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Community Fact Sheet: Putting A Face On Nwa’S Homeless: More Results From The 2009 Homeless Census, Kevin Fitzpatrick, Brad A. Myrstol

Homelessness

On any given night, it is estimated that nearly 1,300 adults and youth are without their own place in Washington and Benton Counties. Results from the 2009 Northwest Arkansas Homeless Census (n=269) revealed that 63 percent were male, 83 percent were White/Caucasian, and 58 percent unmarried. The median age was 41 years. While this demographic profile mirrors much of what was reported in the 2007 Northwest Arkansas Homeless Census, there are some important shifts worth noting.

Community Fact Sheet: Counting Nwa’S Homeless: Preliminary Results From The 2009 Homeless Census, Kevin Fitzpatrick, Brad A. Mystol

Homelessness

The 2009 point-in-time (PIT) homeless census in Northwest Arkansas was recently completed and the news, as expected, is not good. In the midst of a changing real estate market with record foreclosures an economy on the downturn, rising unemployment rates, and slowing growth in home construction and development, the number of homeless in Northwest Arkansas increased by 10 percent since 2007, from an estimated 1,170 persons to 1,287.

The Persistence Ofagriculture At The Rural-Urban Interface: Does The Cost Of Health Insurance Make Adifference?, S. Inwood, J. Sharp, Douglas B. Jackson-Smith, J. Clark

Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Assessing The Needs Ofsage-Grouse Local Working Groups: Final Technical Report, L. R. Belton, Douglas B. Jackson-Smith, T. A. Messmer

Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology Faculty Publications

Over the last several decades, biologists have grown increasingly concerned about declines in populations of two species of sage-grouse (Centrocercus spp.), a bird whose range covers a vast portion of eleven western U.S. states and two Canadian provinces (Stiver et al. 2006). This chicken-sized bird inhabits sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) habitats on public and private land across its range. Recent declines in population numbers of this bird across its range have generated concern among landowners and state wildlife officials that the bird may be listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Sage-grouse local working groups (LWGs) have emerged as a centerpiece …

Daily Devotions For The Deaf, January-April 2009

Daily Devotions for the Deaf

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Council Bluffs, IA

Daily Devotions for the Deaf Finding Aid

The Joint Archives Quarterly, Volume 18.04: Winter 2009, Craig Rich, Geoffrey D. Reynolds

The Joint Archives Quarterly

No abstract provided.

The Aging Population And Mature Entrepreneurs: Market Trends And Implications For Entrepreneurship, Robert P. Singh

New England Journal of Entrepreneurship

This article discusses the statistics and trends surrounding the rapidly aging U.S. population. Older workers will make up an increasing portion of the workforce and these individuals represent an important growing demographic target market. While much has been written about the aging population and the potential for entrepreneurs to target this growing market, little research has been conducted on older entrepreneurs. They are a unique group and this article provides empirical results and discussion about the differences and importance of older entrepreneurs to the economy and as contributors to American society. Practical implications and future research directions are discussed.

Bridging The Gap Between The Field And The Lab: Environmental Goods, Policy Maker Input, And Consequentiality, Christian A. Vossler, Mary F. Evans

CMC Faculty Publications and Research

This paper explores the criterion validity of stated preference methods through experimental referenda that capture key characteristics of a stated preference survey for a proposed environmental program. In particular, we investigate whether advisory referenda, where participant votes have either known or unknown weight in the policy decision, can elicit values comparable to that of a standard, incentive-compatible referendum. When participants regard their votes as consequential, our results suggest there is no elicitation bias with advisory referenda. For advisory referenda where participants view their votes as inconsequential, and for purely hypothetical referenda, we observe elicitation bias.

Is It Equitable Online? The Media Coverage Of The 2007 Ncaa Division I Basketball Tournament On Foxsports.Com, Angela Henderson, Heidi Grappendorf, Stacy Sanders, Judy Peel

Sociology Faculty Publications

From the Introduction: Although women’s participation in sport has reached unprecedented highs (Acosta & Carpenter, 2008), research shows that media coverage of female athletes still lags behind that of men’s (Duncan, Messner, & Williams, 1991; Fink, 1998; Fink & Kensicki, 2002; Tuggle & Owen, 1999). Additionally, research has indicated the quality, or ways in which men’s and women’s sport is covered is inequitable (Messner, Duncan, & Cooky, 2003). Since the passage of Title IX in 1972, male and female athletes in collegiate sports were expected to have equal access to equipment and practice facilities, media representation, coaches of the same …

A Tale Of Two Townships: Political Opportunity And Violent And Non-Violent Local Control In South Africa, Alex Park

Award Winning Sociology Papers

A number of recent gains in social science have found that periods of violent civil disorder marked by chaos may actually exhibit an underlying order and a rationale on part of perpetrators in response to specific political conditions of the time. The conjecture is that violent control emerges as a grassroots effort to establish authority in areas experiencing a vacuum of central authority. Given those conditions, can these same theories of violence be applied to incidents of widespread non-violent control as well, where and when the political conditions are similar? Using a variety of accounts, from research conducted by human …

Dewitt Wallace Library Biennial Report 2007-2009, Teresa A. Fishel, Jacquelyn F. Betsworth

Annual Report - DeWitt Wallace Library

This report summarizes the activities in the DeWitt Wallace Library for the years 2007-09. This report is a collaborative effort by the entire staff and features highlights including new services, new people, new collections, new spaces, new technologies, and celebrations.

Does Perceiving A Shorter Life Expectancy Make You More Likely To Commit A Crime?, Jeremy Roth

Award Winning Economics Papers

This paper develops an econometric model of crime using cross-sectional data for 2,728 U.S. counties in the year 2000. From the debate over the role of rationality in decisions based on heavy future discounting, I present a theoretical calculation for all costs faced by an individual deciding whether to commit a crime. This definition allows me to suggest a new variable for the economic study of crime, absent from the expansive body of literature available: the number of years an individual is expected to live. I find strong evidence that a higher perceived life expectancy has a negative impact on …

Number 10 Spring/Summer 2009, Special Collections Research Center

Newsletters from The Special Collection Research Center - The Courant

No abstract provided.

Long Daily Movements Of Wolves, Canis Lupus, During Pup Rearing, L. David Mech, H. Dean Cluff

United States Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center: Publications

Wolves, Canis lupus, on Ellesmere Island traveled a daily round-trip distance of 40.2 km from their den to a landfill during July 2008, plus an undetermined distance hunting after leaving the landfill. Although long travels by Wolves are well known, this appears to be the first documentation of long daily movements by Wolves rearing pups.

Role Of Invasive Melilotus Officinalis In Two Native Plant Communities, Laura C. Van Riper, Diane Larson

United States Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center: Publications

This study examines the impact of the exotic nitrogen-fixing legume Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam. on native and exotic species cover in two Great Plains ecosystems in Badlands National Park, South Dakota. Melilotus is still widely planted and its effects on native ecosystems are not well studied. Melilotus could have direct effects on native plants, such as through competition or facilitation. Alternatively, Melilotus may have indirect effects on natives, e.g., by favoring exotic species which in turn have a negative effect on native species. This study examined these interactions across a 4-year period in two contrasting vegetation types: Badlands sparse vegetation …

Family Reflections On The District Of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program: Final Summary Report, Thomas Stewart, Patrick J. Wolf, Stephen Q. Cornman, Kenann Mckenzie-Thompson, Jonathan Butcher

School Choice Demonstration Project

During the spring of 2004, the first federally funded voucher program – the District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP) - was established. The School Choice Demonstration Project (SCDP) recognized that publicly-funded school vouchers represent a relatively new and unstudied approach to school choice and education reform. To address this need, the SCDP requested and received funding from the Annie E. Casey Foundation to capture the “Parent and Student Voices on the OSP.” A total of 110 families, representing 180 students, that applied during the first two years of the Program volunteered to participate in this study. As the last …

Qualitative Methodology Discussion, Marian Crowley-Henry, Paddy Dolan, Paul Donnelly, Olivia Freeman, John Hogan, Conor Horan, Brendan O'Rourke

Books/Book Chapters

This chapter presents a discussion on the nature of qualitative research. In it, a number of contributors to the book sit down for a general roundtable discussion on qualitative methodologies. Here they express their thinking in relation to a range of questions on qualitative methodologies put to them by the moderator, one of the editors of the volume. The objective of the chapter is to provide readers with an insight into a free flowing discussion amongst academics on the nature of qualitative research. This takes the readers outside of the carefully structured arguments of the authors, as set out in …

Family Structure Choice: Taxation As An Incentive To Change, Aman Khanna

The Corinthian

Traditionally defined as the union of one man and one woman charged with the responsibility of rearing children, the notion of family now includes a variety of living arrangements including non-marital cohabitation and single parents. The current study investigates individual incentives to change family structure from a person’s original status as single. This conceptual research, which is grounded in theories of marriage, proposes that federal, personal income tax is an input to change in family structure. A model of family structure change and propositions of the relationship between the federal tax and family structure are developed.

Iowa Academy Of Science: The New Bulletin, V05n4, Winter 2009, Iowa Academy Of Science

New Bulletin

Inside This Issue:

--Message from the Executive Director

--President's Message: Each One, Reach One

--122nd Annual Meeting

--Images from the 2009 ISTS Fall Conference

--Excellence in Science Teaching Awards (ESTA)

--Distinguished Science Awards

--IJAS Silent Auction

--Announcements, Events & Deadlines

--IAS Corporate Memberships

Cities, Economic Development, And The Role Of Place-Based Policies: Lessons For Appalachia, Matthew Kahn

University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research Discussion Paper Series

This paper surveys economic research on the association between economic development and urban areas, links this summary to some important trends in economic outcomes in Appalachia in recent decades, highlights areas in need of future research on the role of urban areas as engines of economic development in Appalachia, and discusses what types of place-based policies might be effective to promote economic growth and development in the Appalachian region.

Bilingual Education And English Proficiency, Christopher Jepsen

University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research Discussion Paper Series

English Learners, students who are not proficient in English and speak a non-English language at home, make up more than 10 percent of the nation’s K-12 student body. Achieving proficiency in English for these students is a major goal of both state and federal education policy, motivating the provision of bilingual education policies. Using data for nearly 500,000 English Learners from California, I show that students in bilingual education have substantially lower English proficiency than other English Learners in first and second grades. In contrast, there is little difference between bilingual education and other programs for students in grades three …

The Organization Of Discipline: From Performance Management To Perversity And Punishment, Joe Soss, Richard Fording, Sanford F. Schram

University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research Discussion Paper Series

Over the past few decades, poverty governance in the United States has been transformed by the convergence of two powerful reform movements. The first, often referred to as “paternalist,” has shifted poverty governance from an emphasis on rights and opportunities to a stance that is more directive and supervisory in promoting preferred behaviors among the poor. The second, often described as “neoliberal,” has shifted governance away from federal government control toward a system that emphasizes policy devolution, privatization, and performance competition. During this period, public officials have proved remarkably willing to hand policy control over to lower jurisdictions and private …

National Strategic Plan For The Uxo Sector In The Lao People's Democratic Republic 2010-2020 "The Safe Path Forward Ii", Lao People's Democratic Republic

Global CWD Repository

This strategy aims to contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the other development objectives captured in the NSEDP in accordance with the principles of the Vientiane Declaration on Aid Effectiveness. It also aims to guide the implementation of several important international conventions and declarations, including:

1. The Convention on Cluster Munitions

2. The Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities

3. The UNESCAP Declaration on the Decade of the Disabled

Developing A Global Culture Of Collaboration For School Counselors, Suzy R. Thomas, Lorraine Dekruyf, Peggy Hetherington, Dean Lesicko

Faculty Publications - Graduate School of Counseling

School-university partnerships are becoming increasingly popular within the field of school counseling. Peer consultation groups offer a specific type of partnership and support for practitioners, numerous advantages for those in higher education, and significant potential for international application. This article expands on Thomas’ (2005) peer consultation model developed for school counseling alumni, with adaptations of the model in two universities, as well as several K-12 school districts within a single county. Data from participant evaluations indicate strong support for the personal and professional value of peer consultation.

Economic Recession And Corporate Social Responsibility (Csr) In Singapore, Peter Shergold

Social Space

As the global financial crisis deepens, many are questioning the relevance of corporate commitment to CSR. In this article, Professor Peter Shergold argues how CSR needs to be embedded into the business strategy of the corporate world in good times and bad.

A Fortunate Life...Even In Singapore, Ivy Singh-Lim

Social Space

Tilling the soil and soothing the soul: With a dagger strapped at the waist, Ivy Singh-Lim puts a head-spinning twist to the meaning of ‘retiring gracefully’ in Singapore.

A Rising Tide Lifts No Sunken Boat, Irene Ng, David Rothwell

Social Space

In these times of an economic downturn, several stressors impact more stiffly on vulnerable groups in Singapore. Irene Ng and David Rothwell point out these stressors at multiple levels and suggest ways social policy can continue to respond.

New Models For Doing Business: An Interview With Ho Kwon Ping, Kwon Ping Ho

Social Space

The business sector has been a tremendous source of innovation for the social space, giving the world social innovations such as microfinance and venture philanthropy. Business entrepreneur Ho Kwon Ping shares with Social Space his insights on how business principles can be applied to the social sector, and on the paradigm shifts needed in the commercial sector as well as in business schools.

Promoting Third Sector Leadership: Letting A Thousand Flowers Bloom, Filippo Addarii, Ben Rattenbury

Social Space

How do we foster leadership and social innovation in the third sector? Filippo Addarii and Ben Rattenbury share a European method through the peer-led Euclid Network.

Back To Basics: The New Moral Economy?, Eugene Tan

Social Space

To what extent is wealth creation for the common good? And what is the final objective of a market society? Eugene KB Tan weighs in.