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A Study Of The Impact Of The Implementation Of Title Nine Requirements In Athletics In A Typical Class A Nebraska High School, Douglas Morrow

Student Work

Much of the discrimination against women in education exists unconsciously and through practices long entrenched in tradition. The Title IX legislation requires educators in the next year, and for years to come, to begin a far reaching self-examination of their total program offerings. Educators should attempt tb identify any discriminatory policies or practices which may exist within their institutions and take whatever remedial actions that is necessary.

A Study Of The Impact Of The Implementation Of Title Nine Requirements In Athletics In A Typical Class A Nebraska High School, Douglas Morrow

Student Work

The purpose of this study is to determine the degree of impact on athletics in the Central High School of the Omaha Public School district as a result of the implementation of Title IX requirements. Various aspects of these activities will be considered in this study. For example, what effect has there been with respect to scheduling, budgeting, staffing, facilities, transportation, equipment, and participation.

Social Facilitation: Differential Recall Of Paired-Associates As A Function Of Socially Induced Arousal, Repetition, And Retention Interval, Gary J. Platt

Student Work

Predictions based on Cottrell's learned drive extension of Zajonc's hypothesis of social facilitation were investigated in a 2 x 2 x 2 factorial design. Sixty-four male subjects were shown a paired-associate list once or three times and then tested for recall either 2 min. or 45 min. later. Arousal at the time of learning was manipulated by the experimenter either closely observing or not observing subjects. After one learning trial, precisely the same form of Arousal X Retention Interval interaction found by Geen (1973) was obtained: observed subjects recalled fewer items at 2 min. than did unobserved subjects, while contrary …

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1977, Vol. 05, No. 03, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Economic Indicators of the Metropolitan Areas of the Midcontinent Region."

With the cooperation of the Economic Development Council of the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce, the Center for Applied Urban Research in 1973 began to monitor economic and demographic data for six subareas of the greater Omaha area. In 1975 the economic data collection was expanded to include a total of 25 metropolitan areas located in the eleven-state Midcontinent Region. This report expands and updates data CAUR has published previously.

A Study Testing The Control Theory: Teenage Drinking In Four Nebraska High Schools, Michael T. Eskey

Student Work

The U.S. Congress, through the findings of the National Institute on Alcohol and Alcoholism, holds that alcohol abuse is the nation's greatest drug problem, asserting that it warps nine million lives and costs approximately $28 billion per year. There are 95 million drinkers in the U.S. most of whom drink alcohol without harm, but approximately five percent of adult Americans have serious drinking problems and are the source of much personal grief and huge cost to the nation (New York Times Review, 1973: 71).

A Study Testing The Control Theory: Teenage Drinking In Four Nebraska High Schools, Michael T. Eskey

Student Work

The U.S. Congress, through the findings of the National Institute on Alcohol and Alcoholism, holds that alcohol abuse is the nation's greatest drug problem, asserting that it warps nine million lives and costs approximately $28billion per year. There are 95 million drinkers in the U.S., most of whom drink alcohol without harm, but approximately five percent of adult Americans have serious drinking problems and are the source of much personal grief and huge cost to the nation (New York Times Review, 1973: 71).

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1977, Vol. 05, No. 02, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Metropolitan Omaha Condominium Directory, 1977," by Tom McCormick.

Although the terms condominium and townhome are commonly used interchangeably, they refer to related and yet distinct concepts. Condominium refers to a title concept under which the owner of a domicile holds title to the living space but not to the land surrounding that space or the land upon which the living space is situated . The land is jointly owned by members of the owners' association who share the responsibility for maintenance, improvement, and control of common areas. The condominium concept can …

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1978, Vol. 06, No. 01, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Property Taxation: A Case for Reform," by Ralph H. Todd.

National public opinion polls taken annually during the past five years by the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations have consistently and decisively shown the most unpopular of all taxes to be the property tax.¹ Why is the property tax so unpopular?

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1977, Vol. 05, No. 01, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "A Demographic Analysis of the Omaha Jewish Community" by Murray Frost.

The 1970 Census asked no questions about religious identification and therefore a religious community must make its own studies to determine the characteristics of its population. A study conducted for the Omaha Jewish Federation by the Center for Applied Urban Research provided this data for the Omaha Jewish community.

This report presents data from a ten-page questionnaire mailed in Fall 1975 to all households on the "community list" maintained by the Omaha Jewish Federation. Responses were received from 1,165 of …

Multicultural Education: A Functional Bibliography For Teachers, James Giese

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This bibliography has been prepared to accompany In Praise of Diversity: A Resource Book for Multicultural Education, published by Teacher Corps and the Association of Teacher Educators. In Praise of Diversity brings together in concentrated form information about a number of ethnic and racial groups in the United States and discusses basic issues in multicultural education. This bibliography is also being offered for use by teachers in order to recommend wider sources of printed and audio-visual materials.

In Praise Of Diversity: Multicultural Classroom Applications, Gloria Grant, Floyd T. Waterman

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In Praise of Diversity: Multicultural Classroom Applications was written for the classroom teacher who is interested in implementing multicultural education. The book includes 51 activities written in the following subject areas: Social Studies, Language Arts, Science/Math and Art. Included within the activities are two units. A mini-unit on "Understanding Feelings" will assist the student in examining himself/herself and his/her relationships with others; and a unit entitled "Immigration and Migration: Voluntary and Forced" will provide the teacher with an illustrative procedure to incorporate ideas and materials from the Vignettes in the companion document, In Praise of Diversity: A Resource Book for …

In Praise Of Diversity: A Resource Book For Multicultural Education, Milton J. Gold, Carl A. Grant

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The unique diversity of our cultural heritage and background is slowly but surely being recognized as a valuable asset for our country, one to be cherished and shared. But the very richness and diversity of our heritage make it difficult for the classroom teacher or the college professor to acquire an understanding of the many groups who have contributed so much to the development of our nation.

Graduate Academic Catalog (1977-1978), University Of Nebraska At Omaha

Graduate Catalogs

Graduate Catalog, 1977-1978.

The Community Involvement Program: Social Service As A Factor In Adolescent Moral And Psychological Development, F. C. Corbett

Thesis, Dissertations, Student Creative Activity, and Scholarship

The Community Involvement Program is a one-year high school program the aim of which is to lead students to a commitment to the solution of social problems by a combination of direct experience in social service and a classroom component in which to reflect critically on their experience. This thesis studies the effects of participation in the program on the moral and psychosocial development of adolescents.

National Youth Service, Donald J. Eberly

Service Learning, General

A national youth service program could attack two of the most serious urban problems-the lack of needed services and the excessive levels of unemployment among restless young people.

Cpacs Happenings (December 1976 Newsletter), College Of Public Affairs And Community Service, University Of Nebraska At Omaha

CPACS Newsletters

The College of Public Affairs and Community Service (CPACS) newsletter that reported on the news, collaborations, events, and general happenings of the UNO College of Public Affairs and Community Service. This newsletter has had many names and variations over the years including SPACS Newsletter (1973); Newsletter of the College of Public Affairs and Community Service (1973-1974): Happenings (1974-1980s); and the current e-newsletter titled the CPACS Collective (2021-)

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1976, Vol. 04, No. 12, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Economic Status in Midcontinent Metropolitan Areas, Third Quarter 1976," by Ralph H. Todd.

During the third quarter of 1976, Midcontinent metropolitan areas experienced the most universal decline in unemployment rates since the monitoring system was initiated for the fourth quarter of 1975. September unemployment rates in all 25 areas were lower than the United States rate, which declined from 8.1 percent during September of 1975 to 7.4 during September of 1976. Only Fargo, Rapid City and Cheyenne experienced unemployment rates higher than during September of 1975. The increase in average weekly …

The Relationship Between Attitudes Toward Women And The Motive To Avoid Success, Rebecca A. Fahrlander

Student Work

Although a considerable body of knowledge had been developed on the motive to achieve and the motive to avoid failure (Atkinson, 1953, 1964; McClelland, 1953, 1961; Veroff et al., 1953), the motive to avoid success did not receive much attention until Matina Homer began her work in 1965 (Horner, 1968, 1971; Tresemer, 1974). Since 1965, several other studies (Hoffman, 1974; Feather and Raphelson, 1974; Levine and Crumrine, 1975) have focused on the prevalence and consequences of fear of success, but their results have left several questions unanswered.

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1976, Vol. 04, No. 10, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Hospital Facilities in Modcontinent Metropolitan Areas."

As the costs of medical care continue to rise, c1t1zens demand the best possible hospital facilities even while demanding the most economical hospital management. To determine the extent to which hospital facilities have kept pace with needs and to comp;Jre facilities in Midcontinent metropolitan areas with national averages, three factors will be considered: a) the relation between an area's hospital facilities and its population, b) the occupancy rate of an area's hospital facilities and c) changes in these factors between 1971 and 1975. Selected indicators …

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1976, Vol. 04, No. 09, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Regional Economic Indicators, Second Quarter: Regional Economic Conditions Continue to Improve."

In most Mid-Continent metropolitan areas increases were recorded in building permits, air passenger traffic, department store sales, employment and average weekly earnings of production workers in the second quarter of 1976 compared to the same period of 1975.

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1976, Vol. 04, No. 08, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Local Economic Indicators, Second Quarter, 1976: Omaha's Economy Expands Steadily."

The first half of 1976 was a period of steady economic growth in Omaha. Among the strongest indicators of economic advancement are those in construction activity. The number of single-family building permits increased from 385 units during the first quarter of 1976 to 453 units during the second quarter of 1976. Multi-family permits were up over both the first quarter of 1976 and the second quarter of 1975. The total number of nonresidential permits increased from 151 units valued at 7.9 …

Happenings 18 (August 1976 Newsletter), College Of Public Affairs And Community Service, University Of Nebraska At Omaha

CPACS Newsletters

The College of Public Affairs and Community Service (CPACS) newsletter that reported on the news, collaborations, events, and general happenings of the UNO College of Public Affairs and Community Service. This newsletter has had many names and variations over the years including SPACS Newsletter (1973); Newsletter of the College of Public Affairs and Community Service (1973-1974): Happenings (1974-1980s); and the current e-newsletter titled the CPACS Collective (2021-)

A Comparison Of Husband-Wife Perceptions Of Feminism As Related To Marital Adjustment, Leonard R. Decker

Student Work

The primary purpose of this thesis is to attempt to discover the type and degree of relationship between married persons' perceptions of feminism and their marital adjustment. More specifically, it is aimed at exploring and describing the influence of discrepant interpretations of feminism by man and wife on their marital adjustment.

The Resolution Of Cognitive Dessonance: A Study Of Catholic Pentecostals, Monica J. Aita

Student Work

The following work has both a general and a specific focus. In general, an effort has been made to examine Pentecostalism as a social movement in the United States. Chapter I is devoted to this first concern. The history, and development of the Pentecostal movement is discussed in detail to provide a perspective in which to locate the current Pentecostal thrust. Chapter I attempts to answerthe question: What is the relationship between ClassicalPentecostalism and the Pentecostalism of the 1970's? The remaining chapters of this work deal specifically with a subset of people in the contemporary Pentecostal movement, Roman Catholic Pentecostals. …

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1976, Vol. 04, No. 07, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Omaha's Central Business District."

As Omaha is the dominant City of the metropolitan area, the Central Business District (CBD) is the focus of Omaha. Historically it has enjoyed this distinction by virtue of its location and by the fact it contains the area's concentration of government, office, finance, cultural, entertainment, and general commercial activities. As Omaha has undergone great change in recent years so has the Central Business District. This report summarizes the findings of a six month study which had as its primary purpose that of determining the impact of …

Land Value Taxation: Impact Analysis On Omaha/Douglas County, Nebraska, Gary Carlson

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The present property tax has been under attack by home owners, business and industry. Many studies have shown the present property tax to be the most unpopular tax levied by government. This tax once levied by all governments including the federal government is now almost exclusively used by local governments with other levels of government adopting sales and income taxes as replacements for the property tax. While other levels of governments have abandoned the property tax it currently seems that the local property tax will be used by local governments as their main revenue source for quite some time in …

Situational Determinants Of A Crying Response: Their Interrelations With Cognitive Structure And Level Of Sex-Role Identification, Richard Paul Votta

Student Work

An attempt was made to assess the relationships between an individual's level of sex-role identification, degree of cognitive complexity or simplicity, and reported crying behavior. One hundred sixty six students from an introductory sociology class at the University of Nebraska at Omaha were administered three scales: the Bern Sex Role Inventory to assess their level of sex-role identification; the Millimet Rep Test (Version 1) to assess the degree of cognitive complexity, and the Votta Crying Scale-an instrument devised by the author to measure an individual's propensity to crying and the four major types of situations that will elicit the behavior. …

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1976, Vol. 04, No. 06, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Mid-Continent City Crime Rates: A Multivariate Analysis," by Ralph H. Todd.

Preliminary crime data (1975) provided the basis for analysis of variations in major crime among cities of the MidContinent Region. The Uniform Crime Reports measure seven Crime Index Offenses: murder, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny-theft and motor vehicle theft. Remaining criminal offenses were not considered in this study. Crime rates per 100,000 population were compiled using the FBI Uniform Crime Reports and current population estimates (Table 1 ).

The Effects Of A Community Involvement Program On Adolescent Student's Citizenship Attitudes, Stuart Harold Stockhaus

Thesis, Dissertations, Student Creative Activity, and Scholarship

Upon looking at any of the many lists of social studies instructional objectives. one can hardly avoid finding an objective called citizenship. A National Council for the Social Studies sponsored publication on civic education states, "In one sense, desirable citizenship traits in a democratic society remain the same today, in the midst of rapid cultural change. as they were hundreds of years ago. Effective participation by the individual in public affairs continues to require the same four essentials: knowledge. thought. commitment, and action. In application, however. each generation redefines good citizenship to fit demands of the times."

An Analysis Of The Emergence Of The Separatist Movement In French-Canada, Kenneth M. Alderson

Student Work

This study is an analysis of the emergence of the French-Canadian separatist movement. It is an examination of the causes and consequences of social change that contributed to the conditions of social unrest. The interactional processes (collective processes)are used to explain the development of the movement out of a state of social unrest and discontent. The scope of this study includes an analysis of the events in French-Canada's history that were significant in the emergence of the separatist movement. The important aspects of French-Canadian culture and social structure are examined to provide an understanding of the nature of the existing …