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Agricultural Concentration: An Analysis By Commodity, Don E. Albrecht

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

One of the most striking consequences of the industrialization of agriculture in the United States is the extent to which production is becoming increasingly concentrated on a relatively few farms. In this study, a human ecological perspective and nationwide census data at the county level from 1982, 1987, and 1992 were used to explore concentration in the dairy, hog, and beef cattle industries. Wide differences were found in the extent of concentration from commodity to commodity and from county to county. It was found that in counties where the production of one commodity is highly concentrated, the production of other …

Central Washington University Football Player Profiles, 1998, Central Washington University Athletics

Football

No abstract provided.

Editor's Note, Glenn D. Israel

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

No abstract provided.

Geographic Information Systems: A Tool For Rural Community Research, Sarah Dewees, Timothy Collins

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

Because of their traditional application in the environmental and geological sciences, geographic information systems are not usually considered to be useful tools for rural community research or analysis. The 1990 census made socio-economic data available at the block-group level, however, and this has facilitated the mapping of socio-economic variables in small areas. Insight, explanation, and understanding can come from seeing data in their spatial context. Citizen researchers in the Jackson County, KY, Empowerment Zone used block-group level data in maps of their county to study socio-economic patterns in their communities. This paper provides an example of a way to use …

Violence Prevention In Georgia's Rural Public Schools: Perceptions Of School Superintendents, Chet Ballard

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

A survey of school superintendents in 81 public school systems in rural Georgia was conducted to describe strategies being pursued to prevent school violence and promote a safe and disciplined learning environment. Among the surveyed superintendents, there was widespread recognition of school safety as a high priority item and evidence of use of law enforcement and technology to deter violence in schools. Descriptive data analysis suggests that school size and county economic conditions relate to school superintendents’ assessment of school safety and potential for violence. This research addresses a void in the literature on violence in rural schools and provides …

The Challenge Of Welfare Reform: Earnings And The Cost Of Living In Rural Kentucky, Julie N. Zimmerman, Lorraine Garkovich

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

The passage in 1996 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunities Act may well mark the single most consequential social legislation of this decade, especially for rural southern families, for it marked a fundamental shift in the welfare system in the U.S. No longer focused on hardship relief, cash assistance now has a work-first focus, with mandatory work requirements and lifetime limits for recipients. Underlying this legislation have been four assumptions about the nature of the labor market and welfare recipients' characteristics and opportunities. This article examines the utility of these assumptions, especially in the context of the regional and …

Perceived Barriers To Labor Force Participation Among Welfare Recipients In West Virginia, Melissa Latimer

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

This research utilizes data collected by the Children's Policy Institute (CPI) of West Virginia in 1993 to identify perceived barriers to labor force participation for families with children receiving AFDC and/or Food Stamps. By merging data on West Virginia from several county-level data sources with the CPI data, this multi-level research identifies the major barriers West Virginia welfare recipients perceive as limiting their labor force participation (i.e., as explaining their current unemployment status). This research also examines how the barriers identified vary among welfare recipients.

Review Of Jesse Dukeminier And James E. Krier, Property (4th Edition 1998), Andrew P. Morriss

Faculty Scholarship

Professors Dukeminier and Krier's property casebook is reputed to be the market leader in Property casebooks; I have heard estimates that it has as much as a fifty percent market share. This position is well-deserved-the casebook is thorough, comprehensive, well-written, error free, and, a significant feature for new teachers, has the best teacher's manual I have encountered for any casebook in any subject. IBM once sold computers because "No one ever got fired for choosing IBM." An analogous claim can be made for this casebook-no one ever provoked significant faculty or student unrest by choosing Dukeminier and Krier.

In this …

Feminism And The Major Female Characters Of Exodus, Scott Ashmon

Master of Sacred Theology Thesis

The scope of this thesis is feminist interpretations of the major female characters of Exodus: Shiphrah, Puah, Moses’ mother (Jochebed), Moses’ sister, Pharaoh’s daughter, Miriam, and Zipporah. I will demonstrate that feminists interpret the major female characters of Exodus in three general ways. First, some feminists interpret the major female characters of Exodus in proper contextual, grammatical fashion and end up with a more accurate portrayal of the women. For this thesis, the term “exegetical” will be the shorthand term for this type of interpretation. Second, other feminists interpret the major female characters in exegetical fashion, but then exaggerate the …

Transfer Of Learning: An Inquiry Into The Generalizability Of Metacognitive Thinking Strategies, David Zwicker

Critical and Creative Thinking Capstones Collection

Transfer of learning, a criteria or outcome of learning, is one of the most important goals of education, and the ultimate aim of teaching. However, over 75 years of cognitive psychology research on transfer produced mostly negative results. I will argue that this research, often based on static models of learning and memory, produced negative results because the experiments failed to take into consideration the dynamic interaction of cognitive, affective, and social variables in the learning environment. Contemporary research and theory has re-framed the transfer problem in terms of a dynamic model of learning which takes into consideration new understandings …

Vision, Christmas 1998

Vision

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in USA

VisionFinding Aid

Deafdigest Gold: Vol. 3, No. 20 December 20, 1998, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Gold 1998

No abstract provided.

Fall Commencement [Program], December 19, 1998, University Of Northern Iowa

UNI Commencement Programs

The program of the commencement ceremonies, including a list of institutional leadership, a list of the departments by college, awards given at the ceremonies, and a list of undergraduate and graduate degree candidates.

Ua45/6 Commencement Program, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Commencement program listing graduates.

149th Commencement, Winter

Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

1998 Fall Commencement, Harding University

Commencement Programs

Program for the Commencement on December 19.

Commencement Speaker: Henry Farrar

University Of Nebraska At Omaha, December Commencement 1998, University Of Nebraska At Omaha

Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

Illinois State University, One Hundred And Fortieth Annual Commencement, December 19, 1998, Illinois State University

Commencement Programs

Normal, Illinois
Illinois State University
One Hundred and Fortieth Annual Commencement
Saturday
December 19, 1998

Pittsburg State University Annual Commencement, Dec 1998, Pittsburg State University

Commencement, 1903-Present

Program of undergraduate and graduate commencement exercises at Pittsburg State University on December of 1998

1998 Fall Commencement Program: Winona State University, Winona State University

WSU Commencement Programs

This is the Winona State University 1998 Fall commencement program. Commencement was on Friday, December 18, 1998.

Clemson Commencement Program, December 1998, Clemson University

Clemson Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

Psychohistory And Personality Assessment By Proxy: Comments On Ritzler And Singer (1998), Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article comments on the psychohistorical use of the "MMPI-2 by proxy" technique that is described by Long Island University's Barry Ritzler and Meredith Singer in the October 1998 Issue of the Journal of Personality Assessment.

Volume 36, Number 17: December 18, 1998, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

Critical Issues In The Preparation Of Alaska Native Teachers : Perspectives Of Cross-Cultural Education Development (X-Ced) Program Graduates, Bernice Tetpon

Education

This study draws upon the experiences of 35 Alaska Native teachers who have succeeded in earning a teaching certificate through the Cross-Cultural Education Development (X-CED) Program to identify issues that affect the preparation of Native teachers for schools in rural Alaska. The guiding question of the study is: What do Native teacher eduation graduates perceive to be the factors that contributed most to their success in a field-based teacher preparation program and as teachers? Components of the question include: Why did Native students pursue a teaching credential? How did the XCED graduates go about achieving their goals? And, how do …

Audubon Signature Gold Program- Conversation With Dr. Bud Smart, Dona Bentzien

Historical Documents

December 15, 1998 memo from Dona Bentzien to John Brooks summarizing an intial discussion with Dr. Bud Smart of Audubon International concerning the GMLC.

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 023, Number 20, December 14, 1998, Grand Valley State University

1998-1999, Volume 23

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

Daily Eastern News: December 14, 1998, Eastern Illinois University

December

No abstract provided.

Faculty Newsnotes 1998 No. 314, Office Of The Provost

Faculty Newsnotes (1972-2010)

No abstract provided.

Fall Commencement Program, December 13, 1998, Coastal Carolina University

Commencement Programs

Program of Commencement Exercises at Coastal Carolina University.

Deafdigest Blue: Vol. 3, No. 19 December 13, 1998, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Blue 1998

No abstract provided.