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Community employment problems under defense
Title
Community employment problems under defense.
Creator
Council for Democracy. Committee of Correspondence
Date Issued
1941
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3174898
Subject Headings
Industrial organization -- United States.
Format
Document (PDF)
Constitution and by-laws of the Communist Party U.S.A.
Title
Constitution and by-laws of the Communist Party U.S.A.
Creator
Communist Party of the United States of America
Date Issued
1939
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/DT/2782465
Subject Headings
Communism --United States.
Format
Document (PDF)
prediction model for community colleges using graduation rate as the performance indicator
Title
A prediction model for community colleges using graduation rate as the performance indicator.
Creator
Moosai-Sitahal, Susan, College of Education, Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
Abstract/Description
In this thesis a prediction model using graduation rate as the performance indicator is obtained for community colleges for three cohort years, 2003, 2004, and 2005 in the states of California, Florida, and Michigan. Multiple Regression analysis, using an aggregate of seven predictor variables, was employed in determining this prediction model. From this prediction model, a predicted graduation rate was obtained for each of the 142 institutions in this study. Using this predicted graduation...
Show moreIn this thesis a prediction model using graduation rate as the performance indicator is obtained for community colleges for three cohort years, 2003, 2004, and 2005 in the states of California, Florida, and Michigan. Multiple Regression analysis, using an aggregate of seven predictor variables, was employed in determining this prediction model. From this prediction model, a predicted graduation rate was obtained for each of the 142 institutions in this study. Using this predicted graduation rate, an Institutional Performance Ratio (IPR), was then calculated for each institution, by dividing the actual graduation rate for each institution by its predicted graduation rate. These IPR values were then used to classify the performance of each institution as meeting expectation, exceeding expectation or falling below expectation. Inter institutional comparisons were also made using these IPR values.
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Date Issued
2010
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/2683205
Subject Headings
Community colleges, College attendance, Educational evaluation, Educational indicators
Format
Document (PDF)
William A. Dunning revisited: The mind or malice of Reconstruction?
Title
William A. Dunning revisited: The mind or malice of Reconstruction?.
Creator
Barsalou, Kathleen P., Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of History
Abstract/Description
Historian William A. Dunning was responsible for the first scholarly treatment of the Reconstruction era. The terms which his contemporaries used to describe him differ strikingly from those historians may choose today. Since the 1930s, American historiography has reflected the new emphasis on sociology and psychology with a radical shift in subject matter away from the traditional political focus. Surely, certain truths are known to the modern historian which were not known to those who...
Show moreHistorian William A. Dunning was responsible for the first scholarly treatment of the Reconstruction era. The terms which his contemporaries used to describe him differ strikingly from those historians may choose today. Since the 1930s, American historiography has reflected the new emphasis on sociology and psychology with a radical shift in subject matter away from the traditional political focus. Surely, certain truths are known to the modern historian which were not known to those who lived earlier. However, to discard the insights of one generation of historians is, perhaps, to ignore some of history's most important resources.
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Date Issued
2001
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12826
Subject Headings
Biography, History, United States
Format
Document (PDF)
Sentinels along our coast
Title
Sentinels along our coast.
Creator
Collins, Francis A. 1873-
Abstract/Description
Illustrated with photographs. Plates printed on both sides.
Date Issued
1922
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000363
Subject Headings
Lighthouses -- United States, Lighthouses
Format
E-book
SIZE DISTRIBUTION OF NON-WHITE INCOMES, 1963 THROUGH 1973
Title
THE SIZE DISTRIBUTION OF NON-WHITE INCOMES, 1963 THROUGH 1973.
Creator
LLOYD, SAMUEL HAROLD, Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description
This thesis focuses on the size distribution of non-white incomes for families, unrelated individuals, and total for the eleven year period from 1963 through 1973. Techniques used in the theoretical study are Lorenz-Gini Index , the Lognormal Distribution and Pareto's Law, Chapter II covers the methodology; Chapter III, a survey of the literature; Chapter IV, theoretical analysis and empirical results; Chapter V, summary and conclusions with recommendations for further research. Income data...
Show moreThis thesis focuses on the size distribution of non-white incomes for families, unrelated individuals, and total for the eleven year period from 1963 through 1973. Techniques used in the theoretical study are Lorenz-Gini Index , the Lognormal Distribution and Pareto's Law, Chapter II covers the methodology; Chapter III, a survey of the literature; Chapter IV, theoretical analysis and empirical results; Chapter V, summary and conclusions with recommendations for further research. Income data was extracted from the Department of Commerce's P-60 series for each year during the period. It is the conclusion of this thesis that the size distribution of non-white incomes has not changed significantly during this period.
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Date Issued
1975
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13733
Subject Headings
Income--United States
Format
Document (PDF)
We are what we eat
Title
We are what we eat: food consumption and identity in the United States.
Creator
Dates, Marlena Kay., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description
In the modern United States, capitalism is the predominant cultural value that structures the food system. The current American relationship to food is strained, at best, as two-thirds of Americans experience overweight and obesity and are at risk for a number of serious health complications. An understanding of the historic and political-economic aspects of the American food system is necessary to address the effects of our modern food habits on our ideas of our selves. This thesis analyzes...
Show moreIn the modern United States, capitalism is the predominant cultural value that structures the food system. The current American relationship to food is strained, at best, as two-thirds of Americans experience overweight and obesity and are at risk for a number of serious health complications. An understanding of the historic and political-economic aspects of the American food system is necessary to address the effects of our modern food habits on our ideas of our selves. This thesis analyzes the types of foods Americans eat, why they make the food choices that they do, how they feel about their eating habits and their habits' effects on their bodies, and how this all relates to our sense of identity as Americans.
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Date Issued
2009
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/186678
Subject Headings
Food consumption, Food habits, Nutrition, Social aspects, Diet, Popular culture
Format
Document (PDF)
Farm policies under the New Deal
Title
Farm policies under the New Deal.
Date Issued
1938
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/DT/246008
Subject Headings
Agriculture --Economic aspects --United States., Agriculture and state --United States., United States. Agricultural adjustment administration.
Format
Document (PDF)
importance of original intent in interpreting the religion clauses of the First Amendment
Title
The importance of original intent in interpreting the religion clauses of the First Amendment.
Creator
Caridad Antolick, Tayra de la, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Abstract/Description
The current use of the phrase "wall of separation" between church and state as a legal defense for the removal of religious expression (particularly Protestant Christianity), i.e., religious expression, from governmental institutions and the prohibition of the free exercise of individuals working within them goes contrary not only to the original intent of the Founders and the Framers but also to the religious, political, and legal history and traditions of the United States of America. The...
Show moreThe current use of the phrase "wall of separation" between church and state as a legal defense for the removal of religious expression (particularly Protestant Christianity), i.e., religious expression, from governmental institutions and the prohibition of the free exercise of individuals working within them goes contrary not only to the original intent of the Founders and the Framers but also to the religious, political, and legal history and traditions of the United States of America. The abundance of historical evidence reduces the colonial contentions to three: 1) no legal establishment of one sect of Christianity or another religion as the national religion; 2) no legal prohibition against the free exercise of religious conscience of any religions, especially minority ones; 3); and no taxation of the citizenry for the support of a legally preferred religion. The application of these three prongs of the "historical test" will reduce litigation, minimize judicial vacillation, and uphold the principles that precipitated the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses of the First Amendment.
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Date Issued
2002
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/40993
Subject Headings
Freedom of speech, Church and state, Religion and politics
Format
Document (PDF)
effects of a culturally translated school counselor-led intervention on Hispanic students' academic achievement
Title
The effects of a culturally translated school counselor-led intervention on Hispanic students' academic achievement.
Creator
Leon, Ana Maria., College of Education, Department of Counselor Education
Abstract/Description
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of implementing a school counselor-led intervention, a culturally translated version of the Student Success Skills (SSS) program, on student academic achievement in Hispanic students. The research question investigated in this study was: Does Hispanic student participation in the culturally translated Student Success Skills classroom guidance program increase academic achievement as measured by state mandated standardized reading and math...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of implementing a school counselor-led intervention, a culturally translated version of the Student Success Skills (SSS) program, on student academic achievement in Hispanic students. The research question investigated in this study was: Does Hispanic student participation in the culturally translated Student Success Skills classroom guidance program increase academic achievement as measured by state mandated standardized reading and math tests? Based on the fact that Hispanic students are at a very high risk of academic failure, there is an urgent need to address the lack of academic success. The cultural translation of the Student Success Skills (SSS) program focuses on student outcomes and helps to provide a link between school counselors and improved outcomes for Hispanic students.The sample for this study included 103 treatment and 98 comparison fourth and fifth grade students from three schools in South Florida. Participating students were selected from all Hispanic students at four schools in South Florida, by selecting the students who spoke mainly Spanish at home and came from Hispanic backgrounds. Academic achievement was measured using a standardized, objective, state-wide assessment instrument, the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT). The procedure used to analyze the results for this study was a Multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA). The statistical analysis showed that the treatment group scored significantly higher than the comparison group in reading. There was not a significant difference in math for the treatment group. When fidelity of treatment was investigated a post hoc analysis found that groups with full implementation of the program scored significantly higher in math and in reading than the comparison group., The results of this study show that a cultural translation of the Student Success Skills program is helpful for the fourth and fifth grade Hispanic students improving achievement in reading.
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Date Issued
2009
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/187214
Subject Headings
Educational leadership, Acculturation, Minorities, Education (Elementary), Hispanic American children, Education, Academic achievement, Educational equalization
Format
Document (PDF)
Employment after the war
Title
Employment after the war.
Creator
Pierson, John Herman Groesbeck
Date Issued
1943
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3090599
Subject Headings
Unemployed -- United States., Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- United States.
Format
Document (PDF)
Introduction to American trade unionism
Title
Introduction to American trade unionism.
Creator
Gluck, Elsie
Date Issued
1935
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/DT/352241
Subject Headings
Labor unions --United States., Labor movement --United States.
Format
Document (PDF)
Unity for peace and democracy
Title
Unity for peace and democracy.
Creator
Browder, Earl
Date Issued
1939
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/DT/671485
Subject Headings
Communism --United States, World War, 1939-1945 --United States.
Format
Document (PDF)
Tomorrow's horizon
Title
Tomorrow's horizon.
Creator
Derad, Vartan
Date Issued
1943
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3143977
Subject Headings
United States -- Economic conditions., United States -- Social conditions.
Format
Document (PDF)
Trends and problems in unemployment insurance
Title
Trends and problems in unemployment insurance.
Creator
King, Irving N.
Date Issued
1950
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3090775
Subject Headings
Unemployment insurance -- United States., Disability insurance -- United States.
Format
Document (PDF)
Unions in America
Title
Unions in America.
Creator
AFL-CIO.
Date Issued
1976
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/DT/369168
Subject Headings
Labor unions --United States., Labor and laboring classes --United States.
Format
Document (PDF)
Unemployment relief and social insurance : the Communist Party program against the capitalist program of starvation
Title
Unemployment relief and social insurance : the Communist Party program against the capitalist program of starvation.
Creator
Communist Party of the United States of America
Date Issued
1931
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/DT/2783371
Subject Headings
Unemployment insurance --United States., Social security --United States.
Format
Document (PDF)
The worker and government
Title
The worker and government.
Creator
MacDonald, Lois, Stein, Emanuel
Date Issued
1935
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3090822
Subject Headings
Labor laws and legislation -- United States., Labor -- United States.
Format
Document (PDF)
The role of collective bargaining in a democracy
Title
The role of collective bargaining in a democracy.
Creator
Goldberg, Joseph P, Lazarus, Herman
Date Issued
1949
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3332791
Subject Headings
Industrial relations -- United States., Collective bargaining -- United States.
Format
Document (PDF)
Who are the Reds?
Title
Who are the Reds?.
Date Issued
1937
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/DT/369051
Subject Headings
Labor unions and communism --United States., Communism --United States --1917
Format
Document (PDF)

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