A Program Evaluation of Los Angeles ACORN's Welfare Case Advocacy

SUMMARY

Bureaucratic confusion and client dissatisfaction since the 1996 changes in welfare policy opened opportunities for third party advocacy on behalf of welfare clients. This paper evaluates Los Angeles ACORN's case advocacy program for welfare clients. Outcomes analyzed include client satisfaction with ACORN's advocacy and effects of the program on welfare clients who later became ACORN members. Ninety-one percent of clients surveyed (N = 99) stated they were satisfied with the resolution of their welfare case complaint. Eighty-eight percent of respondents stated ACORN did a better job resolving their problem compared to the welfare department. Unique aspects of the program include peer advocacy and opportunities for welfare recipients to join ACORN and work on welfare policy changes among other issues.     

微型案例在管理教学中的应用

利用微型案例组织教学，使知识性、真实性、趣味性融为一体，有利于促进教学方法的改革，提高学生学习的积极性和主动性，提高学生分析问题和解决问题的能力。     

论当代中国公益慈善观念的冲突与社会共识的达成——以陈光标事件为切入点的分析

文章通过陈光标事件分析了中国慈善公益观念在动机、方式上的冲突,并指出这些强烈的冲突源自传统慈善观念、计划经济时期慈善观念和西方公益慈善观念的冲突。最后,指出应该鼓励更多资金进入公益领域,对通过公益慈善获得合理的社会声望应该加以认可,并进行丰富公益慈善方式的探索。     

Auditing biochemical research data: A case study

There is little documentation in the literature of how to conduct a data audit of laboratory research. The purpose of such an audit is to verify the extent to which the published data agree with the corresponding laboratory notebook data and whether the data thus examined appear to be sufficient to justify the published conclusions. A case study is presented, which demonstrates a step by step approach towards conducting a data audit of a published research study.     

本科教学工作水平评估政策在院校层次的执行

对本科教学工作水平评估政策的发展进行了梳理，以部委所属某高校为例，探究该项政策执行过程中的某些实际情况。从该院校层面入手，以院校政策执行的时间为脉络，描述了本科教学评估政策在执行过程中的实际情况，对评估准备工作、评估指标的分解、评估材料的准备、教职工的任务分配以及整改六个阶段的问题进行了分析。     

“水资源利用与保护”课程新型案例教学模式探讨

社会对环境类人才的能力要求越来越高，教师需要着力培养学生的创新能力，强化训练学生的实践能力。在深入研究案例教学的理论基础上，根据“水资源利用与保护”课程的知识结构、课程特点及教学目标，结合教学对象的学习需求，紧扣世界水环境急剧变化给水资源利用与保护提出的新挑战，面向西部的水资源特性及城市水环境现状，设计教学案例，制定实施案例教学流程，对“水资源利用与保护”课程的新型案例教学模式进行了探讨。     

One Woman's Life Journey

Abstract

This qualitative study examines the life history of an 80 year old woman grassroots peace activist through the lens of spirituality (Borysenko, 1996; Canda & Furman, 1999) and relational theory (Belenky, Clinch, Goldberger, Tarule, 1986; Covington & Surrey, 1997). Using a case study design and multiple data sources, the major psychological, social, and historical events of her life were reviewed. Major theoretical themes that emerged from the interview are described. These findings provide useful insights about how the quest for inner peace and spirituality motivates and sustains community activism, an area critical to social workers who use peaceful diplomacy to organize efforts for social justice outcomes.     

非常规灾害事件情景演化的概率性生长模式——基于台风莫拉克的探索性案例研究

使用探索性案例研究方法，对台风莫拉克在浙江的演化过程进行分析。研究发现，非常规灾害事件的情景演化过程与生物体的生长过程具有诸多相似之处，同时又具有明显的概率性。在案例研究基础上，进一步构建数学模型，给出了概率性生长模式的形式化表达，也为仿真模拟和计算实验提供了理论基础。     

Non-Custodial African American Fatherhood:

The authors provide a conceptual foundation for the use of a research approach in exploring program and policy issues associated with empowering poor, young, non-custodial African American fathers. A post-positivist, ecological, Afrocentric, bicultural research perspective, using the case study method, is proposed as the most effective means of understanding this population and developing appropriate interventions.     

Doing Good,Public Good,and Public Value

In this article, using multiple illustrative case examples, we demonstrate that philanthropic institutions are in the business of creating public value. In framing the work of philanthropy more broadly to include the process of public value creation, philanthropic institutions and leaders are challenged to be more strategic not only in their mission‐fulfillment grant‐making with nonprofit organizations but also in the way they stimulate and encourage collaboration, create the “third space” necessary to incubate ideas to transform society, and leverage resources to increase the return on their investments toward system‐wide change. The implications for philanthropic actors and institutions suggest that the strategic contributions they make toward creation of public value are those that go beyond transactional performance measures, such as number of dollars spent or clients receiving services, to include ways that their investments are amplified by meaningful partnerships with nonprofit and other organizations, changed behaviors of institutions and individuals, and transformative public policies.