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Bibliography, Christy L. Spurlock

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Bibliography of publications by Christy Spurlock.

Beyond A Performance-Based Funding Metric: Creating A Culture Of Institutional Inclusion, Molly Kerby, Cheryl Stevens

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Adaptation of budget model to meet changing times and challenges.

Socialization And Retention Of Part-Time Doctoral Students: A Review Of Ten Years Of Literature, Mildred Cunningham, Christy L. Spurlock

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

The growing population of part-time doctoral students has created a need for research into the determining factors for part-time doctoral student success, especially related to retention and program completion. In order to gain a better understanding of the current literature and its importance, the researchers used purposive sampling and thematic analysis to compile emerging factors from over 20 recent articles. Three themes materialized: the growing part-time student population; the differing needs of part-time versus full-time students; and the need for specialized student support resources for part-timers. This article explains the analysis and present findings that indicate that the socialization process …

Assessment Of Persistence For Domestic & International Western Kentucky University Edd Students, Christy L. Spurlock, Jia Pei

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

The purpose of our research is to identify the barriers to Western Kentucky University EdD completion. The WKU Educational Leadership doctoral program will use information from the evaluation to develop retention resources, intervention strategies, and perhaps even more sweeping changes to confront the obstacles to EdD persistence.

Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, Christy L. Spurlock

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Constatine Samuel Rafinesque began his tenure at Transylvania in 1819. His career at Transylvania lasted seven years, from 1819-1826. He has become a sort of patron saint for Transylvania University.

Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Diaries written by former English professor Gordon Wilson to WKU president Kelly Thompson reminiscing over old times at Western Kentucky University.

• 4:30 PM, 3/22/1964
• A Common Cultural Background, 3/12/1964
• A Widening Influence, 3/4/1964
• Again & Again, 3/19/1964
• An Unending Process, 3/12/1964
• Curriculum, Curricula, 3/1/1964
• If?, 3/9/1964
• Learning in the One-Roomed Country School, 3/2/1964
• Loses & Gains, 3/11/1964
• Our Big, Big Group, 3/18/1964
• Our Small World, 3/2/1964
• Preparation of Our Faculty, 3/24/1964
• Programs, 3/19/1964
• Recognition of Research, 3/6/1964
• Second Wind, 3/1/1964
• Simplicity & Sophistication, 3/28/1964
• So Young & Yet So Old, 3/3/1964
• Some Evidences of Culture, 3/4/1964
• Some Lost History, 3/28/1964 …