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Deans' Forum Summary, February 5, 2009, Uno Office Of Academic And Student Affairs

2008-2009 Academic Year

Notes from the February 5, 2009 OASA Leadership Forum.

Deans' Forum Summary, January 15, 2009, Uno Office Of Academic And Student Affairs

2008-2009 Academic Year

Notes from the January 15, 2009 OASA Leadership Forum.

Human Resources 2009-10, Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness

IPEDS Human Resources

IPEDS Human Resources annual report contains the following information:

• Employees by primary occupational activity, faculty status, full and part time (collected separately for medical schools)
• Full-time instructional staff by academic rank, gender and function
• Total salary outlay and number of months covered by academic rank and gender

Graduation Rates 200 (2009-10), Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness

IPEDS Graduation Rate 200

IPEDS 200% Graduation Rates annual report contains the following information:

• 200 percent graduation rates, as required by HEOA

Student Financial Aid 2009-10, Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness

IPEDS Financial Aid

IPEDS Student Financial Aid annual report contains the following information:

• Number and percent of undergraduate and of full-time, first-time, degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students receiving student financial aid, by type of aid and average amount of aid received

12-Month Enrollment 2009-10, Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness

IPEDS 12-month Enrollment

IPEDS 12-month Enrollment annual report contains the following information:

• 12-month unduplicated headcount, by level of student and race/ethnicity and gender
• Full year instructional activity, measured in credit and/or contact hours
  • Used to compute full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollment

Completions 2009-10, Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness

IPEDS Completions

IPEDS Completions annual report contains the following information:

• Number of awards conferred by program, by level, and by race/ethnicity and gender of recipient
• Number of completers, separately by race/ethnicity, gender, age and level of award

Fall Enrollment (2009-10), Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness

IPEDS Fall Enrollment

IPEDS Fall Enrollment annual report contains the following information:

• Full- and part-time fall enrollments by level, by race/ethnicity and gender of student
• Number of students engaged in distance education, by level and location
• Age distributions by student level (odd-numbered years)
• State of residence of first-time first-year students (even-numbered years)
• Total number of students in the entering class
• Fall-to-fall retention rates of full-time and part-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students (less than 4-year institutions), and first-time bachelor’s degree-seeking students (4-year institutions)

Graduation Rates 2009-10, Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness

IPEDS Graduation Rate

IPEDS Graduation Rates annual report contains the following information:

• Numbers of students entering the institution as full-time, first-time, degree or certificate-seeking in a particular year (cohort), by race/ethnicity and gender
• Number completing within 150% of normal time to program completion
• Number transferred to other institutions
• Developed to help institutions comply with requirements of Student Right-to-know
• Worksheets are provided to calculate rates

Institutional Characteristics 2009-10, Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness

IPEDS Institutional Characteristics

IPEDS Institutional Characteristics Annual report contains the following information:

• Admissions requirements
• Institutional price/cost data for full-time, first-time, degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students
• Tuition and required fees by level or program
• Room and board charges

Community-Engaged Scholarship In Ffigher Education: An Expanding Experience, Judith A. Ramaley

Higher Education

Higher education in this country has always been expected to serve the public good. Sometimes, the emphasis is on preparing educated citizens or practitioners in especially critical fields and how public service can deepen and enrich learning and prepare students to lead purposeful, responsible, and creative lives. Sometimes the focus is upon institutions themselves as major intellectual and cultural resources for a community. In this paper, based on the keynote presentation at the Community Engaged Scholarship for Health Collaborative's invitational symposium, the author explores four levels of engagement: the individual, the academic community and its concepts of scholarship, the institution …

Services Report Fy 2009, Uno Office Of Research And Creative Activity

Services Reports

This Service Report features: Information about The Office of Sponsored Programs and Research; University of Nebraska at Omaha Awards Per Fiscal Year; University of Nebraska at Omaha Submissions Per Fiscal Year; Awards by College/Unit FY 2007-2009; Submissions by College/Unit FY 2007-2009; UNO FY 2009 External Awards; UNO FY 2009 External Submissions; UNO FY 2009 Nebraska Research Initiative (NRI) Awards; UNO FY 2009 Nebraska Research Initiative (NRI) CORE Awards; and UNO FY 2009 Nebraska Research Initiative (NRI) Year 3 Awards.

Pushing Past The Walls: Media Literacy, The “Emancipated” Classroom, And A Really Severe Learning Curve, Adam W. Tyma

Communication Faculty Publications

This essay's purpose is primarily to document the creation process of the Bethesda Program After-School Media Literacy program via a curriculum inspired by critical pedagogy (e.g., Freire, Giroux, Warren). Second, it will conduct a theoretical critique of the project, utilizing the experiences of the project advisor (me). Finally, given the first two sections, this essay will offer a discussion of how this project and the pedagogical process could work in the future.