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Namuo, Clyne G. H. "Reduced financial resources and the strategic position of community colleges| How an "embedded community college" can neutralize external pressures." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3605916.

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<p> This multi-site case study is really the story of three same-state community colleges (Bridge and Buffer Community College, Grants and Reserves Community College, and Crystal Ball Community College) two years after they suffered a potentially catastrophic 50% reduction in state allocations. This study examined their responses to those reductions and attempted to frame those responses according to existing research on strategic activity and strategic positioning. </p><p> The theoretical framework used, referenced as a theoretical mesh, consisted of academic capitalism (Slaughter & Le

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Gardner, James A. Gardner. "Predictors of School Connectedness in Community Colleges." Cleveland State University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1471524900.

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Azar, Janet Ann Craig. "Full-time community college faculty with doctorates." W&M ScholarWorks, 2000. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539618576.

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The purpose of this study was to portray full-time community college faculty with doctorates and to identify differences and/or similarities between two-and four-year full-time faculty with doctoral degrees. The author also hoped to explore why community college faculty with doctorates decided either to enter or remain in the community college sector of higher education.;This study used a mixed design to answer the research questions. The National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF-93) database was used to answer the first two questions. Chi-square analysis identified statistical difference

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Clinnin, Kaitlin M. "Moving from "Community as Teaching" to "Community as Learning": A New Framework for Community in Higher Education and Writing Studies." The Ohio State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1491222371780264.

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Sweatman, Robert A. Palmer James C. "The focus of institutional research information provision in community colleges." Normal, Ill. Illinois State University, 2003. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ilstu/fullcit?p3106765.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Illinois State University, 2003.<br>Title from title page screen, viewed October 12, 2005. Dissertation Committee: James C. Palmer (chair), W. Paul Vogt, Mohamed Nur-Awalch, Joseph Rives. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 165-172) and abstract. Also available in print.

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Gerkin, David. "The impact of a first -year learning community on student persistence: Perceptions of community college students." ScholarWorks, 2009. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/666.

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This descriptive case study explored the perceptions of former community college first year learning community participants on aspects of their learning community experience that affected their persistence in college using Astin's student involvement theory and Tinto's student persistence model as a conceptual framework. Learning communities have been shown to increase student persistence, but little is known about how they do so. A better understanding of how learning communities contribute to increased student persistence would improve learning community practice and gain administrative supp

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Pokross, Amy Elizabeth Hargrove Eugene C. "The American community college's obligation to democracy." [Denton, Tex.] : University of North Texas, 2007. http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-5129.

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Meier, Kenneth Mitchell. "THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE MISSION: HISTORY AND THEORY, 1930-2000." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/194041.

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This study is a multidisciplinary historical analysis of the national junior-community college mission debate in the twentieth century. It utilizes resource dependency, institutional and social movement theories to explain the organizational behaviors of the community college as these relate to the concept of mission. Historians of the colleges note that the first junior colleges were established without clear missions or a plausible theoretical framework to rationalize their educational activities and social purposes. Growth in concern about the mission and identity of the community college p

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Johnsen, Barbara Anne. "Creative fund raising efforts in three Virginia community colleges." W&M ScholarWorks, 1995. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539618514.

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The purpose of this study was to examine the degree of success or failure of three Virginia community colleges to establish viable educational foundations and to identify the characteristics enabling them to do so.;Studying Virginia community colleges provided an opportunity to observe fund-raising efforts made in the state where government appropriations decreased the most (during the period 1990-94) and, therefore, had the greatest potential effect. Three colleges with distinctly different geographical locations might shed light on the impact of cultural/social/economic factors on philanthro

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Solheid, Lacey. "Building community in student unions." Kansas State University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/17391.

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Master of Science<br>Department of Special Education, Counseling and Student Affairs<br>Christy Craft<br>For just over 100 years, student unions have served college campuses across the United States. These buildings have changed and progressed over time to offer services to fit the needs of students. Recently, the concept of community building has become increasingly more important to higher educational institutions. Student unions are at the very center of community building on college campuses. This report looks at one model of community building and offers design elements union administrato

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Trotter, Francine Bly. "Community colleges and economic development." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/186427.

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During the last decade the term "economic development" has been widely used in community college policy statements and literature, but the meaning of the term has lacked clarity and consistency in interpretation. Additionally, there is little empirical information regarding the design of community college economic development programs. The purpose of this study was twofold. First, to determine community college faculty and administrator perceptions of the term "economic development". Second, to analyze the actors, processes, organizational structures, role of faculty and external forces affect

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Cooney, Matthew A. "The Demographics and Utilization of Transformational Leadership Practices by Potential Community College Presidents." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1478693608096498.

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Hertzberg, Carie. "Exploring Motivations of Early Career Faculty Commitment to Community Engagement." Thesis, Johnson & Wales University, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3561127.

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<p> Over the past 30 years there has been a call for higher education to reprioritize the civic purposes of the university (Campus Compact, 2012). Community-based teaching and research have emerged as key academic strategies to enhance the student experience and increase the civic mission of higher education (Erlich, 2000; Eyler & Giles, 1999; Stanton, Giles, & Cruz, 1999). While more faculty are encouraged to incorporate community engagement into their work (Colby, Ehrlich, & Stephens, 2003), minimal research focuses on the motivations of early career engaged faculty (O'Meara, 201

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Williams, Nashira. "Why Black Collegiate Women Volunteer: A Perspective on Meaning Making through Service with the Community." FIU Digital Commons, 2019. https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3964.

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Studies explain that participating in community service enhances relationships, positively contributes to one’s purpose, and provides life satisfaction with a specific focus on retention and degree attainment for those enrolled in college (Corporation for National and Community Service, 2007). The simultaneous increase of Black women attending colleges as universities increase outreach to drive community engagement does not align with the shift in the research of civic engagement that excludes the activity of young Black people and is counterintuitive to the historical underpinnings of politic

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Garcia, Eileen. "Supplemental instruction, study habits, and the community college student." FIU Digital Commons, 2006. https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3871.

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The purpose of this study was to demonstrate if the academic assistance program Supplemental Instruction (SI) facilitates the acquisition of effective study behaviors through strategies that transcend simple double-exposure to the course material. Its advocates claim it increases academic achievement using learner-centered knowledge and acquisition of effective study behaviors. SI sessions are specifically related to particular courses that students are taking. Sessions are facilitated by the SI leader who has taken the subject matter course in the past. Students review the content of the prev

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Ortega, Janet L. "Strategic partnerships in higher education." Thesis, Northern Arizona University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3606831.

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<p> The purpose of this study was to investigate the impacts of strategic partnerships between community colleges and key stakeholders; to specifically examine strategic partnerships; leadership decision-making; criteria to evaluate strategic partnerships that added value to the institution, value to the students, faculty, staff, and the local communities; and that furthered the community college mission. One-hundred and twenty-five higher education administrators from thirty seven states and one U.S. territory participated. </p><p> The literature defined strategic partnerships in higher e

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White, Martin. "The Portland Learning Community : a history." PDXScholar, 1995. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/3574.

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This thesis recounts the history of the Portland Learning Community, an experimental institution of higher education founded in 1970 by a group consisting mostly of former faculty and students at Reed College. The Learning Community was funded by the Carnegie Corporation and affiliated with Antioch College.

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Pfeffer-Lachs, Carole F. "Assessing goal intent and achievement of university learning community students." Thesis, Florida Atlantic University, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3571435.

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<p> The purpose of this study was to assess the goal intent and achievement of university students, during the Fall 2011 semester, at Blue Wave University, a high research activity public institution in the southeast United States. This study merged theories of motivation to measure goal setting and goal attainment to examine if students who chose to participate in a learning community program set goals at different levels than the students who chose not to join a learning community program.</p><p> This study investigated if there was a difference in motivation, by studying goal intent and g

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Wynn, Winona M. "Community-graced research the ethics of ethnographic crossings /." Pullman, Wash. : Washington State University, 2009. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Dissertations/Spring2009/w_wynn_1050109.pdf.

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Morgan, Margaret Irene. "Women returning to community college: a response to life changes and a desire for a revised identity (a case study of Paul D. Camp Community College)." W&M ScholarWorks, 1987. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539618901.

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The purpose of this study was to identify what factors prompt adult women to return to community college. Adult developmental theory provided a framework for the study. Aslanian and Brickell's (1980) theory that life transitions prompt a learning response was integrated with Gilligan's (1982) theory that women identify themselves in the context of relationships. Information was gathered to determine whether life changes and the desire for a revised identity are the major reasons adult women return to school.;The population of this study was a randomly selected sample of 186 women who had retur

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Kramer-Jefferson, Kathryn R. "Behavior Intervention Teams| Examining Interventions with Community College Students Threatening Self-Harm." Thesis, Frostburg State University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10608638.

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<p> Effective in 2011, The Department of Justice implemented a change to the direct threat standard, which is part of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act. This change removed the threat of harm to self from the direct threat standard and potentially limits the actions that colleges can take when working with and responding to students who threaten self-harm. This study sought to determine how this change influenced the work of behavior intervention teams when responding to community college students who threaten self-harm. Higher numbers of students are arriving on college campuses

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Mosley, Angela M. "A Freshman Academy| A Story of Transition, Challenges, Community, and Success." Thesis, The George Washington University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10638731.

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<p> While the transition from middle school to high school symbolized the coming of age, it is a time in a young person’s life that can create feelings of isolation, disconnect, and an immeasurable sense of loneliness (DeJong & Locker, 2006). The organizational structure found in most public high schools presented problems for many ninth graders as they made the transition to high school (DeJong & Locker, 2006). Analysis of research identified effective strategies aimed at creating a plan of success for ninth graders to include small learning communities and restructuring of trad

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Joyner, Patsy Rainey. "Factors accounting for the development of the Virginia community college system." W&M ScholarWorks, 1989. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539618553.

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The purpose of this dissertation was to explore the facts regarding the rhetoric of democratization and broadening the base of higher education with reference to the development of the Virginia Community College System. In a state with a tradition of conservatism and elitism toward public education, this study sought to identify those factors which accounted for the adoption of a populist notion, the community college system.;Established in 1966, the system was late in coming compared to other states. The first continuously operating two-year public college was established in Joliet, Illinois,

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Odongo, Rispa Achieng'. "Students' Perception of a Required Community Service Program in Kenya." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4665.

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The use of community service to promote learning and civic responsibility in higher education has blossomed since the 1980s. The problem addressed in this study was that although the X University initiated the required community service program in 2004, it had not assessed the effectiveness of the program from students' perspectives. Using Kolb and Kolb's conceptual framework on experiential learning, a qualitative case study was used to evaluate the perceptions of 13 4th-year students who had participated in the required community service program during their 1st-year of study. The research q

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Foley, Virginia. "Service: University as Community Partner." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2012. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/3050.

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Budd, Jean. "Beyond academics - is community engagement possible through work integrated learning?" Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20724.

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The purpose of this study was to investigate whether two work integrated learning modules were the appropriate means to achieve community engagement ends, and to what extent the introduction of an NGO component in the WIL curriculum raised awareness or understanding of community engagement amongst the students at a private higher educational institution. Theoretical fields that guided the research included community engagement studies by Butin(2010) and Lazarus (2008), experiential learning literature encompassing work integrated learning, and the literature on service learning and transformat

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Namuo, Clyne Gill Hanalei. "Reduced Financial Resources and the Strategic Position of Community Colleges: How an "Embedded Community College" Can Neutralize External Pressures." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/311458.

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This multi-site case study is really the story of three same-state community colleges (Bridge and Buffer Community College, Grants and Reserves Community College, and Crystal Ball Community College) two years after they suffered a potentially catastrophic 50% reduction in state allocations. This study examined their responses to those reductions and attempted to frame those responses according to existing research on strategic activity and strategic positioning. The theoretical framework used, referenced as a theoretical mesh, consisted of academic capitalism (Slaughter & Leslie, 1997; Slaugh

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Bernstine, Justin Tyler. "Experiences of Students Transferring from Community and Technical Colleges to a Private Nonprofit University." Thesis, The George Washington University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3688527.

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<p> The purpose of the study is to learn about how students who transfer from community and technical colleges to a private four-year research university experience the transfer process at both institutions. The study followed Merriam's (2009) basic interpretive qualitative design. A sample of 20 participants was recruited for the study. Semi-structured, in-depth, face-to-face interviews were conducted with each participant. Each interview was audio recorded and transcribed by the researchers. Data in the study is presented using Merriam's (2009) narrative analysis format. In the narrati

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Bharath, Deoraj. "Effects of student-faculty interactions on persistence of underprepared community college students." FIU Digital Commons, 2009. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1671.

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The high concentration of underprepared students in community colleges presents a challenge to educators, policy-makers, and researchers. All have pointed to low completion rates and caution that institutional practices and policy ought to focus on improving retention and graduation rates. However, a multitude of inhibiting factors limits the educational opportunities of underprepared community college students. Using Tinto's (1993) and Astin's (1999) models of student departure as the primary theoretical framework, as well as faculty mentoring as a strategy to impact student performance and r

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Cook, John B. "Doing the tough work| Care and the dynamics of community-university engagement." Thesis, University of New Hampshire, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3708374.

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<p> Many colleges and universities offer their commitment to partnering with local communities, and often do so with the goal of addressing societal needs. A growing field, such engagement between higher education institutions and community partners continues to evolve, including the purpose and rationale for this work, how engagement is accomplished, theoretical contexts, and how success is viewed by stakeholders. A qualitative case study was undertaken with the following questions at the fore: how does a self-described “engaged” university center function when viewed through the

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Perez, Erick Sanzon. "The Transfer Process among Latina/o Undocumented Students from California Community Colleges." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10786262.

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<p> Numerous studies show that undocumented students are less likely to transfer to a postsecondary institution from a community college. However, many students have been able to transfer from a community college and it is important to highlight those narratives from a strengths-based perspective rather than a deficit point of view. This qualitative study explored the narratives of Latina/o undocumented students and how they transferred from a California Community College to a four-year institution. The experience in community college, support from others, and family were some of the reasons L

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Creighton, Sean J. "Community Partner Indicators of Engagement: An Action Research Study on Campus-Community Partnership." [Yellow Springs, Ohio] : Antioch University, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1158867184.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Antioch University, 2006.<br>Title from PDF t.p. (viewed April 11, 2007). Advisor: Jon F. Wergin . Keywords: service learning, community involvement, civic engagement, partnership, higher education, action research. Includes bibliographical references (p. 156-165).

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Sullivan, Kamisha A. "Sharing Stories of Student Mothers in Community College." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10822595.

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<p> Student mothers are an often overlooked population within higher education. However, one national study found the majority of students raising children while attending college are located in community college and they are predominately female. Therefore, the experience of student mothers in California, which has the largest system of community colleges in the country with 114 colleges provides important understanding about this population. This qualitative study shares the stories of 23 student mothers enrolled in two California community colleges through a conceptual framework that combin

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Sodhi, Ruby. "Accrediting Processes and Institutional Effectiveness at a California Community College." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2505.

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The implementation of the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges' (ACCJC) 2002 Accreditation Standards significantly increased the number of sanctions on California community colleges resulting in a debate regarding the interpretation and application of the standards. This study examined the perceptions at a community college regarding compliance and the application of ACCJC's 2002 Standard IB on institutional effectiveness as defined by the Commission. This qualitative, exploratory case study used Etzioni's 2 constructs' organizational compliance and organizational effective

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Nichols, Harriet Hanna. "Strategies and leadership options for internationalizing the comprehensive community college: A case study of Tidewater Community College, 1986-1995." W&M ScholarWorks, 1995. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539618716.

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Riddick, Althea A. "The Relationship Between Student Demographics on Persistence at a Rural Community College." Thesis, Northcentral University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3670958.

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<p> The purpose of this quantitative research study was to determine if student background variables ([age, race, gender, and socioeconomic status, (SES)] are predictors of student persistence semester-to-semester (2009-2010). The sample population included 298 students, consisting of first-time, first-semester, full and part-time students working toward achieving a degree or credential at a rural community college in northeastern North Carolina. Community colleges enroll almost half of the nation's college learners, fewer than half of the learners who begin at community colleges earn a degr

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Appelbaum, Richard. "An interview study of community college student perspectives on service-learning." FIU Digital Commons, 1999. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1299.

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Over the past two decades, the community college in the United States has boasted a leadership role in the movement to make education community-based and performance-oriented. This has led to an intensification in attempts to search for more innovative means to make education more experiential and relevant to students' lived experiences. One such innovative program that holds promise to meet this challenge is service- learning. This paradigm attempts to relate the academic education in the classroom to community-based problems, which fits in neatly with the community-based characteristics of t

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Yannotta, Mark Alan. "Conventionalizing and Axiomatizing in a Community College Mathematics Bridge Course." PDXScholar, 2016. http://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/3105.

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This dissertation consists of three related papers. The first paper, Rethinking mathematics bridge courses--An inquiry model for community colleges, introduces the activities of conventionalizing and axiomatizing from a practitioner perspective. In the paper, I offer a curricular model that includes both inquiry and traditional instruction for two-year college students interested in mathematics. In particular, I provide both examples and rationales of tasks from the research-based Teaching Abstract Algebra for Understanding (TAAFU) curriculum, which anchors the inquiry-oriented version of the

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Ellerbe, LaVerne Wingate. "Connecting Access and Efficiency: Community College Course-Taking Patterns That Predict Vertical Transfer." W&M ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1550153974.

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Vertical transfer is a centennial symbol of access that also provides inputs for operational funding and produces outcomes for performance-based funding (PBF). Thus, this mission-critical community college function may be leveraged to decisively impact the higher education completion agenda. Yet, deeper insights into student level data are needed to understand what powers vertical transfer efficiency. Previous research used administrative data, analyzed access, and tracked transfer outcomes, but few studies have used vertical transfer as a single analysis framework to reconcile access and e

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Scott, Shylan E. "Emancipated Foster Youth's Transition from Care to Virginia Community Colleges." W&M ScholarWorks, 2012. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539618541.

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The focus of this study was the experience of students who had successfully achieved the transition from foster care to enrollment in Virginia Community Colleges. The following questions guided the inquiry: How do students who are emancipating from foster care describe their transition to enrollment at one of the Virginia Community Colleges? What challenges do students who are emancipating from foster care face in the transition to college? What types of support do these students require to successfully transition to college?;This study used a qualitative approach to examine the transition fro

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Guzman, Sergio A. "Community college students' perceptions of educational counseling, its value, and its relationship with students' academic and social integration into the community college." Thesis, California State University, Fullerton, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3581493.

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<p> This dissertation investigated community college students' perceptions about educational counseling, its value, and its relationship with academic and social integration into the college environment. In an attempt to explore students' perceptions, a quantitative study was conducted at four California community colleges. The survey was distributed to over 22,000 community college students, and 1,746 students responded. Statistical analysis of the survey responses yielded the following findings: (a) historically underrepresented populations of college students such as students of color, firs

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Askin, Jacalyn Ann. "Community college funding: Environmental and institutional influences." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/282905.

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Community colleges are unique among higher education institutions in their potential access to local appropriations as well as state funding. Twenty-six states reported to the Education Commission of the States in 2001 that community colleges in their states received some share of local funding. In research question one, using data for 781 public community colleges, we explore the implications of resource dependency theory for mission differentiation between dual-funded and state-funded colleges. Research question two studies the influences of state demographics, economics, politics and colleg

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Wagoner, Richard Lee. "The contradictory faculty: Part-time faculty at community colleges." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/290089.

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Because of community colleges' diverse motivations for hiring part-time faculty, the multiple and at times conflicting missions of various two-year institutions, and the heterogeneity of part-timers themselves, contradictory descriptions of part-time faculty are found in the literature. This study sought to unify contradictory categorizations of part-time faculty in three specific areas: the general demographics of part-time faculty; the existence of a bifurcated or dual faculty labor market in community colleges; and satisfaction of part-time faculty. The study was a quantitative analysis of

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Bauerschmidt, Christopher J. "A National Study on Cost Containment Practice Savings at Public Community Colleges." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1297959211.

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Mtawa, Ntimi Nikusuma. "Understanding the linkages between community engagement and teaching and research: the case of Sokoine University of Agriculture in Tanzania." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/4106.

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Magister Educationis - MEd<br>This thesis sought to understand the various ways in which Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) in Tanzania, as a teaching and research institution, engages with its communities. This was prompted by the increasing calls upon the universities, both locally and globally, to become relevant to the communities through community engagement. Although the idea of community engagement has emerged and continues to gain momentum in higher education, there have been different understandings and shifts in the ways in which universities are practising community engagement.

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Angstadt, Peter. "Student perceptions of satisfaction in Oregon community colleges /." view abstract or download file of text, 2002. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/uoregon/fullcit?p3072575.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2002.<br>Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 149-157). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.

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Ruzicka, Matthew Robert. "Facilitating an online community among community college peer tutor trainees." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2005. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2895.

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The project presents a web-based component for a tutor training program at College of the Desert, Palm Desert, California. The application is designed to be responsive and adaptable to the tutor's needs. It also addresses the logistic and pedagogical problems that plague many community college tutor trainers and helps to mitigate this through an online instructional system that facilitates communication among the tutors so that learning can occur in a situated context.

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Artis, Ronald Jay. "Beliefs about education that attract community college faculty into higher education and motivate them to stay in higher education /." Digital version accessible at:, 2000. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.

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Jones, Maisha N. "Black Male Students' Community College Experiences." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10822801.

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<p> Contrary to the rhetoric around a post-racial United States, Black male students are not experiencing equitable outcomes in higher education. Community colleges are a critical access point to higher education for Black males; however, they are not graduating, transferring, or entering the workforce at an acceptable pace. The purpose of this qualitative study is to explore Black male students’ perceptions of their community college experience. The Five Domains Conceptual Model is a holistic framework utilized to address inequitable outcomes for Black males in community colleges. A con

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Mott, Maxine Carol. "Women community college presidents' leadership agendas." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/289100.

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This qualitative research study was an investigation into the leadership agendas of five women community college presidents and the outcomes of these agendas. The study had two unique features. First, it examined the conceptual basis of the presidents' leadership agendas. Second, it provided a comparative analysis of a feminist leadership model to other, more prominent, models of higher education leadership. A feminist research methodology, which extended beyond describing simplified realities of women leaders, was used to determine if women leaders' interpretations of how they practice leader

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