Barrett, The Honors College Thesis/Creative Project Collection
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The Arizona Teachers Academy is a program that was first designed and implemented by Governor Doug Ducey in 2017 with a simple concept: to cover the tuition and fees of Arizona higher education students learning to teach in exchange for fulfilling a commitment to teach at an Arizona public school following graduation. The academy has evolved quite rapidly in its short history, going from an unfunded mandate that Arizona universities could not afford to be funded to a voter-approved tax, and seeing its student enrollment numbers increase by over tenfold. This paper seeks to be an overview and process evaluation of the program, as well as an outlook into the program’s future. As a process evaluation, the thesis includes examinations of the program’s presumed logic model, that model’s assumptions, and relevant stakeholders. I used a multi-method approach: statutory and financial data were collected from web research and agency archival collections, and a series of interviews were conducted to ask analytical questions to key stakeholders and program directors about the program’s internal operations and data findings. These stakeholders and program directors consist of staff at the Arizona Board of Regents, the Arizona Department of Education, all three major Arizona public universities (Arizona State University, Northern Arizona University, and the University of Arizona), as well as multiple elected officials and political advocacy groups that have impacted the program through legislation and ballot initiative. This thesis finds that the Arizona Teachers Academy does not have a stated logic model, which in turn led to program assumptions that fail to meet the needs of Arizona public schools and did not allow for all key stakeholders to be involved in the process.
These two men could not have had more different upbringings; Thomas Jefferson was born to a wealthy family that owned land and slaves, whereas Alexander Hamilton was born on a Caribbean island in poverty, only to be orphaned early on in his life . Despite these differences both men found a common goal in fighting for independence for the American colonies. Jefferson would do so as a diplomat and author of the Declaration of Independence, Hamilton would be a patriot through being a soldier and assistant to General George Washington. Once the war was over, the two continued their service to the country and would find themselves as the first heads of the United States’ cabinet departments. By being in Washington’s cabinet, the two came in conflict with one another frequently on the policy of the time such as the country’s neutrality in foreign affairs. No issue put them more in conflict than their stances on the country’s economic state.
This paper also delves into feminism in Islam and argues that Muslim women should not be forced to choose between their faith and their human rights; rather, women should be able to obtain an education and should play an essential role in the interpretation of religious texts.
The purpose of this thesis project is twofold: to examine the intersection of Islam, women, and sexual violence prevention as well as to develop and apply a sexual violence prevention curriculum that can be implemented within Muslim communities. The textual analysis of this project will include discussions regarding the primary source of the Qur’an as well as the secondary sources of ahadith and existing literature written by Muslim scholars, primarily female Muslim scholars. This will allow for an analysis of how women are portrayed in Islam as well as how Islamic texts and traditions challenge the patriarchy and rape culture in which sexual violence manifests. Using this foundational knowledge, the goals of the sexual violence prevention curriculum will be to facilitate a discussion between Muslims regarding what sexual violence looks like and what rape culture is, create support networks for survivors, discuss what to do if a friend discloses that they are a survivor or victim of sexual violence, reduce roadblocks to reporting, and analyze literature on feminism in Islam in order to support a movement for sexual violence prevention.
According to the National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), approximately 37 million Americans suffer from some degree of hearing loss, which impacts their ability to communicate fluently with the hearing world. This number includes up to 17% of the adult population, many who have experienced post-lingual or late-deafness. While hearing loss is known to be one of the most prevalent chronically disabling sensory conditions, little is known about the impact it has on individuals’ cultural identity and sense of well-being. There is somewhat of a deficit in the research literature addressing these issues of cultural identity, especially as it relates to post-lingually deaf adults. Improved knowledge of these dimensions of hearing loss is needed—a knowledge which could lead to more effective resources for late-deafened people. Though hearing loss can be disabling, access to American Sign Language and the Deaf culture may compensate for social and cultural loss and potentially improve well-being within late-deafened individuals. Using the framework of Social Identity Theory and Neil Glickman’s Deaf Identity Development model, this study sought to identify late-deafened adults who fall into the marginal category, placing them at greater risk of becoming socially marginalized and experiencing diminished well-being. Subjective well-being was then measured by the Flourishing Scale to determine how being socially marginal may impact one’s sense of self, personal prosperity, social efficacy, and sense of social competency. Results showed that marginal individuals do experience diminished subjective well-being, a fact which should be further explored by researchers, especially in the context of developing more effective interventions and services for late-deafened individuals.