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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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    Dissertation
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    year are generally applied as a credit against the sinking fund payment. Sometimes bond indentures for

  • Virtual Reality Art As a Pathway to Social Justice and Humanity

    Creator:
    Egan, Haley
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    This paper contains a review of the literature that inspired and informed my final Master’s art project for Applied Ethics, as well as an explanation and analysis of the art project itself. The review of literature begins with a lens into modern development, and how a history of colonization and...
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    Capstone Project
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    “the pedagogy of people engaged in the fight for their own liberation.” 1 Seldom do we arrive at an

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

    Creator:
    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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    Dissertation
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    THE DISSERTATION OF Althea L. Turner for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Design and Human

  • A study of the reactions of Lake county students who have benefited by the Bernard Daly educational fund

    Creator:
    Kurtz, William Henry
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    Masters Thesis
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    closed until 1928, no official estimate of the value of the educational fund is available for the

  • Friends and family assignments : one strategy for connecting the classroom with the real world

    Creator:
    Crowl, Michele M.
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    This study addressed the following question: "How does facilitating informal explorations with friends and family outside of a science course help students who are enrolled in the course?" The context was a physics course for prospective elementary and middle school teachers. This was a qualitative study that analyzed student responses...
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    Masters Thesis
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          Friends  and  Family  Assignments:  One  Strategy  for     Connecting  the  Classroom

  • The role of borrowed funds in Oregon cooperatives

    Creator:
    Wissman, Roger A.
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    In Oregon agricultural cooperatives perform an important part of the marketing of agricultural products and the distributing of farm supplies. The performance of these associations directly affects the financial returns of the many farmers who belong to these cooperatives. The purpose of this study is to examine capital structures of...
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    Masters Thesis

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

    Creator:
    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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    Dissertation
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    with funding formulas for community colleges did not fully fund the formula in 2007 (Katsinas

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

    Creator:
    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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    Dissertation
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    : White Principals Examine Power, Privilege, and Identity: The Challenge of Leading for Equity

  • 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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    Dissertation
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Megan Lee for the degree of

  • Evaluating Outcomes-Based Funding in Community Colleges

    Creator:
    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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    Dissertation
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    . Moore for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Education presented on March 2, 2016. Title