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Professional competencies for church ministry as perceived by seminary faculties, church lay leaders, and seminary seniors

Creator:: Sweeney, James E.
Abstract:: The conceptual foundations of the study emerged from a review of the literature, suggesting that a serious gap exists between clergy and laity in terms of ministerial expectations. This gap has been attributed in part to a growing estrangement between seminaries and the churches they serve. Thus, the central problem...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: gathering momentum and prominence in the United States in the late nineteenth century (60). Before that

The GED certificate as a credential for entry into and retention in the workforce : recipient and employer perceptions

Creator:: Mason, Roy B.
Abstract:: The purpose of this research was to assess the use of the General Educational Development Tests (GED) as an alternative high school credential in Oregon. A study was conducted of 469 Oregon GED recipients' and 646 private sector employers' perceptions of the GED. Both quantitative and qualitative measurements were used...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: the general population in Oregon was not representative of the rest of the United States. It was

A systems analysis model for minimizing the flow of biotically productive land into irreversible uses

Creator:: Hollingshead, Anne Huston, 1925-
Abstract:: Many of the natural resource problems facing man in the present era are so large and complicated that no one discipline provides an adequate approach for their solutions. As an example, the relationships of man to the land resource base can best be understood when they are considered holistically rather...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Resource policy implications of animal rights activism : a demographic, attitudinal and behavioral analysis

Creator:: Jamison, Wesley V.
Abstract:: The thesis analyzes the demographic, attitudinal and behavioral characteristics of animal rights activists, placing them in the context of resource policy. It is argued that the animal rights movement combined the Victorian critique of empiricism with a reaction to modernity that was characteristic of other contemporary mass movements. Animal rights...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: legislation and humane education; shelters and neutering Humane Society of the United States, American

Understanding how Vietnamese make career decisions in the United States

Creator:: Do, Vinh The
Abstract:: 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;...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: United States AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Vinh The Do for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in

Two Essays on Local Government Finances in the United States

Creator:: Jung, Jaeho
Abstract:: County governments in the United States play important roles in the tax collection and public service provisions. Thus, a better understanding of the local government finances is closely related to the welfares of residents. In this dissertation, I provide two essays: in the first essay, I examine the fiscal impacts...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ................................................................ 83 1 Two Essays on the Local Government Finance in the United States 1. General

Traditional ecological knowledge to develop and maintain fire regimes in northwestern California, Klamath-Siskiyou bioregion : management and restoration of culturally significant habitats

Creator:: Lake, Frank K.
Abstract:: The use of Native American fire regimes evolved in the Klamath-Siskiyou bioregion over millennia. A mixture of Native American and Euro-American socio-cultural management has developed from adaptations to climate, topography, ecological processes, and land use practices. This research incorporates Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) to partially examine the role of tribal...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: management has developed from adaptations to climate, topography, ecological processes, and land use

Death Investigation: Factors Associated with Scene Investigation and Autopsy Completion at Two US Medicolegal Offices

Creator:: Snippen, Jennifer R.
Abstract:: Background/Purpose: US public health, criminal justice, and many other social and scientific processes are affected by the quality of data obtained about death. Yet, little research has focused on how death investigations are conducted. The overall goal of this research was to examine the process by which information was obtained...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Introduction Approximately nine thousand people die each day in the United States (US) (Ahmad et al., 2022

A computer simulation model of land use dynamics in the State of Oregon

Creator:: Calligan, C. C.
Abstract:: The dynamics of land use in the State of Oregon are simulated on a digital computer. The introductory chapter outlines the complex nature of the problems facing the post-industrial society and argues that the scientific and professional estates share in the responsibility for public policy formulation. The second chapter .presents...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: (Major department) (Date) Title: A COMPUTER SIMULATION OF LAND USE DYNAMICS IN THE STATE OF OREGON

Economics of federal range use and improvement

Creator:: Nielsen, Darwin B.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: personnel of the Vale office of the Bureau of Land Management for their help. I am especially grateful to

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Professional competencies for church ministry as perceived by seminary faculties, church lay leaders, and seminary seniors

The GED certificate as a credential for entry into and retention in the workforce : recipient and employer perceptions

A systems analysis model for minimizing the flow of biotically productive land into irreversible uses

Resource policy implications of animal rights activism : a demographic, attitudinal and behavioral analysis

Understanding how Vietnamese make career decisions in the United States

Two Essays on Local Government Finances in the United States

Traditional ecological knowledge to develop and maintain fire regimes in northwestern California, Klamath-Siskiyou bioregion : management and restoration of culturally significant habitats

Death Investigation: Factors Associated with Scene Investigation and Autopsy Completion at Two US Medicolegal Offices

A computer simulation model of land use dynamics in the State of Oregon

Economics of federal range use and improvement

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