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Measuring student satisfaction with the service processes of selected student educational support services at Everett Community CollegeKerlin, Christine 10 January 2000 (has links)
The era of "customer satisfaction" brings students to colleges who are increasingly
identifying themselves as customers. Competition among a growing number of institutions and
learning organizations is sharpening the desire of institutions to deliver high quality service in
order to attract and retain students. Some examples of interactions where service quality may
affect satisfaction are accessible and prompt service, knowledgeable assistance and personal
attention. The use of the SERVQUAL survey instrument offers a fruitful opportunity for student
services managers to assess student satisfaction with service quality. Insofar as satisfaction may
affect student desire to attend, retention, and word-of mouth recommendations, colleges should
include service quality assessment in their efforts to be accountable for the effectiveness of their
services.
This study was conducted at a suburban community college, using a cluster sampling
methodology, focused on students in college transfer and professional/technical courses. Student
expectations and perceptions of service quality in Registration, Financial Aid, Counseling, Career
Center and Library services were probed. Data analysis yielded discernible patterns in student
satisfaction and dissatisfaction. Students placed less emphasis on the tangible aspects of service
quality, such as the appearance of facilities and brochures, and more emphasis on aspects that
provide them with reliable services and demonstrate attention to their personal needs. The quality
of some Financial Aid services, as well as office hours among all five services, were identified as
needing further examination. Some significant differences between male and female respondents,
and between Caucasians and Students of Color were found.
Because SERVQUAL offers a targeted method of identifying areas that can improve
student satisfaction, this strategy offers some direct and perhaps cost-effective ways of
implementing action as a result of assessment research. This may make it appealing to other
community colleges. Implementation by other community colleges would be helpful in building a
database and reference points about student satisfaction with service quality. / Graduation date: 2000
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Distribution of nearshore macroinvertebrates in lakes of the northern Cascade Mountains, Washington, USAHoffman, Robert L. 02 March 1994 (has links)
Although nearshore macroinvertebrates are integral members of high
mountain lentic systems, knowledge of ecological factors influencing their
distributions is limited. Factors affecting distributions of nearshore
macroinvertebrates were investigated, including microhabitat use and
vertebrate predation, in the oligotrophic lakes of North Cascades National
Park Service Complex, Washington, USA, and the conformity of distribution
with a lake classification system was assessed (Lomnicky, unpublished
manuscript; Liss et al. 1991).
Forty-one lakes were assigned to six classification categories based
on vegetation zone (forest, subalpine, alpine), elevation, and position
relative to the west or east side of the crest of the Cascade Range.
These classification variables represented fundamental characteristics of
the terrestrial environment that indirectly reflected geology and climate.
This geoclimatic perspective provided a broad, integrative framework for
expressing the physical environment of lakes.
Habitat conditions and macroinvertebrate distributions in study lakes
were studied from 1989 through 1991. Distributions varied according to
vegetation zone, elevation, and crest position, and reflected the
concordance between habitat conditions and organism life history
requirements. Habitat parameters affecting distributions included water
temperature, the kinds of substrates in benthic microhabitats, water
chemistry, and, to a limited extent, the presence of vertebrate predators.
The number of taxa per lake was positively correlated with maximum
temperature and negatively correlated with elevation. Forest zone lakes
tended to have the highest number of taxa and alpine lakes the lowest.
Substrates in nearshore microhabitats varied with vegetation zone.
Organic substrates were more predominant than inorganic substrates in
forest zone lakes. Organic substrates declined and inorganic substrates
increased in the subalpine zone. There were virtually no organic
substrates in alpine lakes. Taxa were placed into groups based on
substrate preference. Ordinations indicated that the proportion of taxa
in inorganic and organic-based substrate preference groups paralleled
vegetation zone-substrate relationships. Lake water hardness and pH, as
well as the presence of vertebrate predators affected the distribution of
several taxa. Gastropods were limited to three forest lakes by their
water hardness and pH requirements, and the dytiscid beetle, Potamonectes
qriseostriatus appeared to be absent from forest lakes due, in part, to
the pH requirements of this taxon. The distribution of three taxa
(Taenionema, Ameletus, Desmona) appeared to be affected by the presence of
vertebrate predators (salamanders and trout).
Discriminant analysis was used to test the reliability of lake
classification based on terrestrial characteristics. Discriminant
analysis assigned lakes to categories based on similarities in kinds of
substrates, substrate preference groups, and taxa. Strong concordance
between both methods of lake classification supported the interconnection
between terrestrial characteristics and processes and the abiotic and
biotic conditions in lakes. / Graduation date: 1994
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Medical waste treatment techniques used by hospitals in Oregon, Washington, and IdahoKlangsin, Pornwipa 01 March 1994 (has links)
Graduation date: 1994
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Active deformation of the Cascadia forearc : implications for great earthquake potential in Oregon and WashingtonGoldfinger, Chris 31 January 1994 (has links)
Nine west-northwest-trending faults on the continental margin of
Oregon and Washington, between 43° 05'N and 470 20'N latitude, have been
mapped using seismic reflection, sidescan sonar, submersibles, and swath
bathymetry. Five of these oblique faults are found on both the Juan de Fuca
and North American plates, and offset abyssal plain sedimentary units left-laterally
from 2.0 to 5.5 km. These five faults extend 8-18 km northwestward
from the deformation front. The remaining four faults, found only on the North
American plate, are also inferred to have a left-lateral slip sense. The age of
the Wecoma fault on the abyssal plain is 600±50 ka, and has an average slip
rate of 7-1 0 mm/year. Slip rates of the other four abyssal plain faults are 5.5 ±
2 - 6. 7 ± 3 mm/yr. These faults are active, as indicated by offset of the
youngest sedimentary units, surficial fault scarps, offsets of surficial channels,
and deep fluid venting. All nine faults have been surveyed on the continental
slope using SeaMARC 1A sidescan sonar, and three of them were surveyed
with a high-resolution AMS 150 sidescan sonar on the continental shelf off
central Oregon. On the continental slope, the faults are expressed as linear,
high-angle WNW trending scarps, and WNW trending fault-parallel folds that
we interpret as flower structures. Active structures on the shelf include folds
trending from NNE to WNW and associated flexural slip thrust faulting; NNW to
N trending right-lateral strike-slip faults; and WNW trending left-lateral strike-slip
faults. Some of these structures intersect the coast and can be correlated
with onshore Quaternary faults and folds, and others are suspected to be
deforming the coastal region. These structures may be contributing to the
coastal marsh stratigraphic record of co-seismic subsidence events in the
Holocene.
We postulate that the set of nine WNW trending left-lateral strike-slip
faults extend and rotate the forearc clockwise, absorbing most or all of the arc
parallel component of plate convergence. The high rate of forearc
deformation implies that the Cascadia forearc may lack the rigidity to generate
M > 8.2 earthquakes. From a comparison of Cascadia seismogenic zone
geometry to data from circum-Pacific great earthquakes of this century, the
maximum Cascadia rupture is estimated to be 500 to 600 km in length, with a
150-400 km rupture length in best agreement with historical data. / Graduation date: 1994
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The city as theme park and the theme park as city: amusement space, urban form, and cultural changeWarren, Stacy 05 1900 (has links)
Amusement space embodies hegemonic and Utopian dialogue
concerning urban conditions. Throughout the twentieth
century, two rival urban visions have reigned: the Coney
Island model, a chancy, participatory theatre where patrons
can confront head-on current conditions; and the Disney
model, a carefully planned setting where guests are made to
feel comfortable and secure.
The current ascendancy of the Disney model, evident in
urban and suburban landscapes increasingly shaped in the
Disney image, has attracted the attention -- and alarm --of
critics who interpret this trend as urban planning with a
'sinister twist.' A case study of Disney's involvement with
Seattle Center, originally the site of the 1962 World's Fair
and now Seattle's premier urban park, demonstrates, however,
that people actively challenge, negotiate, and reform the
Disney model to meet their needs by infusing the space with
traces of the rival Coney model. The suggestions Disney
made for renovation of Seattle Center sparked a city-wide
debate that centred on the roles of local participation,
cultural sensitivity, and aesthetic design in urban space;
Disney was found lacking on all accounts and eventually
rejected entirely. Seattle's experience with Disney
demonstrates that amusement space offers a rich terrain upon
which people can dream about, and implement, urban change.
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Federal City revisited : atomic energy and community identity in Richland, WashingtonNoonan, Christine F. January 2000 (has links)
This study examines the relationship between atomic energy production and community identity in Richland, Washington. Over the past fifty years, the identity of southeastern Washington has been intimately tied to production and industry at the Hanford Site. Today, however, environmental restoration and waste management programs have replaced plutonium production. The decline of the nuclear industry has influenced reinterpretations of local history and community identity through public display, commodity goods, and the re-scripting of historical texts. / Department of Anthropology
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Riparian management and amphibians: does buffer width matter?Hawkes, Virgil Clayton 18 February 2010 (has links)
Riparian management in the Pacific Northwest has become an Increasingly common way to conserve biodiversity on landscapes managed for timber production. The efficacy of two different riparian buffer widths in providing habitat for terrestrial amphibians was assessed using a Before-After-Control-Impact approach. My findings suggest that there is no global response by terrestrial amphibians to logging or to the retention of riparian management zones in the US Pacific Northwest. Rather, species showed individual responses that varied over time and between treatments and transects. Overall, a minimum riparian buffer width of 30 m was sufficient to maintain the relative abundance and richness of terrestrial amphibians at levels commensurate with pre-harvest conditions. A co-inertia analysis revealed that habitat associations changed little over time and that there were no significant differences between buffered sites suggesting that the treatments applied were biologically insignificant. The benefits of retaining riparian forest are identified and discussed in the context of maintaining biodiversity and conserving terrestrial amphibians in western Washington.
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Threads to the past : the construction and transformation of kinship in the Coast Salish social networkKennedy, Dorothy Irene January 2000 (has links)
This thesis describes the aboriginal and contemporary social organization of the Coast Salish people of southwestern British Columbia and northwestern Washington State, with a focus on the Squamish Nation whose Reserves are situated in North Vancouver and the Howe Sound area. It is based on field research undertaken over a 30-year period and on published and unpublished sources. The thesis explores the construction of kinship and social groups among the Coast Salish, and the transformation of these relationships over time and in various historical circumstances, from the mid-19th century to the present day. Drawing upon the theoretical approaches of William Davenport (1959), Raymond Firth (1963) and Anthony Cohen (1985), among others, the thesis discusses key components of Coast Salish social organization and identity, including a group's contrasting identity and relation to the groups within its ambit of comparison, the association of specific social units with territory, and the expression of status in both traditional and contemporary society. Specific findings document a shift to nuclear family households, the adoption of English kinship terms, the development of hereditary and elected leadership, and the emergence of the Tribe and the First Nation as primary symbols of identity in the 20th century. Some current issues resulting from the impact of change are examined in the context of naming ceremonies and disputes over inherited property, including ancestral names. The thesis argues that the diversity and complexity of neither the traditional nor transformed expressions of Coast Salish social organization find congruence with models of aboriginal society being deployed by contemporary Courts and Treaty negotiators. Issues of territorial "overlap" presently impeding treaty negotiation among BC's Coast Salish peoples were nevertheless predictable, for like some of the world's other cognatic societies, the Coast Salish could hold discrete notions of identity simultaneously. In conclusion, the thesis examines briefly the application to the Coast Salish of Lévi-Strauss' "House-society" as a specific form of social organization.
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Migration and economic change in timber-reliant counties : an econometric analysisOwen, Linda P. 30 August 1979 (has links)
Graduation date: 1980
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Summer water use in compact communities : the effect of small lots and growth management plans on single-family water use in King County, Washington /Sakrison, Rodney G. January 1997 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 1996. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [189]-194).
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