Results List
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Morrow-Howell and McCrary win Generations United Award for evaluation of Experience Corps tutoring program
Source: Washington University in St. Louis
Original Source By Jessica Martin July 31, 2009 -- Nancy Morrow-Howell, Ph.D. the Ralph and Muriel Pumphrey Professor of Social Work and Stacey McCrary, project manager, both at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, are winners of the prestigious Generations United 2009 Brabazon…
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SA tests Aids vaccine
Source: Mail & Guardian Online
Original Source The University of KwaZulu-Natal is an Atlantic grantee. by MICHELLE FAUL South Africa is launching clinical trials of the first HIV/Aids vaccines created by a developing country, a feat by scientists who forged ahead even when some of their political leaders shocked the…
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Gara LaMarche: "Is Anyone Alien from the Social Contract?"
Source: What Do We Owe Each Other?: Rights and Obligations in Contemporary American Society
by Gara LaMarche In considering the question "What Do We Owe Each Other?," emphasis is usually placed on the "what" part of the social contract: does it contain goods and benefits like education, pensions, health care, or perhaps less tangible things, like tolerance and civility?…
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President Obama Proclaims July 9, 2009 National Summer Learning Day
Source: The White House
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary NATIONAL SUMMER LEARNING DAY, 2009 - - - - - - - BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Like an athlete out of practice, a child who takes long breaks from learning…
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Health system has improved, but...
Source: SAPA
South African nurses were less likely to stay in the profession than nurses in other parts of the world, the Democratic Nursing Organisation of SA (Denosa) said on Wednesday. Denosa general secretary Thembeka Gwagwa said this was one of the findings of a survey that…
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Mayors Call For Expanded Learning
Source: The After-School Corporation
Original Source The US Conference of Mayors calls for investments in school-community partnerships to support "full day" learning. The US Conference of Mayors passed a resolution calling on federal, state and local governments to invest in coordinated, expanded learning or "full day" strategies that integrate…
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North's racist incidents could 'rocket'
Source: Irish Times
by Dan Keenan Officials at two Stormont departments are working on specific policy proposals to meet the needs of immigrant communities in Northern Ireland following recent racist attacks. The Assembly was also warned that the rate of racist incidents was due to "rocket". Initiatives from…
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Child benefit to be taxed or means tested in January
Source: Irish Times
by CARL O'BRIEN and MARIE O'HALLORAN CHILD BENEFIT is likely to be either taxed or means-tested from the beginning of next year, creating savings of up to EUR400 million, Minister for Social Affairs Mary Hanafin has said. As it emerged that An Bdrd Snip Nua…
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Doctors offered R1bn package
Source: Pretoria News (South Africa)
by Mogomotsi Magome and SAPA The Department of Health has offered to increase some doctors' salaries by up to 60 percent from next month, in a bid to avert a nationwide strike that could cripple the public health system. The increases proposed by the department…
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Study Identifies Aging Hispanic Workers as "Invisible Boomers"
Source: New America Media
Original Source New America Media, AARP and the Urban Institute are Atlantic grantees. EthnicNEWz.org, News Report, Eduardo A. de Oliveira Hispanic workers 50-Plus are a vigorous group of “invisible boomers,” who could help employers solve projected labor shortfalls in the coming years, according to a…
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