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On the Same Page: School-Community Partnerships in Urban Settings
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2011-07-15)
In the era of No Child Left Behind, Race to the Top, and Waiting for Superman, it is clear that our nation is keenly focused on the academic achievement of students in urban schools. At the same time, the economy is in ...
The Characterization of Corporate Social Responsibility
(2021-08-02)
This paper explores the current and needed identities and competencies of a small but growing environmental nonprofit organization, the South Louisiana Wetlands Discovery Center. The current board is neither designed nor ...
HeartLands Conservancy: Growing Community with Lots of Love
(2022-08)
This Capstone Project explores what aspects of HeartLands Conservancy’s current Lots of Love program are most influential in program success and, thus, may be key to designing methods for expanding the scope and scale of ...
Increasing Permanency Rates for Older Youth in Foster Care
(2022-05)
Permanency rates, measured by adoption and guardianship, are low for teenage youth in foster care. This capstone explores this problem of practice through the lens of a nonprofit dedicated to creating a community of caring ...
Exploring How Pilgrimage Experiences Affect Identity: Place, Religion, Culture, Community, and Individuality
(2020-08)
This study uses a pilgrimage experience in Israel as one example to inform the process through which identification with Judaism and Israel is formed. Participants expressed their identification in response to events and ...