A national study of school board members' opinions about Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and education

The major purpose of this study was to ascertain the opinions of school board members about Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) as it relates to the curriculum of America's public schools and employment and other policies governing those schools. The presence of the AIDS virus in the general population presents school board members throughout the nation with potentially volatile choices to be made about dealing with this infectious disease in the public school setting. In addition to the opinion survey, data were also gathered from this national sample of school board members about practices already in place related to sexually transmitted diseases such as AIDS. Descriptive research methodology was utilized in this study. A nationwide sample of school board members was identified from the list of subscribers of The American School Board Journal using a stratified random sampling technique. Of the approximately 25,000 subscribers who are school board members, the researcher surveyed an 18% random sample by means of a mailed questionnaire. The study was sponsored by The American School Board Journal, published by the National School Boards Association, the national professional organization for school board members in the United States.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ed. D.

Level thesis:degree_level

doctoral

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Educational Administration

Department dc:contributor.department

Educational Administration

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Year dc:date.issued

1988

Author dc:creator

• Hatrick, Edgar B.

Chairs dc:contributor.committeechair

• Underwood, Kenneth E.
• Keough, Katherine E.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Fortune, Jimmie C.
• McKeen, Ronald L.
• Worner, Wayne M.

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53940

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/53940