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Two Oregon governors : the role of perceptions in community college state budget development

Creator:: Preus, Camille
Abstract:: The purpose of this phenomenological study is to describe how Oregon governors Barbara Roberts and John Kitzhaber, whose tenures both coincided with the passage and implementation of property tax limitation measures, determined the community college budgets within their recommended state budgets. The stories of Robert’s 1993 and Kitzhaber’s 2001 decisions...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Perceptions in Community College State Budget Development Abstract approved

Analysis of the state of development of adult education in Nigeria : suggestions for future action

Creator:: Offiong, Edem Daniel
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to analyze the state of development of adult education in Nigeria. The major objectives were to review the state of development of Nigerian adult education programs, assess the overall effectiveness of these programs, and utilize the findings to suggest action for future program improvement....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Analysis of the state of development of adult education

Baldrige educational quality criteria as another model for accreditation in American community colleges

Creator:: Faulkner, Jane B.
Abstract:: This is a study of how the use of Baldrige Educational Quality Criteria provides community college leaders and external evaluators with richer, more meaningful data for organizational improvement, more comprehensive information about the institution, and a better means for illustrating clear connections between campus systems and processes. This study was...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

The Influence of the Completion Agenda on Decision-making by Community College Career and Technical Education Program Deans

Creator:: Garrett, Helen Barker
Abstract:: This study documented the influence of the completion agenda on decision-making by community college career and technical education (CTE) deans. Ten career and technical programs deans were identified as the sample for the study. Washington State was selected because of the Student Achievement Initiative that was developed as a completion...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: and technical programs deans were identified as the sample for the study. Washington State was

Bangladeshi and Mexican immigrants who leave early from postsecondary education in the United Kingdom and the United States

Creator:: Tracy, Gwyneth Jones
Abstract:: The purpose of this cross-cultural study is to improve the understanding of the educational experiences of immigrant students who leave postsecondary education prior to completion of a program in two traditionally immigrant-magnet countries. This research focuses on Bangladeshi immigrants in the United Kingdom and Mexican immigrants in the United States,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

A Comparison of the Teaching Performance with the Academic Record of Oregon State University Graduates in Elementary Education

Creator:: Gainor, Leo Charles
Abstract:: Purpose of the Study: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the Oregon State University undergraduate elementary education program. More specifically, the investigation sought answers to the following questions: 1. What are the graduates' judgments of pertinent areas of the elementary teacher education program? 2. To what extent does...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

The essence of influence : community college presidents' experiences with Washington state legislators

Creator:: Coats, Rhonda Quash
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to identify the strategies and tactics community college presidents used to influence state legislators. Selected State Board for Community and Technical Colleges staff and legislative staff members were asked to independently name 3-5 presidents whom they perceived to be most influential with legislators. Ten...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : Community College Presidents' Experiences with Washington State Legislators. Abstract approved: Bthv Duvall

Retention of adult second language learners : Hispanic learners in Washington State community and technical colleges

Creator:: Jones, Gary E.
Abstract:: This study was designed to investigate a phenomenon, retention of Hispanic adult second language learners in Washington State's community colleges, from a qualitative paradigm and phenomenological approach. The focus of this study was to capture eight foreign-born Hispanic ESL non-continuators' voices and experiences, in their native language of Spanish, who...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Learners: Hispanic Learners in Washington State Community and Technical Colleges Abstract approved: Dr

The implementation year of shared governance at a Vanguard community college

Creator:: Lanning, Patrick M.
Abstract:: College governance is a function of structure and of how people act within that structure. Organizational strategies no longer identify administrations as monopolies that possess all of the good ideas. Recent organizational management approaches to governance promote inclusiveness in decision-making and are at odds with the community college's historical structures,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: internal and external. Local and state funding decisions, accreditation requirements, legal decisions

Selected characteristics of chief community college administrators with regard to their behavior toward secondary vocational education

Creator:: Kaiser, Ronald Earl, 1924-
Abstract:: The purpose of the study was to analyze selected characteristics of a sample of chief administrators in community or junior colleges in the nation to determine their attitudes toward secondary vocational education. Samples of chief administrators in public post-secondary institutions which offered shared-time vocational education programs for secondary (high school)...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Ronald Earl Kaiser A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the

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Two Oregon governors : the role of perceptions in community college state budget development

Analysis of the state of development of adult education in Nigeria : suggestions for future action

Baldrige educational quality criteria as another model for accreditation in American community colleges

The Influence of the Completion Agenda on Decision-making by Community College Career and Technical Education Program Deans

Bangladeshi and Mexican immigrants who leave early from postsecondary education in the United Kingdom and the United States

A Comparison of the Teaching Performance with the Academic Record of Oregon State University Graduates in Elementary Education

The essence of influence : community college presidents' experiences with Washington state legislators

Retention of adult second language learners : Hispanic learners in Washington State community and technical colleges

The implementation year of shared governance at a Vanguard community college

Selected characteristics of chief community college administrators with regard to their behavior toward secondary vocational education

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