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Off the Tracks! : Deadly Railway Accidents, Markets, and Morality, 1850-1893
(2013-12)
This thesis explores railway accidents and safety from the 1850s through the Railway Safety Appliance Act of 1893. Historians have shown, through political, economic, and to some extent, legal examination, throughout much ...
Rise and Decline of the Family Farm in Central Southern Wisconsin: 1890-1990 A study of the economic, social, and political ramifications of the loss of family farms on the rural communities of Columbia and Dodge Counties, Wisconsin
(2013-06-13)
The family farm in America is often referred to as the backbone of the Nation's identity. The number of active farms in Wisconsin has shrunk from a high in 1934 of 200,000 to the current number of less than 68,000 according ...
Knowledge and Practice: Diagnosing and Treating Childhood Apraxia Speech
(2013-05-10)
In the field of speech-language pathology, few topics are more controversial than childhood apraxia of speech (CAS). Because of the lack of agreement on diagnostic criteria and no standardized protocol for diagnosing, CAS ...
The Impact of Participation in Four Year Old Kindergarten on Future Literacy Skills
(2013-11-30)
The current study examined the short and long-term associated impact of participation in a school district supported four-year-old kindergarten (4K) program on early literacy skills and reading acquisition. Over 1100 ...
Communicating Farm Animal Welfare Science: Wisconsin Dairy Producers' Attitudes Toward and Interest in Dairy Cattle Welfare
(2013-12-15)
Research in the field of farm animal welfare science provides the foundation for the farm animal welfare assessment criteria and legislation that has been developing over the past fifty years, especially in the EU, England, ...
Wisconsin Indian Head Country-A Guide to the Past: Real and Mythical
(2013-05-10)
In the 1930s, businessmen in the Eau Claire area and resort owners in Northwestern Wisconsin, an area decimated by logging, collaborated as a group with the hope of promoting tourism to the area and boost the local economy. ...
The Relevance of Academic Libraries in the Twenty-First Century
(2013)
The biggest challenge facing the library profession in the twenty-first century is staying relevant to its users. It is often stated that the Internet and Google have changed librarianship. This challenge, while significant, ...
The Effectiveness of a Post-Secondary Readiness Intervention in Increasing Students' Academic Preparation Knowledge: Self Efficacy as a Predictive Factor
(2013-05-10)
Students least likely to attend college are first-generation students, ethnic- minority students, and students from low socio-economic statuses (SES). Although there is an abundance of research indicating that adequate ...
Survey of School Psychologists' Actual and Preferred Roles, and Job Satisfaction in Wisconsin
(2013-12-10)
School psychologists try to balance between what school districts need, what they prefer to do, and what current initiatives suggest for practitioners. The purpose of this study was to survey school psychologists in ...
"What You Need Not What You Want": Public Assistance Programs in Chippewa County during the New Deal Era
(2013-07-01)
This thesis examines the impact of public assistance programs in Chippewa County. It examines the role the Social Security Act played in reshaping how public assistance programs were run in Chippewa County. Also it examines ...