The problem was to determine the extent of teacher turnover in the Stockton Unified School District for the school years 1954-1956 and to analyze the factors involved in the teacher turnover for the year 1955-56. The problem has two parts. The first of these was to explore the magnitude of the problem by analyzing the percentages of teacher turnover experienced in the Stockton Unified School District for the three years included in the study. The second part of the problem was to determine the factors involved in teacher turnover in the Stockton Unified School DIstrict for the same period of time and to make an analysis of those factors. To do so it was first necessary to examine the stated reasons for resignations during the three years studied. In addition the significant characteristics (e.g., age, sex, etc.) of the group resigning in 1955-56 were studied, and an analysis was made of factors, unstated in their resignations, which seemed to have contributed to teachers’ resigning during that year, either to be employed in another occupation or to teach elsewhere.

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Limited tornado research has been conducted across the state of California, especially when looking at the low-level thermodynamics of tornado genesis. In comparison much more research has been undertaken across the United States. This study examines low-level thermodynamic parameters associated with California tornadoes between 1960 and 2005. The study also examines similarities within the low-level thermodynamic parameters associated with California tornadoes and tornadoes associated with landfalling hurricanes between 1960 and 2005. The effect of the ocean on the low-levels of the atmosphere seems to be a strong tornado discriminator when analyzing California tornadoes. This discriminator is especially evident when breaking California into four distinct subregions. Use of low-level thermodynamic parameters in a large region such as California is a poor tornadoorecasting tool. This fact was strongly evident in this research when instability, especially in the lowest 3 km of the atmosphere, was used as a forecasting tool for California tornadoes.

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Thesis advisor: Thomas M. Crea / The United States is home to over 44 million immigrants, giving it the largest foreign-born population in the world, a number which is projected to roughly double by 2065. Among foreign-born individuals, significant disparities have been uncovered in health care utilization compared to their U.S.-born peers. A growing body of research has recognized the need to assess the institutional and systemic barriers to health care access contributing to this disparity, and how those barriers may be effectively mitigated. My investigation of this topic was based in California and consisted of two analytic components. The first was a quantitative assessment of barriers to health care access and how those barriers were uniquely experienced by subgroups of participants. Utilizing data from the 2015-2019 California Health Interview Survey data collection cycles, latent class analysis was used to investigate unique patterns of barrier endorsement based on participant immigration status, race or ethnicity, and the interaction between the two. Three distinct classes were identified with a low-, moderate-, and high-risk of endorsing multiple barriers to health care access. The hypotheses that legal status, race or ethnicity, and the interaction between the two were partially supported. The second component of this study was a critical policy analysis of California’s SB 54, a package of legislation which aimed to foster trust in public institutions and increase use of health care by limiting the ability of local law enforcement to act on behalf of federal immigration authorities. This analysis determined that county-level implementation was inconsistent, and those differences were associated with mixed success in decreasing immigration contact and increasing service utilization. These findings are leveraged to identify policy and programmatic recommendations that may improve delivery and facilitate increased ability to safely seek high-quality care for medically underserved populations. / Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2024. / Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Social Work. / Discipline: Social Work.

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This manual was developed to support the Cosmetology program at Fullerton College. The skills and competencies incorporated are based on the recommendations of the Fullerton College Cosmetology Department Advisory Board. Course of study includes the cognitive, psychomotor, and affective domains.