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Biology, Saint Mary's College Of California

Academic Catalog

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Business Administration, Saint Mary's College Of California

Academic Catalog

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Complete Catalog, Saint Mary's College Of California

Academic Catalog

No abstract provided.

Cross-Cultural Studies, Saint Mary's College Of California

Academic Catalog

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Economics, Saint Mary's College Of California

Academic Catalog

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Environmental Science And Studies Programs, Saint Mary's College Of California

Academic Catalog

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History, Saint Mary's College Of California

Academic Catalog

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International Area Studies, Saint Mary's College Of California

Academic Catalog

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Kinesiology And Master Of Arts In Kinesiology: Sports Studies, Saint Mary's College Of California

Academic Catalog

No abstract provided.

Liberal And Civic Studies Program, Saint Mary's College Of California

Academic Catalog

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Modern Languages, Saint Mary's College Of California

Academic Catalog

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Pre-Professional Curricula, Saint Mary's College Of California

Academic Catalog

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Psychology, Saint Mary's College Of California

Academic Catalog

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Sociology, Saint Mary's College Of California

Academic Catalog

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Women's Studies, Saint Mary's College Of California

Academic Catalog

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Index, Saint Mary's College Of California

Academic Catalog

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Section Ii, Saint Mary's College Of California

Academic Catalog

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College Expectations Among Young Children: The Potential Role Of Savings, William Elliott Iii, Margaret Sherrard Sherraden, Lissa Johnson, Suzanne Johnson, Signe Peterson

Center for Social Development Research

For many young people, especially minority and low-income children, attending college is a genuinely desired but elusive goal. This paper explores young children’s perceptions and expectations about attending college and potential influences on their formation. Conducted as part of a four-year study of a school-based saving for college program, this paper uses qualitative evidence from interviews with 60 children in second grade, and surveys with their parents. Findings suggest most of the young children in the study have a general understanding of college and have begun the process of choosing higher education. Further, the perception that saving is a way …

Specifying Children's Educational Expectations: The Potential Impact Of Institutions, William Elliott Iii

Center for Social Development Research

In this paper, we provide a conceptual framework for examining children’s educational expectations. The framework helps explain how both social and individual factors interact to form expectations about the utility of the education path for achieving desired goals. Further, we postulate that expectations are children’s internal representation of the educational institution. However, it is not until around fifth or sixth grade children begin to understand schools as impacting their capability for achieving desired goals. At this point, many minority and poor students begin to learn that effort and ability are not sufficient for academic success. Perceptions about what they can …

Annual Financial Report Supporting Schedules, 2006-2007, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Annual Financial Report

No abstract provided.

Cocoa Farming In Ghana: Emic Experience, Etic Interpretation, Francis Danquah, Stephen K. Miller

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

This paper develops the tension between emic and etic analysis, recounting the experience of life on a cocoa farm in Ghana, from the perspective of an urban youth with familial connections to the rural community. The dual perspective of living in the city along with frequent visits to and summer sojourns on the farm provided an “outsider’s” perceptions of the rural culture. Yet even these dual emic perspectives were insufficient to bring recognition of the underlying economic realities of cocoa bean production that depended partly on migrant labor. That etic insight came later in the United Kingdom, when studying similar …

John Deere Tractors And School Reform: Balancing Economies Of Scale And Quality Of Life, Stephen K. Miller

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

Many school reform reports, many politicians, and typical media coverage attribute today’s reform efforts to the failure of the schools. We need, say critics, to return to the good old days when schools were tough and everybody learned! This essay debunks the Golden Age myth by comparing John Deere tractors to school reform. In the analogy, repeated upgrades of the old two-cylinder motor during the decade of the fifties were associated with the demise of the family farm. The new models were more powerful than the tractors they replaced, but not enough. Eventually, John Deere evolved to the new 4010 …

A Whistling Girl And A Crowing Hen: Changing Productivity And Gender Expectations, Cynthia Williams Resor

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

This paper explores two conflicts encountered by the author as she earned her Ph.D. in medieval history. First is the conflict the author feels when working on her craft—can written history be considered a credible occupation that results in something useful in contrast to the farm production of her youth? The second theme explores the tension the author encounters when challenging traditional gender roles of both farmers and historians.

Archaeological Inventory, Site Assessment, And Data Management, Lake Mead National Recreation Area (Lake Mead Nra) And Parashant National Monument (Para): Quarterly Progress Report, Period Ending June 30, 2007, Margaret N. Rees

Archaeology

• Inventoried 4,000 acres and recorded 59 archaeological sites for NPS and BLM Fire Management Projects

• Archaeological Field School at site AZ A:14:50 in progress

• Information on over 1,200 sites obtained for settlement pattern study; pilot database complete

• Draft report for Lost City Class III Inventory complete

• Four presentations/posters given at professional conferences/research forums

June 29, 2007, Ohio University Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes, Ohio University Board Of Trustees

Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes

Meeting minutes document the activities of Ohio University's Board of Trustees.

The Inkwell, Armstrong Atlantic State University

The Inkwell

No abstract provided.

International Market Entry And Organizational Competency Development: A Case Study Of A Russian Oil And Gas Joint Venture, Paul M. Stephenson, Ruth Clarke

HCBE Faculty Presentations

We present an empirical study of competency development in a new joint venture, between a western firm and a Russian firm. Using transaction cost and knowledge management approaches, we propose working models for exploring the competency development dimension of a market entry strategy of the western firm in Russia. We consider organizational competency as measurable know-how, skills, behaviors, and attitudes of key employees that allows the company to meet their performance goals. Using a triangular case study approach the paper focuses on the well-site supervisor competency building process within the joint venture. We observe the critical elements of the competency …

Tofte Student Receives Um Scholarship, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

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The Daily Gamecock, Wednesday, June 27, 2007, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

June

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June 27, 2007 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina

Faculty Senate

No abstract provided.