An Investigation of Factors Deterring Participation in Continuing Professional Education (open access)

An Investigation of Factors Deterring Participation in Continuing Professional Education

This study was conceived as an attempt to determine .and analyze factors deterring participation in continuing professional education among social workers in environments where continuing education for relicensure is mandatory and voluntary. The specific research design implemented to complete this study was the ex-post facto descriptive design. The sample included 106 social workers randomly selected in the state of Texas where continuing education is mandatory and 94 social workers in the state of Louisiana where continuing education is voluntary. The instrument used was the Deterrent to Participation Scale developed by Scanlan (1983) and a demographic inventory. Scanlan (1983) earlier identified six factors deterring participation in continuing professional education: Disengagement, Lack of Quality, Family Constraints, Cost, Lack of Benefit, and Work Constraints. The study concluded that social workers in both states considered work constraint as a major factor deterring participation in continuing professional education. Also the factors of cost and lack of quality were also considered as crucial barriers in their efforts to participate in continuing professional education. The Wilks' multivariate test of significance of the means and univariate F tests at alpha level p < .05 revealed differences in the combined mean scores of social workers in both states when …
Date: December 1985
Creator: Akintade, Aribigbola
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Characteristics of Development Directors in Charitable Homes for the Aged (open access)

Characteristics of Development Directors in Charitable Homes for the Aged

This study concerns the characteristics of fund development directors employed in selected homes for the aged. The first purpose of this study is to develop a profile of job functions, through task analysis, among development directors in charitable homes for the aged. The second purpose of this study is to develop a profile of personal characteristics of development directors of charitable homes for the aged based on the following characteristics: age, sex, educational background, experience outside development, membership in community organizations and amount of specific training in fund development. One instrument was used to gather data for the study. It was distributed to a population of 29 development directors in charitable homes for the aged in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas. This population was predetermined by an initial survey form sent to 193 chief executive officers in the five states mentioned above. Twenty-nine reported formalized programs employing a full-time person with at least a part-time involvement in fund development activities. Of the twenty-nine development directors surveyed, fifteen usable instruments were received (52 percent). A program was used for the survey that included crosstabulation of social characteristics, success in fund raising, length of time in position and educational preparation. …
Date: May 1988
Creator: Wuenschel, Douglas F. (Douglas Ferdinand)
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Job Performance Expectations of Recent Journalism Graduates and the Importance of Journalism Education (open access)

Job Performance Expectations of Recent Journalism Graduates and the Importance of Journalism Education

The purpose of this study was to identify and compare the job performance expectations of recent journalism graduates as perceived by selected managing editors and journalism educators in Standard Federal Region Six (the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas). The survey instrument consisted primarily of statements dealing with the topics of five research questions on the value of journalism education to success on newspapers, the value of newspaper experience to teaching journalism, the language skills of recent graduates, the value of academic research to the improvement of newspapers, and the "gap" between journalism education and journalism practice.
Date: December 1980
Creator: Flynn, George A.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Psychological Investigation of the Expressed Attitudes of Single Undergraduate College Students Toward Marriage and Family Life (open access)

A Psychological Investigation of the Expressed Attitudes of Single Undergraduate College Students Toward Marriage and Family Life

This study examined the attitudes of undergraduate college students toward marriage and family life. The students in the study lived in college residence halls located in the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas in the southwestern portion of the United States. A survey instrument consisting of fifty-eight attitude statements and six demographic items was used to gather information for the study. All of the fifty-eight attitude statements were listed in the following ten cluster areas for easier accessibility: cohabitation and premarital sexual relations, marriage and divorce, childhood and child rearing, division of household labor and professional employment, marital and extramarital sexual relations, privacy rights and social needs, religious needs, communication expectations, parental relationships, and professional counseling services. The six demographic items included age, gender, ethnic background, year in school, parental status, and dating experience .
Date: August 1981
Creator: Martin, Don (Donald Vincent)
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of the Participant Selection Process Under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act: Texas and Louisiana (open access)

An Analysis of the Participant Selection Process Under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act: Texas and Louisiana

Federal guidelines required prime sponsors under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act, or CETA, to serve the "significant segments" of the eligible population. This study analyzes whether prime sponsors in Texas and Louisiana correctly identified and served those segments. This study finds that eligible ethnic groups were properly identified and were served equitably; age and gender distinctions, however, were inadequately observed in the providing of services.
Date: May 1988
Creator: Drake, William D. (William Daniel), 1950-
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Survey, Final Report. Volume 1: Tyler, Texarkana, and Waco Quadrangles (Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana) (open access)

Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Survey, Final Report. Volume 1: Tyler, Texarkana, and Waco Quadrangles (Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana)

The following report is the first volume documenting the radiometric and magnetic data taken during the month of October, 1979, by EG&G geoMetrics primarily in the state of Texas in the quadrangles: Tyler, Texarkana, and Waco. This volume contains the survey description, specifications, data processing methods, interpretation methods, interpretation methods, and regional geologic review.
Date: February 1980
Creator: EG & G GeoMetrics
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Survey, Final Report. Volume 2: Tyler Quadrangle (Texas and Louisiana) (open access)

Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Survey, Final Report. Volume 2: Tyler Quadrangle (Texas and Louisiana)

This report is one part of the second volume containing data on quadrangles of Texas and Nebraska. This volume contains the detailed geologic summary, interpretation report, standard deviation maps, pseudo-contour maps, interpretation map, flight line and geologic base map, individual corrected profiles, computer map unit histograms and statistical tables for the Tyler quadrangle.
Date: February 1980
Creator: EG & G GeoMetrics
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Survey, Final Report. Volume 2: Texarkana Quadrangle (Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana) (open access)

Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Survey, Final Report. Volume 2: Texarkana Quadrangle (Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana)

This report is one part of the second volume containing data on quadrangles of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana. This volume contains the detailed geologic summary, interpretation report, standard deviation maps, pseudo-contour maps, interpretation map, flight line and geologic base map, individual corrected profiles, computer map unit histograms and statistical tables for the Texarkana quadrangle.
Date: May 1980
Creator: EG & G GeoMetrics
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Algiers] captions transcript

[News Clip: Algiers]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: March 7, 1983
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Streetcar] captions transcript

[News Clip: Streetcar]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: September 17, 1985
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Negreet Southwest Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas and of Louisiana from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24,000
Date: 1985
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

East Hamilton Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas and of Louisiana from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24,000
Date: 1988
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Brushy Creek Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas and of Louisiana from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24,000
Date: 1988
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Huxley Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas and of Louisiana from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24,000
Date: 1988
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hartburg Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas and of Louisiana from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24,000
Date: 1984
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Sudduth Bluff Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas and of Louisiana from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24,000
Date: 1984
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bon Wier Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas and of Louisiana from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24,000
Date: 1982
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wiergate Southeast Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas and of Louisiana from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24,000
Date: 1983
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 84, July 1980 - April, 1981 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 84, July 1980 - April, 1981

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 483.
Date: 1980/1981
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hoein' the Short Rows (open access)

Hoein' the Short Rows

Volume of Texas folklore, including folk arts and crafts, lime production, oil and petroleum, information about cockfighting, folk poetry, mysticism and other stories. The index begins on page 231.
Date: 1987
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
In the Shadow of History (open access)

In the Shadow of History

Collection of Texan and Mexican folklore, including stories about the Navajo Indians, the Alamo, Jim Bowie, various folk characters, tortilla making, and other humorous anecdotes. The index begins on page 181.
Date: 1980
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Development of Ground-Water Resources in Orange County, Texas, and Adjacent Areas, 1971-1980 (open access)

Development of Ground-Water Resources in Orange County, Texas, and Adjacent Areas, 1971-1980

Provides systematic monitoring and appraisal of the changing groundwater conditions in Orange County, Texas.
Date: October 1983
Creator: Bonnet, C. W. & Gabrysch, R. K.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: First flight] captions transcript

[News Clip: First flight]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: July 12, 1981, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 89, July 1985 - April, 1986 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 89, July 1985 - April, 1986

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 575.
Date: 1985/1986
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History