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"Do I Pull The Race Card?" : Middle-Class African American Parental Perceptions Of Racism In Their Children's Public Schools, Tamika M. Brock

Theses, Dissertations, and Projects

This qualitative study explored middle-class African American parental perceptions of racism in their children's public schools. Twelve African American parents with either a bachelor's degree or a total median household income of $48, 451(U.S. Census Bureau, 2007) were asked a series of open-ended questions regarding their personal experiences with individual, cultural, and institutional forms of racism, as well as their children's experiences. Participants were also given Phinney's (1992) Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure to assess their sense of ethnic group membership, one of many variables found to influence perceptions of racism. The major findings revealed an achieved ethnic identity status for …

Social Work Practice With Latino Pentecostals : Applying Femininst Family Theory And Object Relations Theory, Angela Marie Baczewski Hakkila

Theses, Dissertations, and Projects

This study was undertaken to provide a framework for understanding the identity formation and experience of Latino Pentecostals. The exploration of Feminist Family Theory accompanied by Object Relations Theory provided two opportunities to appreciate the Latino Pentecostal experience. This study focuses on documenting the evolution of the Latino Pentecostal community in the United States and a description of the traditional aspects of this faith group in terms of practice of Spirit Baptism and traits as religious fundamentalists, collectivistic, and social activists. The application of a Feminist Family Theory lens provides a perspective on opening the conversation to dismantle the dominant …

The Murray Ledger And Times, August 12, 2008, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

Amosso, Agossou And Comlanvi Bamezon, Bronx African American History Project

Oral Histories

INTERVIEWER: Jane Edwards

INTERVIEWEE: Agossou Amossou, Bamezon Comlanvi

SUMMARY BY: Patrick O’Donnell

Agossou Amossou and Bamezon Comlanvi both immigrated to the US from Togo. Amossou, who works as a security guard in the Bronx Museum and is earning a bachelor’s degree in French from Lehman college, came to the Bronx in 2004. Comlanvi also works in security and came to the Bronx in 2002. He is also studying French at Lehman College. During the interview, both men discuss the difficulties and differences they have experienced in relocating from Togo to the US. Foods, music, religion, languages, and family life …

Community-Based Long-Term Care In Milwaukee: Wisconsin Still Ahead, Judith D. Moore, Carol O'Shaughnessy, Lisa Sprague

National Health Policy Forum

The National Health Policy Forum has made two site visits to Wisconsin in two years. The first, in August 2007, focused on an overview of Family Care, the state's managed long-term care program, and looking at service delivery in a rural setting. The August 2008 site visit focused on the operations of MCOs and Family Care service providers in the urban environment of Milwaukee. Issues examined included the link between housing and social services, care management, capitation and rate-setting, measuring quality, and integrating people with disabilities into a program that initially targeted the elderly.

Up A Creek : The Perilous Journey Of Recently Uninsured Low-Income Adults In Oregon, Heidi Allen

Dissertations and Theses

In the United States, having health insurance is considered to be the best guarantee of having access to timely and effective health care services. With millions of uninsured adults in the U.S., many states have moved beyond traditional Medicaid programs and expanded eligibility to low-income adults who are not otherwise eligible for public health insurance. While popular with the public, these programs are vulnerable when states face economic downturns. Even during times of financial stability, Medicaid expansion programs experience significant amounts of program 'churning', and in turn, low-income adults experience health insurance discontinuity. For this reason, it is important to …

Commencement Convocation Program, Usf, August 9, 2008, University Of South Florida

USF Graduation and Convocation Programs

King O'Neal Scholar - Shamik Dwivedi

Commencement Convocation Exercises - August 2008, Prairie View A&M University

Commencement and Convocation Exercises

No abstract provided.

Understanding Health Inequality Through The Study Of Living Arrangements, Tzei Hsu

Theses and Dissertations

Promoting population health is an essential task for sustainable development. This study explores the association between socioeconomic status and perceived health in the United States, with special attention on the influence of living arrangements. It also improves the existing explanations of causal mechanisms underlying the impact of SES on health among Americans over 50. Using the first and seventh waves of Health and Retirement Study to run ordered logistic regression, this research addresses the importance of living arrangements and social capital on self-reported health. Income and education are both important predictors of self-reported health. In addition, living arrangements and household …

Social Workers In Rural Areas: Research On Workforce Issues, Recruitment, And Retention, Paul Force-Emery Mackie

Social Work Department Publications

This presentation addresses a brief history of knowledge around rural social work, the current state of knowledge on rural workforce issues, the social work workforce in rural and remote areas, recruitment and retention issues and concerns, and suggestions for future development of social work workforce, research, and knowledge development.

Letter To The Editor [Herman Lenz] 2, Herman Lenz

Postville Project Documents

A letter to the Postville Herald-Leader opposing the way the Postville raid was conducted.

Deafdigest: Blue Edition, August 3, 2008, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Blue 2008

No abstract provided.

Social Work In A Sustainable World, Nancy L. Mary

Sustainability Conference

Nancy Mary will address how to train students to understand the role of social work in sustainable economic and community development. The session will also explain how Cal Poly Chocolates, an enterprise project of the university’s Food Science and Nutrition Department, has sold over $40,000 of fair trade chocolates in one year. In closing, Simcha Udwin will discuss how she developed a book and educational materials re-use program which meets the needs of prison and jail education programs, while helping the campus reach zero waste.

Zero Waste & Social Equity: Ucsb Civic Reuse Project - How To Grow A Project, Simcha Udwin

Sustainability Conference

Nancy Mary will address how to train students to understand the role of social work in sustainable economic and community development. The session will also explain how Cal Poly Chocolates, an enterprise project of the university’s Food Science and Nutrition Department, has sold over $40,000 of fair trade chocolates in one year. In closing, Simcha Udwin will discuss how she developed a book and educational materials re-use program which meets the needs of prison and jail education programs, while helping the campus reach zero waste.

How To Grow Cocoa Sustainably, Tom Neuhaus

Sustainability Conference

Nancy Mary will address how to train students to understand the role of social work in sustainable economic and community development. The session will also explain how Cal Poly Chocolates, an enterprise project of the university’s Food Science and Nutrition Department, has sold over $40,000 of fair trade chocolates in one year. In closing, Simcha Udwin will discuss how she developed a book and educational materials re-use program which meets the needs of prison and jail education programs, while helping the campus reach zero waste.

August 2008 (Vol. 35, No.8)

Research Matters

No abstract provided.

On The Green Vol. 37 No. 37 August 1, 2008, Gallaudet University

2001-2010

On the Green is an internal publication of Gallaudet College, which later became Gallaudet University. It notified employees of updates around the campus and in the broader community, including new construction and the establishment of new academic programs. Running until 2010, it was supplanted by various forms of online mass communications across multiple audiences.

Gsu View, 2008-08, Office Of Public Affairs

GSU View

Newsletter published by Governors State University 2007-current.

E-Pulse, 2008-08, College Of Health And Human Services

E-Pulse

An online news publication of the College of Health and Human Services at Governors State University.

New Faculty Appointments, 2008-2009, Lindenwood University

New Faculty Booklets

No abstract provided.

2008 Graduate Bulletin

Graduate Bulletins

After 2003 the University of Dayton Bulletin went exclusively online. This copy was printed from the web and scanned by the Registrar’s Office

2008-2009 Bulletin

Undergraduate Bulletins

After 2003 the University of Dayton Bulletin went exclusively online. This copy was printed from the web and scanned by the Registrar’s Office.

Perceptions And Knowledge Of Special Education Law Among Building Administrators In A Selected Georgia School District, Patricia Claire Grasso

Dissertations

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) has impacted every school district in the United States and significantly altered the role of administrators. Requirements for the administration and supervision of special education have developed exponentially since the enactment of Public Law 94- 142 and its reauthorization as the IDEA.

The purpose of this study was to compare the perceptions and knowledge of building administrators regarding special education law. The following research questions were developed to facilitate this study: (a) is there a difference in the level of knowledge about special education law among building administrators regarding the seven provisions of …

2008 Fall - Schedule Of Classes, Office Of The Registrar, East Tennessee State University

Registration Resources

No abstract provided.

Sami Matters (Fall 2008), Center For Evidence Based Practices

SAMI Matters

A newsletter of the Ohio Substance Abuse and Mental Illness Coordinating Center of Excellence (SAMI CCOE). The SAMI CCOE is a partnership between the Cuyahoga County Community Mental Health Research Institute at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) and the Department of Psychiatry at the School of Medicine, CWRU. The partnership is in collaboration with the Ohio Department of Mental Health.

Island Times, Aug 2008, Kevin Attra

Island Times Newspaper, 2008

No abstract provided.

Pittsburg State University Annual Commencement, Fall 2008, Pittsburg State University

Commencement, 1903-Present

Program of undergraduate and graduate commencement exercises at Pittsburg State University on Fall of 2008

Professions "Of All Professions, Begging Is The Best" A Paper By Michael Davis. Response By Joseph Ellin. Professor Davis' Reply, Center For The Study Of Ethics In Society

Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers

Michael Davis' original paper was presented to the Center of the Study of Ethics in Society Western Michigan University on October 4, 2007.

Lindenwood University Student Handbook, 2008-2009, Lindenwood University

Student Handbooks

Information and guidelines for Lindenwood University students.

Homeless Women With Children In Shelters: The Institutionalization Of Family Life, Kathryn Feltey, Laura Nichols

Sociology

In this chapter, we examine the shelter experience for homeless mothers, particularly those with young children. We review the literature on women with children living in homeless shelters and draw from the findings of our research on homeless women living in shelters and transitional housing in the midwestern United States from 1990 through 2002. This research included in-depth interviews conducted over a twelve-year period with almost 200 women residing in emergency homeless shelters, battered women's shelters, or transitional housing for single-parent families. For this chapter, we draw from the data on sheltered homeless mothers living with or separated from their …