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  • International students in a pathway program : perceived experiences in transitioning to U.S. higher education

    Creator:
    Holmes, Marigold Setsuko
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    As the number of international students continues to increase on campuses throughout the world, many institutions are turning to pathway programs (college preparation programs) to ensure that these students are able to successfully transition into the host culture and campus environment (Andrade, 2006; Dooey, 2010; Hanover Research, 2010; Perez-Pena, 2014,...
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    at a public research institution in the Pacific Northwest, of which 113 had participated in a

  • Relationships between work values and job satisfaction amoung college student personnel workers

    Creator:
    Maples, Mary F.
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    This study was undertaken to examine the relationships which exist between the work values and job satisfaction characteristics of college student personnel workers in the states of Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Washington. Work values are viewed as characteristics desired on an ideal job and job satisfaction characteristics are those factors...
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    Dissertation
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    amounts of overall job satisfaction among 150 college student personnel workers in the Northwest, 2) to

  • Experiences of Students who Identify with Underrepresented Religions

    Creator:
    Prisbrey, Weston B.
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    This qualitative study explores and examines the experiences of students at a large, public university in the Pacific Northwest who identify with underrepresented religions. Eight participants were asked to share their experiences individually using semi-structured interview questions and their responses were analyzed utilizing a narrative inquiry approach. Six themes emerged...
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    university in the Pacific Northwest who identify with underrepresented religions. Eight participants were

  • The transfer process of Latina/o students from community college to the university : what are their experiences?

    Creator:
    Cortez, Edén
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    This qualitative study explores the experiences of Latina/o transfer students from a two-year to a four-year institution. Six Latina/o transfer student from the Pacific Northwest participated in one-on-one semi-structured interviews. The researcher utilized Critical Race Theory, LatCrit, Validation Theory, and Chicana Feminist Epistemology to bring forth the narratives of the...
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    student demographic, all public four-year institution in the Pacific Northwest are predominately White

  • Finding techknowledgey : students' navigations of an institution's technological landscape

    Creator:
    Dean, Allyson S.
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    This study explored how students navigate the technological landscape of a public, land-grant institution. Through online surveys and semi-structured, one-on-one interviews, the study operated through an anticipatory/participatory lens to research with the intent of understanding students' experiences with technology at a research institution. Using this methodology and Triandis and Triandis'...
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    ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Allyson S. Dean for the degree of Master of Science in College Student Services

  • The role of marginalized discourses in constructing the white identity of preservice teachers

    Creator:
    Nava, Roberto Chavira, Jr.
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    This research addresses the complexities of White racial identity development in the lives of five elementary and middle school preservice teachers during their graduate teacher education program at a private Christian Pacific Northwestern university. Using a poststructural framework, this research investigated three questions: 1) How do the aspects of subjectivation...
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    education program at a private Christian Pacific Northwestern university. Using a poststructural framework

  • Rural Latinas/os of the Pacific Northwest: College and the Experience of Self- Identification

    Creator:
    Zaragoza, Mariana C.
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    There is an ever growing number of Latinas/os who reside and have settled permanently in rural America. Unbeknownst to most, rural Latinas/os face adversities unfamiliar to those living outside of this scope. As it stands, the barriers urban Latinas/os students face when transitioning to college has been well documented. However,...
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    "Rural Latinas/os of the Pacific Northwest: College and the

  • Fraternity men's diversity experiences and degree of gender role conflict

    Creator:
    Schalewski, Lucas L.
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    Gender role conflict has been found to be a psychological condition that produces negative outcomes for men as they negotiate the tensions between who they truly are and who they feel they must be based on social expectations (O'Neil, Helms, Gable, David, & Wrightsman, 1986). Recent studies on college men's...
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    Student Services Administration presented on April 15, 2013 Title: Fraternity Men’s Diversity

  • Cultivating racial identity within Asian cultural centers : experiences of Asian American students at a predominantly white institution

    Creator:
    Kim, Esther E.
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    This qualitative study examines the experiences of Asian American students at a predominantly White institution in the cultivation of their racial identity development with the support of resources and services on campus, specifically an Asian cultural center. Six participants at a large, public research institution in the Northwest region were...
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    Esther E. Kim for the degree of Master of Science in College Student Services Administration presented

  • The experiences of older students' use of web-based student services

    Creator:
    Ho, Katy W.
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    The purpose of this phenomenological case study was to understand the experiences of older students' use of web-based student services in a community college setting. For the purpose of this study the term "older student" was defined as people born between the years 1943 and 1960. This group of people,...
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    located in the Northwest. A combination of survey, interviews, institutional data, and student-journals