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Women, poverty, and educational success : a critical exploration of low-income women's experience in community colleges

Creator:: Barry, Kate R.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to critically explore low-income women's experience as they negotiate post secondary education in community colleges. Three research questions explore the context through which low-income women have entered the college experience, what that experience is like for them, and how the community college experience has...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: able to enter college and improve their economic situation while receiving AFDC. Single Parent

Needs of Oregon State College freshman women

Creator:: Champion, Mary I. Carter
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Needs of Oregon State College freshman women NEEDS OF

Older and younger students, full-time and part-time : a comparison of their perceptions of the campus environment at Oregon College of Education

Creator:: Yates, Douglas Page
Abstract:: Older and part-time students are enrolling in institutions of higher education in increasing numbers, yet little research has been conducted to see if these students perceive the campus environment differently from younger, full-time students. The purpose of this study was to compare the perceptions of the college environment of four...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: have not attended Oregon College of Education for a minimum of one academic term. Upperclass Student

A comparative study of the perceptions of the university environment of candidates for student government positions and other students and the effects of the election experience upon those perceptions

Creator:: Gassert, Leland Calvin
Abstract:: The purposes of this study were to determine whether the generally accepted procedure of campus elections as a method of choosing student government representatives (1) appears to encourage the candidacy of students who hold perceptions of the university environment similar to other students who do not choose to become candidates;...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Student Perceptions and the College and University Environment Scales 37 College Student Elections 42

Selected Oregon student, parent, and teacher perceptions of the factors that influenced eleventh grade students' readiness to make career choices

Creator:: Derr, Debra A.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Selected Oregon student, parent, and teacher perceptions of

A comparison of freshmen attending selected Oregon community colleges and Oregon State University in terms of interests, values, and manifest needs

Creator:: Howard, Lorraine Harris
Abstract:: The primary purpose of this study was to determine whether there were significant differences between Oregon community college collegiate freshmen and Oregon State University freshmen in terms of interest, values, and manifest needs. The study was limited to a representative sample of the freshman population in the lower-division collegiate program...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: significant differences betw6en Oregon community college collegiate freshmen and Oregon State University

Motivations for reverse transfer at Rogue Community College

Creator:: King, Aurora N.
Abstract:: As reverse transfer students become a larger part of community college enrollments, it is important to better understand the underlying causes of this nontraditional population’s emergence in the traditional community college system. This quantitative descriptive study found that approximately nine percent of the student body enrolled at Rogue Community College...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: college rather than returning to work. As a student and a professional, I began to wonder how many

A study of the effects of an extended transfer student orientation course on transfer student academic achievement

Creator:: Thomas, William Howard
Abstract:: In the process of adjusting to a new institutional environment, transfer students will often experience difficulties and these difficulties may limit their academic potential. Can an institution create a formal process which can help the transfer student adjust to the institutional environment? This study is an examination of a program--an...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Model of Student Departure 25 LIST OF TABLES Table Page 1. Two- and Four-Year College Enrollment 13

Opinions and characteristics of Portland Community College black students

Creator:: Bonaparte, Lawson Gregg, 1921-
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Portland Community College during the 1970 fall term. The basic areas covered by the Student Information

A comparison of selected characteristics of the university as perceived by male and female elected student residence hall leaders and non-leader residence hall students

Creator:: Sanderson, Donald Ray
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to compare the perceptions of the university environment of four selected groups of residence hall students at Oregon State University: male elected residence hall leaders (N -52), male non-leader residence hall students (N-52), female elected residence hall leaders (N-53), and female non-leader residence hall...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: of their respective constituency. At Oregon State University the residence hall student government

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Women, poverty, and educational success : a critical exploration of low-income women's experience in community colleges

Needs of Oregon State College freshman women

Older and younger students, full-time and part-time : a comparison of their perceptions of the campus environment at Oregon College of Education

A comparative study of the perceptions of the university environment of candidates for student government positions and other students and the effects of the election experience upon those perceptions

Selected Oregon student, parent, and teacher perceptions of the factors that influenced eleventh grade students' readiness to make career choices

A comparison of freshmen attending selected Oregon community colleges and Oregon State University in terms of interests, values, and manifest needs

Motivations for reverse transfer at Rogue Community College

A study of the effects of an extended transfer student orientation course on transfer student academic achievement

Opinions and characteristics of Portland Community College black students

A comparison of selected characteristics of the university as perceived by male and female elected student residence hall leaders and non-leader residence hall students

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