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Blight in the Rural South: Proliferation, Remediation, and Ethical Claims (thesis)
(2019)
Across rural communities in the Southern United States, the proliferation of dilapidated structures which do not meet code enforcement standards (i.e. blight) has developed into a primary concern for many communities. Using ...
HIV/AIDS and Mental: The Interaction in sub-Saharan Africa
(2011)
In the battle against HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa, disparity in mental health care plays a key part in stopping the spread of the deadly disease. Currently it is believed over 50 percent of persons living with HIV/AIDS ...
Why Should America Support the Earned Income Tax Credit?
(2013)
The purpose of this paper is first and foremost to bring more attention to the Earned Income Tax Credit and to respond to growing arguments against it. First, I will explain the arguments and attacks. Then, I will explain ...
What is the Promise in the Promise Neighborhoods?
(2011)
This paper addresses two issues. One concerns the holistic program of the Promise Neighborhood with its comprehensive “cradle-to-college” strategy that seeks to help break the cycle of generational and neighborhood poverty. ...
The Millennium Development Goals: Women's Empowerment and Gender Equality in Afghanistan
(2017)
. . . While the UN claims that the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) have been the most successful anti-poverty push in the history, I argue that MDG did not achieve its stated goals, it also did not set effective goals ...
Exploring Community Trends in Juvenile Justice
(2013)
This study examines the need and effectiveness of alternative rehabilitative services for juvenile delinquents in the Rockbridge County school system and juvenile justice system. We believe that juvenile delinquency has ...
The Lines That Define Us: Racial Residential Segregation and Health Disparities for African Americans
(2018)
This capstone explored the mechanisms underlying the relationship between racial residential segregation and health disparities for African Americans. This relationship was examined through the analysis of how racial ...
Financial Education as a Means of Reducing Poverty
(2011)
Low-income families face many barriers to financial well-being. It is necessary that these barriers be addressed, or they will continue to prevent financial stability. There are many issues that plague low-income families, ...
Summer Slide: The Need for Summer Intervention for Low Income Elementary School Students
(2013)
Much of the literature and policies aimed at elementary education focus on making improvements to the calendar school year; however, one of the most important areas of elementary education reform to consider is the loss ...
The Effect of NSLP Participation on Health Outcomes
(2018)
In this paper, I argue for the moral obligation of instituting a school lunch program with high nutritional standards using a bioethical framework, and I evaluate the new NSLP’s [National School Lunch Program's] effectiveness ...