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Divided We Fall, Tracy Wells

Furman Magazine

The stories of hate-crime victims in America form the core of a documentary -- and provide powerful testimony to our need for greater understanding of cultural and religious differences.

Furman Alumni News, Furman University

Furman Magazine

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Lean Manufacturers Transcendence To Green Manufacturing: Correlating The Diffusion Of Lean And Green Manufacturing Systems, Gary G. Bergmiller

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Scientific evidence of human impact on the natural environment, such as global warming, continues to mount. Green manufacturing systems that focus on minimizing environmental impact of manufacturing processes and products are ever more important to our sustainable future. Green manufacturing systems are slow to gain acceptance as manufacturers are focused on implementing Lean manufacturing systems, generally considered the most competitive manufacturing systems in the world.

In recent years, researchers and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have sought to "build a bridge" between Lean and Green manufacturing systems, in hopes that the rapid expanse of Lean can serve as a …

Information Assurance Through Binary Vulnerability Auditing, William B. Kimball, Saverio Perugini

Computer Science Faculty Publications

The goal of this research is to develop improved methods of discovering vulnerabilities in software. A large volume of software, from the most frequently used programs on a desktop computer, such as web browsers, e-mail programs, and word processing applications, to mission-critical services for the space shuttle, is unintentionally vulnerable to attacks and thus insecure. By seeking to improve the identification of vulnerabilities in software, the security community can save the time and money necessary to restore compromised computer systems. In addition, this research is imperative to activities of national security such as counterterrorism. The current approach involves a systematic …

Holiday 2006, University Of North Dakota Alumni Association

ALL: UND Alumni Review Master List

Holiday 2006 issue of "The University of North Dakota Alumni Review." 40 pages

Volume 89, Number 5

Cognitive Dissonance In The Classroom: Rationale And Rationalization In The Law Of Evidence, Julie A. Seaman

Saint Louis University Law Journal

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Developing Citizens, Anne Dailey

Faculty Articles and Papers

The Supreme Court has known for over a half century that the survival of our constitutional polity ultimately depends on the proper cultivation of children's hearts and minds. This idea was expressed most directly in Brown v. Board of Education, where a unanimous Supreme Court concluded that segregated schooling affects the hearts and minds of African-American schoolchildren in a way that undermines the very foundation of good citizenship. On many other occasions as well, the Justices have formulated constitutional doctrine to foster democratic skills of mind in future citizens. Yet for all the normative force of this idea, courts and …

Painter V. Bannister: Still, Carol Weisbrod

Faculty Articles and Papers

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A Chilling Of Discourse, David Barnhizer

Saint Louis University Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Practical Ecocriticism (Review Essay), Nancy Easterlin

English Faculty Publications

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Lawrence Today, Volume 87, Number 2, Winter 2006, Lawrence University

Alumni Magazines

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Ltc Newsletter, University Of Dayton. Ryan C. Harris Learning Teaching Center

LTC Newsletter

Winter 2006

Observations On The Folly Of Using Student Evaluations Of College Teaching For Faculty Evaluation, Pay, And Retention Decisions And Its Implications For Academic Freedom, Terence Lau, William Wines

Management and Marketing Faculty Publications

Research on student teaching evaluations is vast. An examination of this research demonstrates wide disagreements but also substantial consensus of authority for the proposition that student evaluations should be used only with extreme care, if at all, in making personnel decisions. A number of reasons cause administrators to use teaching evaluations for personnel decisions. The literature, however, is virtually unanimous in its condemnation of norming student evaluations in order to rank classroom performances. Current cases on academic freedom indicate some retrenchment by the Circuits from broader pronouncements in earlier Supreme Court cases. This paper concludes that the use of non-validated …

Family In The Church Latter-Day Saint Doctrine Regarding Family And Gender, Amber Jean Seidel

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

To discover the compatibility of traditional Christianity and mainstream feminism, a content analysis was performed on confirmed sources of doctrine of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Through systematic reading and identifying themes of God and the Bible, gender role separation, patriarchy, or domestic violence, an analysis of pertinent feminist criticisms was performed. Latter-day Saint doctrine of family includes the following statements: (1) there is a Heavenly Mother as a divine partner to Heavenly Father, (2) the Bible contains errors regarding respect toward women, (3) women need to be active in education, home, and community, (4) men should …

The Evolution Of Catholic Schools In The Diocese Of Grand Rapids, Michigan: A Case Study, Bernard T. Stanko

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

This longitudinal case study examined the origins, growth, and development of Catholic schools in the Diocese of Grand Rapids, Michigan. The purpose of this study was to understand how the Catholic schools evolved over time.

Four eras between 1833 and 2005 were investigated and described. Each era corresponds with changes to the physical size of the Diocese of Grand Rapids. These periods also correspond to sociological events that were also occurring. Data on Catholic schools were collected for each era. A conceptual framework was applied that considered the institutional environment in which the schools were founded and the task environment …

Draft Preliminary Report On Academic Realignment, Division Of Academic Affairs Administrative Realignment Taskforce

Faculty Senate Minutes and Reports

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Cultural Resilience--A Currency Of Social Capital: Counteracting Student Marginalization In Two Urban--Suburban High Schools, Marci A. Erby

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

This qualitative research study began as an exploration of the central qualities of the lived experience of students in two urban-suburban high schools where, as an outcome of rapid demographic change, White students now represent the nontraditional racial minority and Black students represent the racial majority. Semistructured interviews, the primary method of data collection, were conducted with students who had graduated from the high schools under study and with adults who had significant ties to the district. Student informants, in particular, shared high school experiences of marginalization that included silence, rendered invisibility, stereotyping, and bias owing in large part to …

Dead Poets And Academic Progenitors: The Next Generation Of Law School Rankings (Symposium Introduction), Paul L. Caron, Rafael Gely

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: The Next Generation of Law School Rankings held April 15, 2005 at Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington.

Strength In Numbers? The Advantages Of Multiple Rankings, Michael Sauder, Wendy Nelson Espeland

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: The Next Generation of Law School Rankings held April 15, 2005 at Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington.

A Platform For A Shared Discourse Of Interdisciplinary Education, Julie Thompson Klein

English Faculty Research Publications

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Tax Advice Before The Return: The Case For Raising Standards And Denying Evidentiary Privileges, Linda M. Beale

Law Faculty Research Publications

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Race And Ethnicity In Leisure Behavior: Where Havewe Been And Where Dowe Need To Go?, Dan K. Hibbler Ph.D.

School of Continuing and Professional Studies Faculty and Staff Works

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Understanding The Person Beneath The Robe: Practical Methods For Neutralizing Harmful Judicial Biases, Evan R. Seamone

Journal Articles

This article presents hands-on self-awareness techniques for use by judges, arbitrators, members of commissions, and other legal decision-makers who are confronted with complex cases. All too often, these judges are expected to make the “right” decisions without knowing how to accomplish this task. While judges, no doubt, are capable of applying the law to a case, this is only one aspect of righteous behavior. This article is concerned with the related expectation that judges are capable of rendering fair and impartial decisions. No matter how much training they receive, judges can only avoid biases that are known to them.

Best Practices In The Response To Child Abuse, Catherine Dixon

MC Law Review

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Co 680 Career Counseling, Anthony J. Headley

Syllabi

REQUIRED READINGS Hardy, L. (1990). The fabric of this world: inquiries into calling, career choice, and the design of human work. Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans Brown, D (2003). Career Information, Career Counseling and Career Development. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon

Ms 630 Ministry And Evangelism In The Small Church, Ronald K. Crandall, Art Mcphee

Syllabi

Required texts: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Lyle Schaller, Small Congregation, Big Potential, Abingdon (2003)—190 pages Anthony Pappas, ed. Inside the Small Church, Alban (2002)—230 pages. Steve Bierly, How to Thrive as a Small Church Pastor, Zondervan (1998)—190 pages. Ron Crandall, Turnaround Strategies for the Small Church, Abingdon (1995)—160 pages. Peter Steinke, Healthy Congregations: A Systems Approach, Alban (1996)—110 pages.

Ms 615 Foundations Of Church Growth, George G. Hunter

Syllabi

III. Textbooks: The following textbooks are for students in MS 615 and ME 700. The literature, especially McGavran's Understanding Church Growth, should be perceived as the heart of the course. Class sessions will stimulate deeper reading, provide perspective, headline some themes and expand upon others, fill gaps, suggest implications and applications, and facilitate learning and strategic thinking. Class sessions may involve varied technologies, such as lectures, experiential lectures, case studies, visiting speakers, films, maps, data gener- ation, simulations, pencil and paper instruments, reports, processing of assigned readings, etc. A. Read EACH of the following: 1. Donovan, Vincent J. Christianity Rediscovered. …

Ot 706 Semitic Language Seminar, Dale F. Walker, Bill Arnold

Syllabi

Course Objectives 2.1. To provide the student with a basic understanding of Northwest Semitic grammar and particularly Classical Hebrew. 2.2. To improve student’s basic vocabulary of Classical Hebrew by exposure to cognate languages. 2.3. To demonstrate the elementary principles of comparative Semitics through comparison of Epigraphic Hebrew, Phoenician, Moabite, and Biblical Hebrew. 2.4. To provide the student with the broad linguistic, historical, and sociological contexts of the Old Testament, illustrated by these texts.

Ot 520 Old Testament Introduction, Sandra Richter

Syllabi

Textbooks: The required and recommended textbooks are on reserve in the library. Both the textbooks and the Course Packet are available for purchase at the bookstore. There will be numerous handouts for this class which will be distributed once in class, and always available in the Course Icon on the Intranet. Required LaSor, Hubbard & Bush, Old Testament Survey: The Message, Form and Background of the OT, 2nd edition (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1996) James B. Pritchard, ed. The HarperCollins Concise Atlas of the Bible (HarperSanFrancisco, 1997) Roland de Vaux, Ancient Israel Its Life and Institutions in the Biblical Resource Series …

Mw 728 Understanding Religion For Mission, Terry C. Muck

Syllabi

III. TEXTBOOKS Jacques Waardenburg. Classical Approaches to the Study of Religion: Aims, Methods, and Theories of Research. New York: Walter de Gruyter, 1999. ISBN: 3-11-016328-4 paperback, 742 pages. James Thrower. Religion: The Classical Theories. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 1999. ISBN: 0-87840-751-0. Paperback, 209 pages. Paul F. Knitter. Introducing Theologies of Religions. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2002. ISBN: 1-57075-419-5, paperback, 256 pages.