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47301. An assessment of the impacts of California State University enrollment cuts, Fall 2009-Fall 2010
- Creator:
- Jibby, Brittany Diane
- Description:
- 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 analysis, studying both system-wide and campus level impacts to student enrollment. Focusing on two student characteristics, race/ethnicity and class level, I hypothesized that Latino students and transfer students would be potentially the most vulnerable to enrollment cuts. I measured percent change in enrollment with enrollment data retrieved from the California State University website. Overall, African American students were race/ethnicity most negatively impacted by enrollment cuts while first-time freshman were the most negatively impacted class level. Asian/Pacific Islander students realized the largest gains in enrollment during the period of enrollment cuts as well as transfer students.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Sacramento
- Department:
- Public Policy and Administration
- Creator:
- Olivieri, Ashley Marie
- Description:
- 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. This study focuses on the following questions: What do college and university educators in California learn about addressing issues of gender equity in the college classroom? To what extent are California university educators trained in gender equitable teaching approaches? Relevant to gender equity training, to what extent are California university educators trained about sexual harassment awareness? What are educators’ opinions about the type and amount of preparation they have received to teach? Sources of Data: Two hundred and fifty educators from 11 California community colleges, California State University campuses, private California colleges, and Universities of California participated in this study. Convenience sampling was employed to obtain participants for survey research methods. The survey was designed to elicit both quantitative and qualitative data from participants, in order to provide different vantage points for the research questions. The quantitative questions provided data to conduct statistical analysis. The open-ended questions provided qualitative data, including themes within educators’ opinions. Conclusions Reached: The results indicated that educators receive minimal training in gender fair teaching approaches. Specifically, out of 250 participants, 165 educators did not possess any training in gender fair teaching approaches. Only 34% of educators in this study had obtained training in equitable teaching approaches, and only 24.6% felt they were effectively trained. More than half of the educators lacked training in gender fair teaching approaches, multicultural awareness, and working with special needs students. As a group, educators teaching subject content related to engineering had the lowest amount of gender equity training, averaging 36 minutes. Educators in social science also had significantly low amounts of training in gender fair teaching approaches, with an average of 1.06 hours. The results of this study indicate a positive association between the amount of training in gender fair teaching approaches departments’ receive and the percentage of women working as educators in the department, with a correlation coefficient of 0.833. The laws of California require that educators receive certain amounts of sexual harassment training; however, this study suggests that educators receive far less training than mandates require. The sample of educators in this study are largely non-compliant, or do not remember having attained mandated amounts of sexual harassment training. Of 250 participants, 88 educators reported having zero hours of sexual harassment training.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Sacramento
- Department:
- Education (Behavioral Sciences Gender Equity Studies)
- Creator:
- Crawford, Jacob Joel
- Description:
- 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 religious worship, and the impact of politics in influenced Aristophanes’ and Plautus’ works. The focus and structure of this work is categorized into the themes of devotion, divination, diviners, the divine, divine communication, ritual, and offerings. The purpose of a thematic approach facilitates cross-cultural comparisons of religiously through similar beliefs and practices found in Greek and Roman culture. Despite the influence of Greek theater in Rome, Plautus’ adaptations clearly reflect uniquely Roman perspectives under allusions of Greek settings. Aristophanes and Plautus portrayed elements of religion in their works, and despite the specific cultural influences of the playwrights both depicted them favorable to traditional beliefs and practices.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Sacramento
- Department:
- History (Humanities)
- Creator:
- Hall, Neda Nicole
- Description:
- 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 assist educators by enhancing home-school connections. Additionally, with a better understanding of what home practices Mexican immigrant and Mexican American parents use, educators can avoid viewing parents’ home literacy practices from a deficit perspective and instead build upon these practices and strengthen the home-school connection. Parent literacy surveys were distributed to several Sacramento area Head Start locations. Nineteen surveys were returned by Mexican-American and Mexican Immigrant families. Although results of comparisons in the present study were not significant, the results of this study and previous research indicate that Latino families engage in culturally relevant literacy practices with their children.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Sacramento
- Department:
- Child Development (Theory and Research)
- Creator:
- Myers, Haley A.C.
- Description:
- 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 literature. I condense those goals into roughly 30 themes, and classify the themes by “universe.” I explain that three communities, each a separate universe, care about leadership program design: the profession, the university, and the students. As an outside observer, I compare the program materials to the rubric to determine which goals have and have not been met. The Leadership Initiative is well designed with respect to student and university goals, but could be improved to meet the following professional standards: acknowledge student success, request comments from staff and partners on program development and implementation, and adapt the program based on feedback. I offer recommendations to improve program design, anticipate challenges, and propose future developments.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Sacramento
- Department:
- Public Policy and Administration
47306. Wrap fidelity : comparative effects of caregiver, youth plan and time of service on adherance
- Creator:
- Mork, Jenny M.
- Description:
- 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 reunification plan. Time frame was also considered a variable for analysis, with regard to Wraparound adherence. Results from raw data derived from the archival records of 313 subjects (122 parents, 191 youth) supported 1 out of 3 hypotheses. Wraparound adherence was provided differently to youth given time frame. There were no differences in Wraparound adherence between foster parents and biological parents nor were there differences given youth’s plan. How youth scored fidelity on each statistically significant Wraparound element given time frame is discussed.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Sacramento
- Department:
- Psychology (Counseling Psychology)
- Creator:
- Callaghan, Mark Brendan
- Description:
- 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 investigations of citizen complaints against the police, and through civilian review of police investigations of citizen complaints. Although civilian oversight of law enforcement has been developing since the late 1940s there has been little research on the topic. There is little research on characteristics of specific oversight agencies and even less research on measuring the performance of civilian oversight. This exploratory study aspired to learn about the structures and functions of four specific oversight agencies, and to compare these agencies using performance measures identified in existing literature. The sources of data for this study are qualitative interviews. The interviewees consist of five classifications of individuals associated with oversight agencies in some manner. This study found that the varying structure and function of each oversight agency yielded both positive and negative results. The political influences on oversight agencies and the authority of the oversight agencies were found to be sources of contention that impeded their missions. The criticism in existing literature that civilians do not have the necessary training and experience to hold police departments accountable was corroborated by the interviews. Most importantly this study found that none of these oversight agencies actively employed measures to evaluate their own performance. Furthermore, when this study applied performance measures identified in existing literature, it found the oversight agencies were deficient.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Sacramento
- Department:
- Criminal Justice
- Creator:
- Showers, Matthew C.
- Description:
- In the early thirteenth century, the Dominican Order identified itself with the image of the preacher, specifically St. Dominic. There was also a distinct spirituality formed in the order that was s a mix of contemplation, apostolic activity, and a strong emphasis on education. The preacher’s office was venerated and esteemed early on in the Order’s existence, but the emphasis on education created a rival class of university masters that seemed to become the new face of the Dominican Order in the latter half of the century. Through analysis of early Dominican constitutions, preaching manuals, biographical documents, syllabi and various philosophical works by influential Dominicans from c.1231-1286, one may note that this shift is not a change in Dominican identity but rather a broadening of it. Comparative atmospheres of ideological conflict required similar treatments, though by men of different offices. The professor, specifically Thomas Aquinas, became the academic realization of the Dominican preacher-tradition.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Sacramento
- Department:
- History (Humanities)
47309. The impact of internalized homophobia, sexual identity, and disclosure on work related attitudes
- Creator:
- Dueñas, Pedro
- Description:
- One purpose of this study was to make a connection between sexual identity formation, internalized homophobia and disclosure of sexual orientation in the workplace. Another purpose was to examine the effects of disclosure on organizational commitment, turnover intentions, job satisfaction, and work-family conflict. Participants consisted of 146 individuals, 88 males and 58 females, with ages ranging from 18 to 73 years old. Participants were recruited through support groups in the Sacramento, CA area. Regression analyses supported that individuals who scored into later stages of sexual identity formation and who displayed lower levels of internalized homophobia were more likely to be “out” at work. Individuals who displayed lower levels of internalized homophobia were more likely to score into later stages of sexual identity formation. Organizations can benefit from the diversity of sexual minority employees by attempting to create an environment that encourages disclosure of sexual orientation.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Sacramento
- Department:
- Psychology (Industrial/Organizational Psychology)
- Creator:
- Roush, Cathleen
- Description:
- Triazoles are a type of heterocyclic amine which can be found in a variety of useful and bioactive compounds, ranging from agrochemicals and photochemical products to antifungal drugs and pharmaceutical substances. The classic synthesis for the 5-membered triazole ring is accomplished through a synthetic approach known as “Click Chemistry”. The syntheses of a variety of 4,5-disubstituted-1,2,3-triazoles and bis-1,2,3-triazoles (Figure 1) have been carried out via a new, “Green” synthetic method which involves the absence of solvent and catalyst, and is carried out using a domestic microwave oven. This new synthetic method provides a fast and efficient technique to obtain various types of triazoles in good to excellent yields. It has also been shown to be an effective alternative to the classical synthesis, without the use of toxic and environmentally unsafe solvents or catalysts.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Sacramento
- Department:
- Chemistry