[Vpaaetal] December Schedule of Proposals and Dissertations Defenses

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TO:	All Graduate Faculty

FROM:	Natalie Henderson
	Doctoral Degree Coordinator

DATE:	November 30, 2004

RE:	Schedule of Proposal Defenses and Final Defenses

Dec. 1 - 1:00 p.m., EDN 107, Jeremy McMillen, Proposal Defense
"Learning Outcomes Enhancement, Campus Culture and Chang in the
Learning-Centered Community College"
Major Adviser:  Dr. Jon Travis
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Pat Bagley

Dec. 2 - 3:00 p.m., EDN 107, Sandra Caldwell, Proposal Defense
"A Validation of the 1993 Version of the Mathematics Self-Efficacy Scale"
Major Adviser:  Dr. James Hardy
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Italo Simonelli

Dec. 3 - 10:00 a.m., EDN 202, Douglas Vance, Proposal Defense
"The Relationship Between the Massachusetts Youth Screening
Instrument-Second Version and Serious Incidents Committed by Juveniles
Detained in the Dallas County Juvenile Detention Center"
Major Adviser:  Dr. Richard Lampe
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Ed Skarnulis

Dec. 7 - 2:00 p.m., EDN 113E, Debora Brown, Proposal Defense
"A Policy Study of Social Studies Programs in the United States as Related
to Standards and No Child Left Behind"
Major Adviser:  Dr. James Vornberg
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Lawrence Clinton

Dec. 8 - 10:30 a.m., IT 233, Katherine Stover, Final Defense
"Evaluating the Effectiveness of Teacher Training at the Texas Higher
Education Collaborative"
Major Adviser:  Dr. Carolyn Kneese
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Gerald Duchovnay

Dec. 8 - 1:00 p.m., Metroplex 122 & BA 338, Kristine Vowels, Proposal
Defense
"Creating Safe Schools for Lesbian, Gay Bisexual and Transgender Youth"
Major Adviser:  Dr. Wayne Linek
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. George Leddick

Dec. 13 - 2:00 p.m., HL 145, Lori Rios, Proposal Defense
"Asking Students What Works for Them:  Researching the Usefulness of Teacher
Comments in First-Year Student's Revisions"
Major Adviser:  Dr. Richard Fulkerson
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Randy Odom

Dec. 17 - 3:00 p.m., Metroplex 131 & IT 233, Kevin Eaton, Proposal Defense
"Project Evaluation of the Texas TWO-STEP Project:  An Analysis of Project
Success"
Major Adviser:  Dr. James Vornberg
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Dick Fulkerson

Dec. 21 - 3:00 p.m., Metroplex 123, Liliana Valadez, Proposal Defense
"An Analysis of Legal Expenditures and Training of Selected School
Districts:  Proactive Versus Reactive Approaches"
Major Adviser:  Dr. James Vornberg
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. R. N. Singh