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This thesis argues that the wartime broadcasts carried out by the Czechoslovak Government-in-exile in London during the Second World War constituted a performance of government in the absence of real executive or administrative power. Despite a ban on listening to foreign broadcasts in the German-occupied Protectorate and in Slovakia, the regular broadcasting slots offered to the exile government by their hosts at the BBC provided the strongest connection between the London Czechoslovaks and their audience at home. President Bend and his government exploited the possibilities offered by the medium of radio to establish their own authority and legitimacy before this audience, and to issue instructions to the population from exile. They presented listeners with an interpretation of Czechoslovakia as both a state and a nation which drew heavily on established narratives and tropes from the First Czechoslovak Republic (1918-1938) and the Czech National Revival of the nineteenth century. This interpretation offered useful historical parallels for conflict with Germany and alliance with Russia but left little room for the concerns expressed by Slovak representatives regarding a return to the shared state. The Czech-dominated focus of much of the government's broadcasting was reflected in the narrow ' and negative propaganda to Slovakia which failed to address existing issues in Czech-Slovak relations from the interwar period. Broadcasting to Subcarpathian Ruthenia, constituting the last contact between a Czechoslovak government and a region that was incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1945, revealed a disorganised approach to the region and became increasingly inaccurate in its predictions of a shared future as the USSR exerted greater influence over Czechoslovak policy. The various practical and ideological constraints on the exile government, working for the recreation of Czechoslovakia from Britain and in increasing close alliance with the Soviet Union, significantly limited their propaganda and thereby compromised their wartime performance.

Nontraditional students have personal obstacles they must overcome in their journey through college. These barriers differ from traditional students and can include feelings of isolation and a sense that their chosen institutions are insensitive and inflexible to the particular nontraditional student needs. In this quantitative, causal-comparative study, the researcher sought to determine if students' satisfaction, as measured by the Student Satisfaction Inventory, differed based on student status (traditional or nontraditional) and health science program (nursing, dental hygiene, or radiologic technology) enrolled at technical colleges of Georgia. This study was conducted at technical colleges in Georgia. Participants were students from five colleges enrolled in nursing (six traditional and 19 nontraditional students), dental hygiene (20 traditional and six nontraditional), or radiologic technology programs (9 traditional and 7 nontraditional). A factorial Analysis of Variance was used to determine main effects of each independent variable as well as evaluate any interaction effects of traditional and nontraditional and health science program on student satisfaction. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]

Nontraditional students have personal obstacles they must overcome in their journey through college. These barriers differ from traditional students and can include feelings of isolation and a sense that their chosen institutions are insensitive and inflexible to the particular nontraditional student needs. In this quantitative, causal-comparative study, the researcher sought to determine if students’ satisfaction, as measured by the Student Satisfaction Inventory, differed based on student status (traditional or nontraditional) and health science program (nursing, dental hygiene, or radiologic technology) enrolled at technical colleges of Georgia. This study was conducted at technical colleges in Georgia. Participants were students from five colleges enrolled in nursing (six traditional and 19 nontraditional students), dental hygiene (20 traditional and six nontraditional), or radiologic technology programs (9 traditional and 7 nontraditional). A factorial Analysis of Variance was used to determine main effects of each independent variable as well as evaluate any interaction effects of traditional and nontraditional and health science program on student satisfaction.