This study presents potential Low Impact Development (LID) solutions for the Ash Creek watershed and designs several tools to assist localities in implementing the solutions they may choose. Ash Creek is a tributary of the Willamette River flowing through Dallas, Monmouth, and Independence in Polk County, Oregon. Currently, Ash Creek...
Oregon State University campus grounds have long been admired for their beauty and the diversity of over 65,000 individual woody plants that grace the 570 acres of campus. The woody plant collection has provided a living learning laboratory for the university and surrounding community for decades. The campus grounds include...
A decade after the School of Education at Oregon State University adopted a spiral model of curriculum for teacher education,
a study was conducted to determine if Instructional Media, one
thread of that model, was spiralled in the curriculum.
A survey was conducted of graduating seniors, using a questionnaire to...
For decades, sexual violence has been a persistent crisis and challenge for universities and colleges across the United States. In order to address this problem and adhere to the strict legal obligations that require post-secondary institutions to prevent sexual violence on their campuses, universities and colleges have implemented a range...
Oregon State Federal Credit Union (OSU FCU) members' attitudes
toward proposed services, and the association between the importance
rating of a "common bond" (loyalty) and use of selected services of
the OSU FCU were examined. The study utilized data from the member
survey commissioned in 1982 by the OSU FCU...
Campus administrators are partially responsible for how a campus responds to a critical incident and how the students and outside community are impacted. It is important for administrators responding to critical incidents to take an objective look at their plans and preparations to determine if they will truly be effective...
Scholars promote the ability of visual imagery to have a number of political campaigning benefits such as influencing opinions and attitudes and encouraging vibrant, striving democracy while improving the quality of public knowledge and opinion. However, previous research on this subject has failed to identify how presidential candidates display their...
A study was made by comparing two manuals and determining their
effectiveness in teaching the principles of food sanitation to food service
workers at Oregon State University.
Sixty food service workers on the Oregon State University campus
were selected at random and divided into two groups of thirty each for...
The graduate student experience varies for each individual. While some graduate students decide to continue school after being away from some time, others continue with their studies immediately following the completion of their Bachelor's degree. This decision to continue one's education can be difficult and may require further assistance from...
The purpose of the study was to develop a proposed in-service program for cooperating teachers who supervise student teachers. Forty-one cooperating teachers for the Home Economics Education Department of Oregon State University rated the competencies of a good supervisor of student teachers. Also, 17 heads of home economics teacher education...