select community colleges due to their low tuition cost, proximity to...
The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate Oregon public high school history teacher perspectives concerning standards-based reform initiatives springing from the No Child Left Behind legislation. The central question addressed in this study is: At what level has Standards-Based Education reform initiatives impacted Oregon high school history instruction and...
The goals of this study were to discover and compare the religious
and philosophical traditions which have shaped Japanese and American
cultures, and to make a case for interdisciplinary transcultural programs
of study in higher education. Specifically, the purposes of this
study were to: (1) describe and trace historically the...
Since the passage of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act in 1975, a number of common problems have emerged. Primarily they involve the difficulties both experienced and created by public schools attempting to fulfill the federal mandate to provide students with disabilities an appropriate public education. The purpose of...
Low completion rates have created serious "leakage points" (Astin, 1988) and "severe hemorrhaging" (Lango, 1996) in higher education to a large number of Hispanics. Traditional research on college persistence, which has blamed the students' culture for low performance, is inaccurate. Little research has specifically investigated academic persistence from a cultural...
The purpose of this study is to explore the lived experience of courage among community college leaders across the United States. The following questions guided the research: (1) What is the courageous experience like for a community college leader? (2) What is the process of courage development? (3) What are...