Browsing OU - Dissertations by Author "Tan, David"
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A Balancing Act: Reconciling Organizational Change with a Tradition of Uniqueness in Countercultural Liberal Arts Colleges
Prewitt-Freilino, Paul David (2008)The current investigation explores the impact of societal shifts in commercialism and consumerism on lesser-known colleges with a tradition of liberal arts education. I present a descriptive case study that examines the ... -
Beyond Public Assistance: Factors Affecting Completion of Community College Students in the Career Transitions Program
Pugh-Seemster, Nora (2014-12-12)The purpose of this study was to identify the characteristics of students who successfully completed “Career Transitions,” a program to help adult learners obtain certification, degrees, and employment. The population for ... -
THE IMPACT OF STUDENT DIVERSITY ON COMMUNITY COLLEGE GRADUATION RATES IN OKLAHOMA: WHAT CAN BE LEARNED USING STATE REGENTS DATA?
Atkinson, James (2015-12-18)The United States federal government requires postsecondary schools, including community colleges, to calculate student completion rates and make them public information, which they do through the Integrated Postsecondary ... -
MANDATORY SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNING IN POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION: THE ROLE OF THE IDEAL SELF AND IMAGERY IN MOTIVATION AND ACHIEVEMENT
Cox, Sherry J. (2012)The majority of language learning in post-secondary higher education is compulsory. Many students in compulsory L2 courses demonstrate lower than average levels of achievement and persistence. Because L2 learning is an ... -
Power In Institutional Research: A Study of Sources, Orientations, Will, and Ability
Crynes, Stephen (2013-10)Power in Institutional Research: A Study of Sources, Orientations, Will and Ability Stephen J. Crynes Abstract All organizations consist of complex power relationships but few are as complex as institutions of higher ... -
The Relationship Among Self-Esteem, Mentoring, and Job Satisfaction: A Comparative Study of U.S.-Born and Foreign-Born Faculty
Lee, Tony (2014-05-09)Job satisfaction has been frequently studied in different types of work settings including higher education; however, there are limited studies that focus on foreign-born faculty members in the U.S. Also, studies that focus ... -
The Relationship Between Self-Directed Learning Readiness and Learning Style Preferences on Employees in a Public Library System
Schrank, Stacy (2013-12)This quantitative correlational study investigated to what degree a relationship exists between self-directed learning readiness and learning style preferences on employee learning by sampling 169 employees employed in a ... -
SELECTED FACTORS RELATED TO PERCEIVED LEGITIMACY OF MANAGEMENT INNOVATIONS AND THE SUBSEQUENT ADOPTION OF MANAGEMENT INNOVATIONS IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Vires, Jr., Charles H. (2009)In 2001, Richard Birnbaum observed that management innovations, when introduced to higher education via the business sector, followed a lifecycle that led to rejection of the management innovation. The purpose of this study ... -
SELECTED FACTORS RELATED TO PERCEIVED LEGITIMACY OF MANAGEMENT INNOVATIONS AND THE SUBSEQUENT ADOPTION OF MANAGEMENT INNOVATIONS IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Vires, Jr., Charles H. (2009)In 2001, Richard Birnbaum observed that management innovations, when introduced to higher education via the business sector, followed a lifecycle that led to rejection of the management innovation. The purpose of this study ... -
A Study of the Correlation Between Three Instructional Methods and Short-Term Knowledge Gain of Credit Card Debt Among College Students
Pecha, David (2014-05-09)Consumer education, specifically information focusing on credit cards, is needed at all levels of society including students attending college campuses. Because financial decisions made can impact students’ progression ... -
The Transfer of Training Process
Nowell, Brent (2014-05-09)This study tested Marguerite Foxon’s 1993 proposal of a Transfer of Training Process. The transfer of supervisor/management training was evaluated for municipal workers in two southwestern metropolitan areas. The measurement ...