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A Presuppositional Critique Of Constructivism, Paul R. Rickert

Faculty Publications and Presentations

Educational theories have roots. They have roots in broader philosophies, conceptions of the nature of reality, and the theories utilized in classrooms to teach have implications for broader society. Specifically, this paper discusses the problems of constructivist theory in the classroom. The author takes a presuppostitional view and shows that all systems have most basic beliefs which are un-provable. So at the heart of any form of interpretive schema is faith in that schema. The author discusses ontological and epistemological options and how shifts in philosophy change the order of the most basic beliefs, but not the fact that they …

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 …

Upper Rio Grande At Work Customer Satisfaction Survey 2007, Daniel J. Quiñones, Carlos Olmedo, Dennis L. Soden

IPED Technical Reports

The Institute for Policy and Economic Development (IPED) at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) was contracted by the Upper Rio Grande Workforce Development Board (URGWDB) to conduct a customer satisfaction survey as one component of a larger evaluation project. Customer satisfaction as defined in this survey includes quality of training/instructional facilities and equipment as well as overall effectiveness of URGWDB services. The goal of this research is to assess the quality of URGWDB as a provider of services designed to help workers gain employment and as an organization that has the processes in place to adapt and …

Policing The Police: Democracy And Effective Methods Of Accountability In Post-Apartheid South Africa, Alaina Varvaloucas

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

This study seeks to explore the extent and effectiveness of systems of criminal accountability of the police force in South Africa. More specifically, it explores the pros and cons of existing organizations mandated to deter police from acting criminally and punish them when they do, and the need to strengthen them. The study first takes a look at such organizations as the Independent Complaints Directorate (ICD)—which is an independent civilian oversight body—and the South African Police Service’s (SAPS) internal disciplinary system and assesses their strengths and limitations in providing a culture of accountability. The study then focuses on police culture …

Suffolk Alumni Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 1, 2007, Suffolk University

Suffolk University Magazine

No abstract provided.

Instructional Costs And Tuition Revenues, David Yamoah

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

A variety of tax reform initiatives have impacted on the ability of New Jersey and some states in the United States to fund public higher education. Public Higher Education faces competition for limited state resources from a variety of state mandatory spending measures including health, criminal justice and elementary and secondary education. In addition, concern about the cost of higher education has resulted in demand for accountability in the use of public funds, which has lead to the need to establish relationship between funding and cost of providing higher education.

Directions - Fall 2007, Mervyn H. Sterne Library

Directions (Sterne Library, 1985-2015)

No abstract provided.

Paying For The Sins Of Their Clients The Eeocs Position That Staffing Firms Can Be Liable When Their Clients Terminate An Assigned Employee For A Discriminatory Reason, Daniel P. O'Gorman

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Undergraduate Student Catalog Fall 2007, Nova Southeastern University

Undergraduate Programs Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Front Cover, University Of Michigan Law School

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

No abstract provided.

Insider Trading Rules Can Affect Attractiveness Of Country's Stock Markets, Laura N. Beny

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

The following essay is based on testimony the author delivered to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on September 26, 2006.

The academic debate about the desirability of prohibiting insider trading is longstanding and as yet resolved. The legal academic literature on insider trading suffers from a few significant shortcomings. In brief, legal scholars who believe that insider trading is efficient and thus ought not to be prohibited maintain that insider trading increases managers' (and other insiders') incentives to behave in the interest of stockholders; makes stock prices more informationally efficient (that is, more accurate); and/or does not decrease the liquidity …

Closing And Back Cover, University Of Michigan Law School

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

Faculty members read banned books during the Michigan Law ACLU student chapter's Banned Books Week Read Out.

Front Matter, University Of Michigan Law School

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

No abstract provided.

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 …

No Law: Deadwood And The State, Mark L. Berrettini

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

Deadwood's final episode of season 3 opens with a monologue from theater operator Jack Langrishe (Brian Cox), a relative newcomer to the camp of Deadwood. Shown in a wide shot that spotlights him on the dark stage of his nascent theater, Langrishe ostensibly speaks to one of his companions, the actress Claudia (Cynthia Ettinger), shown in one medium reverse-shot. Yet Langrishe also speaks and performs beyond the theater to the residents of Deadwood and to the program's viewers extradiagetically as he sums up the tense state of affairs within the camp:

This camp is in mortal danger. The man …

Notre Dame Lawyer - Fall 2007, Notre Dame Law School

Notre Dame Lawyer

Law School Breaks Ground for New Facility
Eck Hall of Law is now under construction.

Law School Construction Update
The new building will be completed by December 2008.

Neuroimaging and the “Complexity” of Capital Punishment
Prof. Carter Snead examines the debate over the use of brain scans in capital cases.

Salvation and the Sopranos: Redemption in New Jersey?
The fate of Tony Soprano’s soul and the human quest for redemption are contemplated by Prof. Cathleen Kaveny.

Law School Celebrates Father Mike McCafferty’s Life and Legacy

Loan Repayment Assistance Takes a Big Step Forward
Forgiveness of law school debt for public …

Midnight Run Re-Run: Bail Bondsmen, Bounty Hunters, And The Uniform Criminal Extradition Act, Milton Hirsch

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.

"I'Ll Try Anything Once": Using The Conceptual Framework Of Children's Human Rights Norms In The United States, Bernardine Dohrn

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

International human rights law provides norms, concepts, and standards of immediate and practical value to attorneys for court-involved children in the United States. The conceptual framework of the comprehensive rights of the child is broadly congruent with, or closely related to, the strongest aspects of US. constitutional law and practice. The expansive language of children's human rights offers an historic opportunity: new tools and a more comprehensive context in which to change how we think about young people in conflict with the law, children in state custody, and children in related legal settings. The challenge is to use these fresh …

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 …

The Voice, Fall 2007: Volume 53, Issue 1, Dordt College

The Voice Archive

Maas Turns Stewardly Passion into Environmental Internship; It's All About the Graduates; Two Grants Will Benefit the Education Department; May Trips Put Students in Other Cultures; Music CDs Showcase Dordt Student Musicians' Talents; Engineering Grads Continue Seven Year Streak; 20th Annual Faculty Poetry Reading Celebrates Life; Brue Receives Second Energy Grant; Dordt is Third on Best Colleges List; Schuttinga Takes Helm in Student Services; Cella Bosma Graciously Accepts John Calvin Award; Faculty News; Biorenewable Energy: Dordt Engineers Look for Greener Energy Alternatives; Defenders Surge into Season; New Scoreboards at De Witt Gymnasium; Alumni Council Faces New Issues; Alumni Notes; The …

Regulating "Rent-A-Cops" Post-9/11: Why The Private Security Officer Employment Authorization Act Fails To Address Homeland Security Concerns, Ian Patrick Mcginley

Cardozo Public Law, Policy & Ethics Journal

The article critiques the Private Security Officer Employment Authorization Act (PSOEAA) for its limited scope in addressing homeland security concerns related to private security officers. While the Act introduces a background check system, it fails to adequately address terrorist infiltration, training, and cooperation with public law enforcement. The analysis argues that federal regulation, led by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), is necessary to enhance the private security industry's role in homeland security. A grant-based regulatory scheme is proposed to incentivize training, cooperation, and improved screening processes for private security officers, particularly those guarding critical infrastructure.

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 …

Southeastern Law Librarian Fall 2007, Seaall

Newsletters

No abstract provided.

The Role Of Governmental Purpose In Constitutional Judicial Review, Calvin Massey

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.

Grand Valley Magazine, Vol. 7, No. 1 Fall 2007, Grand Valley State University

Grand Valley Magazine

Grand Valley Magazine is a quarterly publication about Grand Valley State University produced by University Communications since 2001.

Utpa Commencement – Fall 2007, University Of Texas-Pan American

Edinburg Archives - Legacy Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

The Collegian (2007-10-01), Isis Lopez

UTB/TSC Archives - The Collegian [Newspaper]

Vol. 60, No. 6

Motions 2007 Volume 43 Number 2, University Of San Diego School Of Law Student Bar Association

Newspaper, Motions (1987-2019)

No abstract provided.

Lawrence Today, Volume 88, Number 1, Fall 2007, Lawrence University

Alumni Magazines

No abstract provided.

Scholarly Discourse And The Cementing Of Norms: The Case Of The Indian Supreme Court - And A Plea For Research, Jayanth K. Krishnan

The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process

No abstract provided.