American public education commands a workforce of millions of people, a budget in the trillions of dollars, and a significant share of one’s childhood. It is a vast, complex system run simultaneously by local, state, and ...
This case demonstrates the internal paradox of conflicting interests and motives central to the collaboration between microfinance as it enters into the realm of mainstream investment and commercial funding and simultaneously ...
Currently, there are over 20,000 North Korean refugees in South Korea with at least 2,000 entering each year. North Koreans hope to experience freedom and comfort in their new home but tend to find only poverty and ...
This project examines the African National Congress’ most recent proposal for national
health insurance in South Africa. By analyzing its ability to build upon the successes and avoid the pitfalls of past policies, this ...
A student’s decision to drop out of high school has repercussions for the individual and society. Broadband availability, which has become ubiquitous in the US since the late 1990s, can dramatically affect a student’s ...
An established pioneer in matters of early childhood education, North Carolina will be using the Race to the Top grant money they won in 2010 to create and implement a statewide K-3 assessment. The Department of Public ...
Childhood obesity rates in the United States have been increasing at alarming rates. Schools must play an integral role in obesity prevention efforts to reverse current trends. In order to understand how schools can improve ...
It has been documented that pollution from North Carolina hog waste lagoons contaminates drinking water, lowers air quality, and devastates North Carolina’s commercial and recreational fishing and tourist industries. The ...
This project examines the role that the concept of a “human right to health” played in the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). It analyzes this topic through the study of speeches made by ...
More than half of the world’s population still depends on open-fires for cooking, causing an alarming array of health and environmental concerns. Over the past few decades, many efforts have been made around the world to ...
This thesis explores what motivates middle class Chinese to consume expensive, imported luxury products. China’s middle class is larger than the population of the United States and is expected to more than double within ...
The extraordinary increase in Hispanic immigration to the United States has led to a demographic shift in student enrollment at Durham Public Schools. Schools in the district demonstrate below-average passing rates on ...
From 2002 to 2006, Cobb County, Georgia placed controversial stickers on high school biology textbooks which were critical of evolution. This study uses the differences-in-differences method to analyze what effects the ...
Amidst attempts to recover from one of the worst recessions since the Great Depression, economists continue to analyze the role of entrepreneurship within the United States economy. While many economists focus on the ...
Since the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, foreign policy experts and U.S. government officials have emphasized the importance of public diplomacy in combating terrorism and ensuring national security. In the ...
This research project aims to identify which aspect of society in Kakamega, Kenya, wields the most influence over perceptions of women’s education. Through conducting primary research in the form of surveys, interviews, ...
The collapse of Somalia’s central government in 1991 has fissured the state into three distinct socio-political regions. South-central Somalia struggles to emerge from a devastating state crisis and exhibits no institutional ...
Analysis of CTR programs remains incredibly pertinent today because these programs form the basis of development for new and emerging threat reduction activities. Nunn-Lugar’s reach has already spread beyond the former ...
There is growing support for metropolitan-focused economic development policy in the United States. Defenders of this metropolitan agenda push aside concerns regarding whether rural communities are left out of this framework ...
This paper compares two different programs designed to teach Spanish-speaking English Language Learners (ELLs). The first, English as a Second Language (ESL), utilizes English-only instruction to facilitate English ...