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Defending Academic Freedom and Free Inquiry
This paper focuses our attention on a few principles that guide great universities. I want to suggest that the United States has not distinguished itself particularly well in preventing episodes of repression and attempts to silence dissent at universities, nor has it produced an extraordinary number of courageous leaders over the past seventy-five years who have come forward to defend the prin…
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- Volume 76, Number 3, Fall 2009.pp. 811 - 844
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- Social Research: An International Quarterly
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Free Inquiry: A Human Condition
Free and open inquiry is a human condition—it is established, maintained, and protected by humans. It is not a natural force that we can harness, nor a natural right that we inherit, nor is it a natural resource that we can mine. I believe that free inquiry is essential to the development of mankind, and I also believe academic freedom and the protection of academic freedom are essential. This …
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- Volume 76, Number 3. Fall 2009.pp. 845 - 848
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- Social Research: An International Quarterly
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University in Exile: The Experience of the Twenty-First Century
This article discusses the challenges of educational transformation in post-totalitarian societies. Special attention is given to the situation in social sciences and humanities which have suffered a long period of the Soviet ideology domination. The dramatic story of the European Humanities University, which was established in Minsk in 1992 and closed down by the Belarusian regime in 2004, ser…
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- Volume 76, Number 3. Fall 2009.pp. 849 - 866
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- SOcial Research: An International Quarterly
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Free Inquiry and Public Mission in the Research University
Suppose we thought of free inquiry as a social matter, a public good. We might ask not only whether individual scholars are free from illegitimate, especially external, censorship or attempts to control their work. We might ask also how much the university as an institution contributes to overall freedom of inquiry. To answer the second question would require assessing (among other things) how …
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- Volume 76, Number 3. Fall 2009. pp. 901 - 932
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- Social Research: An International Quarterly
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Freedom and Interdisciplinarity: The Future of the University Curriculum
I would like to argue that to a large extent universities are themselves to blame for their failure to respond adequately to external pressures of the day. Barring the work of a few exceptional departments and individuals here and there, universities are incapable of addressing precisely those problems that most preoccupy our societies nowadays. Granted, universities rightly regard themselves a…
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- Volume 76, Number 3. Fall 2009.pp. 933 - 942
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Free Inquiry: Easy Times Can Be Difficult Too
This paper begins with some brief reflections on the 19th century apprehensions of Tocqueville and Mill and their relevance to ourselves, and goes on to ask for what and for whom universities exist. There is no incontrovertible answer, but one can distinguish two ideal types of a modern university, as I do. I praise one of them, without being dismissive of the others, and pose some problems abo…
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- Volume 76, Number 3. Fall 2009.pp. 943 - 958
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MST With Conduct Disordered Youth in Sweden: Costs and Benefits After 2 Years
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the costs and benefits associated with multisystemic therapy (MST) for conduct disordered youth, 2 years following intake. Methods: The study employed a secondary analysis of 156 youth enrolled in a randomized trial assessing the psychosocial and behavioral outcomes of MST. Results: MST cost on average 105,400 SEK per youth. MST was assoc…
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- Vol. 20 No. 6, November 2010.pp. 561-571
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- Research on Social Work Practice
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Gender Differences in Behavioral Outcomes Among Children at Risk of Neglect: …
Objective: This study examines the impact of the Family Connections (FC) intervention on preventing behavioral problems among urban, predominantly African American children at risk of neglect. Method: Secondary data analyses using mixed model analyses of variance (ANOVA) with repeated measures were used to examine gender differences in child behavior outcomes among 111 participating families ac…
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- Vol. 20 no. 6, November 2010.pp. 572-581
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Effects of Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) on Household Wealth and Sav…
This study examines effects of individual development accounts (IDAs) on household wealth of low-income participants. Methods: This study uses longitudinal survey data from the American Dream Demonstration (ADD) involving experimental design (treatment group = 537, control group = 566). Results: Results from quantile regression analysis indicate that IDA participants had more household financia…
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- Vol. 20 no. 6, November 2010.pp. 582-590
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Evaluation of a Program to Educate Disadvantaged Parents to Enhance Child Lea…
This study reported a pilot trial of the Hands-On Parent Empowerment (HOPE) program, a 30-session program designed to instruct parents from disadvantaged backgrounds how to teach learning skills to their preschool children. The participants included 13 parents who newly migrated into Hong Kong from mainland China. The parents were required to complete questionnaires on child behavior problems, …
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- Vol. 20 no. 6, November 2010.pp. 591-599
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Development of the Ethnic and Racial Socialization of Transracial Adoptee Scale
Objectives: This study describes the development and initial validation of the 15-item Ethnic and Racial Socialization of Transracial Adoptee Scale (ERSTAS). Method: Using the model of Boykin and Tom on Black family socialization, the items were developed and validated using two different Asian adoptee samples. Results: Two subscales, ethnic socialization and racial socialization, were identifi…
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- Vol. 20 no. 6, November 2010.pp. 600-610
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Measuring Migratory Grief and Loss Associated With the Experience of Immigration
Objectives: The Migratory Grief and Loss Questionnaire (MGLQ) was designed to measure the grief experience associated with immigration. This article reports the development and psychometric properties of a Chinese-version of MGLQ. Methods: An exploratory factor analysis (EFA) using maximum likelihood extraction with varimax rotation was conducted to identify the factor structure of the MGLQ. Re…
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- Vol. 20 no. 6, November 2010.pp. 611-620
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Confidence and Professional Judgment in Assessing Children’s Risk of Abuse
Objective: Child welfare agencies have moved toward standardized risk assessment measures to improve the reliability with which child’s risk of abuse is predicted. Nevertheless, these tools require a degree of subjective judgment. Research to date has not substantially investigated the influence of specific context and worker characteristics on professional judgment in the use of risk assessmen…
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- Vol. 20 no. 6, November 2010.pp. 621-628
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Development and Validation of the Evidence-Based Practice Process Assessment …
Objective: This report describes the development and preliminary findings regarding the reliability, validity, and sensitivity of a scale that has been developed to assess practitioners’ perceived familiarity with, attitudes about, and implementation of the phases of the evidence-based practice (EBP) process. Method: After a panel of national experts on EBP supported the scale’s content validit…
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- Vol. 20 no. 6, November 2010.pp. 629-640
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Gregory Research Beliefs Scale: Factor Structure and Internal Consistency
Objective: This study evaluates the factor structure and internal consistency of the Gregory Research Beliefs Scale (GRBS). Method: Data were collected from subject matter experts, a pilot study, an online sample, and a classroom sample. Psychometric analyses were conducted after combining the online and classroom samples. Results: An a priori four-factor model was not supported via confirmator…
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- Vol. 20 no. 6, November 2010.pp. 641-650
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A Review of Observational Pain Scales in Nonverbal Elderly With Cognitive Imp…
Objective: Pain assessment for nonverbal older adults with cognitive impairments or dementia presents many challenges, and it is important to determine which scales are most useful in assessing pain among this population. Method: In this review 11 observational scales for assessment of pain in older adults with dementia or cognitive impairments are evaluated in four areas: pain indicators, reli…
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- Vol. 20 no. 6, November 2010.pp. 651-664
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What Types of Designs are We Using in Social Work Research and Evaluation?
This article addresses a void in the literature about social work research and evaluation (R&E) designs, in particular related to the quality of its published work. Data were collected by reviewing three empirically oriented journals, Research on Social Work Practice, Journal of Social Service Research, and Social Work Research over three publication years 2005, 2006, and 2007. A total of N = 3…
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- Vol. 20 no. 6, November 2010.pp. 665-673
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Treatment Fidelity in Social Work Intervention Research: A Review of Publishe…
Objectives: This study investigated treatment fidelity in social work research. Method: The authors systematically reviewed all articles published in five prominent social work journals over a 5- year period. Sixty-three outcome studies were identified and reviewed for how well treatment fidelity was monitored using eight review criteria. Results: Seventy-one percent of reviewed studies defined…
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- Vol. 20 no. 6, November 2010.pp. 674-681
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How to Critically Evaluate Case Studies in Social Work
The purpose of this article is to develop guidelines to assist practitioners and researchers in evaluating and developing rigorous case studies. The main concern in evaluating a case study is to accurately assess its quality and ultimately to offer clients social work interventions informed by the best available evidence. To assess the quality of a case study, we propose criteria, including tra…
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- Vol. 20 no. 6, November 2010.pp. 682-689
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Evidence-Based Clearinghouses in Social Work
Objectives: The purpose of this article is to describe several evidence-based clearinghouses focused on social work and related intervention outcomes, placing them in the context of how such clearinghouses can contribute to research dissemination to foster effective, evidence-based practice. Method: The study employed an analysis of data provided in clearinghouse Web sites and internal document…
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- Vol. 20 no. 6, November 2010.pp. 690-700
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