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A qualitative study of the Extended Care Permit dental hygienists in Kansas
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-08-01)
legislation were utilized for data collection. Seven major categories emerged from the data analysis including entrepreneur registered dental hygienist, partnerships, funding, barriers, sustainability, models of care and the impact of the ECP. The findings...
TigerPlace, a State-Academic-Private Project to Revolutionize Traditional Long Term Care
(Taylor & Francis, 2008)
The Aging in Place Project at the University of Missouri (MU) required legislation in 1999 and 2001 to be fully realized. An innovative home health agency was initiated by the Sinclair School of Nursing specifically to help older adults age in place...
Policy Options for Addressing Childhood Obesity in Missouri
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2008)
The prevalence of overweight children has increased threefold nationwide, from 5.7% to 18% between 1980 and 2004.1 The current percentage of overweight children in Missouri is greater than the national average. These trends are alarming because...
Direct Democracy, State Governments, and the Re-energized GMO Debate : Implications of California's Proposition 37
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture Food and Natural Resources, 2014)
It is often convenient to divide the world into those countries that have been generally accepting of agricultural biotechnology and those that are not. While the debate over biotechnology continues to rage where biotechnology ...
Mizzou weekly, volume 35, number 16 (January 23, 2014)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. University Affairs. Publications and Alumni Communication., 2014)
Mosaics Magazine, 2004 Winter
(University of Missouri--Columbia, College of Arts and Science, 2004)
Magazine of the College of Arts and Science. Subjects include Meet the Future, Whiz Kids, Zoo CEO, Murder and Mayhem, A Gift for Other People's Children, For All We Call Mizzou, A Life's Work for the Birds, Lively Class ...
Advancing family science through public scholarship: fostering community relationships and engaging in broader impacts
(2021)
Objective: To increase the awareness and support for family scientists' engagement in public scholarship. Background: Without appropriate dissemination efforts, important research findings may remain solely in academic ...
A quantitative analysis of teacher gender, race, and educational attainment on teacher retention in rural northwest Missouri public schools
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
The purpose of the study is to analyze disaggregate rural public teacher retention data to determine significant differences in retention by race, gender, and educational attainment. Missouri public schools in Northwest Missouri, who are considered...
Spectrum, volume 36, number 03
(University of Missouri, Office of Strategic Communications, 2009)
An examination of the leadership competencies within a community college leadership development program
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
An extensive review of the literature suggested the nation's community colleges are quickly approaching a leadership crisis as current leaders are fast approaching retirement. In response, community colleges are investing ...
K-12 Public School Finance in Missouri: An Overview
(Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, 2006)
The level and distribution of spending for public K-12 education remains a contentious matter of policy in many states because of increasing expectations for school performance and widespread school finance litigation. In ...
Writing the Next Chapter: A Critical Case Study of Undocumented Immigrant College Students’ Lived Experiences
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)
Over 65,000 undocumented immigrant high school students graduate each year, and
many have strong aspirations to continue into a post-secondary institution (Drachman, 2006;
Perez, 2010). However, less than 13,000 are ...
An attentional theory of issue-carrying capacity
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
. Second, utilizing the European Election Study surveys conducted in 12 European countries (N=13,549), 94 nationally representative surveys conducted between 1960 and 2015 in the US (N=110,796), and original datasets of legislative speeches from Turkey, I...
Development of State-Level Mathematics Curriculum Documents: Report of a Survey
(Center for the Study of Mathematics Curriculum, 2005-03)
Recent federal initiatives, most notably the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation,
have exerted substantial influence on state and local decision-making. One element of
the educational system that has been affected ...
Public issues shaping the 1995 Farm Bill : report of Seminar on Agricultural Marketing and Policy, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources and Extension Division, University of Missouri-Columbia, November 17-18, 1994, Columbia, Missouri.
(College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources and Extension Division, University of Missouri--Columbia, 1995)
The black inside the blue : black law enforcement officers' perceptions of racial profiling in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
Nationally, law enforcement agencies are under tremendous scrutiny in reference to racial profiling. A gap exists in knowledge of Black law enforcement officers? in Missouri perceptions of racial profiling. Missouri has experienced a...
Unelected oversight : the politics of government investigations and problem monitoring
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
How do elected officials and top decisionmakers receive information about the problems encountered in government agencies? Policymaking and agenda setting research primarily examines how elected officials directly gather ...
The Process of Website Development
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2007)
This presentation was given to the 36th Annual Conference of the International Association of Clerks, Recorder, Election Officials and Treasurers (IACREOT) on July 17th, 2007 in Charlotte, NC
An Educational History of Immigrant and Refugee Children in Kansas City
(2023)
This is an educational historiography of immigrant and refugee children who resettled
with their families in Kansas City, Missouri, after the Immigration and Naturalization Act of
1965. The dissertation concludes with a ...
Analysis of withdrawal reasons and mobility factors for Missouri's public school students with disabilities
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
(Balfanz & Legters, 2004) and further investigation is needed. Currently in Missouri there is a lack of knowledge due to a lack of information as to the reasons for withdrawal from services in association with special education disability conditions...