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Community-Based Learning: A Study Of A Model Dropout Prevention Program, Robert D. Shumer

School K-12

Dropout prevention is a major concern of school districts throughout the country. In Los Angeles it is estimated that 39% of students fail to graduate from high school. Nationwide, the rate is not too much different, especially in inner city communities where large numbers of Hispanic and African-American youth attend school. While dropout rates have been traditionally high for decades, people continue to ask, why? Many billions of dollars have been spent trying to answer this question and many programs have been developed which attempt to address some of these problems. No one has come up with a comprehensive answer …

Educating For Social Responsibility, Sheldon Berman

Service Learning, General

Schools must help students fight their feelings of powerlessness by developing their sense of community and their confidence that they can make a difference in the world.

Democracy's Next Generation, Donna Fowler

Civic Engagement

A recent study conducted for People For the American Way recommends three ways schools can help students develop the values and habits of responsible citizenship.

Cpar Review Vol. 01, No. 05, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

Publications

Nebraska's population grew to 1,572,503 in 1990, representing a 0.2 percent increase during the past decade, according to preliminary numbers received by CPAR's Nebraska State Data Center.

Youth Policy: The Monthly Report On National Youth Programs And Issues (October/November 1990), Youth Policy Institute

Special Topics, General

This report features California Gets a "D"; 90% of American Students Don't Pass?; Volunteerism Up; Is Poverty a Reality in America?; and Girl Scouts: Programs Help Youth at Risk.

National Service: The Overview, Unknown

Service Learning, General

An INDEPENDENT SECTOR national survey report indicates that many Americans are not being asked to volunteer. Among the 41 percent who were asked to volunteer in the past year, 87 percent actually did. Among the 57 percent of those who were not asked, only 30 percent volunteered. These findings suggest that if more Americans are asked to volunteer, the proportion of the population that volunteers can be measurably increased.

Cpar Review Vol. 01, No. 04, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

Publications

Preliminary results of a statewide survey mailed in late September lo all Nebraska municipalities indicate that if Initiative Petition #405 were to pass, most municipalities would need to reduce services and employees. More than 50 percent of the communities responding had increased their 1990-91 budgets by at least 5 percent for police, fire, parks and recreation, public works and general administration. Dr. B. J. Reed, Chairman of UNO's Public Administration Department, points out that the survey also indicates a number of cities, and especially small villages, are not prepared to deal with the consequences if Initiative #405 were to pass.

Data Bytes Vol. 02, No. 01, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

Publications

NEB-INDEX Electronic Bulletin Board Provides Latest Stats 24 Hours A Day

Cpar Review Vol. 01, No. 03, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

Publications

About one out of every five employed Nebraskans has changed jobs in the past two years, according to early tabulations of a survey of Nebraska households conducted by CPAR in June.

Cpar Review Vol. 01, No. 02, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

Publications

Two child care studies, one conducted in 1988 and another con­ ducted this year, are available by contacting CPAR. The first, a survey conducted in 1988 by Dr. Christine Reed, provided data for a 1988 Nebraska Policy Choice chapter. A full report on that study was written by Dr. Patricia Funk and published this summer by CPAR. It will provide a comparison for Dr. Funk's 1990 survey which will be released next month.

Uno Student Housing Survey, Robert F. Blair

Publications

For many years the University of Nebraska at Omaha has been considered the urban campus in the University of Nebraska system. Part of its mission was to meet the educational, research and service needs of the Omaha metropolitan area. UNO was able to meet this urban mission as a commuter campus since most of the students were already living in Omaha.

S.T.A.R.T. Exchange Vol. 01, No. 02, Uno Center For Public Affairs Research

Publications

David City's John Klosterman Cites Success In Survey, Teamwork, Open Minds

Student Service Learning And Student Activities -- A Perfect Fit, Deborah Craig

Higher Education

"A thousand points of light ... Lifetime national service ... Be part of the solution ... The volunteer initiative ... Corporate volunteerism ... " These and other slogans have become popularized during the past few years as the "Me Generation" is being replaced by the "We Generation." Yes, volunteerism is once more in vogue, but the issues of the '80s and '90s arc different from those of the '60s. Vietnam and civil rights versus illiteracy and homelessness. Today's issues are less personal for today's typical college students. Very few of them have personally experienced illiteracy or having been homeless. But …

S.T.A.R.T. Economic Development: An Overview, Uno Center For Public Affairs Research

Publications

S.T.A.R.T.stands for Strategic Training And Resource Targeting-a self-help approach to local economic development. Today's rapidly changing economic climate requires new strategies and processes for managing local economic development. In fact, the successful communities of the future willbe those that are able to rely on local initiative and resources to tailor their own economic development strategies. S.T.A.R.T. provides you with the necessary tools to determine your community's strengths and weaknesses, and helps you develop a strategic plan to improve your local economy.

Cpar Review Vol. 01, No. 01, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

Publications

The newest edition of Nebraska Policy Choices: 1989 addresses three emerging educational issues confront­ ing K-12 education in Nebraska: who should control schools, the expanding role thrust upon schools by societal trends and the appropriate purposes of Nebraska's school system.

Public Radio: Three Stations' Survival, Michael L. Hilt

Communication Faculty Publications

DI)very year Americans give millions of dollars to help support local public radio stations. In some communities only one radio station asks its audience for help- But in nearly half of the radio markets in the United States, two or more noncommercial radio stations solicit funds from the public. According to the 1983 Broadcasting Yearbook, 126 of the 259 radio markets have more than two public radio stations.

Data Bytes Vol. 01, No. 02, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

Publications

Training Kicks Off Local Review Program

Constitution Of Republic Of Afghanistan, M. Arif Janesh

Books in English

In the name of Allah, the beneficent, the merciful. The prideful history of our beloved homeland, Afghanistan is enriched, with the heroic struggle of our brave people for independence, national sovereignty, national unity, democracy and social progress.

Nebraska Preschool Child Care, 1988 - A Survey Of Parents On Access To Quality Child Care, Patricia A. Funk

Publications

A survey of child care arrangements for Nebraska preschool children was conducted in 1988 by the Center for Applied Urban Research (now, Center for Public Affairs Research), University of Nebraska at Omaha, under the direction of Dr. Christine Reed. The purposes of the survey were to document the characteristics of the child care arrangements used in 1988 by Nebraska parents with preschool-age children and to identify household characteristics associated with the different types of child care that parents chose.

Results from the survey were incorporated with other research data into the report, "Child Day Care Policy Issues in Nebraska" (Reed …

The Blacksburg Manifesto And The Postmodern Debate: Public Administration In A Time Without A Name, Gary S. Marshall, Orion F. White

Public Administration Faculty Publications

The question, "Does the message of the Blacksburg Manifesto fit the times that we are in now and the times that seem to be shaping up in the next decade or longer?" is addressed by epistemologically locating the Blacksburg Manifesto and by introducing the postmodern debate to the field of public administration. The well-known Blacksburg Manifesto is described as an example of high modernism, beyond the functionalist paradigm, because although the central commitment is to reason and progress, the classic forms of administrative rationality are surpassed. It is classified as high modernism because the agency perspective, as articulated in the …

What If Your Name Was On The List?, Michael L. Hilt, Jeremy Harris Lipschultz

Communication Faculty Publications

More than 18 months ago the Franklin Community Federal Credit Union story first made headlines and newscasts in Omaha, Nebraska. As the story unfolded, media ethics in the case began to overshadow the crimes.

College Baseball Popularity Traced To Espn Coverage, Michael L. Hilt

Communication Faculty Publications

The College World Series began in 1947. But it did not have a national television contract until 1980, when ESPN agreed to carry some of the games.

Since then college baseball, and specifically the College World Series, has experienced a popularity explosion. That popularity increase can be directly attributed to ESPN.

S.T.A.R.T. Exchange Vol. 01, No. 01, Uno Center For Public Affairs Research

Publications

Schuyler Plan Moving Full Steam Ahead

Visions For Greater Fremont Strategic Action Plan, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

Publications

The city of Fremont, Nebraska, has a proud history beginning with its founding in 1856. Wagon trails that once went through the town were soon transformed into railroads, contributing to the industrialization of the city before the turn of the century.

Today, Fremont is a city of 24,000 people. Although the population has remained relatively stable over the past 30 years, the economy has continued to grow. The City of Fremont, the Fremont Area Chamber of Commerce, and the Fremont Chamber Industrial Foundation have been actively promoting growth and development during the last decade. Although the 1980s were dominated by …

Visions For Greater Fremont Strategic Action Plan, Burton J. Reed

Publications

The city of Fremont, Nebraska, has a proud history beginning with its founding in 1856. agon trails that once went through the town were soon transformed into railroads, contributing to the industrialization of the city before the turn of the century.

Teaching Twenty-First Century Citizenship: Social Psychological Foundations, Allan R. Brandhorst

Civic Engagement

Effective American (U.S.) citizenship in the Twenty-first century may require a shift in the value orientation which currently characterizes American life. Two components of the American value system are becoming increasingly dysfunctional. American social science, and accordingly the social studies curriculum, has become narrowly focused on an economic model of human decision-making. Such a one-dimensional model of man, because it invalidates by omission justice-based models of decision-making, leaves American society with a reduced capacity for addressing social dilemmas, particularly commons-type problems. Secondly, American cultural life has been dominated by a heavy and one-sided commitment to primary control. Such an imbalance, …

Nebraska Department Of Social Services' Child Support Enforcement Unit Demonstration Project: Final Evaluation Report, Chris Marshall, Vincent J. Webb

Publications

In July 1987, the Nebraska Department of Social Services successfully applied to the U.S. Family Support Administration's Office of Child Support Enforcement for funds to conduct a Demonstration Project. This Demonstration Project, "The Nebraska IV-D/IV-A Intake and Phone Collection Project," was designed to increase telephone activities and improve intake practice as part of the ongoing child support collection activities. It was expected that such improvements would result in an increased level of absent parent location and an increased level of child support payment.

Data Bytes Vol. 01, No. 01, Uno Center For Public Affairs Research

Publications

Welcome to the first issue of data bytes, the quarterly newsletter of the Nebraska State Data Center. data bytes will keep you informed of NSDC events and products and will include ordering information for our publications and data files.We may not be able to describe every data product, but we will usually discuss one or two new ones in each issue.

Comprehensive And Integrative Planning For Community Development, Ronald Shiffman, Susan Motley

Partnerships/Community

Over the years, both the public and nonprofit sectors have moved away from comprehensive, community-based planning strategies, lured by "quick fix" of a project-by-project development strategy. Unquestionably, these projects have directly benefited some poor individuals and families. More often than not, however, they do little to increase the economic vitality of the community in which the project is developed. To deal effectively with the issues of community disorganization and poverty and to broaden participation in the community renewal process, we must examine in today's light the originally envisioned community development corporation model and its principles. We need to plan, initiate, …

Memory Factors In Age-Related Differences In Simple Reasoning, Timothy A. Salthouse, Roni Reiter-Palmon, Deborah Mitchell

Psychology Faculty Publications

Adults in their 50s were compared with adults in their late teens or 20s in the accuracy of relatively simple reasoning decisions involving varying amounts of information. Because the magnitude of the age differences in decision accuracy was independent of the amount of information relevant to the decision, it was suggested that adults in their 20s and 50s do not differ in the effectiveness of integrating information across multiple premises. However, the 2 groups differed in the accuracy of trials involving only a single relevant premise, and thus it was inferred that 1 factor contributing to reasoning differences within the …