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Issue 11, Fall 2008, Imagining America

Newsletters - Imagining America

Highlights of Issue #11 (Fall 2008) include: an update on the Tenure Team Initiative in Public Scholarship’s research, policy, and action; a director’s column on motivations for civic engagement; an article featuring design campus-community partnerships at CITYbuild in New Orleans, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Miami University of Ohio; and an interview with Jill Dolan, Princeton University, on democracy.

Patient-Tailored Medicine, Part One: The Impact Of Race And Genetics On Medicine, Corrine Parver

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

One of the more controversial elements of advancing technology is the use of race and genetics to help create more specific types of medicines that will help combat diseases and conditions that appear to be more prevalent within certain races or ethnic groups than in others. Considering the history of discrimination and inadequate treatment of individuals on the bases of race and gender in the United States, there is justifiable concern that race or gender-based treatment could be used to legitimate discrimination. On the other hand, there is substantial proof that the current method of creating medicines for the general …

Supportive Housing: Implications For Its Efficacy As Intervention With Special Needs Low-Income African Americans, Carol S. Collard, Rufus Larkin

Faculty Articles

In this pilot study, the authors examine the efficacy of supportive housing, which combines affordable housing with social services, in helping low-income single mothers in substance abuse recovery with relapse prevention and acquiring life skills to improve their economic conditions. Study subjects were residents of Delowe Village Apartments, a supportive housing development in East Point, Georgia, who participated in Project GROW, an on-site program intended to help residents maintain sobriety and reduce their dependence on welfare. The authors hypothesize that the length of residency in supportive housing correlates to prolonged sobriety, improved functioning, and increased employment. Findings indicate a substantial …

It's Not Just What You Think, But Also How You Think About It: The Effect Of Situationally Primed Mindsets On Legal Judgments And Decision Making, Barbara O'Brien, Daphna Oyserman

Marquette Law Review

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Law School Record, Vol. 55, No. 1 (Fall 2008), Law School Record Editors

Law School Record

• Message from the Dean
• "Under God": The Pledge, Present and Future
• A Different Kind of Calling: Law School Alumni and Religious Life
• Institutional Engineering
• Public Service on the Hill: Appointees in the Bush Administration
• Alumni In Memoriam
• 2008 Graduates

Statement, Fall 2008, Office Of Alumni Relations. Morehead State University

Morehead State Alumni Association Publications

Statement magazine of Morehead State University for Fall of 2008.

October 1, 2008 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina

Faculty Senate

No abstract provided.

October 1st 2008, Hispanic News

Inland Empire Hispanic News

No abstract provided.

Utpa Stats At A Glance - Fall 2008, University Of Texas Pan American

UTPA Archives - Stats At A Glance

No abstract provided.

Utpa Commencement – Fall 2008, University Of Texas-Pan American

Edinburg Archives - Legacy Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

Notes From The Field: Challenges Of Indigent Criminal Defense, Ting Ting Cheng, Steven Zeidman, Kathy Boudin, Mercedes Cano, Preeti Lala, Susan Tipograph

City University of New York Law Review

No abstract provided.

Fall Facts, 2008, Louisiana State University

Fall Facts

No abstract provided.

Elder Abuse Identification And Intervention: Final Report To Blue Cross-Blue Shield Of Michigan Foundation, Mary C. Sengstock

Sociology Faculty Research Publications

In 2006 through 2008, Dr. Mary Cay Sengstock held a grant from the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation to study the effectiveness of the current system for identifying and assisting abused elders in the State of Michigan.

This document presents the Final Report of the project. It can serve as a model, not only for the State of Michigan, but for other states regarding the mechanisms which are effective in identifying and assisting abused elders, as well as the problems and dilemmas which may arise.

Speaking The Truth In Love, Susan E. Murray

Lake Union Herald

No abstract provided.

Editorial, Art Mcphee

Witness

No abstract provided.

Race, Identity, And Professional Responsibility: Why Legal Services Organizations Need African American Staff Attorneys, Shani M. King

UF Law Faculty Publications

Given the fundamental importance of the attorney-client relationship in securing favorable outcomes for clients, legal services organizations that serve large populations of African Americans should employ African American staff attorneys because: (1) African American lawyers and clients share a group identity that makes it more likely that a black attorney will be able to gain a black client's trust; (2) black attorneys communicate more effectively with black clients; and (3) the perception of a judicial system that is unfair and racist is likely to encourage black clients to trust black lawyers more than white lawyers, who are more likely to …

Instruction Cost Report, Fall 2008, University Of Northern Iowa

Institutional Effectiveness & Planning Documents

Shows the costs associated with running the University of Northern Iowa broken down by college and department

Faculty Tenure Report, Fall 2008, University Of Northern Iowa. Office Of Institutional Research.

Institutional Effectiveness & Planning Documents

Statistical report showing the number of faculty that are tenured, on the tenure track, or not on the tenure track, broken down by college, department, gender, minority status, and if full or part time.

Arts And Sciences Newsletter, Volume 12, Issue 1, College Of Arts & Sciences

Arts and Sciences Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Instruction Size Report, Fall 2008, 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.

Student Profile, Fall Semester 2008, University Of Northern Iowa

Institutional Effectiveness & Planning Documents

Contents:

--- Preface
--- Profile Summary
--- Section I: Total Student Enrollment for Fall Semester 2008
--- Section II: New Students Entering UNI Fall Semester 2008
--- Section III: Miscellaneous

Performance Audit Of Nevada’S Child Welfare System Final Report For The Legislative Counsel Bureau Audit Division Pursuant To A.B. 629, Nevada Institute For Children’S Research And Policy, Unlv School Of Social Work, Unlv Boyd School Of Law

Nevada Institute for Children's Research and Policy Reports

Assembly Bill 629 of the 2007 Nevada Legislature mandated that a performance audit of Nevada’s child welfare agencies be conducted. This legislation was passed in response to documented concerns regarding the appropriate provision of services by the agencies, including inconsistent data and multiple safety issues. The UNLV Research Team comprised of staff from the Nevada Institute for Children’s Research and Policy, the School of Social Work and the William S. Boyd School of Law was hired by the state to conduct the audit. The purpose of the findings and recommendations of this audit are to assist in improving the Nevada …

Fact Book 2008, Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness

Fact Book

The Fact Book has been designed to present a variety of information and data about the University, in a concise, easily-used format. Included are details regarding student and faculty. Generally, data are broken out by college, rank, level, gender, age and ethnicity for both spring and fall semesters.

Common Data Set 2008, Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness

Common Data Sets

Common Data Set (2008 - 2009) for the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

The Compass Rose Vol. Xxii, No. 2, University Of Texas At Arlington Library Special Collections & Archives

The Compass Rose

The purpose of The Compass Rose is to raise awareness of Special Collections' resources and to foster the use of these resources. The newsletter also reports significant new programs, initiatives, and acquisitions of Special Collections. The issues included here are scans of print newsletters from the 1990s and 2000s. Current issues and posts of The Compass Rose can now be accessed on the UTA Libraries Compass Rose Blog.

Taylor: A Magazine For Taylor University Alumni, Parents And Friends (Fall 2008), Taylor University

The Taylor Magazine (1963-Present)

The Fall 2008 edition of Taylor Magazine, published by Taylor University in Upland, Indiana.

The Role Of Spiritual/Religious Practices In Moderating Stress Among Staff In An Adolescent Residential Treatment Facility, Tara Rhiannon Sanderson

Doctor of Education (EdD)

Adolescent Residential Treatment Staff have a difficult job. Working with emotionally and behaviorally disturbed youth whose behavior precludes living with family members or in foster care requires intense amounts of empathy. Research indicates that the stress residential treatment staff feel is due to the many facets of their jobs including being counselors and subjected to vicarious traumatization, being supportive guides and enduring compassion fatigue, being parental figures and providing structure and support, etc. This stress can reduce the effectiveness of treatment that is provided to the adolescent residents in these facilities. Stress management and relief have been studied with various …

Full Issue Pdf, Mcphee

Witness

No abstract provided.

Problem-Based Educational Games: Connections, Prescriptions, And Assessment, Andrew Walker, Brett E. Shelton

Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences Faculty Publications

The overwhelming success of the commercial game market has brought increased attention to emerging work in educational game design. Much of the existing work in educational games a strong similarity to the field of Problem-Based Learning (PBL), which has a rich history of conceptual literature as well as empirical investigations. Despite apparent similarities between the two fields, there has been no formal effort to explore the connections between them. This conceptual paper examines the basic tenants of PBL with an eye toward making prescriptive recommendations for the design and use of problem-based educational games. Examples within existing educational games are …

Amicus (Volume 7, Issue No. 2) (Fall 2008), Roger Williams University School Of Law

Amicus

No abstract provided.