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Liberatory education for gifted African Americans: An education for personal and collective transformation
No full textThe Garfield Show #5: Fido Food Feline
No full textWhen Garfield overhears Jon tell Liz "you are what you eat" he panics-- he's just eaten a can of dog food! Now, Garfield must figure out a way to avoid one of his darkest fears… turning into a dog like Odie! Featuring five more stories from The Garfield Show
Partnering Academics and Community Engagement: A Quality Enhancement Plan for a Diverse and Non-Traditional University
No full textResearch suggests that application of theoretical perspectives, specific program principles and components, and various institutional models of service learning, can positively affect persistence and completion for college students. Academic community engagement provides such an application, as well as a vehicle for professional interaction between community partners and faculty members, and is the theme for our university-wide quality enhancement plan (QEP). This paper describes our QEP roadmap from conception through the first four years of our five-year initiative, detailing the work done to align with the university’s strategic goals; incorporate flexibility, coordination, and partnerships; ensure authentic projects that benefit community partners and students (traditional and non-traditional); and assess impacts on the institution, students, and community. We describe various types of community partnerships and provide specific examples of lower-level and upper-level undergraduate courses designed and delivered, in a variety of academic programs and disciplines, as well as lessons learned from our experiences
The Smurfs #6: The Smurfs and the Howlibird
No full textThe Howlibird is coming, and the Smurfs are going! When one of Papa Smurf's experiments goes terribly wrong, it indirectly leads to the creation of the high-flying terror known as the Howlibird -- a monster determined to destroy all Smurfs! Also, the return of Gargamel in "The Smurf Express"
An Equity-Focused Assessment of Evidence-Based Parenting Intervention Research
No full textEvidence-based parenting interventions (EBPI) support children and families to promote resilience, address emotional andbehavioral concerns, and prevent or address issues related to child maltreatment. Critiques of EBPIs include concerns abouttheir relevance and effectiveness for diverse populations when they are implemented at population scale. Research methodsthat center racial equity and include community-based participatory approaches have the potential to address some ofthese concerns. The purpose of the present review was to document the extent to which methods associated with promotingracial equity in research have been used in studies that contribute to the evidence base for programs that meet evidentiarystandards for a clearinghouse that was developed to support the Family First Prevention Services Act in the United States.We developed a coding system largely based on the Culturally Responsive Evaluation model. A sample of 47 papers that arepart of the evidence base for ten in-home parent skill-based programs were reviewed and coded. Only three of 28 possiblecodes were observed to occur in over half of the studies (including race/ethnicity demographic characteristics, conductingmeasure reliability for the study sample, and including information on socioeconomic status). Although the overall presenceof equity-informed methods was low, a positive trend was observed over time. This review highlights ways in whichrigorous research can incorporate racial equity into the planning, design, execution, and interpretation and dissemination ofprograms of study. We posit that doing so improves the external validity of studies while maintaining high-quality researchthat can contribute to an evidence base
Cat and Cat #3: My Dad’s Got a Date… Ew!
No full textSince her dad started going out with Samantha, young Cat and her feisty cat, Sushi, have had plenty of time to entertain themselves. But with Samantha comes her video game-addicted son, Virgil. Now, Virgil, Cat, and her cat must choose between banding together to fight against boredom or compete for the run of the house. Just when things are finally going smoothly, the clan takes a Euro trip that the continent might not be fully prepared for
Extralegal factors and the sentencing of organizational defendants: An examination of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines
No full textThe Federal Sentencing Guidelines were developed to provide uniform and standardized punishments for eliminating sentence disparities based on legally irrelevant factors. While research at the individual level showed that extralegal factors continued to affect sentence outcomes, no such research determined if these factors influenced sentencing of organizational offenders. This article extends the unit of analysis beyond the individual and toward organizational offenders to determine if total fine amounts are affected by extralegal organizational characteristics. Relying on post-1991 organizational defendant's data, the findings indicated both legal and extralegal factors significantly affected fine outcomes for organizational offenders. As expected, several legal factors significantly affected fine outcomes. At least two extralegal variables, economically solvent and closely held organizations, however, exerted significant effects in predicting the total fine amount imposed. Similar to research at the individual level, this study indicated that extralegal or legally irrelevant factors had some level of impact upon sentencing under the guidelines
