Dropout behavior, Prediction of; Nontraditional college students; College dropouts; Academic achievement
For more than 100 years, nearly half of all undergraduate students have failed to persist to degree completion (ACT, 2010; Tinto, 1993; U.S. Department of Education, 2008). To make matters worse, adult students have consistently been victims of...
African American college students; Academic achievement--Social aspects; College dropouts--Prevention
There is a plethora of research regarding the first year undergraduate student experience; however, 2nd year students are facing adversity and consequently high rates of attrition. This phenomenon is known as the sophomore slump. There is limited...
College dropouts--Kentucky; Academic achievement--Kentucky; Private universities and colleges--Kentucky
The persistence and attrition of second year college students is a growing concern of colleges and universities as second year college students face some of the greatest challenges (Gahagan & Hunter, 2006; Lemons & Richmond, 1987; Morgan...
When Howard Manning wakes from a fainting spell to find himself hospitalized with a serious but correctable weakness in his heart, his refusal of treatment intimates a death wish that provokes consternation among the skilled medical professionals...
African American journalists; African American politicians; African American newspapers; African Americans; Politics & government; Politicians; Race relations; Democratic Party (Ky.); Mammoth Life and Accident Insurance Co. (Louisville, Ky.);...
Interview with William J. Ealy, Louisville newspaperman and political activist. This interview was conducted on August 5 and 22, 1977 by Dwayne Cox of the University of Louisville Oral History Center. Mr. Ealy discusses his early life and education...
African Americans; Civil rights demonstrations; Race relations; Public relations; Discrimination in housing; Housing; African American legislators; Insurance agents; Women legislators; African American legislators; Kentucky--Politics and...
Oral history interview conducted with legislator Mae Street Kidd on October 10, November 11, and December 5, 1978 by Ken Chumbley. Ms. Kidd discusses her life, including her childhood growing up in Bourbon County. Kidd attended the Lincoln...
African Americans; Jefferson County Public Schools; School board members; School boards; School superintendents; School boards--African American membership; Busing (School integration); School integration; Public schools; Race relations
Oral history interview with Lyman T. Johnson, conducted on March 24, 1982 by Dwayne Cox. Mr. Johnson discusses his tenure on the Louisville/Jefferson County board of education in the late 1970s. He discusses the challenges of merging the city and...
Portraits; Men; Women; Government officials; Ocean travel; Ships
Edwin P. Morrow, born in Somerset, Kentucky and Governor of Kentucky from 1919-1923, with wife, Katherine Waddle Morrow. They are standing on the deck of a ship, wearing coats and hats. Article attached to back of image: Metropolitan Photo...
Jean Thomas' notes read: "Robie Ferguson 'On Death' a fraud who played me false on 'We the People' New York, NBC, Philips Lord." Robie Ferguson was likely Robert Franklin Ferguson, a native Kentuckian who worked for Ashland Oil and...
Jean Thomas' notes read: "Robie Ferguson 'On Death' a fraud who played me false on 'We the People' New York, NBC, Philips Lord." Robie Ferguson was likely Robert Franklin Ferguson, a native Kentuckian who worked for Ashland Oil and...
Jean Thomas' notes read: "Robie Ferguson 'On Death' a fraud who played me false on 'We the People' New York, NBC, Philips Lord." Robie Ferguson was likely Robert Franklin Ferguson, a native Kentuckian who worked for Ashland Oil and...
Jean Thomas' notes read: "Robie Ferguson 'On Death' a fraud who played me false on 'We the People' New York, NBC, Philips Lord." Robie Ferguson was likely Robert Franklin Ferguson, a native Kentuckian who worked for Ashland Oil and...
Jean Thomas' notes read: "Robie Ferguson 'On Death' a fraud who played me false on 'We the People' New York, NBC, Philips Lord." Robie Ferguson was likely Robert Franklin Ferguson, a native Kentuckian who worked for Ashland Oil and...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Educational facilities;
The Silas Miller mansion, former home of the College of Arts and Sciences. The front and side entrances are visible. There are a few trees in front of the building. A wrought-iron fence is visible at the front edge of the image. In 1925 the...
University of Louisville--Students; University of Louisville--Alumni and alumnae; University of Louisville--Buildings;
Students dressed in caps and gowns sit in front of the Silas Miller Mansion which was home of the College of Liberal Arts from 1907-1925. Inscription reads: "Class of 1916--Arts Dept." In 1925 the university moved to the Belknap Campus;...
Students; University of Louisville--Students; University of Louisville--Buildings; University of Louisville--Alumni and alumnae; University of Louisville. College of Arts and Sciences;
Nine students from the 1917 senior class of the College of Arts and Sciences pose on the steps of the Silas Miller Mansion, home of the college from 1907-1925. There are six women and three men. In 1925 the university moved to the Belknap Campus;...
"Although resident in America, Morley was the first winner of the Turner Prize in 1984. Funded by the 'Patrons of New Art' affiliated to London's Tate Gallery, this prize was subsequently awarded annually for 'outstanding contributions' to...
