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RAIN: Journal of Appropriate Technology

Volume 7, Number 7

Inside: Ivan Illich on Ivan Illich; Hazel Henderson on Global Economics

RAIN began in October 1974 as a publication of ECO-NET, an environmental education network funded by the Hill Foundation and an Environmental Education grant. Its office was based in the Environmental Education Center at Portland State University. With a focus on the Pacific Northwest, particularly Oregon, RAIN originally described itself as a “bulletin board” with an “emphasis on environmental/energy related and communications kinds of information” and interested in “the evolutionary possibilities of inter-disciplinary connections.”

Faculty Senate Monthly Packet May 1981, Portland State University Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Monthly Packets

The May 1981 Monthly packet includes the May agenda and appendices and the Faculty Senate minutes and attachments from the meeting held April 1981.

The Effects Of Public Progress Charts Upon Self-Pacing In A Psi Course In Social Studies In A Traditional Middle School, Lynnette Hager-Godat

Dissertations and Theses

The present study investigated the effects of public progress charts on self-pacing in a social studies course taught by the PSI method in a middle school (grades 5-8). It was found that public progress charts significantly enhanced a student's rate of progress, t(45) = 5.06, p < .01. Student satisfaction with the PSI method was measured and it was found that students liked the PSI method.

Meeting Notes 1981-04-09 , Joint Policy Advisory Committee On Transportation

Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation

No abstract provided.

Portland State Perspective; Spring 1981, Portland State University

Portland State Perspective

A quarterly alumni newsletter. In this issue: cancer research at PSU; budget cuts; alumni campaign and benefits; childcare program; raised-bed gardening

Faculty Senate Monthly Packet April 1981, Portland State University Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Monthly Packets

The April 1981 Monthly packet includes the April agenda and appendices and the Faculty Senate minutes and attachments from the meeting held March 1981.

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RAIN: Journal of Appropriate Technology

Volume 7, Number 6

Inside: Reagan Era Environmentalism; Heat Pump Water Heaters; Richard Merrill on Bioregional Agriculture

RAIN began in October 1974 as a publication of ECO-NET, an environmental education network funded by the Hill Foundation and an Environmental Education grant. Its office was based in the Environmental Education Center at Portland State University. With a focus on the Pacific Northwest, particularly Oregon, RAIN originally described itself as a “bulletin board” with an “emphasis on environmental/energy related and communications kinds of information” and interested in “the evolutionary possibilities of inter-disciplinary connections.”

Laser Broadening Ratio From The Multimode Oscillation Threshold, Lee W. Casperson

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

Lasers with mixed line broadening typically oscillate in a single longitudinal mode for excitation levels only slightly above threshold. At high pump levels, less desirable multimode oscillation may sometimes occur. A procedure is described for using the multimode threshold as a sensitive measure of the broadening ratio, and GaAs is mentioned as an example.

Information Report On Portland Performing Arts Facilities Bond (Municipal Measure No. 51), City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)

City Club of Portland

No abstract provided.

Portland Public Schools District No. 1 Levy (Multnomah County Measures 26-14 And 26-15), City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)

City Club of Portland

No abstract provided.

Meeting Notes 1981-03-12 , Joint Policy Advisory Committee On Transportation

Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation

No abstract provided.

City Club Of Portland Bulletin Vol. 61, No. 40 (Special Edition) (1981-2-25), City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)

City Club of Portland

No abstract provided.

Testimony Provided Before The Joint Ways And Means Subcommittee, Human Resources Committee, House Of Representatives, Oregon State Legislature, Norman L. Wyers

School of Social Work Faculty Publications and Presentations

In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt:
My name is Norman Wyers. I am an Associate Professor, with a specialty in income maintenance from Columbia University, at the School of Social Work, Portland State University. I would like to talk with you today about the formulation of well-articulated welfare policy, in this case policy which would more effectively link social services with income maintenance. I am using this particular piece of welfare policy for illustrative reasons but also because it is badly needed.

Limited Scope Information Report On City-County Disaster Response Planning, City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)

City Club of Portland

No abstract provided.

Meeting Notes 1981-02-12 , Joint Policy Advisory Committee On Transportation

Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Monthly Packet February 1981, Portland State University Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Monthly Packets

The February 1981 Monthly packet includes the February agenda and appendices and the Faculty Senate minutes and attachments from the meeting held January 1981.

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RAIN: Journal of Appropriate Technology

Volume 7, Number 5

Inside: A.T. /China; Northwest Power Play 2

RAIN began in October 1974 as a publication of ECO-NET, an environmental education network funded by the Hill Foundation and an Environmental Education grant. Its office was based in the Environmental Education Center at Portland State University. With a focus on the Pacific Northwest, particularly Oregon, RAIN originally described itself as a “bulletin board” with an “emphasis on environmental/energy related and communications kinds of information” and interested in “the evolutionary possibilities of inter-disciplinary connections.”

Eliot Neighborhood Plan, Chaney Abbott, Cynthia Eardley, Bryan Finnie, Peter Fry, Robert Goldie, Michael Hoglund, Marci Levine, Ta-Win Lin, Sayed Pishvaie, Jeffrey Robinson, Richard Shaffer, William Sparling, Laurie Whiteford

Master of Urban and Regional Planning Workshop Projects

The Eliot Neighborhood Plan is the product of the Comprehensive Planning Workshop conducted by the School of Urban Affairs at Portland State University. The planning team consisted of thirteen graduate students in consultation with Professors Thomas Gihring and Sumner Sharpe.

The objectives of the plan are:

1. To develop a policy framework which will serve as a guiding document for the future development of the neighborhood in compliance with the Portland Comprehensive Plan.
2. To suggest implementation strategies designed to carry out the goals and policies and to resolve conflicts.
3. To provide the students with practical experience in planning in an actual …

The Prosecutors Of Socrates And The Political Motive Theory, Thomas Patrick Kelly

Dissertations and Theses

This thesis presents a critical analysis of the historical roles assigned to the prosecutors of Socrates by modern historians.

Ancient sources relating to the trial and the principles involved, and modern renditions, especially those of John Burnet and A. E. Taylor, originators of the theory that the trial of Socrates was politically motivated, are critically analyzed and examined.

The thesis concludes that the political motive theory is not supported by the evidence on which it relies.

Recommendation Of The Portland Development Commission To City Council, Portland (Or.). Development Commission

Portland City Archives

No abstract provided.

Portland Development Commission On Status Of Pioneer Square., Portland (Or.). Development Commission

Ernie Bonner Collection

No abstract provided.

Meeting Notes 1981-01-08 , Joint Policy Advisory Committee On Transportation

Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Monthly Packet January 1981, Portland State University Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Monthly Packets

The January 1981 Monthly packet includes the January agenda and appendices and the Faculty Senate minutes and attachments from the meeting held December 1980.

Portland State Perspective; January 1981, Portland State University

Portland State Perspective

A quarterly alumni newsletter. In this issue: alumni fundraising; cooperative education program in engineering; national attention for Viking football; visiting scholars; feature on Judy Delaney; feature on Bill Hilliard

Portland Youth Advocates' Contact Center Program (1970-79): An Idiographic Study, Michael Horowitz

Dissertations and Theses

Portland Youth Advocates is a nonprofit organization in Portland, Oregon that since 1969 has supervised nearly a dozen innovative service programs for young people. One of these programs was a counseling and referral program that evolved in August 1970 and closed in September 1979. Although it used different names at various times, it was most often known as the Contact Center. Three of PYA's former programs are operating in 1981, having each incorporated separately since 1979. To address the problem of why the Contact Center was unable to continue as well, an ex post facto case study of the program …

Organizational Innovation In A Professional School: A Case Study, Marie Streng Berger

Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this research was to apply specific organization development strategies in a professional school to test the applicability of Argyris' Theory and Method Model for this setting. The research was designed to determine the effectiveness of group decision-making processes before and after intervention. In order to accomplish this, the research included two phases. The purpose of Phase One was to involve all members in the organization development program so valid information could be collected about strengths, limitations, and problems of the organization. Data for this phase were collected by individual and group interviews. These interviews, while unstructured, were …

Coping With Stress Following A Natural Disaster: The Volcanic Eruption Of Mt. St. Helens, Shirley Ann Murphy

Dissertations and Theses

This study focuses on the coping responses of the bereaved immediate family and close friends of persons who died as a result of the volcanic eruption of Mt. St. Helens in southwestern Washington on May 18, 1980. Three major research questions were addressed: Is there a relationship between illness and three life events: presumed death of a close relative or friend, confirmed death of a close relative or friend, and loss of one's permanent of recreational residence? Do self-efficacy and social supports act as intervening variables to buffer the negative effects of stress on one's health when coping with loss? …

Police Patrol Deployment In Small Urban Centers: An Application Of Integrated Management Decision-Making, Robert Wayne Taylor

Dissertations and Theses

This dissertation was undertaken to examine and review the theoretical issues concerning decision-making. From this analysis, a new and innovative technique for problem-solving was developed, entitled Integrated Management Decision-making. The underlying theoretical framework of this model involved the integration of the organization and the environment. Political, economic, social, cultural, and other community factors were discussed as major influences in the decision-making process. Integrated Management Decision-Making was derived from the combination of four existing theoretical perspectives: (1) decision-making is a process; (2) decision-making involves the ability to make rational choices; (3) decision-making involves the ability to make rational choices; (3) decision-making …

An Observational Study Of The Workday Of The Urban High School Assistant Principal, Penny S. Mcdonald

Dissertations and Theses

The central problem of the study was to determine the nature of the workday of the urban high school assistant principal. Specific questions guiding the investigation were as follows: (1)What are the workday activities of an assistant principal? (2)How long is this day? (3)How might the pace of the workday be described? (4)With whom does an assistant principal interact? How? Why? (5)To what extent is daily work proactive? Reactive? (6)Do the workdays of the various urban high school assistant principals differ? The investigator, in the nonparticipant observor role, employed five data-collection techniques: field notes; structured interview; review of written materials; …

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RAIN: Journal of Appropriate Technology

Volume 7, Number 4

Inside: Toxic Wastes Syndrome; Northwest Power Play; Lovins' Bunnies

RAIN began in October 1974 as a publication of ECO-NET, an environmental education network funded by the Hill Foundation and an Environmental Education grant. Its office was based in the Environmental Education Center at Portland State University. With a focus on the Pacific Northwest, particularly Oregon, RAIN originally described itself as a “bulletin board” with an “emphasis on environmental/energy related and communications kinds of information” and interested in “the evolutionary possibilities of inter-disciplinary connections.”