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Staffing Practices, Professional Preparation Trends, And Demographics Among Student Affairs Administrators At Hbcus: Implications From A National Study, Shaun R. Harper, Ph.D., Walter M. Kimbrough, Ph.D.
Staffing Practices, Professional Preparation Trends, And Demographics Among Student Affairs Administrators At Hbcus: Implications From A National Study, Shaun R. Harper, Ph.D., Walter M. Kimbrough, Ph.D.
Shaun R. Harper, Ph.D.
Results from a national demographic study of student affairs administrators at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are presented in this article. Specifically, staffing practices in student affairs divisions and the educational backgrounds and aspirations of directors, senior student affairs administrators, and chief student affairs officers (n=270) were examined. Data from 52 four-year institutions show that HBCU student affairs administrators, especially those at the director level, hold advanced degrees in fields other than student affairs and higher education administration. More than 70% of those without doctoral degrees aspired to pursue them someday. Other findings reveal gender disparities between women and …
Green Space, Ellen Mcmahon
Green Space, Ellen Mcmahon
Ellen McMahon
Thoughts triggered by the view from my apartment in Grbavica.
Thoughts On Travel And Doors, Ellen Mcmahon
Thoughts On Travel And Doors, Ellen Mcmahon
Ellen McMahon
Sometimes the most basic and common activities pose the biggest challenges when you travel. With a bit of humor and a commitment to solve the problem much can be learned, about your host country and yourself.
Shaping The Future: Strategic Planning For Small Colleges And Universities., Jamie Comstock, Rand Ziegler
Shaping The Future: Strategic Planning For Small Colleges And Universities., Jamie Comstock, Rand Ziegler
Jayne Marie Comstock
This paper addresses the importance of strategic planning as a precursor to assessing organizational performance and outlines a change model that has been used successfully at a small college with limited resources. Grounded in extant executive planning processes, this new model demystifies the strategic planning process and establishes procedures that address the practical and logistical issues associated with facilitating a planning process and ensuring that the plan becomes a document that espouses realistic goals, inspires and motivates members of the campus community, and actually provides direction for departments as they create their work plans and allocate resources.
Islam And Modernization, Syed Farid Alatas
Islam And Modernization, Syed Farid Alatas
farid alatas
Modernity refers to the end result of the process of modernization. It is the condition that a society attains after having gone through specific patterns of social and economic change which began in Western Europe in the eighteenth century and which has been spreading throughout the rest of the world. The process of modernization refers to the introduction of modern scientific knowledge to increasing aspects of human life, first of all in Western civilization, then to non-Western societies, by different means and groups, with the final aim of achieving a better life as defined by the society concerned (Alatas, S.H. …
Transitions: A Peer Mentorship Group For African American Males, Sheila Witherspoon Ph.D.
Transitions: A Peer Mentorship Group For African American Males, Sheila Witherspoon Ph.D.
Sheila Witherspoon Ph.D.
The transition from elementary to junior high school can be both an exciting and intimidating time for students. However, for some African American males, this transition may be challenging, as research reveals their disproportionate suspension and/or expulsion from school...This article describes a model for planning and implementing a peer mentoring group facilitated by African American male students in an effort to assist with the transition process from elementary to junior high school.
Destiny - The Reflections Of A Surfing Professor, Dave Robinson Dr.
Destiny - The Reflections Of A Surfing Professor, Dave Robinson Dr.
Dave Robinson Dr.
No abstract provided.
The Attitudes Of Educators To Information Technology Adoption In Schools Settings, Manoj Maharaj, Wesley Govender
The Attitudes Of Educators To Information Technology Adoption In Schools Settings, Manoj Maharaj, Wesley Govender
Manoj Maharaj
No abstract provided.
Article Use And Specific And Known Reference Among Higher Proficiency Malaysian Esl Students., Arshad Abd Samad
Article Use And Specific And Known Reference Among Higher Proficiency Malaysian Esl Students., Arshad Abd Samad
Arshad Abd Samad
Huebner (1979) categorises articles into 4 categories according to whether the noun phrase the articles encode is of specific reference and whether it is known to the hearer. Ekiert (2002) adds a fifth category which is made up of the use of the article to encode noun phrases in idioms. In Ekiert’s study, the accuracy rates of ESL and EFL native speakers of Polish in these five categories were examined. This paper will report on a exploratory study that adopts and modifies the instrument used by Ekiert and examines the accuracy rates of Malaysian advanced ESL students. The results indicate …
Corpus Data And The Teaching And Learning Of Science In English In Malaysian Primary And Secondary Schools, Arshad Abd Samad
Corpus Data And The Teaching And Learning Of Science In English In Malaysian Primary And Secondary Schools, Arshad Abd Samad
Arshad Abd Samad
The post independence Malaysian school system has gone through several curricular revisions not only in terms of content and subject matter but also in the medium of instruction used. In 1980, the national language, Malay, was adopted as the medium of instruction in schools in place of the English language. After more than twenty years of instruction in the national language, the medium of instruction for Science based subjects at the first year of primary and secondary schools in Malaysia has recently reverted to the English language. This has largely been due to increasing concern over perceived falling standards of …
The Written Recall Protocol As An Alternative Reading Comprehension Test, Rafiah Abd Rahman, Zaitun Abd Majid, Arshad Abd Samad
The Written Recall Protocol As An Alternative Reading Comprehension Test, Rafiah Abd Rahman, Zaitun Abd Majid, Arshad Abd Samad
Arshad Abd Samad
Reading comprehension is a complex behaviour involving conscious and unconscious use of various strategies. Its assessment, therefore, cannot be taken for granted as it may require specialised test formats that can effectively measure the use of these strategies. According to Alderson (2000), no single test method can fulfil all the varied purposes for which we might test. Certain methods are commonly used merely for reasons of convenience and efficiency, often at the expense of validity. Therefore, it is naïve to assume that a single method commonly applied to all students and situations can be the most valid. Several test formats …
The New Idea: Shifting Educational Paradigms To Achieve Racial Equality In Special Education, Robert A. Garda Jr.
The New Idea: Shifting Educational Paradigms To Achieve Racial Equality In Special Education, Robert A. Garda Jr.
Robert A. Garda
African American students are being re-segregated in today's public schools by their disproportionate placement in special education classes for the disabled pursuant to the Individuals With Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA). At the same time, the overall number of children found disabled and entitled to special education under the Act has skyrocketed over the past decade, leaving special education classes with swollen roles and inadequate resources. Congress attempts to remedy this divisive dual eligibility crisis when it re-authorized the IDEA in 2004 by promoting an educational paradigm of individualized instruction in general education. The new IDEA seeks to "fix" special …
Changing Images Of Childhood: Reconceptualising Early Childhood Practice, Reesa Sorin
Changing Images Of Childhood: Reconceptualising Early Childhood Practice, Reesa Sorin
Reesa Sorin
During the early years of life, children experience a number of transitions as they grow and develop, and move from home to care and education. To support young children during these times, early childhood practitioners may need to make transitions of their own; in the way they view children and childhood, and in the practices they undertake based on their views. Viewed from a Reconceptualist perspective (Lambert, 2003), this paper presents ten constructs of childhood (Sorin & Galloway, 2005) and identifies ways in which they may be present in early childhood practice. Yelland and Kilderry (2005) argue, “one of the …
Higher Education Policies In Mexico In The 1990s: A Critical Balance, Roberto Rodríguez-Gómez, Hugo Casanova-Cardiel
Higher Education Policies In Mexico In The 1990s: A Critical Balance, Roberto Rodríguez-Gómez, Hugo Casanova-Cardiel
Roberto Rodríguez-Gómez
This article analyses recent policies in higher education in Mexico. The last two decades provide the starting point, and the interpretation centres around higher education policies drawn up by successive presidential administrations of Salinas de Gortari (1988-1994) and Zedillo Ponce de Leon (1994-2000). The second part sets out an initial systemization of the political agenda launched by the federal government of Vicente Fox for the period 2001-2006.
Modernización Incierta. Un Balance De Las Políticas De Educación Superior En México, Roberto Rodríguez-Gómez, Hugo Casanova-Cardiel
Modernización Incierta. Un Balance De Las Políticas De Educación Superior En México, Roberto Rodríguez-Gómez, Hugo Casanova-Cardiel
Roberto Rodríguez-Gómez
El texto ofrece una descripción y análisis de las políticas recientes en el campo educativo superior de México. Se toma como punto de partida el contexto del periodo 1985 a 2005, centrando la interpretación en las políticas de los periodos presidenciales de Carlos Salinas de Gortari y Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León. Se propone una interpretación acerca de las tendencias a futuro.
The Centralization Of American Power And The Loss Of State Sovereignty, Paul R. Rickert
The Centralization Of American Power And The Loss Of State Sovereignty, Paul R. Rickert
Paul R Rickert
No abstract provided.
Big Government And Its Wars On Crime: Crime Control As A Method Of Government Expansionism, Paul R. Rickert
Big Government And Its Wars On Crime: Crime Control As A Method Of Government Expansionism, Paul R. Rickert
Paul R Rickert
The federal government has expanded to meet perceived social needs and as issues come to the forefront that Washington elites believe they can fix. Consequently, they expand the power and role of the government. One way this is done is through progressive criminalization of once held freedoms. Consider the first drug laws, consider the war on poverty, consider the tax code, the new war on drugs, and hate-crimes legislation. Although tax law is not criminal law per-se, in the end, choosing not to pay taxes results in prosecution. Laws and regulations ultimately must have “teeth” for it to be effective. …
Limits Of Truth: Exploring Epistemological Approaches To Argumentation, Michael H.G. Hoffmann
Limits Of Truth: Exploring Epistemological Approaches To Argumentation, Michael H.G. Hoffmann
Michael H.G. Hoffmann
Some proponents of epistemological approaches to argumentation (Biro, Siegel, Lumer, Goldman) assume that it should be possible to develop non-relative criteria of argument evaluation. By contrast, this paper argues that any evaluation of an argument depends (a) on the cognitive situation of the evaluator, (b) on background knowledge that is available for this evaluator in a certain situation, and (c)—in some cases—on the belief-value-system this person shares.
Logical Argument Mapping: A Method For Overcoming Cognitive Problems Of Conflict Management, Michael H.G. Hoffmann
Logical Argument Mapping: A Method For Overcoming Cognitive Problems Of Conflict Management, Michael H.G. Hoffmann
Michael H.G. Hoffmann
A crucial problem of conflict management is that whatever happens in negotiations will be interpreted and framed by stakeholders based on their different belief-value systems and world views. This problem will be discussed in the first part of this article as the main cognitive problem of conflict management. The second part develops a general semiotic solution of this problem, based on Charles Peirce's concept of "diagrammatic reasoning." The basic idea is that by representing one 's thought in diagrams, the conditions that determine interpretations can become visible, we can "experiment" with them, and we can change them eventually. The third …
Book Review Of Sandra Leanne Bosacki, "The Culture Of Classroom Silence" (Peter Lang, 2005), Edward Shizha
Book Review Of Sandra Leanne Bosacki, "The Culture Of Classroom Silence" (Peter Lang, 2005), Edward Shizha
Edward Shizha
No abstract provided.
Aligning Faculty Reward Systems And Development To Promote Faculty And Student Growth, Kerryann O'Meara, Larry Braskamp
Aligning Faculty Reward Systems And Development To Promote Faculty And Student Growth, Kerryann O'Meara, Larry Braskamp
KerryAnn O'Meara
How can higher education inspire and reinforce greater faculty involvement in the life of the “whole student” given current constraints on and expectations for faculty work? Research from two recent national surveys of chief academic officers on faculty work sheds light on this question by highlighting current faculty employment conditions and expectations. Additional recent research is reviewed to link faculty expectations with student growth. Implications for faculty development that will best serve student needs are explored.
Agenda Setting, Issue Priorities, And Organizational Maintenance: The U.S. Supreme Court, 1955 To 1994, Jeff L. Yates, Andrew B. Whitford, William Gillespie
Agenda Setting, Issue Priorities, And Organizational Maintenance: The U.S. Supreme Court, 1955 To 1994, Jeff L. Yates, Andrew B. Whitford, William Gillespie
Jeff L Yates
In this study, we examine agenda setting by the U.S. Supreme Court, and ask the question of why the Court allocates more or less of its valuable agenda space to one policy issue over others. Our study environment is the policy issue composition of the Court's docket: the Court's attention to criminal justice policy issues relative to other issues. We model the Court's allocation of this agenda space as a function of internal organizational demands and external political signals. We find that this agenda responds to the issue priorities of the other branches of the federal government and the public. …
Construction Of Standardized Achievement Test For, Dr. Uche J. Obidiegwu
Construction Of Standardized Achievement Test For, Dr. Uche J. Obidiegwu
Dr. Uche J. Obidiegwu
This study focused on the necessity of constructing and using standardized achievement instrument for assessing adult learners. Tests and other procedures for measuring learners’ progress serve as basis for instructional decisions taken by educators on learners. For this reasons, educators are supposed to be versed on the production of good quality tests in order to obtain true estimates of learners’ achievement. This study discussed the qualities which a good test should have namely; validity, reliability and usability. It explained the importance of ensuring that items which have desired psychometric characteristics (difficulty, discrimination and distractor indices) are included in an instrument. …
Testing The Barriers To Digital Libraries: A Study Seeking Copyright Permission To Digitize Published Works, Carole A. George
Testing The Barriers To Digital Libraries: A Study Seeking Copyright Permission To Digitize Published Works, Carole A. George
Carole A. George
Purpose: The aim was to explore the issues related to acquiring copyright permission with the goal of determining effectiveness and efficiency using the least complex process. Methodology: A random sample of books was chosen, relevant information was recorded, request letters were sent and tracked, and results (permission received or denied) were analyzed with respect to publisher, publication data, time required, and issues related to the process. Findings: About 52 percent responded with a yes or no with 24 percent Yes responses. Nearly 25 percent never responded, addresses were not found for about 16 percent, approximately 7 percent were too complicated …
A Theoretical Model To Explain The Overrepresentation Of College Men Among Campus Judicial Offenders: Implications For Campus Administrators, Shaun R. Harper, Ph.D., Frank Harris Iii, Kenechukwu (K.C.) Mmeje
A Theoretical Model To Explain The Overrepresentation Of College Men Among Campus Judicial Offenders: Implications For Campus Administrators, Shaun R. Harper, Ph.D., Frank Harris Iii, Kenechukwu (K.C.) Mmeje
Shaun R. Harper, Ph.D.
As is the case in most K-12 schools, male students, in comparison to their female counterparts, disproportionately violate policies and are sanctioned more often for violence and disruptive behaviors on college and university campuses across the country. A theoretical model to explain this phenomenon is proposed in this article. Specifically, a synthesis of existing literature and theories from sociology, psychology, men’s studies, and education resulted in the identification of six acute variables that explain male overrepresentation among campus judicial offenders. While each component of the model is thoroughly explained, insight into interactions among the six variables is also offered. Practical …
Appreciative Inquiry As A Tool For Faculty And Organizational Development, Christopher M. Davis
Appreciative Inquiry As A Tool For Faculty And Organizational Development, Christopher M. Davis
Christopher M Davis
No abstract provided.
Appreciative Inquiry: A Tool For Transformational Learning, Christopher M. Davis
Appreciative Inquiry: A Tool For Transformational Learning, Christopher M. Davis
Christopher M Davis
This paper attempts to do three things. First, it provides a summary of Appreciative Inquiry (AI) and the theory supporting AI as a process for transformational learning. Second, it describes a case study using AI for this purpose. Third, it provides an outline for an experiential AI session designed to demonstrate the power of this approach.
Bridging The Research-To-Practice Gap In School-Based Consultation: An Example Using Case Studies, Lee A. Wilkinson
Bridging The Research-To-Practice Gap In School-Based Consultation: An Example Using Case Studies, Lee A. Wilkinson
Lee A Wilkinson, PhD
Scientific practices were applied through case studies to evaluate the utility of conjoint behavioral consultation (CBC) as a method of providing support for 2 students with behavioral challenges in general education classrooms. A single-case design with a follow-up phase was employed to assess the effectiveness of an evidence-based intervention (self-management) delivered in the context of the CBC model. Results indicated a significant increase in teacher ratings of behavioral control (on-task and compliant behavior) for both students. Positive treatment effects were maintained at a 4-week follow-up. Norm referenced measures produced statistically reliable and clinically meaningful changes in teachers' perceptions of behavior …
How To Enhance Learning By Using High-Stakes And Low-Stakes Writing, Mary Deane Sorcinelli, Peter Elbow
How To Enhance Learning By Using High-Stakes And Low-Stakes Writing, Mary Deane Sorcinelli, Peter Elbow
Mary Deane Sorcinelli
No abstract provided.
Letting Time Tell The Story: 50 Years After Brown V Board, Toby S. Jenkins
Letting Time Tell The Story: 50 Years After Brown V Board, Toby S. Jenkins
Toby S Jenkins
No abstract provided.