An Analysis of Selected Factors Which Influence the Funding of College and University Noncommercial Radio Stations as Perceived by Station Directors (open access)

An Analysis of Selected Factors Which Influence the Funding of College and University Noncommercial Radio Stations as Perceived by Station Directors

The problem of this study concerned factors which influence the funding of college and university noncommercial radio stations as perceived by station directors.
Date: December 1993
Creator: Sauls, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Attitudes Toward Teaching and Research Among Biology Faculty in Texas Institutions of Higher Education (open access)

Attitudes Toward Teaching and Research Among Biology Faculty in Texas Institutions of Higher Education

This study investigated the attitudes toward teaching and research among biology faculty in Texas institutions of higher learning. The purposes of the study were to: 1) determine what the attitudes of Texas biology faculty were toward teaching; 2) to determine the attitudes of Texas biology faculty toward research; 3) to determine if biology faculty attitudes toward teaching vary according to faculty rank; 4) to determine if biology faculty attitudes toward research vary according to faculty rank; 5) to determine if attitudes of biology faculty in Texas toward teaching vary according to institutional type; and 6) to determine if attitudes of biology faculty in Texas toward research vary according to institutional type.
Date: December 1993
Creator: Salehi, Faiz
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conducting Floristic Studies of Local Plant Populations: The Potential of Two-Year College Students and Faculty (open access)

Conducting Floristic Studies of Local Plant Populations: The Potential of Two-Year College Students and Faculty

The purpose of this research was to evaluate the ability of two-year college students and faculty in one area of activity and to gain a more adequate understanding of them. A dearth of taxonomic literature on plant populations at the local level prompted this study. It has been observed that amateur botanists have accomplished satisfactory and commendable work in plant taxonomy. Also, it has been observed that a high percentage of students in two year colleges commute considerable distances. These disparate observations led to a potential solution to the botanical dilemma.
Date: December 1993
Creator: Prather, Stanley A. (Stanley Albert)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Covering the Campus: The History of The Chronicle of Higher Education (open access)

Covering the Campus: The History of The Chronicle of Higher Education

This study, the first comprehensive history of The Chronicle, melds a quarter-century of higher education and journalism milestones.
Date: December 1993
Creator: Baldwin, Patricia L. (Patricia Lynne)
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Criterion-Referenced Analysis of Form F of the Standardized Bible Content Tests of the American Association of Bible Colleges (open access)

A Criterion-Referenced Analysis of Form F of the Standardized Bible Content Tests of the American Association of Bible Colleges

The purposes of this study were to: (a) analyze subjects' responses from Form F of the Standardized Bible Content Tests of the American Association of Bible Colleges by factor analysis and the Rasch measurement model and (b) determine dimensionality of Form F, determine the correlation to the Literal, Anti-literal, Mythological Scales, and determine the best criterion-referenced test design of Form F using Rasch measurement procedures. Volunteers from a purposefully selected sample of nine colleges from the American Association of Bible Colleges participated in the study. One research instrument with five demographic questions, the Standardized Bible Content Test Form F, and the Literal, Anti-literal, and Mythological Scales was administered to 179 volunteer graduating seniors. Frequencies and percentages of responses were computed for the demographic questions. Mean scores on the Literal, Anti-literal, and Mythological Scales were computed for gender and religious affiliation. Principal components analysis of Form F with varimax rotation and list-wise deletion of missing data was used to assess the dimensionality of Form F. Correlations between scores on the Literal, Anti-literal and Mythological Scales and scores from the principal components analysis of Form F were computed. Dunn's multiple comparison procedures were used to test for statistical significance. Rasch-Model measurement analysis …
Date: December 1993
Creator: Gaede, Charles S. (Charles Samuel)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Parent Training and Guided Imagery: Comparison of a Traditional and a Modified STEP Program (open access)

Parent Training and Guided Imagery: Comparison of a Traditional and a Modified STEP Program

The effectiveness of guided imagery as an enhancement to the Systematic Training for Effective Parenting (STEP) program was explored during a shortened 8-week program using three parent groups of elementary-age students matched for parent training experience and couple participation: a) an imagery-modified STEP group (STEP-Im, n = 14); b) a traditional STEP group (STEP, n = 14); and c) a drop-out comparison group (n = 10). Guided imagery consisted of centering exercise(s) for focus and concentration; structured imagery of Adlerian concepts; and open-ended role-assumption imagery for clarifying personal values, the perspectives of others, and concept practice.
Date: December 1993
Creator: Smith, Dianne M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Factors Influencing Job Satisfaction Among Faculty Members at Selected Historically Black Colleges and Universities in Texas (open access)

A Study of Factors Influencing Job Satisfaction Among Faculty Members at Selected Historically Black Colleges and Universities in Texas

The purpose of this study was to investigate the level of job satisfaction among full-time faculty members at historically black colleges and universities in Texas with respect to gender, age, marital status, salary, academic rank, level of education, teaching experience, institution of employment, and race/ethnic origin. The investigation was based on the six variables of job satisfaction: work on present job, present pay, supervision, co-workers, promotion, and job in general.
Date: December 1993
Creator: Okolo, Romanus Ekekezie
System: The UNT Digital Library