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Nova University Knights Sports News - Issue 3, November 25, 1991, Nova University

Nova University Sports Newsletters

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The Nova Knight Volume Ii: Issue Vi, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

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The Calendar - November 1991, Nova University

The Calendar

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The Alumni Network, November 1991 (Vol. Vii No. 4), Nova University

Alumni Network Newsletter

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Development, Evaluation, And Plans For Implementation Of An Orientation Model Directed Toward Improving The Overall Adjustment Of Students To A Job Corps Program., J Edward Brown

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The idea of examining the initial orientation of Job Cops students had been discussed at some length by the North Carolina Department of Human Resources (NCDHR) Job Corps staff. It was of primary importance to the Department to do an investigation of this orientation, since it was directly related to the overall adjustment and satisfaction of the students, once they were actually enrolled at a particular: Job Corps center. In order to address the initial orientation, the proposed research study utilized data from several populations in the design and creation of a new formalized model orientation that alleviated disparities which …

The Nova Knight Volume Ii: Issue V, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

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Novafacts - October 10, 1991, Nova University

NovaFacts

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The Nova Knight Volume Ii: Issue Iii, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

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The Nova Lawyer, Fall 1991, Volume 5, Number 2, Nova University - Shepard Broad Law Center

Nova Lawyer

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Quarterly Report - Fall 1991, Nova University

The Quarterly Report

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The Calendar - October 1991, Nova University

The Calendar

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Practitioners' News - Fall 1991, Volume 19, Number 1, Nova Southeastern University

Practitioners' News

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Implementing A Gang - Awareness Program/And A Middle School Gang Prevention Curriculum, Donald J. Samuels

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The first segment of this report describes a program for improving the awareness of youth gangs in our schools and in the community. The program was designed to team school personnel with law enforcement agencies and other allied groups in a systematic plan to increase the awareness of parents, school staff, and members of the community of youth gangs and their activities in Broward County, Florida. In a survey of teachers and administrators during a Youth Gang Conference which was held in February of 1989, it was revealed that the majority of the participants indicated a need to be trained …

Improving Student Writing Performance At A Junior High School Through A School-Wide Writing Project, Paul G. Ondeck

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This report describes a program for improving the writing performance of junior high school students in an urban school with a diverse student population. The problem noted was that student performance had been declining in the area of writing, both in content as measured by the California Assessment Program, and in the correct usage of writing conventions as measured by the Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills.

Classroom observations and teacher interviews indicated that there was no consistency of instruction in the English Department's writing program, either between classes within the same grade level or between grade levels. The range of …

The Calendar - September 1991, Nova University

The Calendar

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The Development, Implementation, And Evaluation Of A Remedial Program For High Risk Students Attending The Basic Skills Education Program At Fort Bragg, Alexandrine P. Nash

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The Army Education Center at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, has enrolled a large number of soldiers who are academically deficient in reading and mathematical skills in the Basic Skills Education Program (BSEP). Although a verbal courses of the BSEP are offered at Fort Bragg during the yeas, a great number of students is not raise their initial general technical scores (GT) to the minimum acceptable level of 100, and many students do not even complete the course. Because of the complexity of military operations, the technical nature of equipment and communication, and the current political and economic situation that calls …

Development Of Operational Specifications For A College-Business Center At Gateway Community College., Phil D. Randolph

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

Gateway Community College (Gateway) has a long history of providing custom and contract training programs to businesses and corporations In the Phoenix area. In the past five years, however, there has been, a three-fold increase in the number of these training programs. Responding to this rapid growth has overloaded existing instructional and service departments within the College and there is a need to establish a new department for the express purpose of providing custom and contract training services to business and industry clients.

The purpose of the study was to develop operational recommendations and specifications for this new department by …

A Case Study To Determine The Essential Components Of A Capstone Office Administration Course And The Creation Of A Model Course., Sandra J. Goodwin

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The office administration faculty members at the Community College of Southern Nevada (CCSN) recently completed a business community needs assessment. After reviewing the needs assessment, the faculty determined that the present curriculum did not address many of the skills that employers listed as being important to their businesses.

The present curriculum has a highly advanced word processing course as the final course in the curriculum. Although the students learn many advanced word processing features that businesses indicate as important, none of the personal traits and characteristics that businesses indicate that they need their employees to have are included in the …

Development Of A Continuing Education Action Plan To Address The Life-Career Needs Of Blind And Visually Impaired Adults In The Province Of Alberta, Canada, Dorothy Rae Nadeau

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The purpose of this Major Applied Research Project was the development of a continuing education action plan to address the needs of blind and visually impaired work-aged adults in Alberta to assist the CNIB (Canadian National Institute for the Blind, Alberta - Northwest Territories Division) with planning decisions. The six research questions guiding the study focused on the following: 1. Demographic characteristics of the target group; 2. Current continuing education programs fostering life-career development; 3. Life-career development needs of the target group; 4. Barriers and constraints to participation in learning activities; 5. Educational goals and strategies; 6. Elements for inclusion …

Reducing The High School Drop-Out Rate In The New Britain Public Schools Through Establishing An Alternative School, Gerald E. Neipp

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This report describes a program designed to reduce tia high percentage of students dropping out of school! in Grades 9 through 12 in the New Britain Public Schools. A review of the dropout rate at New Britain Senior High School, as compared with high schools in other towns of comparable size and student population, indicated a need to develop a program that would address that need and ultimately reduce the 13.9% dropout rate experienced before January 1990.

Based on the profile of the identified at-risk students, a flexible program was developed that would allow students who had dropped ou: of …

The Nova Knight Volume Ii: Issue I, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

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Empowering Staff, Students, Parents And Community Leaders To Improve The Academic Learning Climate At East End Middle School, William H. Joyner

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This report describes the process used by Bast End Middle School to develop and implement a positive academic learning environment. Areas of need addressed included low teacher morale and low student achievement. Probable causes of the low teacher morale and low student achievement were identified as: inconsistent attendance monitoring and lack of parent notification, Ineffective classroom instruction, lack of adequate alternative programs, low student participation in extracurricular activities, poor parent and community Involvement, Inadequate provisions for diverse learning styles, inadequate reward, inadequate recognition program and frequent changes in school administrators. A review of the literature and interviews were conducted as …

The Alumni Network, August 1991 (Vol. Vii No. 3), Nova University

Alumni Network Newsletter

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The Development Of A Core Curriculum Outcomes Assessment Plan For Brenau Women’S College, Patricia W. Robinson

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

Brenat College, like most institution of higher education today, has faced accreditation association mandates to demonstrate institutional effectiveness particularly in its educational programs. The development of meaningful measures of student outcomes had become critically important both for major programs and the overall core curriculum. Since the core did not have any single departmental identity, it was especially important that an institutional plan for core outcomes and program assessment be developed. The development of such a plan was the purpose of this MARP. The two primary research questions were: What is the best structure and content for a core curricular assessment …

School Of Business And Entrepreneurship 1991-92 Catalog, Nova University

Huizenga Postgraduate Course Catalogs

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The Calendar - July And August 1991, Nova University

The Calendar

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Nova University National Ed.D. Program For Educational Leaders Innovations In Practice, Volume V July 1991, Nova University

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice College Archive

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1991 Commencement - 22nd Annual Commencement Exercises, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Commencement Programs

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Interview With Peg Juran Mayor, Dr. Joseph M. Juran Collection

'An Immigrant's Gift': Interviews about the Life and Impact of Dr. Joseph M. Juran

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1991 Commencement Exercises - Southeastern University Of The Health Sciences Graduation 1991, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Commencement Programs

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