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A descriptive study of the Oregon community college budget processes during the 2001-2003 Oregon Legislative session

Creator:: Bohart, B. Edward
Abstract:: From 1990 to 2000, Oregon community colleges experienced a shift in their revenue sources from primarily local taxes to primarily state funding. Additionally during this time Oregon approved term limits for state officials and legislators. In preparation for the 2001-2003 biennial Legislative session, the community colleges pursued new approaches to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: planning. Community colleges are now significant competitors for state resources. In the state allocation

Community leaders' perspectives of a rural community college's impact on community development

Creator:: Thomas, Reine M.
Abstract:: The purpose of this qualitative research study was to examine the role a rural community college plays in the development of its community, using a holistic, community-based lens that considered college and community context, interactions and results to answer the question: How does the rural community college impact the development...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: and ‘ways of knowing’ be applied not only to the planning and implementation of community college

Public trust / private interest : practical and philosophical issues for community colleges and their contract education programs

Creator:: Lindstrom, Eric L.
Abstract:: Community colleges are being pressured to increase their direct support of the economic development agendas of their communities, their states, and even the nation. These pressures develop both externally and internally, and are exacerbated when increased demands for access to community college education must be met with chronically flat-lined or...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: issues for community colleges and their contract education programs AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF

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:: doors of new colleges. In the 1980s community college presidents spent time on strategic planning, the

Leadership in Action: Navigating the Issues of Today’s Community Colleges

Creator:: Holton, Kristina L.
Abstract:: Community colleges are changing to meet the needs and demands of the 21st century and these changes are also a driving force behind the shifts that are happening to the essential functions of the presidents who lead the community colleges. In order to navigate the complex systems and lead colleges...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: achieving (Baldwin, 2017). In order to fully develop a plan for moving forward, community colleges will

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:: practitioner. To committee members and current community college presidents Dr. Rita Cavin and Dr. Jim

The history of the Associate Degree Nursing Program at Portland Community College

Creator:: Joy, Juanita M.
Abstract:: This study describes the historical development of the Associate Degree Nursing Program at Portland Community College by women faculty leaders in a male-dominated organization. In-depth interviews of eleven participants were transcribed and analyzed. The participants gave a very rich description of this nursing programthus describing its culture. Six themes were...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Portland Community College AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Juanita M. Joy for the degree of Doctor of

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:: state's seventeen community colleges. Third, WOU's strategic plan, spearheaded by President Betty J

A curricular model in ornamental horticulture for vocational agriculture in Oregon

Creator:: Loewen, Curtis Eugene
Abstract:: The central purpose of this study was to formulate and test a model for securing information from the ornamental horticultural industry that would provide a basis for curriculum development in vocational agriculture. In order to develop the model, it was necessary to accomplish the following: 1. Determine typical occupations in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: the assistance of an advisory committee composed of representatives from seven occu- pational groups

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
Full Text:: , even unrealistic, community expectations; and working with patients who are not knowledgeable about

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A descriptive study of the Oregon community college budget processes during the 2001-2003 Oregon Legislative session

Community leaders' perspectives of a rural community college's impact on community development

Public trust / private interest : practical and philosophical issues for community colleges and their contract education programs

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

Leadership in Action: Navigating the Issues of Today’s Community Colleges

The implementation year of shared governance at a Vanguard community college

The history of the Associate Degree Nursing Program at Portland Community College

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

A curricular model in ornamental horticulture for vocational agriculture in Oregon

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

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