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Nineteenth-Century American Housekeeping Books : Women's Workplace Manuals Historical Research In Technical Writing, Melanie C. Woods

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

This thesis analyzes three American housekeeping books—Lydia Maria Child's The American Frugal Housewife, Catherine Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe's The American Woman's Home, and Helen Campbell Stuart's The Easiest Way in Housekeeping and Cooking—as historical examples of technical writing. The study follows current recommendations for historical research in the field, namely, to analyze technical writing texts in consideration of their historical context. This involves determining what constituted technical writing in the nineteenth century; considering the publishing context of the study; and applying this definition to analyze three housekeeping books as technical manuals. These texts exemplify technical writing …

The Ucf Report, Vol. 17 No. 20, April 28, 1995, University Of Central Florida

The UCF Report

Revised strategic plan for UCF in the works as council sets agenda; Survey shows strong support for financial aid; UCF researchers identified tactics for improving foul shooting.

Disciplinary Narratives For Change: The Emergence Of Performance Studies Within Athe And Sca, Ronald E. Shields

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

This article discusses the emergence of performance studies within the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) and the Speech Communication Association (SCA). During recent years, the debate surrounding the emergence of performance studies within the professional organizations, SCA and ATHE, has generated both heat and light. Both debates centered on pragmatic and seminal questions of disciplinary cohesiveness and relevancy; each side in both debates also argued their respective positions from particular interpretations of disciplinary history. In SCA, the issue involved a name change within a large and respected Division: in ATHE, the entire membership was challenged to consider the …

An Historical Analysis Of The Philosophies Of The Vocational Education Leaders In Relation To The 1990 Carl D. Perkins Vocational And Applied Technology Education Act Amendments, Cynthia D. Woodley

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

Federal vocational education legislation has undergone drastic changes in recent years. This study was designed to determine the educational philosophies of the leaders who pushed for the 1990 Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act Amendments and the degree to which the amendments reflected the philosophies of those leaders. Data were collected on testimonies given before the United Stated Congress during hearings related to the act, to identify who the leaders were. Once the leaders were identified, the published literature and testimony of each leaders was analyzed using a model developed by Lloyd Duck and the educational philosophy …

The Development Of Non-Credit Programming Within Florida's Community College System : The First Thirty Years, 1957-1987, Ann Sherry Herring

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Improving Articulation Between High School And College, John M. Bradley

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article describes the Tennessee State-Wide School-College Collaborative for Educational Excellence, established in 1986 to improve the preparation of high school students entering college. The initiative created six task forces in English, mathematics, science, social studies, foreign language, and the arts, composed of secondary and postsecondary educators. Guided by the College Board’s Academic Preparation for College (Green Book) and the subject-specific “Rainbow Series,” the arts task force focused on theatre, music, dance, and visual arts. Recommendations emphasized sequential, discipline-based curricula, recognition of theatre as equal to art and music, enhanced teacher training, and competency testing. Sample high school theatre courses …

The Future Of Theatre Education: The Research University, Milly S. Barranger

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article considers the future of theatre education in research universities, emphasizing both opportunities and challenges. Positive developments include the recognition of creative work as equivalent to scholarly research, the establishment of the MFA as a terminal degree in performance and production, and the growing prominence of dramaturgy as a field integrating scholarship with practice. Undergraduate curricula are increasingly modeled on broad-based core requirements, positioning theatre within general education. At the same time, declining budgets, faculty reductions, and overextended programs threaten stability. The article identifies two likely trends: greater emphasis on quality through program evaluation and national visibility, and stronger …

The Phd In Theatre — A Vanishing Degree?, Richard Hornby

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This essay examines the decline of doctoral study in theatre and argues for the continued necessity of the PhD as the primary academic credential in the field. The author documents a significant reduction in PhD programs, student enrollments, and degree completions since the late 1970s, and attributes this trend to both broader reductions in humanities hiring and the rapid expansion of MFA programs. The essay contends that many MFA graduates enter academic positions for which they lack sufficient academic and historical preparation, particularly in areas of dramatic literature, theory, and non realistic performance styles. The author asserts that this shift …

The Ritz Bar Or Abd: In Defense Of The Mfa, Peter Garvie

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This essay argues that the Master of Fine Arts is an appropriate terminal degree for university theatre faculty and challenges the claim that the Doctor of Philosophy represents a superior credential. The author emphasizes the realities of limited employment opportunities in both academic and professional theatre and contends that neither degree guarantees entry into those markets. The essay distinguishes the MFA as an advanced practice degree grounded in performance and production, whereas the PhD certifies research competence and does not necessarily attest to teaching or creative skill. Conservatory style training within a liberal arts setting is presented as legitimate and …

The Design Of An Internal Resource Allocation Model For Use In Higher Education, Ann Clark

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

A computer model has been developed for the purpose of allocating funds, by department, within a university. This model categorizes each class as one of three types -- lecture, problem solving, or laboratory. A standard class size is assigned to each type -- 40, 25, and 10 respectively. Combining the previous years head count for each class with the credit-hour value of each class, a faculty position count for every department is generated.

Administrative positions, staff positions, operating expense, and operating capital funds are calculated using various combinations of factors involving student credit hours, faculty positions, and class type. Factors …

Perceptions Of Supervisor Communication Behavior And The Effect On Employee Satisfaction And Anticipated Turnover In A Group Of Rotating Shift Workers, Thomas B. Barnes

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Rollins College Winter Term 1984, Rollins College

Text Materials of Central Florida

Rollins College catalogue with list of faculty and students and courses by department.

The Ucf Report, Vol. 06 No. 06, September 7, 1983, University Of Central Florida

The UCF Report

Computer Service triples capacity; Brenner headlines Homecoming; New IBMs at Center; Women's Club begins season's activities; Wycoff in demand as convention humorist/scholar; Computer Center gets Millican imprint.

The Ucf Report, Vol. 05 No. 22, February 9, 1983, University Of Central Florida

The UCF Report

CEBA project's first step; Engineers-to-be ready new 'Fair' test of planes, bridges, eggs; Putting their heads together.

The Ucf Report, Vol. 02 No. 20, January 9, 1980, University Of Central Florida

The UCF Report

At BOR meeting: Common calendar, master's get nod; UCF applications climb up 75 percent; Knight Notes.

A History Of The Sentinel Star, John Rogers Malloy

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

An Investigation Of Media Coverage Of A Local Crisis: The Courts, The Orange County School Board And The Community, Evelyn S. Rupp

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Impact Of Deism On The Hebrew Literature Of The Enlightenment In Germany, M Pelli

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

No abstract provided.

Sandspur, Vol. 75 No. 22, April 18, 1969, Rollins College

The Rollins Sandspur

Rollins College student newspaper, written by the students and published at Rollins College. The Sandspur started as a literary journal.

Sandspur, Vol. 73 No. 19, April 21, 1967, Rollins College

The Rollins Sandspur

Rollins College student newspaper, written by the students and published at Rollins College. The Sandspur started as a literary journal.

Ethics In The Soviet Union Today, Howard L. Parsons

Van Sickle Leftist Pamphlet Collection, 1900-1993

No abstract provided.

Marxism Since The Communist Manifesto, Alfred G. Meyers

Van Sickle Leftist Pamphlet Collection, 1900-1993

No abstract provided.

Sandspur, Vol. 57 No. 02, October 09, 1952, Rollins College

The Rollins Sandspur

Rollins College student newspaper, written by the students and published at Rollins College. The Sandspur started as a literary journal.

Stages In The History Of The Communist Party: A Political Review, Communist Party Of The United States Of America

Van Sickle Leftist Pamphlet Collection, 1900-1993

No abstract provided.

Concerted Action Or Isolation: Which Is The Road To Peace, Earl Browder

Van Sickle Leftist Pamphlet Collection, 1900-1993

No abstract provided.