Eleven to receive CLU doctoral degrees

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Leslie Heilbron of Calabasas is one of 11 students receiving doctorates through CLU's School of Education.

 

(THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. – May 14, 2008) Eleven doctoral candidates will participate in the Graduate Commencement Ceremony at California Lutheran University at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 16. They will receive degrees through the Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership program in CLU’s School of Education.
 
CLU launched its doctoral program in fall 2001. Students proceed as a group through their classes and dissertation preparation in the four-year program.

Charles Weis, Santa Clara County Superintendent of Schools and former Ventura County Superintendent of Schools, will address the degree recipients. Lorraine Mulick of Thousand Oaks will speak on behalf of the doctoral students and William Cioffi of Simi Valley will represent the master’s degree students.

The doctoral (Ed.D.) degree candidates and their dissertation topics are:
Melissa Leslie Bayles (Thousand Oaks)
Perceptions of Educators and Parents of California High School Exit Examination Requirement for Students with Disabilities
Cecelia Francisco Bowman  (Sylmar)
Science and Fourth-Grade Students: An Analysis of California’s Fourth Grade National Assessment of Educational Progress
Tina M. Choi (Sylmar)
Perceptions of Successful Mainstreaming Held by General Education and Special Education Teachers
Diane M. Eberhardy (Ventura)
An Assessment of Students’ Technology Skills at a California Community College: A Mixed Method Design
Leslie Heilbron (Calabasas)
The Effect of Gifted Pedagogy on Student Achievement: An Investigation of Using Gifted Pedagogy to Improve Student Achievement School Wide
Sherill Ann Knox (Ventura)
Bridging the Gap from High School to College: Adding Essential Elements to the Senior Year Curriculum
Shauna Lyn Lehtihalme (Porter Ranch)
The Effect of Parenting Choices on the Academic Success of Gifted High School Students
Susanne Marie Maliski (Thousand Oaks)
Servant Leadership Characteristics of Principals in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Elementary Schools
Lorraine R. Mulick (Thousand Oaks)
Teachers’ Perceptions of Student Leadership Potential in Elementary Education
Peter Vincent Palacio (Granada Hills)
Esucheme Por Favor/Please Listen to Me: An Analysis of the Perceptions of Both Latino Students and Their Teachers in a High School Multi-Lingual Teacher Academy
Araceli Shelly Perez (Reseda)
Understanding Attitudes About Education Within Two Cultural Contexts: Comparing the Perceptions and Expectations of Mexican Mothers in the Greater Los Angeles Area to Their Cohort in Mexico