Enterprise zones--Kentucky--Louisville; Enterprise zones--Law and legislation; Regional planning--Kentucky--Louisville; Economic policy--Kentucky--Louisville
Multiple analytic methods are used to provide an
analysis and evaluation of specific economic and neighborhood
development policies undertaken by and continued by the
Commonwealth of Kentucky, the City of Louisville, and
Jefferson County since the...
The rate of overqualification, defined as a person having more education or skills than
their job requires them to have, has continued to grow since the issue was first identified
as a significant problem. Though evidence that suggests the rate of...
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...
The process of transition from high school to adult life is particularly important for students with mild disabilities because these students show a pattern of overwhelmingly low expectations and progress. Transition services, self-determination,...
Universities and colleges--United States--Administration; Universities and colleges--Faculty--Recruiting; Business schools--United States--Faculty
The topic addressed by this study was recruiting business professionals pursuing the Masters of Business Administration (MBA) degree to teach in business departments located at two-year community colleges. Recruitment is a task vital to...
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...
Indians of North America--British Columbia; Literacy--British Columbia--Case studies
This dissertation examines the literacy practices of a group of First Nations women who live in British Columbia and whose jobs entail the production and dissemination of texts which reflect the local, Carrier, culture. In this qualitative study of...
African Americans; Social workers; Journalists; African American journalists; African American social workers; Beauty contests; African American newspapers; Newspapers; Louisville Defender (Louisville, Ky.); Civil rights demonstrations; Civil...
Oral history interview with Mrs. Vivian Clark Stanley conducted on August 5, 1985 by Janet Hodgson. She discusses her career as a social worker and her life with Frank Stanley, Sr., editor, manager, and publisher of the Louisville Defender. She...
A quarter of a century ago, Abraham Epworth Rounds, aged forty-five, came shambling out of mountainous Eastern Tennessee to one of our Kentucky cities. He was intent on making a living in easier fashion than scratching it from the lean soil of the...
African Americans; African Americans--Education; African Americans--Social conditions; Louisville Municipal College for Negroes (Louisville, Ky.); Central High School (Louisville, Ky.); Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity; African Americans--Employment;...
Oral history interview conducted with James Shively on December 18, 1978 by Dwayne Cox. Mr. Shively focuses largely on his education in Louisville, at Louisville Central High School and the Louisville Municipal College, in the 1930s and 1940s. He...
Undertakers and undertaking; Business people; African American businesspeople; Politicians; African American politicians; Discrimination in public accommodations; Segregation--Law and legislation; Discrimination in employment; African...
Oral history interview with Goldie Winstead Beckett, conducted on September 12, 1978 by Ken Chumbley. In this interview, Mrs. Beckett discusses her life as well as her husband’s experiences as alderman in the city of Louisville in the late 1940s...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Port side view of ED.J. HOWARD, under construction, tied to the bank of the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard. The Howards converted the CHICKAMAUGA (Way T0411), a stern wheel towboat with a steel hull they bought from U.S. Engineers, into the ED.J....
Streets; Buildings; Street railroad tracks; Stores & shops; Hardware stores; Drugstores; Signs (Notices); Brick wall signs; Electric signs
View of Market Street looking east from Floyd Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Hardware store on right, with ad (partially obscured by utility pole) for "Louisville Machinery & Welding Co., 224 - 2?? E. Main St., Portable welding equipment...
University of Louisville. School of Business; University of Louisville--Students; Students; Auditoriums;
Approximately three hundred students of the newly established U of L School of Business (now College of Business) at Career Day on April 13, 1955, seated in an auditorium. Fourteen university and business leaders discussed various aspects of jobs...
University of Louisville. School of Business; Business people; Business education;
William Duffy, supervisor of training at the General Electric Company (GE) stands at a lectern and speaks to approximately three hundred students of the University of Louisville Business School at a Career Day presentation on April 13, 1955. He is...
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...
University of Louisville--Students; Office workers; Offices; Students;
University of Louisville student Colleen Cader (left) takes dictation from Mrs. Catherine Thompson, a city welfare worker. They sit together at a desk. Ms. Cader was one of many University of Louisville students who earned money while attending the...
