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Unopa Notes, Volume 42, Issue 4, December 2003

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Everyone A Learner, Everyone A Teacher: Report From The Transition To University Task Force, Rita Kean

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Administration: Papers, Publications, and Presentations

I. Transition to University Task Force: Purpose and Mission

The Transition to University Task Force was appointed in May 2003 by Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Richard Edwards to review and assess the effectiveness of first-year undergraduate orientation programs and courses. This review was to result in a proposed framework or plan for coordinating and supporting these separate programs.

As a foundation for its deliberations the Task Force was instructed to review several recent reports that address the present and future state of the university. These included: A 2020 Vision, the First Year Learning Task Force Report (1999), the …

Unopa Notes, Volume 42, Issue 3, November 2003

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Sola Scarab Workers Symposium 2003, Andrew Smith

University of Nebraska State Museum: Programs Information

Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting Cincinnati, Ohio. Sunday, 26 October 2003

PAPERS: Introduction. Andrew Smith, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Scarabaeoid higher phylogeny inferred from ribosomal DNA sequence data: Strong evidence for some interesting patterns, and many more questions to pursue. Dave Hawks and John Heraty, University of California - Riverside
Molecular phylogenetics research on phytophagous scarabs: tales of paraphyletic tribes and unanticipated lineages. Andrew Smith, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Pest scarabs of North and Central America. Ron Cave, University of Florida
Lucanid classification: history, problems, and prospects. Matt Paulsen, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Oak barrens, pocket gophers, and the scarabaeoids who love …

Editorial Matter For Volume 4, Number 2, Ada Long, Dail Mullins, Rusty Rushton

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

Editorial Policy
Contents
Call for Papers
Submission Guidelines
Dedication to Rosalie Otero
Editor's Introduction, Ada Long
About the Authors

Emotional Intelligence And Academic Performance Of College Honors And Non-Honors Freshmen, Malaika Castro-Johnson, Alvin Wang

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

A positive freshman year experience is critical for student persistence and longterm success in college (Tinto, 1975; Tinto & Goodsell,1993). Recently, institutions have begun to recognize that student factors beyond demographics, academic records, and standardized test scores influence the likelihood of a positive freshman year experience (Levitz & Noel, 1989). “Emotional intelligence” is one such factor which is instrumental in situations that call upon students to adjust successfully from one environment to another (Hettich, 2000). While there is some data on the personality characteristics of college Honors students (Grangaard, 2003), to our knowledge no data have been collected on their …

Journal Of The National Collegiate Honors Council -- Volume 4, No. 2 -- Complete Issue

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

CONTENTS

Call for Papers
Submission Guidelines
Dedication to Rosalie Otero

2003 PORTZ PRIZEWINNING ESSAY
Toward Community: The Relationship between Religiosity and Silence in the Works of Søren Kierkegaard -- Joseph Swanson

MULTIPERSPECTIVISM IN HONORS
The Promise, Perils, and Practices of Multiperspectivism -- Scott Huelin
The Myth of an Honors Education -- Joy Pehlke
Unity in Diversity: The Virtues of a Metadisciplinary Perspective in Liberal Arts Education -- Alexander Werth
Fostering Microenvironments for Teaching and Learning: Findings of a Study of Program Quality in Honors Programs -- Katie Huggett
Supporting the Aesthetic through Metaphorical Thinking -- Patrick Aievoli
A Multi-Perspective Class …

Toward Community: The Relationship Between Religiosity And Silence In The Works Of Søren Kierkegaard, Joseph Swanson

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

Søren Kierkegaard was a nineteenth-century Danish philosopher whose primary concerns were tied to the individual and Christianity. He felt that the ‘Christendom’ of his day was hollow, and that its hollowness led to inauthenticity among those people who might otherwise have been true individuals and authentic Christians. He was wary of the ‘crowd’, viewing it as an abstraction of modernity, and he was skeptical of any attempts to reconcile the Judeo-Christian God with reason. He firmly believed that the depths of God could not be plumbed with rationality, and that the individual’s relationship to God must correspondingly be based in …

Unity In Diversity: The Virtues Of A Metadisciplinary Perspective In Liberal Arts Education, Alexander Werth

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

Remember the story of the blind men and the elephant? Each man touches a different part of the animal (its side, trunk, tusk, leg, ear, and tail) and pronounces his find a wall, a snake, a spear, a tree, a fan, or a rope. As the poet Godfrey Saxe (1816-1997) wrote of the blind men in his retelling of this ancient Indian parable, “Though each was partly in the right, they all were in the wrong” (Galdone, 1973). This allegory quickly encapsulates the benefits, and the challenges, of seeing, or not seeing, something through multiple perspectives—in short, it illuminates the …

The Myth Of An Honors Education, Joy Pehlke

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

It is my nature to come at the question of honors from an idealistic perspective. I willingly admit that from the outset. However, as a student affairs professional I strive for balance in thought and in practice. I intend, through this manuscript, to provide a comprehensive, thoughtful look at the institutional commitment to honors tracks in higher education. Hence I explore, first, the controversial questions surrounding honors admissions policies. In addition, I look at the discrepancies that exist between the privileges afforded to honors students versus non-honors students. I believe these two issues challenge all honors administrators to remain vigilant …

A Multi-Perspective Class Project At Oral Roberts University, Andrew Lang, Aimee Raile, Joy Thrall

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

In 2001, Oral Roberts University launched an honors program. Unlike most honors programs, the ORU program is two-tiered, meaning that the top sixteen to eighteen students in every class are considered fellows and the rest of the students who meet the academic requirements are scholars. ORU requires both fellows and scholars to complete twenty-four hours of honors coursework through designated sections of general education classes. One unique aspect of the program is that the fellows are required to complete five of six special interdisciplinary honors seminars as part of their required twenty-four hours. These classes replace traditional general education courses …

Fostering Microenvironments For Teaching And Learning: Findings Of A Study Of Program Quality In Honors Programs, Kathryn Dey Huggett

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

Honors education has long enjoyed a reputation for adding something unique to undergraduate education, and the advantages are touted widely, but there has been limited examination of quality in undergraduate honors education. Previous efforts have typically stopped short of considering program quality as it relates to student learning. Instead, program administrators and other researchers have examined the topic from the perspective of a single stakeholder group, focusing primarily upon student satisfaction or administrative concerns, such as enrollment management or program development. To be sure, these are important considerations—but it is becoming even more critical for stakeholders in honors education to …

The Promise, Perils, And Practices Of Multiperspectivism, Scott Huelin

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

The modern university has, at best, an ambivalent relation to multiperspectivism. In the seventeenth century, when European universities finalized the break with their medieval past, a century and a half of religious wars had made multiperspectivism a pressing intellectual and social problem, one that, it was argued, could be overcome only with rigorous intellectual method (Toulmin 69-80, Stout 46-47). In our own day, the academy widely celebrates multiperspectivism as a means to achieve the legitimate ends of higher education or, in some cases, as one of those ends itself. Contemporary reflection on academic practice routinely cites notions of diversity, pluralism, …

Unopa Notes, Volume 42, Issue 2, October 2003

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Pod Network News, Fall 2003

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President's Column

POD Grant Program Call for Proposals

POD Core Committee Self-Nominations

To Improve the Academy: Vol. 23

Accreditation Alert

Logo Request

Visions, Metaphors and Images: Preconference Sessions

Conference Corner

2003 Certificate of Special Achievement Awardees

Kudos!

Committee Activities

POD Resource Materials

International Notes

Books by POD Members

Other Conference Announcements

From the POD office

Newsletter Deadline

POD Core Committee Self-Nomination Instructions

Contacting the POD Office

Call for Proposals POD Network Grant Program 2003-2004

To Improve the Academy: Vol. 23 Reviewer Self-Nomination Form

Call For Manuscripts To Improve the Academy: Vol. 23

Unopa Notes, Volume 42, Issue 1, September 2003

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Pod Network News, Spring/Summer 2003

POD Network News

President's Column

Across-the-border Cooperation

International News

Bright Ideas

POD Committees: Are You Interested?

Conference Corner

Training

Books by POD Members

Directory Erratum

Some Problems with 2003 Directory

From the POD Office ...

POD Membership Benefits

Contacting the POD Office

POD Bright Idea Awards (BIA) 2003 - Guidelines

Unopa Notes, Volume 41, Issue 9, May 2003

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“A Country Wonderfully Prepared For Their Entertainment” The Aftermath Of The New England Indian Epidemic Of 1616, Matthew Kruer

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

A formidable mythology has grown up around the Pilgrims and their voyage to the New World. In the popular myth a group of idealistic religious reformers fled persecution into the wilds of the New World, braving seas, storms, winter, hunger, and death at the hands of teeming hordes of Indians, carving a new life out of an unspoiled wilderness, building a civilization with naked force of will and an unshakable religious vision. As with most historical myths, this account has been idealized to the point that it obscures the facts of the Pilgrims’ voyage. When the handful of separatists stepped …

Supporting The Aesthetic Through Metaphorical Thinking, Patrick Aievoli

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

During my time at the C. W. Post campus of Long Island University, I have been fortunate to be the mentor to a number of art majors who have also been honors students. During this time I have found that defining the fine line between input and output needs to be finessed. These students normally deal with the visual image and how it relates directly to their own personal work. In many cases, especially with freshman and sophomore students, their understanding of creativity is that an artist’s inspiration comes out of thin air. As they progress through their academic years …

Diversity Opportunities For Higher Education And Honors Programs: A View From Nebraska, Peter Longo, John Falconer

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

While honors programs were developed in part to actively engage top students in undergraduate education, they also have demonstrated a capacity for leading innovation in post-secondary institutions. Innovations come in the form of curricular development, service learning programs, and independent scholarship. As institutions strive to find effective approaches to improving access to and diversity in higher education, honors programs, in a most general sense, offer a link between diversity and improved access. This paper explores the role of honors programs in expanding access and diversity—an area traditionally focused on broader student populations. Demographic changes in Nebraska, marked by increased ethnic …

Rhodes Scholarships, Frank Aydelotte, And Collegiate Honors Education, Anne Rinn

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

Rhodes Scholarships enable 32 American students per year the opportunity to study at the prestigious Oxford University in England. Many of these scholars return to the United States to lead impressive careers in the fields of politics, law, business, medicine, and so on. An often-unrecognized detail, though, is the prominence of education as a career choice of Rhodes Scholars. In fact, education is the highest-ranking career choice of Rhodes Scholars and has been since the inception of the scholarships. Education is also the field in which scholars have had the most impact. Many Rhodes Scholars have become deans of medical …

Personality Characteristics And Favorite Topics Of Students Enrolled In Introduction To Psychology, Honors, Daniel Grangaard

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

The Honors Program at Austin Community College (ACC) is relatively new. Admission to the Honors Program is by invitation and is separate from admission to ACC, which currently enrolls 32,000 students. Students are invited to join on the basis of criteria set each year by the Honors Coordinator and the Honors Council. A major goal is to produce a program membership of the top 8-10 percent of the students entering ACC each semester. There are approximately 350 students who have been accepted into the Honors Program. The program’s mission is to provide an enhanced and supportive learning climate that encourages …

Learning Curves: Fieldwork As Context For Interrogating The Dynamics Of Work In American Culture, Judith Hiltner

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

For the past quarter century, eloquent voices in the academy have articulated the value of hands on experiences in the workplace to reinforce and interrogate classroom learning. Internships and other types of fieldwork experiences enable students to test career options, improve their employment potential, challenge assumptions underlying theoretic approaches to the discipline, gain familiarity with the language and ethnography of the professional work places they plan to enter, and enlarge their sense of the role of research in their fields. Aprotracted experience that counterpoints theoretical and applied dimensions of a discipline can nurture critical habits of mind that will persist …

The Perceived Value Of Honors Work As It Relates To Faculty Promotion And Tenure, K. Celeste Campbell

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

Honors programs (and honors colleges as they are called in some institutions) exist to provide enhanced learning environments for outstanding undergraduate students. The benefits for students are many: small and often more challenging classes; access to professors (as opposed to graduate students or teaching assistants); early enrollment; special honors housing; research opportunities; and scholarship money. But what are the benefits for the faculty who teach in such programs or who serve as administrators (directors or deans) of these programs? Many faculty members find personal satisfaction by working with small groups of talented students, but is honors work a help or …

Journal Of The National Collegiate Honors Council -- Volume 4, No. 1 -- Complete Issue

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

CONTENTS

Call for Papers
Submission Guidelines
Dedication (Bernice Braid)
Editor’s Introduction (Ada Long)

STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN HONORS
The Perceived Value of Honors Works as It Relates to Faculty Promotion and Tenure, K. Celeste Campbell
Rhodes Scholarships, Frank Aydelotte, and Collegiate Honors Education, Anne N. Rinn
Personality Characteristics and Favorite Topics of Students Enrolled in Introduction to Psychology, Honors, Daniel R. Grangaard
Diversity Opportunities for Higher Education and Honors Programs: A View from Nebraska, Peter J. Longo and John Falconer
Learning Curves: Fieldwork as Context for Interrogating the Dynamics of Work in American Culture, Judith Hiltner

2003 PORTZ PRIZE-WINNING ESSAY …

Nefdc Exchange, Volume 14, Number 1, Spring 2003, New England Faculty Development Consortium

NEFDC Exchange

Contents

Message from the President - Jeff Halprin, Nichols College

Keynote speaker, fall conference 2003: Parker Palmer, American Association of Higher Education; theme: The Courage to Teach

Teaching In Community at Northern Essex Community College - Judith Kamber, Northern Essex Community College

6th Annual Faculty Development Roundup, June 6, 2003. Nichols College

Universal design - Lisa Isleb, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Board of Directors

Unopa Notes, Volume 41, Issue 8, April 2003

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Intelluctual Engagement And Achievement At Unl: Report From The Blue Sky Committee

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Administration: Papers, Publications, and Presentations

Table of Contents

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY......................................5.

INTRODUCTION AND GUIDING FRAMEWORK ...................................6

A VISION FOR UNL .................................................................7

THE DATA SETS .........................................................8

THE UNDERGRADUATE EXPERIENCE.................................10

WHAT WE LEARNED .......................................10

Quantitative measures................................................10

Overall student satisfaction............................................10

Academic and social support .................................................11

Academic challenge ...........................................................11

WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS?..................................................12

Increased focus on academics during orientation ..................................12

A reexamination of course offerings.......................................................13

Development of graduate teaching assistant skills .................................13

Expanded involvement of undergraduates in research and other activities........................................13

COMMENTS ON THE UNDERGRADUATE DATA ..........................................14

Unopa Notes, Volume 41, Issue 7, March 2003

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