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  • Publicly Funded, Privately Assisted : The Role of Giving in Oregon K-12 Education

    Creator:
    Sattem, Jennifer L.
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    In Oregon, property tax revolts and school equalization measures have led to increasingly unstable and more non-discretionary public funding for schools. As a result, public schools are turning to private donations to provide both basic and supplemental educational opportunities. Some schools and districts are raising hundreds of thousands of dollars,...
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    research, school and life. I thank Jeffrey Hale for the course work that sparked this question, for his

  • The Legacy of a Promise: Examining the Educational & Economic Impacts of the Daly Fund

    Creator:
    Hensley, Jordan
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    The rising cost of higher education in the United States has created increases in tuition at colleges as well as growing demand from students and families for sources of support in attending college. Over the past decade, beginning with the creation of the Kalamazoo Promise in 2005, local governments and...
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    Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the

  • Who pays for MPAs? An exploration of how narratives influence marine funding

    Creator:
    Laufer, Adrian E.
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    Marine programs, particularly those related to marine conservation, utilize a suite of tools to offset the negative consequences of human activities on marine environments. However, among others, limited funding can represent a challenge for these programs in terms of achieving their desired outcomes. Using systems and organizational theory, this study...
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    Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of

  • Unconditional Cash Transfers: Will Redistribution in Bolivia Work?

    Creator:
    Vaughan, Andres
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    The Bolivian government is using a portion of the rent generated from its fossil fuel reserves to fund unconditional cash transfers as a means of redistributing resources. Although some countries have enacted conditional cash transfers in the past, these unconditional transfers are unique since they only have been implemented in...
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    Submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree

  • State Tax Credit Auctions

    Creator:
    Korejwa, Elise
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    Tax credit auctions are a new way to fund government programs, dating back to just 2011. In place of funding new programs with direct appropriations from the general fund, tax credit auctions are a means to fund programs by monetizing tax credits. We performed a case study of all of...
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  • Low-income weatherization: practical and policy limitations to increasing services in rural Oregon

    Creator:
    Hammond, D'Anne
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    This essay examines the low-income weatherization program in rural Oregon, shedding light on difficulties in increasing weatherization services to low-income rural households. This essay also identifies policy limitations. There are strict rules in place for utilizing Department of Energy weatherization funding and some of these rules are likely to make...
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    2008 where I was able to identify the topic for this research. Last, but not least by any means, thank

  • Exploring the Rationale For and Role of Public Financing for Food Hubs

    Creator:
    Anselm, Marie E.
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    Food hubs are a key solution to advance local and regional food systems by providing aggregation, storage, and distribution services to small and mid-sized farmers and thereby help them to access local and regional markets. By performing these functions, food hubs produce valuable services to not only farmers but to...
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    data. The objective of this research was to provide baseline data on the role of public funding for

  • Is wave energy comparatively sustainable in Oregon?

    Creator:
    Yin, Yao
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    This essay provides a snapshot of sustainability and acceptability of wave energy and eight other electricity-generating energy sources in Oregon. Since “sustainability” is an important point of view in decision-making, the paper is centered around the concept. Although there is no consensus on the definition of sustainability in the academic...
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    supplies (See Figure 1) (State of Oregon 2008). However, electricity generation at the national level

  • A Program Evaluation of the BCC and CCCC at Oregon State University

    Creator:
    Yaites, Regine
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    Persistence, the ability for institutions to help students matriculate from their first year to completion, has been a major concern for underrepresented racial minorities (URMs). Among URMs, Black and Hispanic students are the least likely to be retained, graduating at 38 percent and 45.8 percent respectively (Shapiro et al., 2017)....
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    this research was compared to the formal agreement between Oregon State University and student groups

  • Evaluating the Student Retention Program of Oregon State University Using Vincent Tinto's Model of Student Departure

    Creator:
    Walker, Kellie
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    Retention, the ability of an institution to retain students through degree completion, is a major concern for most colleges and universities. The current first to second year retention rate at Oregon State University (OSU) is about 80% (OUS 2008; 2011). Currently the OSU Strategic Plan includes the goal of increasing...
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    MPP Essay Submitted to Oregon State University In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the