Searching for Certainty: Rugby and Male Identity in a Former Model C School

This essay investigates the significance of rugby in a former “Model C” high school in South Africa. It examines the ideological and practical connections between rugby and disciplinary practices in this school under apartheid, and it traces those connections to the present day. By doing so, it argues that rugby owes much of its contemporary importance in such schools to the fact that parents, teachers, and coaches can watch as boys respond to the sport’s combination of immediacy and violence. In an era of desegregation and changing educational regulations, rugby’s structural dependence on immediacy and violence allows the sport’s disciplinary potential to remain tantalizingly stable and definitive. Recent concerns about “the scourge of steroids” in school rugby and schoolboys “playing for professional scouts rather than for their school,” however, present new threats to rugby’s apparent stability. These concerns are not random. Rather, they are born of a specific combination of the agentive decisions of schoolboys, the intense importance that adults place on rugby, and the economic and social contradictions that sustain former “Model C” schools. As such, this essay argues that the performance of schoolboy rugby produces an unexpected result in post-apartheid era: the greater the sport’s importance in these schools, and the more parents, teachers, and administrators depend on rugby for displays of discipline and certainty, the starker and more troubling the social contradictions within these schools could become.     

Law Enforcement Officers in Schools: An Analysis of Ethical Issues

The use of law enforcement officers in American schools has rapidly expanded since its inception in the 1950s. This growth can in part be attributed to the Safe Schools Act of 1994, the establishment of the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office, and tragic events that have occurred in our nation's schools. Law enforcement officers in the school environment traditionally have primary roles of protection and enforcement, although many have ancillary roles of educating and mentoring students. However, the use of police in schools has also been associated with the formalization of student discipline and the criminalization of minor misconduct. Specifically, an increase in the number of officers in schools has mirrored an increase in the number of arrests and citations for relatively minor offenses. We argue that officers' socialization and training create role conflict in that the duty to enforce the law competes with other duties to mentor and nurture students. We present several hypothetical dilemmas and then illustrate how the “right thing to do” is determined by the perceived duties of the school safety officer. We conclude by presenting some modest suggestions on how to address the potential role conflict experienced by law enforcement officers working in schools.     

The Role of School-Related Bonding Factors and Gender: Correlates of Gang Membership Among Adolescents

In the past several decades both the education and criminology literatures have examined the influence of school factors on the attitudes and behaviors of adolescents. This literature shows that school-related factors, especially those related to social bonding, are relevant to explaining delinquent behavior. This research examines the efficacy of school-related bonding factors in explaining gang membership. In addition, it examines whether these bonding factors differentially explain male and female gang membership. The results show that delinquent involvement is the strongest predictor of gang membership among middle school children. Although several bonding variables are related to gang membership, their influence is very weak. In addition, we do not find support for the hypothesis that these variables differentially explain male and female gang membership. Implications and suggestions for future research are discussed.     

论中外合作办学法律制度的完善

中外合作办学的法律规范在入世后经历了较大的调整。在对比这些法律规范的变化与WTO协议要求的基础上,入世后的中外合作办学法律规范主要有三个方面的积极变化,在这些变化的基础上中外合作办学法律规范得到进一步完善。主要表现在修改《中外合作办学暂行规定》和《中华人民共和国中外合作办学条例实施办法》时,对中方管理权的保障和法律责任等方面的规定,既有利于保障中外合作办学的质量和维护学生的合法权益,又有利于中国《教育法》的落实。     

The Educational and Professional Goals of International Students in Public Service Degrees

International student enrollment in public service degrees such as Public Administration in the United States has grown rapidly. Harnessing this growth to improve the knowledge and expertise of employees in public service is a vital opportunity. However, our survey of public service schools shows that international students perceive an extensive lack of support with financial and linguistic challenges. Furthermore, schools practice little performance evaluation concerning international student experience. We conclude that schools collect more data on international students and communicate better information about programs to improve services and ensure that students know accurately what to expect from their overseas education.     

加强公安院校思想政治工作队伍建设途径探析

公安院校思想政治工作队伍在促进公安院校教学改革和发展、维护学校和社会稳定中,作出了重大贡献,但公安院校思想政治工作队伍现状喜忧参半。造成队伍不完善的原因:一是认识上有偏差;二是组织上重视不够;三是待遇上有差距。加强公安院校思想政治工作队伍建设应从稳定队伍、优化结构、提高素质方面着手。     

实施西部大开发战略与党校事业

西部党校必须以西部大开发战略的实施为背景,弄清新形势将对自己有什么要求,主动提高自己的适应能力,争取党委的支持,并在此基础上追求大发展。     

对女子高等院校以就业为导向的人才培养模式的探讨

随着我国高等教育体制改革的不断深入和专业设置的不断调整,培养大批新型的掌握现代科技知识的应用型人才,已经成为高等院校的基本职能之一。而女子高等院校的设立同样离不开高等院校培养人才的基本职能,因此,只有树立以就业为导向的办学理念,合理调整专业结构,不断深化教学改革,提高学生的综合素质,培养社会急需的应用型女性人才,才能解决女子高等院校在办学过程中面临的筹集经费难、专业设置难、学生就业难等瓶颈问题。     

论民办学校劳动规章制度的现状及对策

劳动规章制度既是民办学校行使劳动管理权的法律依据,又可以作为劳动争议中的裁判依据。民办学校现有劳动规章制度存在内容违法、制定程序违法、针对性不强、可操作性差、缺乏与劳动合同法及劳动合同有效衔接等突出问题。民办学校在劳动关系管理中面临劳动者解除劳动合同、承担行政处罚和民事赔偿等法律风险。民办学校应当依法建立和完善劳动规章制度,建立相应配套制度,有效预防和降低法律风险。