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Creator:: Calvert, Robert C. (Robert Christian)
Abstract:: Youth in foster care often perform at lower levels academically than those not in foster care. Prior research on the nature of the relationships that affect former foster youth's educational path has been inconclusive. Though it is widely believed that positive relationships with faculty, staff and peers is beneficial for...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Piquette, Daniel S.
Abstract:: An overarching explanation for environmental degradation has been humans' disconnection from the natural world. Utilizing Whiteheadian theory, I offer that there is no disconnection. Rather, I propose that there is a dearth of relational acknowledgement. I suggest that the Cartesian dualism and modern science led to an illusory belief that...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Wittman, Amanda Barrett
Abstract:: While there is quite a bit of research on mentoring in general, there is a gap in the Student Affairs literature about how successful Student Affairs women make meaning out of their mentoring experiences. This study examines both mentees and their mentors through a phenomenological study in order to better...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Page, Edward B.
Abstract:: Leadership, organizational structure, and communication/interpersonal relations are key functions studied. Evaluation of the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project (Project) considers how well those factors were managed by Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management in a bioregional assessment during a period from November, 1994 to November, 1995. Exploration of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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