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The role of the city manager in policy making : a study of differences in the conception of actual and perception of ideal policy making roles of the city manager by elected mayors and appointed managers in small California council-manager municipalities

Creator:: Feldman, Steven, 1954-
Abstract:: In recent years, the role of the City Manager in municipal policy making has been the focus of considerable attention and debate in both the academic and local government arenas. The purpose of this study was to determine the differences in views of elected mayors and appointed managers with regard...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Steven Feldman for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Education presented on

A study to assess the knowledge about AIDS held by mental health counselors

Creator:: Turner, Micki
Abstract:: The purposes of this study were to assess mental health counselors' knowledge of AIDS and to determine the effect of various independent variables upon knowledge. The variables used were gender, professional contact with PWAs, personal contact with PWAs, age, sexual preference, AIDS training, and personal acquaintance with a person who...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: House, Chairman; Dr. John Gillis, Graduate Rep.; Dr. Liz Gray; Dr. Cynthia Flynn;, Dr. Vic Savicki; and

Academic libraries at the center of instructional change : Faculty and librarian experience of library leadership in the transformation of teaching and learning

Creator:: Gilchrist, Debra L.
Abstract:: This phenomenological inquiry explored the experiences of library leaders and discipline faculty members engaging in a collaborative instructional change initiative focused on a process-based learning pedagogy and led by an academic library. The investigation’s purpose was providing insight and understanding concerning the: (a) library’s role in instructional leadership; (b) experience...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: permission to focus this research on the Initiative. I am especially grateful to Kate, Cleo, and Rose for

The influence of background, peers, and faculty on the development of autonomy in college freshmen

Creator:: Erekson, Charles Franklin
Abstract:: The purpose of this investigation was to identify sources of influence on one major growth trend for college students: the development of autonomy. Specifically, the study focused on whether change in autonomy in college freshmen was related to the background of the students, their associations with peers, their contacts with...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: School Date Thesis is Presented 7/- 71 Typed by Cynthia Carrigan for Charles Franklin Erekson

Women's studies : a new program for the community college

Creator:: Goltra, Raylene Denise
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to present the new women's studies program for the community college. The study advocated consciousness raising for females at all levels of public instruction, but this paper was limited to the community college. The program outlined would seek to help women to assume a...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

The relationship of selected academic factors to the persistence of general educational development (GED) recipients enrolled in community colleges : an Oregon study

Creator:: Sanders, Karen M.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to better understand the relationship between selected academic factors and the persistence of GED recipients in community colleges in the state of Oregon. With this purpose in mind, the study addressed the following research question: Is there a relationship between selected academic variables and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: postsecondary education all the more important (Rose, 1997). There is a perception among many educators and

A study of the relationship between living environment press and retention of freshman pledges in fraternities at Oregon State University

Creator:: Smith, Clayton Nowlin
Abstract:: The purposes of this study were first to determine if there were significant differences in living environment press, i.e., the pressure on an individual to behave in a certain way, between those fraternity chapters that had the highest freshman pledge retention rates and those that had the lowest. If significant...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: membership rose steadily through 1983, when fraternities witnessed a new rush on campus as increasing

Relationships and Expectations for Educational Achievement of Foster Youth

Creator:: Calvert, Robert C. (Robert Christian)
Abstract:: Youth in foster care often perform at lower levels academically than those not in foster care. Prior research on the nature of the relationships that affect former foster youth's educational path has been inconclusive. Though it is widely believed that positive relationships with faculty, staff and peers is beneficial for...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: three years (Bowen, Hopsen, Rose & Glennie, 2012). Educational expectations are correlated with the

Autistic conflict in higher education

Creator:: Murray-Ritchie, Susan K.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: David 210 Another Eruption: Zelda and Rose 213 Interview with Rose 216 TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued

An investigation of the relationships between student evaluations and faculty, class, and student demographic variables in rating instructional effectiveness

Creator:: Anstine, Daniel D.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to analyze and interpret the results of fall term student ratings of faculty teaching performance (n= 40,000) in order to determine whether relationships exist between a range of demographic variables and the ratings professors receive from students enrolled in their classes. A population of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: system of rewards. Feldman (1983) argued that an insufficient amount of research has been conducted to

ScholarsArchive@OSU

The role of the city manager in policy making : a study of differences in the conception of actual and perception of ideal policy making roles of the city manager by elected mayors and appointed managers in small California council-manager municipalities

A study to assess the knowledge about AIDS held by mental health counselors

Academic libraries at the center of instructional change : Faculty and librarian experience of library leadership in the transformation of teaching and learning

The influence of background, peers, and faculty on the development of autonomy in college freshmen

Women's studies : a new program for the community college

The relationship of selected academic factors to the persistence of general educational development (GED) recipients enrolled in community colleges : an Oregon study

A study of the relationship between living environment press and retention of freshman pledges in fraternities at Oregon State University

Relationships and Expectations for Educational Achievement of Foster Youth

Autistic conflict in higher education

An investigation of the relationships between student evaluations and faculty, class, and student demographic variables in rating instructional effectiveness

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