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Covert Imperialism: The Eisenhower Administration and Cuba
Get PDFThis paper tracks the Eisenhower Administration’s shifting policy towards Cuba and its use of covert imperialism to obtain its objectives. The policy considerations of the United States centered around a convenience for American interests. The support for the Batista regime, despite its oppression, exacerbated anti-American sentiments in the Cuban Revolution and put it on a collision course with American interests. As engagement failed, Cuba nationalized, and tensions escalated, the Eisenhower Administration initiated a campaign of covert imperialism that sought a government more in line with its interests. The covert operations implemented included economic and political sabotage, assassination attempts, and the training of counter-revolutionary guerilla groups that eventually led to the failed Bay of Pigs invasion
Gender Differences in Self-Attribution and Overconfidence in Financial Decisions
Get PDFBehavioral finance and the study into biases is a rapidly increasing area of interest for finance professionals and academics alike. Understanding the sources of overconfidence and the self-attribution bias from a gendered framework can provide insight for managers and industry leaders to insulate their firms from underperformance losses due to these biases. Education and relevant financial experience are key controllable variables that impact overconfidence and self- attribution. Using a survey sent to around 130 students and finance professionals, gender, education, and relevant experience were tested against overconfidence and self-attributional scores to determine if there were any meaningful relationships. The results suggest that gender, education, and experience are all significant magnifiers of potentially harmful biases. As the finance industry grows more demographically representative, the industry leadership and academic datasets need to reflect that trend, a gap which this research aims to address
Systematic Anecdotal Records: An Unexpected Journey into Teacher Inquiry
No full textHistorically, formative assessment has been credited with increasing student achievement. Student outcomes increase when constructive, immediate, formative feedback is provided in a systematic way for all students. Educators need to implement effective formative assessments in order to deepen learning through more critical thinking and reflection. Teachers who monitor student progress and make instructional adjustments based on gathered information implement formative assessment. Teachers in this study used teacher inquiry to reflect upon their practice in order to design a reflective record tool. This tool was intended as a supporting assessment in a Response to Intervention (RtI) service delivery model. Results showed teacher reflections in designing and field-testing a systematic reflective record tool
Beneath the Tower: The Story of a Campus Icon
Get PDFA history of Glatfelter Hall, one of the most iconic buildings on the Gettysburg College campus. This paper also aims to compare Glatfelter with a similarly iconic building on the campus of UVA, the Rotunda. Finally, it proposes a series of interpretive markers about the history of Glatfelter Hall both in terms of content and placement
Transportation Barriers Affecting Migrant Workers in Adams County, Pennsylvania
Get PDFThis study examines the transportation patterns and potential barriers among migrant families and workers in Adams County, Pennsylvania. The objective of this study is to determine whether barriers to transportation exist in the county, and if so, how these barriers impact the population facing them. Our study examines solutions such as more universal license policies or a potential public transportation option. To collect data and carry out our project, we distributed surveys in English and Spanish families through the Center for Public Service at Gettysburg College. We had the potential to receive responses from around 70 families, and ultimately received responses from 32 families. Our research indicates that 38% of our surveyed population do not possess driver’s licenses. Therefore, a significant portion of our surveyed population faces challenges in their right to mobility – for example, our results show challenges in accessing public goods, such as through difficulty in accessing supermarkets/ grocery stores. Most of our surveyed population report low usage of alternative modes of transportation other than private cars, specifically public transportation, whether by choice or from a lack of access. A limitation in our research design was our sample size and selection – because we found participants through an existing college program, our population is not necessarily representative of the greater Adams county migrant worker population. Further studies should investigate the inaccessibility to buses and find a more accessible range for bus stops in which all members of the community have access. Rural areas present unique challenges for travel, directly impacting migrant communities due to their challenge accessing drivers’ driver licenses and lack of modes of transportation
Changes over Time in Media Framing of Voting Rights for Hispanic Americans
Get PDFThis paper is an analysis of the changes in media framing of Hispanic Americans\u27 voting rights in the Chicago Tribune from 1965 through 1975, following the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and from 2016 through 2021. The specific frames that will be mentioned are those surrounding Spanish language assistance in voting, political and racial redistricting or gerrymandering, voter fraud, and voter ID laws
JCCTL Mailer – July 12, 2021
Get PDFUpdates on training and support and useful pedagogical resources compiled and sent by the JCCTL on July 12, 2021 JCCTL Teaching and Mentoring resources page Featured resource guide from Josh Eyler\u27s talk Data Visualization for Social Justice: The Case of Torn Apart/Separados, Dr. Roopika Risam, Associate Professor of Secondary and higher Education and English at Salem State University Jennifer Gonzalez interview with Peter Brown, author of Make it Stick: The Science of Successful Learnin
Interview with Al Wilkins, March 11, 2021
No full textAl Wilkins was interviewed on March 11, 2021, by Devin McKinney about his early life, his education at Gettysburg College, and his subsequent professional life.
Collection Note: This oral history was selected from the Oral History Collection maintained by Special Collections & College Archives. Transcripts are available for browsing in the Special Collections Reading Room, 4th floor, Musselman Library. GettDigital contains the complete listing of oral histories done from 1978 to the present. To view this list and to access selected digital versions please visit https://gettysburg.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16274coll2/search
Land Use as a Predictor of Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) Presence on the Entebbe Coast of Lake Victoria, Uganda
No full textLake Victoria is shared amongst Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda and has tremendous ecological, economical, and cultural significance. Within the lake system, there are several problems, including the proliferation of an invasive weed, water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes). Therefore, this study aims to assess several factors that may correlate with water hyacinth proliferation. The specific objectives are (1) to identify possible correlations of water hyacinth density and land use around Entebbe, Uganda, and (2) to identify annual trends in water hyacinth coverage, to better inform policy and conservation efforts. Entebbe has a coastline of six land cover types: flooded vegetation, trees, grasses, shrub/scrub, crops, and built area. It was hypothesized that coastal areas adjacent to agriculture have a higher density of water hyacinth due to agricultural nutrient runoffs and flooded vegetation and built areas have higher abundances of water hyacinth due to a high amount of waste. The first specific objective employed a systematic sampling method, counting 41,615 water hyacinth around the coast of Entebbe, and was compared in QGIS with Sentinel-2 land use/land cover satellite imagery. The second specific objective employed remote sensing with a normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI). Twelve eMODIS satellite images were created on QGIS to map the percent coverage of water hyacinth in the Ugandan part of Lake Victoria. Flooded vegetation was found to have the highest density of water hyacinth, followed by crops, trees, built area, grass, and scrub/shrub. Additionally, 94% of water hyacinth was found on the left side of Entebbe. The most intense water hyacinth blooms occurred during June and July reaching 10.7% coverage, following the rainy season and maximum annual temperatures. The high densities within flooded vegetation and croplands are likely due to organic pollution runoffs. These results support previous research which found high temperatures and eutrophication to cause water hyacinth proliferation. This study theorizes that several unknown factors cause water hyacinth proliferation and thus controlsolely through mechanical, chemical, and biological means is treating a symptom, not the cause. Future research can explore this, adding to this study’s sample size, analyzing the different water dynamics for each land cover type, and further assessing the observation that water hyacinth presence may act as an indicator of organic pollution runoff
From Georgian England to the Arctic: Gender and Cultural Transformation in the Samuel Hearne Expeditions (1769-1772)
Get PDFFrom 1769 to 1772, Samuel Hearne embarked on the first European overland expedition to the Arctic under orders from the Hudson’s Bay Company. In search of copper reserves and sites for future company forts, the Hudson’s Bay Company outfitted Hearne with a group of Chipewyan and Cree guides that would take him to the lands past the Arctic Circle where no other European had been. As the only European in his expedition party, Hearne had to quickly adapt to the Athabascan way of life and found his English and imperialist cultural ideas challenged by his native travel companions. Hearne also became especially entrenched in the gendered aspects of Arctic indigenous life and saw first-hand sexual division of labor, marital wrestling contests, polygamy, and murder over the course of his three expeditions. Through his experience of gender in the Arctic, Hearne underwent a cultural change and by the end of his journey no longer viewed himself superior to the natives because of his European origins. Hearne returned to Europe with a more balanced view of indigenous culture and continues to be remembered and studied today for his unique cultural perspective