Wisconsin school districts are increasingly reliant on revenue garnered via referendums. The frequency, passage rates, and dollar amounts of school referendums in Wisconsin have all reached levels that are unprecedented in Wisconsin school finance history, even in White, working…
This case study uses qualitative interviews with administrators, advisers, former editors, and others, along with researcher observations and more than 50 years of archival documents to construct a comprehensive portrait of the history, successes, and challenges of the student n…
The purpose of this multiple case study was to examine the impact of the Jesuit Leadership framework as described by Lowney to confirm if the framework had a positive effect on the schools’ viability and sustainability. Since the first Catholic school opened in 1782, Catholic sc…
The purpose of this dissertation is to amplify the voices of college algebra students to inform researchers, administrators, and educators to make college algebra more equitable. Nearly 50% of college algebra students fail the course at least once, and many of these students are…
The current ecological crisis is arguably the most significant social problem of the 21 st century. Yet despite this, public engagement with climate change is viewed to be too low for either the public or private sectors of society to address the problem adequately. The present …
수많은 역사적 위기 앞에서 믿음의 공동체를 살리고 세웠던 단 하나의 자세는 하나님을 향한 열심이었다. 하나님을 향한 간절한 열심과 부르짖음이 위기를 은혜의 기회로 바꾸었다. 그러나 하나님의 열심으로 이제는 믿음의 공동체가 분열되고 있는 한국교회의 현장을 본다. 이념과 세대와 문화의 차이를 좁히지 못하고 대립과 분쟁과 분열이 생겨나는 현장들이 많아지고 있다. 대립하는 이들이 하나님을 향하여 열심이 없는 것은 아니다. 열심이 있다. 그러나 열심을 낼수록 더 나뉘고 더 분열되는 모습을 목회의 현장에서…
Research has indicated trends regarding increased levels of young adult church disaffiliation in the United States. This single-case study sought to understand the ways in which a large non-denominational Christian church effectively engages with young adults. All research findi…
The dissertation is comprised of three papers about the social space of Chinese local environmental protection.
Since the 1960s, there has been a Catholic identity crisis among Catholic colleges and universities. Many factors have contributed to the crisis such as globalization, the cultural revolution, pluralism and diversity among faculty, administrators, and students, and the decline i…
The practice of transcribing improvised solos has been a crucial method for jazz musicians to develop their improvisational skills and style since the early history of the music. Stylistic changes to jazz over time can be traced through the impact of innovative soloists and thei…
Synthetic biology and technological advances are often framed in film through a narrative lens of fear and misunderstanding. This has been the case in literature and media dating back to Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel, Frankenstein. This novel is often cited as the first science fict…
Since the resurgence of Rakhine State's conflict in 2017, and the resulting 750,000 refugees, Myanmar has received increased scrutiny by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). However, some of Myanmar's ethnic conflicts have been continuous since independence in 1948, and t…
"Tracing the way the agrarian myth has re-emerged over the twentieth century in ideology shared by populism, postmodernism and the political right, the argument in this book is that at the centre of this discourse about the cultural identity of 'otherness'/'difference' lies the …
"Images of children starving because of environmental destruction have become an integral part of the way that Africa is perceived in the north. That is a typical signpost to the lie of the land. This book questions the reasoning behind such images." "How do environmental orthod…
"Popular Western images of Indian women range from the submissive bride behind her veil to the powerful, active women of Indian politics. In this lively and unique book, Patricia and Roger Jeffery present a different perspective on women's lives. Focusing on the mundane rather t…
Give the principles and step by step procedures of management system to reduce internal and external conflict and external conflict and improve performance.