CONTENTS

Bahram Adrangi and Mary E. Allender, University of Portland
An Empirical Analysis of the Relationship between Entrepreneurial Activity and Macroeconomic Conditions
 

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Carolyn Awalt and Patricia Ainsa, University of Texas at El Paso
Developing an Online Social Studies Resource: Needs Assessment Phase
 

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Deborah Bridges, University of Nebraska at Kearney
Factors Influencing Agricultural Land Values in Nebraska
 

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Lloyd R. Burton and Richard Dahlkemper, Weber State University
Communication Issues in Online Learning
 

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Robert C. Evans and David V. Witkosky, Auburn University Montgomery
Bridging the Gap: Integrating Research with the Teaching of General Education Courses
 

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J. David Fairbanks, University of Houston-Downtown
Why All the Hype about Morality Issues in the 2004 Elections?
 

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Jerry P. Galloway, Georgia Southern University
Society Demands Educators Embrace Graphic Imagery
 

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Samuel B. Hoff, Delaware State University
Sustaining His Stand: The Veto Record of President George Bush
 

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Samuel J. Katz, Ohio Wesleyan  University
‘Standard’ Americans? The National Standards for Civics and Government
 

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Terry L. Lovelace, Northwest Missouri State University
Using Children’s Trade Books for Multiple Perspectives: Combating Ethnocentrism
 

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H.R. Mahood and Ramona M. Mahood, The University of Memphis
527 Organizations: New Kid on the Block
 

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Edna Meisel and Calvin F. Meyer, Marshall University Graduate College
Is Integrated Curriculum Defined and Is It Making A Difference?
 

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Martin I. Milkman, Riza D. Marjadi, Murray State University
Steve H. Freeman, West Kentucky Community and Technical College
Student Outcomes of Rural Community Technology Centers: Additional Evidence from a Case Study in Far Western Kentucky
 

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James Ochwa-Echel, Oberlin College
Impact of computers on Cultures in Third World Countries: A Case of Computers in Education
 

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Amy Richards Franzini, Widener University
The World of Teenage Television: A Longitudinal Content Analysis of Prime-Time Programming Most Popular among Adolescents
 

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Nena Torrez, California State University, San Bernardino
A Comparative Analysis of Vocational Preferences of African-American Students in a Charter and a Traditional Public School
 

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Emmanuel N. Uwalaka, Saint Louis University
The Church and HIV/AIDS in Nigeria: The Case of Two Dioceses
 

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Stephen Earl White
Variables that Inhibit Middle and Upper Class African Americans from Achieving Racial Cohesion
 

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