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The impact of social capital on well-being in rural communities

Creator:: Harrison, Jane L.
Abstract:: This study seeks to explore the relationship between social capital and well-being in the rural Western United States. Mixed methods were employed to understand the concepts from multiple angles, using both profile and process indicators. An econometric approach used profile indicators and relied on data from 414 counties in the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: and their respective counties in Washington State. Results from the econometric approach indicated

A descriptive study of the presidential search process at a newly created community college and its reflection of the emerging organizational culture

Creator:: Huston, Gina G.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to describe the presidential search process at a newly created community college and to learn how that process reflected the emerging organizational culture. A single research question guided the inquiry: How did the presidential search process at a newly created community college reflect the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Technical Colleges and the local community, the Washington State government passed legislation creating

An examination of the perceptions of the goals for community colleges by internal and external constituent groups from selected Washington State community colleges

Creator:: Maxwell, Nancy A.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: community colleges by internal and external constituent groups from selected Washington State community

Community resources as a means of teaching related information in industrial arts

Creator:: Siegner, Clarence Vernon
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: grounds that the best of art should belong to the community, to the state, to everybody who can and

Voices of leadership : experiences of people of color in a community leadership development program

Creator:: Hiyane-Brown, Katherine H.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to describe and record the experiences of people of color in a community leadership development program. Selected people of color were asked to describe their experiences as participants in the American Leadership program in Tacoma-Pierce County in the State of Washington. The American Leadership...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: competing needs for time (i.e., work, involvement in the community, and meeting family obligations) A

A recent disturbance history of forest ecosystems at Mount Rainier National Park

Creator:: Hemstrom, Miles A.
Abstract:: An analysis was made of the recent catastrophic disturbance history of forests at Mount Rainier National Park. Basic data were tree ages from ring counts of increment cores taken from the early seral cohort, field mapping of age class boundaries and aerial photograph interpretation. Maps of present stand ages were...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Examination of imputation methods to estimate status and change of forest attributes from paneled inventory data

Creator:: Eskelson, Bianca N. I.
Abstract:: The Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program conducts an annual inventory throughout the United States. In the western United States, 10% of all plots (one panel) are measured annually, and a moving average is used for estimating current condition and change of forest attributes while alternative methods are sought in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: collected in Oregon and Washington. Several nearest neighbor imputation methods were examined for their

Nature and culture in two Pacific Northwest timber-dependent communities

Creator:: Six, Amanda
Abstract:: Timber-dependent, rural communities in the Pacific Northwest face dramatic economic, political, and cultural change. New philosophies of forest management, primarily formulated in urban communities, require new approaches to the use and extraction of resources. What are the roles of rural communities that wish to adapt and sustain themselves? Two rural...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: communities that wish to adapt and sustain themselves? Two rural communities, one from Washington State, and

Building social capital through community-agency collaboration : a survey of residents in northeast Washington

Creator:: Maier, Carolin
Abstract:: Over the past half century, the USDA Forest Service has increasingly faced diverse and often competing demands for forest resources, ranging from recreation, to ecosystem services, and timber supply. Building positive community-agency relationships has become increasingly important. Such relationships can improve community support for forest planning and management activities, ultimately...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: National Forest and Northeast Washington Forestry Coalition has had on rural Northeast Washington

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The impact of social capital on well-being in rural communities

A descriptive study of the presidential search process at a newly created community college and its reflection of the emerging organizational culture

An examination of the perceptions of the goals for community colleges by internal and external constituent groups from selected Washington State community colleges

Community resources as a means of teaching related information in industrial arts

Voices of leadership : experiences of people of color in a community leadership development program

A recent disturbance history of forest ecosystems at Mount Rainier National Park

Examination of imputation methods to estimate status and change of forest attributes from paneled inventory data

Nature and culture in two Pacific Northwest timber-dependent communities

Building social capital through community-agency collaboration : a survey of residents in northeast Washington

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