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Kniss, Robert S. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The National Collegiate Athletic Association and the manner in which it governs intercollegiate athletics has come under intense scrutiny in its recent history. The area within the NCAA's policy's and legislation that has come under fire the most is its regulation on student-athlete amateurism. Within the past few decades the NCAA has faced an…
Descriptors: Role, College Athletics, Court Litigation, Models
Patrick, Andrew P. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The time between the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 and its replacement, the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015, marked a period of unprecedented policy-driven education reform. Unfortunately, the major objectives of the policy were not achieved, and the very problems it sought to fix still exist. One reason for this was an…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Bilingual Education, Educational Policy
Polite, Rodney – ProQuest LLC, 2010
There are two major issues that will be addressed in this study to determine if they influence the selection of an appropriate policing strategy. The first is citizen perception of whether crime has decreased or increased in their community. The second is whether the length of time a citizen has lived in the community has an effect on their…
Descriptors: Crime, Police, Quality of Life, Criticism
Olmos, Liliana Esther – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this study is to explore education policies formation during two administrations (1983-1998) in the province of Cordoba, Argentina through the comparison of policy documents. The profound connections of the social, cultural, economic, and educational processes impact of Argentina's educational reforms during the last two decades of…
Descriptors: Policy Formation, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Discourse Analysis
Hayden, Lance Alan – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study examines the deployment of automated red light camera systems in the state of Texas from 2003 through late 2007. The deployment of new technologies in general, and surveillance infrastructures in particular, can prove controversial and challenging for the formation of public policy. Red light camera surveillance during this period in…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Discourse Communities, Photography, Figurative Language