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A descriptive study of the Oregon community college budget processes during the 2001-2003 Oregon Legislative session

Creator:: Bohart, B. Edward
Abstract:: From 1990 to 2000, Oregon community colleges experienced a shift in their revenue sources from primarily local taxes to primarily state funding. Additionally during this time Oregon approved term limits for state officials and legislators. In preparation for the 2001-2003 biennial Legislative session, the community colleges pursued new approaches to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: the Oregon Community College Budget Processes during the 2001-2003 Legislative Session. Abstract

Publicly Funded, Privately Assisted : The Role of Giving in Oregon K-12 Education

Creator:: Sattem, Jennifer L.
Abstract:: In Oregon, property tax revolts and school equalization measures have led to increasingly unstable and more non-discretionary public funding for schools. As a result, public schools are turning to private donations to provide both basic and supplemental educational opportunities. Some schools and districts are raising hundreds of thousands of dollars,...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: finance issues in Oregon without mention of Ballot Measure 5 which shifted the education finance

Legislators' perceptions about community colleges' use of alternative funding sources to solve budget shortfalls

Creator:: Klimes, Debra S. E.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to discern the nature of legislators' perceptions about community colleges' abilities to generate revenues through alternative funding sources and the resultant effects on state allocations to these colleges. Selected community college-related staff members and legislative staff members in Idaho and Oregon were asked to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: staff members in Idaho and Oregon were asked to independently name three to five Idaho and Oregon

The Impact of Financial Education on Community College Student-Loan Debt

Creator:: Garcia, Veronica R.
Abstract:: The student-loan market has surpassed 1.3 trillion dollars; rising student-loan cohort default rates are a growing concern among educational institutions. Many colleges are implementing financial-education programs for students to help increase their knowledge, aptitude, and skills so they may become informed consumers. Purpose/Objective/Research Question/Focus of Study: The purpose of this...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: and Population/Participants/Subjects: A community college in Oregon provided the site for this

Two Oregon governors : the role of perceptions in community college state budget development

Creator:: Preus, Camille
Abstract:: The purpose of this phenomenological study is to describe how Oregon governors Barbara Roberts and John Kitzhaber, whose tenures both coincided with the passage and implementation of property tax limitation measures, determined the community college budgets within their recommended state budgets. The stories of Robert’s 1993 and Kitzhaber’s 2001 decisions...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Education in Education presented on December 18, 2007. Title: Two Oregon Governors: The Role of

Investigating the Structural Barriers to Equal Education in Oregon - How Laws, Rhetoric & Values Translate into Practice

Creator:: Ludvik, Tracey L.
Abstract:: This study helps to answer the broader question of why Latino students across the U.S. persistently drop out of school at the highest rates compared to students of other racial groups by focusing on the institutional workings of the various levels of the Oregon school system. Latino students have the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: in Oregon : how laws, rhetoric & values translate into practice AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF

Economic Analysis of A Road Usage Charge

Creator:: Ke, Yue
Abstract:: This study evaluates the distributional impacts of an alternative public roads finance method, a road usage charge (RUC) fee, on lower income households and rural households in Oregon. While previous research has relied on the 2001 and 2009 National Household Travel Survey (NHTS), this research will uses the 2011-2013 Oregon...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Oregon, the state legislature formed a task force to study the issue of highway finance; their

A Tale of Two Schools : Exploring Race and Class Inequalities for Latino Students in the Salem-Keizer School District

Creator:: Hendrick, Lisa
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to examine significant and persistent problems within the Salem-Keizer School District, particularly when comparing Douglas McKay High School to West Salem High School. Douglas McKay High School is one of the physically smallest schools in the district, with over 2000 students and has the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: grants related to education equality and success (Oregon Department of Education, 2015). Exploratory

Beliefs and attitudes influence willingness to pay recreation fees at an urban forest : incorporating attitudes in contingent valuation methods

Creator:: Moehrke, Caitlin
Abstract:: The current thesis presents contingent valuation research incorporating social psychological measures that investigates recreationists' willingness to pay recreation access fees at McDonald-Dunn Forest, Oregon. Context is provided through an extensive literature review of recreation fee management, issues and concerns related to recreation fees, recreationists' attitudes toward fees, relevant social psychological...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Caitlin Moehrke A THESIS Submitted to Oregon State University

An investment valuation and risk assessment of high-density sweet cherry orchards

Creator:: West, Tyler T.
Abstract:: A supply and demand model for the sweet cherry industry in Wasco County, Oregon and two investment valuation models are used to value and assess the risk of investments in high-density sweet cherry orchard establishment and production from the producer perspective. The supply and demand estimation finds the cherry price...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , Oregon and two investment valuation models are used to value and assess the risk of investments in

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A descriptive study of the Oregon community college budget processes during the 2001-2003 Oregon Legislative session

Publicly Funded, Privately Assisted : The Role of Giving in Oregon K-12 Education

Legislators' perceptions about community colleges' use of alternative funding sources to solve budget shortfalls

The Impact of Financial Education on Community College Student-Loan Debt

Two Oregon governors : the role of perceptions in community college state budget development

Investigating the Structural Barriers to Equal Education in Oregon - How Laws, Rhetoric & Values Translate into Practice

Economic Analysis of A Road Usage Charge

A Tale of Two Schools : Exploring Race and Class Inequalities for Latino Students in the Salem-Keizer School District

Beliefs and attitudes influence willingness to pay recreation fees at an urban forest : incorporating attitudes in contingent valuation methods

An investment valuation and risk assessment of high-density sweet cherry orchards

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