This dissertation is an examination of fire department response times in eight major cities of the United States including Houston, TX, Charlotte, NC, St. Paul, MN, Portland, OR, Seattle, WA, Louisville, KY, San Francisco, CA and Miami, FL. This...
Distributive justice; Social justice; United States Olympic Committee
The purpose of the study was to measure U.S. National Governing Body (NGB) administrators' perceptions of fairness of financial resource allocation within the U.S. Olympic Movement. The study was grounded in the organizational justice literature,...
African Americans--Politics and government; Local elections; Metropolitan government; Voting research
Despite the fact that few large metropolitan areas have had city-county consolidations, interest remains high in these mergers as a means of restructuring urban government. Evaluation literature on city-county consolidations generally focuses on...
Algebra--Study and teaching; Academic achievement; Teachers--Attitudes
The purpose of this study was to investigate various secondary to postsecondary mathematics transition issues for students. Making successful transitions from high school to postsecondary study has become necessary if our nation's young people are...
John Graham Simrall was born in Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1840. He graduated from Centre College at age 17, ranked second in his class. Too young to read law, his father placed him under the tutorship of Judge George Robertson, of Lexington, who...
Portrait of Francis Wilson, an actor who also wrote, directed, and produced the Francis Wilson Opera Company, and served as the first President of Actors' Equity Association (1913-1920). He is wearing a tweed jacket and collarless shirt. Wilson...
Autographed full-length character portrait of Francis Wilson, an actor who also wrote, directed, and produced the Francis Wilson Opera Company, and served as the first President of Actors' Equity Association (1913-1920). He stands on a stage set...
