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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"Virginia Community College"”.
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A multivariate analysis of satisfaction among Virginia community college students
… a causal model explaining satisfaction among Virginia Community College students. Path analysis was used to investigate the relationship between student satisfaction and eight variables: socioeconomic status, sex, age, employment status, felt control concerning entry into the community …
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Early Experiences of Accountants Transitioning to Virginia Community College Faculty
Accounting faculty members in community colleges educate a large portion of accounting students each year. Accountants who become accounting faculty are the most common type of accounting instructor in community colleges and they have much to offer because of their prior work experience. Accounting …
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Priorities of counseling programs and outcomes within the Virginia community college system
… services and program outcomes within the Virginia Community College System (VCCS). VCCS counseling providers and chief administrative officers (presidents and campus provosts) assessed the level of importance and existing levels of institutional priorities for counseling services and …
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An Analysis of Gender-Based Pay Equity of Instructional Faculty Members in the Virginia Community College System.
… Theory" (Adams, 1963), this study evaluated the Virginia Community College System compensation rates and compared the salaries of similarly ranked and similarly qualified male and female faculty members. A quantitative analysis was conducted of the reported salaries of all full-time instructional …
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The perceived staff development needs of part-time occupational- technical instructors in the Virginia community college system
… occupational-technical instructors in the Virginia Community College System and to determine if there was a relationship between these needs and selected independent variables. Also considered were the instructors' attitude toward staff development and under what conditions they would …
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A Case Study of Community College Students' Perceptions Regarding Faculty's Practice of Online Course Delivery: Virginia Community College.
… Program. The setting for the study was a Virginia community college. The purpose of this study was to examine the social, faculty and administrative, and technology influences on students' perceptions of online learning. Students' conveyed experiences and perceptions of the tools and …
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An Analysis of Economic Variables Affecting Enrollments in the South Carolina Technical College System and Virginia Community College System
… rates give rise to higher enrollments for community colleges is widely accepted (Sundberg, 1998). However, according to Betts and McFarland (1995), not much is known empirically about the role that economic factors play in determining two-year college enrollment. Only a few states have …
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Job satisfaction of the occupational-technical faculty in the Virginia community college system: an analysis based on Herzberg's motivation-hygiene theory
… job satisfaction of both full-time and parttime community college faculty. The purpose of the study was (1) to determine the level of job satisfaction among occupational-technical faculty in relation to ten factors based on Herzberg's et al. (1959) Motivation-Hygiene Theory and (2) to determine …
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Predicting the academic performance of Virginia community college transfer students to Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University using academic and non-academic background characteristics
… there has been concern about the performance of community college (CC) students who transfer from community to senior institutions. This concern has led to considerable research, most of which has shown that CC grade point average (GPA) declined in the first year of student transfer from one-half …
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The development of a model to demonstrate the effect of changing enrollment on the cost per student enrolled in selected courses and colleges in the Virginia community college
… of operation of sections and subjects within Virginia Community Colleges. The model provides a graphic analysis of these costs and derived income as enrollment is varied in a class section. The model is based on certain assumptions that allow for simplification of the allocation of …
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An analysis of the perceptions of institutional goal priorities of college-wide and campus administrators among the five multi-campus community colleges of the Virginia Community College System
… was established through a test/retest within the Virginia Community College System which produced a correlation coefficient of .98 between the two administrations of the instrument. Face validity was established based upon the development of the Management by Objectives goals specifically for the …
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An analysis of the administrative relationship between the presidents and the chief business officials in the community colleges of Virginia
… and chief business officials in the twenty-three community colleges. The purposes of the study were two-fold. The first purpose was to determine actions and activities of the chief business officials which purportedly increased the effectiveness of the presidents; and actions and activities of the …
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The priority status of goals in rural Virginia community colleges as perceived by students, faculty, and administrators
… by students, faculty, and administrators in Virginia rural community colleges. The research questions were (1) What are the student, faculty, and administrator perceptions of the present ("is") priority of community college goals?; (2) What are the student, faculty, and administrator …
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Factors affecting community college involvement in customized training
… factors which facilitated or impeded selected community colleges' involvement with customized training, as determined by key administrative personnel of the Virginia Community College System. Identified factors were analyzed to determine their effect on the nature and scope of the customized …
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Virginia's Middle College Program: Factors of Completion, Community College Success, and Participants' Perceptions of Student Support Services
The Middle College program, developed by the Virginia Community College System (VCCS), allows high school dropouts (herein referred to as "out of school youth"), ages 18 to 24, to increase their income and employability by pursuing a General Educational Development certificate (GED®), community …
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The relationship of mathematics prerequisites and other academic factors to student achievement in two Virginia community colleges
… for students enrolled full-time at two Virginia community colleges; and to ascertain from those relationships the potential for predicting community college achievement. Data were collected, with permission from the VCCS Office of Research and Planning, on students (N = 287) enrolled at …
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A study of the effectiveness of advisory committees in Virginia community colleges
… OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ADVISORY COMMITTEES IN VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES was to determine the effectiveness of advisory committees within the Virginia Community College system. How effective or ineffective these committees are being used has an effect on the programs within each college …
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A study of child care services in Virginia's community colleges
… present study investigated 1) the attitudes of Virginia community college officials pertaining to the relationship between child care services and Virginia's community colleges and 2) the present state of development of child care services on Virginia's community college campuses. The sample …
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The effect of access to test item pools on student achievement and student study habits
… to Microcomputers class at Southwest Virginia Community College. The class was planned, delivered, and evaluated using Vogler's Curriculum-Pedagogy-Assessment (CPA) model. The study was designed as a quasi-experimental study. Three groups were used in the study: two treatment groups …
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