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Ua66/6/3/1 Biennial Report, Kentucky Gamma, Alpha Epsilon Delta

Student Organizations

Biennial report created by and about the Kentucky Gamma Chapter of Alpha Epsilon Delta premedical honor society sponsored by WKU Biology.

The Future Of Farming: Regional Variation In Opinions From Louisiana And The Nation, Alan Acock, Ann Dellenbarger

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

Findings from a 1987 telephone survey of Louisiana residents are reported. Opinions of 701 persons were gathered using a weighted probability sample across the state. Socioeconomic and demographic characteristics were used to identify regional clusters of parishes to determine differences among regions of the state. The results point to a paradox. While the clusters exhibited extreme variation in socioeconomic and demographic characteristics, there was surprising similarity in the responses regarding opinions on agricultural issues. Support for agriculture was uniformly strong across all regions, with over 80 percent of respondents agreeing that both the state and federal governments should do a …

Sociology And Biotechnology: Challenges And Opportunities, Thomas J. Hoban Iv

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

Sociologists have traditionally been concerned with technological change. We now find renewed research interest in the social impacts and risks of biotechnology. Many public and key opinion leaders recognize that closer attention must be paid to tradeoffs, uncertainties, and negative consequences related to biotechnology. Sociologists have a number of important roles to play in ensuring that the benefits of biotechnology outweigh the potential risks. This paper examines several important issues about agricultural biotechnology that have not yet received adequate attention from sociologists. The nature of biotechnology as an innovation and as a risky technology is examined. Particular attention is aid …

Revitalizing Rural America: Focus On Rural Youth, E. Yvonne Beauford

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

The youth comprise a significant component of the rural population. They are rarely considered in policies, programs, or strategies for the revitalization of rural America. This paper focuses on rural youth as a potential dynamic element of change in rural America. The questions addressed are: how can we help to motivate more young people to consider careers in agriculture; and how can we improve our abilities to retain and attract talented young people to rural areas. A selected review of the relevant literature suggests that current factors influencing choice of an agriculture major differ from the past and that migration …

Determinants Of Work Status Among Heads Of Poor Families In The South, Elizabeth S. Morrissey

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

Increases in the incidence of working-age persons outside the labor force and poor female-headed families have focused national attention on that portion of the working-age poor who do not work. This study examines the role of selected demographic, family and family income variables on the work status (working versus nonworking) of metropolitan and nonmetropolitan heads of poor families in the South. The findings indicate that both age and receipt of public welfare in the previous year exert significant influences on working, regardless of residence. By residence, race is a more important predictor of work status in metropolitan than nonmetropolitan areas, …

Family Type And Familism In Contemporary Appalachia, James K. Crissman

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

Residents of Appalachia have long been considered isolated, "old-fashioned," and "traditional" when compared with the rest of the United States. Such terms as "yesterday's people" have been utilized to describe present-day Appalachians, and romanticized ideas abound as to the contemporary Appalachian family. It is still quite often pictured as extended and highly familistic. This research consisted of a study of 675 rural families throughout the state of West Virginia, which is the only state entirely within the Appalachian area. The interviewees tended to live in nuclear families. They did not display the expected degree of familism. Familism is related to …

Acknowledgements, Robert L. Moxley

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

No abstract provided.

A Gender Comparison Of Former Agricultural Students' Employment Experiences, John K. Thomas, Kathy L. Schiflett

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

Deepening shortages of highly qualified scientists, managers, and technical professionals seriously threaten American agriculture. The purpose of this study is to investigate the degree to which gender differences exist in former agricultural students' acquiring employment in the agricultural industry after leaving college. Data were obtained using a 30 percent random sample (n=1,730) of students enrolled in 1977 at two major land-grant universities in the Southwest. A mail survey conducted in late 1986 resulted in 707 respondents. Male out-numbered female respondents 3 to 1, which was approximately the same enrollment ratio in 1977. Findings of the survey indicate that 9 out …

We Forum, Vol Xiii No. 134 - Dec. 29, 1989, Jose Burgos, Jr.

We Forum

No abstract provided.

We Forum, Vol Xiii No. 133 - Dec. 28, 1989, Jose Burgos, Jr.

We Forum

No abstract provided.

Comment On ‘Economic Inequality At The Close Of The Twentieth Century’, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D.

Hyman P. Minsky Archive

Comment by Hyman P. Minsky on ‘Economic Inequality at the Close of the Twentieth Century’, a research proposal submitted to the Jerome Levy Economics Institute by Edward N. Wolff.

An Economic Impact Analysis Of The Proposed Yakima/Klickitat Fishery Enhancement Project; Preliminary Design Report, Appendix D., Richard S. Mack, Donald J. Cocheba, Daniel Green, David W. Hedrick

Economics Faculty Scholarship

The objective of this study is to estimate the economic impact of the proposed Yakima/Klickitat Production Project on the local economies of the Yakima and Klickitat subbasins. The project, when operating at planned maximum production, will augment the total number of salmon and steelhead returning to the subbasins by 77,600 and will increase the sustainable terminal harvest by 55,160. These estimates do not include fish harvested in the ocean or in the mainstem Columbia. In addition to evaluating the impacts of the construction, operations and maintenance, experimentation and monitoring, and harvest activities described in the Draft Environmental Assessment (Bonneville Power …

We Forum, Vol Xiii No. 132 - Dec. 27, 1989, Jose Burgos, Jr.

We Forum

No abstract provided.

Letter To Diana Osbaldiston Regarding Seaall Membership, December 27, 1989, Susan Roach

Correspondence

A letter from Susan Roach to Diana Osbaldiston enclosing membership applications and dues payments for new SEAALL members.

We Forum, Vol Xiii No. 131 - Dec. 26, 1989, Jose Burgos, Jr.

We Forum

No abstract provided.

Mother Of Perpetual Help Church Of The Deaf, Christmas 1989

Mother of Perpetual Health Church of the Deaf

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Omaha, NE

Good News, Christmas 1989

Good News

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Croydon, PA

The Bulletin, Christmas 1989-January 1990

Bulletin, The

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Green Bay, WI

The Bulletin Finding Aid

We Forum, Vol Xiii No. 130 - Dec. 22, 1989, Jose Burgos, Jr.

We Forum

No abstract provided.

Metropolitan Report - December 21, 1989, Division Of Business And Economic Research, College Of Business Administration, University Of New Orleans

UNO Metropolitan Report

No abstract provided.

We Forum, Vol Xiii No. 129 - Dec. 21, 1989, Jose Burgos, Jr.

We Forum

No abstract provided.

December 21, 1989, Arkansas Baptist State Convention

Arkansas Baptist Newsmagazine, 1985-1989

No abstract provided.

We Forum, Vol Xiii No. 128 - Dec. 20, 1989, Jose Burgos, Jr.

We Forum

No abstract provided.

Tidings, December 19, 1989

Tidings

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Louisville, KY.

We Forum, Vol Xiii No. 127 - Dec. 19, 1989, Jose Burgos, Jr.

We Forum

No abstract provided.

Technical Bulletins: Smoking In The Workplace, Richard Stokes

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin explores the need to regulate employee smoking on the job; why employees feel their rights are being infringed upon; legal issues associated with workplace smoking; policies and practices in effect across the country; and steps to develop a successful policy.

We Forum, Vol Xiii No. 126 - Dec. 18, 1989, Jose Burgos, Jr.

We Forum

No abstract provided.

Mother Of Perpetual Help Church Of The Deaf, December 17, 1989

Mother of Perpetual Health Church of the Deaf

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Omaha, NE

Belize Library Project: A Brief Report, December 16-21, 1989, Mary Margaret (Peggy) Wright

DLPS Faculty Publications

A report of Peggy Wright's activities on a library needs assessment trip to Belize's educational institutions in December 1989.

The Graduate Student Advocate, December 15, 1989, Vol. 1, No. 3, Advocate

The Advocate

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

CUNY Chancellor Will Resign (p. 1)

Committee for Cultural Studies Plans Doctoral Program: Student Involvement Encouraged (p. 1)

A Veiled Affair. Binita Mehta (p. 1)

Table of Contents (p. 1)

Around and About The Center

The Doctoral Students’ Council: A Report (p. 2)

Illustration: Post-Modernism (p. 2)

Enhancement Funds for Students with Disabilities (p. 2)

Photograph: International Students Association (p. 2)

In Search of the Missing Rib. Ed Marx (p. 3)

Dear Mr. Update (p. 3)

More Rooms Available in West Hall (p. 3)

Masthead (p. 4)

Editorials & Letters

Voted In or Out of Business? (p. …