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Full Issue, Number 39, Spring 2014

Intersections

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Types, Methods, And Sagas In Lutheran Higher Education: Learning From Childers, Lake Lambert

Intersections

No abstract provided.

The Courage To Change: Creating New Hearts With Palmer And Zajonc, Martha E. Stortz

Intersections

No abstract provided.

Politics Of Religious Freedom: Case Studies, Peter Danchin, Winnifred Fallers Sullivan, Saba Mahmood, Elizabeth Shakman Hurd

Maryland Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Unlawful Religion? Modern Secular Power And The Legal Reasoning In The Jfs Case, Peter Danchin, Louis Blond

Maryland Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Essays On Labor Market Inequality: Dissertation Summary, Conrad Miller

Dissertation Awards

This thesis consists of three chapters on aspects of labor market inequality. Chapter 1 examines the dynamic effects of federal affirmative action regulation, exploiting variation in the timing of regulation and deregulation across work establishments. Chapter 2 studies the spatial mismatch hypothesis, which proposes that job suburbanization isolates blacks from work opportunities and depresses black employment. Chapter 3, coauthored with Isaiah Andrews, analyzes the effect of heterogeneity on the widely used analyses of Baily (1978) and Chetty (2006) for optimal social insurance.

Critical Perspectives On Intervention, Henry J. Richardson Iii

Maryland Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Critical Perspectives On Intervention: Thoughts In Response To Professor Richardson’S Keynote Lecture, Maxwell O. Chibundu

Maryland Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Memento Mori: Death And Wills, Karen J. Sneddon

Wyoming Law Review

No abstract provided.

Follow The Legislation - Human Trafficking And Child Abduction, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Crime/Violence

Bibliography and photographs of a display of government documents from Minnesota State University, Mankato.

University Commitment: Test Of A Three-Component Model, Brittany Davis

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

University commitment is critical to university success, as it positively impacts retention, as well as many other student attitudes and behaviors (Beil, Reisen, Zea, & Caplan, 1999; Tinto, 1987; Tinto, 2006; Woosley & Miller, 2009). Therefore, psychometrically sound measures of university commitment are of great importance to universities. The present study seeks to test the psychometric properties of a newly developed scale of university commitment. This study measured the internal consistency reliability, content validity, and construct validity of the newly created measure. Divergent validity was evaluated by comparing the new measure to the Perceived Academic Achievement Scale (Meagher, 2012) and …

Eating Attitudes And Reasons For Exercise Among Physically Active College Female Students, Ann Weber

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

Disordered eating attitudes and exercise behaviors are important factors when studying the continuum of eating disorders. An individual's attitude toward eating may influence other behaviors and thoughts toward health and exercise. A convenience sample study was used to examine the relationship between eating attitudes, reasons for exercise, and age among 190 physically active female college students ages 18 to 57. Participants completed the Disordered Eating Attitude Scale (DEAS) and Reasons for Exercise Inventory (REI). Level of exercise was self-reported by the participants and categorized as low, moderate, or high according to the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans. Pearson's Correlation determined …

Weather, Climate, And The Economy: Explaining Risk Perceptions Of Global Warming, 2001-10, Wanyun Shao, Barry D. Keim, James C. Garand, Lawrence C. Hamilton

Sociology

Abstract

Two series of national survey datasets (2001-10), supplemented with monthly temperature and precipitation data and unemployment data, are used to examine how weather and climate, economic performance, and individuals' sociodemographic backgrounds and political orientations affect public perceptions of global warming. Consistent with previous studies, political orientations play a key rolein determining public perceptions of global warming. Democrats and liberals are more likely than Republicans and conservatives to see global warming as an immediate and serious problem. Sociodemographic characteristics are also shown to be significant factors, with young people, women, and racial minorities likely to show higher concern about global …

Building Rhizomatic Social Movements? Movement-Building Relays During The Current Epoch Of Contention, Peter N. Funke

Government and International Affairs Faculty Publications

This article investigates the movement building dynamics of contemporary social movement milieus (such as particular protests, social forums or occupations). It develops the concept of the “relay” to introduce four ideal-type movement building relays understood as distinct movement milieus: clustering relay, networking relay, organizing relay, and transforming relay. Each ideal-type captures different points on a continuum of increasing movement building and thus for generating commonalities, shared understandings and identities, mobilizations and strategies. Focusing on what I call the current “rhizomatic movement epoch,” which ranges from roughly the Zapatistas to the recent occupy-type protests, the relay framework can provide a larger …

Of Academic Embeddedness: Communities Of Choice And How To Make Sense Of Activism And Research Abroad, Bernd Reiter

Government and International Affairs Faculty Publications

Postmodernism has caught up with all of us in one way or another. We are all decentered to some degree. Advances in education and increased exposure to a globalized media have corroded traditions everywhere and challenged monistic worldviews and belief systems in the remotest corners of the globe. While we are becoming more and more aware of Others everywhere, we can rely less and less on those traditional values and guiding systems passed on to us from the past. Th e postmodern condition, as Jean-Francois Lyotard (1979) has argued, is one of uncertainty and of disconnection, as traditional bonds, both …

Neighbourhood Ethnic Composition And Employment Effects On Immigrant Incomes, Roger Andersson, Sako Musterd, George C. Galster

Urban Studies and Planning Faculty Research Publications

Currently in many Western countries there are concerns that clustering of ethnic minorities in certain parts of cities will negatively affect integration processes. Scholarly theory and evidence on this point is mixed, however. We use Swedish data and conduct a panel analysis quantifying the degree to which the ethnic composition of the neighbourhood affects the subsequent labour income of individuals for the 1991 to 2006 period. We employ a fixed effects model to reduce the potential bias arising from unmeasured individual characteristics leading to neighbourhood selection. We also control for a range of individual demographic and socio-economic attributes. Based on …

Colby College Catalogue 2014 - 2015, Colby College

Colby Catalogues

Colby College Catalogue: September 2014 - August 2015

2014 Commencement Program, Morehead State University. Registrar's Office.

Morehead State Commencement Programs

2014 commencement programs of Morehead State University.

A Heads-Up On Traumatic Brain Injuries In Sports, Samuel D. Hodge Jr., Shilpa Kadoo

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.

Correlational Analysis Of Oregon Juvenile Justice Data, Portland State University. Hatfield School Of Government. Center For Public Service, Masami Nishishiba, Stephanie Hawke, Phil Keisling

Center for Public Service Publications and Reports

In July 2014, the Center for Public Service (CPS) at Portland State University undertook a project commissioned by the Clackamas County District Attorney’s Office to conduct a preliminary analysis of data related to Oregon’s juvenile justice system. The statistical analysis focused on identifying possible correlations between indicators of juvenile justice interventions and public safety outcomes within Oregon counties. Results indicated a handful of significant correlations. Generally, across counties and variables, higher levels of intervention correlated significantly with higher levels of public safety outcomes and higher levels of non-intervention correlated significantly with lower levels of public safety outcomes. Within both the …

Addressing Reciprocity Between Families And Schools: Why These Bridges Are Instrumental For Students’ Academic Success, Yune Tran

Faculty Publications - College of Education

One instrumental step in promoting overall children’s academic success across the trajectory of early childhood, elementary, middle, and secondary grades is purposefully establishing positive linkages for families and schools through a shared partnership. By facilitating an ongoing collaborative approach to sustain family engagement practices both in and out of the classroom, schools can help to build parents’ capacity to effectively support their children’s academic development. This article is an overview of the literature based on research from the last two decades on the effects of family involvement and home to school partnerships to student academic achievement within a US context. …

A Narrative Inquiry Of Successful Black Male College Students, Malou Chantal Harrison

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Despite a growing enrollment of Black males in colleges and universities in the U.S., the nationwide college degree completion rate for Black males remains at disproportionately low numbers as compared to other ethnicities and to that of Black females. The purpose of this narrative inquiry study was to evoke and promote the voices of successful Black male students and to understand their perspectives on factors that contributed to their college success. Findings from this research provide insight into college experiences and interventions that have positive implications for Black male college student success. Valencia's (2010) work on educational attainment served as …

Outsourcing Single Parents' Household Labor, Jaala Robinson

Sociology & Anthropology Theses - Archive

This study introduces a new data set to the literature on the outsourcing of household labor. The 2005 Pew Social Trends survey on Family Bonds is analyzed with consideration for established approaches on outsourcing. Particular attention is paid to single parents within the sample. Contrary to previous research, this study finds little support for the time availability approach, however both the resources and demand approaches were supported. Additionally, the impact of household composition, familial support, and political ideology on outsourcing were evaluated. While household composition was not associated with outsourcing, a correlation was found for familial support and political ideology. …

Publishing Latino Culture: Marketing Race In The American Publishing Industry, Alejandra Gaeta

Whittier Scholars Program

This project details the categorization of writers and how racial authenticity has become a guiding force in publishers’ marketing decisions. This research paper examines how racial authenticity is problematic as it oversimplifies and perpetuates stereotypes while reducing the number of writers to a few Representative” voices.

Do The Write Thing Essay, 2014

Do the Write Thing, Boston

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Do The Write Thing Essay, 2014

Do the Write Thing, Boston

No abstract provided.

Do The Write Thing Essay, 2014

Do the Write Thing, Boston

No abstract provided.

Do The Write Thing Essay, 2014

Do the Write Thing, Boston

No abstract provided.

Do The Write Thing Essay, 2014

Do the Write Thing, Boston

No abstract provided.

Do The Write Thing Essay, 2014

Do the Write Thing, Boston

No abstract provided.