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Flage, Lynette Jo – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Many rural North Dakota communities struggle with the loss of services, schools, and population due to a changing landscape, but does a strong sense of community help anchor residents to their town? The purpose of this study was to describe sense of community and its relationship to actions promoting social capital in rural North Dakota towns.…
Descriptors: Community Leaders, Community Development, Municipalities, Community Education
Bartruff, Elizabeth Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Using the Community of Inquiry (COI) model as a framework, this case study analyzed the interactions of teacher and students in an online graduate level education course at a small Christian college in the Pacific Northwest. Using transcript content analysis, communication between participants was coded as either contributing to the social,…
Descriptors: Community Development, Graduate Study, Education Courses, Distance Education