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Title: Effects of academic advisor attire on community college student satisfaction with academic advising.
Creator: Beck, Rebecca Celeste, Florida Atlantic University, Kerensky, Vasil M.
Abstract/Description: The major purpose of this study was to determine if the attire of academic advisors would significantly affect students' satisfaction with their academic advisors. Academic advisors wore three types of attire: professional, casual, and a special uniform. The major concern was to determine if the student's first impression, as influenced by attire, of the academic advisor was significant in terms of satisfaction with the advising process. Data collected from 363 community college students were...
Show moreThe major purpose of this study was to determine if the attire of academic advisors would significantly affect students' satisfaction with their academic advisors. Academic advisors wore three types of attire: professional, casual, and a special uniform. The major concern was to determine if the student's first impression, as influenced by attire, of the academic advisor was significant in terms of satisfaction with the advising process. Data collected from 363 community college students were analyzed using analysis of variance (ANOVA). Based upon the statistical analyses, the researcher failed to reject all the null hypotheses. The attire of the academic advisors did not significantly affect the students' rating of satisfaction as measured by the sum of scores on the Student Evaluation of Counselor/Academic Advisor Form. There were no significant interactions between attire and age, attire and gender, and attire and race/ethnic origin. The major conclusion that can be drawn from this study is that student satisfaction with academic advisors is not significantly affected by the academic advisor's attire. Neither age, gender nor race/ethnic origin of the community college student had any impact or interaction with attire on satisfaction with the academic advisor. The literature review made a compelling statement that academic advisors do make a difference in retention of students. Future research could determine how the attire (casual, professional or uniform) of the academic advisor impacts the productivity of the institution, student satisfaction and how the dress of the academic advisor impacts the academic advisors' view of their competence, comfort and rapport with the student. Use of a semantic differential survey instrument could be employed. Perception of academic advisor's attire may be more complex than previously thought. The information obtained from this study may be more useful as stimuli to encourage further investigation.
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Date Issued: 1997
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12499
Subject Headings: Palm Beach Community College
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: The Mexican War. A Sermon delivered on the annual Thanksgiving at Conway, Mass., November 26, 1846.
Creator: Harris, Samuel 1814-1899, Merriam and Mirick
Abstract/Description: By Samuel Harris. FAU copy imperfect: disbound, pages loose, all edges trimmed.
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb13f31
Subject Headings: Mexican War, 1846-1848 -- Sermons, Thanksgiving Day addresses -- Massachusetts -- 1846, Thanksgiving sermons -- 1846 Nov. 26, Bible -- Habakkuk, II, 12 -- Sermons, Slavery -- United States -- Sermons, War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Sermons, United States -- Politics and government -- 1845-1849 -- Sermons, United States -- Social conditions -- To 1865 -- Sermons
Format: E-book

Title: A moral review of the Revolutionary War, or some of the evils of that event considered : a discourse delivered at the Unitarian Church, Augusta, Sabbath evening, March 13th, 1842.
Creator: Judd, Sylvester 1813-1853, Glazier, Masters & Smith
Abstract/Description: With an introductory address, and notes by Rev. Sylvester Judd ; [six lines of text]. Cover title: Mr. Judd's discourse on the moral effects of the Revolutionary War. "Books of reference": page [2]. "Sermon": page [7]-43.
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb13f12
Subject Headings: American Revolution (1775-1783), Bible -- Thessalonians, 1st, V, 21 -- Sermons, Political culture -- United States -- History -- 18th century, Sermons, American -- 19th century, Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- 19th century, United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Moral and ethical aspects, United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Social aspects, Unitarian Church (Augusta, Me.)
Format: E-book

Title: The colored men for the 20th century : sermon.
Creator: Walker, Charles T. (Charles Thomas), 1858-1921, John P. Wharton
Abstract/Description: The colored men for the 20th century : sermon by Rev. C. T. Walker.
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb24f18
Subject Headings: African Americans -- Civil rights, Sermons, American -- African American authors, African Americans -- Religion, African Americans -- United States -- History, United States -- Civilization -- African American influences, Slavery -- United States -- History, Freedmen -- United States -- Social conditions, United States -- Race relations -- History, Baptists, Bible Samuel, 2nd, X, 12
Format: E-book

Title: Southern slavery reduces northern wages : an address delivered in Washington, D.C., March 25, 1856 by George M. Weston, of Maine.
Creator: Weston, George M. (George Melville) 1816-1887
Abstract/Description: Caption title.Two columns to the page.
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb17f24
Subject Headings: Antislavery movements -- United States, Slavery -- United States -- Speeches in Congress, Congressional addresses -- 1856, Slavery -- Economic aspects -- United States, Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- 19th century, United States -- Economic conditions -- 19th century, United States -- Social conditions -- 19th century, Wages -- United States -- 19th century
Format: E-book

Title: Advis, remontrances et reqvestes avx Estats generavx tenvs à Paris, 1614 par six paisans.
Abstract/Description: Advis, remontrances et reqvestes avx Estats generavx tenvs à Paris, 1614 par six paisans.
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwflb14f27
Subject Headings: France -- Economic conditions -- 17th century -- Early works to 1800, France -- History -- Louis XIII, 1610-1643 -- Sources -- Early works to 1800, France -- Politics and government -- 1610-1643 -- Early works to 1800, France -- Social conditions -- 17th century -- Early works to 1800, France -- États généraux
Format: E-book

Title: Lettre aux auteurs juifs d'un mémoire adressé à Mr. Teller, conseiller du consistoire supérieur, et prévôt à Berlin par J.A. de Luc.
Creator: Luc, J. A. de (Jean André) 1727-1817, Teller, Wilhelm Abraham 1734-1804
Abstract/Description: Lettre aux auteurs juifs d'un mémoire adressé à Mr. Teller, conseiller du consistoire supérieur, et prévôt à Berlin.
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwflb18f26
Subject Headings: Christianity and other religions -- Judaism -- Early works to 1800, Friedländer, David -- 1750-1834 -- Sendschreiben an seine Hochwürden Herrn Oberconsistorialrath und Probst Teller zu Berlin, von einigen Hausvätern Jüdischer Religion, Jews -- Conversion to Christianity -- Early works to 1800, Jews -- Cultural assimilation -- Germany -- Prussia -- Early works to 1800, Jews -- Germany -- Prussia -- Social conditions -- Early works to 1800, Judaism -- Relations -- Christianity -- Early works to 1800
Format: E-book

Title: Author-ity, privilege and violation: the role of subaltern and the intellectual in the novels of Julia Alvarez.
Creator: Alonso, Raquel., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description: Can the subaltern really speak? Invoking Gayatri Spivak's post-colonial theory on the subaltern, this study aims to highlight the necessary, yet problematic relationship between intellectuals and the marginalized groups they seek to represent. This study argues that in the last chapter of Julia Alvarez's How the Garcâia Girls Lost Their Accents, the image of the wailing cat becomes a haunting image regarding Alvarez's own subject-position as a writer, a role that often places her in the...
Show moreCan the subaltern really speak? Invoking Gayatri Spivak's post-colonial theory on the subaltern, this study aims to highlight the necessary, yet problematic relationship between intellectuals and the marginalized groups they seek to represent. This study argues that in the last chapter of Julia Alvarez's How the Garcâia Girls Lost Their Accents, the image of the wailing cat becomes a haunting image regarding Alvarez's own subject-position as a writer, a role that often places her in the center of harsh criticism. Consequently, this project traces the subaltern figures through three of Alvarez's texts -¡YO!, In the Time of the Butterflies, and Saving the World - in order to reveal the paradox that defines their relationship with the privileged body that seeks to be their representative. The subaltern cannot speak beyond the margins without the help of the elite; however, the same position of privilege and power that enables the intellectual to write can quickly become the factor that discredits their right to speak. Consequently, this study also attempts to reclaim the voice of Julia Alvarez, who is herself silenced and thus, rendered subaltern in the literary market by critics who feel that her privileged position complicates her ability to represent the collective.
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Date Issued: 2010
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/2867330
Subject Headings: Criticism and interpretation, Criticism and interpretation, Criticism and interpretation, Criticism and interpretation, Marginality, Social
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Union League Club of New York. : Address of the president, June 23, 1866.
Creator: Jay, John 1817-1894, Union League Club (New York, N.Y.)
Abstract/Description: Address of the president. Notes: Half-title. Signed and dated: John Jay. Hotel Westminster, Paris. June 23, 1866. Another edition has colophon: Paris : Printed by E. Brière. So listed by Sabin, who does not record this printing. Collation: [1]⁸ 2-4⁸ 5² [$1 signed]; 34 leaves, pp. [1-3] 4-66 [67-68 (blank)]. Issued in salmon-colored printed wrapper.
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb23f5
Subject Headings: African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 19th century, African Americans -- Suffrage -- History -- 19th century, Slaves -- Emancipation -- United States -- History -- 19th century, Freedmen -- United States -- Social conditions -- 19th century, Union League Club (New York, N.Y.), Postwar reconstruction -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources, Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877), Reconstruction (United States : 1865-1877), Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ), United States -- History -- 1865-1898 -- Sources
Format: E-book

Title: Le mariage et la maternitâe chez Marie de France.
Creator: Firmino Palazzolo, Danielle., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature
Abstract/Description: Twelfth century French feudal culture witnesses the codification of new marriage laws and a rapid rise in popularity of the Cult of the Virgin Mary, with correspondingly renewed attention being paid to women by ecclesiastical intellectuals of all sects. Of particular interest to these churchmen was the duty of the medieval wife to bear children. The Lais of Marie de France, a late twelfth-century text, often focus explicitly on motherhood (both biological and symbolic) and therefore allow a...
Show moreTwelfth century French feudal culture witnesses the codification of new marriage laws and a rapid rise in popularity of the Cult of the Virgin Mary, with correspondingly renewed attention being paid to women by ecclesiastical intellectuals of all sects. Of particular interest to these churchmen was the duty of the medieval wife to bear children. The Lais of Marie de France, a late twelfth-century text, often focus explicitly on motherhood (both biological and symbolic) and therefore allow a deeper examination of the new cultural representations of women in the dual role of spouse and mother. The Lais further highlight the symbolic role of the child as guarantor both of a woman's social value and of the validity of the love relationship based on the tenets of fin'amors instead of formal marriage.
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Date Issued: 2009
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/2182086
Subject Headings: Cult, History, History and criticism, Women, Women in Christianity, Social conditions, History
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: El final del tango Perâonista: la desintegraciâon del cuerpo social en No Habrâa Mâas Penas ni Olvido.
Creator: Fuentes, Delia Pamela., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature
Abstract/Description: This thesis analyzes the complexities of Argentinean politics during Juan Domingo Perâon's last presidency, (1973-1974), as presented in Osvaldo Soriano's novel No habrâa mâas penas ni olvido. Soriano's work, set in the fictitious town of Colonia Vela, in the state of Buenos Aires, illustrates in a small scale the different social and political components that make up the national body. Historical and fictitious elements dramatize the conflict among the left and right wings of the Peronist...
Show moreThis thesis analyzes the complexities of Argentinean politics during Juan Domingo Perâon's last presidency, (1973-1974), as presented in Osvaldo Soriano's novel No habrâa mâas penas ni olvido. Soriano's work, set in the fictitious town of Colonia Vela, in the state of Buenos Aires, illustrates in a small scale the different social and political components that make up the national body. Historical and fictitious elements dramatize the conflict among the left and right wings of the Peronist Party. These two factions divide the villagers, who hold diverse images of Perâon and what the party entails, while putting their political beliefs and physical well-being at stake. Quickly the two splinter parties trigger an open arm conflict while fighting under the same slogan: "Perâon o muerte". Supported by diverse theoretical perspectives, this thesis reveals that Soriano's novel sheds light into one of the most confusing periods of Argentinean history while rescuing the sacrifices of the people.
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Date Issued: 2011
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3175015
Subject Headings: Criticism and interpretation, Spanish American literature, Criticism and interpretation, History, Literature and the war, Politics and government, Social life and customs
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Reassessing Consensus: Alejandro O’Reilly’s 1765 Visita and Puerto Rican History.
Creator: Mallen, Sean Thomas, Cruz-Taura, Graciella, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of History
Abstract/Description: King Charles III of Spain implemented a series of Enlightenment reforms throughout his domain following the 1763 defeat of the Seven Years War Among the royal officials sent to enact these reforms in the Caribbean, the Crown dispatched Field Marshal Alejandro O’Reilly to the colony of Puerto Rico Historians have attributed to his 1765 inspection, or visita, and subsequent report, or memoria, the foundations for a turning point in the island’s history Despite the historical consensus that has...
Show moreKing Charles III of Spain implemented a series of Enlightenment reforms throughout his domain following the 1763 defeat of the Seven Years War Among the royal officials sent to enact these reforms in the Caribbean, the Crown dispatched Field Marshal Alejandro O’Reilly to the colony of Puerto Rico Historians have attributed to his 1765 inspection, or visita, and subsequent report, or memoria, the foundations for a turning point in the island’s history Despite the historical consensus that has lauded O’Reilly’s recommendations, this inspector-general does not merit the credit that historians consistently have given him Agrarian and economic patterns such as population growth, smuggling, and the hato economy persisted decades after his visita into the nineteenth century Other events helped drive immigration and investment into Puerto Rico more than O’Reilly’s memoria Ultimately, O’Reilly did not trigger enduring change in the colony’s history, and Puerto Rican historiography awaits the corresponding revision
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Date Issued: 2016
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004794
Subject Headings: O'Reilly, Alejandro,--1722-1794--Relación circunstanciada del actual estado de la población, frutos y proporciones para fomento que tiene la Isla de San Juan de Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico--History--18th century, Caribbean Area--History--18th century, Puerto Rico--Foreign relations--Great Britain--History--18th century, Puerto Rico--Social conditions--History--18th century, Puerto Rico--Economic conditions--History--18th century
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Nixon and the environment: clean air, automobiles and reelection.
Creator: Escobar, Erwin Mauricio., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of History
Abstract/Description: the decades after World War II the United States became the most prosperous nation in the world. Yet, that prosperity and growth had a negative impact on the environmental quality of the nation. By the mid 1960s there was a rise in concern over environmental issues in the American public. Consequently, President Richard M. Nixon in his determination to give the American people what they sought decided to enact policies to bring the environmental crisis to an end. Among the environmental...
Show morethe decades after World War II the United States became the most prosperous nation in the world. Yet, that prosperity and growth had a negative impact on the environmental quality of the nation. By the mid 1960s there was a rise in concern over environmental issues in the American public. Consequently, President Richard M. Nixon in his determination to give the American people what they sought decided to enact policies to bring the environmental crisis to an end. Among the environmental policies of the Nixon Administration was the Clean Air Act of 1970, a highly controversial piece of legislation that placed tough regulations on the automobile industry. Due to the significant role of the auto industry in the American economy, and Nixon's concerns over reelection, there were two major shifts in business/government relations during this era. The first one was characterized by determination to protect the environment with little attention to complaints from the industry. The second one was about protecting the profitability of the industry while giving little attention to environmental problems.
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Date Issued: 2013
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3360764
Subject Headings: Political and social views, Presidents, Election, History, Air quality management, Government policy, Air, Pollution, Law and legislation, Automobile industry and trade, Environmental aspects, Transportation, Environmental aspects, Politics and government
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: The age of William A. Dunning: the realm of myth meets the yellow brick road.
Creator: Barsalou, Kathleen P., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of History
Abstract/Description: Stripped of the intent of its author, L. Frank Baum, the children's fairy tale The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was left to be understood only within a changing cultural construct. Historian Hayden White, arguing that the similarities between a novel and a work of history were more significant than their differences, insisted that history was preeminently a subsection of literature. According to White, historical narratives were manifestly verbal fictions, and the only acceptable grounds upon which...
Show moreStripped of the intent of its author, L. Frank Baum, the children's fairy tale The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was left to be understood only within a changing cultural construct. Historian Hayden White, arguing that the similarities between a novel and a work of history were more significant than their differences, insisted that history was preeminently a subsection of literature. According to White, historical narratives were manifestly verbal fictions, and the only acceptable grounds upon which the historian should choose his historical perspective were the moral and the aesthetic. White conflated historical consciousness with myth and blurred the boundary that had long divided history from fiction. Just as changing cultural concerns infused the Dorothy of Baum's children's literature with meaning so social, cultural, and moral imperatives came to dictate the content of historical stories particularly in the historiography of the Reconstruction era. The twenty first century conception of Reconstruction is different from the conception influential at the start of the twentieth. In assessing the scholarship of William A. Dunning, contemporary historians have adopted a new paradigm when describing the scholar's Reconstruction accounts. Modern commentators reject Dunning's authorial intention and the contextual framework needed to define it. Thus, Dunning has receded into the "realm of myth." Careful attendance to Dunning's historical context, contemporary audience, and his authorial intent, will reposition the perspective for analysis of Dunning's work. Removing Dunning from abstract analysis will allow historians to arrive at an understanding of his work, and view the importance of the real Dunning, rather than the fabricated image constructed from a partial and even fragmented reading of his work., Taking Dunning on his own terms restores a meaningful past and brings into bas-relief the tremendous advances the U. S. of twenty first century has made in reshaping social and political patterns.Taking theReconstruction era on its own terms impels historians to move beyond Dunning and return in their research to revisit primary records and documents as they work to clear the grisly ground of Reconstruction historiography for further fruitful examination.
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Date Issued: 2008
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/107801
Subject Headings: Criticism and interpretation, Political and social views, Criticism and interpretation, Wizard of Oz (Fictitious character), Oz (Imaginary place), Politics and literature, Criticism and interpretation
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: The symbiosis between the individual and society in Ralph Waldo Emerson's "The American Scholar," "History," and "Politics".
Creator: Gillespie, Elizabeth., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description: This thesis will reveal a political dimension to Emerson's work, situating itself in the current scholarly movement to analyze Emerson from a different angle. Scholars have long heralded Emerson as a staunch individualist or transcendentalist, yet there has been a recent shift in literary studies to consider him from a social or political perspective. Emerson's emphasis on the individual does not diminish in any of the three essays that I have selected; however, he strongly urges every...
Show moreThis thesis will reveal a political dimension to Emerson's work, situating itself in the current scholarly movement to analyze Emerson from a different angle. Scholars have long heralded Emerson as a staunch individualist or transcendentalist, yet there has been a recent shift in literary studies to consider him from a social or political perspective. Emerson's emphasis on the individual does not diminish in any of the three essays that I have selected; however, he strongly urges every individual to contribute towards the amelioration of society. He also believes that an individual person has enormous potential to cause both great improvement and great harm, which is why a wise man or scholar is a paramount component to any society. Moreover, this thesis addresses topics that are particularly useful today, as Emerson's words are just as relevant to the political situation in the world now as they were in the 19th century.
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Date Issued: 2010
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/2684307
Subject Headings: Criticism and interpretation, Criticism and interpretation, Political and social views, Criticism and interpretation, Symbolism in literature
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