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Grauman, Edna Jeanette, 1892-1979 (Sc 1294), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full text of letter (Click on additional files) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1294. Letter, 11 February 1937, written by Edna J. Grauman, Louisville, Kentucky, to Margie Helm, Western Kentucky University librarian, Bowling Green, Kentucky, describing the Ohio River flood in Louisville and especially its effect on the Louisville Public Library, where she was employed.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 89, No. 36, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Rogers, Shelby. Council on Postsecondary Education Supports WKU During Budget Uncertainty
• Burton, Kristina. Whodunit? WKU Theatre & Dance, Music Department Presents Curtains
• Crumbie, Trey. Honors College & International Center Construction to Begin Next Month
• Lawson, Anna. WKU Remembers Inspiring Professor – Lindsey Powell, Anthropology
• Roederer, Anna. WKU International Club Fosters Diversity Through Olympic Games
• Cole, Tanner. Police Academy Hosts Education Program – WKU Police
• Crumbie, Trey. New Director Helps Retention at South Campus – Carlous Yates
• Vogt, Darren. Editorial Cartoon Athletics Budget vs Other Things
• Knight Commission Numbers Show …

The Legacy, February 25, 2014, Lindenwood University

The Legacy (2007-2018)

Student Newspaper of Lindenwood University

2014-02-25 Library Impact Statement For Arb 312 Intensive Advanced Arabic Ii, Mona Niedbala

Library Impact Statements

This is the Library Impact Statement for ARB 312 Intensive Advanced Arabic II. No new library resources were required to support this proposal.

How Do Researchers Define Their Data Lifecycle And What Can We Learn From Their Definitions?, Jake R. Carlson

Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations

This poster presents a comparison of the data lifecycles of 32 researchers as articulated by researchers themselves. Similarities and differences between the stages within these data lifecycles are noted and implications for data service providers are discussed.

A critical element of providing data services is developing a thorough understanding of the nature of the data being produced by researchers. Data lifecycle models are being developed by organizations providing data services as a means to communicate with researchers and other stakeholders who would make use of these services. The test of an effective data lifecycle model is its ability to resonate …

Schelling, Von Neumann, And The Event That Didn’T Occur, Alexander J. Field

Economics

Thomas Schelling was recognized by the Nobel Prize committee as a pioneer in the application of game theory and rational choice analysis to problems of politics and international relations. However, although he makes frequent references in his writings to this approach, his main explorations and insights depend upon and require acknowledgment of its limitations. One of his principal concerns was how a country could engage in successful deterrence. If the behavioral assumptions that commonly underpin game theory are taken seriously and applied consistently, however, nuclear adversaries are almost certain to engage in devastating conflict, as John von Neumann forcefully asserted. …

Three Lessons On Leadership, Compliments Of The American Presidency, Richard Holtzman

History and Social Sciences Faculty Journal Articles

No abstract provided.

Spartan Daily, February 25, 2014, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 142, Issue 12

Do Social Biases Impede Auditor Reliance On Specialists? Toward A Theory Of Social Similarity, Rina Maxine Limor

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Does social similarity between the auditor and a specialist induce social biases that impair the auditor's reliance on the specialist? It is important to examine potential impairments to reliance since auditors do not possess expertise in many of the areas examined during the audit. One type of specialist that is increasingly relied upon by the auditor is the IT specialist.

Since firms have two approaches to the organization of IT personnel (decentralized vs. centralized) and often use professional designations as a hiring criteria for specialists, I examine two dimensions of social similarity: domain knowledge distinctiveness and spatial distance. Using a …

Appendix Iii: Readings In Contemporary Sociological Practice, Sociological Practice Editors

Sociological Practice

No abstract provided.

Appendix Ii: Sociological Practice: Defining The Field, Elizabeth Clark, Jan M. Fritz

Sociological Practice

No abstract provided.

Section: Apendices, Sociological Practice Editors, Elizabeth Clark

Sociological Practice

No abstract provided.

Are International Private Voluntary Organizations Preaching What They Practice?, G. David Miller

Sociological Practice

The concept of community development organizations providing assistance to communitiesin furthering the goals of community participation and self-help is conflictive.Providing institutionalized assistance often fosters dependency rather than advancingparticipation and self-help. The author examines goal statements of twenty leadingAmerican private voluntary organizations (PVOs) carrying out international communitydevelopment. Eighteen of the twenty espouse self-help, yet concentrate more on deliveringassistance than promoting empowerment. Their idea of self-help consists of supportingcommunity level administration of resources rather than advocating actualcommunity control. Most PVOs are donor-driven and transfer that dependency to thecommunities they serve. This raises the question of who is the client of the PVO, …

Methodological Issues In The Evaluation Of International Community Participation Projects, Michael Bamberger

Sociological Practice

International donor agencies and governments of developing countries are seeking waysto increase the involvement of project beneficiaries in the design and management ofdevelopment projects. However, very little systematic evidence is available on thepotential costs and benefits of community participation (CP). The evaluation of CP iscomplicated by a division between advocates of efficiency and empowerment objectives.Achieving consensus on evaluation strategies is further complicated by the closeassociation between empowerment objectives and qualitative evaluation methods on theone hand and efficiency objectives and quantitative evaluation methods on the other. Anumber of methodological issues are discussed with respect to the application ofcost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis, …

Section: International Dimensions, Sociological Practice Editors, Michael Bamberger, G. David Miller

Sociological Practice

No abstract provided.

Developing Entrepreneurial Rural Communities, Cornelia Butler Flora, Jan L. Flora

Sociological Practice

Rural communities in the United States have diversified and their dependence onagriculture has decreased substantially. In the 1980s, rural deindustrialization occurredand rural areas continued to become more service oriented: employment opportunitiesdeclined because of shifts in the world and U.S. economies, and anti-rural publicpolicies. In response, some rural communities have become entrepreneurial communities,whose characteristics include: healthy acceptance of controversy; a degree ofeconomic surplus to allow for risk-taking; willingness of community to tax itself tomaintain infrastructure and schools; the ability to define community broadly and tonetwork both vertically and horizontally to obtain resources; and dispersed communityleadership. Entrepreneurial behavior in the context of …

How Rural Counties Can Generate Jobs, Kurt Finsterbusch, Cecelia Formichella, Meredith S. Ramsay, Daniel Kuennen

Sociological Practice

The findings are presented from a study of the job generating activities of fifteen ruralcounties in southern Maryland and the Delaware Peninsula. Nine specified informants,who were knowledgeable about economic developments, were interviewed ineach county to learn what actions their counties are taking to develop economicallyand how much each activity contributes to jobs. The activities that impacted the moston jobs were industrial parks, economic developments units, and tourism promotion.Other major job generators were a county group for recruiting businesses, specialcapital arrangements, development bonds, location in county of state or federal governmentactivities, and commercial sites. An analysis of county characteristics andactivities related …

Coal Severance Taxes: A New Social Justice And Community/ Economic Development Tool For Coal-Producing Areas, Raymond C. Lenzi

Sociological Practice

One hundred eight-eight coal-producing counties in fifteen states were examined todetermine the relationship of coal severance tax allocations to community economicdevelopment and change in socio-economic conditions. The one hundred countiesreceiving coal severance taxes were identified as an "experimental group'' and theeighty-eight counties not receiving these funds were used as a "control group'' and theeighty-eight counties not receiving these funds were used as a "control group" in aquasi-experimental model. The five key socio-economic variables examined were (1)per capita income, (2) poverty rate, (3) employment growth, (4) unemployment rate,and (5) bank deposits. Coal counties which received coal severance tax allocationsand community economic …

Section: Community Economic Development, Sociological Practice Editors, Kurt Finsterbusch, Cecelia Formichella, Meredith S. Ramsay, Daniel Kuennen, Raymond C. Lenzi, Cornelia Butler Flora, Jan L. Flora

Sociological Practice

No abstract provided.

Social Identity As A Tool To Build Multi-Community Clusters, Betty Wells

Sociological Practice

To be successful, programs which promote multi-community clustering as a development option for small rural communities must combine both behavioral and structural elements. This paper focuses on the behavioral dimension by taking a distinctly social psychological view and demonstrating how social identify theory can be applied to promote intercommunity cooperation. Examples from a leadership program designed to facilitate the development of multi-community clusters show that social identity, so often considered a barrier to intercommunity cooperation, can also be used to foster cooperation.

Inter-Community Cooperation In The Micro-Region: A Saskatchewan Perspective On Rural Development, Harold Baker

Sociological Practice

The application of the concept "inter-community cooperation" in rural development in Saskatchewan, Canada is explored. It is argued that there is an emergence of a new geographic unit of development which is referred to as the "micro-region." The micro-region represents the growing inter-dependence among neighboring, small urban-centered communities in optimizing rural development. Selected references to inter-community cooperation experience in the larger "macro-region" (province or multi-province area) are reviewed. It is concluded that emphasis on the macro-region is giving way to the smaller micro-region. Selected topics on the application of intercommunity cooperation in micro-regions are discussed, including some ground rules of …

Section: Community Cooperation, Sociological Practice Editors, Harold Baker, Betty Wells

Sociological Practice

No abstract provided.

Community Cooperation And Development, Robert C. Anderson

Sociological Practice

The paper describes a phenomenological approach to the understanding and explanation of how people and organizations make the decision to become involved in community action. Three sufficient conditions to induce cooperation are presented. Community action is presented as the result of a cooperative system of people and organizations that choose to become involved independently, based on their absolute and dynamic values. A model for community involvement is described that includes a problem, the social structure, convergence of interest, and goal formation. Formation of effective initiating, recruitment, and execution sets is presented as an important consideration for all community action.

Community Health And Development: Applying Sociological Concepts To Practice, Peggy Hickman

Sociological Practice

Health for all is a priority social goal set by the World Health Organization. In an international agreement, the world community has agreed to address global health needs through primary health care. Key to primary health care is community health development, a social systems approach to health care based on sociological concepts. This article defines community health, discusses primary health care, and examines the application of selected sociological principles to community health development practice.

Hamilton, Missouri: A Community Development Process Case Study, Jack D. Timmons, Jack D. Mccall

Sociological Practice

A Classical community development process approach was applied in a northwestern Missouri community. The article provides a case study of how the community revitalized itself to meet citizen needs. The development stages—policy formulation, recognition, intelligence, commitment and accomplishments—are discussed.

Mental Health Education In A Canadian Community, John Cumming, Elaine Cumming

Sociological Practice

The experiment described here was aimed at changing negative attitudes of the public toward the mentally ill. An intensive educational campaign about mental health was conducted in a small community in western Canada. Before-after questionnaires were used to determine what effect the campaign had on attitudes toward the mentally ill. The tests showed no appreciable changes in beliefs about mental illness or attitudes toward the mentally ill as a result of the program. The unanticipated hostility that was generated by the project is discussed. This piece originally appeared in 1955 Health, Culture and Community.

Community Development As A Therapeutic Force: A Case Study With Measurements, Dorothea C. Leighton, Irving Thomas Stone

Sociological Practice

A cross-disciplinary study was undertaken to learn what the social sciences had to offer psychiatry in understanding mental illness. The authors hypothesized that human settlements deficient in satisfying basic physical, psychological, and social needs will evidence higher rates of psychiatric disorders than localities where such needs are met more adequately. A case study is presented showing how community development interventions that provided for greater self-esteem and other need satisfaction resulted in a lower rate of mental illness. Methods for measuring mental illness useful for further research are suggested. This piece originally appeared in Sociological Perspectives on Community Health (1974).

Section: Examples / Cases / Models, Sociological Practice Editors, Dorothea C. Leighton, Irving Thomas Stone, John Cumming, Elaine Cumming, Jack D. Timmons, Jack D. Mccall, Peggy Hickman, Robert C. Anderson

Sociological Practice

No abstract provided.

The Elusiveness Of Rural Development Theory And Policy: Domestic And Third World Perspectives Joined, Ted K. Bradshaw

Sociological Practice

Rural development in both the Third World and the United States suffers from many perceived failures and the lack of a theoretically rich conceptual framework by which effective rural development policies can be fashioned. Drawing upon Third World development literature, a perspective for domestic rural development is suggested. Development is defined by interdependence of increasingly specialized resources in production and the interdependence of relations among differentiated social groups including the rural disadvantaged. Effective programs must expand both resource utilization and restructure social relations that hinder development.

Community Action And The National Rural Development Agenda, A. E. Luloff, Kenneth P. Wilkinson

Sociological Practice

As a result of concern over three related issues—a renewed interest in self-help mechanisms, the farm crisis of the 1980s, and the renewed recognition of rural poverty—an agenda which focuses on rural development has emerged. Central to the formation of rural development strategies is the role of community action. This paper reviews some of the searching questions about the whats and whys of community action, about the distinctive problems and potentials of community action, and about how rural community action can be promoted.