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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: Avatar: The Last Airbender: Lessons in Recognizing and Resisting Imperialism
Author: Woodford, Kalei
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: English literature, History, Motion pictures
Description: In the modern world, we are constantly fed misinformation and biased information. The press is controlled by the state in many countries like the United States and Russia. These governments have the power to start wars, imprison whomever they deem...

Title: Feminism in Oz: Representations of Gender and Sexuality in L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Series and Danielle Paige's Dorothy Must Die Series
Author: Murphy, Shannon
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: English literature
Description: L. Frank Baum is best known for his book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, a story of a young girl named Dorothy who has an abundance of adventure. It is lauded by many as "the quintessential American Fairy Tale" (Riley 3), and it has become the inspira...

Title: Fill In the Blanks: White Space in Children's Picture Books on Grief and Loss
Author: Holt, Samantha
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: English literature
Description: White space in picture books about grief and loss is space that becomes participatory by asking the reader or listener to make sense of what they are seeing while simultaneously joining it with their own real life experiences. This thesis examines...

Title: Friendship Through Fantasy: Amity in the Novels of Tamora Pierce
Author: Johnson, Charlotte
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Literature
Description: Friendship is a strangely absent topic in the criticism of children’s and young adult (YA) literature. While ancient philosophers have tried to define this unique relationship, a more contemporary analysis that can account for changes in culture a...

Title: IT TAKES A GRAVEYARD: THE ROLE OF SUPERNATURAL GUARDIANS AND PARENTAL FIGURES IN CHILDREN’S LITERATURE
Author: Anderson, Joseph
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Literature
Description: Children’s literature often has the child protagonist face a problem at home, such as large disagreements with parents or even the loss of a loved one. While realistic novels regularly tackle these concerns, supernatural novels are forced to use m...

Title: K-Cards and Care Bundles: Using Visual Cues and Evidence-Based Practice to Decrease Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injuries
Author: Thomas, Sherry
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Nursing
Description: Hospital-acquired pressure injuries (HAPIs) are nursing-sensitive indicators that can lead to extended hospital stays, infection, and even death. Healthcare organizations are not reimbursed for the care HAPIs require, and it is estimated that HAPI...

Title: Perceptions of Resiliency and Success in an American Community College: A Case Study of Five Transnational Students
Author: Classens, Nachette
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership, Adult education
Description: This dissertation examines five transnational students' views of their academic experiences in an American community college. The investigation contributes to the existing literature that illuminates the trends and conditions in which transnationa...

Title: Teaching Literature of War From Multiple Perspectives Within The North Carolina Standard Course of Study
Author: Landers, Michael
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Education, Literature, Education, Secondary
Description: This thesis offers a rationale for a set of teaching strategies and lesson plans for teaching the literature and film of war to North Carolina high school students within the North Carolina Standard Course of Study. The purposes and challenges of ...

Title: The Hybridity of Humanity: Posthumanism within Marissa Meyer's The Lunar Chronicles
Author: Gonzalez Caban, Jasmin
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: English literature
Description: In the twenty-first century, advanced technology has become an integral component to how humans interact with the world. Because technology is gradually transforming the lifestyles and compositions of humans, it is important to introduce the conce...

Title: The ghost whisper: a young adult novel
Author: Case, Kari
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Literature
Description: This is a creative thesis telling the story of a young girl who finds herself when she goes away to college. This is a portion of a larger novel telling Kacey Alan’s story. The synopsis follows.Kacey Alan is starting her new life as a freshman at ...