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Digital Commons @ George Fox University: 3-Year Report, Alex Rolfe

Faculty Publications - George Fox University Libraries

A look at the use and content of our institutional repository three years in.

When Women Faculty Write: The Power Of Community In Scholarship, Eloise Hockett, Brenda Morton

Faculty Publications - College of Education

With the variety of teaching and leading roles placed on faculty members within higher education institutions, finding time to engage in scholarship can be very challenging and often problematic. One way to support scholarship requirements, is finding like-minded colleagues who can provide encouragement and assistance in such efforts. This article describes the formation of a women’s faculty writing group at one Christian higher education institution, and how the support from within that group, helped to facilitate and increase each member’s scholarship agenda and productivity.

Strategies To Support Open Educational Resources For Student Success: Case Examples From Oregon, Robin M. Ashford

Faculty Publications - George Fox University Libraries

Presentation on Open Textbooks outlines how colleges can leverage freely available, peer-reviewed content to increase student success and completion, reduce costs for students and more. Open Textbook Initiatives are highlighted from five Oregon institutions of higher education. Specifics of the George Fox University Open Textbook Initiative are shared along with student savings totals for the pilot initiative that took place during the Fall 2016 / Spring 2017 academic year.

From Ad Hoc To Intentional: One Department’S Online Journey, Jennie A. Harrop, Carol Hutchinson, Michelle Shelton

Faculty Publications - Department of Professional Studies

When George Fox’s Department of Professional Studies offered four online courses in the summer of 2010, the faculty did not know what would come of the experiment. Six years later, the department now offers more than 25 online classes per semester, including one online major, and the program is growing. The majority of DPS students juggle families and full-time work in addition to school, and increasingly students are seeking the convenience of online offerings for both required major and general education courses. With eight regular faculty members, more than 40 adjunct faculty members, and roughly 300 adult degree-completion students, DPS …

An Open Textbook Initiative & Library Textbook Affordability Program, Robin M. Ashford

Faculty Publications - George Fox University Libraries

Through an internal grant, George Fox University embarked on a Textbook Affordability Program, joining the Open Textbook Network and incentivizing faculty to consider adopting open textbooks for their courses. In the 2016-17 school year, this program saved George Fox University students over $118,000.

Review Of Rah's "Prophetic Lament: A Call For Justice In Troubled Times", David M. Johnstone

Publications from Student Life & Spiritual Life

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The Lost Purpose Of Learning (Chapter 1 Of On Education, Formation, Citizenship And The Lost Purpose Of Learning), Joseph Clair

Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology

Excerpt: "College is a rich part of the Western cultural imagination and a canonized plot line in the American middle-class mythos. Although it is costly and time-intensive, there are good reasons to be proud of this tradition and to go away for four years to become adults. After all, college leaves an indelible stamp on the soul: the formative lessons of newfound independence, hard work, and leisure in preparation for the business of life. Few institutions have more nostalgic and patriotic bonds of affection that last as long-and procure as many donations- as college and university alumni associations. Americans talk …

Critical-Thinking Skills Of First-Year Athletic Training Students Enrolled In Professional Programs, Dana K. Bates

Faculty Publications - Department of Kinesiology

Context: The Examination of Professional Degree Level document presented to the National Athletic Trainers’ Association Board of Directors states that research in athletic training education has not investigated differences in the critical-thinking skills of professional athletic training students.

Objective: Investigate the differences in critical thinking and other demographic variables across first-year athletic training students enrolled in professional bachelor’s- and master’s-degree programs.

Design: Quantitative study.

Setting: District 10 athletic training programs.

Patients or Other Participants: Students (N ¼ 40) enrolled within their first 6 months of a professional athletic training program were asked to complete the California Critical Thinking Skills Test …