Mounting inflationary economic pressures and the obvious spiralling costs of education, at all levels, has drastically augmented public, administrative, and government concern regarding the effectiveness of many educational training programs. Secretarial Science, which is designed to provide occupational-level training represents such a program. Therefore, this study was conducted in order...
The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which
the philosophy, administration and implementation of public recreation
and leisure service has contributed to the democratization of black
Americans for the period 1906-1972. The study attempted to describe
the interplay and connection between the black, subordinated community
and...
The purpose of this study was three-fold: to determine how
the false assumption of an abnormal heart condition affected the
lives of false-positive students; the effects of phonocardioscan screening
and cardiologist follow-up procedures on delabeled school children;
and the effectiveness of the follow-up procedures used in
delabeling the false-positive students....
The study was undertaken to determine if the construct and vocabulary
of systems theory are related to academic performance such that
a) the understanding of either or both can predict grade-point average
for college students, and b) the explicit teaching of both construct
and vocabulary to minority students can improve...
A three-year investigation was conducted during 1980-1982 to
evaluate the potential of using herded sheep as a silvicultural tool
to suppress brush in Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) plantations
of Oregon's Coast Range. Sheep browsing of Douglas-fir was highest
in May soon after bud break. Averaged over the 2 years of grazing,...