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[Letter from Jack Davis to Bill McCarter, September 18, 1995]

Description: Photocopy of a letter e-mail from Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts to his colleague to Bill McCarter, that Davis received prior. The email is to the "Houston Group" from Jack and Jeff, reminding the group about the press announcement of Transforming Education Through the Arts in Los Angeles, set by Harold Williams and Vartan Gregorian for October 11, 1995. Davis asks of the group who can go to LA and to let Vicki Rosenberg know by September 25th … more
Date: September 15, 1995
Creator: Davis, Donald Jack
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Letter from Bill McCarter to Gail Davitt, September 25, 1995]

Description: Photocopy of a letter from Bill McCarter, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Gail Davit. In regards of scheduling a two-week summer institute at the Dallas Museum of Art teachers in the Dallas Independent School District. McCarter is hoping that the DMA could provide a laboratory for the fellows to have a "capstone" experience that would benefit the DMA, NTIEVA, DISD and the Marcus Foundation from such a collaboration. An issue McCarter addresses is findin… more
Date: September 25, 1995
Creator: McCarter, William
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Letter from Vicki Rosenberg to Jack Davis and Bill McCarter, September 5, 1995]

Description: Photocopy of a letter from Vicki Rosenberg to Jack Davis and Bill McCarter, co-directors of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. In regards to the spring of 1995 progress report Davis and McCarter had sent Rosenberg about their activities and achievements for NTIEVA. Rosenberg is interested to hear that Bill McCarter plans to retires from NTIEVA after the summer of 1997 and commends both of them for their leadership they have brought to NTIEVA. Rosenberg requests that they ad… more
Date: September 5, 1995
Creator: Rosenberg, Vicki
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Letter from Vicki Rosenberg to Nancy Berry, September 5, 1995]

Description: Photocopy of a letter from Vicki Rosenberg to Nancy Berry, in regards to the Spring 1995 National Specialty program. Rosenberg requests that Berry send her a memo with the information from her focus group about marketing for the national specialty programs. Rosenberg also requests details about the National Center being a separate entity from NTIEVA, that Berry proposed.
Date: September 5, 1995
Creator: Rosenberg, Vicki
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Fax from Beverly Fletcher to Harriet Laney, September 29, 1995]

Description: Photocopy of a faxed document from Beverly Fletcher to Harriet Laney that includes the report of funds and expenditures for the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. Listed are all charges for the Institute and for stipends paid to Summer Institute participants from FWISD. At the top of the document is a note that reads "FWISD Accounting of NTIEVA Funds". The Fax Note reads " Date: 9/29, # of Pages: 4, To: Harriet Laney, Co./Dept.: NTIEVA, Phone #: (817) 565-3945, Fax # (817) … more
Date: September 29, 1995
Creator: Fletcher, Beverly
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Screening and Testing Chemicals in Commerce

Description: This paper comes from a workshop held by OTA in April 1995. The report reviews some of the many test technologies and techniques available for screening chemicals-in-commerce for toxicity.
Date: September 1995
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Selected Technology Issues in U.S. Aquaculture

Description: This report discusses different aquatic species that are produced in the United States, including various animal and plant ornamentals, species for environmental remediation, industrial and pharmaceutical feedstocks, and products for biomedical research.
Date: September 1995
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Effectiveness of AIDS Prevention Efforts

Description: The report discusses trends in numbers of AIDS cases, approaches to AIDS prevention--changing behavior, efforts designed for the American people as a whole, and preventing AIDS among different groups.
Date: September 1995
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Impact of Health Reform on Rural Areas: Lessons From the States

Description: This paper examines: 1) the effects of insurance market reforms--measures intended to make the market more equitable, or to make health care more affordable to those without insurance 2) the effects of reforms aimed at the health care delivery system.
Date: September 1995
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Effectiveness of Research and Experimentation Tax Credits

Description: This report assesses how well the research and experimentation R&E tax credit is currently understood, identifies inadequacies in the existing data and analyses, investigates implementation issues, considers the tax credit in the context of corporate R&D trends and Federal R&D policy more broadly, draws appropriate international comparisons, and specifies important avenues for further research.
Date: September 1995
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Wireless Technologies and the National Information Infrastructure

Description: This report examines the role wireless technologies will play in the emerging National Information Infrastructure (NII) and identifies the challenges that policymakers, regulators, and wireless service providers will face as they begin to more closely integrate wireless systems with existing wireline networks. The report also discusses some of the technical and social implications of the widespread use of wireless technologies— paying particular attention to the profound changes that wireless s… more
Date: September 1995
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Learning To Work: Making the Transition From School to Work

Description: This reports shows that work-based learning has considerable promise but will be difficult to implement. The report discusses work-based learning that can potentially help students see the relevance of their academic studies later in life, allow students to explore career options, and help them develop needed occupational skills.
Date: September 1995
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Renewing Our Energy Future

Description: This report evaluates the potential for cost-effective renewable energy in the coming decades and the actions that have to be taken to achieve the potential.
Date: September 1995
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Does Vocational Education Help the "Forgotten Half"?: Short-term Economic Consequences of High School Vocational Education for Non-College Students

Description: This background paper uses very recent data to address that question for individuals just one year out of high school. The paper also presents data on the types of occupations that these young people engage in, and rough statistical correlations between those occupations and types of high-school-level vocational coursework.
Date: September 1995
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Technology and Policy for Suppressing Grain Dust Explosions in Storage Facilities

Description: This report responds to the bipartisan request of the House Committee on Agriculture to assess alternative technologies with regard to their effectiveness in suppressing grain dust, the benefits and costs of each technology, and the costs of banning the use of water as a dust suppressant.
Date: September 1995
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Review of Information for Managing Aging in Nuclear Power Plants

Description: Age related degradation effects in safety related systems of nuclear power plants should be managed to prevent safety margins from eroding below the acceptable limits provided in plant design bases. The Nuclear Plant Aging Research (NPAR) Pro- gram, conducted under the auspices of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, and other related aging management programs are developing technical information on managing aging. The aging management process cen… more
Date: September 1, 1995
Creator: Morgan, WC & Livingston, JV
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Clip: Jonsson Obit]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: September 1, 1995, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 45 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Big Tex]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: September 25, 1995, 5:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 43 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Life and Arts, September 16, 1995]

Description: An article titled "School of Thought" written by Janet Tyson for the Life & Arts section of the Fort Worth Star Telegram. It covers a group of fifth-graders while they visit the at museums in the Fort Worth area.
Date: September 16, 1995
Creator: Tyson, Janet
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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