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Evolving Statewide Transfer Policies: Persistent Efforts In Tension With Workforce Development Among Massachusetts Community Colleges, Daniel Torre Jr., Ryan S. Wells
Evolving Statewide Transfer Policies: Persistent Efforts In Tension With Workforce Development Among Massachusetts Community Colleges, Daniel Torre Jr., Ryan S. Wells
Ryan S. Wells
Since their inception, community colleges have included the transfer function as a central mission. However, arguments have been made contending that community colleges have systematically diverted students toward occupational education. In the 21st century, community colleges continue to contend with multiple missions and identities, especially when viewed from a workforce-development perspective stressing short-term employability as the primary objective. The two-fold purpose of this study focuses on the academic transfer mission of community colleges in tension with the vocational-occupational mission. We apply document and thematic analysis to identify the elements of formal transfer and articulation policies in the United States leading …
Power In Coalition: Strategies For Strong Unions And Social Change, Dan Clawson
Power In Coalition: Strategies For Strong Unions And Social Change, Dan Clawson
Dan Clawson
No abstract provided.
Rape Culture, Due Process And Sexuality, John Brigham
Rape Culture, Due Process And Sexuality, John Brigham
John Brigham
No abstract provided.
Why Do Criminals Obey The Law? The Influence Of Legitimacy And Social Networks On Active Gun Offenders, Andrew V. Papachristos, Tracey L. Meares, Jeffrey Fagan
Why Do Criminals Obey The Law? The Influence Of Legitimacy And Social Networks On Active Gun Offenders, Andrew V. Papachristos, Tracey L. Meares, Jeffrey Fagan
Andrew Papachristos
Research on procedural justice and legitimacy suggests that compliance with the law is best secured not by mere threat of force, but by fostering beliefs in the fairness of the legal systems and in the legitimacy of legal actors. To date, however, this research has been based on general population surveys and more banal types of law violating behavior (such as unpaid parking tickets, excessive noise, etc.). Thus, while we know why the average citizen obeys the law, we do not have similar knowledge as it pertains to the population most likely to commit serious violent crimes. This study fills …
Selecting Lower Court Federal Judges On The Basis Of Their Policy Views, Sheldon Goldman
Selecting Lower Court Federal Judges On The Basis Of Their Policy Views, Sheldon Goldman
Sheldon Goldman
No abstract provided.
Unusual Punishment, John Brigham
Unusual Punishment, John Brigham
John Brigham
This paper examines the way state and federal authority is constituted in the United States by focusing on jurisdictions that do not have capital punishment as they respond to the federal death penalty.
Do Public Expendintures Improve Child Outcomes In The U.S.: A Comparison Across Fifty States, Nancy Folbre, Kristen Harknett, Irwin Garfinkel, Jay Bainbridge, Timothy Smeeding
Do Public Expendintures Improve Child Outcomes In The U.S.: A Comparison Across Fifty States, Nancy Folbre, Kristen Harknett, Irwin Garfinkel, Jay Bainbridge, Timothy Smeeding
Nancy Folbre
Our paper utilizes variation across the fifty U.S. states to examine the relationship between public expenditures on children and child outcomes. We find that public expenditures on children are related to better child outcomes across a wide range of indicators including measures of child mortality, elementary-school test scores, and adolescent behavioral outcomes. States that spend more on children have better child outcomes even after taking into account potential confounding influences. Our results are robust to numerous variations in model specifications and to the inclusion of proxies for unobserved characteristics of states. Our sensitivity analyses suggest that the results we present …