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Uno Enrollment Trends And Projections To 1977, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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While student enrollment has declined in most public and private colleges in Nebraska, the University of Nebraska at Omaha has experienced substantial growth over the past five years. From 1968 to 1972, UNO gained a total of 2,329 students; an annual growth rate of 5.4 percent (see Tables I, II, and III). During this period, the number of full-time students enrolled at UNO increased at an annual rate of 4.0 percent while part-time enrollment increased at an annual rate of 7.1 percent. Although first-time freshmen normally account for a large part of an institution's growth, the 1968-1972 period for UNO …

Education Profile: Omaha And The State, Lawrence A. Mazzotta

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The purpose of the compilation of statistical data offered here is to present an accurate enumeration of enrollment patterns as they exist as of Fall 1972.

Personal Space As A Function Of Repression-Sensitization, Sensation-Seeking And The Stigmatized Characteristics Of A Target Person, Howard M. Johnson

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The concept of personal space has been an unregarded sociological and psychological dimension. Probably the work of animal ethologists has done more to generate interest in spacing and territoriality than any other group of behavioral investigators. The characteristics of individual space in animals has been studied by Hediger (1950, 1955, 1961). From Hediger 's import ant work, research in the area of personal space in humans has evolved.

Study Of The Omaha Area Delivery System For Social Welfare, Health, Education, Employment, Courts, Law And Recreation (With Emphasis On Programs And Services For Women And Girls), David W. Hinton, Ralph H. Todd

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This report was compiled over a four-month period of time, ending March 1973, and was made possible, in part, by a grant from the YWCA to the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Sections of the study include welfare, education, health, employment, jobs, courts, religious organizations and recreation. In each section the focus was on obtaining an average understanding of the scope of activity taking place with special emphasis on facilities and services for girls and women.

Omaha Profile Of Change, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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The age structure of a population provides a base for assessing present social and economic conditions as well as the starting point for predicting future population trends.

With an overall median age of 32.0 years, Omaha's population in 1950 (the unshaded population pyramid on page 3) had a sizeable proportion of its population of working age, but lacked school-age and young adult population. The four areas for which data were available paralleled the city's profile, with the closest match in the Northeast and Southeast.

Occupational Estimates And Projections Of The Omaha Smsa, David W. Hinton

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Local and regional planners have long recognized the need for detailed information on past, present, and projected occupational needs. Ideally, data on: (I) the number of workers employed, (2) their years of job experience, (3) their years and type of job training, (4) the number of workers to retire in the near future, (5) the number of new workers needed due to expected expansion, and (6) the salary levels of the various occupations for each firm and industry in the local economy should be available to describe occupational patterns. Such information would also provide a sound framework for projecting changes …

A Study Of Needs And Opinions Regarding A Proposed Downtown Educational Center, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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The basic purpose for the study was to ascertain the need for continuing adult education within the Omaha community. The research focused on the perceived needs and attitudes toward a Downtown Education Center of four different target groups.

Nebraska Population Projections: State, County, Region, And Town: 1975-2020, Vernon Renshaw, John P. Zipay, Duane Hackmann

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Many types of planning efforts depend on information about the future size and composition of the population. The projections in this report are intended for use in planning. Even under the best of circumstances, however, making projections that accurately indicate future prospects is difficult. Therefore, caution should be exercised when using these or any population projections.

The population projections in this report are the direct product of specific assumptions about future trends infertility, mortality, and migration. These assumptions, in turn, are based on information about past trends in factors which are considered to be the principal determinants of population change. …

Housing And Community Development In The Nebraska-Iowa Riverfront Project Area, 1973, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This report is concerned with housing and community development in the six county Riverfront Development Project (RDP) area. The six counties are: Douglas, Sarpy, and Washington Counties in Nebraska and Harrison, Mills, and Pottawattamie Counties in Iowa.

Delineations of the RDP study area and methodology and sample design for the 1973 Housing Survey are presented in Section One. A housing profile of 27 subareas is presented in Section Two. Changes in basic housing conditions for the six counties are presented in Section Three. Section Four provides an area-wide analysis of the 1973 Housing Survey, a 93 item questionnaire completed by …

The Effect Of The Helping Experience Upon The Self-Concept Of The Helper, Hal J. Kelly

Thesis, Dissertations, Student Creative Activity, and Scholarship

Important among the reasons which many counselors have given for being counselors has been that the profession enables them to develop themselves (Carkhuff and Berenson, 1967). The idealized outcome of this development has been variously termed inner congruity, integration, self-actualization or simply the realization of a basic potentiality. Regardless of theoretical persuasions, counselors, in moments or candid self-revelation, have admitted that for them the act of engaging in counseling relationships hes contributed to personal growth more rewarding than monetary gain and self-satisfaction. This amounts to an untested truism which could be considered fundamental to the philosophical set of many who …

Intercity Industrial Tax Comparisons, 1971-1973, Ralph H. Todd

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This study presents the results of efforts to update the intercity comparisons of state and local taxes on manufacturing firms as reported in a 1972 study entitled "Intercity Comparison of Taxes on lndustry." The intent of this study is to determine the changing tax position of Omaha relative to other cities since 1971. Recommendations for improving the attractiveness of Omaha as a site for industrial location are provided in the final section.

Graduate Academic Catalog (1973-1974), University Of Nebraska At Omaha

Graduate Catalogs

Bulletin of Graduate College, 1973-1974

A Study Of The Relationship Between Religious Belief Patterns And Measures Of Social Activism, Janet Baumbert

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The radical changes in American theology, in religious attitudes and mode of religious expression, and in the nature of the relationship between religious commitment and particular social issues have shaped the present decade in such a way that the thrust of religious belief is being seriously questioned. Among sociologists involved in the study of religion this is a pervading topic (Berger, 1970; Bouma, 1970; Demarath, 1969; Glock, et al. 1967; Hadden, 1969; Stark & Glock, 1970; Tinger, 1969).

A Comparison Of The Concept Of The Female Role As Held By Women In New York City With That Of A Woman In The Midwest, Sylvia Decker

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Throughout history there has been a universal tradition that the differences between the sexes are reflected in the character of male and female as well as in their physical structure. The attributes have been seen as complementary, not only in men and women but in all things. Events in nature and history have been explained by this universal principle. In Taoism, for example, the two principles, the Yin and the Yang, the feminine and the masculine, are parts of a unity. The feminine principle embodies all that is calm, dark, cool, passive, and receptive. The masculine principle embodies everything active, …

Omaha Housing Marketing: An Appraisal Of The Occupancy Potential For Subsidized Rental Units, 1971-1973, Ralph H. Todd, David W. Hinton

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This study provides an analysis of market conditions for subsidized dwelling on its for a two year period from September 1971 to September 1973. It emerged because of the strong and prevailing belief that there exists today in the Omaha Housing Market Area (HMAl an urgent and unmet need for a large number of safe, decent dwelling units available at prices or rents that low and moderate income families can afford. The number of inadequate dwelling units (those lacking plumbing facilities or deteriorating or dilapidated), and the number of persons living below poverty level incomes are suggestive of the fact …

Kaleidoscope Newsletter, Vol. 01, No. 02, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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The Urban Affairs Kaleidoscope is a publication of the School of PubIic Affairs and Community Service at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

Public Policy: A Power Holder's Reaction To Fear, Kurt L. Jensen

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Public policy, that necessary consequence of the Leviathan, is the end product of a power holder's reaction to fear. Man likes to view himself as a rational being endowed with the ability to govern his own life as he chooses. Yet, man's actions are not to be found originating within his mental consciousness in an example of spontaneous combustion. Man's actions are more properly defined as reactions. There must be an outside stimulus to motivate the human creature into taking positive or negative steps. The outside stimulus must be, either consciously or subconsciously, recognized by man as affecting him personally; …

Professionalization: A Factor In Parish Structure, Gerald J. Burbach

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The problem to be examined in this study is the relationship between a pastor’s leadership style and the organizational structure of the parish. It will focus attention especially on the pastor as a professional in a complex organization called the Roman Catholic Church. The parish, as a unit in this organization, has a variety of organizational structures. It is the position of this writer that these differences can, in part, be explained in terms of sociological variables.

Kaleidoscope Newsletter, Vol. 01, No. 01, Carol Lunbeck

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The Urban Affairs Kaleidoscope is a publication of the School of Public Affairs and Community Service.

Status Crystallization, Social Attitudes, And Powerlessness Within A Student Population, James T. Maguire

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The threefold purpose of this chapter is: (1) to briefly discuss the history of scholarly thought on the subject of social inequality, (2) to make a distinction between social differentiation and social stratification, and (3) within the context of the two former objectives to introduce the subject of status crystallization.

Report - Phase Ii, Ken White

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Where Phase I of the Corridor Selection Study concerned the delineation of neighborhood boundaries and establishment of cohesiveness levels, Phase I I emphasizes the impact of the highway on the neighborhoods. The following discussion is based on the assumption that the construction of a highway wiII have an impact on the surrounding neighborhoods, and that it is possible to measure and predict the nature and direction of the impact.

Neighborhood Analysis: A Survey Approach To South Omaha, Carol J. Lunbeck

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The massive urban renewal and highway construction projects undertaken in recent years represent efforts to alleviate some of the problems of modern society. Urban renewal was dedicated to solving the social problems of the slums. Highway construction projects are efforts to solve problems of a more technical nature. Both have tended to leave in their wake other problems as least as difficult as those they were intended to solve. Urban renewal has demolished old slums and created new ones. Highway construction has disrupted established neighborhoods without consideration of the effect on the social structure of the area. Now there is …

Cua Census Report Number 03: Indian Population In Douglas County, Carol Lunbeck

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In spite of the recent emphasis on minority group problems, there are still significant gaps in the store of knowledge about the American Indian in the urban setting. Omaha is not unique. Much empirical data can be found in the census figures, but it must be extracted and synthesized before it becomes meaningful. Even so, the picture of the urban Indian in Omaha is far from complete. If realistic solutions to the problems confronting urban Indians are to be found, a great deal more empirical research·should precede and accompany the development of programs. Programs which would attack the social inequities …

Toward The Development Of An Information Service On Poverty Problems For Community Agencies And Groups In The Omaha Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area, Robert Simpson

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This study can be viewed as a problem in applied social science. Ho\v can the resources of the University, in this case the Center for Urban Affairs of the University of Nebraska at Omaha, be mobilized to provide a social intelligence function for agencies and citizens groups working on community problems in the Omaha SMSA.

More specifically the objective is to expand and utilize the poverty-related content of the Center for Urban Affairs data bank in such manner as to aid local agencies and groups who are working on poverty-related problems. The assistance is to take the form of reports …

Graduate Academic Catalog (1972-1973), University Of Nebraska At Omaha

Graduate Catalogs

Graduate Bulletin 1972-1973

A Survey Of Action-Learning Opportunities, Donald J. Eberly, Richard A. Graham, Sally S. Fuller

Service Learning, General

This is a preliminary report on a survey of Action-Learning opportunities conducted in the Spring of 1972. The survey director was Allan Cameron; a grant from the White House Committee on Youth enabled a number of persons age 15-20 to participate in the survey

A Critique On Urbanization With A Contribution To Definitions And Theories, Edet Etim Okon

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Urban problems and literature on urbanization are growing simultaneously. Most major urban problems are accompanied by extensive research, and yet most of these problems continue even after the research has produced its major findings and recommendations. Failure to solve our urban problems can be attributed to incorrect findings, lack of intelligent application of the recommendations, and inadequate publicity of the findings and the recommendations.

An American Fantasy--The Crucible Of The Frontier: Montgomery County, Iowa, 1870-1920, Charles Emery Richards

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Throughout the Midwest there was are literally hundreds of small towns, some of them quite cosmopolitan in character because of their urban neighbors, and orthers seemingly more than a hundred years behind the times. These villages were, at one time, all vanguards of the great frontier movement in American history. In spite of their differences today, during their formative years they displayed a commality that allows historians to speculate on the nature of the frontier process. This study is an effort to test Frederick Jackson Turner's theory of individualism and social mobility in a particular Iowa frontier community in the …

Pomme De Terre Reservoir: A Study In Geographic Change, Michael W. Jinks

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Since the early 1950's the U.S. Corps of Engineers have been quite active in Missouri, especially in the Ozark region. By developing several large flood control projects two distinct "lake areas" have emerged. One is located along the south central Missouri-Arkansas boundary in some of the most rugged portions of the Ozarks. The other lake area is located just inside the west central portion of the Missouri Ozarks. Though less rugged than the former it is still comparatively rough, with local relief approaching 200 feet along some rivers.

The Relationships Between Self-Concept, Intelligence, Socio-Economic Status And School Achievement Among Spanish-American Children In Omaha, Alvaro Miguel Valenzuela

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The 1970 U.S. census is expected to show that Mexican- Americans total more than six million. Mexican-Americans plus about four million of Latin-American origin, are the second largest minority, trailing 20 million of Afro- Americans.