Fear of crime--Kentucky--Louisville; University of Louisville; College students--Crimes against--Kentucky--Louisville
Feelings of fear on a college campus are driven by physical characteristics of a specific location as well as the demographics and past experiences of those visiting these locations. Factors such as gender, residency, race, age, class status, and...
African American male college students--Social conditions; African Americans--Race identity; Academic achievement
This dissertation examines the influence of collective racial esteem (CRE) on the quantity and type of involvement for African American male undergraduate students in public four-year institutions of higher education in the U.S. In addition, this...
African American college students; Academic achievement--Social aspects; College attendance
The study examined the relationship between African American student engagement and student background variables through the context of institution type. The study focused on the impact of student background variables (mother's level of education,...
Urbanization disrupts natural soil profiles and as watersheds are
urbanized, their surfaces become impervious and this will result in
reduction of infiltration. For this reason, many cities are facing problems
with treating runoff water. Best...
Mentoring in education--United States; Recreation--Administration
The purpose of this study was to discover factors which influence a mentor's decision to engage in a mentoring relationship within campus recreation administration. The present study investigated four areas of inquiry within campus recreation:...
College cost--United States; Higher education and state--United States
The purpose of this study was to understand variance in state system performance in affordability using variables describing the state political environment and the higher education governance structure. Understanding how the political culture of...
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...
Student affairs administrators--Attitudes; College students--Mental health services
Calls for universities to better serve college students with mental illness have been growing. While a considerable literature base supports Corrigan's (2004) Social Cognitive Model of Mental Illness Stigma and the complex relationship among...
College students; College attendance; Educational attainment; Prediction of scholastic success
This dissertation explored the four-year college experience of first-generation and continuing-generation students at a small private institution. Using Astin's I-E-O model (1970), the following variables in the student experience were considered:...
Male college students--Social conditions; College freshmen--Social conditions; People with social disabilities--Education (Higher)
This dissertation is a case study involving four, first generation, working class,
college students. The dissertation study chronicled the experiences of these students
during their first semester at the college. In order to more effectively focus...
Counseling in higher education; Faculty advisors--Attitudes; College students--Attitudes
The best style of advising to offer students has been questioned over and over. The
literature review revealed uncertainty related to national surveys of advisors and students and
encouraged smaller institutional reviews. The Academic Advising...
Depression is one of the most frequent causes of disability worldwide. It can
affect the psychological, social, and physical wellbeing of those that suffer from it, the
majority of which are women. Depression has been linked to immune activation as...
English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching; English language--Composition and exercises--Study and teaching; Community colleges--Kentucky--Louisville
The introduction to this doctoral dissertation is an argument for locating Writing Across the Curriculum programs on the community-college campus for several reasons, among them the proximity of the disciplines on the community college campus, the...
Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods; Flood damage; Interiors; Basements; University of Louisville--Buildings; Men; Furniture; Stairways; University of Louisville--Employees
Plumbing crew stands in the doorway of the University of Louisville College of Business basement. Left to right: Danny Carter, Plumbing Foreman Physical Plant; Troy Thompson, H.V.A.C. mechanic Belknap Campus; Leo Lear, plumber Belknap Campus; Tom...
The role of mothers, the constitution of families, and the power of their stories are the bedrock of my thesis, which is the first 90 pages of a novel entitled Playing House . In it, I hope to investigate the denotation and connotation of the words...
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...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Baptist Campus Center (University of Louisville); Religious facilities;
Baptist Campus Center, under construction. The building appears to be largely completed, but there are boards set in the ground where the sidewalk would be poured, there is still plastic sheeting up near one side of the building, and there is no...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Baptist Campus Center (University of Louisville); Religious facilities;
Baptist Campus Center at the University of Louisville, a modern, brick buildling with a sloping roof. There are no windows visible in this image. The construction and furnishing of the Baptist Campus Center was funded by the Kentucky Baptist...
Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods; Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Hoses
Water being pumped out of the basement of the Unitas Tower dormitory on the University of Louisville Belknap Campus. Water had to be pumped out of nine buildings on the University of Louisville Belknap campus. Photograph was taken in the evening.
Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Vehicles; Equipment; Stairways; University of Louisville--Buildings; Men; University of Louisville--Employees
Cleanup crew (Leo Lear, Plumber, Belknap Campus at right; Tom Sensabaugh, Plumber, Belknap Campus at left) lowers suction device into the basement on the north side of the University of Louisville College of Business on the afternoon of the flood....
