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Institutional Culture And Support For Faculty Scholarship In A Virginia Community College, Sarah Louise Etkin
Institutional Culture And Support For Faculty Scholarship In A Virginia Community College, Sarah Louise Etkin
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
An institution of higher education was studied to determine whether its culture supported faculty scholarship. The site selected for the study was John Tyler Community College (JTCC) in Virginia chosen because it is fairly representative of other colleges in the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) and because its campuses were accessible to the researcher for the collection of study information. Ernest Boyer's broadened definition of scholarship was used to define scholarship in this study.;The research question--"Is the culture in a two-year public institution in Virginia supportive of scholarship as defined by Ernest Boyer"?---was addressed through case study methodology using qualitative …
Mouth With Myriad Subtleties: Race, Gender, Audience, And Authorship In Charles W Chesnutt's "The Conjure Woman", Kristin Margaret Edmonds
Mouth With Myriad Subtleties: Race, Gender, Audience, And Authorship In Charles W Chesnutt's "The Conjure Woman", Kristin Margaret Edmonds
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
An Evaluation Of The Academic Outcomes Of The Upward Bound Program At Virginia Union University, James Edward Laws Jr.
An Evaluation Of The Academic Outcomes Of The Upward Bound Program At Virginia Union University, James Edward Laws Jr.
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
This study analyzed the impact the Upward Bound program at Virginia Union University had on students' freshman year performance. The population selected for the study were those students who participated in Virginia Union University's Upward Bound program during the academic years 1984-85 through 1993-94 and entered Virginia Union University after completing the program.;The Upward Bound participants were compared to a comparable control group of non-Upward Bound students. The two groups were measured on the following variables: need for remedial math, need for remedial English, placement on academic probation, drop-out rate, average freshman GPA, average (for credit) math grade, and average …
A Grammar-Based Technique For Genetic Search And Optimization, Clayton Matthew Johnson
A Grammar-Based Technique For Genetic Search And Optimization, Clayton Matthew Johnson
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The genetic algorithm (GA) is a robust search technique which has been theoretically and empirically proven to provide efficient search for a variety of problems. Due largely to the semantic and expressive limitations of adopting a bitstring representation, however, the traditional GA has not found wide acceptance in the Artificial Intelligence community. In addition, binary chromosones can unevenly weight genetic search, reduce the effectiveness of recombination operators, make it difficult to solve problems whose solution schemata are of high order and defining length, and hinder new schema discovery in cases where chromosome-wide changes are required.;The research presented in this dissertation …
The Power Of The Privy: Mediating Social Relations On A 19th Century British Military Site, Joseph Henry Last
The Power Of The Privy: Mediating Social Relations On A 19th Century British Military Site, Joseph Henry Last
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Calamus, Drum-Taps, And Whitman's Model Of Comradeship, Charles B. Green
Calamus, Drum-Taps, And Whitman's Model Of Comradeship, Charles B. Green
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
The Narrator In The Middle English Bird Debates: A Dynamic Convention, Stephen B. Constantelos
The Narrator In The Middle English Bird Debates: A Dynamic Convention, Stephen B. Constantelos
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Edna Pontellier's Impossible Dream: Fantasy And Reality In "The Awakening", Ronda Marie Holm
Edna Pontellier's Impossible Dream: Fantasy And Reality In "The Awakening", Ronda Marie Holm
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Paine, Blake And Hegemony, Grace Moore
Paine, Blake And Hegemony, Grace Moore
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
On The Path To Paterson: Prose And The Search For The American Language, Mary Carolyn Click
On The Path To Paterson: Prose And The Search For The American Language, Mary Carolyn Click
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
A Knowable World: America, The City, And The Thematics Of Book Five Of William Carlos Williams' "Paterson", Gaston De Bearn
A Knowable World: America, The City, And The Thematics Of Book Five Of William Carlos Williams' "Paterson", Gaston De Bearn
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
The Principal's Role In Fostering Teacher Collaboration For Students With Special Needs, Evie Ruth Tindall
The Principal's Role In Fostering Teacher Collaboration For Students With Special Needs, Evie Ruth Tindall
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
This study examined the principal's role in fostering teacher collaboration for students with special needs by investigating two overarching questions: (a) How do principals foster teacher collaboration for the purpose of improving teaching and learning for students with special needs and (b) how do these behaviors relate to leadership behaviors that have been identified as facilitative of teacher collaboration? First, a multiple-site descriptive case study was conducted and, using nomination criteria, five sites in four school districts were selected. The data collection involved the verification of the nomination criteria through observations and the collection of data through interviews with principals …
The Search For Completion In Toni Morrison's "Sula", Elizabeth Bowler Ncneer
The Search For Completion In Toni Morrison's "Sula", Elizabeth Bowler Ncneer
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Segregation And The Politics Of Race: Mary Mcleod Bethune And The National Youth Administration, 1935-1943, Joel Bennett Hall
Segregation And The Politics Of Race: Mary Mcleod Bethune And The National Youth Administration, 1935-1943, Joel Bennett Hall
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Idol Worship: Religious Continuity Among Aztec, Inca, And Maya Cultures In Colonial Latin America, Robert C. Galgano
Idol Worship: Religious Continuity Among Aztec, Inca, And Maya Cultures In Colonial Latin America, Robert C. Galgano
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
The Long-Term Effectiveness Of The Reading Recovery Program, Mary Jan Rozzelle
The Long-Term Effectiveness Of The Reading Recovery Program, Mary Jan Rozzelle
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
This study compared the sustained effects of the Reading Recovery (RR) Program through the fourth grade. The research compared the reading performance of 1991-92 RR students who were discontinued with 4th grade-age students who received Chapter I services. The accessible population included 16 RR students matched with 16 comparison students on six variables: age, gender, ethnic identity, grade, and first grade CogAT score.;The two groups were assessed on five variables: Text reading level; the ITBS vocabulary, comprehension, and spelling subtests; and frequency of placement in special education. Using a nonequivalent-comparison group design, data were analyzed by the t-test, the chi-square, …
Wild, Wearable, And Seaworthy, Frances Evelyn Davey
Wild, Wearable, And Seaworthy, Frances Evelyn Davey
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
First Measurement Of The Induced Proton Polarization, P(N), In The C-12 (E, E'P) Reaction, Rhett J. Woo
First Measurement Of The Induced Proton Polarization, P(N), In The C-12 (E, E'P) Reaction, Rhett J. Woo
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The induced proton polarization, {dollar}P\sb{lcub}n{rcub},{dollar} was measured with the newly commissioned Recoil-Proton Focal Plane Polarimeter (FPP) at the MIT-Bates Linear Accelerator Laboratory. Using the {dollar}\sp{lcub}12{rcub}{lcub}\rm C{rcub}(e,e\sp\prime\vec p){dollar} reaction, the measurement was performed in quasifree kinematics at a {dollar}Q\sp2{dollar} of 0.48 (GeV/c){dollar}\sp2.{dollar} A recoil-momentum range of 0-250 MeV/c was sampled. The induced polarization, which vanishes in the Plane Wave Impulse Approximation, is sensitive to the absorptive part of the central optical-potential as well as explicit spin dependent terms, especially those due to spin-orbit interactions. Theoretical analysis indicates that this observable is primarily sensitive to final state interactions. For the experiment, the …
The Role Of Microbial Food Webs In Benthic-Pelagic Coupling In Freshwater And Marine Ecosystems, Adele J. Pile
The Role Of Microbial Food Webs In Benthic-Pelagic Coupling In Freshwater And Marine Ecosystems, Adele J. Pile
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
A majority of carbon in freshwater and marine ecosystems is in the form of ultraplankton, heterotrophic and autotrophic plankton &<&5 &\mu&m including heterotrophic bacteria, Prochlorococcus, cyanobacteria, and autotrophic eucaryotes. However, ultraplankton and subsequently microbial food webs have yet to be incorporated into models of benthic-pelagic coupling despite the preponderance of macroinvertebrates with the capacity to feed on ultraplankton. I have examined the role of microbial food webs in benthic-pelagic coupling in three ecosystems: Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia; Gulf of Maine, Northwest Atlantic Ocean; and Conch Reef, Florida Keys, USA. Using sponges as a model organism and in situ measurements, I have quantified (1) suspension feeding on ultraplankton and (2) release of dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) and phosphorus (DIP) resulting in direct evidence that benthic macroinvertebrates do occupy the level of primary consumer within the microbial food web. Dual-beam flow cytometry was employed to quantified sponge suspension feeding on five types of ultraplankton: heterotrophic bacteria, Synechococcus-type cyanobacteria, autotrophic picoplankton &<&3 &\mu&m, autotrophic eucaryotes 3-10 &\mu&m, and in marine ecosystems Prochlorococcus. Grazing by the freshwater sponges Baikalospongia intermedia and B. bacilliferia and the boreal marine sponge, Mycale lingua, was unselective for all types of ultraplankton with efficiencies ranging from 63-99%. This is the first time that grazing on Synechococcus-type cyanobacteria and Prochlorococcus by macroinvertebrates has been quantified in freshwater and marine ecosystems. Conversely, the coral reef sponges Ircinia felix and I. strobilina release significant amounts of DIN and DIP as a result of grazing on procaryotic plankton. Using a general model for organism-mediated fluxes, it is conservatively estimated that through active suspension feeding sponges in Lake Baikal retain 1.97 g C day&\sp{lcub}-1{rcub}& m&\sp{lcub}-2{rcub}& and M. lingua retains 29 mg C day&\sp{lcub}-1{rcub}& m&\sp{lcub}-2{rcub}& while at Conch Reef sponges released 204 &\mu&mol DIN day&\sp{lcub}-1{rcub}& m&\sp{lcub}-2{rcub}& and 48 &\mu&mol DIP day&\sp{lcub}-1{rcub}& m&\sp{lcub}-2{rcub}&. A majority of the carbon retained at all three locations was from procaryotic cell types suggesting that ultraplankton are an important overlooked component of benthic-pelagic coupling.
Gaseous Flux And Distribution Of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Across The Air-Water Interface Of Southern Chesapeake Bay, Kurt E. Gustafson
Gaseous Flux And Distribution Of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Across The Air-Water Interface Of Southern Chesapeake Bay, Kurt E. Gustafson
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
Gaseous fluxes of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) across the air-water interface of Southern Chesapeake Bay were calculated for the period January 1994 through May 1995 using a modified two-film model. Additionally, the distributions of PAHs between the vapor and aerosol phase in the atmosphere, and between the freely dissolved and suspended particulate phase in the water column were investigated. Net instantaneous gaseous fluxes of PAHs were determined to vary in direction and magnitude both spatially and temporally across the air-water interface of Southern Chesapeake Bay at four sites ranging from remote to urban and highly industrialized. The magnitude of gas …
Maintaining Diversity In The Shadows Of Conformity: Can A Systematic Attempt To Maintain A University's Distinctive Mission Override Societal Pressures For Conformity?, Delrina Marie Clarin
Maintaining Diversity In The Shadows Of Conformity: Can A Systematic Attempt To Maintain A University's Distinctive Mission Override Societal Pressures For Conformity?, Delrina Marie Clarin
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The purpose of this study was to analyze the components of the University of Scranton's systematic program to develop and maintain a distinctive mission through Tierney's framework of organizational culture, and to analyze the congruence between the mission of the University of Scranton and the faculty's perception of the mission and their institutional activities.;The University of Scranton was chosen for three reasons: (1) Sporadic efforts to maintain its Catholic/Jesuit mission and identity had already been in place since 1977; (2) With the appointment of a Task Force on Identity and Mission in 1994, the administration is attempting to bring previous …
Multisystemic Assessment And Intervention: Effects Of Joining Systems In The Process Of Family Therapy, Gail Bareford Hardinge
Multisystemic Assessment And Intervention: Effects Of Joining Systems In The Process Of Family Therapy, Gail Bareford Hardinge
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The purpose of this study was to investigate multi-systemic training of counselors on families who participated in counseling to determine differences in the family's social functioning and in children's behaviors within home and school settings. The sample of counselors (n = 10) and families (n = 29) were from the New Horizon's Family Counseling Center, affiliated with the School of Education at the College of William and Mary.;Systemic theory as it relates to family therapy possesses two major tenets: the family is best understood as a system of mutually interacting and interdependent parts, and interventions should include the whole family …
Performance Of School-Age Children Of Prenatal Cocaine Exposure: Five Case Studies, Susan Larson Wallace
Performance Of School-Age Children Of Prenatal Cocaine Exposure: Five Case Studies, Susan Larson Wallace
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The purpose of this study was to examine the social and learning performance of school age children of prenatal cocaine exposure. The Behavioral Assessment System for Children (BASC) was used along with interviews, observations and document analysis for each individual case studied. The data collected through these methods was coded and examined for patterns and relationships in each case, and across cases.;Data analysis revealed that each case varied in the effects exhibited on a continuum from subtle to severe, as indicated in the literature. Social and behavioral patterns appeared to be most severely affected, while the language area was found …
Principals' Knowledge Of Legal Issues Related To The Delivery Of Health Services In Virginia, Lucia Villa Sebastian
Principals' Knowledge Of Legal Issues Related To The Delivery Of Health Services In Virginia, Lucia Villa Sebastian
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
Schools have derived their legal powers to regulate student health services through an evolutionary process. Statutory law generally provides the authority for school boards to hire medical personnel to provide health services. In addition, the legal power to provide health services has evolved from the police powers of the states, through the fourteenth amendment guarantee to property rights, and in response to societal needs and expectations.;The present study was conducted to investigate the current status of health services in public schools in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and to determine the level of knowledge of legal issues related to the delivery …
School-University Partnerships: An Exploration Of The Relationship, Daisy Bertha Wood
School-University Partnerships: An Exploration Of The Relationship, Daisy Bertha Wood
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The purpose of this study was to investigate the accuracy of a particular model for collaboration when applied to a successful school-university partnership. A specific framework for establishing and maintaining successful school-university partnerships, proposed by Frank Wilbur of Syracuse University, was identified in the literature. Wilbur's model was selected as the conceptual framework for this study since it contains critical elements supported by at least four other researchers studying and writing on collaborative endeavors and was, in fact, the most comprehensive of any of the suggested conceptual frameworks. The answer to one overall research question was sought: to what extent …
Tapping Hidden Talent: The Identification Of Culturally Diverse Students For Gifted Education Programs In The Southeastern United States, Priscilla Richmond
Tapping Hidden Talent: The Identification Of Culturally Diverse Students For Gifted Education Programs In The Southeastern United States, Priscilla Richmond
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The purpose of this study was to provide a profile of gifted education identification procedures for culturally diverse ethnic populations (African-American, Native-American, Asian-American, and Hispanic) in the southeastern region of the United States. In this research, data from educators was analyzed by means of surveys and in-depth inquiries to provide a profile of gifted education identification procedures. The objectives for this study were to determine with respect to the identification of culturally diverse students for gifted education: their proportional representation in gifted education programs, the utilization of multiple identification measures with these populations, the consideration given to their gifted and …
The Effect Of Chemical Dependency Counselors' Spiritual Well-Being On The Spiritual Well-Being Of Their Clients, Clifford Wilson Brooks Jr.
The Effect Of Chemical Dependency Counselors' Spiritual Well-Being On The Spiritual Well-Being Of Their Clients, Clifford Wilson Brooks Jr.
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact an inpatient substance abuse counselors' spiritual well-being had on chemically dependent patients' spiritual well-being over the course of two weeks in treatment.;Raymond Paloutzian and Craig Ellison developed the Spiritual Well-Being Scale which was utilized in this study along with the Rokeach Value Survey, the Personal Orientation Inventory, and the Profile of Adaptation to Life Scale. Pre and Post test packets containing the Spiritual Well-Being Scale and the Profile of Adaptation to Life Scale were administered to one hundred ten inpatient alcohol and drug patients. A total of forty-five alcohol and …
The Impact Of Sick Building Syndrome On Selected Variables Associated With School Effectiveness, Caryl Shannon Felty
The Impact Of Sick Building Syndrome On Selected Variables Associated With School Effectiveness, Caryl Shannon Felty
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
Using matched pairs of schools having a diagnosis of Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) and those not identified, and not having the potential of being identified as having the diagnosis, this study examined the relationship between factors assumed or determined to have an impact on a school's ability to carry out its mission as they related to the SBS diagnosis. The factors studied were student average daily attendance (ADA); students' mean standardized test scores in math and reading on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills and the Tests of Achievement and Proficiency; the need for students to take prophylactic medications; the …
Age, Growth, And Reproductive Biology Of Blackcheek Tonguefish, Symphurus Plagiusa (Cynoglossidae: Pleuronectiformes), In Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, Mark Richard Terwilliger
Age, Growth, And Reproductive Biology Of Blackcheek Tonguefish, Symphurus Plagiusa (Cynoglossidae: Pleuronectiformes), In Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, Mark Richard Terwilliger
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Lipid Class Composition Of Oysters, Crassostrea Virginica, Exposed To Sediment-Associated Pahs, Tong Li
Lipid Class Composition Of Oysters, Crassostrea Virginica, Exposed To Sediment-Associated Pahs, Tong Li
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.