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The Non--federal Match Requirement For Head Start: Why Does it Exist and How Does it Affect A Local Head Start Program?
Head Start A Local Head Start Program
2014/10/20
This paper looks at the relationship between the non--‐federal match requirement for Head Start Programs and program operations with regard to parent engagement. It argues that the purpose of non--‐fe...
Encouraging Spanish-Speaking Parent Involvement: Overcoming the Barriers at Crocker Farm Elementary School
Crocker Farm Elementary School Spanish-Speaking Parent Involvement
2014/10/20
The average student spends between six and seven hours in the classroom each day. However, children need educational support that exceeds the traditional school day in order to develop to their full p...
Finding a Place to Call Home: An Analysis of Mortgage Lending In Springfield, MA
Mortgage Lending Springfield
2014/10/20
This study proposes the research question: are banks lending in such a way that under serves the residents of Springfield, resulting in low rates of homeownership? The study finds that empirical diffe...
Small Town Libraries and the Challenges of ADA Compliance: Can a small town create a better community through ADA compliance?
Challenges of ADA Compliance ADA compliance
2014/10/20
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 was signed into legislation by President George Bush. This was in response to claims that earlier protections left a void for persons with disabilitie...
Upgrading the American Labor Relations System: An Analysis of Several Alternatives
Upgrading the American Labor Relations System Several Alternatives
2014/10/20
The American labor relations system does not adequately provide employee representation to the degree demanded by employee preferences. Moving to a nonexclusive representation system would extend the ...
Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Biochar Application in the U.S. Cereal Crop Cultivation
Cost-Benefit Analysis Biochar Application
2014/10/20
Increasing global warming and food insecurity give ample rationale for research on biochar in view of its properties: enhancement of soil fertility and crop productivity, soil water retention and carb...
Policy Alternatives for Federal Agricultural Subsidies:Fertilization Protocols and Their Effects on Crop Yields,Sustainability, and Food Justice
Federal Agricultural Subsidies Policy Alternatives Sustainability
2014/10/20
In the United States, the application of fertilizer in the agricultural industry too often leads to negative externalities, including the runoff of excess fertilizer into local waterways and the atmos...
Funding General Education Classes: Alternatives to Meet Current UMass Needs
Funding General Education Classes Meet Current UMass Needs
2014/10/20
The University of Massachusetts has identified general education requirements as being an important component of undergraduate student education. These requirements prepare them for their undergraduat...
PartnerSTAT? Performance Measurementand Management forInter-Municipal Partnerships
Performance Measurementand Management forInter-Municipal Partnerships
2014/10/20
In April of 2010, the Massachusetts Regionalization Advisory Commission issued its findings advocating for inter-local partnerships in eleven specific areas. The study found that “as the costs of gove...
Energy Concierge Services: Analysis of a Public-Private Partnership Model for Commercial Energy Efficiency
Energy Concierge Services Commercial Energy Efficiency
2014/10/20
Energy Concierge Services, a unique model to boost participation in energy efficiency programs, is being piloted in the commercial sector of the City of Northampton, Massachusetts. Energy Concierge Se...
How does a socially-driven for-profit balance mission and profit?: The Case of Joya Bride
balance mission profit Joya Bride
2014/10/20
Socially-driven businesses straddle the line between non-profits and for-profits with their dual goals of mission and profit. These goals will sometimes come into conflict—therefore a social enterpris...
Toward an Electric Vehicle Policy for the University of Massachusetts Amherst
Electric Vehicle Policy Massachusetts Amherst
2014/10/20
Electric vehicles (EVs) are vehicles that use electric motors for propulsion and have the potential for significant environmental impact with regard to reducing Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions, the lar...
This paper asserts that social media may be an effective supplement to traditional media in a volunteer recruitment campaign. I conduct a detailed study to assess the impact of various social media in...
Bridging Arab American diaspora: A case for social support programming
Arab American diaspora social support programming
2014/10/20
Berry (1980) refers to acculturation as a model for adaptation, and states that there are different levels of acculturation “moving with or toward, moving against and moving away from a stimulus” (p. ...
Springfield’s students of color are experiencing something that the Constitution and laws of Massachusetts have long proclaimed intolerable: racially segregated schools. The schools are segregated bec...