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Kate Schiefen Successfully Defends Her Dissertation


Please join me in congratulating Dr. Kate Schiefen!  Kate completed her PhD in Education from Capella University (specialization:  Leadership for Higher Education).  Her dissertation is titled:  Entrepreneurial Orientation of Community College Workforce Divisions and the Impact of Organizational Structure:  A Grounded Theory Study.  It was a qualitative study involving two workforce divisions that are separate within the organizational structure and two that are integrated across the organizational structure.  As a result of her study, three theories emerged applicable to both models and aligns with other scholarly work suggesting that higher education reexamine itself as a functionally structured organization. 

We are all proud of Kate’s accomplishment!

Dr. Janet J. Glocker, Vice President
Academic Services
06/15/2010