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The Impact Of Pacific Lutheran On Collective Bargaining At Catholic Colleges And Universities, Maryann Parker, Saerom Park

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

In 1979, the Supreme Court found that teachers at a Catholic parochial school were exempt from the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) because of First Amendment religious infringement risks. Subsequently, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has faced controversy over its efforts to delineate an appropriate test for the religious exemption in the higher education context. This uncertainty over the NLRB’s test has resulted in time-consuming litigation and hampered faculty’s ability to organize at schools where Board jurisdiction would not present a significant risk of First Amendment infringement. This paper argues that the Board’s recent decision in Pacific Lutheran University …

The New Focus Of Academic Organizing: Private Institutions Now Face Academic Collective Bargaining, Nicholas Digiovanni Jr.

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

Academic labor unions will likely become a growing presence on the campuses of private colleges and universities in the years ahead due to three main factors. First, the NLRB has agreed to hear a case involving a petition by the United Auto Workers to represent graduate teaching assistants at The New School, and it is quite likely that the NLRB will reverse past precedent and find that graduate teaching and research assistants will have the right to unionize at private institutions. Second, the Board also issued a highly consequential decision in December of 2014 which will make it exceedingly difficult …

What Are We Negotiating For? Public Interest Bargaining, Gary Rhoades

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

Most bargaining, interest-based or traditional, focuses on the interests of the negotiating parties. The premise of traditional bargaining is that the two parties at the table have fundamentally competing interests, and that it is a game in which one party’s win is the other’s loss. In some regards, Interest-Based Bargaining (IBB) offers a different starting point and process. An IBB approach involves going through a formal training before the negotiations. It reframes the negotiation process as a search for common ground and mutual interest/gain. No matter what process is followed, each party brings to the table what it sees as …

2016-February-28-Guest Artist: Hynds, University Marketing And Communications, Est Tennessee State University

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2016-February-28-Wild And Scenic Film Festival, University Marketing And Communications, Est Tennessee State University

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Let's 'Meetup' At The Theme Park, Edwin N. Torres, Marissa Orlowski

Rosen Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

Many people enjoy theme park and other leisure experiences with their families; however, today a great number of single, geographically mobile individuals desire to partake in such experiences. 'Meetup' is the world’s largest social network of local groups and thus allows for both online and off-line (in person) interactions. Using an ethnographic approach, this study examines how individuals can enjoy activities centered on common activities, interests, and opinions (AIO) via immersion in a Meetup group over the course of a year. Notably, members visited with greater frequency, had less tolerance for long lines, and were more likely to attend special …

2016 Q1 Private Capital Access Index Report, Craig R. Everett

Pepperdine Private Capital Access Report

The Pepperdine Private Capital Access Index (PCA) is a quarterly indicator produced by the Graziadio School of Business and Management at Pepperdine University, and with the support of Dun & Bradstreet. The index is designed to measure the demand for, activity, and health of the private capital markets. The purpose of the PCA Index is to gauge the demand of small and medium sized businesses for financing needs, the level of accessibility of private capital, and the transparency and efficiency of private financing markets.

2016-February-26-Guest Artist: Lu, University Marketing And Communications, Est Tennessee State University

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2016-February-26-Java Coding Course, University Marketing And Communications, Est Tennessee State University

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2016-February-26-Real World 101, University Marketing And Communications, Est Tennessee State University

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Mondi Bags Order On El Dorado Packaging's Objection & Emergency Motion To Quash Subpoena, Elizabeth E. Long

Superior Court of Fulton County: Metro Atlanta Business Case Division Opinions

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2016-February-25-Quillen Students Recognized, University Marketing And Communications, Est Tennessee State University

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2016-February-25-Aacsb Accreditation, University Marketing And Communications, Est Tennessee State University

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Labor Market Integration Of New Immigrants In Spain, Núria Rodríguez-Planas, Natalia Nollenberger

Publications and Research

Immigrants’ employment status has worsened during the Great Recession in Spain.How much of this worsening is due to the recession, and how much to a composition effect? Using Spanish Labor Force Survey data from 2000 through 2011,we compare the employment trajectories of different cohorts of immigrants and natives and find that those who arrived before the 2008 recession had little trouble finding work immediately. In contrast, those who arrived after 2008 struggled to find work as Spanish unemployment rates skyrocketed. In addition, although many immigrants who arrived in Spain between 2000 and 2007 were able to find work and eventually …

2016-02-25 Faculty Senate Budget Resolution, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

Faculty Senate Budget Resolution for February 25, 2016.

2016-02-25 General Education Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate., General Education Council.

Faculty Senate Records

General Education Council meeting minutes from February 25, 2016.

Pulte Home Corporation Order On Plaintiff's Motion For More Definite Statement As To Defendant's Sixth And Ninth Defenses And Motion To Strike Defendant's Third Defense, John J. Goger

Superior Court of Fulton County: Metro Atlanta Business Case Division Opinions

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2016-February-24-Women On Wednesdays: Oh, University Marketing And Communications, Est Tennessee State University

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2016-February-24-Keller-Ferguson, University Marketing And Communications, Est Tennessee State University

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Topic Modeling Based Cross-Source Consumer Opinions Discovery & Integration, Fan Liu

Theses and Dissertations

Online reviews can easily be accessed from e-commerce websites, dedicated web portals, blogs, discussion groups, forums, and other social media. It provides affluent information about products or services for consumers, merchants, and business analysts. It brings convenience, and also confusion. People feel overwhelmed by the information they receive from online reviews. "Is this product real good, or just so so? What are the opinions of the other consumers who had experience on the item? Why the reviews from different sites read different?" These questions are frequently asked by the review readers. This dissertation answers the above questions by first investigating …

2016-02-25 Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes for February 25, 2016.

The Public Health Information Technology Maturity Index: An Approach To Evaluating The Adoption And Use Of Public Health Information Technology, Kenyon Crowley, Robert S. Gold, Sruthi Bandi, Ritu Agarwal

Frontiers in Public Health Services and Systems Research

Background: Public health information technology (PHIT) has the potential to improve the effective and efficient use of information in achieving public health objectives. Information technology maturity models have been extensively used in other domains to guide information technology assessment and planning, but an information technology maturity model tailored for public health departments has heretofore been unavailable.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop a Public Health Information Technology Maturity Index.

Methods: An extensive literature review and content analysis was conducted of information system adoption, use, and maturity in general and in the public health systems and services research …

2016-February-23-Guest Artist: Breslin, University Marketing And Communications, Est Tennessee State University

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2016-February-23-Founders Medal For Means, University Marketing And Communications, Est Tennessee State University

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2016-February-23-Legislative Advocacy Week, University Marketing And Communications, Est Tennessee State University

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2016-February-23-Fossil Id Night, University Marketing And Communications, Est Tennessee State University

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Correlation Concerns, Steven D. Dolvin

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Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT) is based on the notion that diversification creates better (a.k.a., more efficient) portfolios. The benefit of the diversification stems from less than perfect correlations between asset classes. However, during times of extreme stress, and even in recent years with market integration, correlation values have increased. This calls into question whether diversification will bring the full benefit that it is expected to provide. See article here, Bloomberg.

Nonprofit Bootcamp Simulation To Equip Managers, Directors, And Volunteers, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

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Dong Feng Fang Order On Motion To Sever, Melvin K. Westmoreland

Superior Court of Fulton County: Metro Atlanta Business Case Division Opinions

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2016-February-22-Etsu Hires Blankenship, University Marketing And Communications, Est Tennessee State University

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