西方消费主义思潮对我国思想道德建设的影响

起源于西方的消费主义思潮已经在世界各地滋生蔓延。以高消费和符号价值消费为主要特征的消费主义思潮歪曲了消费原有的意义,与我国传统的消费观念相悖而驰。消费主义思潮在全球蔓延可以从经济、政策、哲学等方面探究其原因。西方消费主义思潮的蔓延,对我国现阶段的思想道德建设有较大的危害性。遏止消费主义的不良影响,引导和教育消费者形成科学的消费观可从多方面入手。     

恩施州旅游扶贫村居民的旅游影响感知差异

精准扶贫背景下,旅游扶贫地居民对旅游发展的影响感知反映了旅游扶贫政策实施的实际效应,其内部差异、类型值得深入研究。基于从恩施州22个旅游扶贫村收集的问卷调查数据,引入潜在冲突指数（Potential Conflict Index,PCI）,运用主成分分析、聚类分析方法,分析旅游扶贫村居民影响感知的维度、水平和内部差异,并对其分类。研究结果表明：①恩施州旅游扶贫村居民认可旅游发展带来的环境-社会效益、扶贫效益和素质提升作用,但认可度普遍不高,认为旅游发展没有带来环境、社会和经济成本;②居民对旅游发展、扶贫效益、素质提升、环境成本和经济成本的感知存在较大内部差异;③基于这些差异,将居民分为旅游发展认可者、经济成本关注者、谨慎观望者、扶贫效益认可者、环境成本关注者五类。最后,根据分析结果,针对五类居民,提出了建议。     

转基因农作物经济影响和发展战略研究取得显著进展

农业生物技术，尤其是转基因农作物的发展受到了国际学术界、各国政府和社会组织的广泛关注，是当前世界农业科技发展争论最为激烈的问题，越演越烈的争论已使许多政府决策者陷入两难境地。     

Quality assurance and its impact from higher education institutions’ perspectives: methodological approaches,experiences and expectations

This paper reports on methodological approaches, experiences and expectations referring to impact analysis of quality assurance from the perspective of three higher education institutions (students, teaching staff, quality managers) from Germany, Finland and Romania. The presentations of the three sample institutions focus on discussing the core characteristics of quality assurance procedures applied and their expected and observed impacts, and how intended and non-intended undesirable ones are measured. It turns out that all sample institutions have already some instruments and sub-procedures in place for impact analysis of quality assurance and all of them are striving for further improvement by applying internal and external quality assurance procedures and impact analyses. Finally, a closer look at the recently revised Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area shows that the European sample institutions are on their way towards coherent quality assurance policies, while there is also room left for further improvement and investigation (for example, in implementing systematic methodologies of impact evaluation and quality policies in general).     

Politicians’ perspective on the community-related impacts of major sports events – a case study for Innsbruck-Tyrol

While scholarly attention with respect to the social impacts of sports events has increased in recent years, there is still little research discussing the wide-ranging community-related impacts stemming particularly from major sports events. Local political leaders, as (elected) representatives of the community, are important stakeholders within this context and face the challenge of balancing diverse interests in the implementation of major sports events. The purpose of this study is to assess the importance politicians attribute to event impacts that create sustainable outcomes for residents living in a host city. Based on a content analysis, a list of general event impacts (outputs and legacies) produced by major sports events was created and subsequently discussed with scholars and experts in the field to classify the criteria as community relevant or not. A final number of 56 criteria (34 of which are considered community relevant) was then used in the assessment of the politicians’ (representing either the State of Tyrol or the City of Innsbruck) attitude towards these impacts. The findings of the study indicate that, though aware of community interests, politicians nevertheless prioritize economic and touristic benefits for the host city/region such as place marketing. Moreover, politicians seem to have a better understanding of tangible impacts (e.g. infrastructure), underestimating the important intangible impacts (e.g. voluntariness) closely related to community issues. Thus, the research in hand outlines the need to sensitize governments to community interests when planning and implementing major sports events.     

武当山世界文化遗产地居民旅游影响感知态度模型

武当山世界文化遗产地居民的态度决定了当地旅游业能否可持续发展。基于社会交换理论和既有研究成果,运用结构方程模型构建的武当山世界文化遗产地居民旅游影响感知态度模型指出,居民的旅游经济、社会文化影响感知是其态度的重要影响因素,环境影响感知的作用则较为微弱。研究结果的启示主要有三点：武当山旅游业可持续发展不能忽视当地居民的经济利益诉求;减弱旅游业发展对当地社会文化带来的不利影响;加大遗产地社区环境整治力度。     

e-Government legislation: Implementation issues for programs for low-income people

This paper introduces a research agenda to explore the intersection of e-government implementation and the key federal programs – Medicaid, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, a.k.a. food stamps), (SSI), and Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF, a.k.a. welfare) – that provide assistance to low-income citizens in the United States. To lay the groundwork for on-going research, this paper focuses on the implementing statutes that require different levels of automation for delivering these programs to the public. It discusses the programs in terms of their breadth, impacts to recipients, and the effects of automation as implemented for each. It identifies some of the consequences of automation, such as potentially faster service delivery, different approaches to information access, and issues of privacy. It then suggests some points to consider for policymakers and for future research to more deeply understand this unique and little-studied aspect of e-government implementation. By understanding the impacts of implementing statutes on the poor, policymakers can develop a deliberately inclusive strategy that leverages technology to support access to assistance in measurable models that can be implemented at the federal, state, and county levels. This can further democratize the government-to-citizen relationship and support greater accountability to taxpayers.     

Modern Regression Discontinuity Analysis

Abstract

This article provides a detailed discussion of the theory and practice of modern regression discontinuity (RD) analysis for estimating the effects of interventions or treatments. Part 1 briefly chronicles the history of RD analysis and summarizes its past applications. Part 2 explains how in theory an RD analysis can identify an average effect of treatment for a population and how different types of RD analyses—“sharp” versus “fuzzy”—can identify average treatment effects for different conceptual subpopulations. Part 3 of the article introduces graphical methods, parametric statistical methods, and nonparametric statistical methods for estimating treatment effects in practice from regression discontinuity data plus validation tests and robustness tests for assessing these estimates. Section 4 considers generalizing RD findings and presents several different views on and approaches to the issue. Part 5 notes some important issues to pursue in future research about or applications of RD analysis.     

Effectiveness of Four Supplemental Reading Comprehension Interventions

Abstract

This article presents evidence from a large-scale randomized controlled trial of the effects of four supplemental reading comprehension curricula (Project CRISS, ReadAbout, Read for Real, and Reading for Knowledge) on students’ understanding of informational text. Across 2 school years, the study included 10 school districts, more than 200 schools, and more than 10,000 fifth-grade students. Schools interested in implementing 1 of the 4 supplemental curricula were randomly assigned to 1 of 4 treatment groups or to a control group. The impact analyses in the study's first year revealed a statistically significant negative impact of Reading for Knowledge on students’ reading comprehension scores and no other significant impacts. The impact of ReadAbout was positive and significant in the study's second year among teachers with 1 year of experience using the intervention.     

“一档多投”录取模式模拟研究

本文在阐述我国高校招生实行"一档多投"录取模式科学性的基础上,以重庆市2011年的真实高考录取数据进行一档多投仿真模拟,并从多个角度与当年的平行志愿真实录取结果进行比较,研究发现模拟结果符合理论预期,实施"一档多投"是我国高校招生录取模式的发展趋势。文章进一步分析了在我国现有招生管理体制下做好"一档多投"所面临的困难和挑战,以及实施"一档多投"将对我国高考改革带来的深远影响。