Diálogos transnacionais entre Uruguai, América do Sul e Estados Unidos: a preparação de diretores de Educação Física pela Associação Cristã de Moços

Este estudo investigou os cursos de formação de diretores de Educação Física promovidos pela Associação Cristã de Moços (ACM), na década de 1920, em dois locais institucionais: o The Young Men’s Christian Association College, em Chicago, e o Instituto Técnico Sudamericano de la Asociación Cristiana de Jóvenes, em Montevidéu. Ao adotar elementos de análise das histórias conectadas, o objetivo foi analisar as trocas estabelecidas pela própria ACM em seus institutos localizados em diferentes lugares da América. Documentos institucionais constituíram-se como fontes privilegiadas na pesquisa e permitiram apreender um processo de circulação de saberes e práticas na Associação mediado por negociados exercícios de sistematização.

Executive dismissal or retention? A study of performance, power, and survival for college basketball coaches

This study applies upper echelons theory associated with executive dismissal and power to examine the relationships of performance and four types of executive power— structural, prestige, expert, and governance concentration—with dismissal. Using the context of National Collegiate Athletic Association college basketball, in which coaches are completely responsible for strategies and human capital acquisition and retention, a curvilinear relationship between performance and dismissal is found. Significant relationships for prestige and expert power with dismissal are also found, but the “honeymoon period” is longer than prior studies of executive and coach dismissal have shown. Surprisingly, concentrated governance is found to be negatively associated with the likelihood of dismissal.

Does Alcohol Use in Large Group Contexts Mediate the Association Between Sex-Related Alcohol Expectancies and Rape?

Women who hold positive beliefs about alcohol's role in sexual experiences may be more likely to drink alcohol in large group contexts such as bars and parties than other women. These contexts may confer risk for rape. In the current article, we examined the association between sex-related alcohol expectancies and rape during college, and whether drinking in large group contexts mediates this association. College women completed surveys for seven consecutive semesters. Contrary to previous cross-sectional research, women with more positive sex-related alcohol expectancies at the start of college and women who drank alcohol more frequently in large groups at the start of college were no more likely to experience rape during college. Longitudinal research is critical to identify risk factors that may be targeted for prevention.

The Modern Language Association College Language Manual Project

This Project, a textbook for college students of beginning Spanish, long talked about, has come a great distance since its inception in May 1956. I report in this paper its present status, and describe the pedagogical philosophy basic to its design. The Working Committee of six has profited all along the way from the valuable help and guidance of the parent Advisory Committee and from numerous special consultants.