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Faculty Senate Monthly Packet May 1992, Portland State University Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Monthly Packets

The May 1992 Monthly packet includes the May agenda and appendices and the Faculty Senate minutes and attachments from the meeting held April 1992.

Transmission Studies Of Explosive Vaporization Of A Transparent Liquid Film On An Opaque Solid Surface Induced By Excimer-Laser-Pulsed Irradiation, P.T. Leung, Nhan Do, Leander Klees, Wing P. Leung, Frank Tong

Physics Faculty Publications and Presentations

Examines the dynamics of the explosion of a liquid film by an ultraviolet excimer pulsed laser studied experimentally on top of an amorphous silicon film deposited on fused quartz. Background on thermal physics of superheated pure or mixed liquids; Techniques for surface temperature measurement; Experimental of probe laser and pulsed excimer laser.

Portland State Magazine, Portland State University. Office Of University Communications

Portland State Magazine

PSU’s alumni magazine, published 2-3 times a year. In this issue: Retirement for many senior adults means more time for travel, leisure—and study; Professor Jon Mandaville was an international news source as archaeologists in Oman uncovered the fabled city of Ubar; in the face of budget cuts, will state and local services—the nail and shoes—support long-term planning goals for Oregon—the horse and rider?; growing up in Ethiopia has given alumna Jan Kurtz a unique perspective as director of the American Advertising Museum; and more.

Identifying Quality Function Deployment's Variables, Outcomes, Their Relationships, And Guidelines For Practitioners In The American Automotive Industry, Geoffrey Paul Gilmore

Dissertations and Theses

American industry is about nine to 12 years behind in utilizing a new product development and introduction process known as Quality Function Deployment (Q.F.D.). American industry must learn to compete internationally; the American automotive industry alone directly and indirectly employs millions of workers and has billions of dollars in annual sales and profits at stake.

With the cooperation of one American automotive company research has been conducted on Q.F.D. The research objectives were to identify: what variables affect Q.F.D., what are the outcomes from Q.F.D., what relationships exist between Q.F.D. variables and outcomes, and what guidelines may be offered to …

Meeting Notes 1992-04-09 , Joint Policy Advisory Committee On Transportation

Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation

No abstract provided.

Determinants Of In-Migration Of College Students To The State Of New York, Wonseon Kyung

Center for Urban Studies Publications and Reports

This paper analyzes factors affecting the migration of college students. Its purpose is to provide a better understanding of the relationship between student migration and state characteristics, including state education policy. The paper begins with an examination of previous migration studies of college students. This is followed by a brief description of the methodology employed in this study. A model for migration to the state of New York is estimated to identify the major determinants which are associated with the student migrant's home state characteristics acting as push factors. The paper concludes with a discussion of the empirical results and …

Faculty Senate Monthly Packet April 1992, Portland State University Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Monthly Packets

The April 1992 Monthly packet includes the April agenda and appendices and the Faculty Senate minutes and attachments from the meeting held March 1992.

Meeting Notes 1992-03-12 , Joint Policy Advisory Committee On Transportation

Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation

No abstract provided.

Study Of Racial And Ethnic Relations In Portland Report Of The Housing Subcommittee, City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)

City Club of Portland

No abstract provided.

Geographic Data In City Planning Departments: The Volume And Use Related To Advancements In Geographic Information Systems (Gis) Technology, Fawzi Saeed Kubbara

Dissertations and Theses

Many local planning departments have acquired and put into use advanced automated geocoding and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to store, process, map and analyze geographic data. GIS technological advancements in hardware, software, and geographic databases - specifically, in geocoding methods to reference street address data to geographic locations - enable data to be integrated, mapped, and analyzed more efficiently and effectively. Also, technological advancements depend on organizational and institutional environments. The relationships between technological advancements and technical (data mapping and analysis), organizational, and institutional environments are not clear. The purpose of this study is to explain these relationships to help …

Faculty Senate Monthly Packet March 1992, Portland State University Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Monthly Packets

The March 1992 Monthly packet includes the March agenda and appendices and the Faculty Senate minutes and attachments from the meeting held February 1992.

Population Estimates For Oregon 1980-1991, Population Research Center, Portland State University

Oregon Population Estimates and Reports

This report provides population estimates for Oregon and its counties and cities for the years 1980 through 1991. As mandated by Oregon law, the Center for Population Research and Census at Portland State University, acting on behalf of the State Board of Higher Education, annually estimates the July 1 population for each county and incorporated city in Oregon. These figures must be certified to the Secretary of State by December 15. When certified the population estimates are used in the allocation of certain state tax revenues to cities and counties.

Meeting Notes 1992-02-13 , Joint Policy Advisory Committee On Transportation

Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation

No abstract provided.

Defusing A Rhetorical Situation Through Apologia: Ronald Reagan And The Iran-Contra Affair, Roxane Yvonne Sutherland

Dissertations and Theses

This thesis examines the manner in which Ronald Reagan responded to the Tower Commission Report concerning his involvement in the Iran-Contra Affair. It explores the following questions: 1) What were the factors leading to a rhetorical situation as defined by the media and which required Ronald Reagan to provide a public response of self-defense; 2) what strategies of apologia did Reagan employ; and 3) how did the media and the White House characterize the outcome of Reagan's speech?

Data for analysis were drawn from nationally recognized newspapers that shaped public perception of the Iran-Contra Affair: The Washington Post, The …

Brentwood-Darlington Neighborhood Site Review Criteria: Adopted By Ordinance Number 165071, Portland (Or.). Office Of The City Auditor

Portland City Archives

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Monthly Packet February 1992, Portland State University Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Monthly Packets

The February 1992 Monthly packet includes the February agenda and appendices and the Faculty Senate minutes and attachments from the meeting held January 1992.

Proposed Arbor Lodge Neighborhood Plan: Action Charts, Portland (Or.). Office Of The City Auditor

Portland City Archives

No abstract provided.

International Education In The Public Community Colleges Of Oregon And Washington, Stephan Ernest Cragg

Dissertations and Theses

There were at least five purposes in pursuing research on international education in the public community colleges of Oregon and Washington states. The first purpose was to fully demonstrate a new and original taxonomy of ten elements, or dimensions, found in defining and describing international education. A second purpose was to add to the body of knowledge and research on international education practices at the nation's community colleges through an extensive literature search and original research. A third purpose of the study was to identify and describe the current status of international educational programs and activities of the forty-three public …

Meeting Notes 1992-01-09 , Joint Policy Advisory Committee On Transportation

Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Monthly Packet January 1992, Portland State University Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Monthly Packets

The January 1992 Monthly packet includes the January agenda and appendices and the Faculty Senate minutes and attachments from the meeting held December 1991.

Residential Mobility And Revitalization In Portland Between 1970 And 1980: A Study Of The Urban Structural Impacts On Neighborhood Revitalization, Sheka Gassimou Kamara

Dissertations and Theses

Evidence of physical decline due in part to the rapid encroachment of commercial and industrial activity into some of Portland's residential areas in the mid-1960s and efforts to combat the forces of time and change through neighborhood revitalization provide the basis for this study. Additionally, some of the characteristics often employed in explaining the phenomenon in cities are manifested in the city of Portland. For example, Portland is endowed with a distinctive and well established downtown area that provides opportunities for the establishment of businesses as well as white-collar job opportunities. By the standards of the U.S. Bureau of the …

Objectivity In The Interpretation Of The Archaeology Of Ghana, E. Kofi Agorsah

Black Studies Faculty Publications and Presentations

One of the desires of the majority of archaeologists is to obtain from their analyses an objective knowledge of the societies they study. However, the mere desire to obtain objectivity does not ensure its attainment especially where biases cannot be controlled. Added to this difficulty of obtaining objectivity is that not only is the subject matter of archaeology vast and varied, but also archaeologists disagree on directions of study and interpretations, and in many cases very few scholars attempt to put themselves at a standpoint from which to measure the inadequacies and unevenness of their interpretations. Fundamental to interpretations in …

Annual Faculty Senate Minutes October 1992 - June 1993, Portland State University Faculty Senate

Annual Compilations of the Faculty Senate Minutes (Minutes Only)

Minutes of the Faculty Senate for October 1992 to June 1993.

Monitoring And Management Of Psychiatric Symptomatology In Conditionally Released Insanity Acquittees, Jo Mariah Mahler

Dissertations and Theses

Community treatment of insanity acquittees is a highly controversial matter among legislators, mental health professionals and the public. At issue is the balancing of public safety concerns with least restrictive, non-punitive rehabilitation alternatives for insanity acquittees. Attempts to determine predictors of dangerousness in mentally ill offenders have produced mixed results with questionable practical value. In view of this, many mental health professionals are instead recommending that research on insanity acquittees be focused on evaluating the effectiveness of mandated community treatment programs for insanity acquittees. One area being designated for such research is the monitoring and management of psychopathology in conditionally …

Multiple Code Switching In An Okinawan Speech Community: An Ethnographic Perspective, Izumi Kawamitsu

Dissertations and Theses

The ethnography of communication is a mode of inquiry which investigates relationships between language and culture in a particular speech community. Based on the ethnographic perspective, this study examines a certain way of speaking at a specific historical moment in a specific community. The major focus is two disc jockeys who are characterized as "trilingual" speakers (Japanese-English-Okinawa dialect) and their code switching activities in an Okinawan local radio program.

The three-month field study took place on the island of Okinawa. Data were collected from observations at the two radio stations, transcriptions of the program, and interviews with the DJs, the …

Simulation Design, Role Identification And Attitude Change In A High Technology Culture, Terry Robert Schumacher

Dissertations and Theses

Gaming-simulations (G-S) are those in which participants play roles, make decisions and receive feedback while interacting with a simulation model. This study used attitude change to measure of G-S effectiveness in exploring questions relating simulation design and effectiveness. To define participant attitudes and the content for a simulation, the organizational culture of a software engineering firm was studied using an ethnographic approach. Inconsistencies between the existing culture and expressed ideals were measured using an 40 item attitude questionnaire drawn from statements made during interviews. Simulation structure and participant cognitive style were factors hypothesized to influence identification with a simulation role. …

Teacher Adjustments To Multiple And Continuous Change, Cheryll Brounstein

Dissertations and Theses

This study examined the phenomenon of multiple and continuous change and the adjustments teachers made in response to the phenomenon. The research questions posed by this study are: 1. Is there a phenomenon of multiple and continuous change and if so how is it characterized by the participants? 2. Is there an effect of multiple and continuous change on the participants, if so, how do the participants adjust to the phenomenon and how can these adjustments be described? Methodologically, the strategy for this study was designed to allow for the generation of theory since multiple and continuous change has not …

People, Programs, And Politics: Two Case Studies Of Adult Literacy Classes, Rita Collins

Dissertations and Theses

Past research has not sufficiently addressed the question of what types of adult literacy instructional practice are recognized by participants, i.e., students and teachers, as facilitating learning in Adult Basic Education (ABE) classes. The purpose of this study was to describe instructional practices in two urban literacy programs serving low level adult readers, and to identify which practices were effective in meeting student needs. Effectiveness was measured by the ability of students to achieve learning objectives identified by themselves and the teacher, and included attendance patterns and student participation. Quantitative measures of achievement were not used as criteria since few …

Portland State Magazine, Portland State University. Office Of University Communications

Portland State Magazine

PSU’s alumni magazine, published 2-3 times a year. In this issue: Natural beauty juxtaposed to economic and political concerns, make Palau a fascinating place to study; is paving of the entire Willamette Valley, from Portland to Eugene, in our future?; professor Mildred Bennett has always gone out of her way to make math easy to understand; a PSU alumnus specializes in helping Portland’s rich find ways to live peacefully with their wealth; and more.

Ten Essentials For A Quality Regional Landscape: A Guidebook For Maintaining And Enhancing Greater Portland's Special Sense Of Place, Metro (Or.)

Metro Collection

No abstract provided.