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Spectrum, Volume 24, Issue 15, Sacred Heart University Feb 2006

Spectrum, Volume 24, Issue 15, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Highlights include: New campus of the near future -- Seniors taken out for a night of mystery in New Haven -- Career Fair paves the way for students -- Black Eyed Peas to Headline Spring Concert -- Contraception bill draws opposition from church -- Authorities say many teens at risk on social Web sites -- Merton and Seton hall residents annoyed by fire alarms -- He Said.. She Said... -- Real ID's lose their luster -- Hopes of gold is gone for Kwan -- L.A. Confidential -- First babies, now breakups: celebrity trends -- Know your rights when it comes …

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Spectrum, Volume 24, Issue 14, Sacred Heart University Feb 2006

Spectrum, Volume 24, Issue 14, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Highlights include: Men's hockey joins a new battle -- Here she comes, Miss America -- Freshmen: Welcome to the family -- Senioritis: Not here, not now, not ever? -- Conn. eyes film industry to diversify economy -- Blind date victims aim to set world record in awkwardness -- MySpace: A new online star that isn't Google -- Trouble around popular hang outs worries students -- He Said... She Said... -- SHU Idol: Only the best survive -- Who brought it home: The 48th Annual Grammys -- L.A. Confidential -- Movie Review: "The New World" -- PetUnity.com: Sharing knowledge and passion …

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Spectrum, Volume 24, Issue 13, Sacred Heart University Feb 2006

Spectrum, Volume 24, Issue 13, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Highlights include: Rat-race runs through Taft -- Put a bounce back in your step -- Vintage Bush -- Cell Ban -- Black History Month: Celebrating a diverse campus -- Hollywood, Conn. -- Letter to the Editor: Senior Outpost Pub nights -- He Said... She Said... -- LeBlanc's performance calls for encore -- SHUlebrities in the making -- L.A. Confidential: Hollywood's news source comes to SHU -- Rap Battle packs Pub -- Major fair: Decide what career path you will take -- Cupid's true love brought to you by Hallmark -- Creative expression can come in all forms -- Men's hoops …

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Spectrum, Volume 24, Issue 12, Sacred Heart University Feb 2006

Spectrum, Volume 24, Issue 12, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Highlights include: Sacred Heart University’s College of Business was officially named for the former Chairman and CEO of the General Electric Company, John F. Welch, Jr. --Former SHU student and football player and NYPD rookie officer Eric Hernandez is a victim of friendly fire, mistaken for an assailant --Poor turnout for Greek rush week --Online classes have become a recent trend for undergraduates --SHU Idol is back. The first half of Sacred Heart’s own singing competition was held last week --iPod craze becomes iPod nation --Sports: Amanda Pape earned her third NEC player-of-the week honors for the week ending Jan, …

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Moving Past Oppression To Empowerment: A Framework For Infusion Of Positive Historical Attributes Of Diverse Populations In High School United States History Curriculum, Grifan Inglis Cayce Jan 2006

Moving Past Oppression To Empowerment: A Framework For Infusion Of Positive Historical Attributes Of Diverse Populations In High School United States History Curriculum, Grifan Inglis Cayce

All Graduate Projects

The relationship between student dispositions and content regarding historically marginalized cultures was studied. Research explored how the delivery by the teacher on challenging subjects would have a direct result on student dispositions and learning. The research supported the need to change the current approach of teaching United States history into a transformative model where students are challenged to think about history from different perspectives. Implications for curriculum delivery are discussed.

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Pacific Review Winter 2006, Pacific Alumni Association Jan 2006

Pacific Review Winter 2006, Pacific Alumni Association

Pacific Magazine and Pacific Review

No abstract provided.

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University Of South Florida: The First Fifty Years, 1956-2006, Mark I. Greenberg Jan 2006

University Of South Florida: The First Fifty Years, 1956-2006, Mark I. Greenberg

Mark I. Greenberg

No abstract provided.

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The Establishment Of Aga Khan University-Institute For Educational Development, Sadrudin Pardhan, Dennish Thiessen Jan 2006

The Establishment Of Aga Khan University-Institute For Educational Development, Sadrudin Pardhan, Dennish Thiessen

Book Chapters / Conference Papers

No abstract provided.

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Raising Edith: The Transformation Of A New Generation University: Edith Cowan University 1995-2005, Ken Spillman Jan 2006

Raising Edith: The Transformation Of A New Generation University: Edith Cowan University 1995-2005, Ken Spillman

Research outputs pre 2011

Adaptation is an important theme in ECU's history between 1995 and 2005, but the university's transmutation in that decade was revolutionary as well as evolutionary. Organisational reform was deliberate, broad, swift and consequential. It was accomplished in the face of significant resistance. The impact was measurable. ECU was ineradicably altered by means of a change management operation which, in the strictly corporate world, might well be described as 'reengineering'- a radical redesign process to 'achieve dramatic improvements in critical, contemporary measures of performance'.2

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2006 Ruby Yearbook, Ursinus College Senior Class Jan 2006

2006 Ruby Yearbook, Ursinus College Senior Class

The Ruby Yearbooks, 1897-2020

A digitized copy of the 2006 Ruby, the Ursinus College yearbook.

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Why Does Policy Fail? Understanding The Problems Of Policy Implementation In Pakistan - A Neuro-Cognitive Perspective, Sajid Ali Jan 2006

Why Does Policy Fail? Understanding The Problems Of Policy Implementation In Pakistan - A Neuro-Cognitive Perspective, Sajid Ali

Institute for Educational Development, Karachi

Education policy in Pakistan, as in other developing countries, faces the challenge of poor implementation. The article explores the history of education policy in Pakistan and describes the conventional accounts of policy failures. It particularly highlights the issues of unclear goals, political commitment, governance, centralisation, resources and foreign aid. Generally, it is assumed that overcoming these conventional challenges will result in better policy outcomes. Although this is partially true, Spillane, Reiser and Reimer (2002) direct our attention to the cognitive factors that play a critical role in policy implementation. They argued that implementing agents try to make sense of policy …

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2006 Nsu Fact Book, Nova Southeastern University Jan 2006

2006 Nsu Fact Book, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Fact Book

This 14th edition of the Nova Southeastern University Fact Book reflects expanding body of data and information that provides perspective on the university's character, growth, and accomplishments. The 2006 Fact Book continues to provide narrative, numeric, and graphic representation of the university, including history, characteristics, and developments of the institution, Data are presented in both tabular and graphic formats tp provide pertinent detail, and general trends highlighted.

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