Medical School in the Drawing Board at Florida International University

College of Medicinemunication form the FLorida International University Office of Media Relations on the University's plan to create an Academic Health Center, including a doctorate program in medicine.

Tests of the fatigue strength of steam turbine blade shapes : a report

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“Never Give up:” The Strengths and Strategies Used Among Undocumented College Students From Central America to Access and Persist in U.S. Higher Education

The purpose of this study was to identify the strengths and strategies that undocumented college students from Central America used to access and persist in United States higher education. A multiple-case study design was used to conduct in-depth, semi-structured interviews and document collection from ten persons residing in Illinois, Maryland, Ohio, Texas, and Washington. Yosso’s (2005, 2006) community cultural wealth conceptual framework, an analytical and methodological tool, was used to uncover assets used to navigate the higher education system. The findings revealed that participants activated all forms of capital, with cultural capital being the least activated yet necessary, to access and persist in college. Participants also activated most forms of capital together or consecutively in order to attain financial resources, information and social networks that facilitated college access. Participants successfully persisted because they continued to activate forms of capital, displayed a high sense of agency, and managed to sustain college educational goals despite challenges and other external factors. The relationships among forms of capital and federal, state, and institutional policy contexts, which positively influenced both college access and persistence were not illustrated in Yosso’s (2005, 2006) community cultural wealth framework. Therefore, this study presents a modified community cultural wealth framework, which includes these intersections and contexts. In the spirit of Latina/o critical race theory (LatCrit) and critical race theory (CRT), the participants share with other undocumented students suggestions on how to succeed in college. This study can contribute to the growing research of undocumented college students, and develop higher education policy and practice that intentionally consider undocumented college students’ strengths to successfully navigate the institution.

Status of Endangered and Threatened Sand Area Species of the Illinois Flora

This study was undertaken to determine the distribution and habitat requirements of many of the endangered and threatened plant species associated with the sand deposits of Illinois. Approximately 70 species of endangered and threatened plants are known to grow in these deposits. The habitat fidelity and natural community types were determined for 40 of these species that are restricted to these glacial drift sand habitats. Plant community types, associated species, moisture requirements, and other data concerning each of the plant species were determined by reviewing the pertinent literature, searching the Illinois Department of Natural Resources Natural Heritage Database, through discussions with botanists and natural heritage biologists, examination of herbarium specimens, and our studies of the vegetation of the Illinois sand deposits. Throughout the course of these studies, most of the nature preserves, state parks, and identified natural areas in the sand regions were visited on numerous occasions and vegetation surveys undertaken. The information presented in this paper could allow rare plant conservation in Illinois to become more proactive by encouraging the selection of sites where in situ conservation efforts could be conducted by state, local, and nongovernmental organizations.

Expected rates of return to education / BEBR No. 832

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The Origins and Legacy of a Currency Board in Argentina

This is a qualitative case study of the adoption of a currency board in Argentina in 1991. It presents a discursive analysis and intellectual history of four overlaying and mutually influencing stories of Convertibility’s adoption. It is (1) the story of how Menem aligned himself to the Washington Consensus as a means to win a Presidential election. This ideological alignment influences and is influenced by a (2) reconstitution of the Peronist Party’s historically entrenched identity. This in turn re-fashion the whole system of interest articulation and relative power of interest groups in Argentina. The adoption of a currency board also marks the pace of (3) the entrenchment neoliberal interests across a domestic network of neoliberal think-tanks, technocrats, politicians, and “technopoles” articulating neoliberal interests outside of the Washington Consensus, within an International Neoliberal Network. Argentina’s adoption of a currency board falls in line with the Corner Solutions, a neoliberal doctrine promoted to influence developing countries to adopt two forms of exchange rate regimes that allow for less government involvement, including a currency board. Argentina starts as a test country and then becomes (4) an ideological stepping stone to help promote the creation of currency boards across more “developing” countries. These stories are not sequential but concurrent, and they help advance an alternative critique of neoliberalism that focuses on specifics to induce case-specific lessons versus a theory claiming to provide any universal truth.

ANNUAL REPORT of LANDER COLLEGE TO THE GOVERNOR AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY July 1, 1979-June 30, 1980

Each year Lander University produces an annual accountability report for the South Carolina General Assembly and the Budget and Control Board. Included is an executive summary, agency discussion and analysis, and strategic planning documents.

ANNUAL REPORT of LANDER COLLEGE TO THE GOVERNOR AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY July 1, 1973-June 30, 1974

Each year Lander University produces an annual accountability report for the South Carolina General Assembly and the Budget and Control Board. Included is an executive summary, agency discussion and analysis, and strategic planning documents.

ANNUAL REPORT of LANDER COLLEGE TO THE GOVERNOR AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY July 1, 1974-June 30, 1975

Each year Lander University produces an annual accountability report for the South Carolina General Assembly and the Budget and Control Board. Included is an executive summary, agency discussion and analysis, and strategic planning documents.

ANNUAL REPORT of LANDER COLLEGE TO THE GOVERNOR AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY July 1, 1975-June 30, 1976

Each year Lander University produces an annual accountability report for the South Carolina General Assembly and the Budget and Control Board. Included is an executive summary, agency discussion and analysis, and strategic planning documents.

ANNUAL REPORT of LANDER COLLEGE TO THE GOVERNOR AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY July 1, 1976-June 30, 1977

Each year Lander University produces an annual accountability report for the South Carolina General Assembly and the Budget and Control Board. Included is an executive summary, agency discussion and analysis, and strategic planning documents.

ANNUAL REPORT of LANDER COLLEGE TO THE GOVERNOR AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY July 1, 1977-June 30, 1978

Each year Lander University produces an annual accountability report for the South Carolina General Assembly and the Budget and Control Board. Included is an executive summary, agency discussion and analysis, and strategic planning documents.