Fundraising in the 21st century is becoming an increasingly important component of rural community colleges' (RCCs) overall funding strategies. Alumni represent a significant population of potential college supporters. The problem facing rural community colleges involves fiscal viability through developing innovative fundraising practices and identifying emerging sources of additional revenue. The...
The problem of this study was to determine whether graduate students
in education (the experimentals) participating in a counseling
practicum would demonstrate a change in self-actualization which would
be significantly different when compared with other graduate students
in education (the comparisons) who were not participating in the above
program. The...
The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which personal
values congruence and self-actualization related to the question
of counselor effectiveness. The subjects consisted of the 20 Oregon
State University graduate students enrolled in the counseling practicum
class fall term, 1972, at Oregon State University. Most of...
The Purpose of the Study:
The central purpose of this study was to compare the role perceptions
of (A) non-degree vocational teachers recruited from business
and industry, (B) experienced vocationally certified teachers who had
been teaching more than five years, and (C) new-degree vocational
education graduates from Oregon State University....
This dissertation expands the theory of subjectivity by examining how discourses
behave. Of particular intent here is the subjectivity of preservice teachers. Students from
Oregon State University's Masters of Arts in Teaching program volunteered as
participants. Audio-taped sessions of their small group talk about gender issues and
education, dialogue journals,...
School districts and educational policymakers need current information on Black parental and primary guardian responses toward the
issue of desegregation. This research focused primarily on the attitudes of Black parents and primary guardians toward their involvement
in elementary desegregated schools. The study attempted to determine
if:
(1) Educational background has...
This was an historical study which described the procedures used by a thirteen-member committee in an attempt to develop a merit-evaluation program for a middle-sized school district in Oregon.
A random sample of 33.5% of the certificated staff of School District
9 were interviewed in May, 1969. The results of...
The purposes of this study were to determine the
effects of level (elementary and secondary), program
status (beginning, midway, and student teaching), and
demongraphic variables (experience, success, college
supervisor support, supervising teacher support,
additional support services, and school type) on
preservice teachers' attitudes toward mainstreaming. The
population consisted of 91...
The Purposes of the Study
The primary purpose of this study was to identify common professional
education competencies needed by public school district
vocational education leaders. Other purposes were to (1) determine
if significant differences existed in vocational education leadership
competencies among respondents as categorized by state, type of
position...
This research addresses the complexities of White racial identity development in the lives of five elementary and middle school preservice teachers during their graduate teacher education program at a private Christian Pacific Northwestern university. Using a poststructural framework, this research investigated three questions: 1) How do the aspects of subjectivation...
The purpose of the study was to analyze the effects of teaching
elementary and secondary students the Gallagher Topic Classification
System as a technique for constructing and analyzing questions.
The subjects for the study were the students of three groups of
randomly selected teachers from Coos and Douglas Counties of...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship
between kindergarten experience and fine-muscle eye-hand coordination
abilities of first grade children.
The subjects were 181 first graders in the public schools of
Albany, Corvallis, and Salem, Oregon. The mean age of the sample
was 76.69 months with a standard...
This research addressed the complexities of identity development in the lives of seven elementary and middle school preservice literacy teachers during their graduate teacher education program at a private western university using a poststructural feminism theoretical lens. This research investigated two questions: 1) How do preservice teachers develop their identity...
The purpose of this study was to analyze and describe
the opinions and characteristics of black students enrolled
in Portland Community College.
Data were obtained through a random sampling of two
groups of subjects who were invited to participate in the
study as follows: (1) Black subjects were 109 students...
The purpose of this study is to explore experiences of professional growth for mid-career community college faculty. The research question that guided the study is: How do community college faculty members experience professional growth at mid- career? The research design included an interpretive social science methodology and phenomenological method. Nine...
Competencies essential for the adequate performance of vocational
education leadership roles were investigated in this study.
Methods of preparing individuals for these roles were also considered.
Answers to two basic questions were sought as base data on which
future programs of occupational education leadership might be built.
These questions were:...
The purpose of this research was directed toward an examination
of personnel resources in vocational education. More particularly,
the study attempted to determine contributions made by personnel,
to assess the procedures and processes utilized in making
these contributions, and to identify strengths that need to be developed
in future personnel....
Title: African-American Women Faculty Teaching at Institutions of Higher Learning in the Pacific Northwest: Challenges, Dilemas, and Sustainability
Institutions of higher learning in the Pacific Northwest have successfully recruited African-American faculty, yet these institutions have difficulty retaining African-American faculty for at least five years. African-American women faculty experience problems obtaining...
Changes in the Oregon salmon, crab and shrimp fisheries were
documented from 1967 to 1980. The related socio-economic conditions in
fishing communities were described. Trends indicated that the overall
importance of fisheries to port communities has declined and ports are
not planning for an increase in the fishing industry. Chinook...
Literature on the evolution of the American higher education system includes a historical and consistent debate over the definition of the higher education mission in the country. Recent debate focuses on mission differentiation between the university and the community college. Acknowledging systemic changes in higher education historically occurred within regions...
Oregon educational reform efforts are moving ahead with the support of legislation,
business and industry, and education. There has been little apparent consideration given to
the readiness of tenth graders to make career choices even though the research in the area of
career maturity indicates that students at this period...
Two-year chemistry-based technology training (CBTT) programs in the U.S. are important in the preparation of the professional technical workforce. The purpose of this study was to identify, examine, and analyze factors related to the economic sustainability of CBTT programs. A review of literature identified four clustered categories of 31 sub-factors...
The purpose of this study was to determine if parents of students
could improve the motor performance of their moderately and severely
mentally retarded children through the implementation of the
Data-Based Gymnasium (DBG) Instructional Model as a supplement to the
school program. The DBG Instructional Model is an individualized
system...
Higher education literature lacks frameworks and models that consider women of color mentoring and fewer that discuss virtual mentorship among women of color. This work examined a successful and productive virtual mentorship and explored the key features of the mentorship, how the mentorship was maintained virtually, and the benefits and...
Over the past twenty years, the national three-year graduation rate for community college students has ranged from 44% to roughly 31% in 2013 (NCES, 2013). As a way to address such low graduation rates, colleges have implemented a myriad of services and programs (i.e., tutoring, mentoring, etc.). Another intervention is...
Five student-researchers and the author engaged in
a continually-evolving, student-driven qualitative
research study. Despite significant disadvantages,
including navigating a. foreign culture without speaking
the language, these invulnerable learners succeeded.
Ultimately of greatest interest to the six were an
analysis of their collective knowledge and experiences,
and their individual transformation over...
For more than a decade a “community college leadership crisis” has been forecasted and discussed in the professional literature related to community colleges as well as the scholarly literature focused on the study of higher education. The role, perceptions and, to a lesser extent, the effectiveness of community college leadership...
Community and technical colleges in the United States are experiencing an expansion of racial and ethnic diversity in students, faculty, and administrators. From 1996 to 2006, the number of Asian female college students increased 55.3%, from 13,184 to 20,477. The number of Asian male students increased 48.9%, from 9,731 to...
The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the experience of white principals in understanding their white identity, privilege, and power as they worked to implement socially-just and culturally proficient schools. The findings offer insights into the following questions: 1) How do white school leaders view white identity and...
The purposes of this thesis are; (a) the presentation of authentic data concerning the Chemawa Indian School from its establishment at Forest Grove, Oregon, in 1880 to the present time at Chemawa, Oregon; (b) the recording of some of the significant information concerning the school's growth; and to) an effort...
The major focus of this research was to examine the factors, both
instructional factors and student factors, that influence student
gains in economic knowledge in economic education. This study sampled
twelfth grade students from randomly selected high schools in the
Williamette Valley of Oregon. The stepwise regression analysis was
used...
The purpose of this qualitative study was to research the experience of six Hispanic students who were interviewed in depth regarding their persistence in school and success at a community college. The students reported on their educational experiences prior to college and how that related to attendance at the college;...
An investigation of the individual perceptions of selected
students, teachers, and parents toward the use of
computer-assisted instruction (CAI) in a careers program
was undertaken to provide information about the role CAI
plays in the career education curriculum and other curricular
areas utilizing CAI.
A qualitative methodology was selected which...
Corporate universities (CUs) have been in existence in the United States since the early 1900s. They are increasingly providing educational and developmental opportunities for workers; however, there is little empirical research on these types of organizations. This study examined a specific electrical distributor's CU using a theoretical framework as a...
Understanding the relationship between motivation, academic achievement, and persistence may help higher education administrators develop plans for increasing student engagement and student success. Prior research on higher education indicated connections between motivation, academic achievement, and persistence, but there has been limited research that relates these concepts to the rural community...
Purpose
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a required
mathematics content course upon prospective elementary school
teachers at Brigham Young University. The investigation consisted of
three major areas: (1) attitudes toward mathematics, (2) basic mathematical
understanding, and (3) the relationship between certain selected
variables.
Procedure...
This study examined certain educationally related attitudes held by a disadvantaged group of college freshmen with no previous experience at the college level. The study focused on changes in attitude exhibited by disadvantaged students enrolled in a program of study skills instruction at Oregon State University during the Fall term...
The purpose of this case study was to examine a third-grade teacher’s effective use of mathematical discourse in the classroom setting. The study offers insights into the following research questions: 1) How does a teacher’s engagement in mathematical discourse communities influence her practice and self-efficacy as a mathematics educator? 2)...
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...
Intercollegiate wrestling at Oregon State University had its
inception on March 20, 1909. On that day, the Oregon Agricultural
College wrestling team wrestled in a home meet against the team
from Washington State College. The Beavers, under the tutelage of
their first coach Eddie O'Connell, won their first intercollegiate meet,...
The research developed a methodology to code and quantify eye movement patterns as a function of a neuro-linguistic programming strategy elicitation process. Secondarily the research established methodology that identified the degree of consistency among certain certified Neuro-Linguistic Programming Practitioners while they rated eye movements. The study reviewed literature in the...
The individual through earliest recorded history reveals contradictory views of the
human life-span. "Am I a free and unique individual, able to make choices and decide my
own destiny?, or, "Am I only a victim of circumstance, a speck of dust in the universe's
whirlwind of fate?"
Each view is...
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics published their vision of active, problem-centered instruction with a goal of conceptual understanding in 1989. Fifteen years after these reforms were proposed the changes are reflected in school policy and elementary mathematics curriculum, but only limited change has actually occurred in classroom instruction....
My study explores the impact of participation in a faculty teaching and learning community (TLC) on the professional development of community college faculty. I address the problem that, in spite of the growth of faculty development activity in the community college during the past decade, how faculty development occurs is...
The purposes of the study were: 1) to describe and analyse the
search for the meaning and purpose in life and its implications for
education; 2) to assess the degree of development of the purpose
in life among Korean high school seniors; 3) to determine whether
there were significant purpose...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the need for an
academic transition program at the beginning of the high school
experience for 90 to 100 critical - need ninth grade students at
North Thurston High School in Lacey, Washington. Opinions of ninth
and twelfth grade high school students...
The purpose of this study was to investigate Peer Collaborative
Mentoring (PCM) as a professional development model for international
graduate teaching assistants at an American university. Data were gathered
from interviews and observations of three American peer mentors
(Intracultural Peer Mentors/IAPMs), five Chinese Graduate Teaching
Assistants (Intercultural Peer Mentors/IEPMs), and...
Persistent reading difficulties are prevalent in U.S. schools and can lead to lower student performance across all subjects as well as distress, anxiety, and depression. In 2022, only 32% of fourth graders in the United States tested as proficient in reading. While there are many factors which affect reading progress...
Communication cannot be successful without the
cooperative listening response of an auditor. Auditors must
feel empowered to act as agents of change or their decisions
and actions cannot be influenced by the discourse. Their
every response depends upon their ability to perceive
themselves as potential mediators of change.
A review...
The purpose of this study was to examine the experiences of foster alumni in community and technical colleges, with a focus on Washington State, using a qualitative research approach. Foster alumni may be considered a sub-set of first generation students, yet they have needs that extend beyond those of other...
The purpose of this qualitative study was to describe and communicate a student-constructed model of student services for electronic distance education (EDE). This study seeks to answer the following questions: Do students enrolled in EDE perceive a need for student services? If not, why not? Which services do students want/need?...
Purpose of the Study:
The School Health Fair is an experiential method used to supplement classroom theory in a teacher preparation course at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse (UWL). The purpose of this study was to determine how this method affected student attitude toward teaching. The following null hypotheses were...
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...
Approximately 600,000 individuals will be eventually released from the prison system and millions will be released from jails across the United States each year (Mukamal et al., 2015). Some of these individuals will make their way to a local community college to make a better life for themselves. There is...
This research compared the effectiveness of an interactive video training program with an instructor-led program for teaching working adults the personal computer (PC) application WordPerfect. The objectives of the study were to develop a research methodology and instrumentation in order to determine whether instructor-led training resulted in significantly different reaction,...
The primary objective of this study was to identify, and to
group, the professional education competencies common to administrators
of vocational education. The technique of factor analysis was
used to form logical groups of competencies. The secondary objectives
were to:
1. determine, by the method of the analysis of variance,...
The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether sex-role
identification differences among college students were related to place
of residence, and if so, whether certain factors affect these
differences. Six hypotheses were developed. The study sought to
ascertain if sex-role identification is related to certain dimensions of
peer association...
The topic of this study is the cultural impact of the computer in a school. "Impact" is 'defined as the cultural consequences of intended and unintended learning that occur when computers are used in the school. The major theoretical orientations of the work include the concepts of manifest and latent...
Under the auspices of a United Stated Department of Education National
Workplace Literacy Program grant, the Columbia-Willamette Skill Builders, a community
college consortium, developed a prototype workplace educator training program in 1994.
The Skill Builders workplace educator training program was 9 months long and offered 90
hours of instruction, including...
Writing groups are used regularly in the academic
arena, but they are also used in the non-academic
community. This paper is an exploration of the use of nonacademic writing groups in Salem, Oregon. In Chapter 2 I discuss the theory behind writing groups--what it is about
writing and responding that...
The role of community colleges as open-access institutions that bring racial diversity to careers in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields is essential (Musante, 2012; Reyes, 2011). Yet, the opportunity to attend postsecondary institutions is not enough to guarantee the success of People of Color as they navigate...
The purpose of this ethnographic study was to explore White, female teachers’ attitudes and perspectives towards their African American students, the Black/White Achievement Gap, and their teaching practice in regards to their students’ achievement, through the use of focus group discussions. The target group for this study was White, female...
The purpose of this study was to analyze the Oregon State
University environment as perceived by students, faculty and student
services staff. The students were divided into two age groups to
determine if there were any major differences in perception based on
age.
Three hundred and twenty-three people, representing four...
Small groups are an important and widely used educational
format in adult church education. It is estimated
that ninety percent of the churches that belong to the
Conservative Baptist Association of Oregon provide some
type of small group eductional opportunity for their adult
members. The purpose of this study was...
The two major purposes of this study were to gather data relative
to the knowledge and attitudes toward sexual expression among sixty-five
to seventy-four year olds and to determine whether or not significant
differences existed between the sexes. The study focused on six
research questions: These were:
1. Do older...
Online learning has grown exponentially within higher education in the past decade, especially at community colleges. As online course offerings expand community colleges need to assess student learning in order to ensure quality learning experiences for students and for accreditation purposes. The purpose of this study was to compare the...
Although teams are a common method of structuring work activities,
there is still much concern over their effectiveness. The primary purpose
of this study was to describe the current state of teamwork training in
Oregon and to identify critical training design activities, situational barriers
and demographic variables related to the...
Branch campuses play an important part in postsecondary degree attainment by providing place-bound students from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds in different geographical regions access to education that is convenient. Their heterogeneousness structures, including enrollment size, communities, and populations served, are not accurately reflected in the majority of the research. Currently, there...
Although the public schools have spent billions of dollars on computer
technology, only a few teachers are integrating them into their teaching. The
purpose of this study was to determine barriers to the integration of computers into
teaching and potential teaching strategies to encourage integration. Teachers (N=122) from 14 elementary...
The purpose of this study was to explore the factors that influence the ability of teachers and administrators to use data obtained from a data warehouse to inform instruction. The mixed methods study was guided by the following questions: 1) What data warehouse application features affect the ability of an...
The purpose of this study is to compare in selected outcomes the
effectiveness of an integrated chemistry-physics course with chemistry
and physics courses taught separately.
Six classes, three of which studied an integrated course prepared
from content of the CBA chemistry course and the PSSC physics
course and three of...
The purpose of this research was to explore the perceptions of employers, teachers and graduates of the Oregon Carl Perkins Single Parent/Displaced Homemaker Programs regarding non-technical employment qualities. The Luft "Non-Technical Employment Qualities Survey Instrument" and open-ended questions were used to elicit personal responses from members of each group for...
The purpose of this study was to assist the development of an
improved industrial arts curriculum and laboratory facilities that
reflect the industrial technology. The project attempted to
ascertain which of the process operations of the technology may
become curricular components in the curriculum. In addition, it
attempted to identify...
Research overwhelmingly suggests that Black and Brown students face unjust and inequitable environments in K-12 schools in the United States (Bradshaw et al., 2010; Carter et al., 2017; Coles & Powell, 2020). These injustices often occur as a result of systemic racism and are replicated because of embedded racist policies...
The purpose of this study was to describe and explain significant mentor/protege
relationships in professional ministry education. Through an exploratory, naturalistic inquiry,
the mentoring phenomenon was studied inductively, culminating in a descriptive theory that
illuminated the variables and their interrelationships on the ministerial campus.
The multiple case study design accommodated...
This study documents three cases of protracted conflict in an
institution of higher education. Work groups in conflict were studied for
one year in order to create cases and to describe factors influencing
conflict escalation. From these cases, autistic conflict as a descriptive
construct was developed to illustrate one phase...
Background: Previous studies suggested that the professional identity of community college faculty is less than clearly articulated. Lack of clarity with regard to professional identity may have impacts in a number of areas, including recruitment, professional development, and the overall reputation of community colleges.
Purpose: To examine how community college...
Women leaders in early childhood health, human services, and education face tremendous challenges in their efforts to cultivate resilience amidst a myriad of risk factors including incessant stress, low wages, and limited professional support. Women who foster mental health in young children and high-risk families are vulnerable to secondary traumatic...
The presence of residual muscular tension has been implicated
as a detrimental influence on the performance and learning of motor
skills. A method for reducing muscular tension has been provided by
the recent advent of biofeedback training. Thirty young adult males
were subjected to tests of stabilometer balancing skill and...
Homosexual men in Nazi Germany experienced legal and social oppression that was rooted in both the cultural homophobia of Twentieth Century Germany and the existential homophobia of high-ranking Nazi officials. However, the Nazi Regime’s enforcement of homonegative policy was not unilateral, often ignoring the actions of members of Nazi-affiliated groups....
Mental health among student athletes has gotten much more attention in the world of sport today. However, there has been a lack of research focusing on how the socioeconomic backgrounds of Division 1 student athletes can play a role in their mental health and their desire to seek out help...
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...
The original research detailed in this document recognizes that the majority of students with disabilities between 18-69 years of age will attend a community college. The literature also indicates an exponential increase for better job opportunity and earnings relative to individuals with disabilities who attain higher levels of education. This...
In the past decade, issues related to cultural diversity and pluralism
have risen to the forefront in education. The increasing cultural diversity in
American classrooms and communities requires preservice teachers to be
ready to promote multiple perspectives within their curricula and among their
students. The purpose of this study was...
The educational system in the Yemen Arab Republic
(YAR) is in desperate need of reform to accommodate recent
changes in the structure of the economy and society of the
YAR. At present, there is only one university, the University
of Sana'a, within the country. In this study, the organization
of...
The use of selected computer games was studied as an
intervention technique in an attempt to increase achievement
of learning disabled adolescents in basic multiplication And
division facts. A multiple baseline design across subjects
with a follow-up was employed in an applied behavioral
setting. The subjects were two female and...
