Middle School Children's Perceptions on Welfare and Poverty: An Exploratory, Qualitative Study

This study was undertaken to determine how middle school children assess the effects of welfare reform on their daily lives. The study consisted of thirty interviews with children and their mothers recruited from a middle school in a large, metropolitan area. From the children's perspective, multiple jobs and evening/night hours interfered with the child-parent relationship. Other consequences included grades going down and not getting to school on time. All the children stated that mothers should work, but most children felt mothers should only work when their children are in school. Welfare and poverty were issues about which children were teased at school.     

The University: An Agent of Social Change?

Can universities be agents of progressive social change? How would we know if a university was acting as an agent of social change? Drawing on four case studies, I raise a number of questions to problematize our understanding of the university as an agent of social change. I outline a number of contributing factors that appear to explain successful cases. I conclude by arguing the relevancy of these cases for larger, and more traditional, sociological projects.     

评几种错误的人生追求

把追求金钱、享乐、权力作为人生的目的 ,是错误的人生追求。利己主义是剥削阶级人生目的的核心。无产阶级的人生目的是为人民。由“为自己”到“为人民” ,这是人类历史上人生目的的革命变革。遵循马克思主义“为绝大多数人谋利益”的基本原理 ,中共三代领导人对无产阶级人生目的作了精辟表述。通过学习和践履马列主义和毛泽东、邓小平、江泽民关于人生目的的论述 ,必然会破除种种错误的人生目的和人生追求 ,确立全心全意为人民服务的无产阶级人生目的和人生追求。     

李觏与佛教

李觏佛教思想具有双重性，既有排佛的一面，也有容佛的一面。排佛主要表现在两个领域，一是以经济建设、财富积累和社会秩序为内容的物质领域，一是儒家礼治伦理领域；容佛主要表现在对佛教某些教义、佛教教化功能的肯定。李觏佛教思想的基本内容及其特点，是颇有启示的。     

发展政府与政府的科学发展

在中央提出科学发展观之后，各个领域都面临一个科学发展的问题。政府作为社会治理的主体，在推进科学发展上具有更为重要的作用，因此科学发展观要求政府自身必须首先科学发展。政府的科学发展必然包括政府自身的发展和面向社会治理能力的发展。果有善治则必有善政，因此必须大力发展政府，构建中国特色的发展政府学，借鉴全球发展政府的理论成果，研究中国政府发展的规律，为中国各级政府的改革和全面履行科学发展观职能提供理论及实践指导。     

市场竞争条件下成人高等教育发展的困境与突破

改革开放以来，我国经济体制从计划走向市场，并逐步趋于完善。经济体制的转变带来了成人高等教育活动的变革。市场竞争条件下成人高等教育发展呈现出竞争性、合作性、品牌化、多样性和适应性等特征。然而，我国成人高等教育却存在着地位不明、竞争力弱、质量偏低、单一化、趋同化等问题。我们只有对成人高等教育进行系统改革，才能建立与现代市场经济体系相适应的成人高等教育体系。     

Effects of Marriage and Children on Financial Risk Tolerance: A Synthesis of Family Development and Prospect Theory

Family development and prospect theory were used as a framework to predict variability in individuals' subjective financial risk tolerance within distinct family structures. Gender, age, and income were expected to interact with the main effects of family structure (marital status and children). Theory-generated hypotheses were examined in Study 1 (data from university housing respondents, n = 76) and Study 2 (the 1998 Survey of Consumer Finances, n = 4,305). One family structure main effect (child presence) was significant for investment risk tolerance in both studies. Family structure interactions (marital status × age and child × income) were significant for employment risk (Study 1), and child × age was significant for investment risk in Study 2.     

悼红轩里增删遍,料定知音旷代存——拜读贺信民先生《红情绿意——<红楼梦>点面论》

三十多年的耕耘,《红情绿意——〈红楼梦〉点面论》的面世,成为贺信民先生贡献于红学界的又一丰硕成果。书中宏观运幄与微观烛照兼长,用生命体验来感悟红楼,在慧眼洞察的缕缕新意之中折射着贺信民先生“研红”的风雨征程,折射着红学界积火传薪的优良学术传承。     

基于SWOT分析的我国服务贸易发展战略思考

随着国际服务贸易发展,各国都将发展本国服务业作为参与国际竞争的战略重点。我国服务贸易发展水平落后,优势依然集中在劳动力和自然资源方面。中国加入WTO后,服务业对外开放,面临内外威胁,但是服务贸易的自由化也同时为我国发展服务贸易提供了机遇。在SWOT分析基础上,本文根据我国服务贸易的优势、劣势以及面临的机遇和威胁,提出了服务贸易发展战略的思考。     

潘懋元谈大学教学改革

改革开放以后我国的高等教育是从体制改革入手的，而后逐步过渡到课程、教学改革。改革的前提是增加投入，关键是体制改革，核心是教学改革，其中必须认识“关键”与“核心”的辩证关系。在教学改革中，要辩证地处理好教学过程中知识与智能的关系；专才与通才的关系；教师主导与学生主体等几对关系。除关注学习国内外的先进教学方法之外，教师还可以根据学科专业特点和学生实际，改革和创新教学方法。信息化时代的到来，使得传统教学面临许多新的难题，还需要不断改革探索。大学教学管理制度方面的改革目前主要应在修正学分制和构建内外结合的教学质量保障体制方面下工夫。