Michigan Quality Council

Michigan Quality Council

Evaluation of public health risks at recreational beaches in Lake Michigan via detection of enteric viruses and a human-specific bacteriological marker.

UNLABELLED Each year the National Resource Defense Council addresses the quality of US beaches by routine bacterial indicators. In the Great Lakes region the indicator used is Escherichia coli and for 2007 more beaches were closed and impacted than ever before. In this study, water quality was addressed at two Lake Michigan Beaches over the 2004 swimming season by monitoring infectious enteric ...

Using Regional Cooperation and Technology to Achieve Cost Savings: The Midwestern Higher Education Commission

David Murphy ([email protected]) is President and CEO of the Midwestern Higher Education Commission. Prior to joining the commission, Dr. Murphy was Associate Vice Provost for Academic Affairs at Central Michigan University. He is a member of the American Council on Education’s Panel on Post-Secondary Education and serves on the International Liaison Committee of the American Associati...

RESEARCH SYNTHESIS AAPOR REPORT ON ONLINE PANELS PREPARED FOR THE AAPOR EXECUTIVE COUNCIL BY A TASK FORCE OPERATING UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE AAPOR STANDARDS COMMITTEE, WITH MEMBERS INCLUDING: REG BAKER Market Strategies International and Task Force Chair

REG BAKER Market Strategies International and Task Force Chair STEPHEN J. BLUMBERG U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention J. MICHAEL BRICK Westat MICK P. COUPER Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan MELANIE COURTRIGHT DMS Insights | uSamp J. MICHAEL DENNIS Knowledge Networks DON DILLMAN Washington State University MARTIN R. FRANKEL Baruch College, CUNY PHILIP GARLAND Su...

List of Figures and Tables

Figure 1: Case Study Locations............................................................. 17 Figure 2: Blufflands Alliance Focus Area................................................. 20 Figure 3: Bay Area Open Space Council Service Area.................................. 22 Figure 4: Michigan Dune Alliance Locations.............................................26 Figure 5: North Quabbin Region....