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Bringing The Market To Students: School Choice And Vocational Education In The Twenty-First Century, Lia Epperson

Notre Dame Law Review

An essay is presented on the need of providing students with material and industrial foundation through higher education. The history of technical and vocational education in public schools, related federal legislation and the current state of education system is discussed. The issues related to college matriculation, employment status in young people and the mismatch between the education and the economic and industrial requirement of the nation is also discussed.

Law And Policy Entrepreneurs: Empirical Evidence On The Expansion Of School Choice Policy, Michael Heise

Notre Dame Law Review

The article presents information on the expansion in the legislation of public charter schools and the school voucher programs. An analysis is conducted on the privately and publicly funded voucher programs based on a regression model. The adoption of charter school legislation, defensive political actions for deflecting the progress in school voucher and its interpretation is discussed. The influence of suburban political and economic interests is also discussed.

The Occupy Wall Street Movement As A 'Space Of Profanation', Alberto Rinaldi

Theses and Dissertations

Born in a crucial historical moment - the decennial of 9/11, and more than ten years after the anti-globalization movement of Seattle - the Occupy Wall Street movement (OWS) has awaken again protest and dissent, for the first time at the heart of the largest financial centre of world. More â mature' than its predecessor and also increasingly more encompassing, this movement is presently working as a sort of â sounding board' of protest and dissent, finding its inspiration in the Arab Spring, the Spanish indignados, and in all other forms of systemic protests that have flared around the world …

Public Education In The United States In A Post-Brown Era: The Antinomies Of Equal Protection Doctrine, Sarah Rizk

Theses and Dissertations

In the United States, public schools are primarily financed by local tax on property. This property-tax-based system of finance is advantageous for people living in wealthy districts, as they benefit from greater educational funding resources. Residents of poorer districts, however, have the disadvantage of higher taxation that is needed to balance the deficit created by the lower value of property in these areas in order to finance local services. Through the use of local exclusionary planning and zoning powers, local governments can ensure that residents contribute a minimum amount of taxation to fund local services and to zone out â …

From Political Tool To Humanitarian Stalemate: A Critical Appraisal Of International Refugee Law As A Global Protection Mechanism, Emily Rose Mattheisen

Theses and Dissertations

People migrate for a variety of reasons. Some choose to migrate and others are forced. To cross an international border, they need permission of the host state. The 1951 Refugee Convention creates the refugee as an exceptional category of international migrants that is entitled to international protection. This research seeks to explore whether international refugee law rationally protects vulnerable peoples in the contemporary world. This is done through examining the historical context through which the refugee was created as a legal subject in international law and evaluating the critiques of the current implementation of international refugee law. This thesis argues …

Muslim Brothers In Egypt: Politics Of Generational Gaps, Doha Samir Mostafa Abdelgawad

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis is an attempt to address the politics of generational gaps within Muslim Brotherhood Movement in Egypt since mid 1980s till 2011. It sheds light on patterns of generational interactions, issues of concern, and their impact on the future trajectory of the Movement. It conceptually employs the Generational Unit Model, drawn largely from the work of Karl Mannheim. In doing so, the study applies focused semi-structured interviews with the movement's affiliated members from antagonistic generational units. The study addresses the socioeconomic and political context that shape the consciousness of two generational waves within the movement. It descriptively addresses the …

The Church In The Square: Negotiations Of Religion And Revolution At An Evangelical Church In Cairo, Egypt, Anna Dowell

Theses and Dissertations

In the wake of the Egyptian January 25, 2011 popular uprisings that deposed Hosni Mubarak from the presidency, youth and leaders from Kanisset Kasr el Dobara (KDEC) in Tahrir Square embarked on new and unpredictable political projects and activisms. This ethnographic study is an engagement with these new revolutionary negotiations on the part of the largest Protestant congregation in the Middle East. Using participant observation, focus groups, and interviews this research seeks to elucidate the ways that youth and leaders utilized institutionalized discourse, religious imagery, and relational networks in order to carve out a place in the Egyptian public sphere …

The Attitude Of Egyptian Nubian University Students Towards Arabic And Nubian Languages, Sanaa Gamal Abou-Ras

Theses and Dissertations

This research investigates the attitude of Egyptian Nubian university students towards the Arabic and the two Nubian languages, Nobiin and Kenuzi-Dongola. The Nubian languages are called by Egyptian Nubians, Fadijja/Fadicca and Kenzi, respectively. Nubians are people who live in the Nubia area which lies between Egypt's southern borders with the northern part of Sudan. Nubia is divided into two parts - one under the Egyptian regime, and the other under the Sudanese regime. The number of participants used in the study was forty - half male and half female. Twenty of these participants live in the Nubian region and are …

The Ghosts Of Homer Plessy, Rodney A. Smolla

Georgia State University Law Review

No abstract provided.

Book Reviews, Criticism Editors

Criticism

Beyond Auschwitz: Post-Holocaust Jewish Thought in America (Michael L. Morgan)
Poetry after Auschwitz: Remembering What One Never Knew (Susan Gubar)
Holocaust Representation: Art within the Limits of History and Ethics (Berel Lang) (Reviewed by Naomi Mandel, University of Rhode Island)

Libertines and Radicals in Early Modern London: Sexuality, Politics, and Literary Culture, 1630–1685 (James Grantham Turner) (Reviewed by Harold Weber, University of Alabama)

Fair Exotics: Xenophobic Subjects in British Literature, 1720–1850 (Rajani Sudan) (Reviewed by Robert Anderson, Oakland University)

Curiosity and the Aesthetics of Travel Writing, 1770–1840: "From an Antique Land," (Nigel Leask) (Reviewed by Donald Ross, University of Minnesota) …

Inconvenient Truths: Charter Schools And Student Achievement, Roger T. Wilson

Colleagues

No abstract provided.

Moving From Place To Place: Exploring The Complexities Of Being An Academic And Activist In/For Appalachia, Amanda Fickey

PRISM: A Journal of Regional Engagement

Maintaining the life of being both an academic and activist can be emotional and immensely difficult. In our efforts to achieve career advancement and to help others we may find ourselves moving between many places and living out the contradictions and tensions that result from such movement. Often forced to produce inaccessible, jargon filled articles, the majority of academics rarely find the opportunity to give back to the communities where they conduct research. How do we as academics then, come to terms with the work that we do? Can we truly be both activists and academics and, if so, in …

Port Of Call Or Port Of Conflict: The Evolution Of The Port Of New York And New Jersey, Port-City Relationships, And The Potential For Land Use Conflicts On The Newark Bay Waterfront, Colette Santasieri

Dissertations

This dissertation, a case study of the Port of New York and New Jersey, covers three major research topics: 1) the evolution of the port spanning a period of over 200 years; 2) the relationship between the port (and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey) and five municipalities on Newark Bay; and 3) the potential for land use conflicts between the commercial port operations and redeveloping waterfronts for non-industrial uses.

Research about the historical evolution of the Port of New York and New Jersey centers exclusively on the waterfronts and facilities on the Hudson and East Rivers …

Transport Of Terrigenous Sediment And Horseshoe Crab Eggs In The Swash Zone Of An Estuarine Foreshore In Delaware Bay, New Jersey, Usa, Sherestha Saini

Dissertations

Identification of processes responsible for egg exhumation and transport in the swash zone is paramount to conservation of species that use the intertidal foreshore. One example where the understanding of these processes is critical to egg exhumation, transport and deposition is in Delaware Bay, USA. Beaches in Delaware Bay provide foraging grounds to many shorebird species that migrate thousands of miles from Central and South America to feed on nutrient rich horseshoe crab eggs during their peak spawning season. Eggs laid at depth by horseshoe crabs are exhumed and transported by bioturbation, wave and swash processes and made available to …

The Emerging Legal Problem Of Naturally Occuring Abestos And Washington State's Swift Creek Conundrum, Jean O. Melious

Seattle Journal of Environmental Law

No abstract provided.

Protecting India’S Children: Vulnerabilities And Challenges, Asha Bajpai

Macalester International

No abstract provided.

Creating A Civic National Identity: Integration Through Immigrant Political Participation, Maars Beltrandy Y Rudquist

Macalester International

No abstract provided.

Trapped By Narcissism: A Disillusioned Dutch Society, Anna-Kay Brown

Macalester International

No abstract provided.

Response, Hanna Zimnitskaya

Macalester International

No abstract provided.

Green Heart Attack: An Environmentalist’S Eulogy For The Randstad, Dutch Grand Planning, And The Compact City, Kate Keleher

Macalester International

No abstract provided.

Bradenton, Fl: A Patchwork City, Rebekah G. Brightbill

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The City of Bradenton is a patchwork city, whose neighborhoods vary greatly in quality. While its neighborhoods differ in type based on consumer preference, they vary in quality because of federal, state, and local planning and urban policy. These policies have resulted in inequality of place and race, clustering racial minorities in center city neighborhoods with deteriorated infrastructure and income inequality. This impacts the ability of the City to be competitive with other cities as a metropolitan whole. The City's economically and racially segregated neighborhoods are not the inevitable outcome of market forces, but rather reflect decades of federal, state, …

The Psychological Process Of Values Formation, S.J. Bulatao

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.

Physicians’ Experiences And Opinions Regarding Strategies To Improve Care For Minority Patients, Jared W. Klein, Lindsay O. Schubiner, Margaret Gadon, Matthew K. Wynia

Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice

Objective: To assess the views and experiences of a select group of physicians interested in minority health issues regarding promising strategies to improve minority care. Methods: Physicians were asked to respond to a 17-item survey assessing the level of agreement, frequency of implementation of and interest in learning more about 7 promising strategies for alleviating disparities. Results: Most physicians (75-95%) agreed that the 7 proposed strategies could be useful to improve the quality of care provided to minority patients, but only 40-66% of physicians had implemented the strategies sometimes or often in their practices. Between 22 and …

Cancer-Related Disparities Among Residents Of Appalachia Ohio, James L. Fisher, Holly L. Engelhardt, Julie A. Stephens, Bette R. Smith, Georgette G. Haydu, Robert W. Indian, Electra D. Paskett

Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice

The authors sought to identify cancer-related disparities in Appalachia Ohio and better understand reasons for the disparities. Data from the Ohio Cancer Incidence Surveillance System, among other sources, were used to examine potential cancer disparities among residents of Appalachia Ohio. Using Ohio census data, the authors examined contributions of household income, educational attainment and population density to disparities in cancer incidence. Results suggest the following disparities in Appalachia Ohio (compared to non-Appalachia Ohio): greater cancer incidence and mortality rates for cancers of the cervix, colon and rectum, lung and bronchus and melanoma of the skin; a later stage at diagnosis …

The Past In The Present: New Work In Postcolonial And Imperial Studies, Suvir Kaul

Criticism

Conscripts of Modernity: The Tragedy of Colonial Enlightenment (David Scott)
Stitches on Time: Colonial Textures and Postcolonial Tangles (Saurabh Dube)
Gender and Empire ed. (Philippa Levine)
A New Imperial History: Culture, Identity and Modernity in Britain and the Empire, 1660–1840 (ed. Kathleen Wilson)

Index, Criticism Editors

Criticism

No abstract provided.

2011-2012 Season Brochure, Office Of Arts + Cultural Programming, Peak Performances At Montclair State University

2011-2012 Expose of Global Creativity

No abstract provided.

The Cord (May 30, 2012)

The Cord

No abstract provided.

On Radio: Up From The Boneyard: Local Media, It's Digital Death And Rebirth [Part 1], Tim Anderson

Communication & Theatre Arts Faculty Publications

Is there any such thing as local digital media? Looking at the case of local podcasts, Tim Anderson argues that people indeed do, and always have, inscribed the local in their digital media creations.

Cwu Faculty Senate Minutes - 05/30/12, Janet Shields

Faculty Senate Minutes

These are the official Central Washington University Faculty Senate minutes for the 05/30/12 meeting.