Now and Then: The Appalachian Magazine, Volume 1, Issue 1, published in 1984. This issue did not have a theme but focused on news from the Center of Appalachian Studies and Services and other news and creative works from Appalachian writers. / https://dc.etsu.edu/now-then/1000/thumbnail.jpg

Now and Then: The Appalachian Magazine, Volume 2, Issues 1-2, published in 1985. The theme of this issue is Appalachian Women. / https://dc.etsu.edu/now-then/1001/thumbnail.jpg

Map compiled by the East Tennessee State University Research Advisory Council showing population centers at different radiuses from the East Tennessee State University Campus. Population statistics were drawn from the population projections of the 1970 census. The legend includes overall population totals in 50 mile intervals. Majid Ejlali is listed as a primary author. In his capacity as Director of University Marketing and Promotion, Dr. Ejlali created a series of series of census maps as part of a university proposal to establish a medical school at ETSU. This is one such map. Physical copy resides in the Government Information, Law and Maps Department of East Tennessee State University’s Sherrod Library. / https://dc.etsu.edu/rare-maps/1004/thumbnail.jpg

Passed in May 19, 1977, House Bill no.92 of the 99th General Assembly provides ongoing funding from Washington County, Tennessee for the establishment and maintenance of the Washington County Cooperative Law Library. Located in East Tennessee State University's Sherrod Library, the Cooperative Law Collection provides an openly accessible and free law library to the citizens of Northeast Tennessee.

Now and Then: The Appalachian Magazine, Volume 2, Issue 3, published in 1985. This issue's theme is Appalachian Music. / https://dc.etsu.edu/now-then/1002/thumbnail.jpg

Now and Then: The Appalachian Magazine, Volume 3, Issue 1, published in 1986. This issue highlights the work of Black Appalachians and features key Black figures in Appalachian history. / https://dc.etsu.edu/now-then/1003/thumbnail.jpg

Now and Then: The Appalachian Magazine, Volume 3, Issue 2, published in 1986. The theme of this issue is Homecoming '86, a "celebration of Tennessee Homecoming '86, a commemoration of the history and traditions of the Volunteer State." / https://dc.etsu.edu/now-then/1004/thumbnail.jpg

Now and Then: The Appalachian Magazine, Volume 3, Issue 3, published in 1986. This issue's theme is Cherokees, exploring Cherokee news and culture and featuring Cherokee authors and experiences. / https://dc.etsu.edu/now-then/1005/thumbnail.jpg

According to Kerlin (1995a), first-generation students are not expected to survive to doctorate degree attainment because of vulnerability to negative affects associated with their status; yet persist they do at East Tennessee State University. The desire to study the first-generation East Tennessee State University's Doctors of Education and the limited number of first-generation graduate studies available, especially in the academic field of education, promoted developing this study. It was the intent of this study to offer additional empirical research toward understanding variables associated with first-generation persistence as encountered by East Tennessee State University's Doctors of education. Quantitative analysis derived through survey research served as an explanatory framework to investigate major variables of first-generation persistence. The survey targeted East Tennessee State University's Doctors of Education who received degrees prior to June 2004. Investigation of empirical evidence revealed that unlike previous first-generation studies (Hayes, 1997; Hurley, 2002; Inman and Mayes, 1999; Khanh, 2002; NCES, 1998; Terenzini, Springer, Yaeger, Pascarella, and Nora, 1996) the bulk (73.7%) of East Tennessee State University Doctors of Education were first-generation. Moreover, although previous studies suggested the presence of unique barriers attributed to first-generation status, no significant differences resulted in either identification or ranking of barriers or facilitators to degree attainment between first-generation East Tennessee State University's Doctors of Education and their non-first-generation counterparts. The Survey of ETSU Doctors of Education requested respondents prioritize identified barriers and facilitators. After plotting significant bivariate coordinate pairs among ranked barriers and facilitators, flat line (zero sloped) clusters depicted the presence of six weak monotone associations among variables. Facilitator rankings were associated with a respondent's age, parental college attendance, and education specialist degree, while barrier rankings were associated with a respondent's marital status at the time of degree attainment, secondary support source, and post doctorate employment.

The purpose of this study was to determine the racial awareness of majority group member students at East Tennessee State University (ETSU) and factors related to racial awareness. Seven research questions and five hypotheses were examined. The Oklahoma Racial Attitudes Survey-Preliminary Form (ORAS-P) was used to identify the racial awareness of White students enrolled at ETSU during the fall of 1999. Forty-six classes were surveyed obtaining a sample totaling 395 students. In addition to completing the ORAS-P, students in the sample were asked the following demographic questions: gender, age, city and state of birth, name and location of high school from which they graduated, race, parents occupation and highest level of education, annual family income, college classification, number of core classes that have a diversity component completed at ETSU, and the nature of contact they have had with someone of a different race. Once the students' racial awareness levels were determined, t-tests and analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used to test for differences between subgroups on the ORAS-P. Results showed that annual family income and contact with minorities were significantly related to racial awareness while the percentage of minorities in the high school the respondent graduated from and the number of core classes having a diversity component completed at ETSU were not related to racial awareness. Hierarchical multiple regression was used to determine how effectively the independent variables could predict one's level of racial awareness. Analysis showed that the variables of age, gender, annual family income, and contact (with minorities) were the most significant predictors of racial awareness.