Publication Type: Poster Presentation
Abstract: The School of Language Studies (Dept. of State) seeks candidates with interest and skills in language and culture for student internships. Presenter will describe what a typical internship consists of, how a student interested in language and culture could benefit from the experience, and how to apply.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: This paper provides a systematic examination of the post-release outcomes for participants in the Virginia Department of Correctional Education's Incarcerated Youth Offender Program (IYOP). Through data matching and subsequent data reduction, the following post-release outcomes are measured for each IYOP participant: earnings, job attainment, employment stability, recidivism, post-secondary enrollment, post-secondary credit earned, post-secondary degrees conferred. The results are then aggregated by varying levels of IYOP academic achievement, such as credit hours earned and grade point average, to determine if relative success in the IYOP leads to increased levels of post-release success. Based on the results, several recommendations for practice and further investigation are offered.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: itle IX of the Education Act of 1972 requires schools that receive federal funding to provide equal support (monetary, facilities, etc.) to male and female sports programs. Schools, according to the Department of Education, have three ways in which they can comply with the policy; one, equal funding based on a proportionality equation; two, a demonstrated historical trend in eliminating discrepancies between male and female sports programs; three, presenting a valid level of interest of sports participation on campus and in the surrounding area. The 2002 Commission on Opportunity in Athletics was the first attack on Title IX by George W. Bush’s administrations. The Commission’s recommendations for change were based mainly on the proportionality compliance prong of Title IX. For various reasons (political pressure, media attention, etc.), the Commission’s proposals were not approved and a “Dear Colleague” letter was issued from the DOE, again stressing the three compliance prongs were equal and Title IX should be enforced by all schools.
In March of 2005, the DOE quietly posted on its website a new technique that schools could use to comply with Title IX based on the third prong of demonstrated interest in sports. Schools are now able to send an email survey to the female students to gage athletic participation interest on campus and as a result, reallocate funding for sports based on the survey data. This paper will show the ramifications that athletic interest email surveys could have on the strength of Title IX, the only public policy that protects women’s sports. It will also attempt to argue that this technique for policy compliance will lead to biased data that will allow schools to fund male sports more that female sports. Third, it will discuss the reasons behind the Bush Administration’s continued attacks on Title IX and its use of ambiguity to attempt to change the goals of the policy.