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Cultivating The Habits Of Commonsense Leadership, James P. Evans Oct 2003

Cultivating The Habits Of Commonsense Leadership, James P. Evans

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal

An article discussing strategies for cultivating good leadership habits.


Traveling Lite With Skip: Pay Attention To The Man Behind The Curtain, William "Skip" Boyer Oct 2003

Traveling Lite With Skip: Pay Attention To The Man Behind The Curtain, William "Skip" Boyer

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal

An article discussing the need for critical thinking in leadership.


Accreditation And Assessment In Distance Learning, Janice M. Karlen Oct 2003

Accreditation And Assessment In Distance Learning, Janice M. Karlen

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal

All accredited institutions in the United States that are involved in distance learning initiatives need to be concerned about how their programs and courses will be viewed by accreditation organizations. A review of the policies of several major accreditation associations and professional groups, national, regional and specialized, yields similar results when issues of distance learning are concerned. These requirements are reviewed. Virtually all accreditors require evidence of regular assessment processes. Alternative methods for conducting these assessments are proposed.


Line In The College Biz: What Happens When Capitalism And Education Collide? Teachers Become Clerks Selling Degrees., Lynne Drury Lerych Oct 2003

Line In The College Biz: What Happens When Capitalism And Education Collide? Teachers Become Clerks Selling Degrees., Lynne Drury Lerych

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal

An article discussing trends in academia.


Table Of Contents - Fall 2003 Oct 2003

Table Of Contents - Fall 2003

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal

Academic Leadership Journal Fall 2003 Table of Contents.


Academic Leadership In Ivy Tech State College: Academic Chairs’ Tasks And Job Challenges, Michael Petty Oct 2003

Academic Leadership In Ivy Tech State College: Academic Chairs’ Tasks And Job Challenges, Michael Petty

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal

This study was conducted to establish baseline information about Ivy Tech State College academic chairs’ personal/background characteristics and to determine those chairs’ rating of the importance of their tasks and their perceptions of the job challenges they will face in the future. In addition, the study compared Ivy Tech chairs’ personal/ background characteristics and perceptions of their tasks and job challenges with the findings of the 1992 International Community College Chair Survey. Although there were some statistically different ratings, in essence both samples of chairs highly rate the importance of their myriad tasks and they are in general agreement as …


Making Music And Learning Leadership: Cassatt String Quartet, Susan Leshnower Oct 2003

Making Music And Learning Leadership: Cassatt String Quartet, Susan Leshnower

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal

An article discussing the Cassatt String Quartet's efforts at teaching leadership through chamber music.


Autobiography In Multicultural, Anti-Racist Education: Three Case Studies, Anita E. Fernandez Sep 2003

Autobiography In Multicultural, Anti-Racist Education: Three Case Studies, Anita E. Fernandez

Teaching and Learning: The Journal of Natural Inquiry & Reflective Practice

No abstract provided.


An Investigation Into The Preferred Learning Styles Of Accounting, Management, Marketing, And General Business Majors, Adel M. Novin, Lari H. Arjomand, Louis Jourdan Sep 2003

An Investigation Into The Preferred Learning Styles Of Accounting, Management, Marketing, And General Business Majors, Adel M. Novin, Lari H. Arjomand, Louis Jourdan

Teaching and Learning: The Journal of Natural Inquiry & Reflective Practice

No abstract provided.


Leaarning To Teach Elementary Science, Debra Zinicola, Roberta Devlin-Scherer Sep 2003

Leaarning To Teach Elementary Science, Debra Zinicola, Roberta Devlin-Scherer

Teaching and Learning: The Journal of Natural Inquiry & Reflective Practice

No abstract provided.


Table Of Contents And Editorial Information For Vol. 31, No. 1, Fall 2003, Mary P. Mckeown-Moak Sep 2003

Table Of Contents And Editorial Information For Vol. 31, No. 1, Fall 2003, Mary P. Mckeown-Moak

Educational Considerations

Table of contents and editorial information for Vol. 31, no. 1, Fall 2003


Foreword, Mary P. Mckeown-Moak Sep 2003

Foreword, Mary P. Mckeown-Moak

Educational Considerations

This edition of Educational Considerations is devoted to the issues impacting on higher education at the beginning of the 21st century: declining revenues from all sources; increasing demands for accountability; increasing costs leading to increases in tuition and fees; enrollment management; and the changing role of state governments.


Enrollment Management And Tuition Discounting, Lucie Lapovsky, Loren Loomis Hubbell Sep 2003

Enrollment Management And Tuition Discounting, Lucie Lapovsky, Loren Loomis Hubbell

Educational Considerations

Enrollment management is critical to the success of all colleges and universities, and especially in times when state appropriations are not increasing, the endowment is not producing at historical levels, and gifts are not keeping pace with inflation.


The Changing Financial And Policy Role Of State Governments Regarding Higher Education And Prospects For The Future, Daniel T. Layzell Sep 2003

The Changing Financial And Policy Role Of State Governments Regarding Higher Education And Prospects For The Future, Daniel T. Layzell

Educational Considerations

Higher education in the United States grew rapidly in the post-World War II era, more than doubling the total number of degree-granting institutions (1,851 to 4,084) and increasing the total number of students enrolled more than five-fold (2.7 million to 14.8 million) between 1950 and 2000.


Performance Reporting: The Preferred "No Cost" Accountability Program, Joseph C. Burke, Henrik P. Minassians Sep 2003

Performance Reporting: The Preferred "No Cost" Accountability Program, Joseph C. Burke, Henrik P. Minassians

Educational Considerations

For the last six years, the Rockefeller Institute of Government at the State University of New York at Albany has been surveying the State Higher Education Finance Officers (hereafter referred to as budget officers) regarding state activities in higher education performance funding and budgeting.


Coinage Of A Dordt Degree, Calvin Jongsma Sep 2003

Coinage Of A Dordt Degree, Calvin Jongsma

Pro Rege

This article is the 2001 Dordt College commencement address by Dr. Calvin Jongsma.


Runner's Impact On The Academy And Beyond: Personal Reflections, Al Wolters Sep 2003

Runner's Impact On The Academy And Beyond: Personal Reflections, Al Wolters

Pro Rege

The following article was the opening keynote address presented by Dr. Al Wolters at the Runner Legacy Conference held at Redeemer University College in Ancaster, Ontario, on October 4, 2002. The conference was jointly sponsored by Calvin College, Dordt College, Trinity Christian College, The Institute for Christian Studies, The King's University College, and Redeemer University College.


Give Thanks For H. Evan Runner, Keith C. Sewell Sep 2003

Give Thanks For H. Evan Runner, Keith C. Sewell

Pro Rege

This tribute was written in memory of Dr. H. Evan Runner, Professor of Philosophy at Calvin College from 1951-1981. Dr. Runner was "in many ways... responsible for the creation of the ICS [Institute for Christian Studies] in Toronto," and "gave inspirational leadership to the Association for the Advancement of Christian Scholarship (AACS) in Canada" (Phil de Haan, Chimes, 3/29/03).


Educational Considerations, Vol. 31(1) Full Issue, Mary P. Mckeown-Moak Sep 2003

Educational Considerations, Vol. 31(1) Full Issue, Mary P. Mckeown-Moak

Educational Considerations

Educational Considerations, vol. 31(1) Fall 2003 - Full issue


Public Education's Perfect Storm, J. Kent Caruthers Sep 2003

Public Education's Perfect Storm, J. Kent Caruthers

Educational Considerations

Today, a confluence of six sets of trends are serving to create what is likely to become regarded as the “perfect storm” for funding of public higher education.


Financing Higher Education In Fiscal Year 2003: The State Of The States, Mary P. Mckeown-Moak Sep 2003

Financing Higher Education In Fiscal Year 2003: The State Of The States, Mary P. Mckeown-Moak

Educational Considerations

So begins the 2002 Fiscal Survey of the States from the National Governors Association. Nearly every state has reduced budgets and cut expenditures in light of reductions in anticipated state revenues.


Clear Communication Can Allude Those Who Speak In Bizbabble, William "Skip" Boyer Jul 2003

Clear Communication Can Allude Those Who Speak In Bizbabble, William "Skip" Boyer

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal

An article decrying trends in corporate technobabble.


Review: The Department Chair’S Role In Developing New Faculty Into Teachers And Scholars By Estela Mara Bensimon, Kelly Ward, And Karla Sanders, Joann Moody Jul 2003

Review: The Department Chair’S Role In Developing New Faculty Into Teachers And Scholars By Estela Mara Bensimon, Kelly Ward, And Karla Sanders, Joann Moody

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal

A book review of The Department Chair’s Role in Developing New Faculty into Teachers and Scholars by Estela Mara Bensimon, Kelly Ward, and Karla Sanders


Table Of Contents - Summer 2003 Jul 2003

Table Of Contents - Summer 2003

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal

Academic Leadership Journal Summer 2003 Table of Contents


Managing Contemporary Uk Universities – Manager-Academics And New Managerialism, Rosemary Deem, Oliver Fulton, Sam Hillyard, Rachel Johnson, Mike Reed, Stephen Watson Jul 2003

Managing Contemporary Uk Universities – Manager-Academics And New Managerialism, Rosemary Deem, Oliver Fulton, Sam Hillyard, Rachel Johnson, Mike Reed, Stephen Watson

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal

A multi-disciplinary project entitled ‘New Managerialism and the Management of UK Universities’ was conducted by a team of researchers based at Lancaster University between October 1998 and November 2000. The study was funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council (grant no R000237661). The project was designed to examine the extent to which ‘New Managerialism’, a set of reforms of the management of publicly-funded services popular with many western governments, was perceived to have permeated the management of UK universities. The study also explored the roles, practices, selection, learning and support of manager-academics. The first phase of the study …


Profile Of Women Trustees At Land Grant Institutions: Roles, Responsibilities, And Reflections, Darla J. Twale, Joanne E. Burley Jul 2003

Profile Of Women Trustees At Land Grant Institutions: Roles, Responsibilities, And Reflections, Darla J. Twale, Joanne E. Burley

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal

A study of 49 women trustees at land grant universities showed that they were well educated and highly involved in civic and professional affairs. As trustees, they were heavily involved in the life of the campus and were making substantial sacrifices to do so. The data indicated women were being selected for subcommittees but not necessarily the most powerful ones. While some women accepted the position to represent the female perspective, their comments urged women to be cautious if they want to be an effective voice.


The Relevance Of Authorial Presence In Creating And Understanding Qualitative Writing, Karen W. Scott, Mark L. Mccaslin, Gary C. Alexander Jun 2003

The Relevance Of Authorial Presence In Creating And Understanding Qualitative Writing, Karen W. Scott, Mark L. Mccaslin, Gary C. Alexander

Teaching and Learning: The Journal of Natural Inquiry & Reflective Practice

No abstract provided.


Wellness And Wisdom: Is It All A Matter Of Learning?, Joy Murray Jun 2003

Wellness And Wisdom: Is It All A Matter Of Learning?, Joy Murray

Teaching and Learning: The Journal of Natural Inquiry & Reflective Practice

No abstract provided.


Embedded Co-Mentoring: Inside The National Standards For Professional Development Schools, Jane Neapolitan Jun 2003

Embedded Co-Mentoring: Inside The National Standards For Professional Development Schools, Jane Neapolitan

Teaching and Learning: The Journal of Natural Inquiry & Reflective Practice

No abstract provided.


Specified Ignorance: A Pedagogical And Cognitive Tool For Learning The Nature And Process Of Science, Robbie V. Mccarty Jun 2003

Specified Ignorance: A Pedagogical And Cognitive Tool For Learning The Nature And Process Of Science, Robbie V. Mccarty

Teaching and Learning: The Journal of Natural Inquiry & Reflective Practice

No abstract provided.