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Understanding the Drastic Change in Public Opinion of Prohibition
No full textIn December 1919, the United States officially added the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of intoxicating liquors. This amendment ushered in an era of controversy and rapid social change that eventually culminated in the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment within less than fifteen years. When it was first passed, national prohibition was generally popular among the public, largely due to concerns over the connections between saloons, crime, and political corruption. Over time, however, public opinion began to shift towards opposition to the amendment, as its failures became more evident. The focus of this paper is the factors that contributed to this rapid shift in public opinion. These factors include an increase in the crime rate, increased political corruption, the use of controversial law enforcement practices, and prison overcrowding. A primary source analysis of newspapers and journals from the time period will be used to obtain relevant information. The paper will first provide an overview of these four issues, and then compare and analyze different perspectives related to them found within the sources. The different controversial perspectives discussed will generally debate how prohibition impacted certain issues, such as the amount of revenue bootlegging provided gangs or the morality of killing rum-runners
Fall 2019 Update to Faculty Roles, Rewards and Responsibility Task Force Report
No full textThe attached document updates the Fall 2018 document distributed to Senate
Brockport Retiree Photo Montage
No full textPhoto montage composition created by Richard “Bud” Meade, who worked in Human Resources at SUNY Brockport from 1968-2000. Many of the compositions were created for cards sent to individuals or for slideshows to honor them and, in some cases, their deaths. This unique visual collection primarily covers Brockport retirees, locations, and celebrations from 2000-2020
English Language Learners’ Adjustment to School Culture in the United States
No full textThis study explored the adjustment that English Language Learners (ELLs) face in schools in the United States and examined how to solve the challenges that ELLs face. The research discovered that ELLs develop poor mental health and have increased dropout rates when attending schools in the United States. Teachers do not have a sufficient amount of preparation for instructing ELLs. The results suggest that solutions are accessible literacy, Culturally Relevant Pedagogy, professional development and kinesthetic learning. Results are discussed in terms of implications for a product that contains a professional development based on utilizing Culturally Relevant Pedagogy in the classroom
Increasing ELL Inclusion by Developing a Community of Practice that Creates Equitable Opportunities for ELLs within the School Community
No full textELLs are marginalized and isolated within their school communities. This marginalization has negative effects on linguistic, academic, and socioemotional development of ELLs. To mitigate this problem, schools should create a community of practice that promotes and creates opportunities for inclusion and equitable opportunities for ELLs and their families. A professional development session will be outlined after a thorough literature review. The professional development session will help teachers, club leaders, coaches, and administrators reflect on the marginalization of ELLs within their building. Through this capstone and professional development, educators will begin to plan their own community of practice and begin the process of knocking down the barriers that prevent ELLs from being a bigger part of the school community. Future research on this topic must be conducted and focus on extracurricular participation of ELLs, the rate of participation, the barriers preventing participation, and the benefits of participation
Factors Influencing Apparent Nest Success in Eastern Bluebirds
No full textCollection of basic breeding biology data and analysis of factors that can impact the apparent nest success of passerines is critical in tracking population dynamics and making decisions concerning conservation. The Eastern Bluebird (Sialis sialis) is one species of concern whose declines in abundances fueled the common practice of establishing artificial nest boxes. I carried out my study in 2019 on the SUNY Brockport campus using 20 Audubon and 20 Peterson nest boxes to investigate what variables may impact fledgling success, including egg and nestling traits as well as site characteristics. Egg mass and volume tended to be larger in Audubon boxes, which also appeared to have higher success rates, but only egg volume was significant. Peterson style boxes were chosen more often, however. Vegetation variables revealed no statistical significance between successful and unsuccessful nests, but literature supports their strong effect on nest success. Larger sample sizes would have helped reinforce my results. However, they do offer interesting opportunities for conservationists in terms of box type and habitat when considering Eastern Bluebird nesting success
Forgetting the American Family: How the Family and Medical Leave Act is Insufficient and What Can Be Done to Improve It
No full textThis research seeks to clarify the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) of 1993 and explore where the Act is deficient. In addition, federal policy is compared with states that currently have a more generous paid leave program. In the interest of the effect this issue has on American global competitiveness, United States (U.S.) policy will be examined in reference to peer nations. This analytical approach aims to resolve common misconceptions surrounding federal paid family leave policy, as well as clear a path for more progressive policies overall
Assessing the Association Between Persons’ Abstraction Ability and Religious Behavior
No full textThe relationship between abstract thinking ability and religiousness between atheists and Christians taken from the AddHealth Wave IV Database was tested. This relationship was also tested over the various races. Using one-way ANOVAs and Pearson correlation coefficients, it was found that abstract thinking ability and religiousness were not correlated with one another although it was found that atheists were shown to be more abstract than Christians were. No differences in abstract thinking behavior was observed among the various races although religious differences were noted. It was suggested that other factors not tested in this study were to account for this unusual behavior. The results of this study show that Christians do not understand God in terms of the metaphysical better than atheists do, thereby substantiating other findings that adults tend to anthropomorphize (attribute human-characteristics to) God in the Christian religions.https://digitalcommons.brockport.edu/research_posters/1040/thumbnail.jp
Instructional Strategies to Address Social Emotional Learning (SEL) in Physical Education (PE) Programs with Adolescent Students
No full textThe purpose of this synthesis was to review the literature on best practices to promote social and emotional learning (SEL) in physical education (PE) with adolescent students. A comprehensive literature review took place in order to identify methods used in PE in order to support students’ SEL. Social emotional skills play a critical role in being equipped to handle challenges, both personal and career related, as adults. It has been shown that school experiences can help to facilitate social and emotional development. This synthesis explores how PE can be used to promote social and emotional development and whether SEL should be a focus and goal of PE pedagogy