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This dissertation will explore the effectiveness of welfare-to-work programs in the United States from the participants’ perspective. More specifically, it will examine the role of self-efficacy (i.e., belief in one’s ability) among single mothers on welfare currently participating in EARN, a short-term job readiness training program offered throughout Pennsylvania. Using a grounded theory approach, first it will conduct interviews with program instructors and analyze curricula to better understand how different facets of self-efficacy theory are manifested throughout these trainings.Learn More

Summer Workshop on Pandemics, Bioterrorism, and Global Health Security: From Anthrax to Zika. Threats to global health security continue to evolve due to the changing nature of conflict, advances in science and technology, globalization, and the growing threat posed by emerging infectious diseases and pandemics. Pandemics, Bioterrorism and Global Health Security: From Anthrax to Zika is a three-day, non-credit summer workshop designed to introduce participants to the challenges facing the world at the intersection of national security, public health, and the life sciences.Learn More

POGO 511 is the first methods course students typically take in their graduate programs. Students are required to take 511 during one of their first two semesters. To enroll in 511, students must complete a statistics screening exam. Exams can be taken during a scheduled exam date or completed at the conclusion of the Statistics Workshop. This registration is for the exam itself, not the preparatory workshop. There is no cost associated with the screening exam.Learn More

A stated priority in mental health services is bridging the gap between knowledge and practice by implementing services with a basis in evidence. This research contributes to the knowledge of policy diffusion and policy implementation by testing the influence of state mental health system structural features associated with the implementation of evidence-based practices in public mental health services. While the quantitative evidence of the study finds limited evidence for diffusion theory to explain how evidence-based practices have expanded, the qualitative evidence aligns with implementation theories that emphasize organizational settings over system features.Learn More

Multistakeholder institutions are an appealing solution for complex issues, but they may not be properly understood. Literature studies them from a structural perspective, not considering the role of the agency of participants, their communities or networks, and whether they are essential to institutions’ success. This dissertation empirically explores, as case studies, 3 multistakeholder institutions of Internet Governance. It examines two-year meeting attendance for ICANN, IGF and IETF as quantitative proxies for communities of practice. Findings show a connection between mission and communities, and no direct connection between communities and processes. This dissertation contributes to multistakeholder and Internet governance literatures, and policy-makers interested in the concept.Learn More

Join us at George Mason University’s Mason Escape: Summer Visit Day for prospective students entering their junior year of high school. The Schar School undergraduate student services team will be in attendance. We look forward to seeing you at the event!

To register for the event, visit admissions.gmu.edu/rsvp/masonescape. For questions, contact Mason’s Office of Admissions at admissions@gmu.edu.

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This three-day statistics workshop is designed to help students prepare for POGO 511 and gain a better understanding of general statistics. The workshop offers a concentrated introduction to many of the topics typically covered in introductory statistics classes. The workshop will consist of lecture-discussion segments and laboratory segments in which you will work on the application of some of the techniques you have learned. There will be readings and homework.Learn More