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

    Creator:
    Henthorne, Ryan
    Abstract:
    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...
    Resource Type:
    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

  • 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

  • The relationship between vehicle miles traveled and economic activity

    Creator:
    Eckstein, Nathan
    Abstract:
    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

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

    Creator:
    Cozzolino, Brittney K.
    Abstract:
    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...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project
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    Sally K. Gallagher Committee Member, Professor, Sociology Program, School of Public Policy, Oregon

  • Utilizing relational and social network analysis to inform community-based climate change adaptation : a central Oregon case study

    Creator:
    Jacobs, Derric B.
    Abstract:
    Central Oregon's landscape is rich in dry forests prone to frequent wildfires. Climate change studies and improved modeling indicate this region could experience conditions that result in an increase in number and severity of wildfires. With the potential for increased environmental hazards, the nearby communities face potential risks and vulnerabilities...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Derric B. Jacobs for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in

  • 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....
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Shayla B. Sharp for the degree of

  • Co-producing Software for Environmental and Ecological Visualization

    Creator:
    Zanocco, Chad
    Abstract:
    Environmental scientists, land managers, and policy actors are increasingly presented with high-stakes high-uncertainty problems stemming from human-ecosystem interactions. To help address these problems, scientists frequently use models that produce enormous geospatial and temporal datasets that are constantly modified and often seek input from communities outside their discipline. To assist scientists—as...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    interview protocol…………………………………171 8.2 Appendix B: Post-development interview protocol……………………………...…173

  • Institutionalizing sustainability in community colleges : the role of the college president

    Creator:
    Williams, Peter G.
    Abstract:
    The purpose of this research study was to describe and improve understanding of the meaning of institutionalized sustainability and the role that a college president plays in institutionalizing sustainability on a community college campus. The following questions guided the research: (a) What does it mean to have sustainability “institutionalized” at...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    sustainability “institutionalized” at community colleges that are judged to be exemplary in this regard? (b

  • An Analysis of Community Attributes Likely to Result in School Districts Repealing Native American Mascots

    Creator:
    Miller, Alethia T.
    Abstract:
    Michigan’s State Department of Education issued a resolution in 2003 calling for all public K-12 schools to repeal their American Indian mascots and in 2013 the Michigan Department of Civil Rights filed a complaint with the United States Department of Education in response to school districts failing to do so....
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project
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    Michigan’s State Department of Education issued a resolution in 2003 calling for all public K-12 schools to