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Program goals and student outcomes: the case of Atlanta University’s department of educational administration

Archie Ray Wilson — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:45:00 PDT

Statement of the Problem

The writer of this thesis served as a volunteer student assistant in the Department of Educational Administration at Atlanta University during the 1979-80 school year. During this period, the student was assigned to collect information to satisfy the requirements for application for membership in the University Council for Educational Administration. as a result of this assignment, the thesis problem was derived as a description of the department’s goals and how they related to student outcomes.

Purpose of the Study

The purpose of this study was to examine the goals of the Department of Educational Administration at Atlanta University and to assess student outcomes in terms of membership criteria for the University Council for Educational Administration.

Findings

The findings revealed general background information on the department, four categories of formal goals, three categories of operative goals, and data regarding outcomes of graduates in the Master’s, Specialist in Education, and Doctoral programs.

An analysis of placements made by the Atlanta Community Employment Service during 1942 with relation to educational and vocational experience

John Allen Young — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:31:12 PDT

The buried Life: themes of alienation and self-discovery in the poetry of Matthew Arnold

Gwendolyn Catherine Young — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:07:15 PDT

A study of the dominance of six basic motives in personality as set forth by Eduard Spranger in his book, "Types of Men"

Annie Willie Young — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:34:10 PDT

The search for identity in the works of James Baldwin

Eliza Marcella Young — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:19:29 PDT

Studies in conjugated system: some reactions of 1-(P-Methylpheny L) - 4 - Phenylbutadiene - 1,3

Alfred F. Young — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:19:28 PDT

A suggested reading program for Gammon Theological Seminary students

Master Julius Wynn — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:14:52 PDT

A comparative study of the relationship between homelessness and aggression in preschool children

Dewanda Young — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:02:33 PDT

The overall objective of this study was to examine the effect of being homeless on aggression in preschool children. To attain this objective, thirty-one homeless four and five year old children living in Metro Atlanta shelters were compared to thirty-three four and five year old children who came from homes with low socioeconomic status and attended the Clark Atlanta University Head Start program. An explanatory research design was employed in this comparative analysis. The children’s aggression levels were examined through the use of an adapted Aggression Subscale taken from the Achenbach Child Behavior Checklist. This questionnaire was administered to care givers of these preschoolers during parenting meetings. The findings yielded from this study do not support the premise that there is a statistically significant difference in aggression between homeless and housed preschoolers.

A comparative study of the intelligence, achievement, and personality of a group of boy and girl scouts and a corresponding group of delinquent boys and girls

Jeanne L. Willis — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:01:21 PDT

The effects of 2, 4 -Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid on structural development and anatomical changes in the roots of Helianthus Annuus

Mattie K. Wright — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 13:53:25 PDT

The supernatural and the occult in selected poems and letters of Emily Dickinson

Stephen Caldwell Wright — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 13:48:28 PDT

An assessment of the need for a revised job classification system within the organizational structure of Herrington day school incorporated

Kinnard Dwayne Wright — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 13:48:27 PDT

The IN Vitro Cytotoxic effect of Toxoplasma GondII-Activated macrophages on F1 and F10 B16 melanoma cells

Tokunbo Olukayode Yerokun — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 13:43:42 PDT

Non-specific cytotoxicity, mediated by Toxoplasma gondii activated macrophages for the F1 and F10 B16 melanoma cells in vitro, was examined in this study. In vitro cytotoxicity was assayed by measuring the release of tritiated thymidine from pre-labeled tumor cells during twenty four-hour and seventy-two hour assay periods. Pre-labeled cells were incubated with peritoneal macrophages obtained from either uninfected C57BL mice used as controls or mice latently infected with the C56 strain of Toxoplasma gondii. There were significant differences observed in the total percent of tritiated thymidine released spontaneously by the F1 and F10 B16 melanoma cells compared to F1 and F10 melanoma cells incubated with macrophages obtained from either latently infected mice or uninfected mice during both assay periods used. There was no significant difference in the percent tritiated thymidine released by the F1 and F10 melanoma cells incubated with normal macrophages, compared to melanoma cells incubated with macrophages obtained from latently infected mice. When lysozyme activity was measured as an index of macrophage activation, the extracts of macrophages derived from mice with latent infection showed evidence of greater lysozyme activity than the extracts of macrophages obtained from uninfected mice. There is evidence in this study to show that although infection with Toxoplasma gondii did confer increased activation on macrophages, this degree of activation was not sufficient enough to demonstrate enhanced cytotoxic effect of the macrophages on the F1 and. F10 Bl6 melanoma tumor cells, under the conditions of the assays used in this study.

The role of Acetylator Genotype in the expression of Urothelial N-Acetyltransferases and Genotoxic activation of Arylamines in the inbred Hamster system.

Tokunbo Yerokun — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 13:34:23 PDT

Polymorphic expression of the arylamine N-acetyl transferases (NAT) in humans has been correlated with genetic predisposition to bladder cancer, but the molecular basis for the differential susceptibility is not fully understood. The inbred Syrian hamsters used In this study, with clearly defined acetylator genotypes, expressed acetylator genotype dependent NAT activity in crude and partially purified bladder cytosol, with apparent Vmax about 6- to 46- fold higher in rapid acetylators, concordant with genotypic expression of hepatic NAT activity. Parallel in vivo and in vitro genotoxicity assays detected higher levels of hepatic arylamine-DNA adducts (1.5- to 2.3-fold) and mutagenic acti-vation (2-fold) in slow than in rapid acetylator hamsters. The results suggest a critical modulating effect of the N-acetylation polymorphism on arylamine-induced genotoxicity and may be a critical factor in determining susceptibility to arylamine-induced bladder cancer.

The impact of selected variables on grief responses and coping processes and the relationship between grief responses and coping processes of mothers of homicide victims

Angela Wright-Perry — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 13:24:29 PDT

The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of age, marital status, occupational characteristics, and length of time since death on the coping processes and grief responses and the relationship between grief responses and coping processes of 30 mothers using the Grief Experience Inventory (GEl) and the Ways of Coping Questionnaire (WCQ). The respondents, who ranged in age between 27- 64, were either married, single, worked in the home or outside of the home, and were experiencing grief from 1 month to 8 years. The variables used were age, marital status, occupational status, and length of time since death. T-tests and the Pearson Product-Moment Correlation were computed for each of the variables.

The dissociation constant of monochloroacetic acid in water-dioxane mixtures at 25°c from conductance measurements

Timothy Larry Wilson — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 13:20:27 PDT

Barriers to the employment activity of single female head of households

Jenice Scott Wiltz — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 13:20:26 PDT

This study explores the impact of level of education, cost and availability of child care, health of family members and welfare dependency among family members on the employment activity of single female heads of household. It attempts to determine if there is a significant relationship between four independent variables and the dependent variable. A sample of 30 single female heads of household was conducted in studying the relationship. The major finding in the study concludes that there is a significant impact of the cost and availability of child care on the employment activity of single female heads of household. The study also concludes that the health of a family member also impacts the employment activity of single female heads of household.

A technique for the isolation of Plasmid Deoxyribonucleic acid from Pseudomonas Aeruginosa

Blonnie Faye Yancey — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 13:14:49 PDT

The Cleared Lysate on Sucrose (CLOS) gradient has been used in these studies as a primary tool in the isolation of plasmid deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), both sex factor and resistance factor, from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. A concentration of 1.0 M NaCl in the gradient was shown to keep the chromosome in the “folded configuration”. A concentration of 0.05 M NaCl in the gradient was shown to promote chromosomal unfolding.Ten micrograms of ribonuclease (RNase), layered on the gradient, did not affect chromosomal unfolding significantly. Plasmid peak areas from CLOS gradients, presumed to contain the sex factor or resistance factor, were pooled and subjected to Cesium Chloride-Ethidium Bromide gradient analysis. The analysis indicated that only a small percentage of the molecules band in the covalently closed circular (CCC) region of the gradient. The majority of the molecules band in the open circular (OC) and linear regions of the gradient. Contour length measurements of the linear molecules of the FP2 sex factor indicate that their molecular weight is close to the molecular weight of the plasmid, as reported in the literature.

Numerical instabilities in finite-difference models of ordinary differential equations

Berietta F. Woods — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 13:04:52 PDT

We investigate various mechanisms for the occurrence of numerical instabilities in the discrete modeling of ordinary differential equations by finite-differences. The Logistic equation is used to illustrate the three types of numerical instabilities. Our results can be easily generalized to arbitrary first-order differential equations.

An analysis of the problems related to the administration of the housing rehabilitation program: a case study of Fulton county, Georgia

Sharon D. Wright — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 13:04:50 PDT

The primary purpose of this degree paper is to examine the major problems associated with the administration of Fulton County’s Housing Rehabilitation Program. The significance of this study lies in the fact that the ability of a government to provide the very basic necessities of life to its citizens, is the basis upon which the effectiveness of government is judged. Since the United States government made a commitment, in 1949, to assure a decent home for every American, an examination of one of the programs aimed at fulfilling the commitment is therefore appropriate. The major findings of this study indicate that the the Housing Rehabilitation Program is plagued by four main problems; 1)The lack of adequate dissemination of information concerning the Housing Rehabilitation Program; 2) The lack of adequate staff to effectively service a large jurisdictional area, such as Fulton County; 3) The rigid eligibility tequirements and detailed application process; and 4) The over reliance on dated, (ten year old), census data information to determine eligibility effectively. The sources of information for this study were obtained from interviews, participatory observation, books, journals articles, and departmental manuals.