Digital Commons Network^™

Edwin E. Witte, Roger A. Lohmann

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Edwin E. Witte was a Professor of Economics at the University of Wisconsin and Chairman of the Committee on Economic Security, which oversaw the drafting of the original Social Security Act. Witte is generally acknowledged as the principal author of the Social Security legislation as it went to Congress. In later years, he consulted on the National Labor Relations Act and continued to teach and supervise Ph.D. students.

A Comparative Study Evaluating The Impact Of Participation In A Valor Nurse Externship On Job Satisfaction, Sense Of Belonging, Role Socialization And Sense Of Professionalism: Transitions From Graduate To Registered Nurse, Cynthia Nuttall

Nursing ETDs

There is an overall shortage of registered nurses. Additionally, there is a high turnover rate of new registered nurses. Externship programs, such as the Veterans Affairs Learning Opportunity Residency (VALOR) Scholarship Program, have been created but not been evaluated systematically. The primary purpose of this study was to examine the effects of the VALOR Program on job satisfaction, sense of belonging, professionalism and socialization by comparing two groups of VALOR and non-VALOR BSN registered nurses who graduated in 2006, 2007 or 2008. Surveys were sent to a national sample of RNs who were employed by 23 VA Medical Centers. Significant …

The Vital Role Of Social Workers In Community Partnerships: The Alliance For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender And Questioning Youth, Michael P. Dentato, Shelley L. Craig, Mark S. Smith

Social Work: School of Social Work Faculty Publications and Other Works

The account of The Alliance for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning (GLBTQ) Youth formation offers a model for developing com- munity-based partnerships. Based in a major urban area, this university-community collaboration was spearheaded by social workers who were responsible for its original conceptualization, for generating community support, and for eventual staffing, administration, direct service provision, and program evaluation design. This article presents the strategic development and evolution of this community- based service partnership, highlighting the roles of schools of social work, academics, and social work students in concert with community funders, practitioners and youth, in responding to the needs …

Exploring The Ancestral Roots Of American Sign Language: Lexical Borrowing From Cistercian Sign Language And French Sign Language, Keith Martin Cagle

Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies ETDs

American Sign Language (ASL) is the natural and preferred language of the Deaf community in both the United States and Canada. Woodward (1978) estimated that approximately 60% of the ASL lexicon is derived from early 19th century French Sign Language, which is known as langue des signes française (LSF). The lexicon of LSF and ASL may be derived from several sources such as gestures, home signs created by deaf individuals living with their hearing families, North American Indian sign languages, Martha Vineyard sign language, and new signs added to LSF and ASL through the generations. Before the emergence of LSF …

June 23, 2010 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina

Faculty Senate

No abstract provided.

Experiences Of Urban And Suburban Police Officers Encountering Mental Illness In Their Communities : Training, Attitudes And Actions, Sophie Madeline Ricks

Theses, Dissertations, and Projects

This study was designed to explore the experiences of urban and suburban police officers who encounter persons with mental illness in their communities. The focus was on the issues of training, attitudes, and action when responding to calls involving the mentally ill. Specifically, this project targeted the experiences of police officers with at least one year on the force. Police officers came from two police departments in two different neighborhoods. Interviews were completed with 12 police officers of different backgrounds. Officers answered twenty-one Likert scale type questions addressing their experiences with the mentally ill and mental health agencies, in addition …

Evaluating Social Work Students’ Attitudes Toward Physical Disability, Rachael A. Haskell

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Given the social work profession's commitment to serving individuals with disabilities and cultural competence, the promotion of favorable attitudes toward persons with disabilities within social work education is critical. This study examined the question: "what are the attitudes of undergraduate social work students at three universities toward individuals with physical disabilities as measured by responses on the Attitudes Toward Disabled Persons Scale Form B (ATDP-Form B; Yuker et al., 1960, 1966) and Interactions with Disabled Persons Scale (Gething, 1991)?" It explored the following hypotheses, that participants who: 1) have had prior positive contact with persons with physical disabilities; 2) have …

Genetic Counseling Practice : Advanced Concepts And Skills, Samir Al-Adawi

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Seoul Hope Plus Savings Accounts: Asset-Building Program For Low-Income Households In Seoul, Mihyun Kim, Jisung Kwon, Sunwook Chung, Hyunmira Hong, Yunju Nam, Youngmi Kim, Eunlye Lee

Center for Social Development Research

Seoul Hope Plus Savings Accounts: Asset-Building Program for Low-Income Households in Seoul

Family Affairs Newsletter 2010-06-15, Zack Paakkonen

Family Affairs newsletter (2004-2016)

FAMILY AFFAIRS was a free, twice-a-month, social activities newsletter for the GLBTQI (gay/lesbian/bisexual/trans/queer/intersex) community, sent out around the 1st and 15th of each month. It covered the State of Maine only. The list was begun and maintained for many years by Jean Vermette in Bangor, and later operated by Zack Paakkonen of Portland. Over the years it evolved from a social activities newsletter into a business directory, classified ad service, and community bulletin board.

Predicting Alcohol Consumption During The Month Before And After Beginning College, Heather R. Johnson, William H. Zywiak, Daniel D. Graney, Robert L. Stout, Winston B. Trefry, Joy E. Lagrutta, Frances C. Cohen

Psychology Faculty Publications

Background:

We sought to determine predictors of drinking the month before and after beginning college, as well as changes in drinking between these two periods among adjudicated students. We conducted these analyses to inform individual and university-wide approaches to addressing underage drinking, particularly among the heaviest drinkers.

Methods:

The sample consisted of 143 students entering college, adjudicated during their first semester, and interviewed during the same semester. The sample consisted of 43% women. Drinking data were collected through the Time-Line Follow-Back interview.

Results:

The average number of drinking days (DD) during the first month of college was 7.0 (SD = …

The Political Economy Of Poverty In The ‘Glocal’ Context: A Multilevel Cross-National Study, Philip Young P. Hong

Dissertations

The purpose of this study is to examine the extent to which socio-politico-economic factors at the structural level impact individual poverty across 17 developed countries in a period of welfare state retrenchment and growing international interconnectedness. This dissertation contributes to a newly developing body of knowledge on cross-national comparison of individual poverty using multilevel analyses. This method allows for modeling various determinants of poverty (variables with different units of analysis at both individual and structural levels) together in a single analysis. The OECD and Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) data were used to conduct a cross-national comparative analysis of 17 affluent …

Becoming American: The Socio-Economic And Cultural Landscape Of Kenyan Immigrants In Chicago, Il, Cyril O. Wilson, Chapurukha M. Kusimba

Journal of Global Initiatives: Policy, Pedagogy, Perspective

This study reports the emerging patterns of migration and settlement of Kenyans into the Chicago metropolitan area. Like most African immigrant communities in North America, economic downturn, political instability, and socio-economic polarization in African countries necessitated an appreciable quantum of emigration of Kenyans following the attainment of Africa's political independence in the 1960s. Most of the findings on housing characteristics, education, employment, patterns of family life, socio-cultural interaction, challenges encountered by new immigrants, and related phenomena evince parallels with other studies on African immigrants in North America.

Current, June 14, 2010, University Of Missouri-St. Louis

Current (2010s)

No abstract provided.

Deafdigest: Gold Edition, June 13, 2010, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Gold 2010

No abstract provided.

Deafdigest: Blue Edition, June 13, 2010, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Blue 2010

No abstract provided.

2010 Commencement Program, Marian Wright Edelman

Commencement Archives 2010-19

The program for the 2010 PSU Commencement ceremony on June 13, 2010.

Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund, delivered the commencement address and was awarded an honorary doctorate by PSU President Wim Wiewel.

Commencement Program: Spring 2010 , Governors State University

Commencement Documents and Videos

No abstract provided.

Budget Fy 2010-2011, Swosu Administration

SWOSU Fiscal Year Budgets

The Southwestern Oklahoma State University Budget FY 2011. Submitted June 11, 2010.

2010-06-11, Board Of Regents, Murray State University

Board of Regents Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.

Eastern Washington University Commencement Program, 2010, Eastern Washington University

Commencement Programs

Program for Eastern Washington University's spring commencement in 2010

2010-06-10, Morehead State University. Board Of Regents.

Morehead State Board of Regents Agenda Books and Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.

Independent - Jun. 8, 2010, Victoria A Tullock

The Independent (1988-present)

No abstract provided.

Council On Academic Affairs Minutes, Jun 17, 2010, Eastern Kentucky University

Council on Academic Affairs

No abstract provided.

Deafdigest: Gold Edition, June 6, 2010, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Gold 2010

No abstract provided.

Deafdigest: Blue Edition, June 6, 2010, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Blue 2010

No abstract provided.

The Basics Of Progressive 529s, Center For Social Development

Center for Social Development Research

The Basics of Progressive 529s

Use Of Electronic Resources Among Academics At The University Of Karachi, Munira Nasreen Ansari, Bushra Adeeb Zuberi

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

A sample of seventy faculty from the University of Karachi Faculty of Arts were surveyed. The study explores the University of Karachi's facilities for using electronic resources. Some departments have fully-equipped computer labs, while some have a few computers. A few departments also provide computers to individual academics in their offices. An Internet connection is available to 92.9 percent of the departments. A majority of the academics have computer skills that facilitate the use of electronic resources, although a majority have little knowledge of electronic resources, which is not a positive aspect of the findings. Most use both electronic and …

How Class Works -- 2010 Conference Program, Celia Patricia Vera, Michael Zweig

2010 How Class Works Conference

Conference Program.

Deans' Forum Summary, June 3, 2010, Uno Office Of Academic And Student Affairs

2009-2010 Academic Year

Notes from the June 3, 2010 OASA Leadership Forum.