The purpose of this study was to determine whether the student
financial aid programs administered through the Financial Aid
Office at Oregon State University have achieved their objectives
of accomplishing the goals of financial aid in higher education
for Oregon community college (OCC) transfer students who receive
financial aid. This...
The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions of
job stressors in student services professionals. The research
procedures examined the functional aspects of a position with
four dimensions of job stressors: role-based stress, conflictresolution
stress, task-based stress, and stress due to the inefficiency
of others. The independent variables...
The purpose of this study was twofold; first, to identify the
values held by Oregon State University students, and second, to
determine if the values of OSU students are different from samples
previously surveyed. A further purpose of the study was to
develop baseline data on a cross-section of the...
The purpose of the study was to compare perceptions by faculty,
students and administrators of the campus environments of eight small,
independent liberal arts colleges in Oregon and to determine if similar
or like perceptions of the environment lead to greater vitality in each
of the colleges studied. In the...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of alcohol
on freshman women during the critical transition into college.
Specifically, the study focused on differences in knowledge of alcohol
facts and attitudes toward use of alcohol among freshman women prior to
college. Further, the study focused on changes...
The purpose of this research was to do a comparative study of
the self-concept of Mexican-American/Chicano(a) students enrolled
in two- and four-year institutions of higher education in western
Oregon during the 1985-1986 academic year.
The secondary purposes of the research were:
1) To ascertain if there were any significant differences...
The purpose of this study was to determine the degree of
social support within different living groups. It also determined
if there were a combination of variables that contribute to social
support. The independent variables included interpersonal orientation,
sense of identity, adjustment to college, grade point average,
gender of subject,...