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  • The Role of the Academic Advisor as a Support Person for Student-Athletes in Higher Education

    Creator:
    Phillips, Rachel (Rachel Lynne)
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    Despite policies implemented by the NCAA with the intention of increasing student-athlete academic success and persistence to graduation, student-athlete graduation rates still remain low, with only 65% of student-athletes receiving their college degree. Certain non- cognitive variables, including the availability of a strong support person, have been shown predict persistence...
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    Masters Thesis
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    : _____________________________________________________________ Shelley I. Dubkin-Lee Despite policies implemented by the NCAA with the intention of

  • What Disrupts Cycles of Poverty? Examining the Effect of Family Background and Educational Attainment on Receiving Public Assistance with Multivariate Regression

    Creator:
    Vargas, Patricia I.
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    Understanding poverty as a state of being poor with regard to concretely being unable to meet basic needs such as water, food, clothes, shelter, and essential services (e.g., sanitation, health, and education), its concerted study in the United States not only stands tandem with constitutionally upheld values such as equality...
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    ho r l ic en se d un de r C C B Y- SA Factor Change in Predictive Probabilities of

  • The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Student-Athlete College Experience

    Creator:
    Jackman, Callan
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    The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted life for populations all over the world. One population that has been uniquely impacted by the pandemic is the student-athlete population. Over the last two years, universities took safety precautions by first sending students home and moving teaching and learning to a remote format and...
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    Masters Thesis
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    that I will cherish forever. CONTRIBUTION OF AUTHORS Dr. Regan A. R. Gurung contributed

  • Affection in the Workplace : Personality, Perceptions & Affection

    Creator:
    Spiegelman, Sarah
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    Humans have a desire for a connection among others, and they also have a desire for both giving and receiving affection, regardless of class, age, gender, cultural or religious backgrounds. There is a plethora of research on the health benefits for both giving and receiving affection in romantic and family...
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    : ______________________________________________________ Colin R. Hesse Humans have a desire for a connection among others, and they also have a

  • Karmic Effects: How Aggressive Behavior Toward Important People Changes the Perception of Others

    Creator:
    Whitman, Frederick R.
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    Synthesizing perspectives from Bruner (1957), and the Mind Only School of Buddhism, the current study examined the effect of a persons’ own behavior on knowledge activation. Both social cognitive psychology and the Mind Only School posit that perception is based on previously learned knowledge. Knowledge is accumulated through an individual’s...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Frederick R. Whitman for the degree of Honors Baccalaureate of Science in

  • An analysis of the relationship between corporate sponsorship and intramural event participation

    Creator:
    Tobery, James R.
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    More Americans are participating in sport every year and several organizations have made it their mission to provide the opportunity for organized sport participation. College and University intramural departments are one of those organizations. They provide participation opportunities on nearly every college campus. The review of literature identifies the sociological...
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    Masters Thesis
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    sponsorship and intramural event participation AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF James R. Tobery for the degree

  • Attitudes Toward Political Participation and Preference for Violence

    Creator:
    Yatani, Choichiro
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    This study was designed to assess the effects of political participation upon hostility and the preference for violence. To investigate this problem a political participation scale was developed. 148 male subjects (mean age 22.6 years) and 93 female subjects (mean age 20.7 years) responded to the Political Participation Scale, the...
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    Masters Thesis
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    ) low political participation is correlated to feelings of political incapability (r = -.39, P<.005

  • Climate Changers: An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Reducing Personal Carbon Emissions

    Creator:
    Johnson, Carly A.
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    In an era of human-induced climate change, there is increasing interest in encouraging people to reduce their carbon dioxide (carbon) emissions by adopting low-carbon behaviors, or behaviors that reduce a person’s use of fossil fuels. I designed the Campus Carbon Challenge as a research and outreach project to gain a...
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    Masters Thesis
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    , 305, 986-972. Trenberth, K. E., P. D. Jones, P. Ambenje, R. Bojariu, D. Easterling, A. Klein Tank

  • Birthing Experience: Feminism, Symbolic Interaction, and (Re) Defining Birth

    Creator:
    Roland-Schwartz, Michele L.
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    In this paper, my aim is to call attention to the meanings women attach to their birthing experiences using the symbolic interaction perspective in conjunction with a feminist lens. I argue that the obstetrical model of childbirth defines the course of the relationship between the laboring woman and attendant, limiting...
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    Masters Thesis
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    birthing experiences using the symbolic interaction perspective in conjunction with a feminist lens. I

  • Social change and children’s well-being in Chile

    Creator:
    Iwanaga, Kanako
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    Chilean society has been changing rapidly for the last few decades during a time of rapid economic growth. Some sociological and economical analyses state that when a nation grows, inequality between the rich and poor grows too, leaving the poor behind. The Chilean economy is the most rapidly growing in...
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    Undergraduate Thesis
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    has improved in Chile over the last few years. Particularly, I focused on how the well-being of