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Outsourcing the public library : a critical discourse analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
While the majority of public libraries operate under a traditional model - they are publicly funded entities, locally controlled, and managed and employed by public employees, some municipalities have taken a different approach where public library...
The effects of listening conditions, error types, and ensemble textures on the error detection skills of undergraduate instrumental music education majors
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
detection accuracy. Undergraduate music education students (n = 18) listened to purposefully incorrect performances of band literature in two formats, on recordings and while conducting a live ensemble. Note and rhythm errors were inserted into the musical...
Beyond the border war : student civil rights activism at the University of Kansas and the University of Missouri, 1946-1954
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This dissertation examines post-World War II student civil rights activism at two Midwestern college campuses, the University of Missouri (MU) and the University...
Airing equity : the impact of activism and federal policy on women in broadcast journalism, 1964-1985
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
[EMBARGOED UNTIL 8/1/2024] The early 1960s saw a marked change in the motivation among legislators, judges, and government officials to address discriminatory employment practices. The momentum, propelled by the Cold War, ...
High risk students on track to graduation: a qualitative case study of student success
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
. Findings indicate three major themes that impact student success: "fit" in an academic program, student mental health, and utilization of student resources. The research can provide university leadership with insight on how to improve student success...
A victory long in the making : divestment from South Africa at the University of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This thesis focuses on the little known, but significant, movement for divestment (the sale of stocks from companies doing business in South Africa) at the University...
Voices yet to be heard : the educational journeys of older Latino\a undergraduates
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
With this cross-cultural qualitative study, I sought to understand older Latino\as' undergraduate experiences on predominantly white, non-Hispanic campuses in the Midwest. The eight participants, ages 35-50, were evenly divided by gender. We engaged...
Reluctant emancipator : James Sidney Rollins and the politics of slavery and freedom in the border south, 1838-1882
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This dissertation examines the career of James Sidney Rollins, a free-soil slave owning politician and lawyer in Missouri, to garner a better understanding of the politics...
Resisting intersectional marginality by developing a mestiza consciousness : undergraduate women of color challenging and shaping power
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
in a Critical Race Feminist (CRF) epistemology. The research questions were: 1) How does power shape the experiences of undergraduate Women of Color engaged in activism and advocacy at the University of Missouri? 2) How do Women of Color experience...
Homeless not hopeless: understanding how graduate students who experience homelessness and housing insecurity successfully navigate their education
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
students either currently or recently enrolled at a large Midwest land-grant public research-intensive university. Findings indicated that for these graduate students (1) hope; (2) family; (3) friends; (4) determination; (5) institutional agents; (6) a...
The graduate student novel: a new subgenre in university fiction
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
This study examines novels with graduate student protagonists, referred to as graduate student novels or grad novels, and argues that such novels should be considered distinct from others about university experiences. It builds on previous...
A study of the relationship between selected educational experiences of vocational agriculture students and their enrolling in a College of Agriculture
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1967)
in the College of Agriculture at Kansas State University. The study attempted to determine whether or not attendance at the Kansas State University agricultural science days, judging contests, state FFA conventions and other events on the campus tended to attract...
An analysis of undergraduate heavy-video-gaming students : developing technology-enhanced learning-support areas based on gaming and study practices
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Video-gaming has become a popular extracurricular option for students in higher education. More than 70 percent of undergraduate students reported they played video-games at some level, with heavy-video-gaming students reporting they invest over 14...
Academic capitalist regime in Colombia : discourses from national research policies and professors
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
This dissertation is centered on whether and how the production (research) and transmission (education) of knowledge are considered public or private goods. Drawing on the theories of academic capitalism and neoliberalism as an important underlying...
Selling you on flexibility : toward a flexible framework for reflexive administration of writing centers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
needs have continued to grow into online areas as well. The Writing Center at the University of Missouri, one of the longest running and earliest adopters of online asynchronous tutoring, has been meeting those new and particularly online needs since...
The spirit of exhibition and visual pedagogy in the work of Charles and Ray Eames
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
This project examines the ways in which Charles and Ray Eames promoted visual pedagogy in their exhibitions and new media experiments. Through cooperative efforts with various artists, designers, educators, scholars, ...
The other within: prismatic identities and authentic selves within the marginalized
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
research by recognizing the relational aspects of identity configurations within a given group, rather than creating epistemological ghettos of difference....
Digital baggage: the digital identity of entry-level student affairs professionals
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
This case study examined the personal and professional social media use of entry-level student affairs professionals at the four campuses in the University of Missouri System: the University of Missouri, University of Missouri -- St. Louis...
Faculty burnout and its relationship to social and institutional support
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
The purpose of this sequential explanatory study was to determine if there was a relationship between faculty burnout, social support, institutional support, or salary, as well as establish if any college at a regional public university...
Managerial e-learning professionals at the corporate university
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
This study explores the lived experience of managerial professionals. With the pressures on higher education to generate new revenue streams, specifically the professional life and identity of instructional designers are ...