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An investigative study in the systematic application of effectiveness indicators for institutional improvement in northwest community colleges

Creator:: Sorensen, James E.
Abstract:: In 1990, the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges moved to an accreditation model based on outcomes, their assessment and deliberative attempts at institutional change and improvement. No study existed in northwest community colleges which identified the systematic application of effectiveness indicators for institutional change and improvement. This study was...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges moved to an accreditation model based on outcomes, their

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:: Northwest community and the community college within it. The community college was classified as a

Reflections on change : a community-college faculty perspective

Creator:: Zmetana, Katherine
Abstract:: This phenomenological research study focused on educational change as perceived by 16 Liberal Arts faculty members at a Pacific Northwest community college. Research data were collected through in-depth dialogic interviews and a follow-up dialogue session with six participants. The principal guiding research questions comprised the following: 1) What is the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: focused on educational change as perceived by 16 Liberal Arts faculty members at a Pacific Northwest

Exploring college students' understanding of diversity : the effect of experience, interventions, and encapsulation

Creator:: Versluis, Diana Omura
Abstract:: This study sought to understand how post-secondary students experience and process issues of diversity, to discover what those views of diversity are, and how those views might change. The two issues that participants felt most strongly about were homosexuality and scholarships for students of color. Their views on homosexuality ranged...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Thirty-one undergraduates at a small, liberal arts university in the Pacific Northwest were interviewed

A purchasing specification sharing model for community colleges in Oregon

Creator:: Reed, Dale Holmes
Abstract:: This dissertation addresses the problem of how best to share purchasing specifications among the community colleges of the State of Oregon. In order for Oregon's community college administrators who are responsible for the acquisition of goods and services for vocational and other programs to perform successfully, it requires the development...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: managers in the Pacific Northwest to help determine how best to share specification information. 3

Carl L. Anderson : life and contributions to public health and health education

Creator:: Asan, Virginia Marie
Abstract:: The purpose of this study of the life and career of Dr. Carl Leonard Anderson was to recount his professional contributions to the field of health and relate these to public health and health education. The major emphasis of this study concerned Dr. Anderson's professional life. The accomplishment of the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , including the Oregon Heart Association, the Oregon State Department of Education, and the Oregon State

Electronic data processing with specific reference to the preparation, duties, and qualifications of the programmer in the city of Portland, Oregon

Creator:: Backlund, Darien Howard, 1911-
Abstract:: Purpose of Study: The purpose of this study was to find the specific qualifications of a programmer in order that counselors and educators can better advise students who are interested in electronic data processing for career purposes. The information received from the data processing companies will offer some criteria on...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: processing and the scientific computations. Twenty -five subjects were taken from the curriculum, and

Organizational Integration of Part-Time Faculty Teaching Developmental Mathematics

Creator:: Gray, Sylvia
Abstract:: This dissertation was a qualitative case study focused on part-time faculty teachingdevelopmental mathematics courses in one large Pacific Northwest community college. Thecollege was selected for its size and maturity; the topic was selected for three related reasons:part-time faculty have been widely relied upon to teach these courses nationwide; students indevelopmental...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: faculty teaching developmental mathematics courses in one large Pacific Northwest community college. The

The development of an instrument to assess Oregon high school students' nutrition knowledge

Creator:: Passwater, Glenn Darrell
Abstract:: The purpose of this investigation was to develop a valid and reliable instrument to assess Oregon high school students' nutrition information. The following steps were taken in order to achieve this purpose. First, a review of the literature pertaining to high school nutrition curriculum was conducted. Second, numerous published tests...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: nutrition evaluated the items for scientific accuracy, clarity, importance and appropriateness for high

The development and evaluation of audiovisual techniques to acquaint high school students with opportunities available in the private colleges in Oregon

Creator:: Plimpton, Hollis Winslow
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to test a proposed procedure for providing seniors in small high schools of Oregon with information in regard to the private colleges and universities of the state. It included the development of an audio-visual technique and its trial on a sample group. Scope and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: is expected that the Northwest Association of Private Colleges and Universities will use the results

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An investigative study in the systematic application of effectiveness indicators for institutional improvement in northwest community colleges

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

Reflections on change : a community-college faculty perspective

Exploring college students' understanding of diversity : the effect of experience, interventions, and encapsulation

A purchasing specification sharing model for community colleges in Oregon

Carl L. Anderson : life and contributions to public health and health education

Electronic data processing with specific reference to the preparation, duties, and qualifications of the programmer in the city of Portland, Oregon

Organizational Integration of Part-Time Faculty Teaching Developmental Mathematics

The development of an instrument to assess Oregon high school students' nutrition knowledge

The development and evaluation of audiovisual techniques to acquaint high school students with opportunities available in the private colleges in Oregon

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