Participating Faculty & Staff:

• Gillian Bosonetto, Career Services, LifeWorks at MHC, gbosonetto@mhc.edu, 828-689-1655
• Laurie Pedersen, Sociology, MHC, lpedersen@mhc.edu, 828-689-1456
• Craig Goforth, Criminal Justice and Dean of Students, cgoforth@mhc.edu, 828-689-1405
  • Wes Skidmore, Sociology Intern, s000167725@mhc.edu
  • Tasha Whitt, Business Intern, s000147314@mhc.edu
  • Miranda Hucks, Political Science Intern & Bonner Scholar, S000142503@mhc.edu

Courses Incorporating PolicyOptions Issue Brief Assignments: 

• Spring 2009 — "Sociology of the Family", Sociology, Laurie Pedersen
  • Syllabus SOC 226 SYLLABUS Spring 2009.doc

Completed Issue Briefs:

• Semester/Year — Issue Brief Title  (make title link to issue brief page in this wiki)

Draft Issue Briefs:

• Student Questionnaire for classroom project: Policy Options survey.do 
• Five Struggles Encountered through the Internship.docx
• Statistics Data: Information Sources - Mars Hill, NC  
• High School Drop-Out Prevention Issue Overview Page (includes Goal Statement, Policy Options/Program Models, and Glossary of Terms)
  • High School Drop-Out Prevention - Madison County, NC (includes Scope of the Problem, Past and Current Policy, Key Organizations & Individuals, and Bibliography)

Sources of Information

• Information Sources - Mars Hill, NC 
• Mars Hill Family and Youth Directory

Research Notes

• Swain County
• Davidson County
• Mecklenburg County
• Macon County