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Closing The Gap In Higher Education: African American Male College Students Perceptions Of Advising At A Two Year College
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2011-07-14)The attrition of minority students is fast becoming a salient issue in higher education. Academic advising has long been viewed as a determinant of participation, persistence and success. Persistence focuses on retention. ... -
Collaboration Among Federal Managers: Administrative Conjunction In Faith Based And Community Initiatives
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2009-09-16)The role of government is less clear than ever in an increasingly complex world. As a result, working in government has also become more challenging. In this information driven society, government workers are asked to ... -
Communihood: Being a planning activist in the twenty-first century
(2014-09-17)Introducing communihood as a hybrid concept and defining planning activism as a planners' role outside the dominant planning power structure are two main contributions of this dissertation in scholarly debates among planning ... -
Community Design Centers (CDCs) on the Upsurge: Investigating Perceptions Amongst CDC Leaders and Administrators in Texas
(2016-05-10)For several decades, community design centers (CDCs) have specialized in professional design and planning assistance to non-profit groups, agencies, and individuals that lack the funding or resources to otherwise receive ... -
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Funding and other Area Community Development Targeting Approaches As Public Policy to Reduce Poverty and Improve Social Mobility, Social Integration and Cultural Assimilation of Minority Population:
(2017-01-30)This research is an expansion of previous research to study and provide empirical evidence on the influence that Community Block Grant (CDBG) funding has on the improvement of social mobility for low-income minority ... -
Community Garden Suitability Analysis For A South Dallas Community
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2014-03-12)Community gardens have been proposed as a solution to combat the ongoing and escalating food desert problem in low-income communities. As planners, community leaders and residents look to implement this solution and convert ... -
Community Perceptions of Golf Course Landscapes: Lessons Learned from Arlington, Texas Case Studies
(2015-12-09)The purpose of this study is to identify the resident perceptions of golf course landscapes in communities around golf courses within Arlington, Texas. It specifically focuses on the residents’ feelings evoked by the golf ... -
A Comparative Study Of Performance Measurement In Korean Local Governments Using Data Envelopment Analysis And Stochastic Frontier Analysis
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2008-04-22)This study examines efficiency as a key component of performance, applies new performance measurement techniques to the measurement of local government performance, and verifies theoretical debates on economic, financial, ... -
COMPARING AND CONTRASTING THE DYNAMICS INFLUENCING URBAN AND ECONOMIC LAND DEVELOPMENT SURROUNDING DALLAS-FORT WORTH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND DALLAS LOVE FIELD AIRPORT
(2019-12-02)With the surrounding layout of both Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport and Dallas Love Field (DAL) Airport being shaped by and through differing contributing influences, one intriguing question for this diverse ... -
A Comparison Of Economic Development Between Texas Cities Using The Economic Development Tax 4A/4B And Texas Cities Not Using The Tax
(Public Administration, 2012-07-25)Over the last three decades, economic development has been a major policy issue in the State of Texas. But after the amendment of the Development Corporation Act of 1979 and subsequent amendments, municipalities are using ... -
A Comparison Of Perceptions Among Amateur And PGA Professional Golfer To The Five Design Principles Of Golf Course Architecture
(Landscape Architecture, 2010-07-19)Golf was originally a game played primarily on landscapes that were not manipulated by humans. As the game has matured, humans have exerted increasing influence on the design of golf courses. As in art, golf course ... -
The Connection Between Landscape Architecture And Water Quality: A Survey Of Landscape Architects In Texas
(Landscape Architecture, 2007-08-23)For local jurisdictions and consumers, water quality has become importantas development pressures and expanding population has increased the strain on existing water supplies. Aging infrastructure, limited financial ... -
The Connections Between Lynch's Four Methods Of Increasing Adaptability And Fort Worth's Urban Villages Program
(2014-09-17)The purpose of this thesis is to identify the relationship between Lynch's (1981) four methods of increasing adaptability and the planned changes in city form of Fort Worth's Urban Villages program. The four methods of ... -
Creating A Cohesive Triple Bottom Line: Helping The Urban Planner As A Liaison To The Citizen
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2012-07-25)This thesis is an attempt to create a viable liaison tool for the urban planner to create a cohesive idea of the Triple Bottom Line of sustainability between the citizen and the government of the city. By using consistent ... -
Creative Collaboration in Rural Texas Communities
(2022-12-12)The body of research investigating collaboration has grown exponentially in recent years with the realization of its potential in generating innovative solutions to complex problems. Even though an abundance of literature ... -
Crime In Transit Oriented Districts: Learning From Dallas, Texas
(Landscape Architecture, 2013-07-22)Recognizing that the components of the built environment may effect crime in urban areas, emerging transit station areas and Transit Oriented Developments (TOD) and districts (TODT) present new challenges for designers and ... -
Crisis In Police Recruitment: Public Service Motivation And Changes In Generational Preferences
(Public Administration, 2012-04-11)The purpose of this research project was to determine if a downward trend exists in the number of people who are motivated to become police officers and to explore whether there has been a shift in motivational factors ... -
CULTIVATING A SENSE OF PLACE THROUGH EXPERIENTIAL LANDSCAPES: THE REDESIGN OF DOWNTOWN PROSPER, TEXAS
(2021-05-07)Many rural Texas towns are being enveloped by urban sprawl. Former small, rural towns with tightly-knit communities and storied historic places are being replaced by mass residential and retail developments. These enveloped ... -
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 ... -
CULTURAL LANDSCAPES, HISTORIC PRESERVATION, AND CATTLE RANCHES: A NEW PROTOCOL FOR DOCUMENTING AND PRESERVING HISTORIC WORKING CATTLE RANCHES IN TEXAS. FEATURING A CASE STUDY AT THE DUDLEY BROTHERS RANCH IN COMANCHE, TEXAS USING TX-CLEVR (TEXAS CULTURAL LANDSCAPE EVALUATION FOR RANCHES)
(2021-05-07)The Texas cattle ranch is a vernacular landscape of historic significance, threatened by population-driven land use change and unsustainable exurban development (Kjelland, 2007). A vast majority of Texas cattle ranches ...