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The Economic Impact Of Western Kentucky University On The Bowling Green – Warren County Economy, Stephen Cooper
The Economic Impact Of Western Kentucky University On The Bowling Green – Warren County Economy, Stephen Cooper
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
The costs incurred by the community resulting from Western Kentucky University’s location – cost of educating children of university related personnel, cost of services provided by the local governments to the university community, and the lost property tax revenue resulting from the tax exemption of university property – were estimated as were the benefits enjoyed by the community as a result of the University’s location – local expenditures, local employment generated by the university’s presence, the university community’s impact on the local banking system’s credit base, and the occupational license tax receipts levied by the city on the university payroll. …
The Perceived Role Of The University Residence Hall Director, Jan Akers
The Perceived Role Of The University Residence Hall Director, Jan Akers
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
This study was concerned with locating areas of differences in residents' perceptions of the role of the director --either a young professional or a "dorm mother" type--in their own residence halls on the 'estern Kentucky University campus. The perceptions were obtained through the use of a twenty-one item instrument (developed by the researcher) to which 1,111 students responded. The data were tabulated by sex, by residence nails, by halls with young professional directors, by halls with older "dorm mother" directors, and by a total overall. Slight differences were found between male and female students and between the various groups. However, …