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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"United States Air Force Academy"”.
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A theoretical design of the United States Air Force Academy
Thesis (M.Arch.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture, 1954.
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Virtue ethics and character development at the United States Air Force Academy.
… citizens' deeply-held beliefs. So a service academy is faced with a seemingly intractable problem: it must not mandate the deeply-held beliefs that necessarily inform the very character development that is mandated. I argue that virtue ethics can provide a feasible solution. Virtue ethics is …
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An Explanatory Sequential Study of Cadet Commitment at the United States Air Force Academy
… and leadership are the essence of the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA). USAFA’s mission is to develop leaders of character responsible for defending this nation. Our country has the most lethal Air Force this world has ever known. The men and women entrusted with protecting its …
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A history of music ministry at the United States Air Force Academy Chapel with an emphasis on Protestant worship, 1954-1984.
The primary objective of the United States Air Force Academy is to produce quality leaders that serve as officers in the United States Air Force. Many programs at the Academy help accomplish this goal, one of which is the Chapel Music Program. This paper will explore the musical institutions at the …
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The design of small propellers operating at low Reynolds numbers and associated experimental evaluation.
… by Baylor University, in collaboration with the United States Air Force Academy, which include a custom propeller design, analysis, and solid-modeling code for experimental propeller models and a propeller test stand for use in the Baylor University subsonic wind tunnel with accompanying data …
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The Influence of Social Norms on Athletes' Alcohol-Related Decision Making for Others
… from Wake Forest University and the United States Air Force Academy. In particular, hypothetical scenarios asked participants to indicate whether they would decide to drink heavily in certain situations, as well as whether they would decide for their teammate to drink heavily in those …
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An approach to leadership and character development within military higher education
… Selected scholars and practitioners from the United States Military Academy (West Point), the United States Naval Academy, and the United States Air Force Academy participated in semi-structured interviews. Information gleaned from questions pertaining to academic courses, classes, seminars …
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Practical military applications of timetabling, path planning, and time-varying networks for maximizing mission success and minimizing risk
… The first paper, "Optimal Course Scheduling for United States Air Force Academy Cadets" is currently in the final stage of review by the journal Interfaces. The paper presents a mixed integer program that considers faculty preferences along with cadet military, athletic, and academic requirements …
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Effects of Narrative Video Script Advance Organizer Strategies Used to Introduce Video in the Foreign Language Classroom
… of an intermediate-level Spanish course at the United States Air Force Academy.</p> <p>In the collaborative group reading condition (AOg), students read a target language narrative video script aloud in small groups. Students then watched the video corresponding to the script they had read and …
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The Relationship between Perceived Toxic Leadership Styles, Leader Effectiveness, and Organizational Cynicism
… Scale, and the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire. Data from these scales, along with demographic data from the participants, were collected through an online survey from 285 cadets enrolled in psychology and leadership courses at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO …
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Standards, Shame, and Outrage: A Rhetorical History of Sexual Assault and Policy Change in the US Military
… cases is the study of anger as a rhetorical force. The role of anger in this discourse is important, as it informs the narrative that grows out of each case study and it shapes public response to formerly private problems. Rhetoric's intervention in these cases shows the power of policy, …