William Beaver
Biographic Data
| ID | 367698 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William Beaver |
| GIVEN NAMES | William |
| FAMILY NAME | Beaver |
| SIGNATURE | BEAVER W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Robert Morris University, Moon Township, PA, USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Sexual Misconduct on Campus
Sexual misconduct has been a prominent issue on college campuses since the 2005 College Sexual Assault Internet Survey brought the matter to national attention. The U.S. Department of Education under three consecutive presidential administrations, starting with Barack Obama, have grappled with how best to manage this issue through the governing structure of Title IX of the Civil Rights Act. It is now clear that the process developed under Educati…
Is College in Decline
William Beaver on four factors depressing higher ed enrollments
College Athletes and Sexual Assault
Can Nuclear Power Come Back
The nation’s nuclear power industry is in trouble. The number of operating reactors continues to decline, while only one new plant is scheduled to open and it is well behind schedule and 50% over budget. The article will investigate the possibility of a nuclear revival in this country by first analyzing the troubled history of the light water reactor, a technology that dates back to the 1950s, and one the federal government choose to pursue to en…
Fast-Food Unionization
The Future of Football
Fraud in For-Profit Higher Education
Do We Need More College Graduates
The Student Loan Scandal
Power in a Rural County
To more fully understand power structures in rural settings, this article investigates the power structure of an economically depressed rural county in southwestern Pennsylvania. The power structure must be viewed in the context of the economic hard times that the county has confronted. In this regard, there has been a decline in the number of local economic notables over the years making the formation of growth machines unlikely. The most powerf…
Building Sports Stadiums in Pittsburgh
Sociologists have been investigating the nature of urban power structures for decades. To explain the phenomena various theories have been developed ranging from elite theories of power to pluralistic ones. In order to better understand the appropriateness of these theories, this article will chronicle the events that resulted in the construction of two new sports stadiums in Pittsburgh despite widespread public opposition. The case suggests that…
The U.S. Failure to Develop Synthetic Fuels in the 1920s
(1990). The U.S. Failure to Develop Synthetic Fuels in the 1920s. The Historian: Vol. 53, No. 2, pp. 241-254
The shippingport Atomic Power Station
(1988). The shippingport Atomic Power Station: Problems in technology transfer. History and Technology: Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 257-273
Community psychology and planning for the human service future
Issues in replicating the Trauma—Stren conversion
The Trauma--Stren (T-S) conversion procedure was examined at a large state university and the construct related to personality and cognitive process variables. Significantly more respondents reported T-S conversion than in the original studies. Conversion was not significantly correlated with personal variables. The presence of experiences in which an event was reported as simultaneously traumatic and strenful is reported, and the criteria for cl…
Fast-Food Unionization
The Future of Football
Fraud in For-Profit Higher Education
Power in a Rural County
To more fully understand power structures in rural settings, this article investigates the power structure of an economically depressed rural county in southwestern Pennsylvania. The power structure must be viewed in the context of the economic hard times that the county has confronted. In this regard, there has been a decline in the number of local economic notables over the years making the formation of growth machines unlikely. The most powerf…
Building Sports Stadiums in Pittsburgh
Sociologists have been investigating the nature of urban power structures for decades. To explain the phenomena various theories have been developed ranging from elite theories of power to pluralistic ones. In order to better understand the appropriateness of these theories, this article will chronicle the events that resulted in the construction of two new sports stadiums in Pittsburgh despite widespread public opposition. The case suggests that…
Issues in replicating the Trauma—Stren conversion
The Trauma--Stren (T-S) conversion procedure was examined at a large state university and the construct related to personality and cognitive process variables. Significantly more respondents reported T-S conversion than in the original studies. Conversion was not significantly correlated with personal variables. The presence of experiences in which an event was reported as simultaneously traumatic and strenful is reported, and the criteria for cl…
Community psychology and planning for the human service future
The shippingport Atomic Power Station
(1988). The shippingport Atomic Power Station: Problems in technology transfer. History and Technology: Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 257-273
The U.S. Failure to Develop Synthetic Fuels in the 1920s
(1990). The U.S. Failure to Develop Synthetic Fuels in the 1920s. The Historian: Vol. 53, No. 2, pp. 241-254
Building Sports Stadiums in Pittsburgh
Sociologists have been investigating the nature of urban power structures for decades. To explain the phenomena various theories have been developed ranging from elite theories of power to pluralistic ones. In order to better understand the appropriateness of these theories, this article will chronicle the events that resulted in the construction of two new sports stadiums in Pittsburgh despite widespread public opposition. The case suggests that…
Power in a Rural County
To more fully understand power structures in rural settings, this article investigates the power structure of an economically depressed rural county in southwestern Pennsylvania. The power structure must be viewed in the context of the economic hard times that the county has confronted. In this regard, there has been a decline in the number of local economic notables over the years making the formation of growth machines unlikely. The most powerf…
The Student Loan Scandal
Do We Need More College Graduates
Fraud in For-Profit Higher Education
The Future of Football
Fast-Food Unionization
Can Nuclear Power Come Back
The nation’s nuclear power industry is in trouble. The number of operating reactors continues to decline, while only one new plant is scheduled to open and it is well behind schedule and 50% over budget. The article will investigate the possibility of a nuclear revival in this country by first analyzing the troubled history of the light water reactor, a technology that dates back to the 1950s, and one the federal government choose to pursue to en…
College Athletes and Sexual Assault
Is College in Decline
William Beaver on four factors depressing higher ed enrollments
Sexual Misconduct on Campus
Sexual misconduct has been a prominent issue on college campuses since the 2005 College Sexual Assault Internet Survey brought the matter to national attention. The U.S. Department of Education under three consecutive presidential administrations, starting with Barack Obama, have grappled with how best to manage this issue through the governing structure of Title IX of the Civil Rights Act. It is now clear that the process developed under Educati…
Political science (8 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Beaver (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Finance (3 works)