Filipino American elders are discouraging their youth from learning their heritage language, which in turn is causing Filipino youth to actively abandon their culture. Language is the strongest link to one‟s culture (Zentella, 1997), yet Filipino pare . . .

The waters of Maui County are essential to the economic livelihood of Maui County’s residents. In addition to sustenance value, annual revenue from international tourism and marine activities along the coastlines of Maui County keeps the island's econ . . .

At California community colleges, books can cost more than tuition. At less than $80 a class, California charges the lowest community college tuition in the country, a testament to the state’s commitment to providing its residents with an affordable c . . .

No close examination of Hindustani Ghadar Party literature has been completed in order to ascertain the Ghadar Party view of the political relationship between British-controlled India and America. This thesis will provide an analysis of their newslet . . .

As life becomes increasingly more digital, copying and distributing lossless copies of copyrighted material is quicker and simpler than ever. For the owners and producers of copyrighted material, there are very real implications for easier reproductio . . .

Extensive literature suggested that four generations are fully entrenched in the workplace and the community, and recreation and leisure organizations are no exception. Members of each generation possess inherent characteristics and traits that create . . .

Approximately 90% of parents who have children with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) report that their children have considerably more feeding problems and eat a significantly narrower range of foods than their children without ASD (Ahearn, Castine, . . .

Local governments in California currently lack the funds to maintain their local roads and transit system. Under the reasonable assumption that further state or federal aid to do this is not likely, local officials must plan for how to raise the neede . . .

Past research has shown that teachers who feel that they are effective display characteristics that indeed make them more effective (Bandura, 1996). Researchers have also studiedfactors that determine what activities increase self-efficacy and what de . . .

Many organizations and public agencies in California invest in efforts to reduce youth smoking. Collaborations across these organizations do exist, however, there is no formal partnership that involves all relevant and powerful stakeholders, including . . .

The effectiveness of warnings at decreasing faking behavior on personality tests in the employment selection context along with test-taker reactions to those warnings were examined. CSUS undergrads were told to pretend they were job applicants, and we . . .

Through the lens of Control theory and Social Learning theory, a juvenile delinquency intervention program is examined by looking at the level of effectiveness of the Juvenile Justice Intervention Program (JJIP) on the reduction of juvenile delinquenc . . .

As substance abuse is common among repeat offenders, treatment is one effective strategy to stop the revolving door of corrections and represents the state's best hope in combating recidivism due to substance abuse. Using probit regression, three trea . . .

This study investigated the moderating effect of three forms of organizational commitment (affective, normative, and continuance), and employee positive affect on the relationship between supervisor emotional displays and employee work attitudes. A sa . . .

Parental involvement in schools, whether initiated by the parents or the schools, has a profound effect on academic, social, and emotional development of adolescents. All too often, by the time students reach the secondary level, parents back away fro . . .

Parent-child storybook conversations are an important aspect of shared reading influenced by parent conversational approaches as well as book reading format. This study examined how traditional and audio book reading formats contribute to parents’ use . . .

California’s usage of a defined benefit program goes back to its creation in the 1930s. Over the years, the defined benefit system struck a natural balance between retirement liabilities and the assets available to cover these liabilities. Unfortunate . . .

Researchers have documented that fishes breed in many different places and times, however, fishes are known to be particular when choosing a spawning site and no theory has been developed to predict when and where a particular species should spawn. Eg . . .

With the economy in a poor state, economic development agencies are searching for a compass directing them towards the industries that would be most beneficial to their local economies. This paper investigates how manufacturing composition affects inc . . .

California’s Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division is responsible ensuring the health and safety of up to 1.4 million vulnerable Californians. However, the agency has suffered from resource problems that have jeopardized the . . .

One of the major goals of this study was to determine how well reserves perform in a highly intense and complex environment, while having a limited amount of time available to gain necessary skills and build a sufficient knowledge base. Data establish . . .

Children with autism are frequently taught to follow picture activity schedules to increase independence in task engagement and transitions. As textual behavior allows for greater independence and efficiency in responding, schedules should rapidly bec . . .

The current study examined the ethnic differences in acculturative stress between non-European and European international students. In addition, the relationships between perceived discrimination (race/ethnicity-based and foreigner-based), social supp . . .

Sexuality is a basic aspect of humanity. It is prevalent across the life course and throughout the history of all cultures. Given this premise, it was the researcher’s intent to examine the Master’s of Social Work curriculum at California State Univer . . .

Physical educators and coaches of all sports have long been breaking down motor skills while teaching in order to maximize learning. Part of that process involves the use of attentional cues, giving students and athletes cues on which to focus. Studie . . .

This thesis examines the impact of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) comment letter process and whether comment letter resolution has any effect on the information environment of the Dow 30 firms. The information environment is examined by . . .

The current study examined mediation models to explain differences in sex and ethnicity in retrospective reports of parental physically abusive behavior for Asian, African, Latino, and White American college students. In addition, relationships betwee . . .

Increasing energy demand and environmental pollution in United States has been led toward using renewable energy sources over recent decades. Ground-source heat pump systems are one of the promising new energy technologies that have shown rapid increa . . .

This study illustrates and explains communal identity performance and maintenance as manifested by the participants in the counterculture community at Burning Man. This community is dedicated to countercultural ideals set forth by the Burning Man Orga . . .

This thesis uses qualitative and photographic methods to examine how children who live in a Haitian slum, Cité Soleil, view their own impoverished conditions. They demonstrate a high level of fearlessness, compassion and altruism as well as a strong s . . .

In the process of looking for a career path, I began an extensive exploration of my passions. Art, as one of my primary passions became my main pursuit. I began to consider art as my career path, but needed more experience creating art and being in th . . .

The disease burden from the lack of biologically safe water to drink has been observed in Ghana, where shallow hand-dug wells, deep-drilled boreholes, and other point sources constitute the rural drinking water supply. The low-cost, easy-to-use “Porta . . .

With more travel demand and more miles of roadway, West Sacramento has an increasing street rehabilitation responsibility. This thesis develops a sustainable, equitable, and politically and administratively feasible City of West Sacramento Street Reha . . .

Looping is the practice of a teacher staying with the same group of students for two or more years. This thesis examines the effect looping has on the academic achievement of students who participate in a three-year, grade four though six loop. An ove . . .

The writer examines his school district’s implementation of a high-stakes writing curriculum that uses rubric assessment of mandated essays to justify English course completion. The writer uses student surveys and interviews, along with teacher survey . . .

Person-organization fit is believed to improve commitment and reduce turnover intentions in organizations. The Organizational Culture Profile (OCP), a Q-sort instrument, is a well established way to assess person-organization fit. This study looked to . . .

The Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) is the state’s current effort to attempt to accomplish the co-equal goals of a water supply reliability and ecosystem restoration. The BDCP is a proposed Habitat Conservation Plan and Natural Community Conservati . . .

Core is the nexus of the visible and the internal; the point of contact between the real and the inner real. The work is words, crafted in code and fed into light. It is evolving, generative, and alive. It nests in the eye, because only the eye has th . . .

This thesis applies Anderson and Meyer's (1988) theory of social action media studies to examine whether social action occurs offline as a result of controversial topics discussed in online communities. One example of this is the blog PostSecret.blogs . . .

This thesis explores the effectiveness of the use of in-game advertising for persuasion. The theory of Mere Exposure was used to develop the method and frame the data collection and analysis. For purposes of data collection, 143 participants (73 exper . . .

Previous research has showed the benefits of ethnic identity and self-efficacy, though little research has examined the relationship between these two constructs in relation to at-risk behaviors, particularly for ethnic minority adolescents. This stud . . .

California is the only state to entitle individuals with developmental disabilities to the services and supports required to live independent and productive lives. Fulfilling the entitlement has proved challenging for the California Department of Deve . . .

Sacramento (CA) has been grappling with the issue of a new arena for a little over a decade. The purpose of this study is to examine the perception Sacramento’s elected officials hold regarding a new Sacramento arena, and to evaluate how that percepti . . .

I sought to discover if any student populations were disproportionally impacted by enrollment cuts put in place within the California State University to be completed within the 2010-2011 academic year. I produced this analysis using descriptive analy . . .

Using survey research methods, the researcher sought current data about the amount and quality of training that higher education instructors obtain, and a further understanding of the training that higher education faculty receive in gender equity. Th . . .

The influence of political, social, and religious customs on Aristophanes and Plautus is evident in their comedic works. This thesis establishes, through the analysis of religious themes, that the religious nature of festivals, the prevalence of relig . . .

Early childhood is a critical period for literacy development. Early literacy influences reading achievement later in childhood. An increased understanding of parents’ cultural models and practices about their children’s literacy development can assis . . .

Is Sacramento State’s Leadership Initiative well designed? Can the program design be improved? In this thesis, I create a rubric to evaluate the Leadership Initiative program design by extracting approximately 100 program design goals from relevant li . . .

In this thesis, fidelity was assessed utilizing the Wrap Fidelity Index 3.0 at Stanford Home for Children to compare scores between four different groups: biological parents, foster parents, youth with a reunification plan, and youth without a reunifi . . .

The autonomy of law enforcement has been addressed by the development of civilian oversight agencies/entities. These agencies aim to provide accountability of law enforcement through civilian review of police policies, independent civilian investigati . . .