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An Overview Of The Nonprofit Sector In Missouri, Ivy Shen
An Overview Of The Nonprofit Sector In Missouri, Ivy Shen
Missouri Policy Journal
This paper examines the key characteristics of nonprofit organizations, analyzes the data obtained from the IRS, provides a snapshot of the nonprofit sector in Missouri, discusses the breakdown of various types of these organizations, compares the nonprofit sectors in Missouri and at the national level, and highlights key statistics of the sector. As of November 2022, Missouri is home to 38,460 nonprofit organizations, out of which 501(c)(3), 501(c)(7), and 501(c)(4) are the most common IRS tax codes. By the NTEE classification system, the top two classifiable categories of Missouri nonprofits are human services and religious congregations. The Missouri nonprofit sector …
In Real Time, A Crisis In Public Education: Teacher Shortages In Missouri And Kansas, Dong Hwa Choi, Judith Mcconnell Mikkelson
In Real Time, A Crisis In Public Education: Teacher Shortages In Missouri And Kansas, Dong Hwa Choi, Judith Mcconnell Mikkelson
Missouri Policy Journal
Communities throughout the United States have experienced a shortage of teachers for several years. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this teacher shortage has escalated, creating a major crisis in public education. The struggle to hire and retain a highly qualified teaching staff is true in all fifty states, including Missouri and Kansas. In this article, complex reasons for the growing teacher shortage in Missouri and Kansas are detailed and needed actions to rectify this dire situation are discussed.
Missouri Policy Journal -Volume 2, Issue 1 (2024) -Full Issue
Missouri Policy Journal -Volume 2, Issue 1 (2024) -Full Issue
Missouri Policy Journal
No abstract provided.
International Students In Missouri: Countering Enrollment Declines, Retaining High-Skilled Graduates, And Supporting Local And Regional Economies, James Kaemmerer, Matt Foulkes
International Students In Missouri: Countering Enrollment Declines, Retaining High-Skilled Graduates, And Supporting Local And Regional Economies, James Kaemmerer, Matt Foulkes
Missouri Policy Journal
Tens of thousands of international students have studied at Missouri’s colleges and universities, making invalua-ble academic and cultural contributions to campus and community life. Perhaps less well-known have been the significant contributions that international students have also made to state and local economies. In recent years, the number of international students studying in Missouri has been on the decline (a trend that pre-dates the pandemic), and as a result local economies have potentially lost out on millions of dollars in revenue. The focus of this paper is first to explore the changing enrollment trends of international students in Missouri leading …
Raise The Age: Perceptions Of Missouri Juvenile Justice Actors, Angela M. Collins, Maisha N. Cooper
Raise The Age: Perceptions Of Missouri Juvenile Justice Actors, Angela M. Collins, Maisha N. Cooper
Missouri Policy Journal
In 2018, the Missouri General Assembly joined the ranks of forty-six other states and D.C. in the Raise the Age movement and raised the upper age of jurisdiction of the juvenile court from 17 to 18 years old. Senate Bill 793 was signed into law by Governor Eric Greitens on June 1, 2018, and was set to go into effect on January 1, 2021. Similar to other state and county level juvenile justice stakeholders, those in Missouri have expressed concerns over the potential fiscal challenges, increases in workload, and issues related to the allocation of resources and programming within the …
Lessons Learned From Missouri Institutions Of Higher Education Response To The Covid-19 Pandemic, Amy Estlund, Catherine Shoff, Amanda Harrod
Lessons Learned From Missouri Institutions Of Higher Education Response To The Covid-19 Pandemic, Amy Estlund, Catherine Shoff, Amanda Harrod
Missouri Policy Journal
Institutions of higher education (IHE) have worked tirelessly to mitigate the effect of SARS-Co-V2 (COVID-19) on their campuses. Shortly after COVID-19 hit Missouri, several state departments united their efforts to understand and problem-solve around the pandemic. The Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development (DHEWD) led one such effort, facilitating weekly meetings with members from Missouri’s IHE. The research team reviewed thirty-one video recordings from November 4, 2020, to June 9, 2021, and interviewed DHEWD staff. Using focused coding, the research team identified the role of DHEWD, leaders that emerged during the process, several challenges IHE faced during the …
Preschool Education For Three- And Four-Year-Olds In Kansas And Missouri: Reflections On State To State “Laboratories Of Democracy”, Judith Mcconnell Mikkelson, Dong Hwa Choi
Preschool Education For Three- And Four-Year-Olds In Kansas And Missouri: Reflections On State To State “Laboratories Of Democracy”, Judith Mcconnell Mikkelson, Dong Hwa Choi
Missouri Policy Journal
The well-being and education of three- and four-year-old children living in Kansas and Missouri is examined. The need for quality preschool education and its importance and history are viewed along with the licensing and regulations for preschools and that of preschool teachers. In addition, each state’s funding, state standards, regulations, supporting grants, Head Start programs, parent involvement, and special education services are compared and presented as state-to-state examples of “Laboratories of Democracy.”
Joseph Robidoux Iii, The 1780 Battle Of St. Louis, & The St. Louis Robidoux Legacy, Stephen L. Kling Jr.
Joseph Robidoux Iii, The 1780 Battle Of St. Louis, & The St. Louis Robidoux Legacy, Stephen L. Kling Jr.
The Confluence (2009-2020)
The Robidoux family has been part of the history of Missouri on both sides of the state dating to the Revolutionary War period. Stephen Kling places Robidoux’s role into historical perspective.
Krekel & Kribben– Diverging Views On The Future Of Slavery, Steve Ehmann
Krekel & Kribben– Diverging Views On The Future Of Slavery, Steve Ehmann
The Confluence (2009-2020)
Steve Ehlmann explores the evolving views of two German politicians on slavery as the Civil War approached.
An Overview Of Performance Funding Policy In Missouri, Ivy Shen
An Overview Of Performance Funding Policy In Missouri, Ivy Shen
Missouri Policy Journal
Performance-based funding is a strategy that connects state funding directly to institutional performance on public campuses through indicators such as student retention, graduation rates, and cost efficiency. The policy was first adopted by Tennessee in 1979; since then many states have experimented with measures that attempt to finance higher education based on university performance. Missouri has a history of allocating additional state resources on the basis of performance through the Funding for Results program from the 1990s. This paper examines the history of performance funding policy in Missouri, the policy changes since its first enactment, and potential challenges with such …
Strengthening The Missouri Model Of Juvenile Justice: Missouri Division Of Youth Services Staff Perspectives, Sarah Kuborn, Carol Kellison, Kristen N. Sobba, Darrey Robins
Strengthening The Missouri Model Of Juvenile Justice: Missouri Division Of Youth Services Staff Perspectives, Sarah Kuborn, Carol Kellison, Kristen N. Sobba, Darrey Robins
Missouri Policy Journal
The Missouri Division of Youth Services (DYS) approach to juvenile justice has become a national model, often referred to as “The Missouri Model.” Missouri’s approach has produced positive outcomes including satisfactory discharges, high law-abiding rates, and low rates of recidivisms. Although a model for other states, the Missouri DYS Model lacks an essential component of youth rehabilitation: the family. Based on the suggestion made by Ringle and colleagues to blend out-of-home residential care with family based in-home aftercare services, this study aimed to explore Missouri DYS staff perspectives on merging Intensive Family Reunification Services into the current Missouri DYS Model …
Otto Widmann And The Birds Of Missouri, Bonnie Stepenoff
Otto Widmann And The Birds Of Missouri, Bonnie Stepenoff
The Confluence (2009-2020)
As late as the early 1990s, the only comprehensive book on Missouri’s birds was Otto Widmann’s Preliminary Catalog of the Birds of Missouri, published in 1907. Widmann documented the Eurasian Tree Sparrow, which has just one habitat in the United States—in St. Louis.
“Their Blood Has Flown And Mingled With Ours”: The Politics Of Slavery In Illinois And Missouri In The Early Republic, Lawrence Celani
“Their Blood Has Flown And Mingled With Ours”: The Politics Of Slavery In Illinois And Missouri In The Early Republic, Lawrence Celani
The Confluence (2009-2020)
The ideas of Illinois and Missouri as divided over slavery masks the fluid nature of support for or opposition to slavery in the two state, as Lawrence Celani explains in this article, the winner of the Morrow Prize presented by the Missouri Conference on History.
So Much To Learn: Dye Tracing The Current River Landscape, Part Iii, Quinta Scott
So Much To Learn: Dye Tracing The Current River Landscape, Part Iii, Quinta Scott
The Confluence (2009-2020)
In this third installment of her work on the Current River, Quinta Scott looks at environmental change in the iconic Missouri Waterway
Searching For Compromise: Missouri Congressman John Richard Barret’S Fight To Save The Union, Nicholas Sacco
Searching For Compromise: Missouri Congressman John Richard Barret’S Fight To Save The Union, Nicholas Sacco
The Confluence (2009-2020)
In the months leading to the Civil War, Missouri politics were turbulent. Some supported union, others not. John Richard Barret fought to keep Missouri and the state’s Democrats loyal to the union.
The Sweeping Changes Of Clean Missouri: Issues Of Redistricting Reform In Missouri, Debra Leiter
The Sweeping Changes Of Clean Missouri: Issues Of Redistricting Reform In Missouri, Debra Leiter
Missouri Policy Journal
In November 2018, Missouri citizens will vote on Amendment 1, also known as Clean Missouri. Clean Missouri focuses on ethics and political reform of the Missouri State Legislature, in the areas of lobbying, campaign finance, public records, and redistricting. This article briefly reviews the proposals of Amendment 1 and pays special attention to the issues of redistricting in Missouri. It places Missouri’s current redistricting system into context, offers an evaluation of the current system, and estimates the potential effects of the newly proposed redistricting system on political outcomes in Missouri.
Congressman Richard Bolling And Missouri Ethics Reform, Rebekkah Stuteville
Congressman Richard Bolling And Missouri Ethics Reform, Rebekkah Stuteville
Missouri Policy Journal
Ethics reform for government institutions in the United States has followed an uneven path since modern reform efforts began in earnest in the 1970s in the wake of Watergate. Ethics reform is arguably a “reactive” and “piecemeal process” that has been “undertaken defensively.” In the traditional cycle, ethics reform rises on the public’s agenda after scandals have been uncovered; public officials then become concerned about the reputation of their institutions and their own electoral prospect. Then, in response, regulations are crafted to prevent a reoccurrence of behaviors. Once an ethical problem is addressed through a regulatory “fix,” ethics reform becomes …
Big Spring And Recharge Area And The Possibility Of Lead Mining, Quinta Scott
Big Spring And Recharge Area And The Possibility Of Lead Mining, Quinta Scott
The Confluence (2009-2020)
In this second installment of her series of environmental studies, Quinta Scott examines the impact of lead mining on the region.
Implementing Marriage: The Issuance Of Marriage Licenses In Missouri After Obergefell, Jessica Loyet Gracey
Implementing Marriage: The Issuance Of Marriage Licenses In Missouri After Obergefell, Jessica Loyet Gracey
Missouri Policy Journal
The Obergefell v. Hodges decision legalized same-sex marriage throughout the country. Some Missouri counties began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples immediately, while others did not until two weeks following the decision. The study examines attempts to explain the differences in the amount of time that counties in Missouri took to implement the Obergefell ruling. Factors such as partisanship, education, religion, and the service industry in each county are examined. The findings indicate that only educational levels in each county are a statistically significant predictor of when a county began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
Missouri Sentencing And Race: A Closer Look From 2007-2015, Grant Shostak, Ryan V. Guffey
Missouri Sentencing And Race: A Closer Look From 2007-2015, Grant Shostak, Ryan V. Guffey
Missouri Policy Journal
Contrary to the perception, it is judges, not juries, that typically determine the sentence for a convicted criminal defendant. While all citizens are to be treated equal under the law, recent cries to overhaul our criminal justice system came to a head following the wake of Officer Darren Wilson’s (Caucasian) shooting and killing of Michael Brown (African-American) in Ferguson, Missouri. This paper attempts to examine sentencing practices of Missouri courts from 2007-2015, covering a time period both before and after Brown’s death in 2014.
Snap Usage By Congressional District - 2013, Aaron Azkoul
Snap Usage By Congressional District - 2013, Aaron Azkoul
Missouri Policy Journal
No abstract provided.
Social Security Usage In Missouri By County - 2014, Aaron Azkoul
Social Security Usage In Missouri By County - 2014, Aaron Azkoul
Missouri Policy Journal
No abstract provided.
Missouri Unemployment By County - 2015, Aaron Azkoul
Missouri Unemployment By County - 2015, Aaron Azkoul
Missouri Policy Journal
No abstract provided.
Correctional Reform In Red States: Missouri’S Role, Joseph M. Zlatic, Jeannie Thies
Correctional Reform In Red States: Missouri’S Role, Joseph M. Zlatic, Jeannie Thies
Missouri Policy Journal
Approximately ten years ago, a conservative-led movement to engage in various forms of correctional and sentencing reform emerged. This movement extends to broader acceptance within the criminal justice field to implement less traditional forms of sentencing, including alternative sentences that incorporate rehabilitative components. A decade later, this policy debate has gained significant traction throughout many conservative states that have traditionally relied upon mass incarceration as the chief means of crime control. Recent scholarly evidence suggests that the reform efforts within these conservative states have met with success in reducing prison populations and the development of rehabilitative strategies increasingly in line …
Charter Schools As A Choice For Missouri Families, Amanda N. Aldridge
Charter Schools As A Choice For Missouri Families, Amanda N. Aldridge
Missouri Policy Journal
Charter schools are publically funded, non-sectarian, tuition-free organizations that educate students. The charter model was created to allow schools to remain free from some governmental regulations and to offer parents a tuition-free choice for K-12 education. Across the country, millions of students attend charter schools, and another million remain on waiting lists to get into these schools. Ultimately, charter schools attract families that have similar belief systems and missions as the school claims, and again, offer parents a choice in public education. High quality educational options that provide a safe and nurturing environment for students and encourage personal growth and …
A Cardinal That Does Not Look That Red: Analysis Of A Political Polarization Trend In The St. Louis Area, Clémence Nogret-Pradier
A Cardinal That Does Not Look That Red: Analysis Of A Political Polarization Trend In The St. Louis Area, Clémence Nogret-Pradier
Missouri Policy Journal
The political polarization of metropolitan areas is occurring widely within the United States. By highlighting the political polarization that has been underway for decades in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin metropolitan area, this can serve as a way to understand political polarization within the St Louis metropolitan area. This article uses political and demographic data from the Missouri Information Spatial Data Information Service to take a close look at developments in the St Louis metropolitan area. Geographic Information System (GIS) was used and the maps were created using Archmap. The results suggest that political polarization is occurring within the St Louis metropolitan …
Judicial Selection In The State Of Missouri: Continuing Controversies, Rebekkah Stuteville
Judicial Selection In The State Of Missouri: Continuing Controversies, Rebekkah Stuteville
Missouri Policy Journal
Since its admission to the union in 1821, Missouri has been a microcosm of the national developments and debates that surround the issue of judicial selection. Missouri was the first state to use all three of the most common methods of judicial selection—political appointments, contested elections, and merit selection.1 Because of the state’s experience, the history of judicial selection and the controversies surrounding judicial selection in Missouri provide insight into broader national trends. This article explores the history of judicial selection and the controversies over the various selection methods in the state of Missouri, with an emphasis on the debate …
Police Body Cameras In Missouri: Good Or Bad Policy? An Academic Viewpoint Seen Through The Lens Of A Former Law Enforcement Official, Pernell Witherspoon
Police Body Cameras In Missouri: Good Or Bad Policy? An Academic Viewpoint Seen Through The Lens Of A Former Law Enforcement Official, Pernell Witherspoon
Missouri Policy Journal
After the fatal shooting of an African American teenager in Ferguson, Missouri on August 9, 2014, various police departments are exploring the use of body cameras. With tensions high, it is hopeful that body worn camera policies will be based on sound research and that appropriate measures are made to achieve optimum effectiveness. The author of this writing, a former law enforcement official and current academic, presents some challenges that police administrators will need to address toward body camera implementation. Because racism is difficult to accurately measure and police are historically reluctant to provide genuine feedback for researchers, the author …
“’Benevolent Plans Meritoriously Applied’: How Missouri Almost Became An Indian Nation, 1803–1811”, B. J. Mcmahon
“’Benevolent Plans Meritoriously Applied’: How Missouri Almost Became An Indian Nation, 1803–1811”, B. J. Mcmahon
The Confluence (2009-2020)
One aspect of western development—and of early Missouri territorial history—was figuring out how native peoples fit into visions of the West, as B. J. McMahon suggests.
All Employment Is Local: Examining The Impact Of The American Recovery And Revitalization (Arra) Act On Two Missouri Counties (As Well As An Analysis Of Missouri Tax Credit Programs), Joseph A. Cernik
Missouri Policy Journal
Employment is explored in the aftermath of the most recent “Great Recession”—the lingering effects are still being felt. Employment growth largely depends on what happens locally. This article examines the American Recovery and Revitalization Act (ARRA) often thought of as the Economic Stimulus Plan of the Obama Administration and its impact on two adjacent Missouri counties (Ste. Genevieve and Perry). County particulars are examined which impact how to understand employment in both counties. Furthermore, the issue of jobs created versus jobs retained is examined, as well as the difficulties of measuring the multiplier effect. Finally, Missouri tax credit programs are …