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BJC Today

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Informing Policy On Volunteer Service Through Agency-Based Evaluations, Nancy Morrow-Howell, Susan Stapleton, Amanda Moore Mcbride

Center for Social Development Research

This working paper describes the evidence-based policy making process. We focus on what information is needed to inform policy development and decision-making on volunteer service and then how this information can be most effectively disseminated to policy makers, outlining a range of specific strategies. Existing volunteer service research is used as illustration. Implications are drawn for the capacity of agency staff to implement the research methods and strategies that are discussed.

Deafdigest: Gold Edition, June 3, 2012, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Gold 2012

No abstract provided.

Deafdigest: Blue Edition, June 3, 2012, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Blue 2012

No abstract provided.

Ohio Board Of Regents Degrees - Definitions

Undergraduate Curriculum and Academic Policy Committee Wright State University Quarter to Semester Transition

This draft document contains a list of words defined by the Ohio Board of Regents.

Summary Cognos Program Files: Undergraduate Programs

Undergraduate Curriculum and Academic Policy Committee Wright State University Quarter to Semester Transition

A summary list of all undergraduate programs at Wright State University.

Scholarworks Statistics - June 2012, Scholarworks

ScholarWorks Reports

For the month of June 2012, ScholarWorks recorded a total of 18,261 full-text downloads and 14,518 page views.

Motivational Interviewing For Encouraging Quit Attempts Among Unmotivated Smokers: Study Protocol Of A Randomized, Controlled, Efficacy Trial, Delwyn Catley, Kari J. Harris, Kathy Goggin, Kimber Richter, Karen Williams, Christi Patten, Ken Resnicow, Edward Ellerbeck, Andrea Bradley-Ewing, Domonique Malomo, Robin Liston

Public and Community Health Sciences Faculty Publications

Background

Although the current Clinical Practice Guideline recommend Motivational Interviewing for use with smokers not ready to quit, the strength of evidence for its use is rated as not optimal. The purpose of the present study is to address key methodological limitations of previous studies by ensuring fidelity in the delivery of the Motivational Interviewing intervention, using an attention-matched control condition, and focusing on unmotivated smokers whom meta-analyses have indicated may benefit most from Motivational Interviewing. It is hypothesized that MI will be more effective at inducing quit attempts and smoking cessation at 6-month follow-up than brief advice to quit …

Gsu View, 2012-06, Office Of Marketing And Communications

GSU View

Newsletter published by Governors State University 2007-current.

Chhs June 2012 E-Newsletter, Dr. John Bonaguro, Dean, Vashon S. Wells, Editor, Wku College Of Health & Human Services

College of Health & Human Services Publications

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Volume 6, 2012, Csusb

Scholarship in Action newsletter

What to look for in this issue...

• The OSR Now Open p.1
• Awards p.3
• CSUSB Tops the Chart! p.5
• All about Grants Podcast p.6
• Presentations, Publications, Exhibitions and Performances p.7
• Did you Know...? p.13
  • New HSACU Designation
• Start with a Mini-Grant p.27
• STEM Programs p.28
• Mark Your Calendars
  • Upcoming Grants p.29
• Contact Information p.29

Calling Out The Persistence Of Racism, Sanford F. Schram

Political Science Faculty Research and Scholarship

In this issue New Political Science begins a new tradition, printing an extended review essay of the book that received the Michael Harrington Book Award at the most recent American Political Science Association Meeting. The Michael Harrington Award is given for an outstanding book that demonstrates how scholarships can be used in the struggle for a better world. In 2011, the award went to Michelle Alexander for her book The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in an Age of Color-Blindness. Sanford Schram, a member of the award committee, has contributed the below review.

Annual Report Of Undergraduate Research Fellows, August 2011 To May 2012, Office Of Research And Sponsored Programs. Morehead State University.

Office of Research and Sponsored Programs Reports and Publications

Annual Report of Undergraduate Research Fellows from August 2011 to May 2012.

Aetc-Nmc E-News Issue 5, Aetc Staff

AETC-NMC e-News

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The Relationship Between Risk And Resilience, Racial Microaggression, Ethnic Identity, And Well-Being In Young Adulthood, Shandra S. Forrest-Bank

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Young adulthood is the developmental period characterized by the transition from adolescence to the roles and responsibilities of adulthood. While most young adults experience positive growth and accomplishments, many others struggle, especially those with disadvantaged childhoods who lack financial, social, and emotional resources. Substance abuse, crime, educational failure, unemployment, and mental health problems are common among young adults. Unfortunately, many of these problems occur at disproportionately high rates for young people of color. Considerable knowledge of the child and adolescent risk and protective factors that contribute to the onset of problem behavior or to well-being during adolescence has been developed. …

2012 Summer - Registration Guide, Office Of The Registrar, East Tennessee State University

Registration Resources

No abstract provided.

College Corner, Maggie Lubanko And Ben Mirkin

Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education

Since the Emergence of Outward Bound and NOLS (National Outdoor Leadership School), programs have been popping up all over the country spanning from high school outing clubs and high ropes courses to university orientation trips and college degrees (Raiola & O'Keefe, 1999). When an individual is looking to become a qualified instructor in the field of outdoor education, however, there are few programs that offer the combination of high level outdoor training, therapeutic training options, and academic rigor similar to the offerings at the University of New Hampshire.

2012-06-01, Board Of Regents, Murray State University

Board of Regents Meeting Minutes

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Family Affairs Newsletter 2012-06-01, 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.

Investigation Of Social Supports For Parents Of Children With Autism, Aaron R. Deris, Cynthia Dicarlo, Linda L. Flynn, Carrie Ota, Anne O'Hanlon

Special Education Department Publications

There has been an increase of children being identified with autism in the United States (Center for Disease Control, 2009), leading to an increased concern of how to best meet the needs of children with autism and their families. In response to each reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (2004), in which the roles of families have been strengthened in planning their child's education and professionals have had more input, the field has tried to uncover the 'best' ways to support parents. Recommended practice suggests that parents are best able to identify their own support needs, with …

Staff Retention In Small Non-Profit Organizations, Michelle A. Redding

Theses and Graduate Projects

This study is an exploratory analysis of employee perceptions affecting staff recruitment, staff retention and job satisfaction in the small, human service non-profit organization. The study uses a human resource framework to address staff retention and provides conceptual guidance for advancing understanding about staff retention in the non-profit human services sector. The statistical findings are, however, inconclusive without further rigorous examination. A three category typology based on job recruitment factors, job retention factors, and job satisfaction is initially presented to define the strategies. Select dimensions of both intrinsic and extrinsic factors are explored in the recruitment stage of employee decision-making …

News From Hope College, Volume 43.5: June, 2012, Hope College

News from Hope College

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Social Capital, Human Capital, And Economic Well-Being In The Knowledge Economy: Results From Canada's General Social Survey, Robert D. Weaver, Nazim Habibov

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Beginning in the mid-1990s, the Canadian welfare state's devolutionary transformation ushered in an era which potentially increased the importance of social capital and human capital as mechanisms for promoting socio-economic advancement. In this study, the authors analyze data from Canada's General Social Survey to assess how social capital and human capital influence the reported incomes of the Canadian population. The primaryfindings were that both social and human capital influenced income and that human capital had a larger effect on economic mobility than did social capital. The implications the study's findings have for policy and programmatic interventions within the 21st century …

Neoliberalism, Piven And Cloward's Bargaining Theory, And Wages In The United States, 1965-2006, Thomas W. Volscho

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The political economy of the United States during the last thirty years has been described as neoliberal. Part of the neoliberal turn involves reducing or eliminating income support programs such as AFDC/TANF, waging war against organized labor, and increasingly conservative (i.e., neoliberal) public policies. Following an analysis by Lewis (2001) which showed that wages increased in response to higher average monthly AFDC payments, I update and expand this test of Piven and Cloward's bargaining power theory of wages by looking at other factors which may influence worker bargaining power: unions, interest rates, policy liberalism, and economic growth. I use time-series …

Review Of Patterns Of Protest: Trajectories Of Participation In Social Movements. Catherine Corrigall-Brown. Written Out Of History: Memoirs Of Ordinary Activists. Bette Steinmuller, Nancy Teel, Beatrice Nava, Linda Stern, Steven Norris, And Kendall Hale. Reviewed By Marguerite G. Rosenthal., Marguerite G. Rosenthal

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Catherine Corrigall-Brown, Patterns of Protest: Trajectories of Participation in Social Movements (2012). Stanford University Press, $45.00 (hardcover). Bette Steinmuller, Nancy Teel, Beatrice Nava, Linda Stern, Steven Norris, & Kendall Hale, Written Out of History: Memoirs of Ordinary Activists (2011). Leapyear Press, $15.00 (paperback).

Review Of Aging Our Way: Lessons Learned For Living From 85 And Beyond. Meika Loe. Reviewed By Donna Wang., Donna Wang

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Meika Loe, Aging Our Way: Lessons Learned for Living from 85 and Beyond (2011). Oxford University Press, $29.95 (paperback).

The National Student Exchange Program At The University Of Kentucky, 2009 – 2012: A Review Sponsored By The Division Of Undergraduate Education For The Associate Deans Of Curriculum And Instruction In The Undergraduate Colleges At The University Of Kentucky, May 15, 2012, Randolph Hollingsworth, Kelly Green Crume

Undergraduate Education White Papers

This white paper describes the origins of the University joining this international consortium and the overall goals for the program in terms of UK student success. The Program's review by the University's faculty leadership in the undergraduate colleges revealed that not only is this student exchange program useful for UK's upper division students seeking quicker time to degree, but it is also a conduit for the UK community to be enriched by the contributions from high quality students from other institutions.

Rethinking Juvenile Justice: Using Communication To Combat Inequality, Victimization And Recidivism Among Detained Youth, Christine Alyse Herman

Communication Studies

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"My Funky Genetics": Brca1/2 Mutation Carriers' Understanding Of Genetic Inheritance And Reproductive Merger In The Context Of New Reprogenetic Technologies, Allison Werner-Lin, Lisa R. Rubin, Maya Doyle, Rikki Stern, Katie Savin, Karen Hurley, Michal Sagi

All Faculty Scholarship

Deleterious mutations in the BRCA1/BRCA2 genes elevate lifetime risk of breast and ovarian cancer. Each child of a mutation-positive parent has a 50% chance of inheriting it. Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) permits prospective parents to avoid the birth of a BRCA-mutation-positive child, introducing predictability into a process historically defined by chance. This investigation explored how BRCA1/2 mutation carriers understand genetic inheritance and consider a child's inheritance of a BRCA1/2 mutation, given the opportunities that exist to pursue PGD. Thirty-nine female and male BRCA1/2 mutation carriers of reproductive age were recruited from urban cancer and reproductive medical centers. Participants completed a …

Alaska Justice Forum ; Vol. 29, No. 2 (Summer 2012), Brad A. Myrstol, Cory R. Lepage, Barbara Armstrong

Vols 21-30 (2004-2014)

The Summer 2012 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum features articles on public perceptions of judicial fairness in Alaska criminal courts, an initiative to improve the system of in-state community-based treatment for youth and children with severe emotional disturbances and challenging behaviors, and an update on the work of the Criminal Justice Working Group.