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2017 Nonprofit Sector Employment Trends And Career Opportunities, San Diego Workforce Partnership In Partnership With The Nonprofit Institute
2017 Nonprofit Sector Employment Trends And Career Opportunities, San Diego Workforce Partnership In Partnership With The Nonprofit Institute
Nonprofit Sector Issues and Trends
The Nonprofit sector plays a critical, but often unseen role in supporting and promoting activities that improve the lives of county residents, filling gaps in critical social services when needed. This study aims to inform the workforce development system—educational training institutions, Workforce Development Boards and community workforce development organizations—on how to best prepare the future workforce for this sector. The full report analyzes data on job growth, training gaps, hiring challenges and in-demand skills from firms in the Nonprofit sector.
2017 The Role Of Books And Reading In Stem: An Overview Of The Benefits For Children And The Opportunities To Enhance The Field, Vitaliy Popov, Tessa Tinkler
2017 The Role Of Books And Reading In Stem: An Overview Of The Benefits For Children And The Opportunities To Enhance The Field, Vitaliy Popov, Tessa Tinkler
Youth, Education, and Literacy
In April 2017, STEM Next, in partnership with the Hoag Foundation and the Molina Foundation, commissioned the Institute for Entrepreneurship in Education (IEE) and the Caster Family Center for Nonprofit and Philanthropic Research at the University of San Diego to provide an overview of literacy learning within the disciplinary context of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). This overview includes (1) a literature review on the benefits of integrating literacy and STEM for elementary and middle-school-aged children, (2) an environmental scan of reading programs, organizations, and materials that focus on Literacy in STEM, and (3) a set of criteria for …
2017 – Draft Summaries Of Land Patent Acres In The Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin
2017 – Draft Summaries Of Land Patent Acres In The Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin
Summaries of Data Relating to the Basins
Two tables summarizing the Bureau of Land Management records relating to land patents issued in the Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin based on acres: 1) Summary of Land Patent Acres by Patentee and County, and 2) Summary of Land Patent Acres by Patentee in the Bulletin 118 Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin.
2017, October - Recommendations To Address The Expansion Of Seawater Intrusion In The Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin
Monterey County Water Resources Agency Engineering Reports
This report provides a discussion of the current knowledge and related background information surrounding seawater intrusion pathways and potential impacts thereof on the Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin. The report also serves as a body of evidence to catalogue the findings used to support the six recommendations presented. Each recommendation can be implemented on its own or in concert with the others, and the relative importance of each is discussed individually in this report. However, the recommendations are conceptualized as a comprehensive solution that, along with continued operation of projects that have been constructed for the same purpose, have the strongest …
2017 – Draft Summaries Of Land Patents Issued In Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin By U.S. Bureau Of Land Management
Summaries of Data Relating to the Basins
Three tables summarizing the Bureau of Land Management records relating to land patents issued in the Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin: 1) Patent Acres by Township Range and Section and by Location in Bulletin 118 Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin; 2) Patent Acres In the Bulletin 118 Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin and Vicinity; and 3) Patent Acres by Township, Range and Section In the Bulletin 118 Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin with Patentees.
2017 – Draft Summaries Of Land Patents Issued In Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin By U.S. Bureau Of Land Management
GLO Land Patent Maps in Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin
Three tables summarizing the Bureau of Land Management records relating to land patents issued in the Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin: 1) Patent Acres by Township Range and Section and by Location in Bulletin 118 Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin; 2) Patent Acres In the Bulletin 118 Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin and Vicinity; and 3) Patent Acres by Township, Range and Section In the Bulletin 118 Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin with Patentees.
Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 58 Number 4, Fall 2017, Santa Clara University
Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 58 Number 4, Fall 2017, Santa Clara University
Santa Clara Magazine
18 - TIME FOR A BIG SHIFT We work and save for decades. And then what? A behavioral finance expert writes about the tough transition many face. By Meir Statman. Illustrations by Hanna Barczyk.
22 - WHAT WE OWE At the very least: stories that capture the contour of a life. A Pulitzer Prize– winning reporter on tales of human strife and resilience. By Tatiana Sanchez ’10.
28 - THE MOST IMPORTANT Lawsuit on the Planet It was first filed against the Obama administration and draws on decades of government records. It seeks no monetary damages. But advocates and critics …
2017, October - Recommendations To Address The Expansion Of Seawater Intrusion In The Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin
Monterey County Water Resources Agency Water Reports
This report provides a discussion of the current knowledge and related background information surrounding seawater intrusion pathways and potential impacts thereof on the Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin. The report also serves as a body of evidence to catalogue the findings used to support the six recommendations presented. Each recommendation can be implemented on its own or in concert with the others, and the relative importance of each is discussed individually in this report. However, the recommendations are conceptualized as a comprehensive solution that, along with continued operation of projects that have been constructed for the same purpose, have the strongest …
1932 – Digitization Of Rutillus Harrison Allen’S 1932 “Map Of Types Of Farming In Monterey County” [Draft]
Groundwater Basin Maps
A 2017 digitization of Rutillus Harrison Allen’s 1932 “Map of Types of Farming in Monterey County” from his dissertation entitled, “Economic History of Agriculture in Monterey County During the American Period.”
Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 58 Number 2, Summer 2017, Santa Clara University
Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 58 Number 2, Summer 2017, Santa Clara University
Santa Clara Magazine
18 - LISTENING IS HER SUPERPOWER The groundbreaking stage work of Anna Deavere Smith. By Jesse Hamlin.
22 - CASTS A SHADOW Travel bans: Four international graduate students respond. By Matt Morgan.
24 - A BIGGER STAGE Priest, social worker, CEO, and teller of stories: Jim Purcell on what drew him to Santa Clara—and what Jesuit education can be. By Steven Boyd Saum.
28 - THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE KID Ron Hansen M.A. ’95 talks truth and fiction and Billy the Kid—and when you can’t tell the good guys from the bad guys.
38 - DISCOVER. INNOVATE. A …
Legal Risk Analysis For Sea Level Rise Adaption Strategies In San Diego, San Diego Regional Climate Collaborative, Environmental Law Institute
Legal Risk Analysis For Sea Level Rise Adaption Strategies In San Diego, San Diego Regional Climate Collaborative, Environmental Law Institute
San Diego Regional Climate Collaborative
This Executive Summary, put together by the Environmental Law Institute for the San Diego Regional Climate Collaborative, breaks down the findings of a full report, which concisely summarizes the legal risks and administrative hurdles associated with different adaptation strategies in order to facilitate informed decision-making. The information provided in this document is not legal advice, but designed to be a primer on multiple types of legal risk and administrative hurdles associated with sea level rise adaptation for Southern California municipalities.
Challenges And Opportunities For Climate-Smart Stormwater Management In San Diego, Laura Walsh
Challenges And Opportunities For Climate-Smart Stormwater Management In San Diego, Laura Walsh
San Diego Regional Climate Collaborative
The purpose of this Gap Analysis is to identify challenges and opportunities for agencies in San Diego to better manage stormwater with climate-smart strategies. In this report, ‘climate-smart’ refers to a stormwater tactic that increases a system’s resiliency to both extreme dry and wet season flows while also enhancing local communities, businesses, and/or natural resources.
Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 58 Number 1, Spring 2017, Santa Clara University
Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 58 Number 1, Spring 2017, Santa Clara University
Santa Clara Magazine
24 - BIG WIN FOR A TINY HOUSE Turning heads and changing the housing game. By Matt Morgan.
28 - $100 MILLION GIFT TO BUILD John A. ’60 and Susan Sobrato make the largest gift in SCU history. Now see the Sobrato Campus for Discovery and Innovation that will take shape—and redefine the University. Illustration by Tavis Coburn.
36 - CUT & PASTE CONSERVATION We can alter wild species to save them. So should we? By Emma Marris. Illustrations by Jason Holley.
44 - INFO OFFICER IN CHIEF From his office overlooking the White House, Tony Scott J.D. ’92 set …
2017 Two-Legged Stool: New Findings From California On Nonprofits And Overhead, Nancy Berlin, Jan Masaoka, Mary Jo Schumann
2017 Two-Legged Stool: New Findings From California On Nonprofits And Overhead, Nancy Berlin, Jan Masaoka, Mary Jo Schumann
Nonprofit Sector Issues and Trends
Nonprofit overhead is a prevalent and controversial topic in the non- profit and philanthropic sector. Online raters (such as Charity Navigator) point to the overhead rate as a key indicator of nonprofit worthiness. Different govern- ment entities use wildly different indirect cost rates when contracting with nonprofits, which translate into billions of dollars of funding being gained or lost. Foundations rarely have explicit guidelines, but most have informal rules of thumb that affect how a nonprofit can use grant funds. Meanwhile, nonprofit executives struggle to make sense of it all as they manage their operations amidst the conflicting requirements of …
2016 San Diego Regional Climate Collaborative Annual Report, San Diego Regional Climate Collaborative
2016 San Diego Regional Climate Collaborative Annual Report, San Diego Regional Climate Collaborative
San Diego Regional Climate Collaborative
The San Diego Regional Climate Collaborative is a network for public agencies that serves the San Diego region to share expertise, leverage resources and advance comprehensive solutions to facilitate climate change planning. By partnering with academia, nonprofits, and businesses, the SDRCC also works to leverage the profile of regional leadership. This is the 2016 San Diego Regional Climate Collaborative Annual Report.