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Aas 417.01: Prayer And Civil Rights, Tobin Shearer

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Aas 141h.01a - Black: Africa To Hip-Hop And Beyond, An Introduction, Tobin Shearer

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Enst 595.01: Environmental Justice Issues And Solutions, Robin Saha

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Enst 489s.01: Environmental Justice Issues And Solutions (Serv), Robin Saha

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Hsta 417.01b: Prayer And Civil Rights, Tobin Shearer

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Gphy 520.01: Seminar In Graphical Thought, Jeffrey Allman Gritzner

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Gphy 432.01: Human Role In Environmental Change, Thomas J. Sullivan

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Partisan Sorting In The United States, 1972-2012: New Evidence From A Dynamic Analysis, Corey Lang, Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz

Environmental and Natural Resource Economics Faculty Publications

Whether Americans have “sorted” into politically like-minded counties and to what extent is hotly debated by academic and journalists. This paper examines whether or not geographic sorting has occurred and why it has occurred using a novel, dynamic analysis. Our findings indicate that geographic sorting is on the rise, but that it is a very recent phenomenon. In the 1970s and 1980s, counties tended to become more competitive, but by 1996 a pattern of partisan sorting had emerged and continued through the present. Results suggest this pattern is driven by Southern re-alignment and voting behavior in partisan stronghold counties. Lastly, …

Assessing The Relationships Between Perceived Support From Close Others, Goal Commitment, And Persistence Decisions At The College Level, Renee E. Strom, Matthew W. Savage

Communication Faculty Publications

Research on supportive communication was examined in relation to students’ goals of earning a college degree and their intent to persist. Theories of student departure (Bean, 1985; Tinto, 1993) informed research questions assessing the impact of how social support from family members and friends affected commitment to the goal of graduation and how commitment to the goal of graduation influenced intent to persist. First-year college students completed a questionnaire at 2 time points during their first year of college. Results revealed that initial support from family and friends positively impacted initial commitment to the goal of graduation. Subsequent support from …

Student Political Activism In A Global Context: An Analytic Imperative For Enhanced Understanding Of Higher Education Coordination In Hong Kong, Hei-Hang Hayes Tang

Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education

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Creatures Of Incoherence: Dissecting The Drivers, History, And Cognition Of Attitudinal Incongruence In The American Body Politic, Timothy Collins

Department of Political Science: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Most American conservatives and liberals wield contradictory political attitudes. This dissertation explores what drives this “attitudinal incongruence.” First, I define and operationalize my terminology and situate the topic within social and political psychology to formulate my central model and theory of ideologically asymmetrical application of (1) individuals’ psychological and cognitive traits, and (2) individuals’ social identity and environmental traits. This leads to the overarching hypothesis that conservatives’ incongruities are more strongly driven by internal forces, and liberals’ by external forces. The central model is then demonstrated in a broad historical overview of attitudinal incongruence in America. The central tenets of …

Archiving Art: The Value Of Nostalgia In Hemingway's A Moveable Feast, Jared Michael Pence

Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism

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Bios 595.01: Special Topics - Systems Ecology Graduate Seminar, H. Maurice Valett

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Bmgt 340.02: Management And Organizational Behavior, Fengru Li

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Bmkt 337.02: Consumer Behavior, Carol L. Bruneau

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Mckee Minute September 2014, Southern Adventist University

McKee Minute – McKee Library This Month

The September 2014 McKee Minute features several books on kitchen inspiration such as The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook by Deb Perelman, resources for money management, and a spotlight on social work.

Un Retrato Demográfico De La Población De Origen Mexicano En Nebraska, Lissette Aliaga-Linares

Latino/Latin American Studies Faculty Publications

El Crecimiento de la Población de Origen Mexicano desde 1900: Tradicionalmente la población de origen mexicano en los Estados Unidos se concentraba en el Suroeste del país, un territorio originalmente mexicano que fue anexado a los Estados Unidos en 18483. Aproximadamente 100,000 hispanohablantes vivían en este territorio antes de la creación de los estados de California, Texas, Arizona, Nuevo México, y Colorado (Grajeda 1998). Una gran proporción de la población de origen mexicano aún reside en estos estados, pero alrededor de 1990 se ha dispersado más notoriamente a otros nuevos destinos como Nebraska. Aunque antes de esa década no fue …

The Protective Effects Of Neighborhood Collective Efficacy On Adolescent Substance Use And Violence Following Exposure To Violence, Abigail A. Fagan, Emily M. Wright, Gillian M. Pichevsky

Criminology and Criminal Justice Faculty Publications

Research has demonstrated that exposure to violence can result in many negative consequences for youth, but the degree to which neighborhood conditions may foster resiliency among victims is not well understood. This study tests the hypothesis that neighborhood collective efficacy attenuates the relationship between adolescent exposure to violence, substance use, and violence. Data were collected from 1,661 to 1,718 adolescents participating in the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods, who were diverse in terms of sex (51 % male, 49 % female), race/ethnicity (48 % Hispanic, 34 % African American, 14 % Caucasian, and 4 % other race/ethnicity), and …

A Demographic Portrait Of The Mexican-Origin Population In Nebraska, Lissette Aliaga-Linares

Latino/Latin American Studies Reports

A study released from the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) Office of Latino and Latin American Studies (OLLAS) chronicles the current state of Mexican-origin residents of Nebraska, finding that while the numbers of immigrants moving into Nebraska has slowed in recent years, the population continues to grow and become more a part of the state’s demographic makeup.

The study, which was also funded in part by the Sherwood Foundation, examined more than a century of census data from the United States, finding that the more than 140,000 Mexican-origin residents in Nebraska as of 2012 has rapidly increased since …

A Counter-Hegemonic State To Neoliberalism: The Case Of Recent Korean Higher Education Reforms, Moon Sook Jeong

Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education

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Examining Effective Characteristics Of Professional Development In K-12 Education Since The Inception Of The No Child Left Behind Act Of 2002: A Meta-Analytic Investigation, Eugene M. Thomas, Karen H. Larwin

Journal of Educational Leadership in Action

With the dire financial crisis facing our national and state economy, schools are forced to reduce budgets while simultaneously improve program delivery. Professional development is the mechanism that is generally used to facilitate improving educational delivery and subsequently student achievement results. This investigation examines the influence of professional development on student achievement since No Child Left Behind. Results indicate that professional development can have a moderate impact on student achievement. A number of moderators were found to have a positive significant impact on this effect including the level of students, the duration of the professional development, the discipline area focus …

The Clash Between Science And The Law: Can Science Save Nineteen-Year-Old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's Life?, Andrea Maciver

Northern Illinois University Law Review

The Supreme Court of the United States has found that youth under the age of 18 are fundamentally different than adults in ways that impact how they should be punished for their crimes. In Roper v. Simmons, Graham v. Florida, and Miller v. Alabama, the Supreme Court ruled that it is cruel and unusual punishment to sentence youth under the age of 18 to death, to life without the possibility of parole for nonhomicide crimes, and to automatic life without the possibility of parole for homicide crimes (respectively). However, the underlying scientific studies that the Supreme Court relied on in …

The Virtues-Based Leadership Model: Assessing Consistency Across Three Spheres-Of-Life, Vicki L. Smith

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This study develops and tests whether the virtues-based leadership model is able to identify consistencies and inconsistencies in a leader’s use of cardinal and theological virtues (the seven Christian virtues) across their embraced, espoused and enacted spheres of life. I present an exploratory qualitative descriptive design using a problem-driven content analysis based within a neo-Aristotelian ethics framework focusing on Ronald Reagan’s presidency as the single case study and exploring whether his personally embraced writings, publicly espoused speeches, and executively enacted orders contain concepts related to the seven Christian virtues (fortitude, justice, prudence, temperance, faith, hope and love). Ronald Reagan was …

Simpatia And Negative Interpersonal Emotions In Continuity Of Health Care, Andres Gilberto Mendez

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Past research has demonstrated that continuity of care has positive outcomes for patients. Continuous care has been shown to have positive outcomes for the patient, including increased patient satisfaction, decreased hospitalizations, decreased emergency department visits, and improved receipt of preventive services. Guided by Betancourt’s Integrative Model for the Study of Culture, Psychological Processes, and Health Behaviors, the aim of this research was to examine the role of cultural scripts and mistreatment related negative interpersonal emotions on continuity of care among Latin American (Latino) and Non-Latino White (Anglo) women. Specifically, this study examined the effect of simpatía, a cultural script that …

Prioridades De Clientes De Los Mercados De Los Agricultores, Kynda Curtis, J. Dominique Gumirakiza

All Current Publications

Los mercados de los agricultores ofrecen una experiencia de compra alternativa, especialmente para aquellos consumidores que buscan productos agrícolas frescos, de alta calidad y saludables (Holloway y Kneafsey, 2000; Brown, 2001; Archer et al., 2003; McGarry-Wolf et al., 2005; Zepeda y Deal, 2009; Lyon et al., 2009; Cole 2010; y USDAAMS, 2011).

Que Ondee Sola - September 2014, Alyssa Villegas

Que Ondee Sola

Student publication founded in 1972, articles include: Oscar Lopez Rivera: Remembering the Founding of RCCA, Clemente Pioneers Wall-to-Wall, 40 Years of Struggle Resistance and Education, The History of Roberto Clemente Community Academy, Beyond A Brick and Mortar Education Clemente's Commitment to the 21st Century, Youth Contribute to Oscar Lopez Rivera Presence at Fiesta Boricua, Greater Humboldt Park "Community as a Campus" Executive Summary, RCCA Principal Marcey Sorensen Celebrates 40 Years, RCCA Symposium Guest Speakers, Un Vegetariano en Prision, Fiesta Boricua's Youth Corridor: An Expression of Arts Activism and Community Awareness, College Pipeline: Restructuring Peer Education, Sobre 33 Mujeres x Oscar …

Dueling Institutional Logics And The Effect On Strategic Entrepreneurship In Chinese Business Groups, Daphne W. Yiu, Robert E. Hoskisson, Garry D. Bruton, Yuan Lu

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Focusing on a period of institutional friction when institutions are in transition, this study examines the dueling institutional logics that simultaneously operated as business groups were implemented to foster strategic entrepreneurship activities in China. Our findings from 1,095 Chinese business group-affiliated firms show that the original institutional logic of state control and ownership remains a potent factor, while the new institutional logic in support of strategic entrepreneurship takes place through business groups' informal and formal organization controls. Further, the state logic causes rigidity and inflexibility for firms to react to the new institutional demands, thus weakening the positive effects of …

The Deterrence Effects Of Vicarious Punishments On Corporate Financial Fraud, Daphne W. Yiu, Yuehua Xu, William P. Wan

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

This study extends the research on corporate financial fraud by developing a new perspective on the deterrence effects of vicarious punishments premised on social learning theory. We posit that firms vicariously learn about punishments from their peers by picking up modeling cues, environmental cues, and social cues in the inhibitive learning process, thus being deterred from committing future fraudulence. Using a matched sample of 604 observations of Chinese listed firms between 2002 and 2008, our findings show that an observing firm is deterred from committing fraud if the peers in its industry are caught and punished. We further find that …

Using Psychosocial Development Theory And Personality Typology In Identifying At-Risk Characteristics Of College Honors Students, Dennis Lark Lancaster

Dissertations

While substantiating the effectiveness of honors programs to increase learning among the academically gifted, assessment and any associated outcomes should also be effectively used to understand the psychosocial development challenges of these students and, at the same time, increase their learning in and out of the honors environment. Robinson’s (1997) research showed that, saddled with the typical college student’s at-risk characteristics, e.g., first-generation status, low-income, financial limitations, etc., gifted students also face unique adjustment challenges in terms of their social development. These challenges include habits and attitudes associated with and/or resulting from not having to work at their studies in …

James Salzman, Drinking Water: A History, Joey Risch

Water Law Review

No abstract provided.