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Funding Of Higher Education In Tennessee: A Qualitative Study Of The Perceptions Of State Legislators And Higher Education Leaders, David D. Collins Dec 1996

Funding Of Higher Education In Tennessee: A Qualitative Study Of The Perceptions Of State Legislators And Higher Education Leaders, David D. Collins

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to identify issues that are considered important to the legislators and higher education leaders of Tennessee in making decisions that affect the funding of higher education. A further purpose was to identify actions that such individuals believe should be taken by higher education leaders to ensure that higher education is accountable and worthy of continued or increased financial support. Using a qualitative research design, interviews were held with 10 legislators and 6 higher education leaders selected in accordance with the concept of purposeful sampling. Legislative participants included five members from the Senate and five …

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Getting To Know And Maybe Love Your Municipal Charter, Sid Hemsley Dec 1996

Getting To Know And Maybe Love Your Municipal Charter, Sid Hemsley

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

Explains what a charter is, what it does, and how it may be changed.

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Technical Bulletins: The Telecommunications Act Of 1996 And Its Impact On Tennessee Cities, Jim Finane Dec 1996

Technical Bulletins: The Telecommunications Act Of 1996 And Its Impact On Tennessee Cities, Jim Finane

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

The Telecommunications Act of 1996, passed by Congress and signed by the president in February, rewrote the country's basic telecommunications law. It was drafted and passed in response to a rapidly changing telecommunications environment and the convergence of traditional local and long-distance telephone service, wireless telephones, and cable and broadcast television.

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Maine Women's Lobby News Letter (1996 - November) No. 17, Maine Women's Lobby Staff Nov 1996

Maine Women's Lobby News Letter (1996 - November) No. 17, Maine Women's Lobby Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.

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Hot Topic: New Minimum Wage Set, Richard Stokes Sep 1996

Hot Topic: New Minimum Wage Set, Richard Stokes

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

President Bill Clinton signed into law the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996. The bill contains several amendments affecting government employees. Among them are the Minimum Wage Increase Act of 1996 and the Fair Labor Standards Act Amendment of 1996. (FLSA) The Small Business Job Protection Act also provides an extension of the Employer-Provided Educational Assistance Programs.

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Umass Chooses A Political Executive: The Politics Of A Presidential Search, Richard A. Hogarty Sep 1996

Umass Chooses A Political Executive: The Politics Of A Presidential Search, Richard A. Hogarty

New England Journal of Public Policy

Horace Mann, the father of American public education, had served as president of the Massachusetts Senate prior to becoming the state's first secretary of education. Since then, as reformers succeeded in removing politics from the sacred groves of academe, appointing a politician to head the state's educational system fell into disfavor. Relatively recently, however, there have been two abortive attempts by politicians to reach the executive pinnacle of public higher education. Both James Collins, in 1986, and David Bartley, in 1991, were defeated in the quest to achieve this goal. Historical understanding of these battles is necessary to comprehend what …

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Maine Women's Lobby News Letter (1996 - August) No.16, Maine Women's Lobby Staff Aug 1996

Maine Women's Lobby News Letter (1996 - August) No.16, Maine Women's Lobby Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.

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An Investigation Of Strategic Planning And Organizational Change: Halton Regional Police Service, Laurie Mcginn Aug 1996

An Investigation Of Strategic Planning And Organizational Change: Halton Regional Police Service, Laurie Mcginn

MPA Major Research Papers

This paper examines the strategic planning process used by the Halton Regional Police Service to assess its effectiveness in terms of counteracting staff resistance to change. Case studies of the process that was used in 1991 and repeated in 1995 were conducted. The findings reveal that the working philosophy of strategic planning would be better served by fully recognizing and anticipating employee resistance to change within the strategic planning process and developing solutions to help overcome its effects.

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Gta Reform: City Of Burlington – Identification And Analysis Of The Process Used By The City To Evaluate The “Golden” Report, Mickey Frost Aug 1996

Gta Reform: City Of Burlington – Identification And Analysis Of The Process Used By The City To Evaluate The “Golden” Report, Mickey Frost

MPA Major Research Papers

This paper examines the policymaking process used by local governments in order to determine whether the rational or incremental model of decision-making is most evident. A case study of the process used by the City of Burlington in response to recommendations made by the GTA Task Force concerning the City’s governance was conducted. The findings reveal that the policymaking process in Burlington was reflective of both models of decision-making, but elements of the incremental model and persuasion were more evident than the problem solving that is associated with the rational model.

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Interorganizational Networking In The Local Government Sector: Case Study Of The Municom Network, Geoffrey Singer Aug 1996

Interorganizational Networking In The Local Government Sector: Case Study Of The Municom Network, Geoffrey Singer

MPA Major Research Papers

This paper examines the potential implications of information and communication technologies on interorganizational relations in the local government sector based on a case study of the Municom Network, which was designed to electronically link Ontario municipalities. The findings reveal that the Municom Network could be an important addition in strengthening interorganizational relationships in the future, as it provides a number of useful tools for direct communication, it is an efficient and powerful means of keeping municipal practitioners updated on events that affect their organization, and it serves as a central repository of municipal information.

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Justice, Citizenship, Social Cohesion And The Commons, Roger A. Lohmann Jul 1996

Justice, Citizenship, Social Cohesion And The Commons, Roger A. Lohmann

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

There is great ferment in political and social theory today due to a number of major changes are taking place in the larger social world and our understandings of it including the crisis of the welfare state; the emergence of more open societies in Russia, Central Europe, Latin America and many of the countries of the Pacific Rim; general movement away from class/stratification and toward group membership as central themes for national politics in many countries; a major crisis of the modernization paradigm; the emergence of a truly-global economy; and the emergence of the internet as a global communications medium. …

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Technical Bulletins: Interviewing And The Law, Richard Stokes Jul 1996

Technical Bulletins: Interviewing And The Law, Richard Stokes

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

Congress provided Federal legal enforcement for equal employment in the Civil Rights Act of 1964, with strengthening amendments added in 1972.

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Hot Topic: Mandated Minimum Hiring And Training Standards For Public Safety Dispatchers, Rex Barton Jun 1996

Hot Topic: Mandated Minimum Hiring And Training Standards For Public Safety Dispatchers, Rex Barton

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

Beginning July 1, 1997, all public safety dispatchers who receive requests for emergency aid by telephone (call takers) or radio, or who dispatch emergency aid resources by radio or other telecommunications devices must have completed a course of study approved by the State of Tennessee Public Safety Committee.

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The Strategy And Financing Of Economic Recovery In Africa., Ubadigbo Okonkwo Jun 1996

The Strategy And Financing Of Economic Recovery In Africa., Ubadigbo Okonkwo

Bullion

The paper examines the impact of Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAP) on investment and growth in Africa and suggests the need for a new development paradigm. Working in partnership with the private sector, African Governments must establish a sound institutional and incentive framework for rapid growth. An alternative development strategy should be market-friendly and people-centred and must give priority to the accelerated expansion of exports and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). In view of the bleak prospects for external financing, Africa must rely on domestic financial institutions and capital markets to mobilise the required financial resources for economic recovery.

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The 1996 Mtas Publications Catalog, Municipal Technical Advisory Service Jun 1996

The 1996 Mtas Publications Catalog, Municipal Technical Advisory Service

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

No abstract provided.

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Purchase Of Service Contracting Versus Government Service Delivery: The Views Of State Human Service Administrators, Peter M. Kettner, Lawrence L. Martin Jun 1996

Purchase Of Service Contracting Versus Government Service Delivery: The Views Of State Human Service Administrators, Peter M. Kettner, Lawrence L. Martin

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Purchase of service contracting (POSC) as a mode of human service delivery is based largely on untested normative grounds. This article presents the results of a national study comparing the views of state human service administrators on the relative merits of POSC versus government service delivery in four issue areas: (1) service costs, (2) service quality, (3) bureaucracy and red tape, and (4) effect on government employees. The study results provide some support for POSC in three of the four issues areas. The study finds that geography plays no role in the views of state human service administrators, but that …

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Managed Computer System Conceptualization: Knowing When To Say No, Menachmen Monnickendam Jun 1996

Managed Computer System Conceptualization: Knowing When To Say No, Menachmen Monnickendam

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Computer systems in human services are often abandoned after significant investments have already been made. A case study of preventing the utilization of a wrong computer system for a child development center illustrates how managed system conceptualization minimized damage. Critical consciousness and adherence to specific computer implementation technology created an environment which supported recurrent system efficacy evaluation. When the system, as initially conceptualized, could not meet practitioners' needs, early project abandonment was achieved. Some considerations for successful system development in human service are presented.

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Agency Heads' Assessment Of The Politicization Of Sunset Review In Texas. Paper/Presentation, Andrew Ewoh May 1996

Agency Heads' Assessment Of The Politicization Of Sunset Review In Texas. Paper/Presentation, Andrew Ewoh

Andrew I.E. Ewoh

No abstract provided.

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Hot Topic: Legislators Give Nod To City Employees' Political Activities, Todd Moore May 1996

Hot Topic: Legislators Give Nod To City Employees' Political Activities, Todd Moore

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

The General Assembly recently passed legislation that gives local government employees the same rights as other citizens of Tennessee to participate in political campaigns and run for elected office.

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Hot Topic: The Mtas Salary Survey And Fringe Benefit Survey (1995-96), Richard Stokes May 1996

Hot Topic: The Mtas Salary Survey And Fringe Benefit Survey (1995-96), Richard Stokes

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

The MT AS annual salary and fringe benefit survey for 95/96 is complete and shows salary increases for city employees rose at a rate slower than 94/95. This report contains a summary of the findings, in addition to a means to request specific information.

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Maine Women's Lobby News Letter (1996 - May) No. 15, Maine Women's Lobby Staff May 1996

Maine Women's Lobby News Letter (1996 - May) No. 15, Maine Women's Lobby Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.

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Hot Topic: 1996-97 State Revenue Estimates, Ken Joines, Jim Leuty May 1996

Hot Topic: 1996-97 State Revenue Estimates, Ken Joines, Jim Leuty

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

The Tennessee General Assembly adopted the state budget for fiscal year 1996-97 in late April.

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Hot Topic: Legislature Rules College Degree Counts Toward Certification Process Of City Clerks And Recorders, Mtas Mar 1996

Hot Topic: Legislature Rules College Degree Counts Toward Certification Process Of City Clerks And Recorders, Mtas

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

New legislation that recently passed through the Tennessee General Assembly assures that a college degree would help satisfy the required education hours.

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Maine Women's Lobby News Letter (1996 - March) No. 14, Maine Women's Lobby Staff Mar 1996

Maine Women's Lobby News Letter (1996 - March) No. 14, Maine Women's Lobby Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.

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State Corporate Taxation And Business Power: A Pooled Analysis. Paper/Presentation, Andrew Ewoh, Euel Elliott Feb 1996

State Corporate Taxation And Business Power: A Pooled Analysis. Paper/Presentation, Andrew Ewoh, Euel Elliott

Andrew I.E. Ewoh

No abstract provided.

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Technical Bulletins: Litigation Tax Collections And Refunds Clarified, Mtas Feb 1996

Technical Bulletins: Litigation Tax Collections And Refunds Clarified, Mtas

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin provides information about litigation tax collection and refunds.

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New Kent County, Virginia Bets On Gambling: Government Program Or Business Strategy?, Alexandra Elaine Sasser Hall Jan 1996

New Kent County, Virginia Bets On Gambling: Government Program Or Business Strategy?, Alexandra Elaine Sasser Hall

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

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Municipal Utilities Rate Survey '96, Ann O'Connell Jan 1996

Municipal Utilities Rate Survey '96, Ann O'Connell

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

This publication presents the results of the 1996 water, wastewater and garbage survey of all Tennessee municipalities. Population numbers in this publication are from the Certified Population of Tennessee Incorporated Municipalities. Out of Tennessee's 342 cities only four did not respond. Out of the 388 responding cities 59 did not provide water, wastewater or garbage service.

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Mtas Model Drug And Alcohol Testing Policy, Richard Stokes Jan 1996

Mtas Model Drug And Alcohol Testing Policy, Richard Stokes

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

MTAS created this model drug and alcohol testing policy with the assistance of the Tennessee Municipal League. The policy includes a statement of purpose and scope, consent form, compliance guidelines, general rules, and detailed information about drug and alcohol testing.

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Tennessee Public Acts 1996: Summaries Of Interest To Municipal Officials, Dennis Huffer Jan 1996

Tennessee Public Acts 1996: Summaries Of Interest To Municipal Officials, Dennis Huffer

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

This publication summarizes the year's public acts that have the most significant impact on municipal operations. Users of this publication are cautioned that much judgment is involved in determining which Public Acts to summarize and how to summarize them. Before taking action or giving advice based upon any Public Act summarized here, one should consult the act itself and not rely on the summary.

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