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Working Title: What can the Profession Do?
No full textThis article is a follow-up to an article published by Dr. Anton Lewis (one of this article’s coauthors)** Following the “racial reckoning” of 2020 public accounting firms were very vocal about the ways in which racial equity was a priority for them going forward. Now, almost three years after the murder of George Floyd that sparked the global reckoning, it doesn’t seem like much has changed within the profession or within our broader society. We note a need to transform several ‘pieces to the puzzle’ which include 1) accounting industry messaging, 2) the classroom experience, 3) workforce focus, 4) institutional practices and 5) overall pipeline/ retention
From Wolves to Worms to Microbes: Multi-trophic Level Interactions
No full textWolves are both a keystone species and apex predator. The effects of these predators can cascade to lower trophic levels. Wolves have been found to alter foraging behavior of elk, in turn changing vegetation structure, and subsequently bird communities. Here we examine spatial variations in wolf abundance and supplemental food on the distribution of white-tailed deer. This work was done in the northern Upper Peninsula of Michigan, near the shores of Lake Superior. Over wintering deer populations are more than 10 times greater at a low wolf, high food availability site than a control site. These deer develop extensive trail systems, accompanied by long, linear fecal piles averaging 8 cm deep. These feces in turn change soil structure and worm populations. Immediately under the fecal piles, both worm densities and biomass were significantly greater than 2 meters away. Worms in the in the wolf, non-food supplemented area were almost non-existent. Soil moisture in this area was significantly lower than by the deer trails. Earth worms use areas with high soil moisture that is enhanced by the deer feces
Post Secondary Leadership: Promoting Leadership Development in Average Achieving Students
No full textThis proposed research seeks to explore the intersection of leadership and average-achieving high school students. Specifically, the study aims to shed light on the experiences of adults who were once perceived as average-achieving high school students but possessed innate talents and abilities that were overlooked and excluded from leadership opportunities during their time in high school. Despite facing deficit thinking by school administration due to their grades, these individuals went on to become successful leaders in their careers. While there have been anecdotal claims and media coverage of the success of average-achieving students, there has been limited formal research conducted in this area. The study seeks to amplify the voices of these individuals and explore their experiences in more depth
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Contributing to Speech-Language Pathology Assistant Students’ Choice of Career Path
Get PDFSpeech Language Pathology Assistants (SLPAs) are important support personnel who play a key role in the field of communication sciences and disorders. As the client base for communication disorders grows and diversifies, there is a continuous need for service providers, including SLPAs. Given the notable shortage of skilled communication sciences and disorders professionals and the advantages that assistants can provide, exploring SLPA career decision making is especially timely and important. The current study surveyed 75 students enrolled in SLPA programs across the United States via an online 12 question survey tool, regarding their demographics, reasons for choosing to become an SLPA, and anticipated work setting(s). Results of the study indicated that SLPA students were often identified as non-traditional students who, in addition to having diverse educational backgrounds, were working either full-time or part-time jobs while completing their education. Results of the current study revealed that the primary motivating factor that contributed to the students’ decision to pursue a career as an SLPA was the desire to work in a helping profession. The school setting was the most anticipated work setting of SLPA students upon graduating from their program; however, the majority (60%) of current SLPA students planned to pursue a master’s degree to become a speech-language pathologist in the future. Understanding the demographics of SLPA students and identifying the motivating factors specific to their career choices may be advantageous in the warranted recruitment process within the field of communication sciences and disorders.https://opus.govst.edu/fac/1124/thumbnail.jp
Genomes of Endangered Great Hammerhead and Shortfin Mako Sharks Reveal Historic Population Declines and High Levels of Inbreeding in Great Hammerhead
No full textDespite increasing threats of extinction to Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays), whole genome-based conservation insights are lacking. Here, we present chromosome-level genome assemblies for the Critically Endangered great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran) and the Endangered shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus) sharks, with genetic diversity and historical demographic comparisons to other shark species. The great hammerhead exhibited low genetic variation, with 8.7% of the 2.77 Gbp genome in runs of homozygosity (ROH) \u3e 1 Mbp and 74.4% in ROH \u3e100 kbp. The 4.98 Gbp shortfin mako genome had considerably greater diversity and \u3c1% in ROH \u3e 1 Mbp. Both these sharks experienced precipitous declines in effective population size (Ne) over the last 250 thousand years. While shortfin mako exhibited a large historical Ne that may have enabled the retention of higher genetic variation, the genomic data suggest a possibly more concerning picture for the great hammerhead, and a need for evaluation with additional individuals.https://opus.govst.edu/fac/1101/thumbnail.jp
Teaching Urban Studies - The Map in City Literature
No full textOver the past decades, the growing interest in the study of literature of the city has led to the development of literary urban studies as a discipline in its own right. The Routledge Companion to Literary Urban Studies provides a methodical overview of the fundamentals of this developing discipline and a detailed outline of new directions in the field.https://opus.govst.edu/fac/1090/thumbnail.jp
Capital Budgeting During Municipal Bankruptcy: Cases of Jefferson County, AL; Central Falls, RI; and Vallejo, CA.
No full textThis comparative case study explores the capital budgeting before, during, and after municipal bankruptcy in three U.S. local governments: Jefferson County, AL; Central Falls, RI; and Vallejo, CA. This in-depth examination of capital budgeting challenges reveals a pattern across all cases—a significant decrease in capital spending on infrastructure and maintenance before and during municipal bankruptcy. In fact, the mismanagement and underinvestment in capital infrastructure were some of the causes of municipal bankruptcy in all three local governments. The comparison of the reforms adopted after the bankruptcy shows that all three local government went through a similar two-stage process of recovery and restructuring, employing the emergent strategy to exit the bankruptcy and the problem-oriented innovative strategy to recover. These results show that even though all three local government significantly decreased spending on capital investments and maintenance as part of the emergent strategy, investment in public infrastructure during the recovery, and reconstructing became a priority across all selected cases.https://opus.govst.edu/fac/1029/thumbnail.jp
