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A Study Of The Relationship Of Socioeconomic Status & Student Perceptions Of School Effectiveness To Academic Achievement Of Engineering Students, Geronimo Mendoza Meraz
A Study Of The Relationship Of Socioeconomic Status & Student Perceptions Of School Effectiveness To Academic Achievement Of Engineering Students, Geronimo Mendoza Meraz
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
The purpose of this study was to examine the relative contribution of socioeconomic status and student perceptions of school effectiveness to academic achievement in engineering students. The variables representing the general factor of socioeconomic status were 1) father’s occupation, 2) father’s schooling, 3) mother’s schooling, 4) family income, and 5) family’s community population. The variables representing student perceptions of school effectiveness were: 1) help seeking factor, 2) professional preparation factor, 3) experience factor, 4) outside classroom activity factor, 5) personal encouragement factor, and 6) delivery factor.
A question was developed for this specific study and was completed by 110 senior …
Spring Lecture Series, John Visser
Ua68/2 Intercambio Internacional, Vol. Viii, No. 1, Wku Latin American Studies
Ua68/2 Intercambio Internacional, Vol. Viii, No. 1, Wku Latin American Studies
WKU Archives Records
Newsletter created by WKU Latin American Studies program regarding science, politics and economic advances in Latin America as well as cooperative projects between WKU and universities across Latin America. The newsletter is written in both English and Spanish.
Analysis Of Fund-Raising Activities In Regard To Alumni Giving At Bethel College, Homer W. Drew
Analysis Of Fund-Raising Activities In Regard To Alumni Giving At Bethel College, Homer W. Drew
Dissertations
Problem. This study addressed the problem of how small Christian institutions of higher education may best organize and manage their fund-raising programs to maximize alumni support. The purpose of this study was to investigate and analyze what would be the best strategy in working with alumni.
Method. An experimental design was used with a pre-test/post-test control group. Six different treatments for stimulating alumni giving were studied: "Dear Friend" letter, telethon, personalized letter, gimmick letter, incentive letter, and personal visitation. The study was limited to Bethel College and included three hundred alumni randomly selected and given one of the six treatments. …
Ua35/11 Student Honors Research Bulletin, Wku Honors Program
Ua35/11 Student Honors Research Bulletin, Wku Honors Program
WKU Archives Records
The WKU Student Honors Research Bulletin is dedicated to scholarly involvement and student research. These papers are representative of work done by students from throughout the university.
- Albin, Bettye. John Dryden's Criticism: The Neglected Link
- Allen, Christopher. Martial Reflections: Ancient Cultures and Their War-Gods
- Case, Laura. Climatic Preference
- Deller, Kathy. Regression Analysis: The Effects of Advertising, Price, Income and Import Sales on American-Made Auto Sales
- Downing, Elizabeth. Dorothy Leigh Sayers: Detective of Literary Theory in The Mind of the Maker
- Elder, Janice. A Retrospective Study on Discharge Planning and Primiparas at Breckinridge Memorial
- Flora, Joan. Narcissism and the Need for …