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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"George Mason"”.
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George Mason: Slave Owning Virginia Planter as Slavery Opponent?
… poorly supported, notion that Founding Father George Mason was a wealthy, slave-owning Virginian who vehemently opposed slavery. Utilizing Mason's state papers, letters, and other documents, as well as contemporaries' accounts of his speeches, this work will analyze those records' contextual …
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An evaluation of the changes implemented in the Virginia Student Transition Program (VSTP) at George Mason University, 1986-1987
George Mason University, with the support of the Virginia State Council of Higher Education, implemented a program in 1983 designed to assist African-American students with their transition from high school to college. The students enrolled in the Virginia Student Transition Program (VSTP) had …
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Promoting Greater Granularity in Climate Research: A Case Study Analyzing Perceptions of Anthropogenic Climate Change Among Students, Faculty, and Staff at The University of Southern Mississippi
… on Climate Change Communication (YPCCC) and George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication (Mason 4C), I compare survey results on climate change belief as well as perceptions of risk. Additionally, I assess psychological influences on climate perceptions using the Moral …
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Factors associated with student satisfaction in undergraduate social work field placements
… field placement, a pilot study was undertaken at George Mason University in 1978. In 1979, the pilot instrument was revised and pre-tested. The Student Practicum Satisfaction Questionnaire (SPSQ) was subsequently developed and utilized in the present study. The SPSQ consists of 27 demographic …
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Whisper out loud!: Spirochete, a living newspaper, 1937-1939, produced by the Federal Theatre Project: an instrument for public health education in the war on syphilis
… Project Special Collection, Fenwick Library, George Mason University, and in materials from the Records of the Works Projects Administration located in the National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D. C. The study sought to examine and establish Spirochete as an example of a …
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A Legal History of the Job Corps
… Library, University of the District of Columbia, George Mason Law Library, and the Library of Congress.</p> <p><em>Conclusion.</em> Whereas, the Civilian Conservation Corps of the 1930s was a Depression-era job-creation program involving adult enrollees, the Job Corps model focused on youthful …
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Secondhand Chinoiserie and the Confucian Revolutionary: Colonial America's Decorative Arts "After the Chinese Taste"
<p>This thesis explores the implications of chinoiserie, or Western creations of Chinese-style decorative arts, upon an eighteenth century colonial American audience. Chinese products such as tea, porcelain, and silk, and goods such as furniture and wallpaper displaying Chinese motifs of distant …