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Perceptions of an African American woman chief executive officer in a community college setting

Creator:: McKinnon, Maurice
Abstract:: Community colleges are in a strategic position to meet the growing demands for educating a population that is in a dynamic state of change, a population that is becoming more diverse with each passing year. A diverse population and other critical issues have created a new challenge for community colleges....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Perceptions of an African American woman chief executive

The effect of selected materials on the achievement of students in the intermediate grades in Native American cultural instruction

Creator:: Paul, Mary Elaine Bowen
Abstract:: Materials concerning ethnic and minority groups are a concern for many curriculum leaders. Inappropriate materials perpetuate stereotypes, in many cases due to a lack of study concerning the information within the materials. The materials concerning Native Americans typically presented in public school classrooms tend to overgeneralize information about the cultural...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: students in the intermediate grades in Native American cultural instruction An Abstract of the Thesis of

A voice : lived experiences of selected African American community college trustees

Creator:: Hendrix, George A.
Abstract:: The focus of this study is a search for the voice of African American community college trustees as they work to impact the changes community colleges must make over the next quarter century. It examined the lived experiences and perceptions that selected African American community college trustees have of their...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: of Selected African American Community College Trustees. Abstract approved The focus of this study

The re-discovery of soul and reclamation of spirit anew : the influence of spirituality on the persistence of Mexican American Chicana (o) community college transfer students at a small liberal arts university

Creator:: Rasca-Hidalgo, Leo
Abstract:: Low completion rates have created serious "leakage points" (Astin, 1988) and "severe hemorrhaging" (Lango, 1996) in higher education to a large number of Hispanics. Traditional research on college persistence, which has blamed the students' culture for low performance, is inaccurate. Little research has specifically investigated academic persistence from a cultural...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: influence of spirituality on the persistence of Mexican American Chicana (o) community college transfer

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:: ......................... 305 PERSONAL DISCLOSURE Personal Experience I am a native-born African American male. I was born

The legacy of two African American women in college administration : Maxine Buie Mimms and Wintonnette Joye Hardiman : a look back to go forward

Creator:: Washington, Kim Elaine
Abstract:: The focus of this study was to examine the administrative legacy of two African American women administrators, Maxine Buie Mimms and Wintonnette Joye Hardiman, who administrated The Evergreen State College-Tacoma, Washington (TESC-T) campus for more than three decades. TESC-T is nationally known for its community-based curriculum and pedagogy, high retention...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: A Case for Legacy of Two-African-American Women in College

An organizational model for community colleges in Yemen

Creator:: Almotaa, Ali
Abstract:: The educational system in the Yemen Arab Republic (YAR) is in desperate need of reform to accommodate recent changes in the structure of the economy and society of the YAR. At present, there is only one university, the University of Sana'a, within the country. In this study, the organization of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: within the American community college movement are consid- ered to the degree that the American

Testimonios of shared experience : Canadian women athletes and the 1980 Olympic boycott

Creator:: Black, S. Jill
Abstract:: The testimonios of three Canadian women athletes and the 1980 Olympic boycott are presented. The Latin American method of testimonio is adapted as a framework for understanding personal stories. Testimonios written in a series of interpretive narratives and poems--poetic testimonios--represent three women's voices. This study includes three journeys: the research...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: testimonios of three Canadian women athletes and the 1980 Olympic boycott are presented. The Latin American

The Returner : a First Nations autobiographical study : understanding the causes of First Nations language decline and extinction from the perspective of a First Nations language worker

Creator:: Kelly, John Medicine Horse
Abstract:: This study documents thick-description single-source data from the life and experiences of a Native American / Native Canadian language worker. The worker, raised and educated in the United States, was separated from his ancestral village until his thirties. The worker, with a Masters degree in education from Oregon State University,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: American / Native Canadian language worker. The worker, raised and educated in the United States, was

An analysis of selected industrial training programs

Creator:: Miller, Harold J.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Locomotive Works 1903 International Harvester Company Other important American Corporations having

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Perceptions of an African American woman chief executive officer in a community college setting

The effect of selected materials on the achievement of students in the intermediate grades in Native American cultural instruction

A voice : lived experiences of selected African American community college trustees

The re-discovery of soul and reclamation of spirit anew : the influence of spirituality on the persistence of Mexican American Chicana (o) community college transfer students at a small liberal arts university

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

The legacy of two African American women in college administration : Maxine Buie Mimms and Wintonnette Joye Hardiman : a look back to go forward

An organizational model for community colleges in Yemen

Testimonios of shared experience : Canadian women athletes and the 1980 Olympic boycott

The Returner : a First Nations autobiographical study : understanding the causes of First Nations language decline and extinction from the perspective of a First Nations language worker

An analysis of selected industrial training programs

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