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2016

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Integrating A New Service Into The Learning Environment: The Value Of Communication, Gan Ye, Sally Bryant Mar 2016

Integrating A New Service Into The Learning Environment: The Value Of Communication, Gan Ye, Sally Bryant

Gan Ye

Libraries often face challenges when launching new services and integrating new applications with existing systems. Universal problems in the library world include not only technical issues but also the need for cooperation and working relationships both within the library and outside of the library. Last August XXX University Libraries completed our initial roll out of SIPX, a new electronic reserves system which is a cloud based product created by Stanford University. Our implementation of SIPX is a case study in best practices for dealing with all of the logistics that are outside of the actual technological issues. The project is …

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Rape Myth Acceptance: A Comparison Of Military Service Academy And Civilian Fraternity And Sorority Students, Marjorie H. Carroll, Judith Rosenstein, John D. Foubert, M. Diane Clark, Lisa Korenman Mar 2016

Rape Myth Acceptance: A Comparison Of Military Service Academy And Civilian Fraternity And Sorority Students, Marjorie H. Carroll, Judith Rosenstein, John D. Foubert, M. Diane Clark, Lisa Korenman

John D. Foubert

Although both the military and fraternities have been theorized to be characterized by
norms and attitudes that serve to legitimize violence against women, no previous work has
examined the potential similarity and differences in rape-supportive beliefs of these 2
environments or the people drawn to them. Further, the belief systems of women within
these organizations have received little attention. As such, the current study sought to serve
as an initial exploration of the rape-supportive belief systems of people drawn to these
groups. Participants were recruited from students entering 2 military service academies
(U.S. Military Academy, n 1,169, 1,003 men, 166 …

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Rape Myth Acceptance: A Comparison Of Military Service Academy And Civilian Fraternity And Sorority Students, Marjorie H. Carroll, Judith Rosenstein, John D. Foubert, M. Diane Clark, Lisa Korenman Mar 2016

Rape Myth Acceptance: A Comparison Of Military Service Academy And Civilian Fraternity And Sorority Students, Marjorie H. Carroll, Judith Rosenstein, John D. Foubert, M. Diane Clark, Lisa Korenman

Lisa Korenman

Although both the military and fraternities have been theorized to be characterized by
norms and attitudes that serve to legitimize violence against women, no previous work has
examined the potential similarity and differences in rape-supportive beliefs of these 2
environments or the people drawn to them. Further, the belief systems of women within
these organizations have received little attention. As such, the current study sought to serve
as an initial exploration of the rape-supportive belief systems of people drawn to these
groups. Participants were recruited from students entering 2 military service academies
(U.S. Military Academy, n 1,169, 1,003 men, 166 …

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Designing Osce Scoring Instrument With Built-In Validity Features Based On A Comprehensive Measurement Framework: Principles & Guidelines, Elina Tor, Carole Steketee, Donna Mak, Jane Courtney, Heidi Waldron, Chris Skinner Mar 2016

Designing Osce Scoring Instrument With Built-In Validity Features Based On A Comprehensive Measurement Framework: Principles & Guidelines, Elina Tor, Carole Steketee, Donna Mak, Jane Courtney, Heidi Waldron, Chris Skinner

Elina Tor

Pre-Conference Workshop

Designing OSCE Scoring instrument with built-in validity features based on a comprehensive measurement framework: Principles and guidelines  


Author(s) – Professor Jane Courtney (Domain Chair Clinical and Communication Practice); Professor Carole Steketee (Associate Dean Teaching and Learning); Professor Donna Mak (Domain Chair Population and Preventive Health); Associate Professor Chris Skinner (Domain Chair Professional and Personal Development); ; Elina Tor (Associate Professor, Assessment and Psychometrics)
 
Affiliation(s) – School of Medicine Fremantle, The University of Notre Dame Australia
 
Presenters – All authors

Introduction  

Capturing multiple dimensions of examinees’ performance is at the heart of criterion-reference assessment frameworks.   …

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Assessment In Action: A Journey Through Campus Collaboration, A Learning Community, And Research Design, Amy Stewart-Mailhiot, Mary O'Kelly, Danielle Theiss Mar 2016

Assessment In Action: A Journey Through Campus Collaboration, A Learning Community, And Research Design, Amy Stewart-Mailhiot, Mary O'Kelly, Danielle Theiss

Mary Kathleen O'Kelly

Members of the first cohort (2014) of the Association of College and Research Libraries’ (ACRL) Assessment in Action (AiA) learning community share the impact of the AiA program on library and university assessment initiatives. This article shares brief examples of effective and challenging cross-campus collaborative assessment projects and the five best practices the authors developed through the year-long experience of examining student success in three different academic library environments.

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The Design Of An Undergraduate Degree Program In Computer & Digital Forensics, Gary C. Kessler, Michael E. Schirling Mar 2016

The Design Of An Undergraduate Degree Program In Computer & Digital Forensics, Gary C. Kessler, Michael E. Schirling

Gary C. Kessler

"Champlain College formally started an undergraduate degree program in Computer & Digital Forensics in 2003. The underlying goals were that the program be multidisciplinary, bringing together the law, computer technology, and the basics of digital investigations; would be available as on online and oncampus offering; and would have a process-oriented focus. Success of this program has largely been due to working closely with practitioners, maintaining activity in events related to both industry and academia, and flexibility to respond to ever-changing needs. This paper provides an overview of how this program was conceived, developed, and implemented; its evolution over time; and …

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Do You Know What You Owe? Students' Understanding Of Their Student Loans, Emily A. Andruska, Jeanne M. Hogarth, Cynthia Needles Fletcher, Gregory R. Forbes, Darin R. Wohlgemuth Mar 2016

Do You Know What You Owe? Students' Understanding Of Their Student Loans, Emily A. Andruska, Jeanne M. Hogarth, Cynthia Needles Fletcher, Gregory R. Forbes, Darin R. Wohlgemuth

Cynthia Fletcher

Using a data set that augments a student survey with administrative data from the Iowa State University Office of Financial Aid, the authors posed two questions: Do students know whether they have student loans? Do students know how much they owe on outstanding student loans? We used logistic and ordered logit regressions to answer these questions. Results suggest that although the majority of students are aware that they owe on student loans, many underestimate the amount they owe. One eighth of students in the current study reported no student debt when, in fact, they had a loan. Over a quarter …

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Chen, C. Y. & Razek, N. A. (2016). Acculturation And Sense Of Belonging-Engagement Patterns For Indian Graduate Students In The United States.Pdf, Chin Yi Chen, Nasser A. Razek Feb 2016

Chen, C. Y. & Razek, N. A. (2016). Acculturation And Sense Of Belonging-Engagement Patterns For Indian Graduate Students In The United States.Pdf, Chin Yi Chen, Nasser A. Razek

Nasser A Razek

Graduate international students often experience cultural, academic, and social changes while transitioning to U.S. educational environments. How can college administrators better support and engage them for increased personal and professional success? Findings from this qualitative study on graduate students from India revealed key themes driving the engagement patterns of international students while navigating acculturation stressors and transition barriers. Data also showed the significance of how adjustment factors affect the nature of
graduate international student engagement. Filling voids in relevant literature, acculturative factors that emerged in the study- including: linguistic, academic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and financial challenges- showed how cultural differences influenced …

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The Role Of E-Learning For Faculty Development In China, Pamela L. Eddy, Bihong Li Feb 2016

The Role Of E-Learning For Faculty Development In China, Pamela L. Eddy, Bihong Li

Pamela L. Eddy

While discussion on faculty development in China has been increasing in recent years, our understanding of the strategy for the development remains limited. Th is study with a survey aimed to examine whether e-learning could meet faculty members’ expectations for their professional development. Our findings suggest that e-learning is identified as a preferred means of opening new opportunities to meet the needs of faculty in China where faculty development still remains traditional training and it has bright prospects. Th e result also highlights individual perspectives as a critical factor shaping e-learning behavior, and provides implications for the policy of faculty …

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Planning And The Future Of The Academic Library: An Annotated Bibliography, Gregory A. Smith Jan 2016

Planning And The Future Of The Academic Library: An Annotated Bibliography, Gregory A. Smith

Gregory A. Smith

Academic libraries have changed significantly in recent years. At least to some extent, their evolution has been the product of planning rather than passive acceptance of, or reactive response to, environmental conditions. This document introduces readers to nearly 20 sources—representing the fields of business, higher education, and library/information science—that convey important insights into library planning. Academic library planning increasingly reflects a context in which educational and other institutions are held accountable for the outcomes of their decisions. Planning presumes the existence of useful data streams. Successful implementation of a strategic plan entails attention to organizational development and budget planning. Library …

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Using A Peer Supervision And Mentoring Model In The Supervision Of Final Year Medical Students Placements In The Solomon Islands, Janie D. Smith Jan 2016

Using A Peer Supervision And Mentoring Model In The Supervision Of Final Year Medical Students Placements In The Solomon Islands, Janie D. Smith

Janie Smith

Makira Island in the Solomon Islands has a population of over 41,000 people, which in 2013 was serviced by one doctor, who worked in the hospital and travelled to remote sites, supported by highly-skilled nursing staff. The capital Kira Kira is a very impoverished community with no formal governance structure, poor infrastructure and a large variety of public health issues that lead to fascinating medicine. In 2013 Bond University’s School of Medicine in Australia commenced 5th year medical student placements at Kira Kira Hospital, with 33 students participating. At times there was little if no direct medical supervision of the …

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Is Our Students Learning? Using Assessments To Measure And Improve Law School Learning And Performance Jan 2016

Is Our Students Learning? Using Assessments To Measure And Improve Law School Learning And Performance

Rogelio A. Lasso

This article considers the use of student assessments to provide law students with timely feedback in order to improve law student learning, provides a set of best practices for using assessments, and furnishes detailed examples of various forms of assessments.

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State Of The University, Fall 2015, John Pelissero Jan 2016

State Of The University, Fall 2015, John Pelissero

John P. Pelissero

No abstract provided.

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A Quantitative Analysis Of The Academic, Athletic, And Social Domain Perceptions Of Division I Football Players, Laurel Traynowicz, C. Keith Harrison, Ginny Mcpherson-Botts, Scott Bukstein Jd, Suzanne Malia Lawrence Dec 2015

A Quantitative Analysis Of The Academic, Athletic, And Social Domain Perceptions Of Division I Football Players, Laurel Traynowicz, C. Keith Harrison, Ginny Mcpherson-Botts, Scott Bukstein Jd, Suzanne Malia Lawrence

Scott Bukstein JD

The purpose of this study was to assess the results of a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I football team in terms of male student-athletes’ (N = 78) perceptions of identity development and the athletic career transition process in the context of student engagement research literature in higher education. Previous research with the Life After Sports Scale (LASS) (Harrison & Lawrence, 2002, 2003, 2004; Lawrence & Harrison, 2011), a 58-item mixed method inventory, has focused on the Division II male and female student-athlete experience. Using validation theory (Rendon, 1994) and student engagement frameworks, we found three major findings that …

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Surprise, Sensemaking, And Success In The First College Year: Black Undergraduate Men’S Academic Adjustment Experiences, Shaun R. Harper, Ph.D., Christopher B. Newman Dec 2015

Surprise, Sensemaking, And Success In The First College Year: Black Undergraduate Men’S Academic Adjustment Experiences, Shaun R. Harper, Ph.D., Christopher B. Newman

Shaun R. Harper, Ph.D.

Background: Much has been written about Black undergraduate men’s out-of-class engagement and social experiences, identity development, participation in intercollegiate athletics, and college enrollment and completion rates. Too little is known about their academic readiness and first-year college adjustment.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to understand Black male students’ academic transition experiences in the first college year, with a particular emphasis on how they resolved academic challenges with which they were confronted.

Setting: This study was conducted at 42 colleges and universities in 20 states across the United States. Six institution types were included: private liberal …

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Firm Faith Watson_Dissertation.Pdf, Firm Faith Watson Dec 2015

Firm Faith Watson_Dissertation.Pdf, Firm Faith Watson

Firm Faith Watson

No abstract provided.

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Understanding The Meaning-Making Processes Of Hispanic College Students In Their Spiritual And Religious Development., Roland Nunez, John D. Foubert Dec 2015

Understanding The Meaning-Making Processes Of Hispanic College Students In Their Spiritual And Religious Development., Roland Nunez, John D. Foubert

John D. Foubert

This study used narrative inquiry to understand what spirituality
and religiosity meant to Hispanic students attending a large,
Midwestern university in the United States. The study consisted
of interviews with 10 Hispanic students who discussed their
spiritual and religious beliefs from childhood through college.
Findings supported current literature that spirituality increases
and religiosity decreases during college. However, after an
initial decline in religiosity during the first year of college,
participants reported a noteworthy increase shortly after
college began. Secondly, students’ spiritual and religious beliefs
were closely tied to their family, supporting research on familial
centrality in Hispanic culture.

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Examining Synergies In A First-Year Leadership Development Course.Pdf, Amber Manning-Ouellette, Cameron Beatty Dec 2015

Examining Synergies In A First-Year Leadership Development Course.Pdf, Amber Manning-Ouellette, Cameron Beatty

Cameron C. Beatty

No abstract provided.

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The Role Of Community College Counselors As Validating Agents On Men Of Color Student Success, Soua Xiong, Cory Allen, J. Luke Wood Dec 2015

The Role Of Community College Counselors As Validating Agents On Men Of Color Student Success, Soua Xiong, Cory Allen, J. Luke Wood

Soua Xiong

No abstract provided.

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Robert Schuman "Novellette In F Major", Opus. 21 No. 1 (Part 1), Dan Rager Dec 2015

Robert Schuman "Novellette In F Major", Opus. 21 No. 1 (Part 1), Dan Rager

Dan Rager

This paper is an analysis of Robert Schumann’s "Novellette in F Major", Op. 21 no. 1. Musical Elements include but are NOT limited to: Musical form,  contour motion, tonal key centers (Major/minor), figurative motives, chordal progressions, modulations, Neapolitan and tonicization chords, thematic material, phrasing and arppegiated rhythms,chromatic mediant key relationships, rhythmic patterns and harmonic progressions. These and many other elements are explored through notational samples to better understand the analysis. Full scores are available online or can be purchased to further your own analysis.

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Robert Schumann "Novellette" Opus 21- No. 1 / Full Piano Score (Part 2), Dan Rager Dec 2015

Robert Schumann "Novellette" Opus 21- No. 1 / Full Piano Score (Part 2), Dan Rager

Dan Rager

Full piano score to Robert Schumann’s "Novellette in F Major", Op. 21 no. 1. Find complete analysis of it in "Part 1".

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The Band Came Back (Sousa -1895/Clarke - 1926/Rager - 2016), Dan Rager Dec 2015

The Band Came Back (Sousa -1895/Clarke - 1926/Rager - 2016), Dan Rager

Dan Rager

PowerPoint Presentation:

The Band Came Back: For lack of a better description, this music was billed as a “fantastic episode.” To catch the audience by surprise it was always programmed by Sousa as the first piece after an intermission. The house lights were turned off, revealing an empty stage. Slowly and deliberately, the musicians entered, playing singly, in pairs, trios or quartets. Each played some popular tune upon entering, sometimes with an accompaniment provided by musicians already onstage. Only after all of his players had entered and were seated did Sousa make his appearance, conducting only the last note. Although …

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Musical Syntax (Music Vs. Human Language), Dan Rager Dec 2015

Musical Syntax (Music Vs. Human Language), Dan Rager

Dan Rager

(A Non-musical explanation for both non-musicians and musicians)


MUSICAL LANGUAGE    
Vs.
HUMAN SPEECH LANGUAGE

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Student Newspaper Funding Issues On Public University Campuses In Ohio: Higher Education Administrators Vs. Student Journalists, Terry L. Hapney Jr. Dec 2015

Student Newspaper Funding Issues On Public University Campuses In Ohio: Higher Education Administrators Vs. Student Journalists, Terry L. Hapney Jr.

Terry L. Hapney Jr., Ph.D.

Cases of college and university administrators using
funding for student publications as a mechanism to attempt
to exercise control over student media arise on a
fairly steady basis (Hapney & Russo, 2013). Occasionally,
this comes in the form of student government associations
that defund student newspapers in retaliation for
reportage. Usually, funding provided by administrators
and student government associations is not a license to
control student newspapers on public university campuses,
in particular (2013). Struggles and conflict between
university administrators and student journalists
over who controls student newspapers in Ohio is evident—
including the issue of funding (Hapney & Lucas, …

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It Is A Different World? Providing A Holistic Understanding Of The Experiences And Perceptions Of Non-Black Students At Historically Black Colleges And Universities., Andrew Arroyo, Ed.D, Robert T. Palmer, Phd, Dina C. Maramba, Phd Dec 2015

It Is A Different World? Providing A Holistic Understanding Of The Experiences And Perceptions Of Non-Black Students At Historically Black Colleges And Universities., Andrew Arroyo, Ed.D, Robert T. Palmer, Phd, Dina C. Maramba, Phd

Robert T. Palmer, PhD

This qualitative study contributes an original holistic understanding of the perceptions and experiences of non-Black students (e.g., Asian American, Latino, and White) as they matriculate into historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), persist to graduation, and reflect on their experiences as graduates at HBCUs. Findings from this study confirm, challenge, and extend existing research regarding the preenrollment experience, institutional experience, and culminating outcomes of non-Black students enrolled in HBCUs. Implications are offered for researchers, practitioners, and current and future non-Black HBCU students. 

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Student Political Engagement In The Co-Curriculum: Understanding The Role Of Senior Student Affairs Officers, Demetri L. Morgan, Cecilia M. Orphan Dec 2015

Student Political Engagement In The Co-Curriculum: Understanding The Role Of Senior Student Affairs Officers, Demetri L. Morgan, Cecilia M. Orphan

Demetri L. Morgan, Ph.D.

The apolitical nature of the civic engagement movement poses challenges to our 
democracy (Saltmarsh & Hartley, 2011). The co-curricular experience is well positioned to 
address this phenomenon but little research exists to inform practice. This qualitative study 
uncovers how the socialization of senior student affairs officers (SSAO) influences 
approaches to student civic/political development. Implications for practice and future 
research are presented based on the findings from the study.

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