Publication Type: Roundtable
Abstract: This session will examine the impact of alternative certification implementation on the organizational culture of education schools. A model of institutional response to policy initiatives will be discussed.

Publication Type: Abstract
Abstract: Objectives: The Curriculum Committee is in the process of reviewing the curriculum and ACPE Standards to determine the best method for approaching necessary curricular changes. To inform that process, the Committee surveyed other colleges of pharmacy to determine how they approached curricular revision, factors influencing revision decisions, and how they are ensuring compliance with ACPE Standards.
Methods: An e-mail was sent to 47 Curriculum Committee Chairs at other colleges of pharmacy. Recipients were asked to complete an on-line 13 question survey. Responses were voluntary and anonymous.
Results: The response rate was 34% (n=16). Respondents indicate the last major revision to their curriculum took place 5 or more years ago (44%) and the change was prompted by accreditation requirements (50%). Also, 62.5% will modify their existing curricula, 12.5% will develop a new curriculum, 12.5% will leave the curriculum alone, and 12.5% are unsure of the extent of changes. The faculty-led Curriculum Committee is responsible for curricular revision (94%). Barriers to curricular change include faculty workload (50%), lack of faculty acceptance of proposals for change (37.5%), and vacancies in key development or decision making positions (19%).
Implications: Recently revised ACPE curriculum standards are a driving force leading many schools of pharmacy to re-evaluate their curriculum for the first time in a number of years. Former proactive curricular revisions have served schools well as they now consider the ACPE Standards. Support for faculty in terms of standards review and workload considerations should be considered during this process.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Review Method: Peer Reviewed
Abstract: Antidiscrimination laws are designed to prompt employers to stop excluding black workers from jobs they offer and from treating them unequally with respect to promotion and salaries once on the job. However, a moral hazard effect can arise if the existence of the laws leads black employees to bring unjustified claims of discrimination against employers. It has been argued that employers may become more reluctant to hire black workers for fear of being subjected to frivolous lawsuits.

Using the Multi-City Study of Urban Inequality (MCSUI), we find that nearly all black workers who report they have been discriminated against on the job in the MCSUI Surveys also show statistical evidence of wage discrimination. Further, increased proportions of black male and female employees are not associated with increased probabilities of reports of job discrimination, or discrimination in raises and promotions. We find little evidence to support a moral hazard effect.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Review Method: Peer Reviewed
Abstract: Questions are raised regarding the adequacy of the concepts of cognition and communication underlying most deliberative democratic theory. The argument is made that foundational assumptions regarding individuals overestimate their cognitive abilities, incorrectly equate the abilities of all individuals, fail to attend to the emotional dimensions of interpersonal exchange and misunderstand the relationship between cognition, communication and community. An alternative, structural pragmatic view, is presented and its implications for the definition of political values and the design of political institutions are discussed.

Publication Type: Proceeding