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'The task of Fort Hare in terms of the Transkei and Ciskei': educational planning at Fort Hare in the 1960's

Paper presented at the Wits History Workshop: Structure and Experience in the Making of Apartheid, 6-10 February, 1990This paper examines government intervention at Fort Hare after 1960. The first part of the paper will examine how the Department of Bantu Education and the new administrators of the college tried to transform Fort Hare into an institution where students were prepared, in terms both of skill and attitude, for a political future in the homelands; the second part of the paper accesses the success of this project, by examining courses of study chosen by students, their pass rates and where graduates were employed

Tracking ocean wave spectrum from SAR images

An end to end algorithm for recovery of ocean wave spectral peaks from Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images is described. Current approaches allow precisions of 1 percent in wave number, and 0.6 deg in direction

Enhancing the Capacity of Community Health Centers to Achieve High Performance

Based on a survey of community health centers, assesses access to care, care coordination, quality improvement efforts, health information technology adoption, and ability to serve as patient-centered medical homes. Suggests policy to strengthen clinics

Closing the Divide: How Medical Homes Promote Equity in Health Care

Presents findings from the Commonwealth Fund 2006 Health Care Quality Survey, and demonstrates how having stable insurance, a regular provider and, in particular, a medical home, improves health care access and quality among vulnerable populations