Using qualitative methodology and a case study format, this study examines from the inside-out the organizational impact of significant change in leadership at a mature community college during the initial period of that change. The study describes and characterizes the nature of change in the organization during the periods of...
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...
As demands for major, system-wide reforms in the American welfare system are being
called for on an almost daily basis, it has become increasingly necessary to identify and
evaluate those programs which have attempted to foster a reduction in the level of public
assistance subsidies and, particularly, programs that are...
Numerous managerial and organizational theorists have worked to
develop a set of concepts and theories that encapsulate the key elements of
leadership. Contemporary research links leadership to such matters as gender and
organizational mission or focus. The present study was undertaken in response to
a new approach to leadership theory...
Community colleges serve the most diverse student populations in higher education. They consist of non-traditional, part-time, older, intermittent, and mobile students of different races, ethnic backgrounds, language preferences, physical and mental abilities, and learning style preferences. Students who are academically challenged may have diverse learning characteristics that are not compatible...
The classical dimension theories of Menger-Urysohn and Lebesgue are equivalent on metric spaces. However, their infinite-dimensional analogues may differ, even on compact metric spaces. The three such infinite-dimensional dimension theories considered in this thesis are known as countable-dimensionality, property C, and weak infinite-dimensionality. The open questions regarding the relationships between...
Three provisional species are described as new: Leucogaster
couchii, L. gelatinosus, and L. microsporus. Leucophlebs candida
is transferred to Leucogastef, completing the transfer of all
Leucophlebs species to Leucogaster. L. columellatus is transferred
to Sclerogaster. L. longisterigmatus is synonymized with
L. rubescens, L. foveolatus with L. odoratus, and L. fulvimaculatus...
Stand establishment plays a significant role in the development
and yield of winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Availability of
soil moisture to the germinating seed is one of the most critical
factors affecting stand establishment. Water injection is a method
of applying supplemental moisture to the soil in direct contact...
We have determined the seismic crustal structure of the
northern part of the Gorda Ridge using signals generated by
explosive charges and recorded on Ocean Bottom Seismometers. The
shot pattern forms two parallel lines, one on the east flank and the
other along the median valley. Inversion of the travel...