The purpose of this study was to perform an equity analysis of the dual credit program at one central Texas community college, considering student demographic factors including gender, race/ethnicity, economic disadvantage, and school district type, to determine potential gaps i…
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Examining the historical trajectory of American arts education exposes two intersectional themes: quality and equity. This research study addressed the need for equitable, quality arts programming in schools across America. The purpose of the study was to understand the equity a…
The mission of the Education and Society Program (ESP) Team at the Aspen Institute is to improve public education by informing, influencing, and inspiring education leaders across policy and practice, with an emphasis on achieving equity for students of color and students from l…
Historically, philanthropy has been plagued by racial bias and power imbalances that show up in harmful ways (i.e., innovation and philanthropy being done to communities rather than with communities), even when well-intentioned. Participatory processes have the ability to decent…
This study provided a historical analysis of the 1968 court ordered desegregation of South Holland School District 151. The purpose of this case study was to examine, according to primary source evidence, how the superintendents grounded their decisions within the prevailing soc…
Following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill (also called the BP oil spill, or the Gulf of Mexico oil spill), media communication and public awareness and pressure increased on corporate social responsibility (CSR). Social-responsibility programs evolved as a major component o…
Improving Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) is growing as an international priority, expressed through multiple research, policy initiatives, social intervention and advocacy. ECCE programs of high quality have the potential to improve the health and nutrition of young c…
Canon 702 of the 1983 Code of Canon Law, apparently, embodies two ambivalent norms. The first paragraph enunciates that a religious who is legitimately separated from his or her institute cannot make any claim for services rendered while he or she was a member of the institute. …
In California, dual enrollment refers to any high school student who enrolls in two systems at the same time, most commonly a community college and a high school—this student is thus concurrently enrolled in both high school and college. Students may receive credit from both sys…
Empirical studies have revealed that many financial asset returns are characterized by an asymmetric behavior of the volatility. Aside from asymmetry, another important stylized fact about the volatility is its long memory effect. Given that the computation of the volatility is …
Social forestry (SF) has attained momentum in recent years as a tool for social and economic development of the rural poor in Bangladesh. The purpose of the study was to enhance our understanding of gender differences in relation to participation, resources use and efficiency/pr…
Background : Universal healthcare has been promoted by organizations including the World Health Organization and United Nations as a means of ensuring healthcare access for vulnerable populations. Despite momentum towards universal healthcare, especially among Southeast Asian na…
The essays in this dissertation explore different environmental and public policy issues relevant to developing countries. Essay I examines household-level survey responses to the question “How willing would you be to pay somewhat higher taxes to the government if you knew the m…
Hospitals in Egypt are approaching a time of change during which they will be required to assess their roles and the way they function as organizations. Health sector reform initiatives requiring greater autonomy and accountability are being pushed by international donors and in…
Educational policy changes in the U.S. have contributed to a shift in more students with special needs being educated in inclusive classrooms alongside their general education peers. While this technical change in location is a promising move toward a more socially just experien…
The research supporting the importance of high school programming in the entrance and persistence of students into higher education is dense and varied with several studies directly noting the importance of College Board’s Advanced Placement (AP) courses specifically in the coll…
As governments rely increasingly on user fees and other forms of cost recovery (CR) to cover health care costs, concern grows that the poor will consume sub-optimal levels of care. This dissertation uses a theoretical model to study a policy tool for protecting the poor under CR…
The issue of income distribution and inequality lies in the heart of development literature. This study has examined the structure of household expenditure and income in Egypt between the late 1950s and the early 1990s. The data employed are sourced from the five household budge…