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"That The Future May Learn From The Past": The Goals And Educational Value Of Living History Museums, Nicole Marie Mahoney
"That The Future May Learn From The Past": The Goals And Educational Value Of Living History Museums, Nicole Marie Mahoney
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Schoolhouses Remembered: The Story Behind The Nostalgic Image: An Active Pursuit Of The Truth, Michelle Dawn Cude
Schoolhouses Remembered: The Story Behind The Nostalgic Image: An Active Pursuit Of The Truth, Michelle Dawn Cude
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Ministerial Education In Colonial Massachusetts, Charlotte Ryland
Ministerial Education In Colonial Massachusetts, Charlotte Ryland
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Archaeology Goes To School: A Cooperative Approach To Teaching History Through Archaeology, Paul David Schuster
Archaeology Goes To School: A Cooperative Approach To Teaching History Through Archaeology, Paul David Schuster
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
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 …
Academic Freedom And Faculty Careers: A Case Study Of Four Nobel Laureate Exiles, 1930-1940, Timothy Dale Norton
Academic Freedom And Faculty Careers: A Case Study Of Four Nobel Laureate Exiles, 1930-1940, Timothy Dale Norton
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The purpose of this historical study was to evaluate the consequences that the politically-determined conventions of academic freedom in Germany and in the United States had on the careers of four elite scientists before and after their emigration resulting from the threats of Nazism. This problem consisted of three distinct conceptual parts: (1) academic freedom, as a concept, (2) the political conventions of academic freedom within pre-World War II Germany and within pre- and World War II America, and (3) the effect that these definitions had on the careers of Albert Einstein, James Franck, Otto Meyerhof, and Otto Stern. The …
The Manassas Industrial School For Colored Youth, 1894-1916, Laura Ann Peake
The Manassas Industrial School For Colored Youth, 1894-1916, Laura Ann Peake
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
The Life Histories Of Ten Of The First Women To Attend The College Of William And Mary [1918-1930], Diane Marie Roy
The Life Histories Of Ten Of The First Women To Attend The College Of William And Mary [1918-1930], Diane Marie Roy
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
The Department Of Anthropology At The Louisiana Purchase Exposition: Motives, Methods, And Messages, Jeffrey Daryl Gauss
The Department Of Anthropology At The Louisiana Purchase Exposition: Motives, Methods, And Messages, Jeffrey Daryl Gauss
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Academic Freedom And The Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary Experience, 1979-1989, James Benson Johnson Ii
Academic Freedom And The Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary Experience, 1979-1989, James Benson Johnson Ii
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
As fundamentalist-conservatives pressed their agenda in Southern Baptist Convention life, and, in particular, as they assumed a majority on the board of trustees of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina, the academic freedom of the Southeastern faculty became an issue. Concerns enunciated by Robert M. MacIver (1955) provide reference points in responding to the inquiry: "Was the academic freedom of the faculty violated at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary?" While a prologue and epilogue are offered, the study parameters of the Southeastern Seminary experience are 1979 to 1989. The study concludes that academic freedom was compromised in this …
A Different Drum: The Forgotten Tradition Of The Military Academy In American Education, Kurt Allen Sanftleben
A Different Drum: The Forgotten Tradition Of The Military Academy In American Education, Kurt Allen Sanftleben
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The purpose of this study was to investigate little known and often neglected category of American education, the articulated military school and junior college.;Kemper Military School and College was chosen as the representative institution studied for several reasons: it has remained in almost continuous operation since its founding in 1844 at the height of the academy movement; it specialized as a military school in 1885 when the popularity of general academies began to wane; during the 1920s, it seized upon the rapid growth of the early junior college movement to expand in size and scope; and it was subsequently recognized …
A Journey From West Africa To Slavery: African-American Life During The Eighteenth-Century., Teresa Ann Broyles
A Journey From West Africa To Slavery: African-American Life During The Eighteenth-Century., Teresa Ann Broyles
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Social Activity Among Sociology Alumni, Dawn June Riddle
Social Activity Among Sociology Alumni, Dawn June Riddle
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
An Analysis Of The National War College, Thom H. Terwilliger
An Analysis Of The National War College, Thom H. Terwilliger
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The higher education's voluntary system of self-regulation is the accreditation process which recognizes institutions and their degrees with an established level of performance, integrity, and quality entitling them to the confidence of the educational community and the public they serve.;It was hypothesized that if the National War College fits the model of a professional school and volunteers to seek accreditation, then the benefits of the accreditation process will provide for an enhanced program and successful accreditation will enhance the professional status of the National War College in the higher education community.;In addition to the hypothesis, the study considered how military …
Creating A Tradition: Early Campus Planning At Hampton Institute, 1868-1893, Susan Hicks Jones
Creating A Tradition: Early Campus Planning At Hampton Institute, 1868-1893, Susan Hicks Jones
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The goal of this study was to explore the beginnings of higher education for freed slaves after the Civil War as reflected in the development of the built environment of one of the earliest and most prominent of the historically Black colleges, Hampton Institute. The main purpose was to study the way in which campus planning was implemented at Hampton, its intentions and effects. The study had three hypotheses: (1) a master plan for the development of the campus of Hampton Institute was created by its founder, (2) this master plan was followed by the administration and builders during the …
An Analysis Of Characteristics Associated With Corporate Colleges, Jean Simpson Rose
An Analysis Of Characteristics Associated With Corporate Colleges, Jean Simpson Rose
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The purpose of this study was to determine the degree of change in corporate colleges between 1985 and 1989 and to examine the evolution of these institutions to structures and programs which more closely resemble traditional institutions of higher education. A random sample of three institutions was selected for analysis from the first of corporate colleges identified in the Carnegie Study, Corporate Classrooms: The Learning Business, conducted in 1985.;Data collection instruments were sent to 17 of the institutions identified in the Carnegie Study. of the institutions contacted, 11 responded which represented a return rate of 64.7 percent. All of the …
The Public Service Aspect Of William And Mary's Mission: 1906-1972, Kathryn Jean S. Patterson
The Public Service Aspect Of William And Mary's Mission: 1906-1972, Kathryn Jean S. Patterson
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
Teaching, research, and service constitute the three commonly articulated missions of American colleges and universities. The purpose of this study was (1) to examine whether public service is a viable element of the college mission or a marginal activity and (2) to analyze the forces that shape the public service responsibility of a given institution. The specific aspect of public service addressed is the college's role in providing continuing educational opportunities for adults in the surrounding community.;The College of William and Mary in Virginia was selected as a case study because of the wide variations it has undergone in character, …
An Exception To The Rule: Bank Street College Of Education As An Independent Professional School (1916-1990), Jane M. Bailey
An Exception To The Rule: Bank Street College Of Education As An Independent Professional School (1916-1990), Jane M. Bailey
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
This historical case study of Bank Street College of Education examines the organizational arrangement of an independent professional school as an alternative to standard college/university-based schools of education. Bank Street College of Education claims to be a school with a clear, purposeful mission that is organized in a free-standing arrangement. This study tests the efficacy of that claim by looking at five criteria for schools of education: clear mission, strong leadership, consonant external relations, mission-supported research, and strong structure; over five periods of time.;Using Burton Clark's (1971) theory of organizational saga and Grant and Riesman's (1978) notion that an organization …
The Transformation Of Madison College Into James Madison University: A Case Study, Emily Gillespie Robertson
The Transformation Of Madison College Into James Madison University: A Case Study, Emily Gillespie Robertson
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The purposes of this qualitative study were to investigate the transformation of Madison College, a small Virginia women's state teachers college, into James Madison University, a nationally recognized coeducational, comprehensive university, and to examine the effect of President Ronald E. Carrier's charismatic leadership on the transformation. This metamorphosis took place in just twelve years.;The Strategic Planning Model developed by Kotler and Fox in Strategic Marketing for Educational Institutions (1985) was used as a framework to evaluate the strategic plans used by Madison's administrators to change the institution's image. Criteria for charismatic leadership espoused by Burton Clark in The Distinctive College …
An Historical Policy Analysis Of Educational Articulation: A Case Study Of The Commonwealth Of Virginia, 1966--1990, Maxine Branch Singleton
An Historical Policy Analysis Of Educational Articulation: A Case Study Of The Commonwealth Of Virginia, 1966--1990, Maxine Branch Singleton
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
Articulation was the topic of some educational leaders within Virginia over twenty years ago. More recently, however, the Commonwealth developed statewide articulation.;The procedure used in this research to present the findings of this study involved an examination of various documents. Some of these documents were produced by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, the State Board of Education, Minutes of State Council meetings, as well as Minutes of Board of Education meetings. Interviews were another source of data. Interviews were obtained from persons involved in educational articulation in the Commonwealth. A few of the persons interviewed included a …
Kickoffs And Kickbacks: The 1951 Football Scandal At William And Mary, Joan Gosnell
Kickoffs And Kickbacks: The 1951 Football Scandal At William And Mary, Joan Gosnell
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Horace Mann: A Comparison Of A Traditional And A Revisionist Biography, George C. Whiting
Horace Mann: A Comparison Of A Traditional And A Revisionist Biography, George C. Whiting
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The purpose of this study was to compare a traditional biography, Burke A. Hinsdale's Horace Mann and the Common School Revival in the United States (1900), and a revisionist biography, Jonathan Messerli's Horace Mann: a Biography (1972), within a "neutral" frame of reference to determine which author made the more logical use of evidence to support his argument.;David H. Fischer's Historians' Fallacies (1970) and Richard E. Neustadt & Ernest R. May's Thinking in Time (1986) were used to formulate a "neutral" frame of reference within which to analyze the two biographies.;Hinsdale's explanation was found to consist of a series of …
Presenting The Past: Education, Interpretation And The Teaching Of Black History At Colonial Williamsburg, Rex Marshall Ellis
Presenting The Past: Education, Interpretation And The Teaching Of Black History At Colonial Williamsburg, Rex Marshall Ellis
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation began in 1926. Within four years after its initial construction, the need to begin some means of presenting information to a growing population of visitors became apparent. In this study, an attempt will be made to answer the question, "How has the history of interpretation at Colonial Williamsburg influenced its teaching of black history?".;The major research question and the subsidiary questions were prompted by the recent inclusion of a black history program at the foundation. In this study, primary focus will be given to the history of interpretation at Colonial Williamsburg. An attempt will be made …
Crimson Missionaries: Harvard College And The Robert Boyle Trust, John D. Burton
Crimson Missionaries: Harvard College And The Robert Boyle Trust, John D. Burton
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Matthew F. Maury School, 1934-1970: A Case Study In Educational Innovation, Dale Christina Kalkofen
Matthew F. Maury School, 1934-1970: A Case Study In Educational Innovation, Dale Christina Kalkofen
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The investigation of Maury Elementary School in Richmond, Virginia addressed the establishment of a non-traditional model school in a conservative city not directly supportive or progressive education ideology. A case study approach was taken to investigate the interrelated questions of explaining the success and longevity of Maury School and of determining to what extent Maury School was a faithful implementation of the tenets of progressive education.;The study contributes to an understanding of the development of an innovative school, to progressive education, and to the diffusion and integration of educational theory and reform. Historical methodology was used; data were drawn from …
An Historical Analysis Of The Development Of Teacher Training At The State Normal School, Farmville, Virginia, 1884-1924, Betty Jo Whitaker Simmons
An Historical Analysis Of The Development Of Teacher Training At The State Normal School, Farmville, Virginia, 1884-1924, Betty Jo Whitaker Simmons
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The purpose of this study was to trace the development of teacher training at the Virginia State Normal School located at Farmville from its inception in 1884 through 1924 when it became a State Teachers College. The study focused upon seven characteristics identified by Charles Harper in 1939 as being typical of the developmental history of normal schools. Following these seven characteristics as a framework, the study analyzed the contributions made toward the professionalization of teaching by (1) presidents, trustees, and faculty; (2) public support; (3) in-service education; (4) curriculum provision; (5) laboratory experiences; (6) extra-curriculum offerings; and (7) pragmatic …
The Richmond School Board And The Desegregation Of Richmond Public Schools, 1954 To 1971, Mildred Davis Bruce
The Richmond School Board And The Desegregation Of Richmond Public Schools, 1954 To 1971, Mildred Davis Bruce
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The purpose of this study was to describe and interpret the desegregation process in a southern city through an examination of the issues faced by the local school board and its response to these issues, in order to gain knowledge about the implementation of a federal policy at the local level.;The city of Richmond, Virginia, was chosen for this study because of its former role as capital of the southern Confederacy and its present role as the capital of the state of Virginia, a leader in the South's resistance to the Brown decision. as a city with a large black …
When Mary Entered With Her Brother William: Women Students At The College Of William And Mary, 1918-1945, Laura Frances Parrish
When Mary Entered With Her Brother William: Women Students At The College Of William And Mary, 1918-1945, Laura Frances Parrish
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
The Making Of "Polished Patriots": The Education Of Boys In Colonial Virginia, Jan Kirsten. Gilliam
The Making Of "Polished Patriots": The Education Of Boys In Colonial Virginia, Jan Kirsten. Gilliam
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
To Be Or Merely To Seem? : Investigating The Image Of The Modern "Education Governor", Marsha V. Krotseng
To Be Or Merely To Seem? : Investigating The Image Of The Modern "Education Governor", Marsha V. Krotseng
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
Daniel Boorstin claimed in 1962 that for twentieth-century Americans, "fact or fantasy, the image becomes the thing." The 1980s abound with governors promising education reform in their states, activities underscored by the August 1986 National Governors' Association education report, Time for Results. Thus, the image of the "Education Governor" has become the fashionable "thing." But does fact or fantasy lie beneath the surface of this image? This research probes that question through considering (1) the extent to which specific educational measures proposed in Inaugural and State of the State Addresses of twenty modern-day "Education Governors" correspond with their subsequent actions …