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Computer-Based Versus Paper-Pencil Modes Of Administration United States Government End Of Course Exams: Student Cumulative Grade Point Averages As Predictors Of Success, Barbara A. Ryan

Dissertations

Beginning with the No Child Left Behind federal legislation, states were required to use data to monitor and improve student achievement. For high schools, the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education chose End of Course Exams (EOC) to demonstrate levels of student achievement. The policy changed from school choice of paper-pencil or computer-based testing to mandated computer-based testing. This study examined whether this decision best demonstrates the level of student mastery. Using high school EOC test scores for United States Government exams as the independent variable and high school cumulative grade point average (CGPA) as the dependent variable, the …

Testing An Empathy Model Of Guest-Directed Citizenship And Counterproductive Behaviours In The Hospitality Industry: Findings From Three Hotels, Violet Ho, Naina Gupta

Management Faculty Publications

This research proposes and tests an empathy model of guest-directed discretionary behaviors (i.e., citizenship and counterproductive behaviors) using two studies conducted in three hotels. Building on the two-stage model of empathic mediation, we examined the mediating role of empathic concern in the relationship between perspective taking and both forms of discretionary behaviors in Study 1. Support for this mediated model was found in relation to citizenship behaviors but not for counterproductive behaviors. Study 2 was conducted to extend these findings using peer-reports of discretionary behaviors, and to apply an interactional psychology perspective to predict guest-directed counterproductive behaviors. We drew upon …

Is Portland Really The Place Where Young People Go To Retire? Migration Patterns Of Portland’S Young And College-Educated, 1980-2010, Jason R. Jurjevich, Greg Schrock

Publications, Reports and Presentations

For many metro areas, including Portland, being economically competitive in today’s knowledge and information economy depends on attracting and retaining young, college-­‐educated (YCE) migrants. On this indicator, Portland has been most successful: since 1980, the Portland metropolitan region has attracted college-­‐educated individuals under the age of 40 at some of the country’s highest net migration rates in good economic times and bad. Though not unique to Portland, the resiliency of Portland’s migration streams, even in periods of economic uncertainty, calls attention to an increasingly selective group of YCE migrants who appear to place greater relative value on non-­‐economic factors—from political …

服務研習通訊第十三期 Office Of Service-Learning Newsletters, Volume 13, Office Of Service-Learning, Lingnan University

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讓夢想飛翔

今期通訊以「讓夢想飛翔」為主題，邀請了不同人士分享他們關於大學的夢想與期許。我們亦期望您能從中得到一點啟發，然後為未來定下目標，努力地編織屬於您的夢想和人生！

Let our dreams fly

With the theme of “Let Our Dreams Fly”, we invite different people to share their university dreams and expectations. It is hoped that you will gain some inspirations from the sharing here and strive to incorporate working hard to achieve your goal into your university dreams and life!

The Periclean Diamond: Linking College Classrooms, Campuses, Communities, And Colleagues Via Social And Civic High Engagement Learning, Ben Berger

Political Science Faculty Works

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Collecting To The Core-Youth Sports, Mila Su, Anne Doherty

Against the Grain

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Blurring The Boundaries Between City And Countryside In Photography, Steven Jacobs

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In his article "Blurring the Boundaries between City and Countryside in Photography" Steven Jacobs discusses how, in recent decades, a new landscape has emerged in which the differences between city and countryside have been blurred. As a result, the urbanized environment is increasingly viewed and interpreted as a landscape. It is because of the hybridity of this contemporary cityscape that urban planners such as Mirko Zardini have argued for a revaluation of the notion of the picturesque linked with a sensitivity to irregularity and a mixture of the cultural and the natural. Since the late 1960s, the post-urban landscape has …

Going Above And Beyond: Building An Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Research Collection Via An Ill Pod Program, Elizabeth Hoppe, Courtney Seymour

Against the Grain

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I Hear The Train A Comin'-An Interview With Timo Hannay, Managing Director Of Digital Science, Greg Tananbaum

Against the Grain

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Profile-Elizabeth Hoppe

Against the Grain

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From The Reference Desk-Reviews Of Reference Titles, Tom Gilson

Against the Grain

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Book Reviews

East Texas Historical Journal

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Appreciative Inquiry: A Transformative Approach For Initiating Shared Leadership And Organizational Learning, Mary M. Somerville, Marical Farner

University Libraries Librarian and Staff Articles and Papers

Auraria Library leaders at the University of Colorado Denver, USA employed Appreciative Inquiry (AI) principles, processes, and practices to inclusively redesign organizational structure, social relationships, knowledge systems, and workplace aspirations. Throughout the four year period, from 2008 through 2012,intervention activities employed life generating properties which were appreciative,applicable, provocative, and collaborative. Iterative application of the 4- Cycle intervention model (discovery, dream, design, and destiny) and associated AI principles advanced shared leadership and organizational learning capacities within a revitalized workplace culture. Iterative processes of reflection, reframing, and reinterpretation now sustain ongoing and inclusive inquiry that is appreciative,applicable, provocative, and collaborative.

Identification Of Outer Continental Shelf Renewable Energy Space-Use Conflicts And Analysis Of Potential Mitigation Measures, Flaxen Conway, Madeleine Hall-Arber, Michael Harte, Daniel Hudgens, Thomas Murray, Carrie Pomeroy, John Weiss, Jack Wiggin, Dawn Wright

Urban Harbors Institute Publications

The ocean accommodates a wide variety of uses that are separated by time of day, season, location, and zones. Conflict can and does occur, however, when two or more groups wish to use the same space at the same time in an exclusive manner. The potential for conflict is well known and the management of ocean space and resources has been, and is being, addressed by a number of State, regional, and Federal organizations, including, among others, coastal zone management agencies, state task forces, and regional fisheries management councils. However, with new and emerging uses of the ocean, such as …

Review Of With Liberty And Justice For Some: How The Law Is Used To Destroy Equality And Protect The Powerful. Glenn Greenwald. Reviewed By Marguerite G. Rosenthal., Marguerite Rosenthal

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Glenn Greenwald. With Liberty and Justice for Some: How the Law is Used to Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful (2011). NY: Henry Holt & Co., Metropolitan Books. $26.00 (hardcover).

Review Of Reimagining Equality: Stories Of Gender, Race, And Finding Home. Anita Hill. Reviewed By Wilma Peebles-Wilkins., Wilma Peebles-Wilkins

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Anita Hill. Reimagining Equality: Stories of Gender, Race, and Finding Home (2011). Boston, MA: Beacon Press. $25.95 hardcover.

Capacity Building Legacies: Boards Of The Richmond Male Orphan Asylum For Destitute Boys & The Protestant Episcopal Church Home For Infirm Ladies 1870-1900, F. Ellen Netting, Mary Katherine O'Connor, David P. Fauri

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

What strategies did early boards of managers of charitable human service agencies pursue to build capacity in a way that sustained their efforts for more than a hundred years? Using primary and secondary documents to focus on two organizations- The Male Orphan Asylum (1846) and the Protestant Episcopal Church Home (1875)-three norms emerged: run it like a business, keep it like a house, and base it in the community, along with a host of associated activities. Based on these norms and activities, three strategies were identified: diversification of resources, working boards, and leadership continuity, all of which have implications for …

Review Of Gendered Hate: Exploring Gender In Hate Crime Law. Jessica P. Hodge. Reviewed By Twila L. Perry., Twila L. Perry

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Jessica P. Hodge. Gendered Hate: Exploring Gender in Hate Crime Law (2011). Northeastern University Press. $29.95 (paperback).

Review Of Coming Apart: The State Of White America, 1960-2010. Charles Murray. Reviewed By Rebecca Joyce Kissane., Rebecca Joyce Kissane

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Charles Murray, Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010 (2012). New York, NY: Crown Forum. $27.00 (hardcover).

Patterns Of Residential Mobility Of People With Schizophrenia: Multi-Level Tests Of Downward Geographic Drift, Christopher G. Hudson

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This study tests the geographic drift hypothesis that the negative SES-MI correlation results from individuals first developing conditions such as schizophrenia and then moving frequently because of their disability to low income and urban areas, and to neighborhoods with high concentrations of SMI persons. This is a secondary analysis of hospital records of 1,667,956 individuals in Massachusetts, USA, between 1994 and 2000. It employs a longitudinal cohort design and techniques of multi-level modeling. Downward geographic drift of those with schizophrenia was found to be small, but greater than other groups examined. The small level of drift was best explained by …

Employee Benefits And Policies: Do They Make A Difference For Work/Family Conflict?, Dina Banerjee, Carolyn Cummings Perrucci

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This paper examines both the prevalence of employee benefits and whether the existence of any of numerous work/family policies is related to reduced perceived work/family conflict among a 2002 national sample of U.S. employees. We compare the impact of relatively standard employee benefits with more "controversial" work/family policies regarding flexible work time and child care. We determine whether the impact still remains when typical individual employee characteristics, human capital variables, workplace culture variables, and workplace support variables are controlled statistically in multiple regressions. We find that it is the relatively conventional benefits that are most available to employees. However, it …

Review Of Whither Opportunity: Rising Inequality, Schools And Children's Life Chances. Greg J. Duncan & Richard Murname, (Eds.). Reviewed By Catherine Kramarczuk Voulgarides., Catherine Kramarczuk Voulgarides

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Greg J. Duncan & Richard Murname, (Eds.). Whither Opportunity: Rising Inequality, Schools and Children's Life Chances (2011). New York & Chicago: Russell Sage & Spencer Foundations. $49.95 (paperback).

Review Of Human Rights In The United States: Beyond Exceptionalism. Shareen Hertel & Kathryn Libal, (Eds). Reviewed By Judith Blau., Judith Blau

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Shareen Hertel & Kathryn Libal, (Eds). Human Rights in the United States: Beyond Exceptionalism (2011). Cambridge University Press. $99.00 hardcover; $36.99 paperback.

Review Of Accounting For Hunger: The Right To Food In The Era Of Globilisation. Olivier De Schutter & Caitlin Y. Cordes, (Eds.). Reviewed By Christina Schiavoni., Christina Schiavoni

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Olivier De Schutter and Caitlin Y. Cordes (Eds.). Accounting for Hunger: The Right to Food in the Era of Globilisation (2011). Hart Publishing. $100.00 (hardcover).

The Feminization Of Social Welfare: Implications Of Cultural Tradition Vis-À-Vis Male Victims Of Domestic Violence, Ronald E. Hall

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

As pertains to feminization of social welfare, the inability to acknowledge male victims of domestic violence is attributed less to personal preference and more to cultural traditions of the Western patriarch. Yet, according to scholarly literature, men in the U.S. are equally as likely to be the victims of domestic violence by women as are women by men. Solutions to cultural tradition aimed at eliminating male victims of domestic violence must necessarily begin with acknowledgement of the characteristic warning signs and symptoms. Moving beyond the feminization of social welfare as pertains to domestic violence can be accomplished by the recognition …

A Social Justice Perspective On Medicare Part D In An Age Of Reform: Critical Implications Of Trends In Health Care Policy And Advocacy, Louanne Bakk, Marya R. Sosulski

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This article examines the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) in its current form and explains why a critical perspective is useful when analyzing the policy and reform efforts. Using this approach, we consider the development of the policy and describe ways that gender and racial differences may hinder equal access to medications for some of the most vulnerable older adults. This article explores the implications of gender and racial disparities under the MMA and ramifications of health care reform efforts that could potentially impede, rather than promote, a social justice agenda. Beyond the political advantage …

Competency And Voters With Psychiatric Disabilities: Considerations For Social Workers, Jennifer K. Davis

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The ability of those with psychiatric disabilities to vote is an important activity impacted by competency issues and potentially overlooked by social workers. The purpose of this article is to assist social workers in making informed decisions about preserving and supporting voter participation among those with psychiatric disabilities. Common issues regarding the voting rights of individuals with psychiatric disabilities within the legal system and other systems of interest to social workers are explored.

Zones Of Exclusion: Urban Spatial Policies, Social Justice, And Social Services, Karen H. Bancroft

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Across the United States homeless persons, prostitutes, and drug and alcohol users are subject to policies that severely limit their freedom of movement. These new policies create spatial exclusion zones that deny these groups the right to inhabit or traverse large areas of their cities, particularly in the downtown cores, where treatment centers, shelters, food banks, soup kitchens, government services, and other social services are typically concentrated. In this paper, I examine these new spatial exclusionary policies (with a focus on Washington State's policies), present a brief historical account of socio-spatial practices, contextualize the current spatial laws, and end with …

Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 39, No. 3 (September 2012)

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• THE FEMINIZATION OF SOCIAL WELFARE: IMPLICATIONS OF CULTURAL TRADITION VIS-À-VIS MALE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE - Ronald E. Hall
• A SOCIAL JUSTICE PERSPECTIVE ON MEDICARE PART D IN AN AGE OF REFORM: CRITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF TRENDS IN HEALTH CARE POLICY AND ADVOCACY - Louanne Bakk and Marya R. Sosulski
• COMPETENCY AND VOTERS WITH PSYCHIATRIC DISABILITIES: CONSIDERATIONS FOR SOCIAL WORKERS - Jennifer K. Davis
• ZONES OF EXCLUSION: URBAN SPATIAL POLICIES, SOCIAL JUSTICE, AND SOCIAL SERVICES - Karen H. Bancroft
• LONG TERM CARE INSURANCE BEYOND THE CLASS PROGRAM - Amy Restorick Roberts, David B. Miller, and Merl C. "Terry" …

Long Term Care Insurance Beyond The Class Program, Amy Restorick Roberts, David B. Miller, Merl C. "Terry" Hokenstad Jr.

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The Community Living Assistance and Supports (CLASS) program, created under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, established a federally-administered, voluntary insurance program that allows for working adults to purchase insurance to cover the cost of long term support services. The CLASS program is the first step towards moving away from a welfare-based system, improving consumer choice, and creating a stable funding source for long term care needs. Enrollees in the CLASS program who meet benefit eligibility requirements and need care assistance will receive a cash benefit to pay for supportive services such as home health care, adult day services, …