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Technology-based Learning On At-risk High School Students: An Evaluation Of The Martin Luther King Jr. Community Technology Center After-school Program
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2008-04-22)
Objective. High school students across North Texas are failing to meet the academic standards of the federal No Child Left Behind Act. In response, after-school programs have been implemented to support cognitive and ...
The Booster Network: A Framework For Analyzing State Policy Formation In An Era Of Resurgent Private Power
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2007-08-23)
The continuing shift toward privatization has created new opportunities for private participation in transportation policy formation, infrastructure development, and service provision. The resulting high stakes have drawn ...
Cultural And Historic Preservation Planning In Small Cities And Suburbs: A Study Of A Cultural Asset Inventory Of Kennedale, Texas
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2012-04-11)
This thesis examines how smaller communities, which often lack the financial resources and the so-called "high culture" or marketable culture found in larger cities, can overcome challenges and develop cultural and historic ...
Health Information Technology And Nurse Staff Efficiency: An Empirical Test In Residential Care Facilities
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2012-07-25)
This study examines the effects of health information technology (IT) on nursing staff efficiency. Specifically, the impact of clinical health IT applications on nursing staff efficiency is considered, along with the impact ...
Scenarios For Sustainable Conservation Planning And Development In Texas
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2009-09-16)
This thesis reviews sustainable conservation development patterns of land use for potential adoption by Texas cities and counties. It will include a summary literature and professional reports' review, market analyses, ...
Immigration And Editorial Page Policy: A Case Study Of The Dallas Morning News
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2007-08-23)
Newspaper editorial pages play a crucial role in democratic society, serving as forums for informed debate. On major issues such as immigration, many factors are at play when members of an editorial board sit down together ...
Narrowing The Sustainability Paradigm - How Meaningful Participation Builds Socially Equitable Communities
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2013-07-22)
This work contributes to the third leg of the sustainability paradigm by addressing socially equitable communities in the field of Planning. It uses a case study of neighborhood planning in Seattle, Washington as its basis ...
Do Green Buildings Influence People's Lifestyle Decisions And Support For Environmental Policy?
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2008-08-08)
This thesis explores the possibility that experience with green buildings influences peoples' behavior in ways that help bridge the gap between, on one hand, public concern for the natural environment and on the other hand, ...
The Issue Of Governance In Neighborhood Planning Programs
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2013-03-20)
Neighborhood planning programs are a kind of initiative cities all across the country utilize to engage communities in planning processes affecting their own neighborhoods and to target resources and city initiatives within ...
An Empirical Test Of The Situational Leadership® Model In Japan
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2007-08-23)
Since the collapse of the "bubble economy" in the early 1990s, Japanese companies have been struggling with financial difficulty, and have been forced to change their structure, strategies, and management systems. The trend ...