Sociologyhttps://hdl.handle.net/1808/822024-03-29T06:36:50Z2024-03-29T06:36:50ZMinority Support: School District Demographics and Support for Funding Election MeasuresAlvord, DanielRauscher, Emilyhttps://hdl.handle.net/1808/345872023-07-12T06:09:10Z2019-09-20T00:00:00ZMinority Support: School District Demographics and Support for Funding Election Measures
Alvord, Daniel; Rauscher, Emily
In the context of tight state budgets, local education funding is increasingly important. This article examines the relationship between district-level demographic characteristics and voter support for tax increases to fund the local school district. Using district-level panel data on California school district elections and demographics from 1995 to 2014, we ask the following questions: (1) What is the relationship between demographics and support for school district tax measures? and (2) Does this relationship vary by the type of tax measure? Results suggest that voter support varies by district demographics. However, results differ for bond and property tax measures and suggest that the proportion of Black students increases the likelihood of passing a bond measure but reduces the likelihood of passing a property tax measure. This heterogeneity offers one potential explanation for contradictory evidence in the literature. Results have implications for racial inequality of educational resources between districts.
2019-09-20T00:00:00ZIs hyper-selectivity a root of Asian American children's success?Kim, ChangHwanKim, Andrew Taehohttps://hdl.handle.net/1808/341652023-05-12T06:07:29Z2023-04-14T00:00:00ZIs hyper-selectivity a root of Asian American children's success?
Kim, ChangHwan; Kim, Andrew Taeho
Asian immigrants' children, even those from lower-backgrounds, tend to acquire higher levels of education than other ethnoracial groups, including White natives. Asian culture is often cited as a conventional explanation. The hyper-selectivity hypothesis challenges conventional wisdom by arguing that Asian American culture is an outcome of the community resources associated with hyper-selectivity. In this study, we assess the validity of the hyper-selectivity theory by examining the association between the magnitude of hyper-selectivity measured by the proportion of the BA + degree holders among the 1st generation Asian immigrants across communities and the likelihood of school enrollment for 1.5 and 2nd + generation Asian American children. Our results cast doubt on the hyper-selectivity theory. Asian American children's school enrollment is associated with the magnitude of educational selectivity among Asian immigrants for neither high school nor college. The benefits of hyper-selectivity do not seem to be cross-class or cross Asian ethnic groups. The higher the hyper-selectivity in a community is, the larger the education gap between upper- and lower-background Asian American children. The implications of these findings are discussed.
2023-04-14T00:00:00ZMember Checking Gerontology: The Case of RetirementEkerdt, Davidhttps://hdl.handle.net/1808/337602023-02-10T09:00:57Z2022-12-20T00:00:00ZMember Checking Gerontology: The Case of Retirement
Ekerdt, David
Gerontology has long been a public-facing field with an applied focus. As such, the credibility of gerontology’s conclusions and guidance about aging are crucial, our advice having relevance and impact in proportion to its popular resonance. In 2021 I authored an article for a large-circulation newspaper that generated over 500 reader replies, creating an opportunity for member checking of a kind. The article reported my personal experience of having retired—what I expected and what was a surprise. All of my observations about emotions and lifestyle, while my own, were nonetheless grounded in the research literature. Public comments on the article came from a readership that skews male and highly educated, i.e., people like myself. Many comments affirmed my observations (e.g., about time use, awareness of finitude) as experiences we had in common. Some comments disputed my authority, as an academic, to say anything valid about the “real world.” Opinion split on the value of continued work: it gives life meaning, it invites corrosive stress. Likewise, some retirees endorsed surrender to leisure while others urged engagement. One research takeaway: with no standard way to be retired or regard it, the quality of retired life remains a measurement challenge. Another takeaway: Retirees with partners commonly describe experience in the first-personal plural (we, us), suggesting that dyads are often apt units of analysis for retirement studies. This is but one case study, but it indicates that we must continually assess whether gerontology’s knowledge is valid and whether the public is grateful for it.
2022-12-20T00:00:00Z“Anything that benefits the workers should benefit the client”: Opportunities and Constraints in Self-Directed Care during the COVID-19 PandemicWendel-Hummell, Carrie L.LaPierre, Tracey A.Sullivan, Darcy L.Babitzke, JenniferSwartzendruber, LoraBarta, TobiOlds, Danielle M.https://hdl.handle.net/1808/337132023-03-27T20:11:06Z2022-12-05T00:00:00Z“Anything that benefits the workers should benefit the client”: Opportunities and Constraints in Self-Directed Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Wendel-Hummell, Carrie L.; LaPierre, Tracey A.; Sullivan, Darcy L.; Babitzke, Jennifer; Swartzendruber, Lora; Barta, Tobi; Olds, Danielle M.
Self-directed care (SDC) models allow Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) consumers to direct their own care, thus supporting flexible, person-centered care. There are many benefits to the SDC model but access to resources is essential to successful outcomes. Considering the autonomy and flexibility associated with SDC, it is important to understand how SDC responded to the COVID-19 pandemic and the resources available to help manage this situation. We conducted 54 in-depth interviews with HCBS consumers, direct support workers, family caregivers, and providers to examine the impact of COVID-19 on HCBS services in Kansas. Findings illuminate how self-directed consumers carried a lot of employer responsibility, with limited resources and systemic barriers constraining self-determination and contributing to unmet care needs, stress, and burden. Policy flexibilities expanding the hiring of family members were beneficial but insufficient to address under-resourced working conditions and labor shortages that were exacerbated by the pandemic.
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