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  • The sinking fund problem : optimal timing of bond purchases

    Creator:
    McVicar, Robert William
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    A sinking fund payment must be made each year to retire a bond issue. Instead of paying cash, the corporation will typically surrender bonds that it has purchased on the open market. The sinking fund problem is to determine an optimal strategy in the form of a stopping rule to...
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    year are generally applied as a credit against the sinking fund payment. Sometimes bond indentures for

  • Honored values and valued objects : the Society for Creative Anachronism

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    Turner, Althea L.
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    In this dissertation, I posited the need to understand how an invented community (the Society for Creative Anachronism) constructs symbolic meaning in material objects and value systems. Using ethnographic methods, I focused on the Knights and their regalia as this is the most widely accepted material symbolism. People go to...
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    THE DISSERTATION OF Althea L. Turner for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Design and Human

  • Rural community college fundraising : a multi-site case study exploring the characteristics and motivations of alumni supporters

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    Wood, Jason S.
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    Fundraising in the 21st century is becoming an increasingly important component of rural community colleges' (RCCs) overall funding strategies. Alumni represent a significant population of potential college supporters. The problem facing rural community colleges involves fiscal viability through developing innovative fundraising practices and identifying emerging sources of additional revenue. The...
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    with funding formulas for community colleges did not fully fund the formula in 2007 (Katsinas

  • Keeping your Friends Secret: Improving the Security, Effciency and Usability of Private Set Intersection

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    Rindal, Peter B.
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    Private set intersection (PSI) allows two parties, who each hold a set of items, to compute the intersection of those sets without revealing anything about other items. Recent advances in PSI have significantly improved its performance for the case of semi-honest security, making semi-honest PSI a practical alternative to insecure...
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    for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science presented on August 16, 2018. Title

  • Aging in place : a contemporary social phenomenon

    Creator:
    Lee, Megan
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    Most aging individuals prefer to remain in a self-determined home environment, and generally aging adults want to remain in the same home or same community. The benefits of remaining in a self-determined private home environment while aging have been established. Because individuals present a diversity of needs, it takes interdisciplinary...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Megan Lee for the degree of

  • Evaluating Outcomes-Based Funding in Community Colleges

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    Moore, Alicia K. V.
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    Background: Legislators and higher education policy makers increasingly are turning to policy initiatives to incentivize institutions of higher education to transform policies and practices in the name of student success, with success typically defined as retention and graduation rates. One such policy receiving increased attention amongst states is outcomes-based funding,...
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    . Moore for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Education presented on March 2, 2016. Title

  • White principals examine power, privilege, and identity : the challenge of leading for equity

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    McCann, Julie McLaughlin
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    The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the experience of white principals in understanding their white identity, privilege, and power as they worked to implement socially-just and culturally proficient schools. The findings offer insights into the following questions: 1) How do white school leaders view white identity and...
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    : White Principals Examine Power, Privilege, and Identity: The Challenge of Leading for Equity

  • Voices from the coast : drawing on family funds of knowledge to build ocean literacy and home school partnerships

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    Roebber, Susan Merwin
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    In this qualitative study, ethnographic methods were used to identify parent funds of knowledge related to ocean literacy in a rural, coastal context. Participants included 16 parents of students in the teacher-researcher's third-grade classroom. Interactions between parent-child, parent-parent, and parent and the teacher-researcher were studied in order to determine factors...
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    ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Susan Merwin Roebber for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Education

  • Understanding how Vietnamese make career decisions in the United States

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    Do, Vinh The
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    This research explores the lived experiences and career decision making styles of three Vietnamese refugees in the United states. Since this study involves the lived experience of the participants pertaining to their everyday activities (i.e. living, making decision, and working in the United States), the phenomenological approach (Van Manen, 1990;...
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    and friend), could I achieve peace and tranquiffity of my soul. The basis for moral conduct in the

  • The career decision making of individuals with mild developmental disabilities

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    Thyfault, Alberta J.
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    Individuals with mild developmental disabilities have traditionally been excluded from full participation in their career decision making due to the stereotyping of their perceived incompetence. This view forms a mind-set or stigma that is recognized as the disability myth. This study initially addressed the vocational development of individuals with mild...
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    developmental disabilities AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Alberta J. Thyfault for the degree of Doctor of