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Reshaping the "God beat" : how three community news websites frame religion
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
With a downsizing of newspaper staff and an upswing in Internet use, the religion beat has had to adapt, much like the rest of journalism. In some cases, the religion beat has been cut. But some publications maintain the ...
Evaluating the perceptions of pre-service teachers' personal and professional readiness to teach culturally and linguistically diverse students
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
This study examines preservice teachers from Historically Black Colleges and Universities and non-Historically Black Colleges and Universities and their perceptions of being personal and professional ready to teach culturally ...
The relationship between psychological well-being, student persistence, and retention at a rural public higher education institution
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Mental health is a substantial concern in higher education. Fostering positive psychological attributes may improve mental health and contribute to student success. This research analyzes the relationship between positive ...
Sports and Gender: A Comparative Historical Analysis of Men’s and Women’s Sports in the United States
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2022)
Amateur and professional sports are a massive part of American society, generating
revenue of an average of $70 billion per year. Despite their large prevalence, this massive
industry represents the gender discrepancies ...
An optimization model for the World Food Programme's "protracted relief and recovery operations" in Chad
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
This thesis presents an optimization model for the World Food Programme's policy in Chad-Protracted Relief and Recovery Operations (PRRO). Chad is a landlocked country in Central Africa and around 87 percent of population ...
Strain, satisfaction, and hospitalization in caregiver/veteran with heart failure dyads: a secondary analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Support provided by informal (unpaid) caregivers (CG) contributes to the overall health of Veterans living with heart failure. Using Kramer's model of the caregiving experience, this secondary analysis of 137 dyads examined ...
Water forum, February 2, 1965.
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, 1965)
Platelet inventory management in blood supply chain under demand and supply uncertainty
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Supply chain management of blood and its products are of paramount importance in medical treatment due to its perishable nature, uncertain demand, and lack of auxiliary substitutes. For example, the Red Blood Cells (RBC's) ...
Latinos in Missouri : the media role in the acculturation process
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
community, the larger culture that contains them. The process of acculturation may require the help of acquaintances, friends and relatives. But, clearly media available to Latinos play, I contend in this work, a pivotal role to help Hispanics find...
Don't show any sign of a chip in your armor : the communicative co-construction of mental health in correctional work
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
This study examined the communicative construction of mental health in correctional work. Using narrative interviews with 25 current and former correctional officers, I explore how macro, meso, and micro D/discourses both enable and constrain...
Asian women in newsroom management : exploring the responsibilities and challenges of promoting diversity in the newsroom
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
journalists and past research. This study poses future research considerations on broader minority journalist groups, economic and geographic diversity impacts, and Asian newsroom experiences for non-managers....
Annual catalogue of the Missouri University at Columbia, Missouri, 1881-1882
(Printer: Tribune Printing Company, State Printers and Binders, 1882)
Homeless not hopeless: understanding how graduate students who experience homelessness and housing insecurity successfully navigate their education
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Obtaining a college degree and, even more so, a graduate degree is a critical component of many people's American dream. For some completing a graduate degree is a milestone of success. However, due to rising tuition and ...
How moral value (in)congruence shapes Chinese textile employees' trust and their firm's financial performance
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Supporting by the Moral Responsibility for Corporate Sustainability theory and Resource Advantage Theory of Competition, this study is aimed at examining the relationship between the moral value (in)congruence between ...
Commercial Sexual Exploitation: An Analysis of Prostitution in Kansas City
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
Prostitution arrest records provided by 11 different law enforcement agencies in
the Kansas City area during the years of 2011 through 2015 are used as a means for
analysis of commercial sexual exploitation (CSE) within ...
Endangered but not too late : the state of digital news preservation
(University of Missouri, 2021)
"Are you concerned about the longevity of your news organization's content? Have you lost any content or critical metadata through the constant churn of shifting digital technologies? Can you pull up the original, ...
Missouri alumnus, volume 038, number 01 (1949 September)
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 1949)
Confronting digital folk pedagogies in Missouri educator preparation programs
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Educational technology training in many Educator Preparation Programs (EPPs) has not kept pace with the increasing digital demands of K-12 schools. A lack of state-wide educational technology competencies has resulted in ...
Journeying from academically-underprepared to prepared : exploring developmental community college students' perceptions of developmental advising at a Carribean-based community college
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
This study explored how developmental students enrolled at the TTIOO community college experienced the resident developmental advising service. Emphasis was placed on ascertaining how these students perceived the role of ...