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Recent Submissions
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Baqai, Aabiya Noman (2018-05-09)
During the past two decades, gentrification has been defined as a form of urban renewal where suburban dwellers have opted to return to the inner cities, attracting new investments, property development, and higher housing ...
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Blumberg, Clifford Smith (Urban & Public Affairs, 2014-03-12)
Through interdisciplinary research of twelve presidential administrations and their various approaches to national healthcare policy, a better understanding of the borderless transitions (which I term "melting points") ...
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Fougerousse, Christine B. (Urban & Public Affairs, 2013-07-22)
This thesis project focuses on a small independent school district in Texas that serves a high-poverty population yet excels at graduating economically disadvantaged students. Using the concepts of cultural and social ...
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Woods, Michael Jay (Urban & Public Affairs, 2013-07-22)
The 1990's were plagued with crime and high recidivism rates, and the State of Texas responded by embarking upon the largest expansion of a criminal justice system in its history. Having served their sentences, record ...
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Humphrey, D. Deidre (Urban & Public Affairs, 2013-07-22)
The small Southeast Dallas community of Congo Street is not only unique because of its location within Jubilee Park neighborhood, but rather, it is a place where a group of five homeowners made history by cooperatively ...
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Brady, Alysha (Urban & Public Affairs, 2013-03-20)
Since the passage in 1976 of the Farmer-to-Consumer Direct Marketing Act, there has been a sharp rise in number of farmers markets in this country, from approximately 600 in the 1970s to over 7,000 today. With this increase, ...
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Smith, Jason D. (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 ...
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Booher, Jesse R. (Urban & Public Affairs, 2011-10-11)
Scholarly literature on policy implementation at the street-level generally focuses on how workers act in response to external pressures. Pressures can include policy rules, organizational culture, and the identities of ...
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Carpenter, Makenzie Hawley (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 ...
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Reedy, Madeline C (Urban & Public Affairs, 2007-08-23)
With the STOP Underage Drinking Act reintroduced at the national level, policy makers are in the midst of determining how to conquer the issues that arise out of underage drinking. The current project, in conjunction with ...
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Probasco, Kim (Urban & Public Affairs, 2007-08-23)
The use of eminent domain power to take private land for private use continues to grow in the United States. Many American people lost their homes or businesses to city and council driven economic development in low-income ...
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Yoshioka, Riho (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 ...
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Embry, Patrick (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 ...
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Hartzel, Anthony Ellis (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 ...