Using Community Colleges to Re-Connect Disconnected Youth

Argues that community colleges should be a major institution helping youth re-connect to education. Explores a variety of measures and reforms that community colleges would need to take to develop comprehensive and effective education programs

The First Round of Legislative Reforms in the Post-Serrano World

An overview of recent legislation in the field of educational finance reform which describes a number of similarities among the bills enacted after the Serrano decision but Before the first major reversals of some of the earlier decisions. Weaknesses common to these efforts are detailed and indications of future trends are suggested. An Appendix enumerates 1972-1973 school finance reforms in eleven different states

Perfectionism and the Imposter Phenomenon

In search of antecedents of the imposter phenomenon, this paper examines whether perceptions of an ethical climate change how an individual’s concern over mistakes and personal standards relate to the impostor phenomenon. Concern over mistakes, when taken to extremes, can result in dysfunctional interactions with others. We propose that an individual’s perception of the ethical climate is likely to influence how concern over mistakes and personal standards influence the impostor phenomenon. The results, based on over 600 students, reveal that both ethical climate and the two facets of perfectionism are linked to the imposter phenomenon. Notably, when there is a strong ethical climate, there becomes an increased positive relationship between concern over mistakes and the imposter phenomenon. Similarly, in the presence of a strong ethical climate, there is an increased positive relationship between personal standards and the imposter phenomenon. Practical implications suggest that the ethical climate of colleges of business may influence students’ thoughts of being an imposter and contribute to future maladaptive beliefs

Some Basic Principles of Patents

This article gives a basic introduction to patents, dealing with the questions of what a patent is and what rights it gives, how a patent may be applied for, what inventions are patentable, and what are the functions of the patent specification and claims

Boundary Operators in Quantum Field Theory

The fundamental laws of physics can be derived from the requirement of invariance under suitable classes of transformations on the one hand, and from the need for a well-posed mathematical theory on the other hand. As a part of this programme, the present paper shows under which conditions the introduction of pseudo-differential boundary operators in one-loop Euclidean quantum gravity is compatible both with their invariance under infinitesimal diffeomorphisms and with the requirement of a strongly elliptic theory. Suitable assumptions on the kernel of the boundary operator make it therefore possible to overcome problems resulting from the choice of purely local boundary conditions.Comment: 23 pages, plain Tex. The revised version contains a new section, and the presentation has been improve

Smeared heat-kernel coefficients on the ball and generalized cone

We consider smeared zeta functions and heat-kernel coefficients on the bounded, generalized cone in arbitrary dimensions. The specific case of a ball is analysed in detail and used to restrict the form of the heat-kernel coefficients $A_n$ on smooth manifolds with boundary. Supplemented by conformal transformation techniques, it is used to provide an effective scheme for the calculation of the $A_n$. As an application, the complete $A_{5/2}$ coefficient is given.Comment: 23 pages, JyTe

Abracadabra, Making the Visible Less Visible: Reducing the Effects of Stigma Through Invisible Work

Dirty work involves tasks that are considered disgusting or degrading. Individuals engaged in dirty work are often stigmatized, and this stigma may negatively affect the workers’ job-related attitudes. Although dirty work is often cast in a negative light, we explore an aspect of jobs that might lessen the detrimental effects of performing dirty work: invisibility. Using a sample of 329 working adults, we investigate the impact of invisibility on job satisfaction and occupational identification of marginalized dirty workers. Results indicate that performing dirty work, and being marginalized, each negatively impact job-related attitudes. In dirty occupations, relationships were weaker for employees reporting higher levels of invisibility with invisible employees reporting higher levels of occupational identification than their more visible counterparts. These findings shed new light on developing positive workplace experiences by suggesting that invisibility may be the key to reducing the stigmas associated with dirty work. Theoretical implications, directions for future research, and practical implications are discussed