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The Mechtech Program: An Education And Training Model For The Next Century, Robert Forrant

New England Journal of Public Policy

The small-firm metalworking industry is routinely characterized by cutthroat competition and fierce privacy. Yet, since the late 1980s, the members of the western Massachusetts chapter of the National Tooling and Machining Association have participated in an education, training, and technology diffusion network characterized by a high degree of interfirm cooperation. Hundreds of workers and managers have take part in group training sessions and seminars. The reconstruction of the skill base is central to the MechTech apprenticeship program through which apprentices spend four years in participating firms, exiting the program as licensed machinists, tool and die makers, or moldmakers. In an …

Bud Lite's Bloodless Coup - No Nfl In La, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

Two sparsely reported and remarkable events from Sportsworld in the past week caught my eye and have gotten me thinking that we may be witnessing some fundamental shifts in the two sports that claim to be our national game. As one would expect these developments did not take place on the playing fields, but rather in the boardrooms. In baseball the positions of League President have been abolished, and in football it seems likely that the NFL will remain shut out of the Los Angeles market.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 75, No. 8, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Karen, Mattias. Tuition Increase Expected – Budget, Regents
• Clark, Ryan. Offense Struggles in First Test – Football
• Pearson, Michelle. Reductions Promised on Campus Food Costs – Dining Services
• Karen, Mattias. Bowling Green City Commission Denies Request to Pursue Charges Against Mayor – Eldon Renaud
• Karen, Mattias. Hurricane Floyd Thrashes Carolinas, Lays Waste to Students’ Hometowns – Elizabeth Smith, William Ausbrooks, Jeffery Myrick
• University Tattling on Students – Housing & Residence Life, Alcohol Policy
• Tabor, Chris. Editorial Cartoon Alcohol Policy
• No Rest for Weary Students – Construction
• Smith, Douglas. Faculty, …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 75, No. 7, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Gaines, Jim. Western Will Tattle on Some Smokers – Smoking
• Mackey. Crystal. Going Nuts for J.J. – Squirrels, Dale Smith, Facilities Management
• Moore, Brian. Recent Fire Raises Renter’s Insurance Awareness – Apartments
• Lynch, Caroline. Western Projects Steal Thunder from Student Government Association’s Largest Priorities
• Gaines, Jim. Health Fees Frozen for Year – Student Health Services
• Ruling Kills Free Speech – Kentucky State University, Yearbooks
• Tabor, Chris. Editorial Cartoon Censorship
• Bennett, Jacob. Early Classes the Bane of Students’ Existence
• Do You Like How MTV Has Changed Over the Years?
• Karen …

Serena And Venus Williams, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

Every now and then the Sport of the Seventies can still rear up and produce intense excitement. At the U.S. Open this past weekend several of those moments jumped off the TV screen and into our living rooms.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 75, No. 6, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Karen, Mattias. Design Firming for New Building – Mass Media & Technology Hall
• Brewer, Jerry. Fire Brushes Through Team – Football, Apartments, Fairways at Hartland
• Hall, Rex. Investigators Still Looking for Cause – Apartments, Fairways at Hartland, Fires
• Karen, Mattias. Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Censorship – Kentucky State University, Yearbooks
• Moore, Brian. Another Biker Hit – Thomas Morrell, Normal Street, Traffic Accidents
• Pearson, Michelle. Loud Construction Irks Students – University Boulevard, Crosswalks
• Police Looking for Help – Lisa Shelton, Missing Persons
• Internet Workshops Today
• No Smoking
• Cars: …

The Soul Of The Firm (Harleysville, Pa), C. William Pollard

C. William Pollard Papers

Addressing the Mennonite Homes Association, Pollard considers the role that a clear mission and committed leaders will play in a changing economic environment. In particular, he contends that corporate leaders are called to be first and foremost the servants of those they employ.

Espn's 20th Anniversary, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

"Anniversary of everything these days. Enough to give a guy the creeps." This line from Robert Coover's brilliant baseball novel "The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop." speaks to our excessive penchant for celebrations of milestones and anniversaries.

Killing The Umpires Union, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

Kill the Umpire! Kill the Umpire! It's one of the oldest cliches in American sport. And in the early days of baseball sometimes they tried, and on the rare occasion they succeeded.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 75, No. 4, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Karen, Mattias. Flip Friday Schedule Changing – Banner, Registrar
• Brewer, Jerry. Welcome Home Beautiful Friend – Ohio Valley Conference, Football
• Gaines, Jim. Phone Plan Promises Lower Rates – BellSouth, Qwest Communications
• Mayo, Travis. Gary Ransdell Leads Group on the Way to China – China Mining University, Taiyuan University of Technology
• Parking Lot Closing Took Students By Surprise – Creason Lot, Parking & Transportation Services
• Tabor, Chris. Editorial Cartoon Empty Parking Lot
• Lucas, Fred. Celebrity Powers TV News, Not Skill – Journalism
• What Has Been Your Worst Parking Experience?
• Bennett, …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 75, No. 5, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Hall, Rex. Blaze Leaves Students Homeless – Fairways at Hartland, Apartments, Fires
• Moore, Brian. Ninth Student Hit on University Boulevard – Corey Fogle, Traffic Accidents
• Karen, Mattias. Changes Will Force Use of Crosswalks – University Boulevard
• Lynch, Caroline. Professor, Others Ask Mayor to Leave – Bowling Green City Commission, Saundra Audrey, Eldon Renaud
• Brown, Abbey. Not Enough Faculty, Staff Participating in Recycling – Sustainability
• Fee for Old Clinic Should Be Dropped – Student Health Services
• Tabor, Chris. Editorial Cartoon WKU Mobster Taking Student Fees
• Vanderpool, Leslie. Flip Friday Plan …

Exploring Alternative Purchasing Strategies: Just-In-Time Or Just Enough?, Julie J. Gentry, Matthew A. Waller, Scott B. Keller

Journal of Transportation Management

What are the prevalent purchasing strategies used by manufacturing firms to purchase components that are critical to the quality of their most important products? This research reports the findings from data on purchasing strategies collected from 248 companies. The data indicate that although firms seem to be moving away from a transaction-based purchasing strategy towards "partnership" relations necessary for successful just-in-time strategies, firms are likely to embrace one of four hybrid purchasing strategies that on a spectrum would fall somewhere between the two "pure" strategies. These identified strategies offer purchasing managers viable alternatives to moving directly into a just-in-time environment.

Leading Without Bleeding: An Information Technology Case Study At Union Pacific Railroad, Uma G. Gupta, Randy W. Butler, Thomas D. Milner

Journal of Transportation Management

In the railroad industry, the ability to assess damages to rail units in an accurate and timely manner is critical to the success and profits of a company. Accurate damage assessment of rail units also plays a key role in dispute resolution and negotiation with key vendors and suppliers (my.uprr.com/pub/dam-prev). This paper describes and presents information about Union Pacific Railroads (UPRR) and Science Applications International Corporations (SAIC) highly successful efforts in fully automating the data collection, inspection, assessment and reporting of damage claims to rail equipment. UPRR and SAIC used an innovative and highly creative approach to develop and implement …

Maritime Unions And The U.S. Merchant Marine, Richard L. Clarke

Journal of Transportation Management

U.S. maritime unions have played a vital historical role in both the defense and the economic development of the United States. The economic and the political forces that helped shape and promote the growth of U.S. seafaring labor unions changed dramatically in the 1990s. Maritime union membership in the United States has fallen by more than 80 per cent since 1950. Inflexible union work rules and high union wage scales have contributed to this decline. Recent regulatory and industry changes require a new union approach if U. S. maritime unions are to survive the next decade.

Defining Dyadic Cost And Risk In International Trade: A Review Of Incoterms 2000 With Strategic Implications, Drew M. Stapleton, Virginie Saulnier

Journal of Transportation Management

As trade markets continue to expand due to developments in transportation and logistics technologies, distribution networks extend well beyond national frontiers. With obstacles such as distance, language, and business customs, allocation of legal responsibility between a buyer and a seller of goods becomes even more crucial in international commerce. This document is presented in three general sections. Reviewing the basics, including definition, origin, use and classifications of INCOTERMS constitutes the first section. The second section describes and analyzes the differences between each of the 13 INCOTERMS 2000. Lastly, the changes introduced by the 2000 revision are studied in more detail …

Front Matter, Journal Of Microfinance

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

No abstract provided.

Vol. 01 No. 1 Journal Of Microfinance, Journal Of Microfinance

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

No abstract provided.

Measuring Transformation: Assessing And Improving The Impact Of Microcredit, Susy Cheston, Larry Reed

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

The question of impact assessment is one that continues to plague microcredit practitioners. Some contend that existing impact assessment studies are meaningless, while others maintain they are absolutely necessary. The authors of this paper advocate a renewed focus on the transformation of clients and their communities, as well as a new impact assessment model to support and document this focus. They outline the key principles for conducting impact audits that include measurement of transformation among clients. They also review a series of practitioner-oriented impact assessment tools and outline future challenges for practitioners, donors, and academics in improving performance through impact …

Microenterprise Development In The Heartland: Self-Employment As A Self-Sufficiency Strategy For Tanf Recipients In Iowa 1993-1998, Salome Raheim, Jason J. Friedman

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

There has been a significant interest in the microenterprise movement regarding its effectiveness as a welfare-to-work strategy. A decade's worth of program results, demonstration projects, and research strongly suggest that the benefits of microenterprise development for welfare recipients outweigh the costs and risks. The state of Iowa has been a leader in promoting microenterprise development as a welfare-to-work strategy. Iowa was the first state in the US to incorporate microenterprise-development training as an eligible activity in its welfare-reform program. Since 1993, the Iowa Department of Human Services (IDHS) has contracted with the Institute for Social and Economic Development (ISED), a …

Announcements, Journal Of Microfinance

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

No abstract provided.

Are Grameen Replications Sustainable, And Do They Reach The Poor?: The Case Of Card Rural Bank In The Philippines, Hans Dieter Seibel, Dolores Torres

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

The Grameen Bank in Bangladesh is known worldwide for its success in providing credit to the poor. However, subsequent replications of its methodology in other parts of the world have been less successful. Is there really an infallible solution that works everywhere, and is outreach to the poor compatible with sustainability? A Grameen replicator in the Philippines, the Center for Agriculture and Rural Development (CARD), has recently set itself firmly on the path to sustainability by becoming a formal sector, rural bank—the first credit NGO in the country to do so. During the period, from 1993 to June 1999, CARD's …

Village Banking Dynamics Study: Evidence From Seven Programs, Judith Painter, Barbara Mknelly

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

The primary question examined in this study is whether client loans grow or stagnate over time. Loan growth is important to financial sustainability and is also a proxy for positive impact. The relationship between loan growth and a variety of factors--program loan and savings policies, site selection, membership dynamics--are explored in the context of seven village bank programs. The study concludes that on average, loan size did not stagnant but increased steadily, although at a rate lower than the original village bank model projections. Only programs that allowed non-poverty level loans (loans above US$300) approached the original loan growth rate. …

The Impact Of Outcome-Based Assessment On Microenterprise Programs, Margaret A. Johnson, Umasundari Akella, Jule Lalande

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

The changing environment in the nonprofit sector has subjected microenterprise programs to a new paradigm that emphasizes rationality principles. These principles ask practitioners to increase their outcomes while minimizing costs and to demonstrate that they are doing so with outcome-assessment measurements. This paper presents a case study of what happened to 11 microenterprise programs that adopted outcome assessment. Factors affecting the adoption of outcome assessment were changing norms in the nonprofit sector, demands from state legislators for information on program outcomes, and mandates from funders. A funding formula was implemented; program responses included going along, adopting practices to fit the …

Defying The Odds: Bunking For The Poor, By Eugene Versluysen, Eugene Versluysen

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

No abstract provided.

Bringing Development Back, Into Microfinance, Maria Otero

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

No abstract provided.

The Microcredit Summit's Challenge: Working Toward Institutional Financial Self-Sufficiency While Maintaining A Commitment To Serving The Poorest Families, David S. Gibbons, Jennifer W. Meehan

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

Institutional financial self-sufficiency (IFS) is necessary for a microfinance institution (MFI) to obtain the large amount of funds required to reach and benefit truly large numbers of the poor and poorest households. There is no necessary trade-off between serving large numbers of the poorest households and the attainment of IFS by an MFI, as proven by the case studies in this paper. Cost-effective identification of the poor and the poorest women is essential to maximizing the effectiveness and efficiency of providing microfinance services to them. If the service is not exclusively for the poor and the poorest, it should be …

Ua99/7 Good Ol' Bu Vol. 1, No. 3, Bgbu Alumni Association

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter created for Bowling Green Business University alumni. Articles regarding gifts and donations by members, reunions and the Gordon Ford Business College.

Partial Tooth-Clipping Of Suckling Pigs: Effects On Neonatal Competition And Facial Injuries, Daniel M. Weary, David Fraser

Farm Animal Husbandry Collection

Piglets are born with fully erupted ‘needle teeth’ which are used in competition for access to teats. Producers often clip these teeth to the gum line soon after birth to avoid any resulting facial lacerations, but this clipping can itself lead to injury or infection. Two experiments investigated the effects on facial injury and piglet performance of the potentially less damaging practice of ‘partial clipping’ whereby only the distal third of the tooth is removed. In Experiment 1, teeth were (1) partially clipped, (2) fully clipped to the gum line, or (3) left intact. All piglets of a litter received …

Industrial Resources: Oldham County, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Oldham County

"Resources for Economic Development: Oldham County, [Kentucky]" prepared by the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development, Division of Research in cooperation with the Oldham County Office of Economic Development, LaGrange, Kentucky, September 1999. The report includes, but is not limited to, information about: population, labor market, local manufacturing, transportation, utilities, fuel, water, sewage, industrial sites, local government and services, taxes, educational and health facilities, housing, communication, recreation, natural resources, markets, and climate.

Industrial Resources: Whitley County - Williamsburg, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Whitley County

"Resources for Economic Development: Williamsburg, [Kentucky]" prepared by the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development, Division of Research in cooperation with the Williamsburg Economic Development Office, Williamsburg, Kentucky, September 1999. The report includes, but is not limited to, information about: population, labor market, local manufacturing, transportation, utilities, fuel, water, industrial sites, local government and services, taxes, educational and health facilities, housing, communication, recreation, natural resources, markets, and climate.