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1987

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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), Margaret Irene. Morgan Jan 1987

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), Margaret Irene. Morgan

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

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 returned to Paul D. Camp Community College during …


Saga, Strategy And The Marketing Mix: A Case Study Of Lynchburg College, Howard Ray Hunnius Jan 1987

Saga, Strategy And The Marketing Mix: A Case Study Of Lynchburg College, Howard Ray Hunnius

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent to which institutional saga and charter influence the formulation of institutional operating strategy and the degree to which the resultant strategy utilizes the concept of the marketing mix in an attempt to achieve institutional objectives.;Lynchburg College in Lynchburg, Virginia was chosen as the subject of the study for several reasons. First, as a private institution, it was assumed that Lynchburg College would exercise more discretion in the allocation of institutional resources to its marketing efforts than would a public institution. Second, Lynchburg College offered an opportunity to examine an institution …


The College-Going Choice In Virginia: A Study In The Demand For Higher Education, Thomas Edward Butler Jan 1987

The College-Going Choice In Virginia: A Study In The Demand For Higher Education, Thomas Edward Butler

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The purpose of the research was to model student choice behavior in order to gain a better understanding of the choices students made (a public four-year college, a private four-year college, or a public community college) and the variables which influenced those choices. The probability of selecting any one educational option was assumed to be a function of variables which reflected costs, income, and tastes and preferences. A logistic form of the demand equation was used which measured the effects of the independent variables on the likelihood that an educational option was chosen.;The study used a cross-sectional design, studying enrollment …