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  • Testimonio: ne ̀aahtove - listen to me! voices from the edge : educational stories of Northern Cheyenne women

    Creator:
    Gondara, Brookney C.
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    The purpose of this research was to hear the stories of Northern Cheyenne women's educational experiences using the method of testimonio, a method culturally aligned and academically appropriate for use among indigenous people. The researcher, also a Northern Cheyenne tribal member used testimonio based on its roots in resistance literature...
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    suffered government sanctioned attempts at extermination in the nineteenth century at the Sand Creek

  • A Rhetorical Analysis of Feminist Critics' References to Virginia Woolf

    Creator:
    Stockton, Judith D.
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    Virginia Woolf wrote both prose and poetry, both fiction and non-fiction: she was both a creative writer and a politically conscious reporter. She left a wealth of beautifully crafted observations and comments that continue to be immensely quotable and influential. Feminist critics today use Woolf's vocabulary to continue the feminist...
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    angel was not necessarily the same angel administering to women writing in the nineteenth century

  • Creation and investigation of musical forms designed to promote relaxation

    Creator:
    Montgomery, Sue
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    The study was a creative endeavor in which researchfindings from the areas of medicine, mental health andeducation concerning effects of background music were combinedinto an experimental musical form designed to promote andfacilitate the relaxation response. This experimental musicwas cormared with Baroque largo musical background, as recommendedin Lozanov's method of accelerated...
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    Summary 15 II REVIEW OF TIE LITERATURE 17 Effects of Relaxation in the Areas of Education and

  • The Norwegian-Swedish crisis of 1905

    Creator:
    Fedde, Gabriel Bernhard
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    The Norwegian-Swedish Crisis of 1905 is unique because the two kingdoms, united in a dual monarchy, separated peacably. The thesis raises three questions: why did Norway want independence at all, why was the secession peacable, and can any of the factors which solved the Crisis of 1905 be injected or...
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    . By the end of the Nineteenth Century the strands of union had become badly frayed, and the final

  • Technological progress, disacculturation, and our public schools

    Creator:
    Morita, Sally J.
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    The problems facing our nation's public schools today cannot be divorced from our enthusiasm for technology and the positive relationship we believe it shares with our perception of progress. Based on the second law of thermodynamics, the law of entropy, author Jeremy Rifkin argues that the development of increasingly "efficient"...
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    capacity to appreciate and manipulate this order. As the nineteenth century progressed, Americans became

  • Rural community college fundraising : a multi-site case study exploring the characteristics and motivations of alumni supporters

    Creator:
    Wood, Jason S.
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    Fundraising in the 21st century is becoming an increasingly important component of rural community colleges' (RCCs) overall funding strategies. Alumni represent a significant population of potential college supporters. The problem facing rural community colleges involves fiscal viability through developing innovative fundraising practices and identifying emerging sources of additional revenue. The...
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    Alumni Supporters. Abstract approved: Alex A. Sanchez Fundraising in the 21 st century

  • Qualitative Perspective of Student Success by First Generation Students Participating in Developmental Education Programs

    Creator:
    Esparza, Edward
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    This literature seeks to broadly examine historical literature and information pertaining to developmental education in the community colleges and its relationship with the college success. Contextually, the review will examine factors that affect student perception to academic success while being required to participate in remedial course work. Although issues surrounding...
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    : ________________________________________________________________________ Larry D. Roper This literature review seeks to broadly examine historical literature and

  • Examining the Alignment of Content in the Textual Discourse on the Competencies Needed for Effective Community College Leadership

    Creator:
    Thames, Brenda A.
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    For more than a decade a “community college leadership crisis” has been forecasted and discussed in the professional literature related to community colleges as well as the scholarly literature focused on the study of higher education. The role, perceptions and, to a lesser extent, the effectiveness of community college leadership...
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    forecasted and discussed in the professional literature related to community colleges as well as the

  • Evaluation of education libraries for teacher education accreditation

    Creator:
    Knittel, Marjorie C.
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    The purpose of this investigation was to examine the literature in education and library science to determine why standards for education libraries have not been realized, in the light of the specific criteria for other areas of teacher education accreditation. Educators and librarians in favor of strict standards for education...
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    to examine the literature in education and library science to determine why standards for education

  • What Do We Mean by "Justice"?: An Examination of How Justice is Conceptualized in K-12 Mathematics Education

    Creator:
    Brunner, Megan E.
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    Issues of injustice in society (e.g. racism, classism, sexism, ableism) are perpetuated in and through educational opportunities, including mathematics learning (Freire, 1970/2000). Those that are committed to disrupting the interlocking systems that create disparities and oppression in mathematics education are considered to be “pursuing justice.” Pursuit of justice can involve...
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    attention on justice in the mathematics education field since the turn of the century (Berry III et al