A Novel Condom Distribution Program for County Jail Prisoners

The Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS), in collaboration with the Center for Health Justice, the Forensic AIDS Project, and the San Francisco Sheriff's Department, conducted a feasibility study of a novel method of providing condoms to prisoners by installing a condom dispens- ing machine in the San Francisco County Jail.This study begins to address the dearth of research on prisoner condom access programs, a novel component of HIV prevention behavioral interventions among an extremely high-risk population, and to identify a method of providing prisoners condoms on a larger scale than any current program. Further, this pilot feasibility study has the potential to stimulate research on the impact of condom distribution and consideration of legislation in other jurisdictions to allow prisoners access to condoms

How humanism can foster mediocrity in early years mathematics education: a poststructuralist comparison

In this paper I argue that humanist understandings of learners can underscore mediocrity in mathematics learning in the early years. Although many children come to school ready and eager to learn mathematics, it can happen that their classroom experiences alienate and disenfranchise them. This sometimes occurs when teachers, deferring to humanist understandings of learners as naturally capable and competent and learning as experiential, teach little mathematics but concentrate on fashioning the learning environment to supposedly make it non-threatening, ‘enjoyable’ and ‘relevant’. In contrast I use the poststructuralist notions of positioning and subjectification to suggest that learners can not be positively positioned in the discourse of mathematics education if they are not given the opportunity to construct robust mathematics and generative and idiosyncratic ways of thinking and reasoning in mathematics

Discarding the “Garbage City”: Infrastructures of Waste in Cairo, Egypt

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College

A vision of leadership : a reflective essay

My interest in the field of education was sparked before I entered kindergarten. My mom was a teacher and I had two high school-aged siblings planning to enter the educational field. These three individuals greatly influenced my desire to enter the educational profession. By the age of eight, I had decided that I was going to make a difference in the lives of children and to right all of the wrongs that I had heard about from various family conversations. My maturity and experiences have allowed me to reflect upon the roles of leadership

Internationalizing Honors

This monograph takes a “holistic approach to internationalization. [It] highlights how honors programs and colleges have gone beyond providing often one-time, short-term international experiences for their students and made global issues and experiences central features of their honors curricular and co-curricular programming. It presents case studies that can serve as models for honors programs and colleges seeking to initiate and further their internationalization efforts and highlights the latest research on the impact of internationalization on our students, campuses, and communities.” * * * “Our hope is that this monograph will serve multiple audiences: faculty wishing to develop new globally focused courses or partnerships; administrators looking to inspire and support faculty; advancement officers working to encourage donors to recognize the value of internationalizing campuses; and international education professionals striving to create and advance programs for some of the most talented and motivated students on their campuses. Without doubt, as we face the increasingly complicated global challenges of the twenty-first century, societal needs escalate—the need for greater understanding of the common concerns of all humanity; the need for celebrating, not fearfully shrinking from, the rich diversity of our world; and the need for broader education than the traditional classroom can provide to prepare our students to tackle pressing global issues and to lead in a complex and interdependent world. These crucial needs can be met, at least in part, through the internationalization of higher education and, specifically, of honors education.” Acknowledgments Introduction • Mary Kay Mulvaney and Kim Klein PART I: Internationalizing Honors at Home Making the Global Familiar: Building an International Focus into the Honors Curriculum • Erin E. Edgington and Daniel C. Villanueva Internationalizing with Intention: A Case Study of the Mahurin Honors College • Craig T. Cobane and Audra Jennings Honors Internationalization at Washington State University: A Comprehensive Experience • Kim Andersen and Christine K. Oakley Intercultural Conversations: Honors-Led Partnerships to Engage International Students on Campus • Robert J. Pampel Keeping the Program Alive: Internationalizing Honors through Post-Travel Programming • Kevin W. Dean and Michael B. Jendzurski PART II: Internationalizing Honors through International Partnerships “Let’s Get a Coffee!”: A Transformative International Honors Partnership • Leslie Kaplan, Sophia Zevgoli, and Andres Gallo Balancing International Aspirations with Honors Expectations: Expanding Honors to a Branch Campus in Florence, Italy • James G. Snyder and Vanessa Nichol-Peters “Same Same, But Different”: Trans-Nationalizing Honors in a U.S. Branch Campus • Jesse Gerlach Ulmer The Fulbright International Education Administrators Seminars: Pathways to International Partnerships • Rochelle Gregory, Kyle C. Kopko, and M. Grant Norton Transformative Learning Abroad for Honors Students: Leveraging High-Impact Practices at Global Partner Institutions • Craig Wallace Drawing on Gifts of International Students to Develop International Partnerships • Kevin W. Dean The Honors Thesis for Health Sciences Students: A Service Abroad Model • Misty Guy, Heidi Evans Knowles, Stephanie Cook, Zane Cooley, and Ellen Buckner Honors Abroad through Third-Party Providers • Susan E. Dinan PART III: Assessing Honors Internationalization Early Impact: Assessing Global-Mindedness and Intercultural Competence in a First-Year Honors Abroad Course • Michael Carignan and Maureen Vandermaas-Peeler Assessing Honors Internationalization: A Case Study of Lloyd International Honors College at UNC Greensboro • Chris J. Kirkman and Omar H. Ali The Long-Term Impact of Study Abroad on Honors Program Alumni • Mary Kay Mulvaney About the Authors About the NCHC Monograph Serie

Modernizing Water Law: The Example of Florida

This Article takes a national view of the modernization of water law. Using Florida as an example, it identifies some of the most important and controversial challenges faced by states. Part II provides an overview of the process of water law reform. As states attempt to improve water management, they have modified their common law water allocation systems with an overlay of statutory law. Often, the process occurs in a piecemeal fashion, resulting in a patchwork of rules -- common law and statutory, old and new. In rare cases -- including that of Florida -- the process may be more comprehensive, one through which states supplement or supplant their common law with modem statutory codes. Part III examines the evolutionary path of Florida, a state that has adopted a generally wholesale reform in modem times. Because this reform took place in 1972 -- at the dawn of the environmental era -- the reform reflects modem environmental and public interest sensibilities. Part IV turns from process to substance, identifying five challenges that plague virtually all states: (1) advancing the public interest while allocating water among competing users; (2) retaining sufficient water in natural streams, lakes, and aquifers to maintain vibrant aquatic ecosystems; (3) ensuring that adequate water supplies will be available for future needs; (4) determining the extent to which managers should transfer water from places of relative abundance to places of relative scarcity; and (5) determining the role, if any, of the free market 4 in allocating water resources within states

Modernizing Water Law: The Example of Florida

This Article takes a national view of the modernization of water law. Using Florida as an example, it identifies some of the most important and controversial challenges faced by states. Part II provides an overview of the process of water law reform. As states attempt to improve water management, they have modified their common law water allocation systems with an overlay of statutory law. Often, the process occurs in a piecemeal fashion, resulting in a patchwork of rules -- common law and statutory, old and new. In rare cases -- including that of Florida -- the process may be more comprehensive, one through which states supplement or supplant their common law with modem statutory codes. Part III examines the evolutionary path of Florida, a state that has adopted a generally wholesale reform in modem times. Because this reform took place in 1972 -- at the dawn of the environmental era -- the reform reflects modem environmental and public interest sensibilities. Part IV turns from process to substance, identifying five challenges that plague virtually all states: (1) advancing the public interest while allocating water among competing users; (2) retaining sufficient water in natural streams, lakes, and aquifers to maintain vibrant aquatic ecosystems; (3) ensuring that adequate water supplies will be available for future needs; (4) determining the extent to which managers should transfer water from places of relative abundance to places of relative scarcity; and (5) determining the role, if any, of the free market 4 in allocating water resources within states