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Legal Analysis of the 10% Disadvantaged Small Business Set-Aside Provisions of H.R. 2400, the "Building Efficient Surface Transportation and Equity Act of 1997"

Description: This report discusses the vote on H.R. 2400, the "Building Efficient Surface Transportation and Equity Act of 1997"(BESTEA), an omnibus bill to fund surface transportation into the next century.
Date: March 25, 1998
Creator: Dale, Charles V.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Effect of Busing on School Success of Minority Students in Urban Elementary Schools

Description: The purposes of this study were (1) to determine whether the mean gains on achievement scores in reading and mathematics for bused students in grades four and five after one year in integrated schools is greater than the mean gain in reading and mathematics achievement scores for similar non-bused students in segregated schools; (2) to determine whether school attendance for bused students is greater than attendance for similar non-bused students; and (3) to determine if attitude toward school,… more
Date: December 1977
Creator: Thomas, Kenneth D., 1939-
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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[News Script: Mayor]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: January 6, 1970, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: March]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a unity march in downtown Dallas, Texas.
Date: May 1, 1971, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Human relations committee]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the approval for more minority representation for the Fort Worth city boards.
Date: September 19, 1972, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Education of Limited English Proficient and Recent Immigrant Students: Provisions in the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001

Description: The Language Acquisition State Grant Program under Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLBA) contains provisions intended to address the specific educational needs of limited English proficient (LEP) students and students who have recently immigrated to the United States.1 Title III represents a major overhaul of federal programs for LEP students formerly provided under ESEA, Title VII, Parts A and C.
Date: April 26, 2004
Creator: Kuenzi, Jeffrey J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Oral History Interview with Mary Finley, August 8, 2013

Description: Transcript of an interview with Mary Finley, administrator and co-founder of the UNT Ally program, concerning building LGBT resources at the UNT library and Ally program; Safe Zone programs; faculty training to support LGBT students in the DFW Metroplex; education and work experiences; influence to become an Ally; support of the gay community.
Access: Restricted to UNT Community Members. Login required if off-campus.
Date: August 8, 2013
Creator: Wisely, Karen & Finley, Mary, 1950-
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Parental Cultural Mistrust, Background Variables, and Attitudes Toward Seeking Mental Health Services for Their Children

Description: Attitudes toward mental illness and the willingness to seek psychological treatment for their children among ethnic minority group parents were investigated. Participants consisted of black, Hispanic, Native American and Asian parents. All parents were given the Terrell and Terrell Cultural Mistrust Inventory, Cohen and Struening Opinions About Mental Illness Scale, Reid-Gundlach Social Services Satisfaction Scale, Fischer-Turner Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Help Scale, and Ahluwalia P… more
Date: August 1990
Creator: Ahluwalia, Ekta
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Ethnically Mixed Individuals: Cultural Homelessness or Multicultural Integration?

Description: Studies addressing racial/ethnic identity development have often overlooked the developmental cultural context. The impact of growing up with contradictory cultures has not been well explored. Immersion in multiple cultures may produce mixed patterns of strengths deficits. This study reviews the literature's currently inconsistent usage of the terms race, ethnicity, and culture; introduces the concept and theoretical framework of Cultural Homelessness; relates CH to multicultural integration; … more
Date: May 1999
Creator: Navarrete-Vivero, Veronica
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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A Profile of Minority Students Enrolled at North Texas State University

Description: This study initially was designed to produce an in-depth profile of minority students at North Texas State University. After the original dissertation proposal was presented and accepted the "Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974" was passed. Considerable time passed while NTSU officials developed a legal basis as to the kind of information that would be accessible to doctoral students. The problem of this study was to construct a profile of minority students at NTSU who enrolled du… more
Date: May 1976
Creator: King, Harold Ray
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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[News Script: Church for ten]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about church segregation.
Date: February 17, 1971, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: School survey]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about race surveys in Texas schools pointing out white students as the minority.
Date: October 7, 1972, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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A Process Model for the Development of Culture-Based Learning Experiences

Description: The problem with which this study is concerned is the development of a process model through which culturally-relevant learning materials could be developed. "Culture-based learning materials" are defined to be materials which take into account the child's cultural/linguistic/experiential background and his natural interests. An illustration of the use of the model, for the purpose of demonstrating how to devise culture-based learning experiences via the model, is provided. Teachers of elementa… more
Date: August 1978
Creator: Rivera, Gilbert D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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[News Clip: Black judge]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: November 7, 1984, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 33 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Searching for hidden treasure: The identification of under-represented gifted and talented students.

Description: The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of staff development on the nomination and identification of culturally diverse and/or economically disadvantaged students for gifted programs. Teachers kindergarten through fifth grade from ten districts (N = 100) received 30 hours of staff development in gifted education. The experimental group (n = 50) received a specialized version of the training. The control group (n = 50) received the standard training provided by the Education Service… more
Date: August 2008
Creator: Tucker, Tammy Newman
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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[News Script: Contractors]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about representatives of a Dallas construction union, unable to agree with the goals of Dallas' "hometown plan" to provide jobs and training to minorities.
Date: June 2, 1972, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Pre-Service Teachers' Attitudes Toward Language Diversity

Description: This study examines pre-service teachers' attitudes toward language diversity and linguistically diverse students. Two hundred seventy-one teacher education students were surveyed to determine relative effects of demographic, mediating variables and psychosocial variables on language attitude as measured by the Language Attitudes of Teachers Scale (LATS). Independent variables include gender, age, race/ethnicity, teacher certification sought, region, psychological insecurity, cognitive sophisti… more
Date: August 2000
Creator: Leek, Patricia A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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