Internet2 as Support for Opportunities to Learn
Robert Wolffe
Abstract
How does an institution consider change? In many organizations a process
of strategic planning is used. At Bradley University, part of our
strategic planning involved completing a first attempt to identify how
we can effectively use high-speed connectivity to enhance our teaching
and to support scholarship. By using an approach that carefully
considered relevant research and experiences, we have identified
numerous ideas to expand learning opportunities for our educational
community and to provide better support to scholars. Through this
process, we have developed recommendations for using high-speed
connections based on best practices in teaching and learning and for
promoting change.
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Unemployment and Clientelism: The Piquetero Movement
Aldo Fernando Ponce
Abstract
This paper sheds light on possible explanations for the growth and
endurance of the piquetero social movement in Argentina, developed from
a comparative perspective based on Latin America. I show which
institutional arrangements, political actors, and configurations of
power contributed to the success of the piqueteros. Applying the basic
principles of the rational choice approach, I find that the success of
the piquetero movement was produced by the current political division in
the ruling party (the Peronist party), by the over-regulated Argentine
labor market, and by the exogenous impact of the Argentine economic
crisis through the unemployment rates.
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