In her role as Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, and staff to the Council for University Planning, (CUP) Nancy Shulock would like to notify students and faculty of the opportunity to conduct studies that have been identified by the Council as priority issues for which the Council needs more information. A very brief description of these studies can be found at the CUP web site: http://www.csus.edu/cup/planning/indepth.htm
While faculty directing the first three studies would receive some form of compensation, the student projects are not to be remunerated, but are suggested in the hope that students may find one of the projects to be a suitable topic for a course research paper or thesis/project. Please contact Nancy at x 7249 or nshulock@csus.edu if you would like more information about these projects.
Deborah Franklin, PPA student, was hired by the Legislative Analyst's Office as a student intern for the Spring 1999 semester. Nancy Shulock, who worked there in the past, was instrumental in helping her obtain this position. She is the first from our PPA program to intern there. Hopefully, she won't be the last!
SPRING 1999 SCHEDULE
The Spring 1999 Schedule is available for viewing on-line at http://www.csus.edu/course.htm.
The California State University
Social Sciences Research and Instructional Council
23rd ANNUAL STUDENT RESEARCH
CONFERENCE
At California State University, Sacramento
Thursday, February 25, 1999
The CSU Research Conference has been held since 1976. At the
conference, students from all areas of the social sciences
present the results of their research to groups and peers.
Presentation time is from 15-20 minutes. There will be cash
awards for the best papers presented.
TO ENTER PAPERS:
Send a typed manuscript to Professor Ted Lascher, Graduate
Program in Public Policy and Administration, California State
University, Sacramento, 6000 J Street, Sacramento CA 95819-6081.
Manuscripts must be received by February 18, 1999.
FOR DIRECTIONS:
For directions to the campus: http://www.csus.edu/CSUSdirections.html
For a Campus map: http://www.csus.edu/scripts/asp/map/map.asp#largemap?D1=47
FOR INFORMATION:
Contact Ted Lascher: tedl@csus.edu
or (916) 278-4864, or your local SSRIC representative.
The Thirteenth Annual
California State University
UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE
STUDENT RESEARCH COMPETITION
All currently registered undergraduate and graduate students are eligilble. Alumni/alumnae who recieved their degrees in spring, summer, or fall 1998 are also eligible.
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Biological and Agricultural Sciences
Business, Economics, and Public
Administration
Creative Arts and Design
Education
Engineering and Computer Science
Health, Nutrition, and Clinical Sciences
Humanities and Letters
Physical and Mathematical Sciences
CSUS Local Competition
Saturday, March 6, 1999
For entry forms or answers to Competition-related questions, contact your school dean, your department chair or the Office of Research & Sponsored Projects (2nd Fl, River Front Center, X7381). Up to ten CSUS papers will be submitted to the Statewide Student Research Competition at CSU Bakersfeild, to be held on May 7 and 8, 1999.
The SSRIC has developed a very interesting Web site related to social science databases/teaching of statistics, etc. One of the most interesting parts is a glossary of statistical terms. Check it out (recognizing that it's a work in progress); the hope is that it will be a good place for students to go who have questions about statistical terms. There's a place to add any terms you might think need to beincluded in the list. The URL: http://www.csubak.edu/ssric/glossary.htm
The School of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies, and the Graduate Program in Public Policy and Administration, Present the Schedule for the
Spring 1999 Colloquium
State Budget and Social Trends in California
Jean Ross, Executive Director, California Budget Project.
The Serrano vs. Priest Decision, Proposition 13, And The Prospect For School Finance Reform in California
Jon Sonstelie, Professor of Economics, University Of California, Santa Barbara; and Visiting Researcher, Public Policy Institute of California.
The Role Of Focusing Events In Setting Public Policy
Tom Birkland, Professor of Political Science, State University of New York, Albany.
Retail Politics in California’s Cities: The Battle Over Local Sales Tax Revenue
Paul Lewis, Doctor of Political Science, Research Fellow, Public Policy Institute of California.
Other seminars may be added later in the semester. The CSUS Foundation has graciously agreed to provide refreshments for this seminar series.
For further information, please contact seminar organizer Rob Wassmer @ 278-6304
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