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Showing 1 to 20 of 1742 for “"Texas State"”.
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Weight Misperception at Texas State University
… investigate the prevalence of this phenomenon at Texas State University, including what portions of the university population are most affected, a survey was sent out via the Honors College asking for basic demographic information, as well as weight, height, and perception of weight status. The …
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Tex-essibility: An Analysis of Accessibility in Texas State Parks
… in terms of physical mobility, throughout the Texas State Parks system in order to increase the enjoyment of visitors to the parks. To achieve the goal, the levels of mobility accessibility are defined and divided into four specific categories ranging from wheelchair accessible (under the …
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The "Sixties" Come to North Texas State University, 1968-1972
North Texas State University and the surrounding Denton community enjoyed a quiet college atmosphere throughout most of the 1960s. With the retirement of President J. C. Matthews in 1968, however, North Texas began witnessing the issues most commonly associated with the turbulent decade, such as …
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A Descriptive Study of Ethics Training Programs in Texas State Government
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Creating the Premiere Issue of the Texas State Undergraduate Research Journal
Creating the Premier Issue of the Texas State Undergraduate Research Journal maps the process of taking the idea of a research journal for Texas State students from concept to reality. The creation of TXSTUR provides an outlet for all undergraduate students to aid Texas State University as it moves …
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Food Habits of Snakes in an East Texas State Fish Hatchery
… 1 August 1969 to 1 August 1970 in the Jasper State Fish Hatchery near Jasper, Texas to determine the amount of predation by snakes on fish being propagated. The hatchery consisted of 63 earthen ponds. A total of 373 snakes were captured. Results of stomach contents analyses of the 206 snakes …
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An Assessment of Texas State Government: Implementation of Enterprise Risk Management Principles
… is very timely. In the opinion of many in Texas state government internal auditing professionals, the reporting requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley legislation on the private sector is moving to the government sector. The U.S. Congress passed Sarbanes-Oxley legislation in 2002 to enhance …
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A Descriptive Study of Diversity Management and Training in Texas State Government Agencies
… by demographers that half of the United States population will be nonwhite by the year 20 10. This expected demographic shift could have major implications on workplace dynamics including: communications problems; organizational conflict; a significant degree of value incongruence among …
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A Summative Evaluation of Southwest Texas State University's African-American Freshman Leadership Conference
The purpose of this investigation was to study the effects of participation in SWT's African-American Freshman Leadership Conference on the following variables: GPAs, retention rates, level of satisfaction, and the extent of involvement of African-American students who either attended or …
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Developing a Comprehensive Outcomes Assessment Program (COAP) Model for Southwest Texas State University
… at four-year public institutions in the United States with a minimum enrollment of 8,000 students are evaluated using the proposed COAP model. Two hundred sixty-one surveys were distributed, with ninety-four returned. A secondary method of evaluation included the analyses of institutional web …
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Perceptions of Dementia Across Students in Health Professions Programs at Texas State University
… (PT), and 16 in Nursing (NURS) departments at Texas State University completed an adapted version of the Dementia Attitudes Scale (DAS) via Qualtrics. The DAS includes twenty questions assessing attitudes and knowledge about dementia on a 7-point rating scale. Responses were calculated for …
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Texas State Agency Websites: A Descriptive Assessment of Attributes that Support Online Citizen Engagement
… research project is to describe attributes of State of Texas agency websites that support online citizen engagement. A review of the literature informs the development of a conceptual framework comprising three descriptive categories: design, transparency, and communication. Descriptive …
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An Assessment of Employee Handbooks of Large, Mid-sized, and Small Texas State Agencies
… Rebecca E. Short titled "A Content Analysis of State Employee Handbooks" (Southwest Texas State Applied Research Project, 1997). Like the Short (1997) study, there are three purposes to this research. The first purpose is to survey the available literature and establish an "ideal type" for the …
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Understanding How Texas State University Undergraduate Students Experience and Manage Stress: A Qualitative Study
… of programs and resources offered through Texas State University. My research methods include interviews and a focus group with both male and female undergraduate students ages 18-23. Findings from this study will provide additional information to Texas State University administration about …
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Outcomes of Supplemental Instruction for History 1310 and 1320 at Southwest Texas State University
This study sheds light on the effectiveness of SI in achieving student academic goals, enhancing student performance in difficult entry level college classes and impacting the success of students with varying abilities. This study corroborated previous research (Arendale & Martin, 1994; Dochen, …
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The Historical Evolution of Texas State University through the Eyes of Three Latino Males
… culture and climate within Student Affairs at Texas State University during the last thirty years through the eyes of three Latino professionals, during their collective sixty plus years of service as students and professionals This research uses Social Cartography to capture three life stories …
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Bringing Educational Psychology to Undergraduate Programs at Texas State University: Needs Assessment and Course Development
… methods to understand education. At Texas State University, we do not offer a traditional educational psychology undergraduate course. This thesis introduces educational psychology to the Honors College to propose a course in this field. In order to determine the need for this course, …
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