Federal aid to education; Student aid--United States; Education, Higher--United States
This thesis is a historical analysis of the role the federal government has had in the in development student aid funding in the modern public four-year higher education system. It begins with a historical overview of the rise of progressivism as a...
Children with visual disabilities--Services for--Kentucky; Children with visual disabilities--Education--Kentucky; Self-help devices for people with disabilities--Kentucky; Students with disabilities--Services for--Kentucky
Assistive technology (AT) helps make the curriculum accessible to students with visual impairments. Studies have shown that half of these students are using assistive technologies. The purpose of this study was to seek a better understanding of the...
Universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae--United States--Societies, etc.; Universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae--Charitable contributions--United States
Public higher education institutions are presently faced with a perfect storm of financial crises. State appropriations are on the decline, endowments have been substantially reduced as a result of the declining stock market, generally poor...
Social service--Evaluation; Social service--Kentucky
This dissertation is an exploratory, mixed methods study using grounded perspective to examine how stakeholders (including consumers, administrators, and practitioners) in social welfare organizations perceive effectiveness in the nonprofit social...
African Americans--Education--Kentucky--Louisville--History; Education--Kentucky--Louisville--History; Louisville Public Schools (Louisville, Ky.)--History; Literacy--Social aspects--Kentucky--Louisville--History
I conducted my dissertation research in the national, state, and local archives. Using Deborah Brandt's "Sponsors of Literacy" as a conceptual framework and Critical Race Theory as a theoretical framework, I offer Louisville, Kentucky as...
Lincoln Institute (Simpsonville, Ky.); Berea College--History; African Americans--Education--Kentucky
This dissertation examines the history of Berea College in Kentucky. Founded before the Civil War, it was a small, private southern college that educated blacks, whites, women and men equally, an early model of cooperation and social harmony. Its...
Public health administration--Kentucky; Patient advocacy--Kentucky
Background: One of the core functions of public health is to develop policies that support community and individual health. There are many historic examples in which public health practitioners have advocated successfully for policies that...
Federal Art Project; Art and social action; Politics in art
This thesis project exhibition brought together Works Progress Administration prints
from the University of Louisville collection, as well as the University of Kentucky Art
Museum and Murray State University. The thirty-three works were...
Information technology--Study and teaching (Secondary); College preparation programs; Academic achievement
Career and Technical Education (CTE) has a long and rich history of achievement
among diverse populations. Two recent events have added to the complexity of CTE.
First, the accountability movement forces traditional programs to show growth...
Public housing--Kentucky--Newport; Urban renewal--Kentucky--Newport; Newport (Ky.)--Economic conditions
This dissertation examines the outcomes of the Housing Opportunities for People Everywhere (HOPE VI) program in one American city, Newport, Kentucky. HOPE VI also improved the quality of life and satisfaction of former public housing residents who...
African Americans; African American physicians; Physicians; Hospitals; Red Cross Hospital (Louisville, Ky.); Race relations; Integration
Oral history interview with Louisville physician Jesse Bell conducted on July 28, 1979 by Olivia Frederick. Dr. Bell discusses his early life and education, including his training at Alcorn College, Morehouse College, and Meharry Medical College....
Domed, one-story building with domed windows and high ceilings, built in 1904 with funding from Andrew Carnegie to establish a public library in Paducah. Stairs with two wreaths carved on either railing rise over the above-ground basement to a...
Built in 1904 with funding from Andrew Carnegie, this public library features dark wood floors and walls as well as white marble pillars and a white domed ceiling painted with rectangular images, two of which are labeled "Music" and...
Buildings; Educational facilities; Schools; DuPont Manual High School (Louisville, Ky.)
DuPont Manual Training High School at 1909, Brook and Oak Streets, Louisville, Kentucky. Three-story brick building with a semicircular domed entryway on short pillars. DuPont was founded in 1892 with funding from A. V. duPont (Alfred Victor du...
Buildings; Educational facilities; Schools; DuPont Manual High School (Louisville, Ky.)
DuPont Manual Training High School at 1909, Brook and Oak Streets, Louisville, Kentucky. Three-story brick building with a semicircular domed entryway on short pillars. DuPont was founded in 1892 with funding from A. V. duPont (Alfred Victor du...
Buildings; Educational facilities; Schools; DuPont Manual High School (Louisville, Ky.)
DuPont Manual Training High School from the Oak Street side of the building, Louisville, Kentucky. Three-story brick building with large ornamental entranceway. DuPont was founded in 1892 with funding from A. V. duPont (Alfred Victor du Pont II) to...
Buildings; Educational facilities; Schools; DuPont Manual High School (Louisville, Ky.)
duPont Manual Training School, Brook and Oak Streets, Louisville, Kentucky. Three-story brick building with a semicircular domed entryway on short pillars. There are two large pyramids on the roof. duPont was founded in 1892 with funding from A. V....
Antiphonaries; Book of Hours; Brevaries; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval; Illuminations 1200-1500; Khamsah; Koran manuscripts; Manuscripts--Medieval; Persian language; Psalters
This digital collection includes eighteen illuminated manuscript leaves which were acquired by the University of Louisville Libraries in 2006 with funding from the Pzena Foundation. Dating from 1150 through 1867, these leaves represent Western...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; University of Louisville. School of Medicine; Research facilities;
Radiation Center, in shadows. This current home of the Developmental Biology Research Program was originally built as the UofL Cancer Center (also known as the Radiation Center), with funding from the Order of Kentucky Colonels and the American...
Teachers; College administrators; University of Louisville--Faculty;
John L. Patterson served as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences from 1908-1922. He came to University of Louisville in 1907 as professor of Greek, and was appointed dean of College of Arts and Sciences (then known as the College of Liberal...
