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The Vine (2007-10)

The Vine, 1994-2008

The Vine was a successor to Reflections in Ink, published from 1994 to 2008. It transitioned from a mostly African American student perspective to a multi-cultural one.

Library Ledger, University Of Southern Maine Libraries

Library Ledger

Fall 2007

Lindenwood University Strategic Plan, Fiscal 2008, Lindenwood University

Strategic Plans

Lindenwood University Strategic Plan, Fiscal 2008

Rewriting The Passing Novel: Danzy Senna's Caucasia, Kathryn Rummell

English

No abstract provided.

Unholy Union: The Convergence Of Agendas Between The Gay Community And The Political Right-Wing In The Netherlands, Michael Wayne Perry

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

The introduction of immigrants from traditionally Islamic countries has created a new dynamic within the Dutch social system. Seemingly clashing with the established facade of Dutch “tolerance”, this group of Muslim immigrants has logically found a natural enemy within right-wing political parties. However, on a more interesting level, we see that the political agenda of the gay movement has seemingly converged with the agenda of those right-wing groups. In a sense, this convergence of agendas seems odd considering the general association of the gay movement with leftist, more progressive political movements. This study intends to examine this convergence of agendas; …

The Politics Of Engagement: The Influence Of Identity On The Experiences Of Activists Involved With The Roma Community In Serbia, Becca Gardner

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Debate and mystery surrounds the origin and culture of the Gypsies in Europe; however, there is no question that the space they inhabit today reflects their position of marginalization and discrimination. During the last five years, there has been a surge of activism and interest in the experiences of the Roma, largely due to the implementation of the Decade for Roma Inclusion . The Decade is a commitment among governments, intergovernmental, non-governmental organizations, and Romani civil society to address the inequality of Roma in Europe by focusing on employment, education, health, and housing within the specific context of each participating …

Ua10/1 Cec: Clinical Exchange Corner, Mary Lloyd Moore, Laura Reynolds, Wku Suzanne Vitale Clinical Education Complex

CEC Publications

No abstract provided.

Prism #25, October 2007, Office Of The Provost

Prism: Western Michigan University's Newsletter for Academic Affairs

No abstract provided.

Instruction Size Report, Fall 2007, University Of Northern Iowa

Institutional Effectiveness & Planning Documents

Gives breakdowns of student credit hours offered by status of instructor, average class size overall, and average class size by status of instructor.

Jeanne Clery Disclosure Of Campus Security Policy And Campus Crime Statistics Report, 2006, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Police Department

Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy

No abstract provided.

Psychiatry’S Thirty-Five-Year, Non-Empirical Reach For Biological Explanations, W. Joseph Wyatt, Donna M. Midkiff

Psychology Faculty Research

This is our third article in a series that began with a special issue of Behavior and Social Issues in 2006. Here we briefly review our central points from the first two articles. First is that over the past thirty-five years, claims of biological causation of mental and behavioral disorders have gone well beyond the research data, for reasons that are largely related to psychiatry’s lost esteem and protection of its “turf,” as well as to the financial interests of the pharmaceutical industry. Our second position is that claims of psychotropic drugs’ effectiveness have been overstated. We respond, as well, …

Kahn Chronicle: Fall 2007, Smith College, Kahn Liberal Arts Institute

Kahn Chronicle

Table of Contents:

In the Kahn Spotlight: David Lowenthal & Peter Stallybrass
Announcements
Student Announcements
Narrative : Identity Final Report
Marriage and Divorce Final Report
08-09 Long-Term Project Descriptions
Religious Tolerance Book Publication
07-08 Short-Term Project Descriptions
A Note from the Director

The Rock, Fall 2007 (Vol. 78, No. 2), Whittier College

The Rock

No abstract provided.

Information Literacy For Social Workers: University At Albany Libraries Prepare Msw Students For Research And Practice, Mary Jane Brustman, Deborah Bernnard

University Libraries Faculty Scholarship

In a series of workshops, University at Albany librarians collaborate with the School of Social Welfare to impart information literacy skills to Master in Social Work students. The rationale, curriculum, and embedded ACRL information literacy standards are discussed. Also presented are assessments and a discussion of the challenges of implementation

The State Of Latino Health And Mental Health, Gregory Acevedo, Manny J. González, Victoria Santiago, Carlos Vargas-Ramos

Policy Documents

The Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños/Hunter College and Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service collaborated on this report to review the health and mental health status of Latinos/as. This analysis integrates national and local statistics from published reports and scholarly articles. Based on the analysis of Hispanic health and mental health, the authors have generated a set of recommendations for policies targeting the health and mental health needs of Latinos/as and promoting their overall well-being. Aside from these specific recommendations, they call for more disaggregated data collection about Hispanic subgroups.

Mcnair News, Volume 2, Number 1, Fall 2007

McNair News: Newsletter of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln McNair Scholars Program

Scholars Cap Summer Research Experience with Presentations at California McNair Symposium
Senior Scholar Research Projects
Eleventh Annual MKN McNair Heartland Research Conference, Kansas City, Missouri
Twelfth Annual Rocky Mountain McNair Scholars Research Symposium, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
McNair Scholar Abby Visty Presents during Plenary Session at Ronald E. McNair Scholars Symposium
Reflections on the McNair Scholars Symposium by Emily Haferbier
UNL McNair Program Earns Funding for Another Five Years
McNair Junior Scholars Welcomed at Annual McNair New Scholars Retreat
Kudos to McNair Scholars: Todd Whitehill & Maegan Stevens-Liska
Faculty Perspective: Cody Hollist, Assistant Professor, Child, Youth & Family …

College Students’ Perceptions Of Their "Best" And "Worst" Courses And Instructors, Debra S. Emmelman, Michael Decesare

Sociology Faculty Publications

This paper presents results from a content analysis of college students' descriptions of their "best" and " worst " courses and instructors. We were interested primarily in two issues: how college students evaluate their courses , and the extent to which they emphasize various dimensions in their evaluations. We found that students evaluated their course experiences along seven interrelated dimensions: factors external to the course, level of tedium, classroom activities, classroom atmosphere, instructor's comportment, workload/assignments/grading issues, and acquisition of knowledge and skills. These dimensions were emphasized to different degrees and tended to vary in oppositional manners according to the type …

The Strengths And Weaknesses Of Segregated School Settings, Sandra M. Sweeney

Education Masters

While most current research advocates for the inclusion of students with special needs, this researcher finds that segregated schools do have a place in the education of students with disabilities. A questionnaire survey sent out to administration, teachers, mental health staff, former students and parents of a segregated program reveals how important it is to have choices and alternative settings for students whose needs are not being met in a general education classroom.

Which Sexual Abuse Victims Receive A Forensic Medical Examination? : The Impact Of Children's Advocacy Centers, Wendy A. Walsh, Theodore P. Cross, Lisa M. Jones, Monique Simone, David Kolko

Sociology

Abstract

Objective

This study examines the impact of Children's Advocacy Centers (CAC) and other factors, such as the child's age, alleged penetration, and injury on the use of forensic medical examinations as part of the response to reported child sexual abuse.

Methods

This analysis is part of a quasi-experimental study, the Multi-Site Evaluation of Children's Advocacy Centers, which evaluated four CACs relative to within-state non-CAC comparison communities. Case abstractors collected data on forensic medical exams in 1,220 child sexual abuse cases through review of case records.

Results

Suspected sexual abuse victims at CACs were two times more likely to have …

Etsu Today - Fall 2007, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU Today [magazine]

No abstract provided.

Faculty Note, University Of Michigan Law School

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

New faculty members strengthen IP lineup, add to depth of Law School offerings; Barr, co-editors examine how to build inclusive financial systems; Avi-Yonah's new book posits, analyzes international tax regime; The animal's right; Classes go to professors' homes; Bruce Frier receives Harold R. Johnson Diversity Service Award; Sankaran, Vandervort train counsel for parents; Michigan Law leaders help identify new U-M general counsel; Vice president and general counsel; Activities.

Campaign Report, University Of Michigan Law School

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

Building for the future; Jeffries, '74, commits %5 million to building renovation and expansion project; Munger gift to brighten Hutchins, Legal Research; Pogue, '53, creates new fund for faculty support; Hands join across borders to endow Stein Collegiate Professorship; Cook bequest to support scholarships; Lee leads Law School Fund to all-time high level; Class of 2006 sets record giving pace; How to make a gift to Michigan Law; Recent gifts.

Growth = Bucks(?), Gregory Lanier

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

Many of us in honors education will readily agree that, if the equation above is ever true at all, it is a very sharp double-edged sword. I suspect that most of us who direct honors programs or colleges at public institutions have been sliced or diced more than once by an institution’s growth imperatives. Although upper-level administrators often point to their honors programs with pride and tout the accomplishments of their honors students to alumni and benefactors, only a few honors programs and colleges actually report a funding baseline that adequately addresses all the needs of the program and its …

The Bridge Fall 2007 Vol. 48 No. 3, Harding School Of Theology

The Bridge

No abstract provided.

The Extension Newsletter, Issue 56, Fall Quarter 2007, Wright State University Retirees Association

The Extension Newsletter

An eight page newsletter from the Wright State University's Retirees Association.

Why Children Still Need A Lawyer, Marcia Robinson Lowry, Sara Bartosz

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

Every day approximately 500,000 children across the United States wake up in foster care, most in foster family homes, though many others in group homes and institutions. These children entered the state foster care system as innocent victims of abuse or neglect occurring in their birth homes. As wards of the state, they depend completely on the government to provide for their essential safety and wellbeing and to reconnect them with a permanent family, hopefully their own.

Though state child welfare agencies possess fundamental legal obligations under the United States Constitution and federal and state statutes to provide adequate care …

Troubled Children And Children In Trouble: Redefining The Role Of The Juvenile Court In The Lives Of Children, Ann Reyes Robbins

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

This Essay considers the emerging research in the area of dual-jurisdiction children, often referred to as "crossover kids "-those currently or previously involved in maltreatment proceedings who have also committed delinquent acts. Part I describes the development of the juvenile courts in the early twentieth century. Part II of this Essay questions the need to "track" children along one legal path or another and points to the pitfalls of providing services to some children through a criminal justice paradigm instead of treating all children through a social work paradigm. Finally, Part III advocates a redesign of the juvenile court- a …

Fall 2007, John M. Pfau Library

Peacock – John M. Pfau Library Newsletter

Contents:

• Message from the Dean by Cesar Caballero
• Hail Cesar! Pfau Library Welcomes New Dean by Lisa Bartle
• Database Developments by Stacy Magedanz
• Library Goings On
• Home Page Face Lift by Brent Singleton

The Daily Egyptian, October 01, 2007, Daily Egyptian Staff

October 2007

No abstract provided.

Csbs Statements, V10, Fall 2007, University Of Northern Iowa. College Of Social And Behavioral Sciences.

CSBS Statements

Contents:

-- From the desk of the Dean...
-- MSW student recounts experience in Nicaragua
-- Crime Scene Investigation! CSI: UNI
-- Gender Violence Prevention Project
-- Sabin Hall to be renovated
-- College and Department News
-- Faculty News
-- Faculty Research
-- CSBS Students again Lead NISG
-- CSBS Student Research
-- Funding for student travel
-- Student Textile and Apparel Show
-- Social Science Major Studies in Poland
-- CSBS Student Experiences the World
-- Where in the world have CSBS students been?
-- CSBS Scholarships
-- CSBS Facebook Group
-- CSBS en Español
-- Preview Days …