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Coordinating and Supporting a Student-Led Storm Water Improvement Project
No full textPecha Kucha presentation given by Sophia Siegel, Sustainability Coordinator at Drake University.This project was started by students from Drake Environmental Action League (DEAL) who wanted to improve the water quality of storm water runoff coming from Drake University's campus. Drake faculty and staff and the City of Des Moines assisted students in identifying best management practices for the highly visible site adjacent to Cline Hall that contributes to water quality issues. Through this project, we are hoping to install one bio swale and one bio retention cell to infiltrate and filter storm water. The initial goal of this project is to capture and treat the runoff before entering Ravine Creek but the scope of the project has expanded beyond that. Additionally, we intend to use this project to provide academic and research opportunities to Drake students and faculty as well as to host educational events to the broader community about the importance of water quality
Portfolio Management: The Holistic Data Lifecycle
Full text link21 pagesMachine learning provides many benefits to Portfolio Managers in analysing data and has the potential to provide much more. A concern with the approach to Machine Learning in Portfolio Management is that is caught between two domains: finance and information systems. In reality, to ensure its success, having these two separate and distinct domains are problematic. What is required is a holistic view, facilitating discussions, with data being the unifying concept and the one that is key to success. The data value map is a lens that allows all involved, in the use or adoption of Machine Learning in Portfolio Management, to form a shared understanding of the lifecycle of the data involved. Rather than being seen as a financial concept or a technical concept, this view of the data lifecycle provides a platform for all involved to determine what is required, and to identify and deal with any potential pitfalls along the way. A holistic view, and shared understanding, are required for the success of Machine Learning in Portfolio Management. Research on the intersection between Machine Learning and Portfolio Management is currently lacking. A focus on the different parts of the data lifecycle provides an opportunity for further research
Garage Wine Company: The Case for Authenticity as a Marker for Luxury Market Success
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How Federal Agencies Can Attract College Graduates
Full text link18 pages. Capstone paper from 2021 spring MPA program. Instructed by Allen Zagoren.When asked about post-graduation plans, 27.3% of students declared intent to pursue working in private industry, while 2% intended to work for the federal government. Employees younger than 30 make up only 8.5% of the federal workforce, compared to 23.2% of the U.S. overall workforce (“College Students,” 2014). Despite this disparity, 92% of the students I surveyed in age groups younger than 31 stated that they were willing to apply for federal positions if an agency scored well in categories students deemed important. In addition, students ranked work-life balance, pay, and performance-based rewards as their top three most important categories, which scored fourth, seventh, and tenth, respectively, by federal employees in 2019
Impact of Total Per Student School Expenditure on Intergenerational Upward Mobility
Full text linkEditorially-Reviewed Journal Article. 11 pagesLooking at the effects of per student school expenditures on intergenerational upward mobility, this research examines if there is a significant positive effect from increased school spending on upward mobility of children. Data from more than 10 million children across 720 Commuting Zones was used to analyze this effect. The results of the study align with previous literature that show there are other factors that hold a greater effect on mobility than school spending. This research also shows that increased school spending has a greater, positive effect on those in the lowest tail of the income distribution than those in a higher area of the distribution
Child Care Centers’ Experience with the Early Head Start Child Care Partnership Program
Full text link21 pages. Capstone paper from 2021 spring MPA program. Instructed by Allen Zagoren.he purpose of this study was to take a qualitative approach to identify what quality changes did staff members of childcare centers experience after partnering with the Early Head Start Child Care Partnership Program. Six childcare programs that partnered with Drake University Early Head Start through the Early Head Start Child Care Partnership Program was selected as the program of focus. Staff members like teachers, teacher associates, and program leaders were sent electronic surveys with closed and open-ended questions in order to identify the quality changes they experienced. This information is used to help understand the impact of public policy like the EHS-CCP it has on those that carry out the services in behalf of the federal government and add to the literature on EHS-CCP
The Delegation of Investor Decision Making: What Drives Participants in Social Trading Networks to Engage in Copy Trading
Full text linkPeer-Reviewed Journal Article. 21 pagesThis study analyses existing literature to identify what drives participants in social trading networks to engage in copy trading. A concept-centric review of literature extracts recurring, relevant concepts and builds insights used to inform an Investor Engagement Framework which models the drivers of investor engagement in copy trading. It is considered that the underlying drivers of the Technology Acceptance Model alone aren’t adequate in describing what drives social trading participants to engage in copy trading. The addition of affect-based signals and cognition-based signal augments the model to reflect trustworthiness in social trading networks. These results firstly outline that the Technology Acceptance Model needed to be extended when applied to the context of copy trading within social trading networks. Secondly, the results suggest that for a participant in a social trading network to engage in copy trading, the investor they copy must provide affect-based and cognition-based signals of trustworthiness
An Assessment of the Drake Management Review’s Innovation, Impact and Engagement
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More Bills than Thrills? Comparing Predicted and Actual Levels of Essential and Nonessential Spending
Full text linkPeer-Reviewed Journal Article. 17 pagesIn terms of the expense, spending $50 a week on both commuting and on a recreational happy hour should be perceived equally. Yet, it is proposed that consumers tend to overestimate their level of spending on necessities, and underestimate their extent of nonessential expenses. In two studies, participants predicted their level of spending in essential and nonessential purchase categories, and then recorded their actual spending across multiple weeks. Results show support for each hypothesis in some categories, and propose factors that produce accurate estimates for other purchase types. Consequences of spending misperceptions are discussed, as well as suggestions to reduce them
State of Iowa vs. Ronnie Dobbs, Brief for Appellant
No full textLegal Brief. 60 pages2021 Supreme Court Competition Problem:
One fateful night, Ronnie Dobbs was playing music very loud and honking the horn of his car for no apparent reason. Iowa State Patrol Trooper Terry Twillstein was nearby, and he had reasonable suspicion and probable cause to believe that Dobbs was violating a local noise ordinance.
Trooper Twillstein followed Dobbs and caught up to him. When Trooper Twillstein’s car was directly behind Dobbs’ vehicle, he turned on his overhead lights and his siren to initiate a traffic stop. But Dobbs did not stop—instead, he turned onto a driveway, drove up, and parked in a garage. Trooper Twillstein saw the garage begin to close as soon as Dobbs’ vehicle was inside—so he jumped out of his vehicle, ran to the garage door, and put his foot in front of the sensor to stop the door from closing. Then, Trooper Twillstein walked into the garage to talk to Dobbs. Upon speaking with Dobbs, Trooper Twillstein observed that Dobbs was drunk and arrested him. Dobbs was charged with Operating While Intoxicated (third offense).
Dobbs seems to have committed two misdemeanors, in addition to the noise ordinance violation: eluding and interference with official acts. Under Iowa law, Trooper Twillstein was authorized to arrest Dobbs for committing any misdemeanor offense in his presence. But by following Dobbs into his garage as Dobbs fled from him, Trooper Twillstein made a warrantless entry into the protected area of Dobbs’ home (the “curtilage”). That would violate both the Fourth Amendment and Article I, Section 8 of the Iowa Constitution—unless that warrantless entry was “reasonable” in a constitutional sense. The State argues that this fits within the exception for warrantless entry in “hot pursuit” of a fleeing offender. Dobbs argues that these facts do not establish the kind of exigency that would be required to invoke the “hot pursuit” exception to the warrant requirement.
A very similar case is pending in the U.S. Supreme Court right now: Lange v. California. But Lange only involved a Fourth Amendment claim. This case involves a Fourth Amendment claim, but it also involves a challenge under Article I, Section 8 of the Iowa Constitution. The Iowa Supreme Court is the ultimate authority on what the Iowa Constitution allows, and what it forbids. Our competitors will have to advance their most persuasive vision for how to read and apply each of these constitutional provisions, how to balance the complex array of competing interests involved, and how to craft a fair and practical rule that Iowa courts can apply to resolve future cases.
The two questions before the Supreme Court are:
1. Did Trooper Twillstein’s entry into Dobbs’ garage—while in “hot pursuit” of a person who had committed a misdemeanor eluding offense—violate the Fourth Amendment?
2. Did Trooper Twillstein’s entry into Dobbs’ garage—while in “hot pursuit” of a person who had committed a misdemeanor eluding offense—violate Article I, Section 8 of the Iowa Constitution?Simmons Perrine Moyer & Bergmann, PL