我国高等教育大众化热潮中的冷思考

从1999年起,我国高校开始超常扩招,当年招生人数比前一年增加47.4％,2000年再增长25％,2001年计划增长10％,连续的大比例扩招,迅速提高了中国高等教育的入学率,高等教育大众化已成为教育界的热门话题。根据教育部的规划,我国将于2005年进入高等教育大众化阶段。高校的大规模扩招缓解了升学竞争,使更多青年人圆了大学梦,受到了社会的欢迎。但是,如果从总体效益来考虑,我们对当前的形势并不能盲目乐观。我们不能忘记发展高等教育的根本目的是为社会培养适用人才,促进     

依法行政理念指导下的行政服务中心

依法行政理念及实践在我国已进入全面展开的重要时期,包括职权法定、法律优先、法律保留、依程序行政、承担法律责任等内涵。依法行政是行政服务中心必须依托的一项重要法治理念。依法行政理念与行政服务中心的时代契合点在于政府行政文明的提升、法治政府的建设、服务型政府的推进。依法行政理念指导下的行政服务中心应当依法设立、运行、全面监督以及承担法律责任。     

从东盟在华投资现状看我国涉外税收优惠政策

2002年11月中国与东盟10国在柬埔寨首都金边签署了《中国与东盟全面经济合作框架协议》,目的之一是创造一个透明、开放、竞争性以及便利化的投资体制,加强并改善双方的全面经济合作,为2010年前建成涵盖18亿人口、贸易总额达1.2万亿美元、约占世界贸易总额10%的世界最大的自由贸易区确定了更加明确的目标、范围、措施和时间表,标志着中国—东盟自由贸易区正式启动。随着中国—东盟自由贸易区的启动,双方的投资规模将进一步加大,经济合作将成为未来发展的主旋律。一、东盟在华投资与我国涉外税收优惠政策的现状东盟是我国吸引外资的重要地区之…     

Old master paintings,export veto and price formation: an empirical study

In this paper, we focus on the institutional setting where Old Masters’Paintings (OMP) markets transactions are carried. We develop a preliminary attempt to embody legal provisions in econometric, hedonic pricing models. We consider a particular regulation applicable only in Italy, the “export veto” for art objects that are particularly relevant for the national cultural patrimony. We proxy such legal provision in order to include it in the statistical analysis and to check whether it affects the OMP price differentials between pre-auction estimated price and post-auction hammer price. Preliminary results show that the price differential is affected by the legal variable, therefore suggesting that the country’s institutional framework plays an important role in price dynamics.     

国际政治背景下的东亚能源战略问题

东亚作为一个地理概念,包括两个组成部分:东北亚和东南亚。东北亚一般是指中国、日本、韩国、朝鲜和蒙古国5个国家;东南亚则是指东盟10国。在经济全球化和地区经济集团化的大背景下,东亚作为一个整体,无论在经济、政治还是安全领域,区域合作的规模和水平远远落后于欧洲、北美等其他地区,还停留在协商起步的阶段。这说明东亚合作面临着诸多挑战,也蕴含着太多的机遇和可能。本文选取能源问题作为探讨东亚合作的一个视角,来探讨东亚能源战略合作的紧迫性、现实性和可能性,以便以管窥豹、抛砖引玉。一、当前东亚地区的能源战略格局作为一个整体…     

Distributed Generation of Electricity: The Role of Academic Research and Advice in California’s “Clean DG” Policy Network

Deregulation and the combined threats of energy crises and global warming concern nations around the world, yet these issues continue to be addressed more directly by domestic regulatory systems than by international institutions. The present analyses of the integration of distributed sources of power generation (DG) into California’s electric utility system suggests that domestic environmental dilemmas with international repercussions provide an obvious entrée for global environmental policy specialists into the practice of environmental policy-making and law. Here I review current scholarship on policy networks that illuminates the contributions that technical and policy experts can make to such networks surrounding environmental issues. I then introduce the key members of California’s “clean DG” policy network that emphasizes the role of academic experts in this influential political system, and discuss how my own research has impacted the development of the state’s DG policy. I conclude that scholars are well positioned to observe and engage domestic and international environmental policy networks, and thereby also to influence environmental politics and law.     

Does Intimate Partner Violence Epidemiology Differ Between Homes With and Without Children? A Population-Based Study of Annual Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors

We sought to determine whether intimate partner violence (IPV) risk factors differed depending upon the presence of children in the home, and to estimate the annual prevalence of IPV first in the general population and then in homes with and without children. We analyzed data from a cross-sectional random sample of 6,836 women in southeastern Pennsylvania interviewed by telephone in 2004. The magnitude of association between IPV and risk factors varied between homes with and without children for women’s alcohol problems (with children, odds ratio (OR) 7.7; 95% confidence interval (CI) 2.9, 20.9; without children, OR 2.4; 95% CI 0.9, 6.0), and mental health problems (with children, OR 4.0; 95% CI 1.8, 8.9; without children, OR 3.0; 95% CI 1.6, 5.7). Poverty was significantly associated with IPV only in homes without children (OR 3.6; 95% CI 1.9, 7.2). Annual IPV prevalence was 1.2% overall, 1.4% in homes with children, and 1.1% in homes without children. One in 63 children lived in a home with IPV. Differences in IPV risk factors in homes with and without children suggest distinct underlying IPV mechanisms or consequences in these contexts.     

Compulsive traits and police officer performance

As a general rule, pathologies tend to impair job performance. In a study involving performance criteria and the Personality Assessment Inventory in a sample of Louisiana police officers (N=800), OCD characteristics correlated significantly in a negative direction with several performance criteria, such as involvement in an on-duty or off-duty at fault moving violation, number of on-duty or off-duty at fault moving violations, any citizen complaints regarding unprofessional conduct, number of unprofessional conduct, and accusation in any way of racially offensive conduct, behavior, verbalization, or complaints. It has been found that the traits of obsessive-compulsive disorder, in moderation, may actually improve performance in police officers. This agrees with the Yerkes-Dodson law, which states that peak performance occurs when a person experiences mild to moderate levels of stress. Authors' Note: Emily DeCoster-Martin was an undergraduate psychology major at The University of Evansville at the time this paper was written. William U. Weiss, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Psychology, The University of Evansville, 1800 Lincoln Av., Evansville, IN 47722. Robert D. Davis, Ph.D., is executive vice-president and director of science, research, and development for Matrix, Inc., Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Cary Rostow, Ph.D. is president of Matrix, Inc.