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  • Student identity development abroad : Three students' stories

    Creator:
    Gutzler, Jill
    Abstract:
    This thesis explores the challenges and triumphs experienced by three students who spent the summer abroad on international internships. Through their individual stories and journals, they shared how they questioned their own values, their nationality, and the value of formal education. They also experienced changing relationships and new career aspirations...
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    Masters Thesis
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    of Science in College Student Services Administration presented on April 28, 2004. Title: Student

  • A case study of how upper-division physics students use visualization while solving electrostatics problems

    Creator:
    Browne, Kerry P.
    Abstract:
    Presented here is a case study of the problem-solving behaviors of upper-division undergraduate physics majors. This study explores the role of visual representations in students' problem solving and provides a foundation for investigating how students' use of visualization changes in the upper-division physics major. Three independent studies were conducted on...
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    Dissertation
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    Doctor of Philosophy in Physics presented on August 1, 2001. Title: A Case Study of How Upper-Division

  • Student leadership development within student government at Snow College

    Creator:
    Wilson, Gordon Ned
    Abstract:
    The purpose of this study was to describe the leadership development process of former student leaders at Snow College. More specifically, the study focused on understanding how, when, and where leadership development took place in their "lived experience" within the student government at Snow College (Van Manen, 1998). Examining the...
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    Dissertation
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    of former student leaders at Snow College. More specifically, the study focused on understanding

  • Case study of the student-to-student interactions in an online course offered by a community college, and how the interactions impact learning community

    Creator:
    Cvetko, Marlene G.
    Abstract:
    This study was conducted to investigate the student-to-student interactions that take place in an online community college course, and how the interactions impact an online learning community. The literature review revealed three related themes: (a) the impact of the teaching/learning environment on student interaction, (b) barriers in the online environment,...
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    Dissertation
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    15, 2001 All Rights Reserved Case Study of the Student-to-Student Interactions in an Online

  • GED graduates : case studies of six at-risk students who have persisted at a community college

    Creator:
    Falk, Cheryl R.
    Abstract:
    This interpretive study sought to understand how six GED graduates who dropped out of high school came to be enrolled at a rural community college, and what factors they perceived promoted or impeded their academic persistence and success. Specifically the study focused on student backgrounds, reasons for dropping out of...
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    Dissertation
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    impeded their academic persistence and success. Specifically the study focused on student backgrounds

  • A study of factors that contribute to job satisfaction and role congruence for community college counselors

    Creator:
    Coll, Kenneth M.
    Abstract:
    This study was undertaken to: 1) determine the relationship between community college counselor role congruence and job satisfaction and 2) to consider factors that contribute to or depreciate counselor role congruence and job satisfaction. The subjects consisted of four groups that were compared in terms of their perceptions of community...
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    Dissertation
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    Reese House This study was undertaken to: 1) determine the relationship between community college

  • Study abroad and national identity

    Creator:
    Pelosi, Giustina M.
    Abstract:
    A recent and steady increase in student participation in study-abroad programs has caused international educators and student affairs professionals to reevaluate the current study-abroad paradigm and redesign and implement new curricula better suited to meet the changing needs of international education. Recent emphasis has been placed on understanding outcomes of...
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    Masters Thesis
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    of Master of Science in College Student Services Administration presented on April 21, 2009. Title

  • Insights into Chinese Youth Culture : A Comparison of Personal Values of Chinese and American College Students

    Creator:
    Su, Wan
    Abstract:
    Schwartz and Bilsky (1987, 1990) constructed a universal psychological structure for cross-cultural studies of motivational dynamics. To test this structure, Simmons (1991) adapted data from a twenty year broad-based value survey of student cohorts at an American university. The availability of reliable, long-term data on American students permitted a comparison...
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    Masters Thesis
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    reanalyzed college student cohort data from 1970, 1980, and 1990, and demonstrated striking value norm

  • Hearing their voices : college experiences of urban American Indian women

    Creator:
    Berry, Linda Converse
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    The purpose of this study is to explore, through their own voices, the higher education experiences of selected urban American Indian females in California community colleges. This study is an attempt to identify pathways to academic success by teasing out college practices and support systems that help Native women navigate...
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    Dissertation
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    . An intended outcome of this study is to influence instructional and student support practices in

  • The effect of social support on the well-being of single-mothers enrolled in a rural community college

    Creator:
    Stenson, Julie Ann
    Abstract:
    The primary purpose of this research was to examine the effects of informal social support on the psychological sense of well-being of single-parent mothers who are enrolled in a rural Oregon community college. A secondary purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of selected demographic indices upon the...
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    Dissertation