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Training Top 125
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Training, 2012
The best learning and development organizations support business initiatives tactically "and" help drive strategic change. Verizon did just that, earning it the No. 1 spot for the first time on the Training Top 125. Verizon and the other 2012 Top 125 winners continued to invest in training, collectively dedicating a mean of 4.52 percent of their…
Descriptors: Training, Leadership, Tuition, Labor Force Development
Assessing Residential Segregation among Medicaid Recipients with Psychiatric Disability in Philadelphia
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Metraux, Stephen; Caplan, Joel M.; Klugman, Dutch; Hadley, Trevor R. – Journal of Community Psychology, 2007
This study assesses the extent of residential segregation among 15,246 people diagnosed with psychiatric disabilities and receiving Medicaid (MA) in Philadelphia, and an identically sized group of MA recipients serving as matched controls. Results indicate that overall levels of residential segregation among this group were modest at their most…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Mental Disorders, Residential Patterns, Ghettos
An Assessment of Farmers' Willingness to Pay for Extension Services Using the Contingent Valuation Method (CVM): The Case of Oyo State, Nigeria
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Ajayi, A. O. – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2006
This study assessed farmers' willingness to pay (WTP) for extension services. The Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) was used to assess the amount which farmers are willing to pay. Primary data on the demographic, socio-economic variables of farmers and their WTP were collected from 228 farmers selected randomly in a stage-wise sampling procedure…
Descriptors: Rural Extension, Statistical Distributions, Foreign Countries, Consumer Economics