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...
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...
Distance education; College dropouts--Prevention; College attendance
The purpose of this exploratory study was to identify which factors predict persistence among a sample of distance education students. Age, gender, GPA, computer experience, computer self-efficacy, and gender role were examined in relation to...
This dissertation is a post-test only comparison group study. It tests the effects of additional Motivational Interviewing sessions during the first two weeks in an intensive outpatient clinic. The object is to learn whether these additional...
College dropouts; Dropout behavior, Prediction of; College administrators--Training of
Educational literature indicates that approximately half of all doctoral
students persist to degree completion. The literature indicates persistence rates
among the social sciences are even lower. This study examined factors
influencing doctoral...
Community college students--Transfer; Academic achievement; College attendance
The reverse transfer literature contains studies investigating the demographic characteristics of postsecondary students that attended a community college after attending a four-year institution, and their proportion in the community college...
College dropouts--Prevention; Social work education--Kentucky--Louisville; Social workers--Training of--Kentucky--Louisville; Academic achievement--Kentucky--Louisville
This study tested a hypothetical model for predicting both graduate GPA and graduation of University of Louisville Kent School of Social Work Master of Science in Social Work (MSSW) students entering the program during the 2001-2005 school years....
Computer arithmetic; Computer arithmetic and logic units; Computer algorithms
This research evaluates an innovative binary adder design and compares it against five standard adder designs. It begins with an algorithmic description of the five standard designs followed by the innovative design. It uses two metrics, speed and...
Computational grids are some of the largest computer systems in existence today. Unfortunately they are also, in many cases, the least reliable. This research examines the use of redundancy with permutation as a method of improving reliability in...
Pediatricians--Training of; Speech disorders in children
Children with general communication impairments as well as complex communication needs rely on pediatricians to prescribe the services of speech language pathologists. In light of this continuing and increasing need, it is important to ascertain...
This dissertation describes galvanic exchange of silver (Ag) nanostructures with PdCl42- in 1) various PdCl42- concentrations, 2) the presence of 0.1 M cetyitrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), and 3) the presence of 0.1 M potassium bromide (KBr). It...
Dentists--Attitudes; Endodontics--Study and teaching; Medical referral
The decision by a general dentist to treat or refer a patient needing endodontic therapy may be based on multiple variables. Students attending dental schools with endodontic specialty programs could be exposed to a referral system with endodontic...
Critical thinking--Study and teaching (Higher); Critical thinking--Ability testing; Social work education
This study utilized the standardized California Critical Thinking Skills Test (CCTST) Form 2000 to measure students' pretest and post test critical thinking abilities prior to and upon completion of a critical thinking infused curriculum. In...
Much work has been done in the past on the nutritional value in young life of different dairy products, all of which experiments have been carried to successful completion by various men at different times. There is, however, no published...
Men in suits and trench coats tour the interior of the Southwestern Outfall tunnel. Multiple views of men in the tunnels in various stages of completion. Includes a view of a large group of men, women, and children at a buffet table in one of the...
Address: northeast corner of Fifth and Jefferson Streets. Completed in 1912, the Inter-Southern Insurance Building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. This shot captures the building just after its completion. A sign...
Racetracks (Horse racing); Keeneland Association (Lexington, Ky.); Buildings; Building construction
Buildings nearing completion for 1936 opening, Keeneland Association, Lexington Kentucky. Buildings with one to three-story sections of different sized stone and dark windows. The buildings have two layered tops like the tops of castles. The...
Racetracks (Horse racing); Keeneland Association (Lexington, Ky.); Buildings; Building construction
Buildings nearing completion for 1936 opening, Keeneland Association, Lexington, Kentucky. A three-story section of the buildings, from the left side. The buildings are of different sized stone and dark windows, and have two layered tops like the...
Racetracks (Horse racing); Keeneland Association (Lexington, Ky.); Buildings; Building construction
Buildings nearing completion for 1936 opening, Keeneland Association, Lexington, Kentucky. Panoramic photograph of two to three-story buildings of different sized stone and dark windows. At the sides the buildings have two layered tops like the...
