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Democratic Backsliding and the Balance Wheel Hypothesis: Partisanship and State Funding for Higher Education in the United States

budgets and higher education. Drawing on recent research in political science and political economy, we conceptualize declining state appropriations to higher education in Republican-dominated U.S. states ... state-level data we found that political partisanship conditioned state appropriations to higher education during and after the Great Recession. Our finding that the balance wheel operated differently in

Recognizing Right: The Status of Artificial Intelligence

accomplishing political and practical aims. Legal personality is a tool to designate the rights-bearing units of society. The legal personality regime could be changed, and this Article makes the case that it ... to our values, leading to disastrous results.8 AI could be used to generate disinformation, drive political polarization, and increase income inequality.9 The law currently lacks the capabilities to

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the Master of Theological Studies, concentrating in the History of Christianity. He grew up in Memphis, Tennessee and completed his undergrad degree in Political Science and Philosophy at Mississippi ... northern Idaho, grew up in southern California, and attended undergrad in eastern Washington. He earned his Bachelor of Arts, in Philosophy, from Gonzaga University and is an avid fan of their basketball

A Proposal for a Semiconductor Export Control Treaty

will simply be too late. After first summarizing the importance of the semiconductor sector in its current U.S. global context, I then examine the historical U.S. political neglect towards the ... proposed semiconductor treaty is then described, drawing upon the Wassenaar Arrangement. Finally, I argue that the time for adopting such a semiconductor export control treaty is now because the political

On the Resurrection of Microbes: An Eco-Christological Approach to the Resurrection

”.5 The destruction of biodiversity in the current context is largely the result of a political and economic mode of production that is dependent on the extraction, production, and consumption of fossil ... biogeochemical cycles”.8 The social, political, and economic forms of organization seem to be at odds with the original emphasis on biodiversity expressed in the book of Genesis. One area of scientific activity

High Time for Change: How Federal Cannabis Prohibition Dooms the Legal Cannabis Industry

Nixon Administration to criminalize their perceived political opponents, in particular, racial minorities.37 The Nixon Administration knew that cannabis was not as problematic as it claimed.38 Nixon’s own ... decriminalized.39 But, in keeping with his Administration’s political strategy,40 Nixon ignored this recommendation, instead doubling down on prohibition by creating the Drug Enforcement Agency (“DEA”) in 1973.41

Hit Em

consuming, so they are saved for exceptional cases, like when the Government wants to send a political message.33 Finally, although criminal indictments may lead to fines on foreign states, those payments go ... On top of the previously mentioned problems, the fourth element–occurs in the U.S.–will be difficult to overcome for victims of state-sponsored cyberattacks.105 In 2016, an Ethiopian political

The Church as Polis

) the intentional subordination of religion to the private sphere in American political philosophy. Returning to the case of the two Native American men, this distinction made it such that they were ... church to be the church (and the world to be the world). This paper will first explore the “issue” at hand: the privatization of faith as a result of the North American political sphere and the effects of

Research Concerning Quality Assurance as Research on the Consequences of Political Reforms

into research on the consequences of political reforms (in German: Reformfolgeforschung). Why quality assurance is defined can be best explained for the case of accreditation: First, accreditation ... political decision to accredit the study programs offered by HEIs in Germany was taken sometime in 1998. This decision was politically supported and justified with reference to the Bologna Process, in which

Reimagining Higher Education in the Post-COVID-19 Era: Chinese Students’ Desires for Overseas Learning and Implications for University Governance

aspects of contemporary society. Set against the broader political economy context, this Special Issue focuses on examining the impacts of the present global health crisis on higher education development ... context of the broader political and economic context following the outbreak of COVID-19 in early 2020, this article sets out to critically examine how this unprecedented global health crisis has affected

How to Talk about God: Origen and Gregory of Nazianzus on Divine Transcendence and Theological Language

History of Religion Commons, Philosophy of Language Commons , Reading and Language Commons 2 Part of the Catholic Studies Commons , Christianity Commons, History of Christianity Commons 3 Origen, On First ... had spread across the Mediterranean world, encountering a variety of cultures, religions, and languages. The philosophy of the Greeks— particularly that of the Stoics and Obscvlta Plato and his

Self-revelation of God in Jesus Christ as Love and the Kingdom of God in Walter Kasper's Jesus the Christ

, vol. 2 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013), 5. Kasper, Jesus the Christ, xiv Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.csbsju.edu/obsculta and Philosophy of Religion Commons ... ) These methods present Jesus Christ as a mere figure of reference. Kasper recalls Hans Urs von Balthasar’s critique of these approaches as a mere philosophy or ideology resulting in the reduction of

Staking Your Crypto: What are the Stakes?

advertising their investment strategies. Some adhere to the “Code is Law”8 philosophy and consider that any problems arising from staking will be solved via the blockchain itself. Others, whilst recognizing ... degree of harmonization within the EU, the general rule remains that each jurisdiction around the world has its own conflict-of-laws rules. Even within a single political nation-state such as the UK or the

Christ in You Is Your Hope of Glory: Exploring Colossians in the Sunday Lectionary

understandable as to why these verses are omitted when this pericope is selected for a wedding liturgy. Rooted in Hellenistic philosophy, Paul’s two-millennia old admonition is incredibly offensive in our own time ... the optional addition of verses sixteen through nineteen. Verses six through eight are an admonition against falling into traps of “philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition” (Colossians

A Central Task of Theology: Authenticity in Relationship with God

philosophy and theology go hand in hand. He notes that to understand human experience as the starting point, we must know we are in existence to do so. William V. Dych, an author who writes about Rahner’s idea ... Andrew Tallon . Hearer of the Word: Laying the Foundation for a Philosophy of Religion . New York: Continuum, 1994 . Sokolowski , Robert. Christian Faith and Human Understanding: Studies on the Eucharist

Isaiah 7:10-25: The Climax of the Messianic Expectation

Conference of Catholic Bishops, https://bible. usccb.org/bible. | 8 | Obscvlta Judaism, however, refuses this connection. For them, the Messiah has a very different mission—more political and nationalistic ... , in the manifold understandings of the Messiah: his mission is less political and nationalistic (Maccabean and then late Judaic influence) because his reign is worldwide (Psalm 45); his nature is not

Asimov for Lawmakers

the Future, supra note 41, at 78. 74. See respectively POLI SCI FI: AN INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL SCIENCE THOUGH SCIENCE FICTION (Michael A. Allen & Justin S. Vaughn eds., Routledge 2016) ; BATTLESTAR ... valid, even in the face of low probability events. Lawmakers should not be fooled by terminology. Asimov decided to call “laws” the code of his robots in the scientific sense, not in the socio-political

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appeared in the Benedictine review Tjurunga, as well as a number of non-academic outlets. Jayan also holds a Bachelor of Science from the Ohio State University in Political Science and Chinese. FR. DINH VO ... his Bachelor of Arts, in Philosophy, from Gonzaga University and is an avid fan of their basketball team. He is currently studying for the Master of Theological Studies, concentrating in Systematics

Cyberwarfare & Cyber Insurance: Exploring When a Cyberattack Can Negate a Cyber Insurance Claim

from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state . . ..”39 There are three primary ways to interpret the prohibition on force.40 In relation to a ... political pressure;42 and, finally, another is whether a cyber attack has violated the sovereign dominion of a state.43 If one adheres to the first interpretation, then a cyber attack that has no kinetic

Narrating the Belt and Road Education Policy: A Critical Policy Discourse Analysis

underpinning philosophy of CDA, because explanatory critique is critical in uncovering the generative causal mechanisms of social phenomena, i.e., the “real” domain of critical realism. Another challenge with ... Action Plan can offer a more complete picture of BRI higher education. Finally, the New Era Education Plan has been added for three reasons. First, as a meta-narrative and political guideline, it has