Showing papers by "Bridgewater State University published in 2001"

Culture and Ideology in Keeping Transfer Commitment: Three Community Colleges

Abstract: KATHLEEN M. SHAW is Assistant Professor of Urban Education in the Department of Education Leadership and Policy Studies at Temple University in Philadelphia. Her research interests include issues of equity and access to postsecondary education; the intersection between educational policy and broader social policy; and the subjective experience of social mobility among first-generation college students. With James R. Valadez and Robert A. Rhoades, she published Community Colleges as Cultural Texts: Qualitative Explorations of Organization and Student Culture (Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 1999). She currently directs a national study of the effects of welfare reform on poor women’s access to college. HOWARD B. LONDON is Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Bridgewater State College in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, where he is also Professor of Sociology. His research interests include first-generation college students, community colleges, and general education reform. With Sandra Kantor and Zelda Gamson, he coedited Revitalizing General Education ion a Time of Scarcity: A Navigational Chart of Administrators and Faculty (Needham Heights: Allyn and Bacon, 1996). This research was funded by grants from the Ford Foundation and the Spencer Foundation. The authors are solely responsible for the conclusions expressed in the article. Address queries to Kathleen M. Shaw, 252 Ritter Hall, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122; telephone: (215) 204-8046; e-mail: kshaw001@ nimbus.temple.edu. Culture and Ideology in Keeping Transfer Commitment: Three Community Colleges

The Interaction Between Democracy and Ethnopolitical Protest and Rebellion in Africa

Abstract: This article reconciles theoretical and methodological differences between the Minorities at Risk (MAR) project and Bratton and van de Walle's 1997 analysis of democratic transitions occurring between 1990 and 1994. Analyses based on MAR have shown that protest in the 1980s was more likely to occur in more democratic African countries, whereas violent rebellion was more likely to occur in more autocratic countries. Bratton and van de Walle have shown that urban protests also occurred more frequently in more democratic countries. This article replicates earlier findings that prior democracy is an important variable for explaining ethnopolitical protest and rebellion. The authors analyze the relationship between such ethnopolitical action and democratic transitions and levels of democracy in 1994 and show that democracy and worker-student protest are mutually reinforcing, whereas democracy and rebellion are mutually incompatible. The authors further demonstrate that ethnopolitical protest is neutral in its ...

Price structures, the quality factor, and chaining

Abstract: This paper examines alternative approaches to multilateral comparisons based on spatial chains. The ground covered includes a review of the consistency problem for countries with multiple-benchmarks and a discussion of what might give rise to it. While much of our recent work has been with respect to the Penn World Table (PWT), most of this paper will be concerned with benchmark comparisons. In particular we argue that serious consideration be given to spatial chaining as a method of multilateral comparison, but there still remain major problems to solve. The case we make is as much empirical as it is methodological. Our application is to the 115 country 1996 reduced benchmark data. For this data set, we examine spatial linking based upon the spanning tree approach of Robert Hill, but using both price similarity as well as the Paasche-Laspeyres spread as criteria. We go on to describe how we might extend this benchmark over time and space along the lines of PWT.

3-Methyleneoxindole: an affinity label of glutathione S-transferase pi which targets tryptophan 38.

Abstract: The compound 3-methyleneoxindole (MOI), a photooxidation product of the plant auxin indole-3-acetic acid, functions as an affinity label of the dimeric pi class glutathione S-transferase (GST) isolated from pig lung. MOI inactivates the enzyme to a limit of 14% activity. The k for inactivation by MOI is decreased 20-fold by S-hexylglutathione but only 2-fold by S-methylglutathione, suggesting that MOI does not react entirely within the glutathione site. The striking protection against inactivation provided by S-(hydroxyethyl)ethacrynic acid indicates that MOI reacts in the active site region involving both the glutathione and the xenobiotic substrate sites. Incorporation of [(3)H]MOI up to approximately 1 mol/mol of enzyme dimer concomitant with maximum inactivation suggests that there are interactions between subunits. Fractionation of the proteolytic digest of [(3)H]MOI-modified GST pi yielded Trp38 as the only labeled amino acid. The crystal structure of the human GST pi-ethacrynic acid complex (2GSS) shows that the indole of Trp38 is less than 4 A from ethacrynic acid. Similarly, MOI may bind in this substrate site. In contrast to its effect on the pi class GST, MOI inactivates much less rapidly and extensively alpha and mu class GSTs isolated from the rat. These results show that MOI reacts preferentially with GST pi. Such a compound may be useful in novel combination chemotherapy to enhance the efficacy of alkylating cancer drugs while minimizing toxic side effects.

A multi-Api course in computer graphics

Abstract: The choice of what to cover in a computer science major course is governed by both the objectives of the course, and the overall goals of the major. We describe a set of design decisions that have resulted in a project-oriented course in Computer Graphics that uses four different graphics APIs: Windows GDI, DirectDraw, Java 2D, and OpenGL.

Preventing high school dropout among students with mild disabilities: A literature review

Abstract: This paper reviews research on best practices for preventing students with mild disabilities from dropping out of high school. Findings from the literature review indicate there is a consensus among the researchers that warning signs for school dropout among students with mild disabilities include: poor attendance, academic difficulties, behavioral problems, and social alienation. Most studies did show a positive correlation between particular interventions and one or several of these variables. Interventions described in all of the research-based studies showed some common components. First, all studies included monitoring of selected dependent variables. The studies that achieved the best results modified individual student interventions during the program based upon data collected through this on-going monitoring. Second, most studies included an element of relationship building which often involved home/school connections. In addition, an effort to build affiliation between the student and the school characterized the more successful studies. Often, though not always, peer tutoring was the instrument used to build this affiliation. Most gains shown throughout these studies, however, have been short-term. In four of the studies described, the gains were documented for less than 1 year. The paper concludes with recommendations for school administrators and teachers. (Contains 28 references.) (CR) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the ori inal document. Preventing High School Dropout Among Students with Mild Disabilities: