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The role of organized labor in education for racial understanding
Title
The role of organized labor in education for racial understanding.
Creator
Weaver, George
Date Issued
1944
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3332850
Subject Headings
Race discrimination -- United States.
Format
Document (PDF)
IMPACT OF RACE ON A DESEGREGATED SCHOOL DISTRICT AS PERCEIVED BY SELECTED SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS
Title
THE IMPACT OF RACE ON A DESEGREGATED SCHOOL DISTRICT AS PERCEIVED BY SELECTED SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS.
Creator
MILLER, DORSEY COLUMBUS., Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description
The purpose of this study was to determine if black and white secondary school administrative assistants perceived a difference in their job opportunities and responsibilities in the Broward County, Florida, School System, and to determine if this difference was attributable to race. The null hypothesis was that differences in questionnaire results between races were not significantly different from zero was rejected at the conventional .01 level. During the 1978-79 school year, there were...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to determine if black and white secondary school administrative assistants perceived a difference in their job opportunities and responsibilities in the Broward County, Florida, School System, and to determine if this difference was attributable to race. The null hypothesis was that differences in questionnaire results between races were not significantly different from zero was rejected at the conventional .01 level. During the 1978-79 school year, there were 166 secondary school administrative assistants the Broward County School District. Of this number, 58 (35 percent) were black and 108 (65 percent) were white. A questionnaire was the principal means of collecting data. The random sample included 30 black and 30 white secondary school administrative assistants. Among the major findings were the following: (1) A higher percent of blacks tended to choose responses indicating discrimination than did whites. (2) The general tendency for respondents of both races was toward feeling that their race was not a limiting factor in terms of most of the areas covered by the questionnaire. (3) There was a consistent tendency for whites to feel not discriminated against to a greater relative extent than was the case for blacks on each of the 13 items. The transition from a totally segregated to a totally desegregated school system in Broward County has not been completed. Race is only one variable that has had an impact on this process. This dissertation was but one study toward an accumulation of much needed data. Suggestions were made for future research.
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Date Issued
1980
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11753
Subject Headings
Discrimination in employment--United States, Race discrimination--United States, African Americans--Employment
Format
Document (PDF)
Perceived discrimination of Muslims in health care in the United States
Title
Perceived discrimination of Muslims in health care in the United States.
Creator
Martin, Mary Brigid, Williams, Christine L., Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Abstract/Description
Discrimination is not only a human and civil rights offense, but also a detrimental influence on the health outcomes of affected populations. The Muslim population in the United States is a growing religious minority increasingly encountered by health care professionals in the clinical setting. This group has been subject to heightened discrimination since the tragic events of September 11, 2001 and often is misunderstood within the context of American society today. While research has been...
Show moreDiscrimination is not only a human and civil rights offense, but also a detrimental influence on the health outcomes of affected populations. The Muslim population in the United States is a growing religious minority increasingly encountered by health care professionals in the clinical setting. This group has been subject to heightened discrimination since the tragic events of September 11, 2001 and often is misunderstood within the context of American society today. While research has been conducted on discrimination against Muslims in the employment and educational segments of society, more studies are needed which quantify the extent and type of discrimination faced by this group in the health care setting. This inquiry focused on the crossover of anti-Muslim discrimination from society to the health care setting. A newly developed tool to measure anti-Muslim discrimination in health care and an established perceived discrimination scale were used to create the questionnaire employed in this investigation. The items of this newly created tool addressed culturally congruent care practices based on the principles of cultural safety within the nurse-patient relationship and the cultural care beliefs of the Muslim patient/family to ascertain discriminatory occurrences in the health care setting. Ray’s (2010) transcultural caring dynamics in nursing and health care model served as a framework for this quantitative, univariate, descriptive, cross-sectional design. Findings revealed that nearly one-third of Muslim subjects perceived they were discriminated against in the health care setting in the United States. Being excluded or ignored was the most frequently conveyed type of discrimination, followed by problems related to the use of Muslim clothing; offensive or insensitive verbal remarks; and problems related to Islamic holidays, prayer rituals, and physical assault, respectively. Age was positively correlated with perceived anti-Muslim discrimination in society. Education was negatively correlated with perceived discrimination in both society and the health care setting. Findings revealed that three out of five of those surveyed reported that they wear Muslim clothing; the most frequently reported of which was the hijab, the most popular Muslim garment reported to be worn. Participants who wore Muslim clothing, especially females, reported more anti-Muslim discrimination than those who did not. Scores for self-reported perceived anti-Muslim discrimination were found to be higher after the Boston Marathon bombings, April 15, 2013, an act perpetrated by Muslims, which occurred during the time of data collection. The number one Muslim care preference reported was same sex caregiver followed by respect for modesty, prayer rituals, respect for privacy, family involvement in care, and dietary concerns. Implications for practice, policy, education, political science, and recommendations for further research are discussed.
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Date Issued
2013
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA0004036
Subject Headings
Discrimination -- United States, Discrimination in medical care, Health services accessibility, Minorities -- Health and hygiene, Muslims -- Public opinion
Format
Document (PDF)
Representative bureaucracy: Active representation in a juvenile justice context
Title
Representative bureaucracy: Active representation in a juvenile justice context.
Creator
Day, Susan Elaine, Florida Atlantic University, Washington, Charles W.
Abstract/Description
Representative bureaucracy is one way to reconcile the need for administrative efficiency with the normative requirements of democracy. In theory, a representative bureaucracy is an organizational structure that permits decision-makers to act more quickly and more flexibly than an elected body. A representative bureaucracy is comprised of an employee composition that is more representation of the general public, at least in demographic terms, than legislative bodies. This research tests a...
Show moreRepresentative bureaucracy is one way to reconcile the need for administrative efficiency with the normative requirements of democracy. In theory, a representative bureaucracy is an organizational structure that permits decision-makers to act more quickly and more flexibly than an elected body. A representative bureaucracy is comprised of an employee composition that is more representation of the general public, at least in demographic terms, than legislative bodies. This research tests a number of hypotheses concerning the impact of individual attributes of delinquency case managers and of the organizational context in which they work on their intake recommendations to the office of the state attorney.
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Date Issued
1996
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12455
Subject Headings
Representative government and representation--United States, Bureaucracy, Juvenile justice, Administration of--United States, Minorities--Employment--United States, Discrimination in criminal justice administration--United States
Format
Document (PDF)
Exploring barriers to education for Native American Indians
Title
Exploring barriers to education for Native American Indians: a native perspective.
Creator
Conley, Enid., Florida Atlantic University, College of Education, Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
Abstract/Description
This qualitative storytelling and exploratory research design investigated the barriers, enhancers, and coping strategies to education experienced by adult Native American Indians from various Native American Indian Nations. In addition, differences between the sexes, Native American Nations, and/or languages spoken, and/or participation in cultural activities regarding barriers, enhancers, and coping strategies of Native American Indians were examined. The study with 23 adult Native American...
Show moreThis qualitative storytelling and exploratory research design investigated the barriers, enhancers, and coping strategies to education experienced by adult Native American Indians from various Native American Indian Nations. In addition, differences between the sexes, Native American Nations, and/or languages spoken, and/or participation in cultural activities regarding barriers, enhancers, and coping strategies of Native American Indians were examined. The study with 23 adult Native American participants revealed a main theme of identity both passive and aggressive that permeated all of the thematic areas: barriers, enhancers, and coping strategies. The barriers ranged from reinventing the Native American Indian to language barriers caused by forcing Native American Indians to speak Eurowestern languages in order to survive. The educational enhancers themes described by the participants revolved around themes of people, culture, community, and the environment. Elements of Garrison' s Model (1997) on self-directed learning emerged in this study under the thematic area of coping strategies. Self-directedness was evident in the coping strategies; which included self-management (control by acknowledging the social environment in which the participants were interacting), cognitive responsibility (self-examination), and motivation (assuming personal responsibility). The role of a Native American Indian as a researcher was noted in enhancing the depth and breadth of the research., The examination of the differences between the sexes, Native American Nations, and/or languages spoken, and/or participation in cultural activities revealed: (a) one male and five females participants described sexism as a barrier; (b) no participant expressed particular barriers with regards to the Native American Nation in which they belonged to; (c) a majority of participants expressed that language was a barrier in one form or another; (d) participants described barriers to Native American Indian cultural participation as thoughts and feelings of being "lost" and "not belonging," which is evident in identity crisis or identity diffusion.
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Date Issued
2008
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/108066
Subject Headings
Discrimination in education, Educational equalization, Indians of North America, Education, Indian philosophy
Format
Document (PDF)
The Effect of a Culturally Relevant Cardiovascular Health Promotion Program on Rural African Americans
Title
The Effect of a Culturally Relevant Cardiovascular Health Promotion Program on Rural African Americans.
Creator
Abbott, Laurie S., Williams, Christine L., Florida Atlantic University, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Abstract/Description
Health disparities among rural African Americans include disproportionately higher morbidity and mortality rates associated with cardiovascular disease. Interventions designed to decrease cardiovascular risk can potentially improve health outcomes among rural, underserved communities. The purpose of this study was to test the effect of a cardiovascular health promotion intervention among rural African Americans. An experimental study randomized by church clusters was done in two rural...
Show moreHealth disparities among rural African Americans include disproportionately higher morbidity and mortality rates associated with cardiovascular disease. Interventions designed to decrease cardiovascular risk can potentially improve health outcomes among rural, underserved communities. The purpose of this study was to test the effect of a cardiovascular health promotion intervention among rural African Americans. An experimental study randomized by church clusters was done in two rural counties in northern Florida. A total of 229 participants, 114 in the intervention group and 115 in the control group, were recruited from twelve rural African American churches. The pretest-posttest design included instruments chosen to measure cardiovascular health habits and knowledge as well as changes in produce consumption, dietary fat intake, and exercise using the major components of the Integrated Model of Behavioral Prediction: intentions, norms, attitudes, and self-efficacy. Linear mixed model was the statistical test used to detect the program effects. Participants who received the intervention had significant increases in scores for the cardiovascular health habits (p < .01) and health knowledge (p < .01) variables compared with the control group. There were also significant group differences regarding intentions to increase produce consumption (p < .01) and reduce dietary fat intake (p < .01). The cardiovascular health program was associated with other statistically significant results including produce consumption attitudes (p = .01) and norms (p < .01), dietary fat attitudes (p = .04) and norms (p < .01), and exercise attitudes (p < .01). There were also significant results found for perceived behavioral control/self-efficacy regarding increasing produce consumption (p < .01), reducing dietary fat intake (p = .03), and increasing exercise (p = .01). Compared to the control group, the cardiovascular health promotion intervention was effective in fostering positive health effects for most of the variables measured. The findings supported the theoretical framework used for guiding the study, the Integrative Model of Behavioral Prediction Nurse-led health promotion interventions within church settings can be effective means for reducing overall cardiovascular risk and health disparities among rural African American populations.
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Date Issued
2015
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004475
Subject Headings
African Americans -- Health and hygiene, African Americans -- Health services accessibility, African Americans -- Health services accessibility, Cultural awareness -- United States, Discrimination in medical care, Health status indicators -- United States
Format
Document (PDF)
One yard shy of empowerment
Title
One yard shy of empowerment: cinematic portrayals of female athletes.
Creator
Lieberman, Vividiana., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Center for Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Abstract/Description
Sports are a primary zone of masculinity and sports films are a popular genre. One is hard pressed to find many leading female roles as athletes in male-dominated sports storylines. The cinematic portrayal of women athletes represents social attitudes and values and whether or not the women's movement has been able to influence representations and, concomitantly, social understandings of women and athleticism. My discussion of films featuring female athletes begins with National Velvet (1944)...
Show moreSports are a primary zone of masculinity and sports films are a popular genre. One is hard pressed to find many leading female roles as athletes in male-dominated sports storylines. The cinematic portrayal of women athletes represents social attitudes and values and whether or not the women's movement has been able to influence representations and, concomitantly, social understandings of women and athleticism. My discussion of films featuring female athletes begins with National Velvet (1944) and ends with Whip It (2008). By examining select sports films centered on all female teams, co-ed teams and individual female athletes, I show how their storylines and resolutions do or do not capitulate to patriarchal ideology. I find a general capitulation, with some concessions to women's equality. I conclude with a call for a degendering of sports and a redefinition of strength, competitiveness and aggression as human, not masculine.
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Date Issued
2012
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3342205
Subject Headings
Women athletes, Feminism and sports, Competition (Psychology), Minorities in motion pictures, Sex discrimination against women
Format
Document (PDF)
Finding the rainbow connection
Title
Finding the rainbow connection: moving from toleration to human dignity and acceptance in American life and law.
Creator
Lange, Alex C., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Abstract/Description
The surge in granting equal rights to gays and lesbians in the United States is remarkable. Yet with this surge comes a conflict : the civil rights of gays and lesbians against the rights of religious individuals, predominantly Christians, refusing to tolerate a behavior they think immoral. My thesis focuses on two hypothetical situations : a county clerk refusing to issue a marriage license to an engaged lesbian couple and an inn owner refusing a night's stay to a gay couple. In both cases,...
Show moreThe surge in granting equal rights to gays and lesbians in the United States is remarkable. Yet with this surge comes a conflict : the civil rights of gays and lesbians against the rights of religious individuals, predominantly Christians, refusing to tolerate a behavior they think immoral. My thesis focuses on two hypothetical situations : a county clerk refusing to issue a marriage license to an engaged lesbian couple and an inn owner refusing a night's stay to a gay couple. In both cases, the clerk and inn owner refuse service for religious reasons. Normatively, I argue that we must move beyond a framework of toleration to a system of equal respect and understanding of our fellow human beings. Legally, I argue that the rights of religious expression and exercise should not trump the civil rights of gays and lesbians in the public sphere.
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Date Issued
2012
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3359308
Subject Headings
Gay liberation movement, History, Religion and politics, History, Gay rights, Public opinion, Gays, Social conditions, Constitutional law, Religious aspects, Same-sex marriage, Law and legislation, Sex discrimination, Law and legislation, Gays, Legal status, laws, etc
Format
Document (PDF)
The national security and the national faith; guarantees for the national freedman and the national creditor.
Title
The national security and the national faith; guarantees for the national freedman and the national creditor.
Creator
Sumner, Charles 1811-1874, Ticknor and Fields
Abstract/Description
Speech of Honorable Charles Sumner at the Republican state convention, in Worcester. FAU Libraries' copy has original printed wrappers; side stitched with cord.
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb22f12
Subject Headings
African Americans -- Civil rights, American Civil War (1861-1865), Equality before the law -- United States, Freedmen -- United States, Massachusetts -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950, Race discrimination -- United States -- History -- Sources, Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877), Republican Party (Mass.) -- State Convention -- (1865 : -- Worcester, Mass.), Slavery -- United States, United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects
Format
E-book
"See the conquering hero comes" : principles of Stephen A. Douglas illustrated in his speeches.
Title
"See the conquering hero comes" : principles of Stephen A. Douglas illustrated in his speeches.
Creator
Douglas, Stephen A. (Stephen Arnold) 1813-1861
Abstract/Description
Caption title. Summary: Extracts from speeches given by Douglas during his campaign tour through the U.S. in 1859. Text printed in two columns. FAU Libraries' copy imperfect: pages trimmed rough and too closely along fore edge, with some loss of text on pages 3-5; pages 1-2 torn, with some loss of text.
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb18f44
Subject Headings
Douglas, Stephen A. -- (Stephen Arnold) -- 1813-1861 -- Views on slavery, Campaign literature -- 1859 -- Democratic, Campaign literature -- United States -- 19th century, Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States, Slavery -- United States -- Extension to the territories, Race discrimination -- Law and legislation -- United States, United States -- Politics and government -- 1857-1861, Democratic Party (U.S.)
Format
E-book
President Hayes's southern policy. : an address delivered in the town hall, Hiram, Ohio, Tuesday evening, September 25, 1877.
Title
President Hayes's southern policy. : an address delivered in the town hall, Hiram, Ohio, Tuesday evening, September 25, 1877.
Creator
Hinsdale, B. A. (Burke Aaron) 1837-1900, Hiram College
Abstract/Description
Cover title. Includes bibliographical references. FAU Libraries' copy imperfect: loose pages, all edges trimmed.
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb23f42
Subject Headings
African Americans -- Civil rights, African Americans -- History -- 1863-1877 -- Sources, African Americans -- Suffrage, Freedmen -- Southern States, Hayes, Rutherford B. -- 1822-1893, Hinsdale, B. A. -- (Burke Aaron) -- 1837-1900, Postwar reconstruction -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources, Race discrimination -- United States -- History, Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) -- History -- 19th century, Slavery -- Southern States
Format
E-book
Soil of misfortune: Education, poverty, and race in a rural south Florida community
Title
Soil of misfortune: Education, poverty, and race in a rural south Florida community.
Creator
Gonzalez, Juan Carlos., Florida Atlantic University, Kirsch, Max H.
Abstract/Description
This dissertation addresses the structural components of education in the United States and how they have hindered the ability of a community's black and brown children to obtain the knowledge and resources needed to succeed and adapt to the changing circumstances of their region and beyond. It will do so through a case study of a small community in the American South, where the failure of education to provide access to the American dream has been clearly demonstrated in persistent poverty...
Show moreThis dissertation addresses the structural components of education in the United States and how they have hindered the ability of a community's black and brown children to obtain the knowledge and resources needed to succeed and adapt to the changing circumstances of their region and beyond. It will do so through a case study of a small community in the American South, where the failure of education to provide access to the American dream has been clearly demonstrated in persistent poverty and lack of opportunity available to its residents. Belle Glade, Florida is a rural community centrally located within the Everglades Agricultural Area. Fifty years after the historic 1954 Brown vs. Board decision, which outlawed school segregation and the separate but equal claims of Plessy vs. Ferguson, little has changed in this poor rural community. This study shows that this community, rather than representing an isolated case, is reflective of many small non-metro communities of the American South. Though integration initially intended to balance the great disparity that existed between the schools for black children and schools for white children in regards to facilities, materials, and curriculum, in Belle Glade and throughout the South those same disparities still exist today. This study argues that current state education policies, modeled after the federal government's "No Child Left Behind Plan," are a veneer for a separate and unequal educational policy and practice in the state of Florida. It seeks to explore and document why this has occurred, and place this case study within the larger context of structural inequalities on the local, national and global levels. How is it that the "freest nation in the world" with the largest gross national product has yet to fulfill its most fundamental promise to this community---equal opportunity and access to quality education? Thus, this dissertation asks why regardless of the policies, plans, curricula and tests the district and state adopt, at times with the best of intentions, nothing seems to improve the conditions of these black citizens? More importantly, when these issues are addressed, who speaks, under what conditions and for whom?
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Date Issued
2005
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12161
Subject Headings
Social capital (Sociology)--United States, Segregation in education--Florida--Belle Glade, African Americans--Education--History--20th century, Educational change--Florida--Belle Glade, Race relations in school management--Florida, Discrimination in education--Florida
Format
Document (PDF)
vestiges of Brown
Title
The vestiges of Brown: an analysis of the placements of African American principals in Florida public schools (2010-2011).
Creator
Nesmith, Leo, College of Education, Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
Abstract/Description
The purpose of this study was to examine and describe the relationship between a school's percentage of African American students enrolled and the placement of an African American principal for all of Florida's K-12 traditional public schools during the academic year 2010-2011. This study also sought to determine if this relationship was moderated by each school's level, size, letter grade, socioeconomic status (FRL), gender of principal, as well as gender and race of the presiding district...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to examine and describe the relationship between a school's percentage of African American students enrolled and the placement of an African American principal for all of Florida's K-12 traditional public schools during the academic year 2010-2011. This study also sought to determine if this relationship was moderated by each school's level, size, letter grade, socioeconomic status (FRL), gender of principal, as well as gender and race of the presiding district superintendent. Lastly, the relationship between each moderator variable and the placement of African American principals was examined. The ultimate objective was to determine if limited opportunities still widely exist in the placement of African American principals throughout Florida. ... From a legal perspective, although Brown and its progeny of civil rights laws valiantly set out to eliminate race and racism from schools and in the workplace, the findings revealed that race continues to be a factor in determining inequity in principal placements.
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Date Issued
2013
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3362578
Subject Headings
Racism in education, Discrimination in education, Law and legislation, African American educators, Faculty integration, Education, Urban, Political aspects
Format
Document (PDF)