Community college students--Kentucky; Transfer students--Kentucky; Academic achievement--Kentucky; College attendance; University of Louisville; Jefferson Community and Technical College
More students now begin their postsecondary education at the two-year college level with the intention of transferring to earn a bachelor's degree, making the transfer function more important. Recent government mandates in Kentucky brought about...
College students--Attitudes; College dropouts; Dropout behavior, Prediction of; Academic achievement; Prediction of scholastic success
This study explored the relationship between engagement in educationally purposeful activities during the first year of college and academic achievement, persistence, and graduation. The study focused on the impacts of engagement on student...
Student counselors--Kentucky--Attitudes; Student counselors--Training of
This study addressed the administrative task of recruiting school counselors in the largest school district of Kentucky, a state undergoing systemic school reform. The participants (N = 553) were elementary (n = 162), middle (n = 113), and high (n...
College dropouts; Dropout behavior, Prediction of; Graduate students
More than a decade after the state of Kentucky enacted higher education reform that provided specific direction to the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville, this research study sought to examine the effect of student...
Baseball cards; Athletes; Baseball players; Philadelphia Athletics (Baseball team)
Color portrait of Frank Baker (John Franklin Baker) framed by two baseball bats. An elephant is in the top left corner. 'Athletics' is in the top right corner. Baker earned the nickname Home Run Baker in the 1911 World Series with the Philadelphia...
A wooden courthouse (possibly in Morehead or Greenup, Kentucky) flanked by residences, with laundry hanging on a clothesline. Jean Thomas worked as a court stenographer, and riding the circuit earned her the nickname "Traipsin' Woman."...
Two men stand in the portico of a courthouse (possibly in Morehead or Greenup, Kentucky). Jean Thomas worked as a court stenographer, and riding the circuit earned her the nickname "Traipsin' Woman." Title supplied by cataloger.
A wooden courthouse (possibly in Morehead or Greenup, Kentucky). Jean Thomas worked as a court stenographer, and riding the circuit earned her the nickname "Traipsin' Woman." Title supplied by cataloger.
Courthouses; Men; Porticoes (Porches); Hand railings; Suits (Clothing)
A man, dressed in suit and hat with pocket watch chain at waist, holds onto the railing of the steps of a brick courthouse (possibly in Morehead or Greenup, Kentucky). Jean Thomas worked as a court stenographer, and riding the circuit earned her...
The front steps and portico of a brick courthouse (possibly in Morehead or Greenup, Kentucky). Jean Thomas worked as a court stenographer, and riding the circuit earned her the nickname "Traipsin' Woman." Title supplied by cataloger.
A wooden courthouse (possibly that of Morehead, Kentucky, while still under construction). Jean Thomas worked as a court stenographer, and riding the circuit earned her the nickname "Traipsin' Woman." Title supplied by cataloger.
Two men wearing suits and hats stand outside a wooden courthouse (possibly that of Morehead, Kentucky), near a fence. The address over the door reads '201'. Jean Thomas worked as a court stenographer, and riding the circuit earned her the nickname...
Three men wearing suits and hats stand outside a wooden courthouse (possibly that of Morehead, Kentucky), near a fence. The address over the door reads "201." Jean Thomas worked as a court stenographer, and riding the circuit earned her...
The side of a wooden courthouse (possibly in Morehead, Kentucky). Jean Thomas worked as a court stenographer, and riding the circuit earned her the nickname "Traipsin' Woman." Title supplied by cataloger.
Jean Thomas, wearing a long black dress and hat, leans against a stone building, probably a courthouse. As a young woman, she worked as a court stenographer, and riding the circuit earned her the nickname "Traipsin' Woman." Title supplied...
A blurry image of the front of a log cabin, built onto a platform stage. A flag is draped on one side of the cabin, and on the other side is a sign. This cabin, known as the "Traipsin' Woman Cabin" (as indicated by the sign above the...
Log cabins; Signs (Notices); Plaques; Flags--United States
The front of a log cabin, built onto a platform stage. A flag is draped on one side of the cabin, next to a bronze tablet, and on the other side is a sign reading "American Folk Song Society Presents the Fourth American Folk Song...
Log cabins; Signs (Notices); Plaques; Flags--United States
The front of a log cabin, built onto a platform stage. A flag is draped on one side of the cabin, next to a bronze tablet, and on the other side is a sign reading "American Folk Song Society Presents the Fourth American Folk Song...
A woman wearing a long dress and hat admires a gleaming trophy, probably earned for the floral displays in baskets surrounding her. Title supplied by cataloger.
University of Louisville--Students; Office equipment & supplies; Office workers; Students;
Gene Emmons, a part-time worker in the City Finance Department, stands and operates a card-sorting machine. He was one of many University of Louisville students who earned money while attending the school. Many of them received college credit for...
