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  • Starting Out Equal? The Impacts of Child Care Access on Kindergarten Readiness in Oregon

    Creator:
    Hansen, Jeanette
    Abstract:
    Children enter kindergarten on unequal footing. Early childhood experiences shape initial disparities and predict academic achievement and life trajectories. One influence, child care, is not available to all children in Oregon as most counties qualify as child care deserts. This paper analyzes if child care access has an effect on...
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    Capstone Project
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    : ______________________________________________________ Paul N. Thompson Children enter kindergarten on unequal footing. Early childhood experiences

  • Starting Out Equal? The Impacts of Child Care Access on Kindergarten Readiness in Oregon

    Creator:
    Hansen, Jeanette
    Abstract:
    Children enter kindergarten on unequal footing. Early childhood experiences shape initial disparities and predict academic achievement and life trajectories. One influence, child care, is not available to all children in Oregon as most counties qualify as child care deserts. This paper analyzes if child care access has an effect on...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project
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    approved: ______________________________________________________ Paul N. Thompson Children enter

  • Public Perceptions of Oregon’s K-12 and Higher Education Schools

    Creator:
    Henthorne, Ryan
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    This study explores Oregonians’ attitudes about and perceptions of public education. Specifically, perceptions about education quality were analyzed, looking at the perceived quality of education today and how it has changed over the last 5 years. Questions posed to respondents about education funding, explored views on additional state funding needed...
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    Capstone Project
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only
18%
of
the
public
gave
K‐12
schools
nationwide
a
grade
 of
“A”
or
“B.”

When
asked
about
schools

  • The Power of Choice : How Certain Policies Encourage Renewable Energy Development

    Creator:
    Aljets, Paul
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    Despite a great deal of attention paid to state renewable energy potential, there has been relatively little research on specific energy policies and their effect on the generation of renewable energy. This study seeks greater understanding of the state energy policies and how they individually affect the generation of wind,...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project
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    Renewable Energy Development By Paul Aljets MPP Essay Submitted to Oregon State

  • The relationship between vehicle miles traveled and economic activity

    Creator:
    Eckstein, Nathan
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    Vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in the U.S. have exhibited an upward trend over time similar to that observed for GDP and personal income. While conventional wisdom suggests that economic growth leads to more driving and thus higher VMT, it is theoretically possible that the causation could also be the other...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    : ___________________________________________________________ B. Starr McMullen ABSTRACT: Vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in the U.S. have exhibited an upward

  • Making Electric Vehicles Accessible: A Program Evaluation of California's Clean Vehicle Assistance Program

    Creator:
    Diaz, Alexa R.
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    Transportation contributes approximately 41 percent of California’s greenhouse gas emissions and 27 percent of national greenhouse gas emissions (CARB, 2019, EPA, 2017). In response to climate change concerns, stakeholders have encouraged the use of electric and hybrid vehicles through tax credits, rebates, and education campaigns. Environmental and transportation justice groups...
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    Capstone Project
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    ______________________________________________________________________________ Paul Thompson Committee Member

  • Where wildfire risk and social vulnerability coincide: mapping place vulnerability to wildfire over the coterminous US

    Creator:
    Wigtil, Gabriel A.
    Abstract:
    The hazards-of-place model of vulnerability to environmental hazards posits that vulnerability has biophysical and social components. While biophysical characteristics are important in predicting locations of elevated wildfire risk, the social characteristics of human communities may help us predict locations of elevated wildfire impacts. We examine the relationship between biophysical and...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project
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    coterminous US Abstract approved: Roger B. Hammer The hazards-of

  • Adapting Wastewater Treatment Plants to Sea Level Rise: A Case Study of Half Moon Bay, California

    Creator:
    Cozzolino, Brittney K.
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    Wastewater treatment plants around the world are becoming increasingly at risk of sea level rise impacts as these facilities are typically located in low-lying areas to utilize gravity flow for influent (incoming sewage) and effluent (discharged treated sewage). As these risks become realized, treatment plant managers and decision-makers must know...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project

  • Farm to All Tables: Understanding how Advocacy Coalitions Influence SNP-related Policies for Farmers' Markets

    Creator:
    Consedine, Meagan
    Abstract:
    This MPP essay examines how states expand access to nutritious food for low-income families, focusing specifically on policies related to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and farmers’ markets. Coalitions made up of nonprofits focused on hunger, farmers, and health collaborate to impact relevant policies in their respective states. The...
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    Capstone Project
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    Sally K. Gallagher Committee Member, Professor, Sociology Program, School of Public Policy, Oregon

  • Social challenges in managing natural resources in coastal fishing communities

    Creator:
    Sharp, Shayla B.
    Abstract:
    Two topics concerning fisheries management are considered in this thesis. The first concerns the social values that commercial fishing communities associate with commercial fishing. A survey of residents from eleven Oregon Coastal fishing communities was conducted to examine the social values associated with the commercial fishing occupation and fishing heritage....
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    Masters Thesis
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Shayla B. Sharp for the degree of