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Social Interaction and Technological Amenities: Evaluating the Significance and Fading Importance of Human Interaction in Public
Get PDFArchitecture, Ideology, & Organization: Prospects for Countering Hegemony in Late Capitalist Postmodern Space
Get PDFNational Association of Area Agencies on Aging AAA Workforce Survey
No full textThe National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a) contracted with the Scripps Gerontology Center to conduct a brief survey. The goals were to describe the capacity of the current AAA workforce and the workforce capacity building activities undertaken by AAAs
Title VI Survey Results [2009]
No full textThis report provides results from a national survey of the 243 Title VI Native American programs. The survey was designed to access the role of Title VI program in offering services and supports to the elders in their communities. The survey was launched in April 2009. Nine out of 10 (220) Title VI programs responded
The Effect of Context on the Silver Ceiling: A Role Congruity Perspective on Prejudiced Responses
No full textThree studies examined role incongruity as a source of age bias in hiring decisions. Building upon previous research demonstrating contextual variation in prejudice, we predicted that prejudiced responses emerge particularly in contexts where group stereotypes misalign with the requirements of social roles. Findings indicate that (a) older workers are particularly penalized in occupational contexts that are quickly changing; (b) older workers are perceived as less adaptable than younger workers; and (c) the tendency to prefer younger than older workers more for a dynamic than a stable company is mediated by perceptions of adaptability. Finally, adaptability perceptions better predicted hiring bias than did global evaluations of older people and levels of contact with older people. These experiments provide initial evidence that perceived fit to roles is a determinant of contextual variation in prejudiced responses
Attitudes and Advocacy: Understanding Faculty Views on Racial/Ethnic Diversity
Get PDFDiversity has been a hot-button issue in higher education
for the past several decades (Chang, Witt, Jones & Hakuta,
2003). A significant portion of research has been dedicated to how students
experience the campus racial climate (Hurtado, Milem, Clayton-
Pederson, & Allen, 1998; Rankin & Reason, 2005), their views on policies
such as affirmative action (Sax & Arredondo, 1999), and how they
participate in diversity-related activism (Rhoads, 1998). However, less is
known about how faculty feel about diversity policies on their campuses,
how important they think diversity is to undergraduates, and their
own commitments to fostering a diverse environment (Flores & Rodriguez,
2006; American Council on Education, 2000).
Faculty play a critical role in the life of the university. They design
and teach the curriculum, conduct research that advances the existing
knowledge base, and set guidelines that determine many of the standards
for their campuses. They make up the body from which department
heads, deans, and college presidents come from. Trustees may serveterms, students cycle in and out, but once tenured, faculty are there to
stay. Because faculty play such a sustaining role in the life of the university,
it is essential to better understand their attitudes towards diversity,
especially in a time period where policies geared towards increasing access
to higher education for students of color continue to be challenged
(Chang, et al., 2003).
In order to better understand faculty attitudes towards diversity,
specifically racial/ethnic diversity, we created a composite variable that
taps into a variety of faculty attitudes towards diversity including their
commitments to promoting racial understanding and their views on the
role of diversity in undergraduate education. We refer to this variable
throughout the study as à à à ¢ Diversity Advocacy.à à à ¢ The purpose of the study
is to examine how Diversity Advocacy varies within subsets of faculty,
as well as to identify predictors of faculty attitudes regarding diversity
An Evaluation of the Assisted Living Medicaid Waiver Program
Get PDFIn the past decade the number of older people across the United States with disability has
increased by about 20%, and the national Medicaid long-term care costs have nearly doubled.
In response to these challenges, states are in the process of changing their long-term care
delivery systems to include a wider range of service options. The development of the Assisted
Living Waiver Program in 2006 represented an additional attempt by Ohio to expand the range
of long-term care options for individuals with disability. This study reports findings from the
second phase of Ohio's Assisted Living Waiver Program evaluation
Providing Long-Term Services and Supports to an Aging Ohio : Progress and Challenges
Get PDFThis report details trends in Ohio long-term care service utilization over 14 years. It also provides information about the characteristics of those in different settings such as PASSPORT, nursing homes, and residential care facilities. Recommendations for Ohio's long-term care system are included