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The Foundation Review

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Managing Expectations When Measuring Philanthropic Impact: A Framework Based On Experience, Frank Ridzi

The Foundation Review

· In order to achieve more targeted community change than possible in conventional grantmaking, foundations have developed a portfolio of activities ranging from capacity building to venture and catalytic philanthropy.

· Key to each of these approaches is a desire for meaningful impact. Yet, funders across the nation express dissatisfaction with their ability to prove or demonstrate impact.

· Conversations with colleagues and personal experience suggest that part of this dissatisfaction is due to a disconnect between the expectations of board members, donors, staff, and participants on one hand and what is actually feasible to measure on the other.

· …

The Friendly Yeti, Daniel S. Capper

Faculty Publications

Most images of yetis in Western popular culture and scholarly literature portray them as secular, predatory monsters. These representations overlook important religious dimensions of yetis that are hidden in the current literature, so I take a new look at yetis in Tibetan religions in order to clarify our understanding of these legendary creatures. Following a phenomenological approach that sets aside the issue of the ontological existence of yetis, I examine texts, art, ritual, and folklore in order to propose four yeti personal ideal types: the Buddhist practitioner, the human religious ally, the friendly yeti, and the mountain deity yeti. These …

Open Secret: Why The Supreme Court Has Nothing To Fear From The Internet, Keith J. Bybee

Institute for the Study of the Judiciary, Politics, and the Media at Syracuse University

The United States Supreme Court has an uneasy relationship with openness: it complies with some calls for transparency, drags its feet in response to others, and sometimes simply refuses to go along. I argue that the Court’s position is understandable given that the internet age of fluid information and openness has often been heralded in terms that are antithetical to the Court’s operations. Even so, I also argue the Court actually has little to fear from greater transparency. The understanding of the Court with the greatest delegitimizing potential is the understanding that the justices render decisions on the basis of …

The United Nations And Gender-Mainstreaming; International Conferences On Women And The Development Of Gender Mainstreaming Policies In Caribbean States, Camasita Campo

Dissertations and Theses

"International conferences, especially UN-sponsored summits, are popular venues for political coalition around various issues of global concerns, mobilizing large audiences consisting of state representatives, NGO groups and other interested parties. Many small states participate at leading international summits. Some of these states for many obvious reasons are preoccupied with economic survival. Their limited resources are expended on economic priorities and little or none is left for the implementation of social development programs. As a result, these small states are constrained from defining contours of social development, without the cooperation of the international community. They must therefore depend on external actors …

The Impact Of Design On The Compliance Of States With International Agreements, Jakub Walko

Dissertations and Theses

This work tackles the question of the importance of design of international agreements on the compliance they elicit on all levels of the global trade regime. Discussing the international legal theories that underpin the different perspectives on this issue and scrutinizing case studies of both large and small treaties this thesis establishes the impact that elements of an agreement's structure have on its aggregate success. A case study of the GATT/WTO system illustrates the challenges of scale and diversity of trade issues while the study of the OILPOL and MARPOL environmental pollution regimes presents a lens on the practical implementation …

Poor And Marginalized Women Active In The Public Arena During Nepal's Peace-Building Process After Maoist Insurgency, Rakshya Pandey Shrestha

Dissertations and Theses

In Nepal, a country where more than half of the population is female, the society is blatantly patriarchal, and the social system is based on caste, class, ethnicity and gender discrimination. It cannot be denied that the violent Maoist insurgency led to socioeconomic and political deterioration in the country. The decade- long violent conflict killed an estimated figure of more than 13,000 people and has displaced even more. Currently, the country is in the process of transformation and peace-building and is moving towards adjusting the past discrepancies to address root causes of the insurgency. However, the Maoist insurgency also brought …

Women's Development In Guangdong; Unequal Opportunities And Limited Development In A Market Economy, Ying Hua Yue

Dissertations and Theses

In the context of China’s three-decade market-oriented economic reform, in which economic development has long been prioritized, women’s development, as one of the social undertakings peripheral to economic development, has relatively lagged behind. This research is an attempt to unfold the current situation of women’s development within such context by studying the case of Guangdong -- the province as forerunner of China’s economic reform and opening-up -- drawing on current primary resources. First, this study reveals mixed results for women’s development in Guangdong: achievements have been made in education, employment and political participation in terms of “rates” and “numbers,” and …

Training Millennials: A Practical And Theoretical Approach, Kathleen Langan

University Libraries Faculty & Staff Publications

Purpose - Purpose: For student reference supervisors and trainers, it is crucial to understand the characteristics of the Millennial worker and how we can effectively train student reference employees in virtual reference. The purpose of this paper is to present best practices for

Design/methodology/approach - Approach: This paper is a combination of a case study and theoretical approach including a literature review of Computer Mediated Communication (CMC)theory as well as Reference and Users Services Association(RUSA) best practices. This paper describes the creation of a training manual for the Millennial student worker.

Findings - Findings: This project proves that a different …

Indigenous Amazon Tribes, Joe Nekvinda

Open Educational Resources

Students will learn to describe various causes and effects of the problem, analyze needs on both sides of the conflict, and form opinions about possible solutions to the conflict.

Mapping History, Linda Vanden Bosch

Open Educational Resources

Students will locate each historical event's location through US History from 1400 to 1865 and transfer that information to their own blown-up outline map and classroom wall size map.

Mapping Ms/Hs H-Lp Grounds, Travis Sprague

Open Educational Resources

Students will identify and describe important geographic features of the school district’s property.

Mapping World News, Beth Miller

Open Educational Resources

Students will be able to use an atlas to locate countries on a world map.

Mpower The World, Your County, And You, Amy Morgan

Open Educational Resources

Students will develop and demonstrate a program/project based on the five themes and their community.

Mystery Class For Math, David Sundstedt

Open Educational Resources

Using Mystery Class (website), students will calculate photoperiods and analyze data.

Osae Can You See? What Is It Like In Chile?, Anne Hoeper

Open Educational Resources

Students will examine and analyze a set of pictures. Students will hypothesize what life is like in Chile. Students will make conclusions about geographical location or culture in Chile.

Sweet Clara And The Freedom Quilt: The Real Story, Dr. Kay Weller

Open Educational Resources

Students will generate a freedom quilt booklet.

The Changing American Landscape: Adapted For A Historical Perspective, Kimn Hassenfritz, Jennifer Slagel

Open Educational Resources

Students will be able to understand how humans have changed the physical landscape over time and be able to apply historical events to the pictures.

The Color Run Project, Rachel Hansen

Open Educational Resources

Students apply knowledge of the five themes of geography to an authentic project and use Google Earth to demonstrate their geography skills.

The Color Run Project: Day One, Rachel Hansen

Open Educational Resources

Students can define location as a theme of geography and apply it to a city in the world.

The Geography Of Rwanda's Genocide, Rachel Hansen

Open Educational Resources

Students can (1) use Google Maps or Google Earth to examine the physical features of Rwanda; (2) apply knowledge of the Demographic Transition Model to Rwanda; (3) evaluate the role culture plays in conflict.

The Hispanic Migration Into Iowa, Joan Lehman

Open Educational Resources

Students will list, compare, and contrast the positives and negatives of Hispanics to Iowa. Students will interpret data from census.

The New Africa, Angela Groene

Open Educational Resources

Students will be aware of the history, unique geographic features, and economic growth of the continent of Africa by examining one specific country and creating a booklet.

Where Does Our Stuff Come From?, Brittany Lassen

Open Educational Resources

Students will understand the importance of globalization by seeing how much of our everyday items come from other countries. Students will further be able to understand the huge quantities of items that come from other countries and will work on analyzing how this affects the U.S.’s balance of trade.

World Food Programme/Country Comparison, Julia Swallow

Open Educational Resources

The student will use data from websites given to study hunger crisis locations, country statistics, and political conditions in needy regions. Students will organize and compare data, using results for debate.

A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words, Kelly Davidson

Open Educational Resources

Students will examine and analyze photographs from India. Students will hypothesize about photographs from India. Students will make conclusions about geographical location or culture in India.

Absolute Vs. Relative Location, Anthony Boggs

Open Educational Resources

Students will be able to identify the terms absolute and relative location. Students will be able to discern which method of description is best used to pinpoint a particular location, dependent on context.

An Introduction To Ancient Greece And The Birth Of Drama, Erin Kruger

Open Educational Resources

English II students will be able to identify and explain the five themes of geography and how these themes teach us about the impact of ancient Greece on society throughout time.

Ancient Civilizations Review, Whitney Ott-­‐Zuzich

Open Educational Resources

Students will be able to correctly identify different historical sites using latitude and longitude. Students will be able to correctly locate the different historical sites on a map.

Art Around The World, Carrie Pope

Open Educational Resources

Students will learn how to use Google Maps and importance of using latitude and longitude.