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Achieving Foundation Accountability and Transparency: Lessons From the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s \u3ci\u3eScorecard\u3c/i\u3e
No full text· The purpose of this article is to help foundations in their accountability and transparency efforts by sharing lessons from one foundation’s journey to develop a scorecard.
· A commitment to funding and sharing the results from rigorous evaluations set the tone for Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) accountability.
· The Scorecard is a powerful tool for RWJF to set goals, track organizational effectiveness, and motivate responses to shortcomings.
· Foundations can tailor their scorecard to include what best serves their needs.
· With its Scorecard, RWJF found that comparative and quantitative measures are the most powerful forces to motivate change.
· Setting targets motivates staff to focus their efforts on certain areas and make improvements
Dziedzictwo Stanisława Leszczyńskiego. O nauczaniu języka i kultury polskiej w Nancy – historia, wyzwania, zagrożenia
No full textPatrycja Gardin’s aim in this article is to describe the history of teaching Polish at the University of Lorraine in Nancy, one of the few centers of Polish studies in France and also a place where classes are (still) taught at all levels of instruction, from bachelor’s degree to doctoral studies. The starting point of Gardin’s analysis is the year 1752, when Stanisław Leszczyński, King of Poland and Duke of Lorraine and Bar, established the Collège Royal de Médecine, the first university unit in Nancy. Using French archival sources, Gardin discusses large-scale activities undertaken by Leszczyński in Lorraine for the promotion of Polish culture and science. Gardin’s description of the long-standing tradition of teaching the Polish language in the Stanislavian land has been based on the analysis of annals and emigration chronicles, as well as French magazines from the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Gardin describes the most important activities and achievements of the Department of the Polish Language: its establishing in 1961, the subsequent structural transformations, its teaching programs, as well as the challenges and threats it faces. This description is complemented by the profiles of the founders and heads of the Department and an outline of their most important research projects. To this end, the author presents the most important scholarly works from two collections found at the University of Lorraine, i.e., the Decaux Collection and the Lajarrige Collection.Celem artykułu jest opisanie dziejów nauczania języka polskiego na Uniwersytecie Lotaryńskim w Nancy – jednym z nielicznych ośrodków polonistycznych we Francji, w którym zajęcia (wciąż) prowadzone są na wszystkich poziomach nauczania – od licencjatu po studia doktoranckie. Punktem wyjścia analizy jest rok 1752, w którym Stanisław Leszczyński, król Polski i książę Lotaryngii i Baru, powołuje Collège Royal de Médecine – pierwszą jednostkę uniwersytecką w Nancy. Autorka, korzystając z francuskich źródeł archiwalnych, przedstawia zakrojone na dużą skalę działania podjęte przez Leszczyńskiego w Lotaryngii na rzecz promocji kultury i nauki polskiej. Opis wieloletniej tradycji nauczania języka polskiego na ziemi stanisławowskiej został oparty na analizie roczników i kronik emigracyjnych, a także czasopism francuskich z przełomu XIX i XX wieku. W tekście przywołane zostały najważniejsze wydarzenia i prace będące udziałem powołanej w 1961 roku Katedry Języka Polskiego: początki jej istnienia, zmiany w organizacji, kierunki nauczania oraz wyzwania i zagrożenia, przed którymi stoi. Prezentację uzupełniają charakterystyki założycieli i kierowników Katedry oraz zarys ich najważniejszej działalności badawczej. W tym celu autorka przedstawia najistotniejsze prace naukowe pochodzące z dwóch kolekcji zbiorów zgromadzonych na Uniwersytecie Lotaryńskim – Kolekcji Decaux oraz Kolekcji Lajarrige
The economic and fiscal impacts of Hurricane Sandy in New Jersey, a macroeconomic analysis
No full textThis report estimates the macroeconomic and fiscal impacts of Hurricane Sandy on the economy of New Jersey using the R/ECON™ forecasting model of the state’s economy. The model consists of more than 250 quarterly time-series equations and 30 employment sectors.The analysis takes into account both the economic losses resulting from the hurricane and the offsetting positive economic impacts associated with recovery and reconstruction spending in the months and years following the storm.However, the estimates of impacts depend upon the restoration expenditures actually being made. If the funds for these restoration and recovery expenditures are not made available, the offsetting positive impacts to the economy will not occur and the New Jersey economy will be significantly damaged. See Section 3 for estimates of the negative impacts if restoration expenditures are not made.This report was published as Issue Paper Number 34, January 2013, in Rutgers Regional Report
Portrait of the Author in (Him/Her)self
No full textA fragment of a philosophical essay by Jean-Luc Nancy and Federico Ferrari titled Iconographie dell’auteur (Paris, 2005), published for the first time in Polish, that addresses the problem of a relationship between the image of the author and his/her work
Nancy Sewell Speaks at a Mass Meeting, December 1981
No full textNancy Sewell is shown speaking at a mass meeting held during the Alabama State Chapter SCLC Convention. Written on verso: Alabama SCLC -- Mrs. Nancy Sewell, president of the local chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, brings greetings to the mass meeting held during the Alabama SCLC Convention in Selma last December, and said "we must carry on the work that was started by the civil rights movement."The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the Joseph & Evelyn Lowery Institute for Justice and Human Rights, the Joseph Echols Lowery Irrevocable Trust, and other donors in supporting the processing and digitization of Morehouse College's Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
Portret autora sam(ego) w sobie
No full textA fragment of a philosophical essay by Jean-Luc Nancy and Federico Ferrari titled Iconographie dell’auteur (Paris, 2005), published for the first time in Polish, that addresses the problem of a relationship between the image of the author and his/her work
LINGUISTIC DOMAINS: KEYS TO THE MAINTENANCE OF JAVANESE
No full textThis paper deals with the language maintenance of Javanese. What most linguists, language planners, activists or official institutions have done so far is to campaign the use of Javanese in certain ‘locales’ or places, especially schools or local government offices. They rarely refer to the original notion of domains, as suggested by Fishman, so that they focus on more ‘locales’ (places or settings) than ‘topics’ (contents of communications). According to Fishman, ‘topic’ is the most crucial regulator of language use in all domains if compared to the other two factors, namely: ‘participants’ and ‘locales’. This paper is questioning whether the language policy on the language maintenance of Javanese having been done so far will be effective to meet the target
The Case of the Contradiction: Proving the Paradoxes of Nancy Drew
No full textabstract: Since her debut in 1930, Nancy Drew has been an extremely popular character and icon for adolescent girls. Created by Edward Stratemeyer and developed by Mildred Wirt Benson and Harriet Stratemeyer Adams, Nancy Drew continues to influence and inspire generations of readers. Readers are drawn to Nancy Drew's character and her ability to escape into the world of River Heights, away from the tumultuous climate of the Great Depression and ensuing wars. Significantly, Nancy Drew's enduring power and influence stems from five cultural and social paradoxes: child v. adult, masculine v. feminine, independent v. dependent, single v. couple, and classic v. modern. This thesis explores how throughout the series, Nancy embodies each extreme of these dualities, which gives her the power to be everything to everyone. Nancy derives power from these five paradoxes, which by definition are contradictory, but afford her special privileges in her fictional world. In embodying these binaries, Nancy Drew provides adolescent readers with an escape from and a role model for adolescence and future adulthood
Zatrzaśnięte ciała, zatrzaśnięte dusze. Freud, Nancy, Jelinek
No full textTaking as his point of departure Sigmund Freud’s famous remark on the extension of the psyche, in the first part of the article the author develops the idea of the relation between “soul,” body and space in the psychoanalytical tradition. In doing so, he refers to the interpretation given to Freud’s remark by Jean-Luc Nancy. Crucially modifying Nancy’s perspective and moving back to the psychoanalytic tradition, the author develops a general notion of das Unbehagen im Raum – the discomfort felt in space. In the second part, the author deepens this analysis by looking at a certain desperate strategy of confronting this discomfort – a strategy adopted by the protagonist of The Piano Teacher, a novel by Elfriede Jelinek
The Legacy of Stanisław Leszczyński. On Teaching Polish Language and Culture in Nancy: History, Challenges, Threats
No full textCelem artykułu jest opisanie dziejów nauczania języka polskiego na Uniwersytecie Lotaryńskim w Nancy – jednym z nielicznych ośrodków polonistycznych we Francji, w którym zajęcia (wciąż) prowadzone są na wszystkich poziomach nauczania – od licencjatu po studia doktoranckie. Punktem wyjścia analizy jest rok 1752, w którym Stanisław Leszczyński, król Polski i książę Lotaryngii i Baru, powołuje Collège Royal de Médecine – pierwszą jednostkę uniwersytecką w Nancy. Autorka, korzystając z francuskich źródeł archiwalnych, przedstawia zakrojone na dużą skalę działania podjęte przez Leszczyńskiego w Lotaryngii na rzecz promocji kultury i nauki polskiej. Opis wieloletniej tradycji nauczania języka polskiego na ziemi stanisławowskiej został oparty na analizie roczników i kronik emigracyjnych, a także czasopism francuskich z przełomu XIX i XX wieku. W tekście przywołane zostały najważniejsze wydarzenia i prace będące udziałem powołanej w 1961 roku Katedry Języka Polskiego: początki jej istnienia, zmiany w organizacji, kierunki nauczania oraz wyzwania i zagrożenia, przed którymi stoi. Prezentację uzupełniają charakterystyki założycieli i kierowników Katedry oraz zarys ich najważniejszej działalności badawczej. W tym celu autorka przedstawia najistotniejsze prace naukowe pochodzące z dwóch kolekcji zbiorów zgromadzonych na Uniwersytecie Lotaryńskim – Kolekcji Decaux oraz Kolekcji Lajarrige.Patrycja Gardin’s aim in this article is to describe the history of teaching Polish at the University of Lorraine in Nancy, one of the few centers of Polish studies in France and also a place where classes are (still) taught at all levels of instruction, from bachelor’s degree to doctoral studies. The starting point of Gardin’s analysis is the year 1752, when Stanisław Leszczyński, King of Poland and Duke of Lorraine and Bar, established the Collège Royal de Médecine, the first university unit in Nancy. Using French archival sources, Gardin discusses large-scale activities undertaken by Leszczyński in Lorraine for the promotion of Polish culture and science. Gardin’s description of the long-standing tradition of teaching the Polish language in the Stanislavian land has been based on the analysis of annals and emigration chronicles, as well as French magazines from the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Gardin describes the most important activities and achievements of the Department of the Polish Language: its establishing in 1961, the subsequent structural transformations, its teaching programs, as well as the challenges and threats it faces. This description is complemented by the profiles of the founders and heads of the Department and an outline of their most important research projects. To this end, the author presents the most important scholarly works from two collections found at the University of Lorraine, i.e., the Decaux Collection and the Lajarrige Collection
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