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Health Centers: An Overview And Analysis Of Their Experiences With Private Health Insurance, Peter Shin, Brad Finnegan, Jessica Sharac, Sara J. Rosenbaum Jan 2008

Health Centers: An Overview And Analysis Of Their Experiences With Private Health Insurance, Peter Shin, Brad Finnegan, Jessica Sharac, Sara J. Rosenbaum

Health Policy and Management Faculty Publications

Steady growth in the number of uninsured and under-insured has sparked health reform proposals at the national and state levels. With many proposals emphasizing expanded access to private health insurance among the low-income population through the use of tax credits and an emphasis on stable and continuous primary care as a key to improving health care access, the interaction between health centers and private health insurance becomes an important aspect of national health policy. This policy brief provides an overview of health centers, with a special focus on the relationship between health centers and private health insurance.

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Offenders, Judges, And Officers Rate The Relative Severity Of Alternative Sanctions Compared To Prison, David May, Nathan T. Moore, Peter B. Wood Jan 2008

Offenders, Judges, And Officers Rate The Relative Severity Of Alternative Sanctions Compared To Prison, David May, Nathan T. Moore, Peter B. Wood

Safety, Security and Emergency Management Faculty and Staff Scholarship

Recent work suggests that offenders rate several alternatives as more severe than imprisonment. We build on this literature by comparing punishment exchange rates generated by criminal court judges with rates generated by offenders and their supervising officers. Findings reveal that none of the three groups rates prison as the most severe sanction and judges and officers rate alternatives as significantly less severe than offenders. Offenders are generally willing to serve less of each alternative to avoid imprisonment than judges or officers. Serving correctional sanctions thus appears to reduce the perceived severity of imprisonment and increase the perceived severity of alternatives.

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Encouraging Filing: Tax Credits And Social Safety Nets, James Alm, Todd Cherry, Michael Mckee, Michael L. Jones Jan 2008

Encouraging Filing: Tax Credits And Social Safety Nets, James Alm, Todd Cherry, Michael Mckee, Michael L. Jones

Economics Faculty Publications

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Defining The Enemy For The Post-Cold War World: Bill Clinton’S Foreign Policy Discourse On Somalia And Haiti, Jason A. Edwards Jan 2008

Defining The Enemy For The Post-Cold War World: Bill Clinton’S Foreign Policy Discourse On Somalia And Haiti, Jason A. Edwards

Communication Studies Faculty Publications

American presidents use images of savagery to identify and construct America’s adversaries, especially prior to and during some form of armed intervention. During the Cold War, presidents used images of modern savagery to craft a Soviet enemy and its proxies. In the post-Cold War world, Bill Clinton did not have the luxury of a monolithic enemy to organize American foreign policy. He faced a threat environment that was more complex, transnational, and diffuse. Within this environment, I argue Clinton used images of primitive and modern savagery to define America’s adversaries. An analysis of Clinton’s discourse reveals that his use of …

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Editor's Introduction And Acknowledgments, Jennifer Hinton, Jim Sibthorp, Anderson B. Young, Michael A. Anderson Jan 2008

Editor's Introduction And Acknowledgments, Jennifer Hinton, Jim Sibthorp, Anderson B. Young, Michael A. Anderson

Research in Outdoor Education

The article offers information related to papers that were published in the publication "Research in Outdoor Education" Volume 9, as well as acknowledging the efforts of all who contributed to the publication.

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Preface, Anderson B. Young Jan 2008

Preface, Anderson B. Young

Research in Outdoor Education

A preface to the journal "Research in Outdoor Education," volume 9 is presented by the author on behalf of the Coalition for Education in the Outdoors (CEO) Research Committee.

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Front Matter, Coalition For Education In The Outdoors (Ceo) Jan 2008

Front Matter, Coalition For Education In The Outdoors (Ceo)

Research in Outdoor Education

The Coalition for Education in the Outdoors is a network of institutions, organizations, agencies, centers, businesses, and associations linked and communicating in support of the broad purposes of education in, for, and about the outdoors. The Coalition assists in identifying the needs of its affiliates in meeting their various constituent needs, as well as advancing the mission of outdoor education globally. A Research Task Force was initiated by the Coalition in 1990 with the purpose of supporting the conduct of research in the field and dissemination of the results. The symposium at Bradford Woods and this publication offer evidence of …

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Quality Youth Development And The Camp Experience: Results From A Program Improvement Process, M. Deborah Bialeschki Jan 2008

Quality Youth Development And The Camp Experience: Results From A Program Improvement Process, M. Deborah Bialeschki

Research in Outdoor Education

Many camp professionals find themselves challenged by their funders, boards, and parents to address the issue of quality of the experiences they offer to youth. Within the larger youth development community, this issue Is receiving critical attention with more evaluations including an assessment of program quality and incorporating setting-level measures in their designs. At the practice level, organizations are looking for tools to help document effective practice and allow practitioners to assess, ·reflect on, and improve their programs (Yohalem, Wilson­Ahlstrom, Fischer, & Shinn, 2007). The purpose of this paper is to describe the results of a program improvement process the …

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An Exploration Of Camp Directors' Affective Connection To Nature And Camp Programming, Penny A. James, Karla A. Henderson, Barry Garst Jan 2008

An Exploration Of Camp Directors' Affective Connection To Nature And Camp Programming, Penny A. James, Karla A. Henderson, Barry Garst

Research in Outdoor Education

Organized camping has a long history of providing outdoor recreation and environmental education. Louv's (2005) charge that organized camping has shifted away from tradition raises many questions. This study focuses on the role and influence of camp directors on nature opportunities for children within the camp environment. Camp directors set the tone for camp through communication of the mission and philosophy, and managerial decision-making that influences the organization, daily operation, staffing, and programming options of a particular camp (Ball & Ball, 2004). If programming shifts, as Louv suggested, it requires the sanction and leadership of camp directors. Given the findings …

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A Means-End Study Of Outcome Differences Of Females And Males Associated With Outward Bound And National Outdoor Leadership School, Marni Goldenberg, Jason Cummings, Dan Pronsolino Jan 2008

A Means-End Study Of Outcome Differences Of Females And Males Associated With Outward Bound And National Outdoor Leadership School, Marni Goldenberg, Jason Cummings, Dan Pronsolino

Research in Outdoor Education

This study compares outcomes of male and female participants from Outward Bound (OB) and National Outdoor Leadership Schools (NOLS) courses during the summer of 2006. Means-end theory was used to analyze the differences in males versus females from the 510 subjects' responses. Understanding the differences between the outcomes males and females obtain can lead to specific programming objectives. This can impact how organizations such as OB and NOLS program for both gender-specific and co-educational groups. So therefore, by gaining knowledge of differences between males and females we can then gain an understanding of gender roles and frameworks.

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The Effect Of Leadership Style On Sense Of Community And Group Cohesion In Outdoor Pursuits Trip Groups, Timothy S. O'Connell, Sharon Todd, Mary Breunig, Anderson B. Young, Lynn Anderson, Dale Anderson Jan 2008

The Effect Of Leadership Style On Sense Of Community And Group Cohesion In Outdoor Pursuits Trip Groups, Timothy S. O'Connell, Sharon Todd, Mary Breunig, Anderson B. Young, Lynn Anderson, Dale Anderson

Research in Outdoor Education

Outdoor pursuits trip programs are widely popular around the world (Attarian, 2001). Many of these programs are centered in colleges and universities, and may be either academic or extracurricular in nature. Participants in these programs engage in a variety of outdoor adventure recreation activities such as backpacking, canoeing, rock climbing, sea kayaking, and caving. Outcomes of participation in these programs include (among others): enhanced problem solving skills; appreciation of the natural environment; increased self-confidence; accomplishment of common goals and objectives; and the development of positive group experiences and interpersonal relationships (Ewert & McAvoy, 2000; Martin, Cashel, Wagstaff, & Breunig, 2006). …

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Predictors Of Participant Development Through Adventure Programs: Replication And Extension Of Previous Findings From Nols, Karen Paisley, Jim Sibthorp, Nate Furman, Scott Schumann, John Gookin, Leo H. Mcavoy Jan 2008

Predictors Of Participant Development Through Adventure Programs: Replication And Extension Of Previous Findings From Nols, Karen Paisley, Jim Sibthorp, Nate Furman, Scott Schumann, John Gookin, Leo H. Mcavoy

Research in Outdoor Education

This study continues the examination of one of the largest and most established adventure education programs in the world, the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS). Founded in 1965, NOLS has developed 11 branches worldwide and has graduated over 75,000 students. NOLS was originally known as a wilderness skills school, but quickly expanded their program goals and emphases to include leadership training, communication skills, expedition behavior, environmental awareness, and safety and judgment. NOLS courses include those for youth, adults, and intact groups who contract with NOLS for topic-specific courses. Courses range from eight days to months long semester courses. College credit …

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An Evaluation Of The Impact Of A One-Week Summer Camp Experience On Participants' Social Skill Development, Paul Shirilla, Michael Gass, Chris Conlon Jan 2008

An Evaluation Of The Impact Of A One-Week Summer Camp Experience On Participants' Social Skill Development, Paul Shirilla, Michael Gass, Chris Conlon

Research in Outdoor Education

Social skill development is emerging as an important issue for educators and practitioners in their work with adolescent youth. Within the summer camp industry, youth development researchers are beginning to focus more intentionally on the ability of summer camp programming to develop social skill capacity among its participants (Thurber, Scanlin, Scheuler, & Henderson, 2007). While research in camp settings has been occurring for several decades, much of the inquiry has been descriptive in nature (Henderson, Thurber, Scanlin, & Bialeschki, 2007) or focused on individual psychological traits such as self-esteem and self-concept.(Gillis & Speelman, 2007). More recently, however, social skill development …

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The Impact Of Social Support Networks On Adventure Program Outcomes, Jeff Turner Jan 2008

The Impact Of Social Support Networks On Adventure Program Outcomes, Jeff Turner

Research in Outdoor Education

Adventure recreation pursuits can be used as a vehicle for educational growth through a phenomenon known as adventure education (Priest, 1986). While many different types of adventure education programs exist, all are based at least in part on the traditional Outward Bound model. Walsh and Golins (1976) developed the Outward Bound Process model in an attempt to describe how adventure education programs lead to interpersonal and intrapersonal growth. They suggest that an adventure program's efficacy lies in placing the learner in a combination of novel physical, task, and social environments. This combination of setting characteristics creates a state of dissonance …

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Long-Term Impacts Attributed To Participation In Adventure Education: Preliminary Findings From Nols, Jim Sibthorp, Nathan Furman, Karen Paisley, John Gookin Jan 2008

Long-Term Impacts Attributed To Participation In Adventure Education: Preliminary Findings From Nols, Jim Sibthorp, Nathan Furman, Karen Paisley, John Gookin

Research in Outdoor Education

One of the key issues in the field of adventure education is determining the lasting value of adventure experiences after a program ends and participants return to life at home (e.g., McAvoy, Holman, Goldenberg, Klenowsky, 2006; Wolfe & Samdahl, 2005). While anecdotal reports regarding life-changing and transformative experiences through adventure program participation are common, very few studies have examined the impacts of adventure education programs months or years . after completion. One of the main challenges of documenting and studying learning transfer in adventure education, is that most of the transfer content and contexts would be termed "far transfer," which …

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Acquisitions Final Report 2007-2008, Une Library Services Jan 2008

Acquisitions Final Report 2007-2008, Une Library Services

Assessment Reports

Overview final report from the Acquisitions Department at the University of New England Libraries for 2007-2008, submitted in support of program review.

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Monograph Purchases By Fund 2007-2008, Une Library Services Jan 2008

Monograph Purchases By Fund 2007-2008, Une Library Services

Assessment Reports

Report from the Technical Services Department at the University of New England Libraries for 2007-2008, submitted in support of program review.

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Database Usage 2008, Une Library Services Jan 2008

Database Usage 2008, Une Library Services

Assessment Reports

Report from the Electronic Resources Department at the University of New England Libraries for 2007-2008, submitted in support of program review.

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Technical Services 2007-2008 Statistics, Une Library Services Jan 2008

Technical Services 2007-2008 Statistics, Une Library Services

Assessment Reports

Report from the Technical Services Department at the University of New England Libraries for 2007-2008, submitted in support of program review.

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Call Number Spending 2007-2008, Une Library Services Jan 2008

Call Number Spending 2007-2008, Une Library Services

Assessment Reports

Report from the Technical Services Department at the University of New England Libraries for 2007-2008, submitted in support of program review.

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E-Books Acquisitions 2007-2008, Une Library Services Jan 2008

E-Books Acquisitions 2007-2008, Une Library Services

Assessment Reports

Report from the Digital Services Department at the University of New England Libraries for 2007-2008, submitted in support of program review.

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Borrower Requests And Firm Order Acquisitions 2007-2008, Une Library Services Jan 2008

Borrower Requests And Firm Order Acquisitions 2007-2008, Une Library Services

Assessment Reports

Report from the Technical Services Department at the University of New England Libraries for 2007-2008, submitted in support of program review.

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Dvd Vhs Acquisitions 2007-2008, Une Library Services Jan 2008

Dvd Vhs Acquisitions 2007-2008, Une Library Services

Assessment Reports

Report from the Technical Services Department at the University of New England Libraries for 2007-2008, submitted in support of program review.

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Subscribed Journal Usage 2007, Une Library Services Jan 2008

Subscribed Journal Usage 2007, Une Library Services

Assessment Reports

Report from the Digital Services Department at the University of New England Libraries for 2007-2008, submitted in support of program review.

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Library Services Strategic Plan 2008, Une Library Services Jan 2008

Library Services Strategic Plan 2008, Une Library Services

Program Review 2008

Strategic plan for the University of New England Library Services, submitted in support of program review.

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Une Library Services Administrative Unit Program Review, Une Library Services Jan 2008

Une Library Services Administrative Unit Program Review, Une Library Services

Program Review 2008

University of New England Library Services goals, objectives, and mission overview document, submitted in support of program review.

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Maine Women Writers Collection Biennial Report 2005-2007, Une Library Services Jan 2008

Maine Women Writers Collection Biennial Report 2005-2007, Une Library Services

Program Review 2008

Biennial report of the Maine Women Writers Collection of the University of New England Library Services, submitted in support of a program review.

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Une Libraries Libqual Survey Executive Summary, Une Library Services, Association Of Research Libraries Jan 2008

Une Libraries Libqual Survey Executive Summary, Une Library Services, Association Of Research Libraries

LibQUAL Survey Results

Executive Summary of a LibQUAL survey administered at the University of New England Libraries in 2008, submitted in support of program review.

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Une Libraries Libqual Survey User Group Comments Summary, Une Library Services, Association Of Research Libraries Jan 2008

Une Libraries Libqual Survey User Group Comments Summary, Une Library Services, Association Of Research Libraries

LibQUAL Survey Results

Summary of user group comments from the LibQUAL+ survey administered at the University of New England Libraries in 2008, submitted in support of program review.

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University Of New England Libqual+ Survey, Une Library Services, Association Of Research Libraries Jan 2008

University Of New England Libqual+ Survey, Une Library Services, Association Of Research Libraries

LibQUAL Survey Results

LibQUAL+ survey administered at the University of New England Libraries in 2008, submitted in support of program review.

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