Disciplinary research agendas and institutional arrangements for evaluation research

An evaluation agenda for social work to strengthen the research foundations for practice requires more replication, an extension of the range of outcomes it is possible to study and a narrowing of the gap between research, policy and practice. Enlarging understanding of social work's political functions and its relationship to welfare entails research programmes, strongly rooted in the social sciences, which include analysis of community interventions, social work's regulating and mediating functions, and exploration of the personal and social circumstances of those who achieve success and well-being despite their vulnerabilities and limited life chances.Universities, independent research institutions and social work agencies are the necessary locations for this substantial and diverse agenda.     

充分发挥高校宣传思想工作对构建和谐校园促进作用的思考

要充分发挥高校宣传思想工作对构建和谐校园的促进作用,首先就必须深入分析当前高校宣传思想工作面临的内外挑战和存在的主要问题,进而在此基础上适应和谐校园建设的需要,着力发挥高校宣传思想工作的思想引领功能、精神激励功能、舆论导向功能、道德教化功能、文化锻造功能,并在构建和谐校园过程中,进一步推动高校宣传思想工作的观念创新、内容创新、方法创新、机制创新。     

论高校工会在构建和谐校园中的地位和作用

和谐校园是和谐社会的重要组成部分,工会在和谐校园建设中发挥积极作用。从高校工会在构建高校和谐校园中具有的重要作用、着力点、战略举措三个方面来探讨高校工会发挥作用的有效途径,以促进和谐校园建设。     

“双肩挑”辅导员的特色及其发展

新时期高等学校的“双肩挑”辅导员制度是一项有中国特色的思想政治教育形式的成功实践。“双肩挑”辅导员制度的特色是向高学历和能力发展，将思想政治教育工作与业务工作有机结合，并在工作中使用与培养人才，新形势下“双肩挑”辅导员面对激烈竞争与过大的工作压力，经验不足、能力受限和过多的事务性工作以及职业化问题困扰。建议积极为他们做好辅导员工作创造必要的发展条件，加强对“双肩挑”辅导员的科学培养，努力实现思想政治工作队伍建设良性循环。     

What does the pursuit of a high quality of life entail?: Grounding a theoretical model in lived experience

In response to calls for a better understanding of quality of life, we draw upon working professionals’ perspectives and experiences to introduce a theoretical model that emerged from an inductive analysis of respondents’ language. A key element of this model includes a collective picture of factors representing quality of life. Further, this model suggests interrelatedness among these factors with pursuit of a high quality of life emerging as a dynamic process with a tensional nature. Our proposed model extends existing research by more fully capturing the complex ways in which people from the United States describe quality of life and its pursuit.     

浅议高校图书馆工作中读者权利的保障

读者权利是受国家宪法、法律以及图书馆规章制度保障的可行使的权利。读者具有平等权、知情权、文献借阅查询权、自由选择权、隐私权、达到规定阅读时间的权利、批评、建议、监督权、维护尊严权、参与管理权等。针对读者的以上权利,图书馆应采取相应的保护措施。     

做好研究生党建工作

研究生群体有其自身的特点。从探讨做好党建工作的意义、分析研究生思想特点的基础上,有针对性的加强研究生党建工作,探索符合研究生特点的工作思路和工作方法。     

浅谈新中国成立初期的宁夏民族工作（1949-1958）

通过对大量历史资料、档案材料的分析总结，文章描述了新中国成立初期宁夏民族工作的概貌和取得的成绩。这些民族工作及其成绩的取得，充分体现了党的民族政策的正确性和可行性，它使宁夏地区顺利地完成了社会秩序恢复的各项目标，实现了民族团结和社会稳定，同时也为宁夏回族自治区的成立创造了条件。     

高校辅导员工作课程化的实现途经

围绕高校辅导员建设问题,采用实证分析的方法,阐述了辅导员工作课程化的内涵,论证了辅导员工作课程化的必要性,提出通过形成＂三位一体＂的推进模式,整合规范性的课程体系,建立科学的评价机制等实现辅导员工作的课程化。研究结果对调动辅导员工作积极性,增强辅导员工作实效性起到推动作用。     

'I made some mistakes . . . but I love them dearly' the views of parents of children in informal kinship care

In-depth semi-structured interviews with 30 parents of children living with relatives in informal kinship care arrangements revealed the parents' views of the reasons for the informal kinship care arrangements, quality of their relationships with the children and their caregivers, their current and future roles in their children's lives, feelings experienced when with and away from the children, positive and negative aspects of kinship care, future goals and dreams for their children, and their assessments of their own strengths and challenges. Results of these interviews suggest several implications for social work practice and research.