Different racial/ethnic groups often perceive the realities of the campus environment differently: This difference in perspective and the attendant reactions can be a factor in student satisfaction or dissatisfaction. A quantitative survey administered in 1996 and 1999 revealed that African-American students on the campus of a diverse two-year community college...
This case study describes and analyzes the experiences of Mt. Hood Community
College (MHCC) in its implementation of four retention interventions. Each of the four
interventions are described in detail. Discussion is framed within the context that retention
is a by-product of institutional renewal brought about by implementing interventions that...
The Purpose of the Study:
The primary purpose of this study was to compare the clerical
office occupations teachers' and business employers' perceptions of
the competencies important for a high school graduate to possess for
an entry-level clerical office job in Oregon. A secondary purpose
was to determine the best...
This study was concerned with the effect of additional time in
health instruction for 9th graders at the junior high school level.
A 120-item questionnaire, developed after extensive review of related
tests, was mailed to a jury of ten health subject matter experts.
The evaluations of all the items made...
The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of an in-service project for teachers of the social studies (K-12). The project was sponsored by the Region II Committee of the Oregon Council for Curriculum and Instruction (O.C.C.I.) during the period from November 1, 1966 to April 1, 1969....
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...
The goal of this research was to identify those program elements
and their levels of fulfillment in community college cooperative
education programs which are essential if the success of an employer's
contribution to a student's training is to be reasonably assured.
The primary purpose was to determine if statistically significant...
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
The problem studied was whether there exist significant differences
between the perceived knowledge obtained by former secondary
cooperative work experience students as compared to the instructional
goals and objectives of these programs as identified by the Oregon
State Department of Education.
THE PROCEDURE
The problem as...
A unique aspect of this study is that it involves an unusually
large number of individuals of American Indian descent. The sample
population was composed of those Indian members of the 1962 high
school graduating class from a six-state area. The selected graduates
came from local public, Bureau of Indian...
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;...
Purpose This study was designed to determine and compare the work values held by tenth-grade Thai girls in Bangkok and Chiangmai, Thailand, in order to lay the groundwork for a more systematic approach to career counseling and curriculum planning in the Thai school system. Procedures D. E. Super's work values...
Purpose of the Study:
The purpose of this study was to identify and compare the current
written philosophical expressions of industrial arts with the
acceptance of these by select groups of industrial arts teacher educators.
Procedure:
The data for this study were obtained through the use of a
questionnaire derived...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between poverty and mental retardation and to place mental retardation in its true perspective as a social condition which thrives especially in poverty areas. More specifically, this study attempted to determine if there was any significant relationship between selected social...
The purpose of this study was to compare the acceptance of
specified kinds of student behavior of three selected residence hall.
groups at Oregon State University: male elected residence hall
leaders (N = 50), male appointed residence hall judicial board
members (N = 50), and a random sample of men...
This study attempted to determine the predictability of adult students' educational orientations and college environmental relationship perceptions according to their enrollment in three contrasting liberal arts baccalaureate degree programs. Additionally, it sought to determine if there was a positive relationship between selected educational orientations and college environmental perceptions of adult...
The purpose of this study was to test the use of the published simulation, Jeffrey's Department Store (Koeninger and Hephner, 1978), in high school Distributive Education classrooms. The simulation was compared to "traditional" methods of instruction, testing for achievement (knowledge gained) and attitude (feelings about the class after instruction). Control...
The Purpose: The purpose of this study is to develop an original validated Lickert-type attitudinal survey instrument and administer it to selected samples of teachers and students in the Mid-Willamette Valley of Oregon to determine their attitude toward the "purposes," "functions," and "responsibilities" of student councils and place these results...