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Showing 1 to 20 of 63 for “"Civic and Community Engagement"”.
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From Classroom to Community: Cultivating Critical Consciousness in K-12 Ethnic Studies for Civic and Community Engagement
… is the culmination of decades of grassroots community organizing to address inequities between students of color and their advantaged peers. Empirical evidence suggests that K-12 Ethnic Studies courses have positive academic and social outcomes for historically marginalized students, yet …
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Conceptions of Civic and Community Engagement Across Cultures: A Comparative Case Study of U.S. Universities and Their Branch Campuses in Qatar
… branch campuses, there is a lack of understanding about how community engagement is conceptualized and practiced in these settings. Most scholarship on community engagement focuses on universities in the U.S. and Europe, with limited attention to how these models are adapted for …
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Who you are, where you go, and who you know: a study of civic participation of youth in Chicago neighborhoods
Community violence is a pervasive and damaging social phenomenon, occurring with alarming frequency in economically disadvantaged communities of color. The detrimental consequences of violence exposure in adolescents is well understood; however, comparatively little is known about the ways in which …
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Factors that Motivate YMCA Volunteers
… strive to find the best methods of recruiting and retaining volunteers. Although the field of psychology has done considerable research on what motivates people to engage in helping behavior and Volunteerism, there has been little applied research in this area. There appeared to be a lack of …
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A Study Of Factors That Influence Partnerships Between Universities And Nonprofit Organizations
… that influence partnerships between universities and nonprofit organizations. Specifically, the study examined how nonprofit leaders characterize “effective” University-Nonprofit Partnerships; strategies that nonprofit leaders have employed to develop effective relationships with universities; and …
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The World Is Not Yet Completed: Moral Imaginaries and Everyday Politics in Progressive Religious Communities
<p>How religion shapes political and civic engagement has been a consistently fruitful question for American social theorists. Religion has often been understood as providing the moral underpinnings of civil society, traditionally in ways that promote cohesion or preserve the status quo. Despite …
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Museum Activism and Social Responsibility: Building Museum Education Programs for Juvenile Offenders
<p>Museums are important to their communities and serve many significant purposes to society. The traditional viewpoint of a museum’s function is that they are there to preserve and interpret collections for the sake of facilitating deeper understanding and education for museum audiences. However, …
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Helping Behavior in a Globalized Community
… 9 th Ward. I examine respondent self-concepts and attachment to the community to gain understanding of how individuals participate in voluntary helping behavior in their locality. Interview data, brief economic and cultural examination of the area, and my observations as a resident of the Upper …
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An analysis of the relationship between social capital and subjective well-being in four regions of Spain in the mid-1990s
… analysis of two concepts: subjective well-being and social capital. I examine each concept separately, looking at their underlying determinants and characteristics, and I also look at the links between these two notions, as there is theoretical support for their interdependent relationship. I …
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Leadership and Communication as Opportunities for Growth: Refining Discipline with Cross Cultural Relationships beyond the Classroom
… across a variety of learning environments and provide scholars of color with the opportunity to self-advocate. I utilize a culturally relevant pedagogy in my framework component to stress the need for reciprocal relationships based on dignity and mutual respect. I provide effective …
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An Evaluation of Educator Perceptions Regarding the Level of Family Engagement in Appalachian Kentucky Schools with Middle Grade Students
… of educators about the level of family engagement occurring in rural Appalachian Kentucky schools with middle grade students. The research contributes to the field of rural family engagement studies by providing baseline metrics of educator perceptions on the current level of family …
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Finding the Public: Models of Interaction Between Curatorial and Education Departments in Three American Encyclopedic Museums
<p>Curatorial and education departments have coexisted for the last half century in American art museums, and have often had differing attitudes about who the museum is for and how best to convey the current and historical meaning of the works they display. This results from trends and …
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Social Workers' Perception on HIV/AIDS and the Effects on Their Service Delivery
… (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) population and the effects on their service delivery. This study used a quantitative online survey with a self-administered questionnaire. Data was collected for 60 social worker participants for this study. Participants were provided a postcard to a link of …
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The Effects of Crystal Bridges in Downtown Revitalization of Bentonville, Arkansas in The Last Decade
… research on the impacts of the revitalization and the factors associated with it is limited or focused for the private sector. This study identified Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art as a catalyst for the process of downtown revitalization and aimed to fill the gap in urban development and …
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Women’s Empowerment and Community-Driven Development: Evidence from the Solomon Islands
<p>The study evaluates the impact to-date of a community-driven development (CDD) program on women’s empowerment in the Solomon Islands. Originally launched in 2008, the CDD program is known as the Rural Development Program (RDP). The RDP aims to foster employment and income growth by focusing on …
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Kentucky 4-H Minimizes Barriers to STEM Education
<p>Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) programs are a national priority. The increase in the number of jobs that require a STEM-minded workforce raises the demand for education systems and communities to focus on fostering the development of STEM competencies of students. American …
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Social Networking in Collegiate Public Relations
… education implement social networking policies and procedures. The project includes a manual and marketing plan that will be implemented by the author of the project at his employer, Georgia Perimeter College.
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