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84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1305, Chapter 1250
Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to a program to provide a free or reduced-price breakfast to eligible students attending a public school and the method of determining the number of educationally disadvantaged students.
Date:
June 20, 2015
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Local Food Systems: Selected Farm Bill and Other Federal Programs
This report discusses how locally produced food systems and farmers are impacted and supported by federal programs including marketing and promotion, business assistance and research, rural and community development programs, and nutrition assistance programs.
Date:
March 20, 2015
Creator:
Johnson, Renée & Cowan, Tadlock
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Environmental Protection Agency Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units, Book 2
EPA report establishes the final ruling on state guidelines for reduction of greenhouse gas emissions (specifically CO2) from existing electric generating units powered by fossil fuels. Interim emission goals are established for each state in years 2022-2029, and final goals start with years 2030-2031.
Date:
October 23, 2015
Creator:
United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
UNT Libraries: TRAC Conformance Document
The UNT Libraries: TRAC Conformance Document is designed to supplement and provide extended reference to the UNT Libraries’ TRAC Audit Checklist (Appendix A), which outlines the requirements of a Trusted Digital Repository. The self assessment of the UNT Libraries and its Digital Collections encompasses an evaluation of its associated policies, procedures, workflows, modelling, and technical infrastructure in the TRAC audit process.
Date:
October 2015
Creator:
Phillips, Mark Edward; Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw; Krahmer, Ana; Tarver, Hannah & Waugh, Laura
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
GIS in AP Human Geography: a Means of Developing Students’ Spatial Thinking?
Geography education is undergoing change in K-12 education due in part to the introduction of geospatial technologies, including geographic information systems (GIS). Although active engagement in GIS mapping would seem to enhance students’ spatial thinking, little is known about the mapping strategies that students employ or about changes in their geographic knowledge that would result. This study, set in a high school Advanced Placement human geography class, sought to contribute to these areas of inquiry. Participants performed a web-based GIS task focused on global population and migration. Attention in the study was on (a) the strategies students employed when investigating geographic phenomena using GIS, (b) changes in their cognitive maps, as assessed through sketch maps, resulting from the activity, (c) the relationship between GIS maps and sketch maps, and (d) the ways in which a subset of students serving as case studies explained the nature of their mapping. The study employed screen-captures, video-recordings, observations, pre- and post-study sketch maps, and interviews. Analyses of the GIS process revealed that, in creating their maps, the students used a number of strategies, which included searching, layering, removing layers of data, adjusting transparency, editing, and noting. Although searching and layering were employed by all …
Date:
May 2015
Creator:
Webster, Megan L.
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Student and Family Perspectives on Gifted and Advanced Academics Participation for African American High School Students
Many students and their families do not understand the impact of students’ involvement in gifted or advanced academics educational programs and their potentially positive effects and challenges. Nationally African American students are underrepresented in gifted and advanced academics courses in high schools; however, African American students and families often do not advocate for their inclusion in these educational pathways. A survey of literature supporting this study of voices of African American families concerning gifted and advanced academics participation focused on (1) the historical underpinnings for equity and excellence for African American and for gifted and advanced academics learners, (2) how the lack of an agreed upon definition of gifted and advanced academics by the professional field might contribute to the problem, and (3) how African American parents made educational decisions for and with their children, especially concerning college. Employing semi-structured interviews and a focus group, this qualitative case study examined how four students from each of three groups, gifted and talented, advanced academics, and neither, and a representative group of their parents perceived these programs and their children’s involvement in them within the framework provided by a single school district. African American families in this study asked for a partnership …
Date:
August 2015
Creator:
Zeske, Karen Marie
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID): Background, Operations, and Issues
This report provides background information on the institutional makeup and operations of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the leading international humanitarian and development arm of the U.S. government. It then discusses in greater depth several aspects of the agency that might be of particular congressional interest.
Date:
July 21, 2015
Creator:
Tarnoff, Curt
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Catalog of Emeritus College: Spring 2015]
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNT's course catalog for Spring 2015. Includes classes available at the University of North Texas and Texas Woman's University.
Date:
2015~
Creator:
University of North Texas. Emeritus College.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Expanding the Notion of Campus Climate: the Effect of Religion and Spirituality on the Perception of Campus Climate
Religion/spirituality is a salient facet of identity for many college students, yet addressing issues related to spirituality/religion is contentious in many higher education institutions. Prior research has shown that various other facets of identity, including race/ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation, affect a student’s perception of campus climate, but religious/spiritual identity has not been examined in the same manner. Using confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling, this study empirically tests the addition of religion/spirituality to the campus climate theory developed by Hurtado et al. (1999). Data came from the 2010 College Senior Survey administered by the Higher Education Research Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles. Results indicate that religious and spiritual identity have significant direct effects on the perception and other aspects of campus climate. Future research is needed to extend the understanding between religious and spiritual identity and the perception of campus climate.
Date:
August 2015
Creator:
Herrera, Christina M.
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Derivation: Excerpts From a Novel
The dissertation consists of a critical preface and excerpts from the novel Derivation. The preface details how the novel Derivation explores the tension between the artist and the academy in the university, as well as the role memory plays in the construction of fictional narratives. The preface also details how narrative voice is used to expand the scope of Derivation, and ends with a discussion of masculine tropes in the novel. Derivation traces the path of a woman trying to rebuild her life in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, returning first to her blue collar roots before pursuing a career as an academic.
Date:
August 2015
Creator:
Davis, Matthew
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Influence of Local Forage Variability on White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Body Size at Fort Hood, Texas
Nutritional quality and availability is thought to regulate geographic patterns of variability in animal body size due to phenotypic plasticity. The purpose of this study is to determine how vegetation quality, abundance and population density influence white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) body size on a subregional spatial scale at Fort Hood, Texas. Harvest and census records are used to test the hypothesis that white-tailed deer exhibit phenotypic plasticity (e.g. larger body size) in response to differences in vegetation quality and availability. Results from these analyses suggest that forage quality and abundance alone is not a main driver of white-tailed deer body size. Analysis of deer population density (generally) resulted in an inverse relationship with body size. Areas with high quality forage and low population density support larger deer while areas with low quality forage and high density support smaller than average deer. The few exceptions occur in areas exhibiting poor quality forage and low population density or high forage quality and high density. Results from this study suggest that continued overcrowding of deer within isolated areas may eventually lead to efficiency phenotypic conditions producing smaller sized deer. These results could prove useful in interpreting deer population responses to harvest management. For …
Date:
December 2015
Creator:
Eddins, Amy C.
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Reach Magazine, Volume 2, Number 1, Summer 2015
Semi-annual magazine of Tarrant County Community College describing programs on campus and in the community, graduation numbers, their 50th anniversary, and student alumni accomplishments.
Date:
2015
Creator:
Tarrant County College
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Catalog of the University of Houston-Clear Lake, 2015-2016, Graduate
Annual graduate catalog of the University of Houston-Clear Lake describing the school, admission requirements, tuition, financial aid, departments, and classes for the 2015-2016 school year.
Date:
2015
Creator:
University of Houston--Clear Lake
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
A Tale of Two Cities: Exploring the Dual Language Program Implementation and Biliteracy Trajectories at Two Schools
With the increase in emergent bilinguals and higher standards for all, the challenge for educational stakeholders is to fully utilize dual language programs as a prominent means toward meeting and surpassing rigorous state and national standards. Part of maximizing dual language programs’ impact, and the purpose of this study, was to provide detailed analyses of program models and student biliteracy development. Thus, the research questions sought to explore the level of understanding and implementation of dual language programs in general and the biliteracy component in particular at each campus, before documenting the second through fifth grade English and Spanish reading biliteracy trajectories of students at each school. Both campuses experienced more challenges in the implementation of the program structure, staff quality, and professional development rather than in curriculum and instruction. Furthermore, although both campuses’ students experienced positive trajectories towards biliteracy by the end of fifth grade, each campus was characterized by different rates and correlation between English and Spanish reading growth in each grade. Finally, the researcher conducted a split plot MANOVA to examine how much variance in the biliteracy trajectories was explained by school attendance, gender, initial English oral language and initial Spanish oral language; only school of attendance …
Date:
August 2015
Creator:
Babino, Alexandra
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
School and Community Partnerships: Effect on At-risk Elementary Student Populations
The purpose of this study was to investigate the current practices of school and community partnerships in five North Texas elementary schools. In addition, the study focused on the influence community partnerships have on at-risk students based on at-risk indicators data. The literature revealed that when schools, parents, and families work together, students tend to earn higher grades, attend school more regularly, stay in school longer, and enrolled in coursework beyond high school. The target population included approximately 350 administrators, teachers, and paraprofessionals from five North Texas elementary schools. Also included were the respective partners from each of the five elementary schools. This research included online survey instrument and data were gathered and analyzed through a combination of statistical procedures and descriptive and inferential statistics. The results may provide other schools with a profile of school and community partnerships that can be implemented as a method to help their at-risk student populations. Findings included a descriptive analysis of factors that contributed to the success of community engagement efforts as well as those factors that limited those efforts. A secondary purpose of this study was of continuous improvement in developing these approaches through a goal-setting approach. Schools included in the study …
Date:
December 2015
Creator:
Tucker, Linda Cavazos
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Political Philosophy of Rabelais’s Pantagruel: Reconciling Thought and Action
Political thinkers of the Renaissance, foremost among them Niccolò Machiavelli and Desiderius Erasmus, authored works commonly referred to as “mirrors of princes.” These writings described how princes should rule, and also often recommended a certain arrangement or relationship between the intellectual class and the political powers. François Rabelais’s five books of Pantagruel also depict and recommend a new relationship between these elements of society. For Rabelais, the tenets of a philosophy that he calls Pantagruelism set the terms between philosophers and rulers. Pantagruelism, defined in Rabelais’s Quart Livre as “gaiety of spirit confected in contempt for fortuitous things,” suggest a measured attitude toward politics. Rabelais’s prince, Pantagruel, accordingly rejects the tendencies of ancient thinkers such as Diogenes the Cynic who viewed politics as futile. Yet Pantagruel also rejects the anti-theoretical disposition of modern thinkers such as Machiavelli who placed too much confidence in politics. I demonstrate how Rabelais warns against the philosophers’ entrance into public service, and how he simultaneously promotes a less selfish philosophy than that of Diogenes. I argue that Pantagruel’s correction of his friend Panurge through the consultations of experts regarding the latter’s marriage problem shows that fortune will always trouble human life and politics. I also …
Date:
August 2015
Creator:
Haglund, Timothy
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Review of Litigation, Volume 34, Number 2, Spring 2015
Quarterly journal containing articles, notes, and other analyses of litigation and related issues in the United States or internationally.
Date:
March 2015
Creator:
University of Texas at Austin. School of Law.
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 105, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 8, 2015
Weekly student newspaper from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and campus news along with advertising.
Date:
October 8, 2015
Creator:
Friedman, Nicholas
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
OTR: On The Record (Denton, Tex.)
Monthly summer entertainment magazine published by the NT Daily, a semi-weekly student newspaper from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date:
August 2015
Creator:
Balusek, Edward
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
NT Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 06, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 5, 2015
Semi-weekly student newspaper from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and campus news along with advertising.
Date:
February 5, 2015
Creator:
Jones, Caitlyn
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
NT Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 03, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Semi-weekly student newspaper from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and campus news along with advertising.
Date:
January 27, 2015
Creator:
Jones, Caitlyn
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 105, No. 14, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Weekly student newspaper from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and campus news along with advertising.
Date:
November 25, 2015
Creator:
Friedman, Nicholas
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
NT Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 27, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Semi-weekly student newspaper from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and campus news along with advertising.
Date:
April 28, 2015
Creator:
Jones, Caitlyn
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 105, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 24, 2015
Weekly student newspaper from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and campus news along with advertising.
Date:
September 24, 2015
Creator:
Friedman, Nicholas
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History