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Teacher incompetence: a compilation of the legal grounds used in federal and state cases involving the dismissal of tenured public school teachers
(Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1982)
The purpose of this study was to review legal grounds upheld by federal and state courts in cases involving the dismissal of tenured public school teachers for alleged incompetence from 1958-1982 to determine a judicial ...
How faculty representatives perceive intercollegiate athletics
(Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1980)
The general problem in this study was to investigate the perceptions of the faculty representative to athletics with regard to intercollegiate athletics. This national study included the faculty representatives at all NCAA ...
Guidelines for small school systems in developing orientation programs for board members
(Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1986)
The purpose of this study was to develop guidelines for small school divisions in Virginia to use in preparing an orientation program which would meet the needs of the new school board members. These guidelines addressed ...
A descriptive study of the current status of middle schools in Virginia
(Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1986)
The purpose of this study was to determine the current status of middle schools in Virginia. A questionnaire, validated by a panel of middle school authorities, was mailed to 110 principals of all public school organizations ...
An investigation of the written expression of humor by sixth-grade gifted children
(Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1982)
This qualitative investigation of the use of humor in written expression of sixth-grade children was conducted with two major questions as focus:
1. Are there identifiable conventions of initiated usage in the types and ...
State aid to private higher education in North Carolina: a historical description
(Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1982)
A new issue of public policy in America's higher education history is the state support of private higher education. As of January 1, 1980, all of the states except Wyoming and Nevada provide some type of aid to private ...
The impact of chapter two of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act in eight Virginia school districts
(Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1984)
This study investigated the impact of the ECIA Chapter 2 Block Grant program and the extent to which the legislative intent was realized in a sample of eight local education agencies (LEAs) in Virginia. Specifically, three ...
The effect of teacher testing on personality characteristics of teachers
(Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1987)
This study determined whether there was a relationship between the responses of teachers to teacher competency tests, measures of self-concept, and locus of control. The study was designed to investigate the issue of student ...
A national study of selected policy changes implemented by school boards (1982-1984)
(Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1984)
The purpose of this study was to report on policy changes implemented by school boards in the past two school years (1982-1984) in the areas of graduation requirements, financial incentives for teachers, instructional time, ...
A study of the professionalization and professionalism of nursing, 1960-1980
(Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1982)
The purpose of this study was to describe and document how nursing is changing and if it is changing in keeping with the process of professionalization.
The purpose was addressed through a grounded field methodology which ...