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Ua45 Registrar Updates, Wku Registrar

WKU Archives Records

Newsletter created by and about the WKU Registrar's office.

20240906: President's Speeches, 1965-1999, President's Office

Guides to University Archives

These items include materials from the office of the President at Marshall University from 1965-1999. Items were received prior to the year 2000, and most may have been received in the 1980s or 90s. This may have blended two original "unaccessioned" collections.

Items include notable materials from or about President Nitzschke. The majority of these materials are transcripts of the speeches he gave at various on and off campus events. Other materials included here are some faculty committee minutes, and personal correspondence. Please download this finding aid to see a list of folder-level descriptions.

20240828: Library Staff Association, 1985-1997, University Libraries

Guides to University Archives

These items include materials from the University Libraries at Marshall University from 1985-1997. Items were received prior to 1997 but was not accessioned until 2024 when it was retrieved from storage. This collection includes notable materials about the original Morrow Library Staff Association, not to be mistaken for the new LSO from 2024. Included in this collection are bills paid, dues, statements, and receipts, and a book of records.This is not an exhaustive list. Please download the finding aid for a full list of contents.

Beyond Boundaries: Third Space Leadership In Schools, Corinne Brion

Educational Leadership Faculty Publications

This case study is relevant to practicing and prospective leaders because it raises issues related to third space leadership. I define third space leadership as the spaces/places between school and home, school and before or after school programs, school, and extra-curricular activities, such as the commute in a school bus. Third space leadership is grounded in adaptive leadership, cultural proficiency, equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging. This teaching case study exposes educational administrators to a holistic approach to leadership that includes the in-between spaces that are integral parts and moments of students’ educational journeys. The Teaching Notes outline key concepts on …

A Transcendental Phenomenological Study Of Factors That Contribute To First-Generation Minority College Students' Motivation In Bachelor's Degree Attainment, Garry Anthony Mebane

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this transcendental phenomenological study was to describe the lived experiences that motivated and contributed to first-generation minority college student success (FGMCSS) at a university in the southeastern United States. This study involved 12 first-generation minority college students (FGMCS) enrolled in an undergraduate degree program. Bandura's social cognitive theory guided this research, which explains that the human learning process develops through social context. Research questions emerged from understanding the problem and purpose statements. The question guiding this research was: What are the experiences that motivate and contribute to FGMCS success at a university in the southeastern United States? …

The Effect Of Language Training In The Perceived Confidence Of Counseling Supervisors' Spiritual Integration In Supervisory Sessions, Wendy Celoria

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The religious and spiritual (R/S) aspects of multicultural counseling are difficult to navigate for counseling educators and supervisors. The supervisors’ responsibility is to equip counselors in training (CIT) to address various issues or topics confidently with clients. Multiculturalism continues to impact the counseling profession due to the diversity and complexity of treating clients. The spiritual component of multiculturalism remains a topic of broaching that can be uncertain for CIT and supervisors. This study describes the dynamics of supervisory relationships with supervisees and how that directly correlates with counselors and their clients. Next, the study evaluates the impact increased training in …

A Phenomenological Research On The Experiential Gains Of Filipino Special Education Exchange Program Teachers, Madonna Gervacio Gamez-Catiis

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this hermeneutic phenomenological study was to gain an understanding of the experiences of Filipino special education teachers in California participating in the U.S. Department of State's Teacher Exchange program. Framed by human capital theory, the study aimed to answer the question: "What do Filipino special education teachers perceive as benefits of participating in the exchange program?" Data for this research were collected from 10 purposefully selected participants through in-depth interviews, letter writing, and organizational documents. In applying the modified Van Kaam method and the Hermeneutic cycle in the analysis, three overarching themes encapsulating the participants' multifaceted experiences …

2024-08-09 Agenda Book, Morehead State University. Board Of Regents.

Morehead State Board of Regents Agenda Books and Meeting Minutes

Agenda booklet for the Board of Regents meeting of August 9, 2024, which includes the Board meeting minutes for June 14, 2024.

Dancing With Identity: How Women In It Navigate Leadership Construction, Amy Barry

Instructional Leadership Abstracts

Women are underrepresented in the information technology sector and experience pervasive gender bias in the typically male-dominated organizations. Barry explores how women navigate and shape their leadership identities within such an environment.

Untapped Potential? Understanding The Paraeducator-To-Teacher Pipeline And Its Potential For Diversifying The Teacher Workforce, Andrew M. Camp, Gema Zamarro, Josh B. Mcgee

Education Reform Faculty and Graduate Students Publications

Paraeducators are among the largest categories of public education employees and are increasingly seen as a pool of potential teachers. However, little is known about paraeducator-to-teacher transitions. Using statewide administrative data, we show that while paraeducators may be more racially/ethnically diverse than the teacher workforce, Black and Hispanic paraeducators are less likely than White paraeducators to transition into teaching. We additionally show that teachers with paraeducator experience are similarly effective to teachers without paraeducator experience. Lastly, we use simulations to show that the potential for the paraeducator-to-teacher pipeline to diversify the teaching profession may be limited unless they are highly …

July 18, 2024 Minutes, Swosu Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

20240709: Information Technology Administration, Allen Taylor Files, 1989-2020, Information Technology

Guides to University Archives

These items include materials from the Administration within Information Technology at Marshall University from 1989-2020. Items were received in 2024 and include notable materials from the office of Allen Taylor. This is not an exhaustive list, but the attached inventory will give a broad overview of what is contained in each of the boxes...with a folder-level description when possible.

Swosu Fact Book Summer 2024, Joel Harrel Kendall, Diane Fitzsimmons, Kelsi Burghardt

Fact Books

Starting in 2024SU, Southwestern Oklahoma State University will produce a Summer Fact Book, which will provide information on enrollment, student demographics, and academic programs for the summer semester. The report is designed to help faculty, staff, administrators, and external stakeholders better understand the student body and university trends. The data analyzed for this report was collected on the 5^th day of each summer semester 2015 through 2024.

Wmu Board Of Trustees Formal Session ,June 27, 2024, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Approval of the Minutes (April 25, 2024 Meeting)
• Remarks by the Chair of the Board
• Remarks by the President
• Updates by the Faculty Senate President
• Updates by the Western Student Association President
• Western Michigan University Employee Graduates
• WMU’s Investment in the Future – Academic Tenure and Promotion
• Public Comments Regarding Action Items

Action Items

• Resolution: Trustee Dr. William F. Pickard’s Leadership Legacy
• Academic Tenure and Promotion
• Student Room, Board, and Apartment Rates 2024-2025
• Tuition and Required Fee Rates Fall 2024
• General Fund Budget, Fiscal Year 2024-2025
• Five Year Capital Outlay Master Plan
• Lease Agreement with Formosa …

The Year-By-Year Primary And Secondary Education Histories Of Homeschooled Individuals And The Implications For Empirical Homeschooling Research, Albert Cheng

Education Reform Faculty and Graduate Students Publications

Many scholars have correctly noted the difficulty of obtaining representative samples of the homeschooling population. Empirical research about homeschooling, therefore, has predominantly relied on convenience samples which lack the external validity that enables one to generalize the findings to other segments of the homeschooling population. Unbiased inferences about the whole of the homeschool population have consequently been difficult to acquire (Kunzman & Gaither, 2022). For instance, empirical findings of college-educated homeschoolers or those from higher socioeconomic backgrounds might not generalize to other populations of homeschoolers (Cheng, 2014; Ray, 2009). Nor might findings about homeschooling families who rely on a structured …

June 20, 2024 Minutes, Swosu Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

2024-06-14 Agenda Book, Morehead State University. Board Of Regents.

Morehead State Board of Regents Agenda Books and Meeting Minutes

Agenda booklet for the Board of Regents meeting of June14, 2024, which includes the Board and Audit Committee meeting minutes for March 29, 2024.

20240610: Program Reviews, 2002-2014, Graduate College

Guides to University Archives

These items include materials from the office of Academic Affairs at Marshall University from 2002-2014. Items were received in 2024 and include program reviews for undergraduate and graduate programs within the College of Liberal Arts, Applied Sciences, College of Science, and College of Arts and Media. Please see inventory for full list of contents.

20240606: Graduate College, 1972-2012, Graduate College

Guides to University Archives

These items include materials from the office of the Graduate College at Marshall University from 1972-2012. Items were received in 2024 and include notable materials from or about the graduate college and include things such as schedules of classes, Marshall Magazine copies, the WV Regional Airport Authority Improvement Project for Yeager Airport (2006), environmental projects completed by graduate studies,property reviews, Senate Bill 653, the WV Graduate College and Marshall University Merger, among other Merger Statements. Please download the finding aid for all contents.

20240606: Graduate College, 1972-2012, Graduate College

Guides to University Archives

These items include materials from the office of the Graduate College at Marshall University from 1972-2012. Items were received in 2024 and include notable materials from or about the future operations of the graduate college. These include schedule of courses, copies of Marshall Magazine, Senate Bills, Environmental Impact projects from TE courses, Information Systems proposal/committee work, BOR Program Reviews, Property Reviews, Merger Statements, and Prevention Resource Center/ Please download the finding aid for a full list of contents, as this is not an exhaustive list.

20240606: Teays Valley Regional Center, 2005-2020, Graduate College

Guides to University Archives

These items include materials from the office of the Graduate College at Marshall University from 2005-2020. Items were received in 2024 and include notable materials from or about the Teays Valley Regional Center portion of Marshall. Please download the finding aid for a full list of contents.

20240531: Historic Athletic Team Photos, Athletics

Guides to University Archives

These items include materials from the Department of Athletics at Marshall University from 1903-1904. Items were received in 2024. This collection is a series of framed photographs of the men's basketball team from 1907, the baseball team from 1903, the Women's Basketball freshman lineup from 1914, the baseball team from 1910, some personalized footballs with a university logo, and some framed Parthenon pages. This is not an exhaustive list. Please download the finding aid for a full list of contents in this specific collection.

Teacher Salary Raises And Turnover: Evidence From The First Year Of The Arkansas Learns Act, Gema Zamarro, Andrew Camp, Josh Mcgee, Taylor Wilson, Miranda Vernon

Education Reform Faculty and Graduate Students Publications

Attracting and retaining high-quality teachers is a pressing policy concern. Increasing teacher salaries and creating more attractive compensation packages are often proposed as a potential solution. Signed into law in March 2023, the LEARNS Act increased Arkansas's minimum teacher salary from $36,000 to $50,000, guaranteed all teachers a minimum raise of $2,000, and added flexibility allowing school districts to deviate from seniority-based traditional salary schedules. To study school districts’ adjustments to the new legislation, we collected information about districts' teacher compensation policies one year before and the first year of implementation. We also integrated this data with teachers' administrative records …

While Administrators Fret, Prospective Law Students Are Losing Interest In U.S. News Rankings, James Owsley Boyd

Keep Up With the Latest News from the Law School (blog)

Prospective law students across the United States are paying less attention and giving less credence to the annual U.S. News & World Report rankings of American law schools, according to new research from scholars at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law and University of Kentucky Rosenberg College of Law.

“The Decline and Fall of the U.S. News Rankings” was published this week on the Social Science Research Network by Indiana Law Professor CJ Ryan and Brian Frye, Kentucky’s Spears-Gilbert Professor of Law.

Contrary to what many in the legal education community believe, a rise in the U.S. News rankings …

How Do Demographic Characteristics Of Homeschooling Households Influence The Way Homeschooling Is Practiced?, Albert Cheng, Angela Watson

Education Reform Faculty and Graduate Students Publications

The legitimization of homeschooling during the COVID-19 pandemic and the emergence of new schooling models (i.e., hybrid homeschooling) potentially change the composition of homeschooling families and the way homeschooling is practiced. This study establishes pre-pandemic trends of the demographic composition of U.S. households who homeschool their children. This study also articulates a theory that the way families practice homeschooling is based on practical constraints imposed by household demographic characteristics and, to a lesser extent ideological reasons. These theories are empirically tested using the 2012, 2016, and 2019 waves of the National Household Education Survey and a sample of 1,468 homeschooling …

20240523: Athletics, 1985-2015, Athletics

Guides to University Archives

These items include materials from the Department of Athletics at Marshall University from 1985-2015. Items were received in 2024. Please download the finding aid for a full list of contents in this specific collection

20240522 Nursing Materials And Program History, 1960-2000, College Of Health Professions

Guides to University Archives

These items include materials from the department of Nursing at Marshall University from 1960-2000. Items were received in 2024 and include notable materials from the Nursing program at Marshall, including its development and early history. The first three items on this list are oversized items not included in the box. This is not an exhaustive list. Please download the finding aid for a full list of contents.

Administrators’ Views Of Teacher Salary Changes Under The Arkansas Learns Act, Gema Zamarro, Andrew Camp, Josh Mcgee, Miranda Vernon

Education Reform Faculty and Graduate Students Publications

• We surveyed superintendents and principals statewide to understand their perspectives on the salary changes they implemented in response to the LEARNS Act and their future plans related to teacher compensation.
• Administrators reported that the teacher compensation changes required by the LEARNS Act are likely to help them better recruit and retain teachers.
• The primary goals administrators reported they have when designing teacher compensation include: being competitive with nearby districts, retaining existing teachers, and rewarding effective teachers.
• Administrators anticipate offering across-the-board pay increases but also appear open to implementing bonuses for effective teachers in their district.
• Most administrators, 69% of principals …

May 8, 2024 Minutes, Swosu Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

Step-By-Step Guide To Uploading Your Master’S Thesis, Doctoral Dissertation, Or Other Student Work In The Unl Digital Commons, Paul Royster, Sue Ann Gardner

Thesis and Dissertation Deposit Information Resources

Step-by-step Guide to Uploading Your Master’s Thesis, Doctoral Dissertation, or Other Student Work in the UNL Digital Commons

This is just what the title says: a step-by-step guide to online deposit procedures.

Notes: Deposit of master's theses is required, not optional. Deposit of doctoral dissertations into respective departmental series for public access is optional but recommended.

Theses and dissertations are treated the same with respect to UNL Digital Commons deposit procedures.