Learning and scholarship--Outlines, syllabi, etc.; English language--Rhetoric-- Outlines, syllabi, etc.; Education, Higher--Curricula; Instructional systems--Design
This dissertation is an investigation of composition's disciplinary conceptions of the course syllabus, from its often-relegated position as textual object to a more interactive and complex subject of our discipline. The course syllabus is an...
One of the most nationally-recognized, two-year legislative reform initiatives in the U.S. began in Kentucky with the passage of the Kentucky Postsecondary Education Improvement Act of 1997 (HB1). This exploratory, cross-sectional, correlational...
Gardeners--Kentucky--Louisville--Social conditions; Community gardens--Kentucky--Louisville
Using four surveys, two created by this researcher, another created by Walizcek, Mattson, and Zajicek, and a fourth created by Herbach, the researcher compared the characteristics of community gardeners, their motivations for gardening, and the...
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...
Universities and colleges--Mergers; Education, Humanistic--United States--Case studies; Community colleges--Curricula; Educational change--United States--Case studies
This dissertation is an examination of the state of the liberal arts curriculum in community colleges in three geographic regions of the United States. From a constructivist paradigm and using globalization theory as a theoretical framework, this...
This thesis is an exploration of Black cultural space and its influence on the
retention, adaptation, and transmission of African folktales during and after the
antebellum era. During slavery, the survival of kinship and family helped to create
an...
College dropouts--Indiana; Educational attainment--Indiana; College freshmen--Indiana; Community college students--Indiana
The purpose of this exploratory study was to determine if student background variables (age, gender, race, academic preparation); student status (part/full-time student), and student circumstances (commuting distance, independent/dependent...
A group of women stand near display booths of textiles and needlework. A United States flag hangs from above as do blankets and quilts. Part of the table is also dedicated to an educational display with a light bulb and model plane.
Buildings; Educational facilities; Universities & colleges; Western Kentucky State Teachers College--Buildings
Community House at Western Kentucky State Teachers College, 1935. Small cabin of dark wood, amid overgrown grass and trees. The porch roof begins under the house roof; the roofs are layered. The photograph has been enhanced with paint. On back of...
Buildings; Educational facilities; Columns; Universities & colleges; Western Kentucky State Teachers College--Buildings
Community House at Western Kentucky State Teachers College, 1935. Columns along driveway, car parked alongside at Western Kentucky State Teachers College. Photograph enhanced with paint. On back of image: Community House Bowling Green, Ky. Western...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Dormitories; Fraternities & sororities; University of Louisville. Panhellenic Council; Alpha Omicron Pi. Pi Alpha Chapter (University of Louisville); Pi Beta Phi. Kentucky Alpha Chapter...
Community Park dormitory, entrances to Alpha Omicron Pi, Pi Beta Phi and Panhellenic Council areas. Each area has a covered doorway. There is a picnic table, sidewalks, streetlamps, and several small trees in the lawn area in front of these...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Dormitories; Fraternities & sororities; Tables; Street lights; Trees; Tau Kappa Epsilon. Alpha Chi Chapter (University of Louisville); University of Louisville. Panhellenic Council;
Entranceway to Community Park dormitory. Sidewalks lead to a larger central entranceway, and to smaller entranceways bearing the letters of different "Greek" groups. The initials of the Panhellenic Council and Tau Kappa Epsilon can be...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Dormitories; Fraternities & sororities; University of Louisville. Naitonal Pan-Hellenic Council; Kappa Delta Sorority. Alpha Xi Chapter (University of Louisville);
Community Park, eastern view. The Greek letters "Kappa Delta" can be seen on a portico near the corner of the building. (This is the entrance to Kappa Delta sorority's suite.) Location: Belknap Campus: 2033 South Fourth Street. Current...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Dormitories; Fraternities & sororities; Pi Beta Phi. Kentucky Alpha Chapter (University of Louisville)
Community Park. The Greek letters pi beta and phi are affixed on a portico near the corner of the building. This is the entrance to Pi Beta Phi sorority's suite. Location: Belknap Campus: 2033 South Fourth Street. Current uses: Dormitories;...
At the University of Louisville, there is no continuous and dependable connection
between the needs of the community for expert help in solving practical problems and
the capabilities of the students enrolled in cumulating experience courses....
Adjustment (Psychology) in old age; Aging; Elderly poor; Nursing home patients
BACKGROUND: Current successful aging theory excludes individuals with disease or
disability, limits the potential for successful aging in minority and lower socioeconomic
populations, focuses on behavioral determinants of health rather than social...
This research addresses the problem of productivity in the P-16 system of education, emphasizing the repetition of the senior year of high school with the first year of postsecondary education. This study analyzes this integration through dual...
Attachment Disorder (AD) in children has been characterized by particularly alarming behaviors, yet the identification of this disorder for clinicians in community mental health agencies is problematic. The only available diagnosis that addresses...
Amish--Books and reading; Amish--Ohio--Social life and customs; Literacy--Ohio
Following in the tradition of scholars who treat literacy in context such as Deborah Brandt, Shirley Brice Heath, and David Barton and Mary Hamilton, I conducted my dissertation research not in an academic classroom but in the valleys of Hanley, a...
