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From Perceived Adversary to Critical Friend to Partner in Reform: A Policy Professional’s Reflection on Her Experiences as a Policy Researcher and Change Agent in California’s Higher Education Community, 2006-2013
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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Application of the multiple streams model to tribal governments pursuing membership on the Humboldt County Association of Governments
No full textProject (M.P.P.A., Public Policy and Administration) -- California State University, Sacramento, 2011.The Humboldt County Association of Governments (HCAOG) is a Joint Powers Agency, serving as the Regional Transportation Planning Agency as well as the Service Authority for freeway emergencies. One of the primary purposes of the HCAOG is to make recommendations on how to allocate limited transportation funding throughout the county. The Hoopa Valley Tribe has made multiple attempts since the mid-1980s to join the HCAOG as a voting member of the board. Now other Tribes located within Humboldt County want representation as well. Fairness is an issue for the Tribes as they believe continued denial has prevented them from participating fully and equally in the distribution of state and federal transportation dollars within Humboldt County. Fairness is an issue for the HCAOG, as Board members believe tribal governments do not play by the same set of rules to which they are subjected. There are no clear ground rules or regulations to govern interactions between these entities, a situation that causes difficulties. Unanswered questions and uncertainties have created a reluctance by the HCAOG Board members to admit a tribe or tribal representative. \ud
The specific focus of this research is on tribal governments and the Humboldt County Association of Governments and how a Joint Powers Agency can include multi-tribal membership. Primary data were obtained through e-mails, presentations, and correspondence from HCAOG staff and tribal representatives. Secondary data include evaluations of reports, studies, news articles, web pages, publications, meeting minutes, and legislative documents. \ud
The purpose of this project was to increase understanding and promote collaboration in designing a mechanism for tribal representation as a voting member of the HCAOG. Specifically, it was for investigating how a Joint Powers Agreement can include one tribal seat that could represent multiple tribal governments. The results are presented in two parts. The first part evaluated the policy formation process using John Kingdon???s (2003) Multiple Streams Model. The Multiple Streams Model indicates three independent streams: problems, policies, and politics. Policy changes occur when the streams align. The evaluation addressed the three streams, participants, role of local media, and policy entrepreneurs. The theory was used to evaluate whether the streams joined and conditions were favorable for adding one tribal representative seat to represent all the tribal governments on the Humboldt County Association of Governments.\ud
The second part of this paper assisted in clarifying the issues around creating a request to be submitted by the tribal governments for acceptance in order to have tribal representation as a voting member of the HCAOG Board.Public Policy and Administratio
The influence of student-counsel relationships on the perceived value of postsecondary planning advice
No full textThis exploratory phenomenological study examines the nature of relationships between high school students and their academic counselors and the influence of those relationships on the perceived value of counselors' postsecondary planning advice. The data includes, transcripts of small group discussions with seven student groups from two high schools in three groupings divided by grade point average. Themes uncovered include an under-utilization of information resources, a reliance on peers for college advice, affective filtering of advice from non-empathetic persons, a difference of abilities to identify and seek out information sources influenced by academic achievement and the importance of attachment in student-counselor relationships. Conclusions reached point to the importance of effective, empathetic relationships between students and counselors and other school personnel for advice to be valued and acted on
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Can tuition increases improve student outcomes in California Community Colleges?
No full textThesis (M.P.P.A., Public Policy and Administration) -- California State University, Sacramento, 2011.At California community colleges, books can cost more than tuition. At less than $80 a class, California charges the lowest community college tuition in the country, a testament to the state???s commitment to providing its residents with an affordable college education. While the low tuition may help get students into the classroom, the tuition policy may not be helping students stay in the classroom. Studies have shown that California community college students are dropping one of every five courses midway through the semester. Policy analysts have suggested that higher tuition might motivate students to choose their courses more carefully and to stick out tougher courses. This study examines how price and other factors contribute to a community college???s course-completion rate. Using data obtained from the California Community College Chancellor???s Office, course completion is modeled using regression analysis with broad casual inputs (price, student demographics, school characteristics, and economic conditions). The statistical analysis is used to isolate how tuition changes in California community colleges from 2002-2008 can influence course-completion rates. The analysis confirmed a statistically significant, positive relationship between tuition and course completion. Though the predictive effect is small ??? and is likely moderated by the high percentage of students not paying any tuition due to fee waivers ??? small changes can carry long-term impacts on a community college system on the scale of California. With students enrolled in 4 million courses, a 38 percent tuition hike approved by the state Legislature in 2011 could lead to students completing up to 10,000 more classes statewide and staying on track to transfer to a university, earn a degree, or complete other goals. Larger tuition increases that have been proposed would motivate students to complete even more courses. An even larger potential impact on course completion could occur if proposed changes to the state???s fee waiver policy are made, such as requiring waiver recipients to make satisfactory academic progress or reducing the number of students not paying any tuition by replacing the fee waiver with a traditional need-based financial aid model.Public Policy and Administratio
Two Approaches to Assessing the Metropolitan University Mission
No full textOne of the principal challenges facing metropolitan universities is to find a way to explain their contributions to their communities. The metropolitan dimension to these institutions\u27 missions is not well understood by the public, nor is it well documented by universities themselves. This article explains how and why California State University, Sacramento and Portland State University have taken very different approaches to confronting this challenge and offers suggestions and conclusions based on these experiences
Putting political reform in public policy context: an analysis of the policy goals of political reform ballot measures in California
No full textPolitical reform is a seemingly paradoxical concept, but it also happens to be a category of public policy. Political reform is paradoxical in the sense that political systems are inherently political, so any attempt to make these systems apolitical is fraught with false assumptions. Yet, reformers have advocated for a myriad of public policies they allege would reform our system democratic governance. While political scientists have studied these policies at _the idiosyncratic level, no body of research exists that takes an aggregate view of these policies. I begin to bridge this knowledge gap by distilling the policy goals of modern political reform attempts in California. To accomplish this task, I analyze the arguments in favor of political reform ballot measures placed before voters from 1970 to 2008. I find that the concerns of highest priority to reformers are empowering citizens, reducing the influence of special interests, reducing the disproportionate power of incumbents, political parties, or party leaders, enhancing electoral representation, and promoting more effective policymaking. I then discuss the implications of achieving these goals through public policy
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