Despite increased numbers of African American male students pursuing higher education, their academic levels of achievement continue to lag behind other ethnic and gender groups (NCES, 2003). The gap is even greater at ...

The findings of this dissertation on seismic characterization of the Eagle Ford Shale based on rock physics using actual well-log data from productive and unproductive wells in Mexico can be immediately and effectively ...

This dissertation is an integrated geologic and geophysical study of the slowly converging (20 mm/yr), amagmatic, and shallowly subducting (4-8˚) system of the Caribbean margin of Colombia that includes both its offshore ...

Advanced secondary academic programs such as Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) were traditionally reserved for challenging gifted and high-ability students to engage in college-level coursework ...

In July 2013, National Public Radio (NPR) showcased a research study on why economically disadvantaged students "melted" during the summer between their high school graduation and fall enrollment in an institute of higher ...

Iron-based superconductors (FeSCs) are a class set of high-temperature supercon- ductor (HTS) based on different crystal structure and pairing symmetry from the Cu- based HTS. The world’s physicists, chemists and scientists ...

The purpose of this mixed methods study was to investigate federal and state accountability policies and the relation between school district accountability and school district resources. No Child Left Behind (2001) (NCLB) ...

Lecture videos are useful and great learning resources. At the University of Houston, videos are widely used throughout departments within the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics such as Computer Science, Biology ...

Transplantation of Islet of Langerhans is a treatment used in Diabetes Type I with an objective to introduce beta cells for secretion of insulin for controlling the glucose level in the body. Our project is focused on in ...

On March 13, 2010 the Obama Administration released A Blueprint for Reform: The Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). The Blueprint focused on four areas, including (1) Improving teacher and ...