(1982). UNO's Afghanistan Collection. This paper explores the background history and sources of the Afghanistan collection at the University Library, University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO). Credit for the impetus behind the development of the collection is given to Chris Jung, a former UNO geography/geology faculty member; Ronald Roskens, then UNO chancellor; and the Afghanistan Studies Association (ASA), a group of North American scholars. It is noted that the core Afghan collection was donated to UNO in 1974 by Arthur Paul, a former noted Afghan studies scholar. Also examined are the acquisition and processing of materials, the availability of those materials to users, and the collection's current status in relation to Afghanistan holdings in other North American libraries. Special emphasis is given to a description of the preparation of Pushto and Dari language materials for entry on the OCLC database. A brief discussion of future directions for the Afghan collection concludes the paper. (Author/ESR)…
(2009). Understanding Traumatic Brain Injury: An Introduction. Exceptional Parent, v39 n11 p41-45 Nov. This article is the first of a multi-part series on traumatic brain injury (TBI). Historically, TBI has received very limited national public policy attention and support. However since it has become the signature injury of the military conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, TBI has gained the attention of elected officials, military leaders, policymakers, and the public. This series is being published by the Traumatic Brain Injury-Resource Optimization Center (TBI-ROC) and its Advisory Group, which is facilitated by JBS International, Inc. The TBI-ROC aims to be a recognized source and leader for advancing national attention to the myriad of policy, research, practice, and service needs supporting both civilian and military individuals who incur TBI and their families. In this article, the authors provide a definition of TBI and describe its causes and symptoms…. [Direct]
(2009). The Development of Theory-Driven Evaluation in the Military: Theory on the Front Line. American Journal of Evaluation, v30 n1 p62-79. The use of theory-driven evaluation is an emerging practice in the military–an aspect generally unknown in the civilian evaluation community. First developed during the 1991 Gulf War and applied in both the Balkans and Afghanistan, these techniques are now being examined in the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) as a means to evaluate the effects of military operations in complex, asymmetric conflict environments. In spite of these practices, theory-driven evaluation in the military is still in the developmental stages. This article traces the development to date of theory-driven evaluation in NATO and assesses its strengths and weaknesses in the military context. We conclude that a cross-pollination of ideas between military and civilian evaluators is urgently needed to improve the quality and effectiveness of military evaluation. (Contains 1 table and 11 notes.)… [Direct]
(1988). Trouble in the Backyard: Soviet Media Reporting on the Afghanistan Conflict. Journal of Communication, v38 n2 p5-32 Spr. Presents a qualitative analysis of Soviet media coverage of Afghanistan from 1979 to 1986, showing that several familiar themes, from unpopular guerrillas to national security, are used to justify the Soviet presence in Afghanistan. Compares Soviet press coverage of Afghanistan with U.S. coverage of El Salvador, revealing several parallels. (ARH)…
(2013). Evaluating GPA and Satisfaction Rates for Veteran Populations Transitioning from Combat to College Classrooms. ProQuest LLC, Ed.D. Dissertation, Texas A&M University – Commerce. Nationwide, colleges and universities are bracing for an influx of military veterans returning to their hometowns after having served their country, many after serving in combat operations. Regional universities have long prepared for this anticipated increase in college attendance by men and women who have served the country during times of war. Iraq and Afghanistan era veterans are "coming home" at rates not seen since the post-Vietnam era. This movement is significant as research suggests that some veterans pursue higher education as a way to reestablish a sense of self after separation from the military. Veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) are returning from war theatres and seeking the same access to education as previous veterans, only today's veterans have more benefits than their predecessors did. Over the next couple of years, tens of thousands of veterans will return home, and some will return with the expectation of… [Direct]
(2013). A Descriptive Study of Students with Disabilities at Montana State University Billings. ProQuest LLC, Ed.D. Dissertation, Montana State University. The purpose of this study was to describe and analyze how the characteristics of age, major and type of disabilities for students who received services through Disability Support Services at Montana State University-Billings have changed from 1999 to 2011. Furthermore, this analysis contrasted local trends for types of disabilities with national trends. Additionally, there was an analysis of how local and national trends may have been impacted by five recent watershed events. The five events include the No Child Left Behind Act; the Higher Education Opportunity Act; the Americans with Disabilities Amendment Act; the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 (Post-9/11 GI Bill) and Iraq and Afghanistan wars. The results of this study revealed that non-traditional age students are the majority of students with disabilities at MSU-Billings. Additionally, they are enrolled in proportionally larger numbers than their nondisabled peer age group, which is consistent with… [Direct]
(1979). Afghanistan: The Great Gamble. Asian Affairs: An American Review, v6 n3 p187-95 Jan-Feb. Presents an interpretation of Afghanistan's political stance with regard to Pakistan's political overtures, and the Soviet Union's political and economic involvement in Afghanistan's national affairs. Journal availability: see SO 507 176. (Author/DB)…
(2010). Reflective Praxis through Narrative and Poetry: Performing \Peace Mum\. Research in Drama Education, v15 n1 p79-87 Feb. In the autumn of 2007 and spring of 2008 the author performed an adapted version of Dario Fo and Franca Rame's one-woman play \Peace Mom\ (retitled for Canadian audiences as \Peace Mum\) about American mother and peace activist Cindy Sheehan. The play was performed for University of Victoria Applied Theatre students and also in a number of Victoria area high schools. One of those schools was the Pearson College of the Pacific, an international pre-university programme sponsored by the Canadian federal government. Pearson provides scholarships to students from 100 countries, and the evening the author performed \Peace Mum\ to this unbelievably diverse audience–including students from Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Israel and many other war-torn countries–was a remarkable experience. The author had been holding the experience of what had happened in her talkbacks of \Peace Mum\ in a very reflective way since the production. In this article, the author offers this narrative and two poems as… [Direct]
(2002). Afghanistan Children in Crisis. This report provides information on the well-being of children in Afghanistan, details the work of the Save the Children organization in helping Afghan children and families, and discusses what is currently needed to meet the urgent health and safety needs of Afghan children. It is noted that 25 percent of children die before their fifth birthday, only 10 percent of pregnant women receive maternal health care, 20 percent of children are born in a refugee camp, and only 3 percent of girls and 39 percent of boys are enrolled in school. The report provides information on Save the Children's efforts in Afghanistan related to: (1) providing food for families; (2) improving the health of mothers and children; (3) educating children; (4) keeping children out of harm's way; (5) helping children cope emotionally; and (6) increasing economic self-sufficiency. The immediate needs of the children of Afghanistan are delineated. The report asserts that the protection, survival, and future… [PDF]
(1978). Afghanistan: Transition to Television. Public Telecommunications Review, 6, 1, 44-7, Jan-Feb 78. Radio Afghanistan's broadcasting situation and the futures of both radio and TV broadcasting are discussed. (RAO)…
(2001). Afghanistan: A Regional Geography. Afghanistan and its people are not well known or understood by the United States, yet many U.S. people now consider the U.S. and Afghanistan to be at war. How is it possible to know the enemy? This book offers a complete, but not exhaustive source of information about Afghanistan, the land and its people. The book is intended as a guide for anyone wanting to know more about Afghanistan, and as a resource with references to detailed descriptions of the many physical and human sub-disciplines of geography. An approach to doing geography, the regional method is best described as a synthesis of all the pertinent subfields of the discipline applied to a specific region. Following a "Foreword" (Wendell C. King), chapters in the book are: (1) "Introduction" (Eugene J. Palka); (2)"Location" (Wiley C. Thompson); (3) "Geomorpholgy" (Matthew R. Sampson); (4) "Climatology" (Richard P. R. Pannell); (5) "Biogeography" (Peter G. Anderson);… [PDF]
(1980). An American Teacher in Afghanistan. Social Education, v44 n3 p202-06 Mar. Recounts experiences of an American teacher in Afghanistan from 1973-1975. Topics discussed include culture shock, adjustment to a foreign culture, Afghan history and culture, archaeological ruins, Islamic culture, economic and educational development, and Afghanistan's role in the modern world. (DB)…
(2009). Teaching a Pedagogy of Peace: A Study of Peace Educators in United States Schools in the Aftermath of September 11. Journal of Peace Education, v6 n2 p189-207 Sep. This qualitative study, based on in-depth semi-structured interviews, depicts practices of seven peace educators in public elementary and secondary classrooms in the United States during the time of the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001 through the US engagement in war in Afghanistan and Iraq. Focusing on individual perceptions of practice and classroom experiences, the participants described how, despite teaching at a time in which terrorism and war had become national preoccupations, they taught a pedagogy of peace that included recognition and rejection of violence, understanding of differences through dialogue, critical awareness of injustice and social justice, and imaginative understanding of peace. The study discloses a multitude of examples of both peacemaking and peacebuilding in their teaching and development of classroom cultures but a lack of emphasis on anti-war curriculum. It also reveals the teachers' motivations for teaching peace education, theoretical… [Direct]
(1969). Area Handbook for Afghanistan. This handbook is one of a series prepared by Foreign Area Studies (FAS) of The American University as a convenient compilation of basic fact for American military and other personnel overseas. It deals with the political, social, economic, and military developments since 1959, which have contributed to Afghanistan's continuing national stability and its gradual progress toward becoming an increasingly modern state. (Author/FWB)…
(2008). Diggins on Obama and McCain. Chronicle of Higher Education, v55 n11 pB10 Nov. In this article, the author provides the contentions of intellectual historian John Patrick Diggins on the November 2008 elections and the presidential leadership. Diggins observed that \all people spoke about was winning the elections, and no one seemed to be concerned with the problems of the future.\ Diggins also expressed how he was skeptical of the view that more troops should be added to the fight in Afghanistan. He marveled at how divisive social issues–gay marriage, abortion, race–have taken a back seat to economic concerns. Lastly, he talked about the distinctions between John McCain's and Barack Obama's beliefs on certain issues…. [Direct]