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A Brief History of WXCI
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A Call to Arms to Grieve Over Themselves: Chinese Intellectual Trends in the Early Twentieth Century
(2008-01-01)On August 11, 1872, the Chinese government sent a total of 120 young men, who ranged from seven to thirteen years old, to the United States of America for fifteen years of study. The Chinese government paid stipends to ... -
A CASE STUDY OF THE CATHOLIC COLLEGE EXPERIENCE FOR RURAL, FIRST-GENERATION STUDENTS
(2021-05-16)<p>Research is needed on rural, first-generation college students and what supports them in attending and persisting at a private Catholic university. Specifically, this dissertation sought to understand participant ... -
A Chain Of Events
(2011-05-18)This is a collection of four personal essays that outline my adult years. The essays reference back to when I was younger to reflect how I was raised, my morals and our family style. Each essay was a turning point in my ... -
A COMPARISON OF PROBLEM-SOLVING CONFIDENCE AND PROBLEM-SOLVING STYLES IN TRADITIONAL AND TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLS
(2020-04-17)<p>For more than 100 years the United States has invested funds into public high schools and career technical centers to support youth workforce development, yet little research is represented in the literature on this ... -
A COMPARISON OF TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THE LEADERSHIP STYLES OF MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF SCHOOL CLIMATE
(2008-05-01)<p>The purpose of the research study was to (a) determine how teachers’ perceptions of the leadership styles (transformational, transactional, and passive) of middle school principals and instructional leaders differed; ... -
A Departed Mind Devoid of Infatuation
(2013-12-12)This is a short story about a young man's loss of his beloved girlfriend Kaitlin. Kaitlin acts as a stabilizer and female role model as well as a lover in this piece and after the loss the main character, Doug Fatima, ... -
A Different Learner
(2013-05-07)This thesis project is a look inside the difficult journey of a learning disabled student, whose disability fell under the federal law: Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Using personal stories and experiences, ... -
A History of DreamWorks/SKG
(2007-12-11)This project is a comprehensive history of the DreamWorks entertainment company, which chronicles the corporation's thirteen year existence from 1994 until the present of 2007. Focus is placed on the successes and failures ... -
A New Genus of Podostemaceae from Venezuela
(2011-12-01)The new genus Autana C. T. Philbrick and species A. andersonii C. T. Philbrick are illustrated and described. The new species is documented from four rivers that drain into the Orinoco River, Amazonas, Venezuela. Autana ... -
A new species of Castelnavia (Podostemaceae) from Tocantins, Brazil
(2008-01-01)Castelnavia noveloi C. T. Philbrick & C. P. Bove is distinguished from other species of Castelnavia Tulasne & Weddell (Podostemaceae) based on the production of stems arising perpendicular from the leaf petiole (petiolar ... -
A New Species of Ceratolacis (Podostemaceae) from Minas Gerais, Brazil
(2004-03-01)A new species of Ceratolacis (C. pedunculatum) is illustrated and described. The new species is known from four locations in central Minas Gerais, Brazil. Ceratolacis pendunculatum is distinguished from the only other ... -
A New Species of Podostemum (Podostemaceae) from the States of Paraná and Santa Catarina, Brazil
(2001-01-01)A new species of Podostemaceae, Podostemum irgangii, from the states of Santa Catarina and Parana, Brazil, is described and illustrated. Features that distinguish the new species are the uniformly verticillate leaves and ... -
[A Revolution to Save the World]
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A Story About A Guy: The Continuing Adventures Of A Man Who Adventures
(2012-05-01)A Story About A Guy: The Continuing Adventures Of A Man Who Adventures is a comedic story set in a fantasy setting. The premise is that the main character (who can both hear the narrator and refuses to let the audience ... -
A STUDY OF THE BARD COLLEGE WRITING MODEL AND ITS APPLICATION IN AN URBAN HIGH SCHOOL
(2009-05-01)<p>For over twenty years, Bard College's Institute for Writing and Thinking (IWT) has been used to teach its incoming freshmen how to use writing as a tool to think more creatively and at a higher conceptual level. Bard ... -
A Traumatic Brain Injury: My Battle with 'Healed'
(2013-03-15)This thesis is a piece of memoir. I was diagnosed with Traumatic Brain Injury in the fall of 2008 after flipping my Mini Cooper over a median of the Merritt Parkway and crashing it into a tree. This is an account of my ... -
A True Irish American
(5/13/2008)Abstract: This thesis contains the opening chapters of the novel A True Irish-American. A True Irish-American is a fictional story of the Irish immigration to the United States from the 1920's-1970's. Using fictional ... -
A World Away: Inside The World of Warcraft
(2009-12-17)This collection of articles provides an in-depth look at the many reasons why players start playing, continue to play, and eventually quit playing massively multiplayer online games, with the bulk of the project focusing ... -
Abused Women - Why Do They Stay?
(2012-05-11)This thesis project is a long-form human interest journalistic piece that focuses on why educated, professional women stay in abusive relationships. It opens with a personal story and also draws on interviews with female ...
