Problem School districts need information on how to better
communicate with voters because budgets are being defeated. Budgets
are growing larger as schools require an increasing level of
financial support to respond to societal changes.
This research focused primarily on the published school budget
because in the state of Oregon...
This study was an empirical investigation of two methods of
college classroom teaching--lecture and discussion. The design was
both experimental and descriptive, differing from prior methodological
comparisons in that a more sophisticated test statistic was used in
the analysis of the data. Whereas most similar studies used t tests,
or...
The purpose of this thesis is (1) to study two Oregon communities
and to report data related to their concepts of community
education and (2) from this data, to develop guidelines for the planning,
organization, and implementation of comprehensive community-wide
educational programs. In accomplishing these purposes, it is
hoped a...
The primary purpose of this study was to develop guidelines for
planning a preservice preparation program which would encompass the
critical issues in community college teacher education identified in
the related literature and by national and state authorities. The
secondary purpose was to suggest a plan for a community college...
The primary focus of this study was to determine the competencies
required to manage an athletic club. Also, the intention was to
determine if differences existed in required competencies between
managing varying sizes of clubs: namely, mini, maxi, and super; and to
identify course content areas for purposes of developing...
This study examined the relationship and strength of association
of the two independent variables of gender (male, female) and perceived
sex role identity (masculine, androgynous, feminine, and
undifferentiated) on the leadership style, leadership range (number of
back-up styles), and leadership adaptability (effectiveness) of nonforeign
graduate students at a Land Grant...
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine f the Basic
Educational Opportunity Grant program at Oregon State University
achieved its goal of providing equal access to the benefits of higher
education for students who have low financial resources as compared
to students not receiving student financial aid.
Design:...
The purpose of this study was to compare and evaluate personal
attitudes and perceptions, educational and vocational plans, activities
and satisfaction among students of two basic groups selected for the
study: a) financial aid recipients, b) non-financial aid recipients.
Subgroups in each category consisted of over-achievers and under-achievers.
Over-achievers were...