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GTU- A Regional Perspective
Full text linkThese listings are indeed similar, both placing emphasis in the same general areas of concern and suggested activity. However, I bel ieve a dichotomy exists, not between GTU\u27s brochure and the Association of College Honor Societies Booklet of Information, 1981-82, but HERE within Gamma Theta Upsilon, an Interna7 tional Geographical Honor Society. Where does it say: recognize academic and mental achievements, recognize excellence of performance, reward and recognize the attainment of scholarship of a superior quality? GTU\u27s stated purposes do not include these ideas or concerns. GTU\u27s purposes are to create interest, to strengthen training, to make geography practical for study and research, to create funding - a dichotomy in
Unveiling Risk Strategies in the Online Food Delivery Platforms: Evidence from Risk Disclosures and RepRisk Index
Full text linkOnline Food Delivery Platforms (OFDPs) have faced unique challenges related to uncertainty and global risk in recent decades. To address these risks, this study utilized machine learning (ML) techniques, including Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) and Word2Vec, to extract and cluster OFDP-related risk factors. The analysis was conducted using unstructured text data from the annual reports of two prominent OFDP companies—Delivery Hero (DH) and Grubhub (GH)—from 2017 to 2020. We also examined the multidimensional RepRisk Index (RRI) for these companies and developed a two-dimensional matrix to evaluate preparedness and responsiveness across various risk categories in the OFDP sector. The results indicate that the OFDP companies exhibited greater resilience in managing economic and governmental risks, while their approaches towards technological, environmental, and service quality risks were more oriented toward innovation
What We Found Behind the Door: Insights and Obstacles in OER Adoption
No full textIn Spring 2023, a three-workshop online OER Academy challenged faculty to confront the unknown—what OER are, how to find them, and how to integrate them into teaching. Participants embarked on a journey to identify openly-licensed resources, tackle barriers to adoption, and reimagine their courses through scaffolded assignments and final projects. For the 19 faculty involved, the experience ranged from revelation to resistance: five entered with some OER experience, while the rest began at square one, unsure even of what OER meant. The Academy became a crucible where pedagogical doors were opened—to “the lady” of opportunity or “the tiger” of complexity—but for many, the tiger prevailed. Despite this, the series revealed critical insights into the barriers educators face and highlighted the potential of OER to reshape teaching practices for those able to navigate its challenges. This presentation serves its target audience by offering practical strategies for identifying, evaluating, and integrating OER into teaching. It explores real-world barriers and opportunities in OER adoption, highlights methods for stakeholder engagement, and provides actionable insights for building collaborative OER communities across disciplines.
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Geographic Variations in Resale Housing Values Within a Metropolitan Area: An Example from Suburban Phoenix, Arizona
Full text linkThe average cost of single family resale housing displays geographic variation at many scales. Regional variations in the cost of housing are used in the compilation of cost-of-living indices, (Follain and Malpezzi, 1980) and have been well documented (inter alia Butler, 1980; Ozanne and Thibodeau, 1983; Blackley et aI, 1986). Geographic patterns of housing values within a metropolitan area are not as sensitive to the conditions affecting the national market, but are the result of a series of local influences (Bednarz and Wilson, 1982). It is the purpose of this paper to identify the nature of local variations in the price of housing within a metropolitan area. Data are taken from two suburbs of Phoenix, Arizona, and the study area has been divided up into seven identifiable submarkets. A variety of housing characteristics, neighborhood characteristics and different levels of public service provision are combined to produce a distinct spatial pattern of housing values within a relatively confined geographical area
Distribution and Property Value Impacts Displayed by Adult Foster Care Facilities: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Full text linkThe establishment of Adult Foster Care Facilities (AFC\u27s) in residential areas is seen by many people as a Locally Unwanted Land Use (LULU).\u27 Adult Foster Care is needed throughout the nation yet these structural uses often meet with community opposition. In addition to concerns about personal safety, a frequent basis for community opposition to location of a group home in a middle class neighborhood is the fear that property values will plummet, either due to deterioration of the neighborhood or the reluctance of buyers to purchase a dwelling near the facility.2 Such community opposition may be the most evident deterent to homes needing a site, but it is not the most effective. Most municipalities have a more substantial obstacle contained in their zoning ordinance, as cities typically (and improperly) treat group homes as hospitals for the insane or feeble-minded. 3 Often Adult Foster Care facilities fall under the category of conditional use or special use and are subject to approval of a local zoning board. For example, on July 30, 1980, the Ohio Supreme Court dealt a severe blow to location of group homes in family neighborhoods. In a trilogy of decisions the court in each case upheld the power of local governments to zoneout group homes. 4 People residing in the homes were not seen as family because of their transient nature and the fact that they as a group did not come together to share the comforts offered by a home. In reality, particularly for the mentally retarded and those persons with multiple handicaps, Adult Foster Care facilities do represent a permanent setting or foster a sense of family that grows over time. Exclusionary provisions may be keeping AFC\u27s out of the very residential districts in which they function best.
