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Models Of Electoral System Change, Kenneth Benoit

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

Electoral systems are commonly treated as exogenous determinants of political party systems, yet our theoretical understanding remains limited as to how these institutions themselves are determined. Part of the problem lies with the subject matter itself: electoral system change is frequently idiosyncratic, often occurring during episodes of exceptional political change. Yet another aspect of the problem is that explanations of electoral system change frequently occur piecemeal in application to specific cases, without systematic or comparative development. Addressing both problems, I first survey the existing literature to develop a comprehensive typology of explanations of electoral system change and persistence. I then …

The History Of Desegregation And The Theory Of Student Choice, Sandra K. Woodley, Victoria L. Figiel

Essays in Education

Diversity of the student population is legislated and affects recruitment strategies at colleges and university. There is much legal history bringing administrators to the current position. Blending the history of desegregation and the resultant legal situation with the Theory of Student Choice is important to ensure enrollment targets are met. Student choice factors are instrumental in determining which college a student will attend. Understanding which factors influence white students to attend HBCUs, and black students to attend TWIs, is important for administrators and will help them ensure desegregation structural diversity mandates are met. This paper reviews the legal history and …

Defining The Effective Teacher: Current Arguments In Education, Tim Markley

Essays in Education

The high-pressure educational world of today demands accountability of its practitioners. Legislators are reluctant to increase educational funding without exacting a corresponding increase in accountability. This increase in accountability means that educational leaders must be able to assess and identify quality teachers. To assist in this, educators need to review the current state of evaluation practices. This article provides a review of the history of teacher evaluation and a discussion of emerging trends in teacher evaluation

Queering The Conflicts: What Lgbt Students Can Teach Us In The Classroom And Online, Diana Swanson, Brad Peters

Faculty Articles, Papers, and Other Scholarship

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) students need to develop successful rhetorical strategies for dealing with the conflicts that education, community, and society impose upon them. Webbed writing environments provide a place where LGBT students can prepare to deal with those conflicts by: (a) challenging one another, (b) interrogating course plans and materials, and (c) collaborating responses to homophobic discourse. LGBT students more readily construct and rehearse rhetorical strategies online, because they feel freer to represent their sexualities, without the complications or inhibitions that real-time, in-person conversation imposes. However, these strategies are not as productive if LGBT students don’t also …

Portland State Magazine, Portland State University. Office Of University Communications

Portland State Magazine

PSU’s alumni magazine, published 2-3 times a year. In this issue: New wireless technology, WiMAX, could change the way the world goes online; Jane Jacobs, author and visionary, speaks her mind; a professor writes about her theory of Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome; future caregivers grapple with life and death decisions; they were singers, conductors, and now they own an opera company; and more.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 80, No. 3, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Richardson, Kelly. Big Red Cards Gaining Flexibility
• Clark, Ashlee. Plus/Minus Grading on Hold
• Green, Tavia. Singing on the Hill – Athena Cage
• Wilson, Kat. Students Spend Summer Studying Abroad
• Clark, Ashlee. Step Up Program Aims to Help Black Student Retention
• Defacing Property Shows Disdain for Memorial – Guthrie Bell Tower
• Henze, Adam. Editorial Cartoon re: Liberal Voice on Western’s Campus
• Lockhart, Dana, Brandon Copeland & Matthew Pava. Former Student Government Association Officers Speak Up, Feel Misled by Nick Todd
• Ogden, Stephen. Another Student Bothered by …

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 029, Number 05, August 31, 2004, Grand Valley State University

2004-2005, Volume 29

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

The Hilltop 8-31-2004, Hilltop Staff

The Hilltop: 2000 - 2010

No abstract provided.

The Ticker, August 30, 2004

The Ticker

The Ticker is the student newspaper of Baruch College. It has been published continuously since 1932, when the Baruch College campus was the School of Business and Civic Administration of the City College of New York.

Schedule Of Classes, Fall 2004, University Of Alabama In Huntsville

Course Schedules

No abstract provided.

August 30, 2004, James Madison University

The Breeze, 2000-2009

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

The Collegian (2004-08-30), Sonia Mejia

UTB/TSC Archives - The Collegian [Newspaper]

Vol. 57, No. 2

School Deans, Department Chairpersons, And Program Directors 2004-2005, Saint Mary's College Of California

Chairs and Program Directors lists

No abstract provided.

Counselor, Vol. 25, No. 2, August 30, 2004, New York Law School

New York Law School Community Newsletter

No abstract provided.

John Duggan Oral History, John Duggan, Courtney Tollison

Furman University Oral Histories

Video interview with John Duggan, Greenville attorney, and 1969 graduate of Furman University. Mr. Duggan was very involved in student activism and the Southern Student Organizing Committee during his time as a Furman student. He begins the interview talking about growing up, and the influences that framed his way of thinking about politics, race, and religion. Mr. Duggan shares many stories about student life on Furman's new campus in the mid to late 1960's. He praises Ernie Harrill and Betty Alverson, shares anecdotes, and talks about being one of the first volunteers with CESC. Mr. Duggan discusses student activism on …

The George-Anne, Georgia Southern University

The George-Anne

• BSU Delivers GSU Game Ball
• Campus
• National
• Opinions
• Sports
• Classifieds
• News
• Terror in Russia

We Are…Marshall, August 27, 2004, Office Of Marshall University Communications

We Are ... Marshall: the Newsletter for Marshall University 1999-2023

No abstract provided.

The Murray State News, August 27, 2004, The Murray State News

Murray State University Collection

No abstract provided.

Volume 42, Number 1: August 27, 2004, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

The Hilltop 8-27-2004, Hilltop Staff

The Hilltop: 2000 - 2010

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 80, No. 2, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Wilberding, Beth. Report Recommends Reimbursement of Funds – Student Government Association
• Buckman, Josh. Downing University Center Adds a Red Zone
• Reed, Lindsey. Record-breaking Fund-raising Year Eases Budget Stress
• Maines, Ashley. Murray’s Restaurant Is Closed But Not for Good
• Wilberding, Beth. Election Generates Uncertainty – Student Government Association
• Henze, Adam. Editorial Cartoon re: Residence Halls
• Higher Education for a Higher Cost & All at Once?
• Watt, Wes. Return to School Reveals Annoying Fads
• Yenowine, Jackie. A Dorm by Any Other Name
• Padgett, Miki. Marine Bothered by …

August 26, 2004, James Madison University

The Breeze, 2000-2009

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

August 26, 2004, Council On Academic Affairs

Minutes

No abstract provided.

A Study Of Life Events And Psychological Well-Being Among Older Persons In Hong Kong : The Role Of Self-Esteem, Coping And Locus Of Control, Kwok Hung, Billy She

Lingnan Theses

The present study investigates to what extent the life events, which includes self-perceived health, self-esteem, internal locus of control and coping effectiveness as indicators, could explain the occurrence of positive affect and depression amongst these elderly persons. The relationships between life events, self-esteem-level, internal locus of control, coping effectiveness, and psychological well-being among older persons (aged 60 or above) in Hong Kong are examined. Eight pilot study cases have been carried out in order to test for the validity of the research instrument. One hundred and three elderly respondents were successfully interviewed face-to-face from three main estates in Tseung Kwan …

Lanthorn, Vol. 39, No. 02, August 26, 2004, Grand Valley State University

Volume 39, July 15, 2004 - June 16, 2005

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Chronic Pain: The Extra Burden On Canadian Women, Marta Meana, Robert Cho, Marie Desmeules

Psychology Faculty Research

Health Issue

Chronic pain is a major health problem associated with significant costs to both afflicted individuals and society as a whole. These costs seem to be disproportionately borne by women, who generally have higher prevalence rates for chronic pain than do men.

Key findings

Data obtained from 125,574 respondents to the Canadian Community Health Survey (2000–2001) indicated that 18% of Canadian women suffered from chronic pain, compared to 14% of men. This gender discrepancy, however, seemed to be linked primarily to differences in age, income, and education between adult men and women in this large sample. Age, income, depression …

Minutes_04_08_24, Unm Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes, 1920 - 2013

Minutes from the August 24, 2004 Faculty Senate meeting.

Building A Model Of Campus Diversity: An Organization-As-The-Individual Based Approach, Ian Spencer Ray

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Diversity is a vital concept when engaging with modern social science research and among higher education practitioners. Despite the pervasive discourse surrounding diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, quantification of diversity remains a challenge across the social sciences. This study proposes a new conceptual framework, applies the framework to the quantification of diversity and measurement of its impacts. Further, this study demonstrates the robustness of the new conceptual framework alongside the positive impacts of diversity on institutional outcomes.

The Organization-As-The-Individual (OATI) framework arises from an integration of the social and biological sciences. The framework argues that humans, as biological organisms, …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 80, No. 1, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Wilberding, Beth. Nick Todd Cites Personal Conflicts in Resignation
• Wilberding, Beth. Student Government Association to Hold Online Election
• Reed, Lindsey. Gary Ransdell Optimistic About Budget
• Clark, Ashlee. Western to Add January Term
• Buckman, Josh. Van Meter Overlook Getting a Facelift
• Clark, Ashlee. Freshman Enrollment Down This Year
• Henze, Adam. Editorial Cartoon re: Construction
• Yee-Haw! All the Dorms Are Finally Open
• North, Amber. The Woes of Only Being 20 Years Old
• Sainlar, Lindsay. The New Opinion Editor Needs Help; Please Don’t Be Shy
• Clark, Ashlee. New …

Convocation For First-Year Students (2004 Program And Audio), Illinois Wesleyan University

Convocation for New Students

No abstract provided.