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In the United States, groups within the population of private well users may face disparities in access to safe drinking water. Since private well operations and water qu[...]

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The researcher conducted a qualitative interview study that identified barriers to higher education experienced by African-American women living in the rural South. The r[...]

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College readiness has been a primary focus of U.S. secondary education for over 40 years. Despite the continued focus on college readiness at the national, state, and loc[...]

The following dissertation adds to the literature on income convergence and population growth in the United States. It also expands knowledge on the relatively underexplo[...]

This dissertation addresses three questions focused on enhancing our understanding of the impacts of urbanization and land cover change on patterns of native biodiversity[...]

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