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  • The Current Impact of Title IX in the Pac-12 Conference: Who Really Benefits?

    Creator:
    Morgenthaler, Lauren S.
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    Title IX has increased opportunities for women academically and athletically. This research assessed the impact that Title IX has had in the Pac-12 Conference in the development of women’s intercollegiate athletics within the male-dominated world of sports and how female and male athletes have been impacted by Title IX implementation....
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    Honors College Thesis
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    determine the 12 number of female and male participants, through who receives institutionally

  • Gender Implications of Small Scale Urban Trade in Ukraine

    Creator:
    Kirillova, Lyudmila A.
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    This research project examines the growing informal sector of Ukrainian economy and the way global economic changes affect women's lives. It has been noticed by many Western researchers that women have been among the hardest hit by economic restructuring in Eastern Europe. Marginalization from the official labor force led a...
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    Masters Thesis
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    led a great number of women into the new informal sector of the economy. In Ukraine the development

  • Public Participation in Urban Policy – Solution Papers Founded on Objectivity and Mutual Respectfulness

    Creator:
    Zarins, Eriks
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    In recent times, public policy debates in the United States have been very contentious and dysfunctional. To help improve this situation, a multi-discipline research effort was conducted to look at "solution papers" as a form of public participation. Specifically, the roles of objectivity and mutual respectfulness were under consideration. Foundational...
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    Masters Thesis
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    ..………………………. 4 2.3 New Approaches………….………………………….. 11 2.4 Ideas: Dewey, Follett, and King…………………….. 12

  • An Interdisciplinary Assessment of Current Pesticide Management Practices in the Caribbean Region

    Creator:
    Gray, Nancy L.
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    This study examined the existence and effectiveness of current pesticide management programs in the Caribbean region. A questionnaire was developed to assess the current pesticide managment programs in the Caribbean region and to determine the strengths and weaknesses of the existing education and training programs, governmental policies, and other resources....
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    Masters Thesis
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    Employment 42 4-11 Pesticide Management Education Efforts Desired, by by Occupation 42 4-12 Use of Safety

  • The Yakima Indians : study and analysis of the Yakima water rights

    Creator:
    Selam, Leroy Bennie
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    This thesis is an ethnohistoric study of the water rights of the Yakima Confederated Tribes. The study considers the water rights issues of the Yakimas from the cultural viewpoint at the time of European contact to the present legal and political situation. It traces the many obstacles the Yakimas have...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Dean of Graduate School Date thesis is presented 2(), ` r f Typed by Karen Benson f 13, 7e zl,, 12

  • Approval seeking motivation : a determinant of conformity to group norms inconsistent with personal values

    Creator:
    Martin, Harry J.
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    This study was designed to assess the effects of approval seeking motivation and social cost upon conformity to group norms which were inconsistent with personal values. Utilizing the Asch conformity paradigm, 321 subjects were exposed to a group opinion which was contradictory to one of their personal values. The results...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Approval Seeking 6 The Effects of Social Cost on Behavior 12 III. Experimental Design 18 IV. Methodology

  • The decision to pursue education in an Oregon community college : a study of Latino credit and non-credit students

    Creator:
    Daniels, Rachelle E.
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    A historical overview of Latino enrollment in the community college is resented. Thirty Latino occupational, transfer, and non-credit students attending an Oregon college were interviewed, examining educational and familial background, and college services as indicators of their decision to pursue postsecondary studies at the two-year institution. Results are analyzed, supplemented...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Student Interviews 164 11. Latino Non-Credit Student Interview Summary 177 12. Community College Latino

  • Illegal to Exist : The Criminalization of Houselessness in the United States

    Creator:
    Waite, Mariah E.
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    In the United States, the state of housing and the lack thereof has been declared a national crisis. In response, cities have taken measures to police behaviors that are associated with what they perceive to be disorder and decay. These behaviors are also commonly associated with houselessness. Laws that criminalize...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    previous year. The 2012-13 school year also marked a record high in K-12 student houselessness in the

  • Illuweet (Teasing Cousin) Songs as an Expression of King Island Inupiaq Identity

    Creator:
    Kingston, Deanna M.
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    This thesis describes how illuweet or teasing cousin songs are an expression of King Island Inupiaq identity. It is based upon ten months of intermittent participation observation and fieldwork. In the summer of 1991, my uncle, Alex Allughuk Muktoyuk, began teaching Inupiaq songs and dances to a group of displaced...
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    Masters Thesis
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    to determine who was not a cousin than who was one. . . the number of one's cousins could run into

  • Cultural differences and business interaction : an analysis of conflicts between Chinese and American ways of life

    Creator:
    Chen, Yuejian, 1958-
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    This study uses an anthropological perspective to discuss the cultural differences between Chinese and Americans in business contexts. Through an analysis of case studies related by businesspersons involved in Sino-US trade, and by an analysis of literature on the subject, it describes how cultural differences contribute to the problems and...
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    Masters Thesis
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    agree with other viewpoints, and the goal of my study may be different, there is no doubt that a number