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  • Organizational Transformation and Social Construction : How Community College Faculty Make Meaning of the Completion Agenda

    Creator:
    Moore, Sally Widenmann
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    How do organizational members socially construct the shared meaning of a mandated change in the external environment? The opportunity to address this question presented itself when President Barack Obama set forth a goal for American community colleges to increase the number of students completing certificates and degrees by 5 million...
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    Dissertation
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    , 2014b). Once a world leader 8 in educational attainment the United States now ranks

  • An evaluation of a change effort

    Creator:
    Carlson, Ron
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    School districts across the nation are engaged in an ongoing attempt to bring about change. Educational researchers strive to initiate change in the classroom with students as well as the teachers of these students. The evaluation of a change effort is a key element in any implementation model; as the...
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    Dissertation
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    change. Educational researchers strive to initiate change in the classroom with students as well as the

  • Characteristics and use of inquiry and communication tools in planning for educational change

    Creator:
    Fierstein, Micah
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    In education today, there is a growing sense of urgency to build the capacity of educators, parents, and community members to work together to solve the complex issues facing schools. The central purpose of this study was to explore how one elementary school site council learned and adopted a set...
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    Dissertation
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    Inquiry and Communication Tools in Planning for Educational Change. Abstract approved: Joanne B. Engel

  • The association among care given, perceived reciprocity, and frustration with caregiving for daughters

    Creator:
    Alger, Georgina
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    Decreasing mortality rates and increasing life expectancy are contributing factors in a trend currently referred to as the "graying" of America. Some members of this aging population will require caregiving support from their families. Because women tend to outlive men, adult daughters generally assume this important role for their widowed...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    Alger A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the

  • Contemporary student veterans : transitional experiences from military life to college life

    Creator:
    Normandin, Kathleen
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    The contemporary student veteran population is growing rapidly as service members who served in the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts take advantage of the Post 9/11 Veteran Educational Assistance Act of 2008 to receive educational benefits to attend college (Cook & Kim, 2009). However, student veterans entering college today have a...
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    Masters Thesis
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    conflicts take advantage of the Post 9/11 Veteran Educational Assistance Act of 2008 to receive

  • Responsible pedagogy : (re)framing contemporary educational theory and American cultural politics

    Creator:
    Rust, Stephen
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    Responsible Pedagogy is examination of contemporary education in the United States. Responsible educators are dedicated to being representative, responsive, and respectful. These three principles guide the best teaching and learning that are taking place in classrooms across the country. Launched in 2003, Shakespeare in American Communities is the most ambitious...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Contemporary Educational Theory and American Cultural Politics Abstract approved: Jon Lewis Responsible

  • Fashioning queer bodies : intersections of dress, identity, and anxiety in the queer women's community

    Creator:
    Reddy-Best, Kelly
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    The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship of dress and queer women and how their sexual identity influences their appearance management behaviors. I answered the following research questions: (1) How is gender identity constructed and negotiated in different spaces for queer? (2) Does sexual identity influence dress...
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    Dissertation
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    questions I conducted 20 in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 20 queer women living in the United

  • Moving on : the effects of frequent childhood mobility on a low-income population

    Creator:
    Hilberg, Beth Alyne
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    The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between frequent childhood mobility and perceived social support, education level, and economic well-being in a sample of former Even Start parents. Theoretically the mechanisms for the disruption of frequent mobility are studied through both social capital theory and an ecological...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Childhood Mobility on a Low-Income Population By Beth Alyne Hilberg A THESIS submitted to Oregon State

  • Identical confusion : the history of twin studies on sexual orientation, 1952-1973

    Creator:
    Boltseridge, Nathan H.
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    In 1952, at the height of the McCarthy era, Franz Kallmann, a Jewish psychiatrist and eugenicist who fled the National Socialist regime in Germany, published a study, in which he claimed to have found a one hundred percent concordance rate for homosexuality among forty pairs of identical twins. From this...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Orientation. 1952-1973 by Nathan H. Boltseridge A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial

  • Clothng behavior of adolescents in an economically disadvantaged rural community

    Creator:
    Snyder, Janet Lovseth
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    This thesis is a study of the clothing behavior of disadvantaged adolescents in a rural community as it relates to the factors of social class, security level, peer acceptance and self-selection of clothing. This study was selected because very little research in clothing behavior has been done in disadvantaged rural...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Disadvantaged Rural Community by Janet Lovseth Snyder A THESIS submitted to Oregon .State University in