Symbolic Interactionism and Moral Hazards in Higher Education

Public colleges and universities today are more than institutions of academic study. They play a role in the economic and social life of their communities by engaging in partnerships aimed at enhancing their scope and brand image. This paper suggests these partnered activities do more than just manage costs and replace state support during economic downturns; the activities are also central to managing the image and political scope of the institution. This paper presents an exploratory, multi-disciplinary examination of the market forces and potential moral hazards inherent in hybrid public/private partnerships in higher education. Agency and symbolic interaction concepts are used to explain the uses of private/public partnerships to achieve both symbolic and functional ends. The theoretical constructs are applied to three recent cases—a foodservice arrangement at University of Central Arkansas, an online course platform contract at Arkansas State University, and the Pennsylvania State/Sandusky/Paterno situation

Multifractal analysis with the probability density function at the three-dimensional Anderson transition

The probability density function (PDF) for critical wavefunction amplitudes is studied in the three-dimensional Anderson model. We present a formal expression between the PDF and the multifractal spectrum f(alpha) in which the role of finite-size corrections is properly analyzed. We show the non-gaussian nature and the existence of a symmetry relation in the PDF. From the PDF, we extract information about f(alpha) at criticality such as the presence of negative fractal dimensions and we comment on the possible existence of termination points. A PDF-based multifractal analysis is hence shown to be a valid alternative to the standard approach based on the scaling of general inverse participation ratios.Comment: 4 pages, 7 figure

Social Service Delivery Systems: The Impact of Technology and Organizational Structure

Changes in work and social structures are reviewed for the period from the early industrial era to the present. Work structure is hypothesized to have a significant impact upon society and the individual. The structure of the modern work setting and the rapid changes in technology have increased the stress associated with anxiety and isolation. In turn, these problems contribute to the onset of social ills. Also examined are ways to diminish the negative effects of the role conflict which results from the divergent structures present in the personal and work settings. Predictions about the future of social service delivery Include greater emphasis on group interventions and more attention to the marketing and financial functions of service agencies

The problem of the discovery of leadership in the local church

Thesis (M.A.)--Boston Universit

A Program Evaluation of the Project Roomkey in Santa Clara, San Francisco, and Alameda Counties

During the early months of 2020, the rapid spread of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) had a significant impact on the homeless population. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Community Planning and Development defines a homeless person as someone who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence (Henry, et al., 2020, page 2). According to a report conducted by Culhane et al. (2020), the homeless population has a higher chance of being infected by COVID-19 than the general population. Issues such as inadequate access to sanitation or proper hygiene, and the inability to isolate, especially in a congregate shelter, were some of the reasons homeless individuals have a greater risk of being hospitalized and dying of highly contagious diseases like COVID-19 (Culhane et al., 2020). On March 4, 2022, Governor Newsom signed an Executive Order N-33-20, declaring the State of Emergency Order in the State of California. The governor encouraged the public to follow directives from the California Public Health Department requiring everyone to shelter in place to slow the spread of the disease (CDSS, 2020d). However, homeless people had nowhere to shelter in place except congregate-care facilities, which have the potential to spread the virus further. Therefore, in the same month, the State of California established the Project Roomkey program to provide unhoused individuals, especially those who were in at-risk categories, the ability to shelter in place in non-congregate shelters, such as hotels and trailers. (Office of the Governor, 2020). The purpose of this study was to conduct an outcome evaluation of the Project Roomkey program provided in three of the Bay Area\u27s largest counties: Santa Clara County, San Francisco County and Alameda County. This study examined the problem of homelessness during COVID-19 pandemic, described the implementation of Project Roomkey displayed in the Findings, and analyzed the effectiveness of the program based on the data in the Analysis section

Practical humanitarianism in eighteenth century France

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Kansas, History, 1931

High precision multifractal analysis in the 3D Anderson model of localisation

This work presents a large scale multifractal analysis of the electronic state in the vicinity of the localisation-delocalisation transition in the three-dimensional Anderson model of localisation using high-precision data and very large system sizes of up to L3 = 2403. The multifractal analysis is implemented using box- and system- size scaling of the generalized inverse participation ratios employing typical and ensemble averaging techniques. The statistical analysis in this study has shown that in the thermodynamic limit a proposed symmetry relation in the multifractal exponents is true for the 3D Anderson model in the orthogonal universality class. Better agreement with the symmetry is found when using system-size scaling with ensemble averaging in which a more complete picture of the multifractal spectrum f(α) is also obtained. A complete profile of f(α) has negative fractal dimensions and shows the contributions coming from the tails of the distribution. Various boxpartitioning approaches have been carefully studied such as the use of cubic and non-cubic boxes, periodic boundary conditions to enlarge the system, and single and multiple origins in the partitioning grid. The most reliable method is equal partitioning of a system into cubic boxes which has also been shown to be the least numerically expensive. Furthermore, this work gives an expression relating f(α) and the probability density function (PDF) of wavefunction intensities. The relation which contains a finite-size correction provides an alternative and simpler method to obtain f(α) directly from the PDF in which f(α) is interpreted as the scaleinvariant distribution at criticality. Finally, a generalization of standard multifractal analysis which is applicable to the critical regime and not just at the critical point is presented here. Using this generalization together with finite-size scaling analysis, estimates of critical disorder and critical exponent based on exact diagonalization have been obtained that are in excellent agreement, supporting for the first time previous results of transfer matrix calculations

Computer Studies Of Neurophysiological And Psychological Events

Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/116309/1/nyas00059.pd

Shin Buddhism (Jōdo Shinshū) in Europe: Organizational Issues

This chapter presents a case study of the emergence in Europe of a network of local branches of one of Japan's major Buddhist sects, Jōdo Shinshū (also known as Shin Buddhism). Jōdo Shinshū is one of the largest Buddhist sects in Japan, dating back to the 13th century. There are nearly 20,000 temples in Japan affiliated to one of the two major branches of the sect: Hongwanji-ha and Ōtani-ha (also known as Nishi Hongwanji or Honpa Hongwanji, and Higashi Honganji), both of which have their head temples in Kyoto, and are headed by descendants of Shinran, the founder of Jōdo Shinshū. There is no difference between the teachings of Nishi and Higashi Honganji – the split between the two derives from a succession dispute in the late 16th century. Hongwanji-ha is the larger of the two, and the branch with which this chapter is primarily concerned. A form of Pure Land Buddhism, Jōdo Shinshū can be more broadly situated within Mahayana Buddhism. Its central teaching is reliance on Amida Buddha. The movement teaches that we are all embraced by Amida's primal vow, which assures rebirth in Amida's Pure Land. Rather than advocating a particular practice therefore, Jōdo Shinshū teaches that we can simply rely on, or entrust ourselves to, Amida Buddha. The aim of Jōdo Shinshū could be summarized as awakening to the power of Amida's vow, and reaching a state of entrusting oneself to Amida, commonly referred to in Japanese as shinjin