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Market Principles, Philanthropic Ideals And Public Service Values: The Public Policy Program At The Central European University, Diane L. Stone

Diane L Stone

Just as there was a boom in the establishment of Master’s of Business Administration over the past 30 or more years, today there is an equivalent boom in graduate programs in the field of public policy. This is so for the transition states of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the former Soviet Union (fSU) where the dynamics of globalization and ‘Europeanization’ are apparent and the pressures for reform pronounced. The educational prerequisites for managing reform and meeting the challenges of globalization has represented a problematic for both official actors such as national education ministries, international organizations and bilateral development …

Interagency Science And Research: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Ending June 30, 2007, Margaret N. Rees

Interagency Science and Research Strategy

• Updated the SNAP Board on May 18 with a formal presentation.
• Began discussions with the Cultural Resources Team to integrate cultural resource science within in the Science and Research Strategy.
• Refined the science proposal peer-review process and developed a conceptual graphic to communicate the process with Science and Research Team members.
• Facilitated the selection of interagency goals, sub-goals, and related monitoring and science questions by Science and Research Team.
• Began planning of an all-agency resource management workshop intended to validate interagency science goals and sub-goals, and assist in the prioritization of questions.

Hot Topic: Changes To The Tennessee Municipal Purchasing Law Of 1983 (2007), Josh Jones

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

This session the state legislature enacted Public Chapter No. 84, removing the universal application language of the 2006 bill and returning the applicability of the Municipal Purchasing Law to its original scope.

Hot Topic: Tennessee Reservists' Leave Of Absence (2007), Bonnie Jones

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

Effective July 1, 2007, the number of paid days for public employee military reservists is increased from 15 to 20.

Hot Topic: Congress Increases Minimum Wage, Richard Stokes

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

President Bush has signed a spending bill that amends the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to increase the federal minimum wage in three steps.

Achieving Family Health Literacy: The Case For Insuring Children, Sara J. Rosenbaum, Peter Shin, Barbara Debuono

Health Policy and Management Faculty Publications

One aspect of the SCHIP reauthorization debate that has received more limited attention than it deserves is the relationship between children's health insurance coverage and family health literacy. That is, to what extent is children's health insurance associated with higher health literacy, and to what extent is reduced parental health literacy linked to lower rates of health insurance among children? This association is extremely important, since there is strong evidence of a link between health literacy and the appropriate use of health care. Evidence suggests that when previously uninsured children are covered by health insurance, parents at all income levels …

Ddasaccident468, Hd-Aid

Global CWD Repository

[The Victim] was part of an [Demining group] Mine Clearance Team was clearing an area of ground that they knew was definitely mined with PMN anti-personnel mines, laid very close together, at intervals of less than one metre between one mine and the next. The day was not a normal working day but nothing untoward had happened during the previous twenty-four hours that might affect operations at the site. [The Victim] was working unsupervised in the middle part of the site; the drills and procedures he was using were probably not in accordance with SOP and the site was inadequately …

Managing Risks, Beat Habegger

Beat Habegger

No abstract provided.

A Study To Develop Strategies For Proactive Water-Loss Management, Hyun Jung Park

Public Management and Policy Dissertations

Water conservation is one of the important policy concerns. However, most water conservation practices have focused primarily on reducing use by customers. Since a large amount of water lost in supply systems causes water providers to lose money, resources, and reliability, and the current passive approach cannot deal with water losses effectively, a proactive approach is necessary for water-loss management. The goal of this study is to help policymakers and water utilities develop strategies that proactively solve water losses. To develop strategies for water-loss management, it is essential to identify key factors that determine the level of water losses as …

Tracer Study : Melacak Jejak Lulusan Fkm Ui (Hasil Study Kualitatif Tracer Sarjana Kesehatan Masyarakat Fkm Ui 2006), Ahmad Syafiq, Sandra Fikawati

Kesmas

Salah satu indikator penting keberhasilan pendidikan tinggi adalah sumbangsih lulusannya dalam masyarakat dan pembangunan. Tracer study dapat menyediakan informasi mengenai sumbangsih dan keterlibatan alumni di masyarakat termasuk dinamika di dunia kerja. Fakultas Kesehatan Masyarakat UI (FK-MUI) sudah melaksanakan tracer study kuantitatif pada tahun 2003 yang menginformasikan beberapa aspek terkait dengan lulusan dan keberadaannya di dunia kerja. Penelitian ini merupakan tracer study kualitatif untuk melengkapi gambaran yang diperoleh pada tracer study pertama tersebut dan mencoba menggali lebih dalam informasi mengenai pengalaman pembelajaran di FKMUI, pengalaman bekerja, dan kepuasan lulusan dan pengguna lulusan terhadap pendidikan di FKMUI. Wawancara mendalam dilakukan terhadap 24 …

Analisis Utilisasi Resep Antibiotik Pasien Rawat Jalan Tingkat Pertama (Rjtp) Di Puskesmas Tebet Jakarta Selatan, Tahun 2005, Nurlaili Isnaini

Kesmas

Kecenderungan peningkatan penggunaan antibiotika di Pelayanan Kesehatan Dasar merupakan penggunaaan obat yang tidak rasional dan akan menghambat penurunan angka morbiditas dan mortalitas penyakit. Pemberian antibiotika yang berlebihan akan meningkatkan resistensi bakteri dan meningkatkan pembiayaan obat. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mengetahui gambaran utilisasi obat antibiotika Hasil penelitian menemukan bahwa persentase resep obat pasien RJTP yang berisi antibiotika 37,74 %. Proporsi terbesar pemanfaatan obat antibiotika pada pasien RJTP di Puskesmas Tebet tahun 2005 ditemukan pada kelompok usia dewasa (12-65 tahun) yaitu sebesar 56,5 %, pasien yang bayar sendiri yaitu sebesar 89,8 %, penyakit infeksi lain selain ISPA yaitu sebesar 61,6 % dan …

Kendala Pengawasan Melekat Bahan Habis Pakai Pasien Gakin (Unit Rawat Inap Rs Persahabatan Tahun 2006), Ernawaty Ernawaty

Kesmas

Pelaksanaan pengawasan atasan langsung (waskat) dalam penggunaan bahan habis pakai/obat dan pemberian obat untuk pasien gakin adalah sangat penting. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mengidentifikasi berbagai komponen unit pengawasan yang lemah dan berbagai faktor yang berhubungan meliputi struktur organisasi, kebijaksanaan pelaksanaan berikut tindakan koreksi terhadap penyimpangan. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah metode kualitatif dengan menggunakan sumber data primer dan sekunder, yang meliputi pengamatan pasif, telaah dokumen dan wawancara mendalam terhadap berbagai informan yang terkait. Untuk menilai keabsahan data dilakukan kembali triangulasi sumber, member chek, diskusi dengan teman sejawat dan melakukan analisis kasus negatif. Hasil penelitian menemukan kendala dalam proses pelaksanaan pengawasan …

Hot Topic: Interest Rate Set At 12.25 Percent Effective July 1, 2007, On Delinquent Taxes Collected Or Administered By The State Of Tennessee, Dick Phebus

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

The rate of interest effective July 1, 2007, through June 30, 2008, has been set at 12.25 percent, which is an increase from last year.

Ddasaccident568, Hd-Aid

Global CWD Repository

On the morning of 21st June 07 at approximately 0616hrs [Demining group] BAC Teams commenced operations at CBU 071. At approximately 1104hrs, an uncontrolled explosion occurred in the plantation at UTM 728309/3676516. An [Demining group] searcher, Mr. [the Victim] who was conducting search operations in the area of the detonation was not directly involved in causing the detonation but he was in the immediate area of the detonation where he was conducting sub surface clearance operations.

Ddasaccident721, Hd-Aid

Global CWD Repository

The searcher was working in the lane when he had a need for toilet. The searcher closed his lane using a base stick (picture 1). The searcher put down his detector on the ground (picture 2). When the searcher was approximate 10 metres away the detonation occurred. The searcher fell down, turned on the side and become unconscious.

Hot Topic: 2007-2008 State Shared Taxes And Appropriations, Dick Phebus

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

Based on revenue projections for FY 2007-2008, cities are expected to receive approximately $111.20 per capita for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007.

The Changing Paradigm Of Emergency Management : Improving Professional Development For The Emergency Manager, Robert Edward Grist

Dissertations and Theses

Throughout its short and remarkable history, emergency management has been subjected to a vast array of fast-moving and radical changes which have presented significant challenges to the men and women in this emerging profession. This study was designed to help determine the adequacy of their professional development to meet those challenges.

The study is framed within an environment where emergency managers face the pressure to professionalize; explore the world of risk, trust, and the distribution of power; confront revolutionary changes; and concern themselves with the social impact of disasters in their own communities. This study asks: "Do Emergency Managers feel …

Ddasaccident569, Hd-Aid

Global CWD Repository

On 18 June 2007 at 1140 hrs (local time), [the Victim] a (Commercial demining group) Deminer, inadvertently caused an item of explosive ordnance (EO), which is considered to be a No. 4A anti-personnel mine, to activate, while conducting the manual mine clearance full excavation procedure. As a result of the explosion [the Victim] was thrown backwards by the blast wave and suffered a traumatic amputation of the right hand, a fractured right humerous and critical head and eye injuries.

Hot Topic: New State Requirement To Report Unaccounted-For Water, Steve Wyatt

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

On May 24, 2007, Governor Phil Bredesen approved House Bill 743, which addresses unaccounted-for water.

Ddasaccident507, Hd-Aid

Global CWD Repository

The mentioned area is located to a hill side which is contaminated by AP mines and is a dense area of fragments. The area is steep and raining over the past years washed down the soil from the top of the hill and changed the position of some mines. [The Victim] deminer was excavating the ground while suddenly the accident happened. As the deminer had worn his PPE and visor, he did not receive any injuries and he is in good health situation. The investigation result shows that the negligence of the deminer and poor control of command group contribute …

Ddasaccident736, Hd-Aid

Global CWD Repository

Because the area was recently worked on (ploughed) and thus the lack of evidence, it cannot be confirmed that the BLU 63 was missed during clearance, its original depth or previous location and possible migration / importation with the compost.

First-Year Experience Collaboration Among Academic Affairs And Student Affairs At Public State University, Kimberly Grimes Frazier

Educational Policy Studies Dissertations

February 2003 was the inauguration of the Foundations of Excellence project with an open invitation to chief academic officers at approximately 900 of both the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) and the Council for Independent Colleges (CIC) member institutions. The Policy Center on the First Year of College, under the direction of the Executive Director, John N. Gardner, invited the various campuses to develop standards and guidelines for the first year, which were termed as Foundational Dimensions or simply Dimensions. As a result, over 200 member institutions agreed to participate in the project by establishing campus-wide task …

2007 Multicultural Development Plan, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Resources

The appreciation, affirmation, and inclusion of multiple cultures is important to ensure that all students, faculty, and staff will be able to enjoy the educational benefits of a multicultural academic environment and that these various perspectives will also enrich the educational enterprise. From this perspective it is important that community members be effective at interacting across cultures, which is essential to IMSA’s mission of being “the world’s leading teaching and learning laboratory for imagination and inquiry , igniting and nurturing creative, ethical scientific minds that advance the human condition....” The multiple cultures that make up the IMSA community include individual …

Conditions Of Possibility And Agency: A Qualitative Inquiry Into The Professional Lives Of Three Women In The Liberal Arts Academic Disciplines, Angelyn Hayes

Educational Policy Studies Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to research the experiences of female academicians in traditional liberal arts academic disciplines at one institution. The challenges of being a female academician are revealed in statistical data about faculty rank, tenure, and salaries as well as in descriptive accounts of the environment that women encounter in the higher education institutions. However, the intersection of women and the academic disciplines rooted in the liberal arts tradition is a neglected arena of investigation. This research involved a series of qualitative in-depth interviews with three women representing biology, psychology, and English at a small public college …

Student Achievement In Science And Mathematics In Urban Professional Develpment Schools During First Year Of Implementation, Susan L. Ogletree

Educational Policy Studies Dissertations

Using a quasi-experimental design, the author examined the effects of the Professional Development School Partnerships Deliver Success educational model on student academic achievement in science and mathematics in 12 high-needs, urban elementary, middle, and high schools in the southeastern United States. Student achievement was measured for first to eighth grade students by the State Criterion-Referenced Competency Test and for 11th-grade students by the State High School Graduation Test. 6 ANOVAs were used to compare baseline and year 1 performance data. Student ethnicity was used to disaggregate the data to investigate the extent, if any, to which achievement gaps narrowed. For …

Hot Topic: Mtas Moves Salary Survey Online, Richard Stokes

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

MTAS has initiated the first phase of our new "Online Salary and Benefit Survey Project."

Slides: Forest And Rangeland Planning, Nepa Analysis And Decisions, Glenn Casamassa

The Future of Natural Resources Law and Policy (Summer Conference, June 6-8)

Presenter: Glenn Casamassa, Forest Supervisor, Arapahoe-Roosevelt National Forest

17 slides

Slides: Nepa And Public Participation In Grazing Management On Federal Public Lands: The 40-Year Struggle, Joe Feller

The Future of Natural Resources Law and Policy (Summer Conference, June 6-8)

Presenter: Joe Feller, College of Law, Arizona State University

22 slides

Slides: Forests And Grasslands, Federico Cheever

The Future of Natural Resources Law and Policy (Summer Conference, June 6-8)

Presenter: Professor Federico Cheever, University of Denver Sturm College of Law

30 slides

Currents In Water Resources Law And Policy: How Is “Prior” Coping With New Stresses? [Outline], A. Dan Tarlock, David H. Getches

The Future of Natural Resources Law and Policy (Summer Conference, June 6-8)

3 pages.

Includes bibliographical references

"A. Dan Tarlock, Distinguished Professor of Law and Director, Program in Environmental and Energy Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law"

"David H. Getches, Dean and Raphael J. Moses Professor of Natural Resources Law, University of Colorado Law School"