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Title: A COMMUNICATION FRAMEWORK FOR MULTIHOP WIRELESS ACCESS AND SENSOR NETWORKS: ANYCAST ROUTING & SIMULATION TOOLS
Author: Sharif, Kashif
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Computer science
Description: The reliance on wireless networks has grown tremendously within a number of varied application domains, prompting an evolution towards the use of heterogeneous multihop network architectures. We propose and analyze two communication frameworks for...

Title: A Delphi-Based Investigation on Principal Preparedness for Managing School Finance
Author: Christian, Arthur
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Management, Education--Finance
Description: Background. Research on principal preparedness for managing school finance is limited. Grounded in theory, principal preparation programs are wifout practical exercises for leadership readiness on budgets and finance. On its face, this topic is he...

Title: A LEGISLATIVE EXAMINATION OF THE NORTH CAROLINA TEACHERS' AND STATE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM: RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT
Author: Griffin, Richard
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership, Education and state, Education--Finance
Description: The North Carolina Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System (TSERS) experienced a decline in its funded ratio from 112% in 2002 to 94% in 2011 and an increase in its unfunded actuarial accrued liabilities over the same period. The change i...

Title: A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL CONSTRUCT OF ACCULTURATION, ACCULTURATIVE STRESS, AND COUNSELOR SELF-EFFICACY AMONG FOREIGN BORN COUNSELING STUDENTS
Author: Interiano-Shiverdecker, Claudia
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Education
Description: The purpose of this study was to examine how cultural practices, cultural values, cultural identification, and acculturative stress related to counselor self-efficacy among foreign-born counseling students. A total of 93 foreign-born students curr...

Title: A Multilevel Analysis of Black Male Secondary School Student Discipline and Achievement in Relation to Violence Exposure
Author: Garo, Laurie
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Special education, Education, Mental health
Description: This study examined school outcomes for Black male secondary school students in relation to neighborhood violence, focusing on Disproportionality in out of school suspension and below-proficiency achievement on selected standardized tests. Grounde...

Title: AN EXAMINATION OF FACTORS RELATED TO ETHICAL DECISION-MAKING OF PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELORS
Author: Perry, Jennifer
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Educational counseling, Education, Ethics
Description: Professional school counselors are faced with the task of implementing a comprehensive school counseling program that supports the academic, social-emotional, and college and career development of all students they serve. While implementing such w...

Title: Afrocentricity for all: A case study examining the self-healing power of alternative curricula as a mediating tool of inclusion
Author: Watson, Marcia
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Education, Curriculum planning, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
Description: Student achievement and school reform are some of the most pervasive topics in public school discourse. However, the curriculum is one area that remains virtually unchanged across U.S. schools. The efflorescence of federal legislative policies, su...

Title: An Examination of Factors that Relate to School Counselors Knowledge and Skills of Multi-Tiered Systems of Support
Author: Olsen, Jacob
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Educational counseling, Education
Description: Structural equation modeling (SEM) to examine the factors that relate to school counselors’ knowledge and skills of multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS). A sample of 4,066 practicing school counselors who are members of the American School Couns...

Title: An Examination of Family and Health Risks and Services on Permanency Outcomes for Multisystem Youth
Author: Behrendt-Mihalski, Jaimelee
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Psychology
Description: Multisystem youth, or youth involved with the juvenile court and child welfare systems, are a high-need population about which research is still-emerging. These youth tend to experience considerable adversity and risk across domains (e.g., health ...

Title: An Examination of Predictive Factors of Self-Efficacy among Supervisors who Conduct Cross-Racial Supervision: Social Influence, Racial Identity Attitudes, and Gender Self-Confidence
Author: Summers, LaTonya
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Education, Social sciences
Description: The counseling profession has become diverse and it is not uncommon for a person of color to be included in the supervisory dyad. Therefore, counselor supervisors are required to become competent in supervising people who are racially different fr...

Title: An Examination of the Impact of Student Race, Gender, and Socioeconomic Status on School Counselors' Decisions to Place Students in Alternative Learning Programs
Author: Dameron, Merry
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Educational counseling
Description: The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) National Model (ASCA, 2012) and ASCA Ethical Standards (ASCA, 2016) highlight the relationship between school counseling, advocacy, and social justice. It is the school counselor’s duty to address i...

Title: An examination of the moderating role of gendered racial identity centrality in the relationship between gendered racism and depression
Author: Behrendt-Mihalski, Jaime
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Psychology
Description: Black women experience both racism and sexism, and these experiences have been found to be related to psychological distress and impairment. While research has pointed to the independent negative effects of racism and sexism on mental health, ther...

Title: Characterization of microtopography and its impact on carbon dynamics in coastal wetlands using close-range remote sensing
Author: Shukla, Tarini
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Remote sensing, Environmental sciences, Biogeochemistry
Description: The spatial heterogeneity of microtopography where variation in elevation is less than a meter plays a significant role in ecological, hydrological, and biogeochemical processes. The microtopography can be categorized into microtopographic feature...

Title: DIFFERENT APPROACH, DIFFERENT RESULTS: A STUDY OF MASTERY LEARNING INSTRUCTION IN A DEVELOPMENTAL READING CLASS AT AN URBAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Author: Hill-Miller, Patricia
Date Created: 2011
Subjects--Topical: Reading, Adult education
Description: ABSTRACTPATRICIA L. HILL-MILLER. Different approach, different results: A study of mastery learning instruction in a developmental reading class at an urban community college. (Under the direction of DR. ROBERT RICKELMAN) Mastery learning is an in...

Title: Development of a preventive mental health intervention tailored for first-generation college students
Author: Burgess, Charles
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Psychology
Description: To close the achievement gap between first and continuing generation students, several interventions that specifically target first-generation students have been designed and delivered in a variety of settings. These interventions are typically in...

Title: Differences Between Resident Advisors And Undergraduate Residential Students On Resilience, Mental Health, Burnout, And Perceived Stress
Author: Harris, Corrine
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Education, Higher, Mental health
Description: The mental health and well-being of college students has become a growing concern for colleges and universities. Research has shown that prevalence rates of mental health in college students is growing and there are multiple complicating impacts o...

Title: EXAMINING THE IMPACT OF SELF-EFFICACY, POSITIVE SOCIAL SUPPORT, PROBLEMATIC SOCIAL SUPPORT AND RACE ON QUALITY OF LIFE IN SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS PATIENTS
Author: Bennett, Stacie
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Medical sciences, Continuing education
Description: ABSTRACT Systemic Lupus Erythematosus patients are living longer with an unpredictable and incurable chronic condition (Dua, Touma, Toloze, & Jolly, 2013). Quality of life research allows insight into the impact of SLE and SLE treatments on differ...

Title: EXISTING BARRIERS TO CARE FOR HIV POSITIVE BLACK MSM LEAVING PRISON
Author: Junious, Eric
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Medical sciences
Description: This study explored barriers of reintegration among Black men who have sex with other men (MSM) who are living with HIV and have histories with the criminal justice system in the state of South Carolina. This study uncovered barriers accessing HIV...

Title: EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMOTIONAL LABOR, BURNOUT, RACE, AND SCHOOL COUNSELOR SELF-EFFICACY
Author: Vazquez, Maylee
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Educational counseling
Description: School counselors are defined as advocates, leaders, and collaborators who create systematic change by providing access to education in order to create inclusive environments for diverse student populations (ASCA, 2016). They are leaders at school...

Title: Effects OF Video Modeling and Visual Supports Intervention Package on Appropriate Coworker Social Skills in the Workplace for Young Adults with Disabilities
Author: Vicchio, Janie
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Special education
Description: Reports of 2022 employment rates demonstrate that while 65.4% of adults without disabilities are employed, only 21.3% of adults with disabilities are employed (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2023). Researchers have reported that employees with d...