Newspaper Article - Illiterates Saved from Scrap Heap by Army\u27s New Special Training

An article published on October 31, 1942 in the Army Times describing the introduction of the Special Training Unit Program.https://scholarworks.moreheadstate.edu/stu_1210th_fort_ontario/1066/thumbnail.jp

Exodus of clergy: The role of leadership in responding to the call

Leaders play an important role in clergy’s response to their call. Toxic leadership, also known as the dark side of leadership, negatively influences their decision to remain in full-time pastoral ministry. There is a shortage of clergy in the Roman Catholic Church and a distribution or displacement challenge facing the Protestant church. This shortage adversely affects the future of the church as clergy play an integral part in the preparation of congregants for their works of service (Eph 4:11–12). The purpose of this study was to discover what factors were involved in clergy’s response to the call to full-time pastoral ministry. A practical theological grounded theory approach was used to discover the properties of the category ‘leadership’. Semi-structured interviews were conducted and data were coded using Glaser and Strauss’s grounded theory methodology. The category of ‘leadership’ includes properties such as favouritism, leaders abdicating responsibilities, leaders taking no action/being inactive, leaders ‘labeling’ subordinates, leaders’ ‘unethical’ behaviour, nepotism, poor conflict handling, poor handling of multi-racial issues, being placed on a pedestal, affirming subordinates and autocratic leadership style. Osmer’s descriptive-empirical task was used as a practical theological lens through which to view the category ‘leadership’. The results indicated three responses by clergy to the call to full-time pastoral ministry: not being called in the first place, a dual call (being bi-vocational or ‘seasonal’) and being called but leaving anyway because of, among other factors, toxic leadership. A steward leadership approach is recommended in response to the dark side of leadership

Berlin : the city that would not die

The story of postwer Berlin commenced in July 1945, two months after the Nazi surrender, when the Western powers moved into their sectors of the capital of the fallen third Reich.127 p.: ill.; 22 c

Berlin : the city that would not die

The story of postwer Berlin commenced in July 1945, two months after the Nazi surrender, when the Western powers moved into their sectors of the capital of the fallen third Reich.127 p.: ill.; 22 c

Conflict and counterinsurgency aid: Drawing sectoral distinctions

We examine the impact of counterinsurgency aid on conflict in Afghanistan from 2005 to 2009. To enable this analysis we combine unique aid project data from NATO, household data from the Afghan government, and conflict data from US government sources. Our panel data analysis accounts for district and time period fixed effects across 398 districts and 57 months. Projects in the health sector successfully promote stability, whereas those in the education sector actually provoke conflict. Our findings are robust to reverse causation, confounding aid programs, and other sources of endogeneity. The results shed new perspective on the ‘hearts and minds’ theory commonly discussed in this vein of inquiry