The Purpose of the Study
The central purpose of this study was to determine if certain
personality characteristics differ between community college persisters
and those who drop out of school. The following 12 a priori
hypotheses involving six Adjective Check List personality scales were
tested:
1. Male persisters would have...
The purpose of this study was to analyze and describe
the opinions and characteristics of black students enrolled
in Portland Community College.
Data were obtained through a random sampling of two
groups of subjects who were invited to participate in the
study as follows: (1) Black subjects were 109 students...
Penetration has long been recognized as an important factor
in the action of chemicals on plants. The effectiveness of herbicides
on such plants as blackberries is often thought to be limited by the
failure to obtain adequate penetration through the cuticular barrier.
A number of factors, among them relative humidity,...
Relationships between soil-water stress and plant-moisture
stress were studied with respect to soil classification and cambial
activity in Douglas-fir.
The study sites were forested with Douglas-fir and located in
McDonald Forest and near Marys Peak in the Oregon Coast Range.
Soil-water depletion was followed by the use of gypsum blocks...
This study was designed to measure the results on public
school teachers of training in three teaching systems. The results
of the study were intended to provide evidence that might be used
for designing a single system which would bring together the most
effective aspects of each of the systems...
In February of 1975, the School of Forestry sponsored a series of lectures and discussions on the topic, "Forests of the World-Future Resources Conflicts." The objectives of these presentations were to examine prospects for future forest use, the demands that will be made on forest resources of all sorts, the...
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) permits for discharging seafood-processing wastes into adjacent estuarine waters expire July 31, 1974. Beyond this date, Oregon's seafood processors must adopt one or a combination of three options: curtailment of waste production, disposal outside of estuaries, or conversion of waste to some other product....