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Selected Works

2015

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The Influence And Importance Of Faculty Of Color, Kathleen Neville Dec 2014

The Influence And Importance Of Faculty Of Color, Kathleen Neville

Kathleen Neville

Faculty of Color significantly and uniquely contribute to the transformation and enrichment of the three central missions of higher education: research, service, and teaching (Milem, 2003). Representing just 15% of the full-time faculty in the U.S (U.S. Department of Education, 2006), these faculty members enhance the mission of research as they are more likely than their White colleagues to conduct research on issues of race and ethnicity (Milem, 1999), thus, “expand[ing] the boundaries of current knowledge” (Milem, 2003, p. 144). The mission of service is also greatly influenced by Faculty of Color, as they are more likely than White faculty …

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Nursing Student Adaptation During A Semester Abroad, Karen R. Breitkreuz Dec 2014

Nursing Student Adaptation During A Semester Abroad, Karen R. Breitkreuz

Karen R. Breitkreuz

This study was completed to understand correlations between undergraduate nursing students’ initial readiness for cross-cultural experience in study abroad and final levels of socio-cultural adaptation. Deardorff (2006) suggests that attitudes, values, knowledge, and skills are essential factors leading to effective function in a new culture. Her Developmental Model of Intercultural Competence was the guiding framework for this research study. Two groups of American nursing students traveling to South Africa and Puerto Rico for a semester were invited to participate. Students completed the Global Competence Aptitude Assessment prior to departure and the Socio-cultural Adaptation Scale at week four and upon return …

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Advocating For Mother Earth In The Undergraduate Classroom: Uniting Twenty-First Century Technologies, Local Resources, Art, And Activism To Explore Our Place In Nature, Christina Triezenberg, Ilse Schweitzer Vandonkelaar Mar 2014

Advocating For Mother Earth In The Undergraduate Classroom: Uniting Twenty-First Century Technologies, Local Resources, Art, And Activism To Explore Our Place In Nature, Christina Triezenberg, Ilse Schweitzer Vandonkelaar

Ilse A Schweitzer VanDonkelaar

Despite the growing evidence of humanity’s impact on the natural world and the urgent need to shape citizens who understand the impact that their choices and actions have on their local and global environments, colleges and universities throughout the United States have been slow to add environmental education as a core component of their undergraduate curricula. Harnessing our shared interest in environment issues and the humanities, we designed and taught an experimental course in environmental literature for the honors program at Western Michigan University that we hope will become a template of what is possible in postsecondary environmental education. Using …

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