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About the Journal
The Legend of the Eagle Feather
by Samuel E. Matteson, Professor, University of North Texas
Eagles soar and from great heights see vistas less majestic creatures
never know. Thus, from antiquity, these noble birds have been sacred
to Native Americans, who mark rites of passage of their young toward
maturity and wisdom with the symbolic gift of an eagle feather.
With this highest honor, the recipient knows he must thereafter
adhere to the highest moral and ethical standards. Undergraduate
scholars, who are completing their first major research projects,
are likewise honored by their mentors with publication of their
work in The Eagle Feather. To them we
say, “Go forth, and ever soar on eagle wings!”
Mission
The Eagle Feather is an interdisciplinary
undergraduate research journal for students at the University of
North Texas. The mission of TEF is to
promote high quality research among undergraduates. Research can
be in any basic or applied field of study, including the physical
and life sciences, the social sciences, the humanities, education,
engineering, and the arts. Types of articles may include reports
on empirical quantitative and qualitative research, policy analysis,
historical analysis, case studies, critical reviews of literature
in an area, theoretical articles, methodological articles, and critical
literary or artistic analysis. Publication in TEF
gives public recognition to students who excel in research, and
to their faculty mentors, who excel in teaching research to new
generations of scholars.
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