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The impact of operating budget fluctuations on community college spending priorities and outcomes

Creator:: Kendrex, Bradley
Abstract:: This study sought to explore the relationships between changes in net revenues and the changes in different classifications of institutional expenditures within community colleges in the United States in order to identify trends in how teaching-focused colleges prioritize their efforts in response to financial stimuli using multivariate multiple linear regression....
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Experiences of medical students on a rural health track : a narrative inquiry

Creator:: Mitchell, Phillip
Abstract:: The shortage of physicians serving rural communities is well documented. To address the rural shortage, medical schools have developed extracurricular programs, called rural health tracks, with an intent to foster medical students’ interest in serving rural communities. While there has been some research about the effects of these tracks, almost...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Does Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Include Everyone? A Phenomenological Case Study of Underrepresented Minority Professional Staff in Higher Education

Creator:: Palomo, Arlyn T.
Abstract:: The proportion of professional staff on higher education campuses has significantly grown in recent decades. Despite this growth, the racial makeup of this employee population still does not reflect the increasing diversity of students in higher education. While higher education institutions pronounce their commitments to developing diversity, equity, and inclusion...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

A Corpus Linguistic Approach to Native American Authored Children’s Storybooks

Creator:: Goka-Dubose, Emiko
Abstract:: The counseling field is infused with multiculturalism and social justice competencies from the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs accreditation standards of the academic institutions to the American Counseling Association Code of Ethics. Counselors are tasked with understanding multiculturalism from self-awareness to clients’ worldviews to larger implications...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Overcoming the “albatross of racial hegemony” in Being and Becoming a BIPOC Licensed Teacher in Oregon: A Narrative Analysis of BIPOC Licensure Students in a Predominantly White State

Creator:: Mills, Brian J.
Abstract:: The majority of teachers in the state of Oregon are White, prompting the state’s legislative bodies to explore and create ways to increase racial diversity in the profession. Contextually, both state level mandates and national accreditation bodies have attempted to address the lack of diversity amongst teachers in the K-12...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Decision to select and hire college presidents: A systematic literature review

Creator:: Fountain Williams, Leslie
Abstract:: There have been some gains in the number of women who occupy the college presidency (Gagliardi, Espinosa, Turk & Taylor, 2017), yet the gains reflect a slow pace towards gender parity, particularly at the community college level. Public two-year colleges are represented by 36% women presidents (Gagliardi et. al., 2017)....
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Best Practices in Community College Career Technical Education and Workforce Education Program Review: A Delphi Method Approach

Creator:: Weikel-Delaplane, Carrie
Abstract:: While there is an abundance of literature written on academic program review in higher education, there is a gap in the literature found in program review related to community college workforce education programs, employer responsiveness, student employment outcomes, and program discontinuance (Fleming, 2015). Additionally, in the literature review, the researcher...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Roadless and Remote: Intersecting Dimensions of Rural Identity and Alaskan Higher Education

Creator:: Scott, Eric W.
Abstract:: This study frames the problem of needing to better understand retention patterns in Alaska among students from distinct levels of rurality and how those levels of rurality or geographical distance may interact with other variables including race and gender in predicting student retention. Alaska is a highly rural state with...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Predicting First-Year Persistence of Community College Students Participating in Intrusive Practices

Creator:: Belden, William D.
Abstract:: The purpose of this quantitative study was to identify the combination of factors, both individual and programmatic, that contributed most significantly to the persistence and progression of students enrolled in a public comprehensive community college. As open-access institutions, community colleges cater to students from a broad range of socioeconomic, cultural,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Community College Faculty Perceptions of Climate for Instructional Improvement

Creator:: Eisenhour, Lyn M.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions of faculty in Washington State regarding climate for instructional improvement. The Survey of Climate for Instructional Improvement (SCII) was administered to faculty at a community college in Washington State. Through exploratory factor analysis, four factors emerged which aligned with four...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

ScholarsArchive@OSU

The impact of operating budget fluctuations on community college spending priorities and outcomes

Experiences of medical students on a rural health track : a narrative inquiry

Does Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Include Everyone? A Phenomenological Case Study of Underrepresented Minority Professional Staff in Higher Education

A Corpus Linguistic Approach to Native American Authored Children’s Storybooks

Overcoming the “albatross of racial hegemony” in Being and Becoming a BIPOC Licensed Teacher in Oregon: A Narrative Analysis of BIPOC Licensure Students in a Predominantly White State

Decision to select and hire college presidents: A systematic literature review

Best Practices in Community College Career Technical Education and Workforce Education Program Review: A Delphi Method Approach

Roadless and Remote: Intersecting Dimensions of Rural Identity and Alaskan Higher Education

Predicting First-Year Persistence of Community College Students Participating in Intrusive Practices

Community College Faculty Perceptions of Climate for Instructional Improvement

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