New for Poverty Studies

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
Available online.   Printed copy to be ordered.
"The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) monitors the extent and severity of food insecurity in U.S. households through an annual, nationally representative survey and has published statistical reports on household food security in the United States for each year since 1995. This report presents statistics on households’ food security, food expenditures, and use of food and nutrition assistance programs for 2006."
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

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National Survey of Student Engagement / Indiana University.
Available online.   Printed copy to be added to the collection.
Based on information from about 313,000 randomly selected firstyear and senior students at 610 four-year colleges and universities in the U.S. and Canada... Now in its eighth year, the survey findings annually provide comparative standards for determining how effectively colleges are contributing to learning. Five key areas of educational performance are measured: 1) level of academic challenge, 2) active and collaborative learning, 3) student-faculty interaction, 4) enriching educational experiences, and 5) supportive campus environment.

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United Nations University.
Available online.
"The overall aim of the project was to provide insights into how human well-being might be better conceptualized and, in particular, measured, by reviewing various concepts and measures and then offering recommendations for future practice and research. This Policy Brief outlines a contextual background to the project, by introducing some key concepts and measures used in assessing achieved well-being, especially at the national level. Highlighted are some of the best known and most widely used well-being measures."
Findings are based upon this book, which has been ordered for the library collection.

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Members of the Washington and Lee University community -- faculty, students, and staff -- now may check out Reference materials and bound periodical volumes from the Leyburn Library and Telford Library collections.

These items can be checked out through "normal" circulation procedures, with proper identification at our Circulation Desks, but for a period of no more than 24 hours.

No renewals or holds are allowed.

If you have questions about how this works, please contact a Reference librarian or Elizabeth Teaff, our Access Services Manager.

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