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Nigerian Blackboard: Advancement of (Secondary) Education in Nigeria
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1966)Nigerian Blackboard is an attempt to summarize the educational development of Nigeria over the past four hundred years. The focus is on secondary education. So vast a body of information falls within this area that attention ... -
The Nimble Mind : Burgers and Brainstorms
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1991)The author presents an ethnographic study of fast food businesses in the tourist town of Traverse City, Michigan and concludes that the service industry is the result of our growing dependence on others for sustenance. ... -
No hay agua: Water Scarcity Affecting Farmers in Ensenada BC, Mexico Catalyzing the Requirement for Adaptation Methods to be Implemented
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2022)Maneadero is a coastal municipality part of Ensenada Baja California Mexico which has been an agricultural hotspot for the past few decades. I conducted an autoethnographic qualitative research project where I interviewed ... -
No hayagua : Water Scarcity Affecting Farmers in Ensenada BC, Mexico Catalyzing the Requirement for Adaptation Methods to be Implemented
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2022-03-01)Farmers in the Ejido of Maneadero wake up to the recurring nightmare of the phrase "no hay agua"(there is no water). Maneadero, a coastal town part of the municipality of Ensenada Baja California Mexico, is composed of ... -
No Matter How Long it's in the Water, A Log Will Never Become a Crocodile: An Examination of Patterns of Socialization Among Americans Living in Dakar
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1997)Looking back on my initial nine-month foreign study experience in Dakar and the issues it raised for me, it is easy to see that a process of academic distancing similar to that described by the above respondent took place ... -
No Simple Gift : Neoliberalism and the Kalamazoo Promise
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2018)In November 2005, it was announced that a group of anonymous donors had contributed funds to provide the full tuition cost at any in-state college or university to graduates of Kalamazoo Public Schools. This scholarship ... -
No way out: The formation and maintenance of poverty as seen in la Marin, Quito, Ecuador
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2002)The fieldwork for this thesis was conducted in a marginal neighborhood of Quito, Ecuador called la Marin. There, I worked with laboring and extremely poor children, mostly between the ages of three and eighteen. I learned ... -
Non-Profit Organizations: Surviving in Difficult Times
(2009)Non-profit organizations (NPOs) are constantly facing problems in today's market. These problems often come in two forms, internal problems and external problems. Internal problems almost always center around two issues: ... -
Nonverbal Learning Disorder: The Unknown Disability
(2008)Learning disabilities are neurological disorders that affect 15% of the population of the United States. They can be broken into two major subtypes: verbal learning disabilities and nonverbal learning disabilities. ... -
Not a Conversation Between Equals: Perceptions on Barriers to Healthcare for Latinos in the Twin Cities
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2010)This study examines what health care providers in the Twin Cities perceive to be barriers to health care for Latinos. The research was conducted in the Twin Cities with a sample of fourteen health providers each of who ... -
Not a Conversation Between Equals: Perceptions on Barriers to Healthcare for Latinos in the Twin Cities
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2011-04)This study examines what health care providers in the Twin Cities perceive to be barriers to healthcare for Latinos. The research was conducted in the Twin Cities with a sample of fourteen health providers who have a large ... -
Nursing Education and the Struggle for Professional Status Among Nurses
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1996)The history of nursing education is reviewed, from very little formal training prior to the 1920s, to the current system with different methods leading to status of registered nurse, both from university and hospital ... -
Observation on the Juvenile Court System in Berrien County
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1988)The author reflects on her experience working with the Berrien County Probate and Juvenile Court, reviewing the procedures of the juvenile court, interviewing both a prosecutor and probation officer, and considering some ... -
Old Order Amish Survival: Compromise and Contradiction
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1975)It is the aim of this author then, to show through the examination of Amish origins, beliefs, socialization,and community life, the role of change and its impact on the Amish human experience. -
On the Bus, Off the Bus: Material Culture and Deadhead Identity
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2016)Academic scholarship on the Grateful Dead and the Deadheads has been powerful, interdisciplinary, and surprisingly prolific. Equally surprising, however, is the almost complete absence of historical analysis through the ... -
Only The Street Is Theirs: An Exploration of Street Children In Latin America, Specifically Venezuela and Guatemala
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Operation Tusaidiane: Confidence, Capacity-Building, Empowerment and Unity for Development in Kibera Slums, Kenya
(2004)This paper explores the self-esteem in Kenyan impoverished youth living in Kibera, the largest slum in East Africa. In addition, it deals with community development projects going on in the area and how they contribute ... -
Opioid/Opiate Addiction: Analyzing the Significance of Racial Disparities Present Within Rural and Inner Cities
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2019)This project focuses on analyzing the existing literature around the opioid crisis taking place in rural cities across the United States. It will be juxtaposed using existing literature on the war on drugs, the 1993 crime ... -
Opportunity International: Exploring the Role of Faith in a Faith-Based Non Profit Organization
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2006)Using Opportunity International as a case study, my Senior Individualized Project examines the layered identity of this non-denominational, ecumenical, Christian, international micro finance, non profit organization. ... -
Opus One: An Analysis of the Work Environment
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2001)In the late 1980's, Jim Kokas and his father set out to provide the people of the Metropolitan Detroit area with a blend of French-cosmopolitan cuisine, the ensuing result, Opus One. Named after a popular wine, Opus One ...