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Dawnbreaker Vol 61 No 2 (Winter 2014), Dawnbreaker Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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Swimming Against The Tide? Teaching In An Anti-Teacher Policy Environment, Sarah Hainds

Public Policy and Administration Lecture Series

Sarah Hainds is a researcher at the Chicago Teachers Union, where she focuses on equity issues in school planning and funding, fighting against school privatization, advocating for state policies that support strong public schools, and helping the public and politicians understand best practices in educational policy. Ms. Hainds holds a master’s in urban planning and policy from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is a co-author of several CTU reports available at www.ctunet.com

Dawnbreaker Vol 61 No 1 (Fall-2014), Dawnbreaker Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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International Organizations: An Early History, Michael Davies, Richard Woodward

Books/Book Chapters

This text provides a pioneering and comprehensive analysis of over one hundred international organizations. After introducing the broad historical and contextual settings, the book covers the full range of international organisations including those that are often overlooked or get minimal inclusion elsewhere. Each organization is analysed in a stand-alone section that consider its origins, basic mandates and evolution, the governance structure and the associated key players, current activities and future challenges. The descriptions also reflect each organization’s broader relationships with other international bodies.

Double Segregation, Julian Maxwell Hayter

Jepson School of Leadership Studies articles, book chapters and other publications

Opinion: On the 60th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, how many of our youth are we willing to sacrifice at the altar of educational inequality?

The Silent Crisis: Including Latinos And Why It Matters, Representation In Executive Positions, Boards, And Commissions In The City Governments Of Boston, Chelsea, And Somerville, Miren Uriarte, James Jennings, Jen Douglas

Human Services Faculty Publication Series

The Silent Crisis: Involving Latinos in Decision-Making & Why Latino Representation Matters provides a measure of the economic, social, and political inclusion of Latinos at mid-decade in three cities of the Commonwealth where about one fourth of the state’s Latino population lives. Often wrongly referred to as a “new population,” Latinos have been present in Massachusetts since the end of the 19th century, arriving in large numbers beginning in the 1960s and 1970s and growing to nearly 630,000 persons (9.6% of the population) by 2010. That same year, they accounted for 62.1% of the population of Chelsea, 17.5% of the …

Dawnbreaker Vol 60 No 3 (Spring 2014), Dawnbreaker Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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Evaluation Of The Jewish Community Housing For The Elderly Memory Support Initiative, Joan Hyde

Gerontology Institute Publications

Jewish Community Housing for the Elderly (JCHE) is a large, multi-campus organization that houses and serves 1,500 residents (80 market rate and 1,420 low income). The average age is 80 years old, with one-third of residents 85 and older. Three quarters of the residents are not native English speakers. Through HUD and other funding, JCHE offers a range of supports to these residents, including translators, interpreters and staff with language and cultural competence, meals, transportation and, through their Service Coordinators, facilitation of resident access to government benefits, home care and other services.

According to the Alzheimer’s Association’s 2012 special report …

Health Professionals’ Attitude Towards Substance Abusers : A Part Of The Health Professionals’ Value And Belief System Which Prevails In Society, Ana Gotay

Master in Public Administration Theses

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Pace University Athletics: Increasing Profitability And Performance, Jhanay Harris

Master in Public Administration Theses

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Investigating Stigma Among Public Administration Students, Cora Venson

Master in Public Administration Theses

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Complexity In National Policy Implementation: A Top-Down Look At The Failure Of Healthcare.Gov, Samuel Fandrich

Master in Public Administration Theses

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Roadmap To Recovery: A Strategic Plan For Westchester County Government To Increase Office Occupancy And Revitalize The I-287 Corridor, Britta Vander Linden

Master in Public Administration Theses

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How Does Geriatric Care Management Affect Health Outcomes Of Geriatric Patients In Hospitals, Elaina Tate

Master in Public Administration Theses

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Law Enforcement And Training, Erika Tremblay

Master in Public Administration Theses

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Correctional Education: Society Essential For Progressive Growth Or A Detrimental Use Of Taxpayers Money?, Danilo Guy

Master in Public Administration Theses

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The Impact Of Patient Centered Medical Home On The Patient’S Experience, Courtne Flynn

Master in Public Administration Theses

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Introduction To Deliberation, Democracy, And Civic Forums: Improving Equality And Publicity, Chad Raphael, Christopher F. Karpowitz

Communication

Innovative forums that integrate citizen deliberation into policy making are revitalizing democracy in many places around the world. Yet controversy abounds over whether these forums ought to be seen as authentic sources of public opinion and how they should fit with existing political institutions. How can civic forums include less powerful citizens and ensure that their perspectives are heard on equal terms with more privileged citizens, officials, and policy experts? How can these fragile institutions communicate citizens' policy preferences effectively and legitimately to the rest of the political system? Deliberation, Democracy, and Civic Forums proposes creative solutions for improving equality …

Aging In Falmouth: Assessing Current And Future Needs Of Our Aging Population, Jan E. Mutchler, Bernard A. Steinman, Hayley Gleason, Caitlin E. Coyle

McCormack Graduate School Gerontology Faculty Publication Series

This report describes the collaborative efforts undertaken by the Town of Falmouth Council on Aging Senior Center and the Center for Social and Demographic Research on Aging, within the McCormack Graduate School at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Beginning in Spring 2013, these organizations joined to conduct a needs assessment to investigate the needs, interests, preferences and opinions of the Town’s older resident population, with respect to aging in Falmouth. The focus of this report is on two cohorts of Falmouth residents—those aged 45 to 59 (referred to as “Boomers”), and the cohort of individuals who are currently aged 60 …