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"Facilitating Structured And Meaningful Dialogues Across The Racial Divide: Cornerstones, Obstacles And Learning Outcomes", Peggy A. Nagae J.D., M.A., Jane Degidio Ph.D.

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 5th Annual National Conference (2000)

The presenters demonstrate diversity in references to their own ethnic backgrounds, diverse educational experiences and differing fields of expertise.

"The Myth Of "Designing Diversity": A Critical Assessment Of Administrative Attempts To ‘Colorize’ College Campuses", Matthew C. Stelly, Michael Payne, Cynthia Jackson

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 5th Annual National Conference (2000)

“There is no doubt that such programs are aimed at increasing the numbers of minorities on predominantly white campuses; however, this paper seeks to ask the ‘right’ questions in finding out what the intentions of administrators really are in implementation of such programs.”

"Conducting Research In The Latino Community", Miguel A. Carranza, Lourdes Gouveia, Ed Munoz

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 5th Annual National Conference (2000)

“The panelists discuss topics relevant not only to gaining entry into Latino communities but also understanding the dynamics of change that exist both among Latinos and between Latinos and the rest of the population.”

"College Of Behavioral And Social Sciences' Recruitment Strategy: A New Paradigm - A Move From Recruitment To Selection", Robin A. Veidman B.S., Robert E. Steele Ph.D.

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 5th Annual National Conference (2000)

"Through collaborative efforts between undergraduate Partner institutions and the University of Maryland in programs such as the Summer Research Initiative, we have seen positive recruitment outcomes."

"Attrition Of The Silent Voice: African American Males In Community College", Sal Corbin Ph.D., Adisa Ajamu

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 5th Annual National Conference (2000)

"According to interview data, black male faculty feel isolated, and they are struggling to connect with the black male students who they believe are also isolated and struggling."

“Us, Them Or We?: Crossing Boundaries To Engage In Difficult Dialogues”, Franklyn Conroy Williams

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 5th Annual National Conference (2000)

"In addition to gaining insights into the Black male experience in America, participants will gain a bet¬ter understanding of Black identity development."

Minority Students Within A College Of Business: Hearing The Voices, Brendan P. Finucane, Stephen Holoviak, Anthony Winter

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 5th Annual National Conference (2000)

In recognition of the dynamic interplay among academic and social aspects of any student's campus experience, our institution has implemented an Innovative Community Initiative (ICI) which provides a panoply of support programs for students of color.

"The Smithsonian Institution And The Politics Of Cultural Representation: The Case Of U.S. Latinos", Refugio I. Rochin Ph.D.

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 5th Annual National Conference (2000)

No abstract provided.

"What"Minority Education In China Can Teach Us About Minority Education In The Us", Maryjo Benton Lee Ph.D.

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 5th Annual National Conference (2000)

"Flexibility, cohesiveness and inclusiveness are umbrella terms that capture, in shorthand form, much of what is good about minority education in China and much of what can be learned by the United States."

“2+2+2” Collaboration Adds Up To Success For American Indian Students", Timothy J. Nichols, Laurie Stenberg Nichols, Diane Kayongo-Male

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 5th Annual National Conference (2000)

"Various governmental, political and community leaders have called for a model which fosters collabo¬ration between high schools, tribal colleges and state universities which will help Native students over¬come barriers and complete their higher education. South Dakota's 2+2+2 program provides such a model."

Retailing In Rural Nebraska: Buying Locally And Electronically, John C. Allen, Rebecca J. Vogt, Sam Cordes

Publications from the Center for Applied Rural Innovation (CARI)

Retailing activity in small rural communities has declined over the past few decades. More and more retail sales are occurring in the state’s larger retailing centers. In addition, the use of the Internet to purchase goods and services also has the potential to change the retailing activity of these communities. Given that, are rural Nebraskans purchasing the majority of their household goods and services in their own community or are they spending more of their money in larger retail centers? Have rural Nebraskans begun to buy and sell goods and services using the Internet? Does their purchasing behavior differ depending …

What Are The Research Needs And Skills Of The Future?, Richard D. Curnow

Wildlife Damage Management Conference Proceedings

One can be a student of Tom Peters, management visionary and futurist, or Gary San Julian, a leader in the academics of wildlife damage management (WDM), but that is not necessary to be impressed and excited by the rapid trends and unpredictable events that are altering how we think about and attempt to manage the nation's precious wildlife resources. Because of the boundless propensity of mankind to develop, inhabit, and alter the landscape, wildlife managers of today and the future require different strategies, tools, and skills than those who did such a fine job of conservation and management in past …

Wildlife Damage In The Suburbs: Conflicts In A Human-Wildlife Landscape, Rebecca Field

Wildlife Damage Management Conference Proceedings

The sprawling communities surrounding cities pose a paradox for wildlife. Suburban habitat, with parks, greenways, and planned open spaces, provide attractive habitat with abundant resources for some wildlife species. Yet the landscape is dominated by human activities and disturbances. Species with little tolerance for human disturbance and habitat changes have difficulty maintaining their populations in suburban environments. Yet more adaptable species flourish in suburban areas where there are less predators, increased food resources, and abundant habitat for cover and raising young. The resulting overabundant wildlife populations pose increasing problems for biologists, wildlife damage practitioners, and the public. Management of urban …

Integrating Visual And Verbal Literacies In The Early Childhood Classroom , Carolyn P. Edwards, Linda Mayo Willis

Department of Child, Youth, and Family Studies: Faculty Publications

Young children have the strong desire to use all of the communicative tools their cultures and families offer them. They want to be able to do all of the things that the powerful people they admire can do, including talking, writing, drawing, using the computer, and otherwise creating and sharing ideas, memories, solutions, even jokes and feelings. Today, we live in a time when the communicative tools are changing rapidly, practically exploding before our eyes in terms of the formats and media available to us in complex combinations not seen before. What do these technological changes mean for how we …

Women's Studies University Of Nebraska-Lincoln Fall 2000, Joy Ritchie, Yeaji Shin, Tagi Adams

Women's and Gender Studies Program: Information and Materials

Many exciting things have been happening in the Women's Studies Office since I arrived on the third floor of Avery HalL I feel a little dizzy, but also quite exhilarated, by all the activities and projects we have underway. My transition into this challenging job has been made much easier by Glenda Moore, our program Secretary, by the energy and imagination of Graduate Assistants, Tagi Adams and Yeaji Shin, and by a hard-working Advisory Committee: Mary Beck, Barbara DiBernard, Carole Levin, Christin Mamiya, Adelaida Martinez, and Bobbi Shamburg.

The Americans With Disabilities Act And Academic Libraries In The Southeastern United States, Linda Lou Wiler, Eleanor Lomax

E-JASL: Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship (1999-2009, Volumes 1-10)

Individuals with disabilities are one of the fastest-growing segments of United States society. In 1970, 11.7% of the United States population was limited in activity, a major factor in measuring and identifying people with disabilities. In 1990, because of the aging of America, 13.7 % of the population could be so identified. By 1994, 15% of the population fell into this group. During this latter period, the older population stayed fairly stable but children and younger adults with disabilities increased greatly. Many different figures, depending upon the method of counting, e.g., age groups included, or whether residence was in a …

Great Plains Pragmatist: Aaron Douglas And The Art Of Social Protest, Audrey Thompson

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

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Great Plains Pragmatist Aaron Douglas And The Art Of Social Protest, Audrey Thompson

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

Like most of the luminaries of the Harlem Renaissance, its leading visual artist, Aaron Douglas, was not himself a product of Harlem.¹ Although Winold Reiss and Alain Locke were to guide Douglas in the development of his artistic vision once he arrived in Harlem, his early years in Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska gave rise to both the communal values and the artistic sense of isolation that were to lead him to Harlem. It was in the black church and in Topeka's "cohesive and politically active" African-American community that Douglas first experienced black solidarity and embraced "the values of education …

Review Of Working With Latino Youth: Culture, Development, And Context By Joan D. Koss-Chioino And Luis A. Vargas, Fernando Rivera

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

The mental health problems Latino youth face in the United States are often misunderstood and viewed as a lack of willingness to assimilate or contribute to society. Some mental health practitioners and administrators have a hard time understanding that Latino youth, more often than not, don't "fit" the diagnosis and psychological interventions they use working with youth from dominant racial and ethnic groups. Providing, as it does, a comprehensive approach to understanding the problems Latinos and Latinas encounter growing up in US society, Working with Latino Youth can help rectify this lack of understanding.

Koss-Chioino and Vargas successfully achieve a …

Death And Disability In The Heartland: Corporate (Mis)Conduct, Regulatory Responses, And The Plight Of Latino Workers In The Meatpacking Industry, Ann-Maria Wahl, Steven E. Gunkel, Thomas W. Sanchez

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

Death and disability remain serious problems in the meatpacking industry, which increasingly depends on Latino workers. Here we examine these problems and the dynamics that heighten and minimize the hazards encountered in meatpacking plants. Drawing from published and unpublished sources, we provide statistical profiles and ethnographic accounts to capture the health and safety risks Latino workers face in the meatpacking plants of Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska. Guided by recent research in labor market segmentation and the politics of social regulation, we trace the increased risk of injury and illness for Latinos to three intersecting dynamics: corporate conduct and misconduct on …

Attitudes Of Selected Latino Oldtimers Toward Newcomers: A Photo Elicitation Study, D. A. Lopez

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

The Latino population in the Midwest has been increasing rapidly. Latinos have been in Omaha, Nebraska, since the late 1800s. However, the development of modern meatpacking plants and a low unemployment rate have resulted in a large population of "newcomers" to the city. Latino "oldtimers" differ from newcomers in their experiences. I examine, through photo elicitation, attitudes of a selected population of Latino oldtimers toward newcomers as contextualized through segmented assimilation. Results indicate oldtimers in this sample have some misgivings about newcomers. Furthermore, I argue that downward assimilation of Latino newcomers is likely given the conditions to which they migrate.

Health Care Utilization And The Status Of Latinos In Rural Meat Processing Communities, Joe Blankenau, Joni Boye-Beaman

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

Using interviews conducted in two Nebraska communities, we illustrate health-care challenges for Latinos in meat-processing communities. Two hundred twenty-one Latinos (48% male), primarily of Mexican descent, were interviewed face-to-face by bilingual interviewers. Fifteen percent of the respondents are between the ages of 20 and 24, 75% are between 25 and 44, and 10% are between 45 and 64. Nearly half have lived in the United States for five or fewer years. Aday's (1993) framework for predicting populations at risk is used to identify factors affecting health status and utilization. These factors include measures of human capital, social status, and social …

The Role Of Research And Scholarship In Enhancing The Quality Of Life For Latinos On The Great Plains, Miguel A. Carranza, Gustavo Carlo, Maria Rosario De Guzman

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

The preamble to The Convention on the Rights of the Child, "recalls the basic principles of the United Nations and specific provisions of certain relevant human rights treaties and proclamations; reaffirms the fact that children, because of their vulnerability, need special care and protection; and places special emphasis on the primary caring and protective responsibilities of the family, the need for legal and other protection of the child before and after birth, the importance of respect for the cultural values of the child's community, and the vital role of international cooperation in achieving the realization of children's rights" (UNICEF 2001). …

Acuta Journal Of Telecommunications In Higher Education

ACUTA Journal

In This Issue

Technology Advances: The View from 10,000 Feet

WAP: Are You Ready for a Wireless World?

Virtual Private Networks: How They Can Work for Colleges and Universities

Network Security: How's Your Posture?

Software for Rent: Contact ASP

Voicing My IPinion

Institutional Excellence Award: Colorado Christian University

Columns

Interview

Book Review

The Latino Research Initiative: A Mulitdisciplinary And Collaborative Community-University Outreach And Scholarship Model, Gloria Gonzalez-Kruger, Byron L. Zamboanga, Gustavo Carlo, Marcela Raffaelli, Miguel Carranza, David J. Hansen, Rodrigo Cantarero, Joel Gajardo

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

This paper has three objectives designed to support the work of practice systems, scholars, and policy makers. First, it provides a conceptual model that supports a multidisciplinary, multicultural, collaborative university-community research, service, and teaching group that is consistent with the philosophy, mission, and objectives of land grant institutions and community systems. Second, it describes how the Latino Research Initiative implemented this collaborative model to support the goals of the university and the community to enhance the lives of Latinos in Lincoln, Nebraska. Finally, this paper discusses how this collaborative model can be used or adapted by university and community professionals …

Global Forces And Latino Population Growth In The Midwest: A Regional And Subregional Analysis, Lourdes Gouveia, Rogelio Saenz

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

The last decade has seen a significant growth of the Latino population in the Midwest, particularly in rural communities. We discuss the forces that have stimulated the growth of the Latino population in the region. We use data from the Current Population Surveys (1988-1997) to assess the demographic and employment growth of the Latino population in the Midwest. Because of the limitations of secondary data, we also illustrate the growth of the Latino population with evidence from Nebraska and a selected area of the state. Data analysis suggests that population estimates of the Latino population generated by the US Bureau …

Great Plains Research, Volume 10, Number 2, Fall 2000 – News And Notes

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

Contents:

Conferences
Exhibition
Relevant Websites

Agriculture In Nebraska: Perceptions On Policy Alternatives, John C. Allen, Rebecca J. Vogt, Sam Cordes

Publications from the Center for Applied Rural Innovation (CARI)

Agriculture in Nebraska has been changing dramatically during the past few decades. In the 1999 Nebraska Rural Poll, rural Nebraskans were asked what they would prefer to see for Nebraska’s agriculture in the next 20 years. The majority of the respondents indicated they would prefer to see a family farm ownership structure in contrast to a non-family corporate ownership structure. Yet, less than one-third expect to see that occur in the future. Given that, what types of agricultural policy options or development strategies do rural Nebraskans believe would be effective in reaching the objective of a strong traditional family farm …

Alternative Development Strategies For Rural Communities: Views From The Great Plains, John C. Allen, Rebecca Filkins, Sam Cordes

Publications from the Center for Applied Rural Innovation (CARI)

In the past, rural economic development policies have traditionally taken one of two forms: direct aid (various forms of financial incentives granted to individual firms) or the provision of infrastructure, such as buildings or roads. However, some argue that these policies have become less efficient and that new alternatives should be considered. These new alternatives include indirect aid to businesses (improved access to capital and business services) as well as active labor market policies (which seek to help match demand and supply in the labor markets). Which policies would be most successful in promoting economic development in rural areas? This …

Ard News August 2000

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:

Comments from the Dean
ARD Advisory Council Annual Report to Faculty
Natural Resouurces and Research Update
ARD Advisory Council Election Results
Anna Elliott Proposals
Sampson Range and Pasture Management Endowments
Sampson Range and Pasture Management Endowments
Widaman Trust Distinguished Graduate Assistant Award
Hardin Distinguished Graduate Fellowship for 2000-2001
National Research Initiative Report for 1999
Shear-Miles Fellowship 2000-2001
NRC Assessment of the National Research Initiative
USDA - ARS Research Leader Dr. Philip J. Schall
USDA Science and Education Impact Sheets
Congratulations to Faculty - Successful USDA Grant Proposals
Proposals Submitted for Federal Grants
New or Revised Projects
Grants and Contracts …