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Florida's Gold Seal Quality Care program, created in statute in 1996, serves as a policy lever to improve program quality in childcare and serve as a symbol of quality for parents when choosing a childcare provider for their children....
African and Hispanic American businesses lag behind in the utilization of electronic commerce. As the global market expands, electronic commerce utilization will be important to the survival of these businesses. This research sought to...
The purpose of this study is to seek a greater understanding of the political dynamics influencing the involvement of Florida institutions of higher education in alternative teacher certification policies and programs. Adapting J. Victor...
From "Silence and Darkness:" Historical Origins of the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind, 1883 to 1917 is an early institutional history of the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind (FSDB) covering the first 34 years of the school's...
Friendship is a ubiquitous feature in all societies and social constructs, and has been examined in various ways throughout history. Ancient philosophers waxed poetically about the power of friendships, and more modern scholars have...
What Matters?: Exploring Links Among Institutional Expenditure Patterns, Undergraduate Graduation Rates, and Time-to-Degree at Public, Four-Year Colleges and Universities
This study explored institutional expenditure allocations to functional areas to determine whether or not any statistically significant relationships exist between expenditure allocations and graduation rates. As Ryan (2004) has noted, ...
The purpose of this study was to identify the leadership competencies and characteristics that are preferred by student affairs administrators, and to compare these preferences across generations to determine if there were any...
This qualitative study focused on female college seniors and their choices about their science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) college majors and career choice at the college level. STEM fields have an...
Women have been underrepresented in the STEM fields since the 1650's to today (Hunter, 2005). This study examined the extracurricular participation of undergraduate women, in Fall 2009, using both quantitative and qualitative methods, ...
An Application of the Teddlie and Stringfield School Effectiveness Model: A Case Study of How A High-Poverty Elementary School Became A High-Performing Elementary School
ABSTRACT The purpose of this descriptive, post hoc single case study was to understand how the five components of Teddlie and Stringfield`s (1993) school effectiveness model manifested themselves in school improvements efforts. This...
The objectives of this study were to investigate and characterize the geometric thinking of preservice middle and secondary mathematics teachers while taking account into their curiosity types and spatial ability levels, and to examine...
The dissertation examines the position of Dean of Women at the University of Florida (UF) and the first woman appointed to the post, Dr. Marna Brady. The scope of the study is from the position's creation on UF's campus, in 1947, until...
This study was aimed at understanding the perceptions of students and faculty at two National Architecture Accreditation Board accredited architecture programs regarding the social and psychological considerations in architectural design...
This study is based in the belief that we may use visual images as means of communication. In today's multicultural and globalized modern society the development of communication technology and transportation has made is extremely...
This dissertation presents an historical overview of the systematic educational limitations that have been faced by African-American's in the United States and then considers issues facing contemporary educational leaders in the context...
This study involves an analysis of policy interpretation at the level of local schools, regarding Florida's multicultural education standards. Such middle-level analysis is new; most prior work examined (state) governmental drafting of...
Sophia Sawyer (1792-1853) was born and educated in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. She was a strong-willed and independent woman who turned to teaching as a means of support after the death of her parents. At age thirty-one, she joined...
In democratizing states around the world, civic education programs have long formed a critical component of government and donor strategy to support the development of civil society and strengthen citizens' democratic competencies, ...
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