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Education Governors for the 21st Century [PDF]
, 2005 Provides guidance for state leaders on how they can promote education reform through strategic alliances with educators, business leaders, and communities.
Ferrel Guillory
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Contract Labour, Job Quality and Turnover Intention—Evidence From Nigeria
Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Labour contracting, where intermediaries provide farmers with migrant workers, plays a central role in meeting the demand for seasonal labour on labour‐intensive farms. Yet this system poses underresearched challenges for both workers and farmers.
Olayinka Aremu +3 more
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Improvement in the English Translations of Albrecht von Haller's Usong (1771)
Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, EarlyView.Abstract The political novel Usong (1771), written by the Swiss physiologist Albrecht von Haller (1708–1777), is set in the fifteenth century and tells the story of a Mongolian prince who becomes the Emperor of Persia and redesigns the government of his empire to promote the happiness of his subjects.
Laura Tarkka
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Preparing Our Kids for Education, Work and Life: A Report of the Task Force on Youth Aging Out [PDF]
, 2008 Summarizes a study of Massachusetts youth transitioning out of foster care, and offers recommendations for policies, practices, and resource conditions, including "Five Core Resources" to prepare them for higher education, work, and ...
Brian Condron +5 more
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Love, Class‐Crossing Courtship, and the Reading of English Novels in Late Eighteenth‐Century Sweden
Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines how novel reading influenced the courtship practices of Pehr Stenberg, a peasant who became a clergyman. Stenberg wrote a detailed account of his life in which his courtships of high‐born women are described in detail. These courtships took place during a transformative time when the ideal that marriage should be based on
Ina Lindblom
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Archaeometry, EarlyView.Abstract Cultural and natural values form the core of World Heritage designation. Properties displaying both values, however, comprise a fraction of inscriptions (currently c. 3%) to the World Heritage List. In 1992, when that fraction stood at c. 5%, adoption of the popular ‘cultural landscapes’ category of cultural heritage in 1992 was therefore ...
Ryan J. Rabett
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In Defense of the Electoral College [PDF]
, 2017 There is hardly anything in the Constitution harder to explain, or easier to misunderstand, than the Electoral College. And when a presidential election hands the palm to a candidate who comes in second in the popular vote but first in the Electoral ...
Guelzo, Allen C., Hulme, James H.
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Archaeometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Morphological and morphometric analysis of archaeological animal hairs offers a nondestructive method to explore past clothing. We examined hair from two 18th‐century burial areas (SP03 and SP04) in Mazamet, France. SP03 specimens exhibited a continuous medulla, a low medullary index (0.2 ± 0.03) and cuticular features suggesting goat or ...
C. Michel +9 more
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Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The paper explores the experiences of professionals who support unaccompanied refugee adolescents in the Netherlands as they transition to adulthood. This study highlights a crucial yet understudied period for these young people, many of whom arrive at the age of 16 or older and have only a short period of time to become self‐sufficient before
L. N. Hacquebord +3 more
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Politics as usual? The Trials and Tribulations of the Law of Historical Memory in Spain [PDF]
, 2008 The aim of this article is to evaluate the Law of Historical Memory from a political perspective where politics is understood as "the art of the possible".
Blakeley, Georgina
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