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A Student Environment Model: a Measure of Institutional Effectiveness

Description: In a rapidly changing environment of growing competition for limited resources and ever increasing operational costs, institutions of higher education must focus on all aspects of the organizational functions to insure institutional effectiveness and the maximization of student success. This study will use a Student Environment Model (SEM) to assess students' perception of their college environment outside of the formal classroom at a unique two year technical college. The information obtained … more
Date: May 1995
Creator: Morris, Lucille Darline
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A Study of Student Environmental Knowledge and Attitudes in Selected High Schools in the Permian Basin Region of Texas

Description: This study is a partial replication of research conducted by Perkes (1973). The problem in this study is to assess the magnitude of the relationship between student knowledge of the environment, student gender, grade level, and size of school attended; and the level of attitudinal differences between students based upon student gender, grade level, and the size of school that students attend. Methods of data collection include the use of an environmental knowledge and attitude inventory used by… more
Date: December 1991
Creator: Manning, Sammy J. (Sammy Joe)
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The Cultural, Physiological, Morphological and Chemical Characteristics of an Actinomycete from Lake Waco, Texas

Description: The purpose then of this paper has been to expand our knowledge of these aquatic forms by investigating the cultural, physiological, morphological, and chemical characteristics of an actinomycete isolated from the water supply, Lake Waco, of Waco, Texas.
Date: January 1954
Creator: McCormick, William C.
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A Study to Determine the Extent to Which the Community Served by South Junior High School of Waco, Texas, is Meeting the Recreational Needs of its Girls

Description: The purpose of this research is to make a study of the recreation program for girls served by the South Junior High School in Waco, Texas, to determine the extent to which the community meets the recreational needs of these girls.
Date: 1949
Creator: Stevens, Irene Gresham
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The Administration of the Guidance Program for Secondary Schools

Description: An attempt will be made to answer these questions: (1) Why is a guidance program necessary? (2) What steps are being taken to accomplish the objectives set forth? (3) What is considered the best method of instituting a guidance program? In answering these questions a study of the guidance programs in a few of the leading cities and states of the United States has been taken into consideration. The best possible method or combination of methods will be recommended. This method will be compared w… more
Date: January 1948
Creator: Hillyer, Martha B.
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A Proposed Program of Intramural Sports for Men at Baylor University

Description: The purpose of the study is to construct an intramural sports program for men at Baylor University. The careful consideration of the existing situation, in the light of theories (regarding the role of intramurals in the physical education program) accepted by recognized authorities in the field, provides a practical basis for the construction of an intramural sports program designed to meet more adequately the needs of the men students enrolled in the university.
Date: 1948
Creator: Menefee, Billy M.
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Educational Opportunities in the West Independent School District and the Surrounding Common School Districts could be Improved through Consolidation

Description: The purpose of this study is to determine the extent of educational inequalities existing in the West Independent School District and the eight surrounding rural school districts, and to suggest changes that might improve educational opportunities for all children involved.
Date: 1947
Creator: Kennedy, G. D.
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A Study to Determine the Curriculum Changes Needed, If Any, to Provide a Standard Vocational High School for the Waco State Home, Waco, Texas

Description: The purpose of the study is to make a survey of criteria for a general high school vocational program, to evaluate the vocational program of the Waco State Home High School in this respect, and to make recommendations, where thought necessary, for needed changes in the curriculum.
Date: 1942
Creator: Reed, Walter L.
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An Evaluation of the Physical Education, Health, and Recreation Program of the Waco State Home

Description: "The purpose of this study was to evaluate the program of physical education, health, and recreation of the Waco State School from 1933 to 1940...In view of these definite results, the conclusion is made that the Physical Education, Health, and Recreation Program of the Waco State Home has been successful in the following respects: 1. It has developed normal, happy children who have a chance to become useful, self-supporting children. 2. The Health, Physical Education, and Recreation Program of… more
Date: June 1941
Creator: Smyers, John D.
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An Evaluation of the Public-Relations Programs of the Four-Year Affiliated High School Districts in McLennan County, Texas

Description: In this study, the purpose is to ascertain the types and media of public-relations programs in effect, to determine the uses being made of these types and media, to evaluate the findings of the methods in use, and to make suggestions and recommendations for an effective public-school relations program in the schools included in the survey.
Date: 1941
Creator: England, Sidney, H.
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