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December 11, 2013 Minutes, Swosu Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

SWOSU Faculty Senate December 11, 2013 Approved Minutes

12-11-2013 Beam Receives Orea Scholarship, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2013

Southwestern Oklahoma State University student Stacie Beam of Spencer recently received a $1,000 student teaching scholarship from the Oklahoma Retired Educators Association (OREA).

December 7, 2013 Minutes, Swosu Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

SWOSU Faculty Senate December 7, 2013 Approved Minutes

November 22, 2013 Minutes, Swosu Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

SWOSU Faculty Senate November 22, 2013 Approved Minutes

11-21-2013 Swosu Students And Faculty Raise Impressive Amounts For Special Causes, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2013

SWOSU College of Pharmacy students and faculty have recently raised money for various special causes.

11-12-2013 The Diviners Hit The Swosu Stage This Week, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2013

CC and Jennie Mae try to coax Buddy to the washtub during scenes of The Diviners that is being staged November 14-16 and 21-24 at Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford.

11-11-2013 Hydro And Cache Women Win Miss Swosu Titles, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2013

Hailey Raetz, a Hydro junior at Southwestern Oklahoma State University, won the crown of Miss SWOSU 2014, while 17-year-old student Even Mazur of Cache High School won the title of Miss SWOSU’s Outstanding Teen at Saturday’s (November 9) pageants.

10-31-2013 56th Annual Miss Southwestern Pageant Attracts Thirteen Contestants, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2013

The Miss SWOSU Scholarship Pageant coming up Saturday, November 9, at 7 p.m. in the Fine Arts Center on the Weatherford campus of Southwestern Oklahoma State University.

10-28-2013 Homecoming Winners Spotlighted At Swosu, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2013

Winners of the various competitions have been announced for Southwestern Oklahoma State University’s homecoming celebration October 26 in Weatherford.

October 25, 2013 Minutes, Swosu Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

SWOSU Faculty Senate October 25, 2013 Approved Minutes

10-21-2013 Swosu Homecoming King And Queen Finalists Ready For Saturday, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2013

Southwestern Oklahoma State University’s homecoming is this Saturday, October 26, and it will be a busy time for the six homecoming queen and king candidate finalists.

Editors’ Pick—Book Review: Cultivating Inquiry-Driven Learners: A College Education For The 21st Century, Frederic Murray

Administrative Issues Journal

Conard, C., & Dunek, L. (2012). Cultivating inquiry-driven learners: A college education for the 21st century. Baltimore: John Hopkins UP. 132 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0598-8

Collaborative Preference: The Role Of Homophily, Multiplexity, And Advantageous Network Position Across Small And Medium-Sized Organizations, Troy A. Voelker, William C. Mcdowell, Michael L. Harris

Administrative Issues Journal

The purpose of this paper is to examine collaboration between individuals across organizations. While both for profit and not-for-profit organizations utilize collaborative efforts, the factors that are important for bringing individuals and businesses together for collaboration still remain somewhat unresolved. In this paper, colleague similarity, the quality of pre-existing relationships, and the relative power of the other colleague are all examined for their correlation with the desirability of collaboration with that individual. In a study of pastors of small and medium sized churches in a southwestern protestant conference, we examined these areas through the lenses of homophily theory, multiplicity theories, …

Market Orientation And Its Measurement In Universities, Mihai Niculescu, Bing Xu, Gerald M. Hampton, Robin T. Peterson

Administrative Issues Journal

Historically, the measurement of market orientation has proved to be difficult, due to the low external validity of the concept. Existing scales exhibit acceptable properties in measuring market orientation in business organizations, but are less accurate in the context of higher education institutions. This paper compares the performance of three scales – the MARKOR scale, the MKTOR scale, and the University MARKOR scale – in the context of academic organizations. Results indicate that the MARKOR and the MKTOR scales need modifications, in order to accurately measure the construct in the new context. Evidence suggests that the student-oriented University MARKOR scale …

The Future Of Adjunct Teaching At American Colleges And Universities Under The Shared Responsibility Provisions Of “Obamacare”, Suzanne Wilhelm

Administrative Issues Journal

This article examines the effect that the Affordable Care Act may have on adjunct teaching faculty at universities and colleges across the nation.

Leaving The Dark Side For The Light: Twelve Strategies For Effective Transition From Academic Administrator To Faculty Member, Paul Sale

Administrative Issues Journal

Copious literature is available to provide nascent administrators with guidelines and advice for being a successful administrator. Likewise, faculty new to academia have many available resources both from the literature and from campus-based support services, such as new faculty development programs, mentors, and special internal funding programs. However, there is a paucity of academic discussion explaining the process of the return of an administrator back to faculty. The purpose of this paper is to delineate strategies for the transition back to faculty from the administrative ranks. Twelve pragmatic strategies for re-entering the world of faculty teaching, research, and service are …

Student Perceptions Of Integrative Field Seminar: A Comparison Of Three Models, Helen Harris, Dennis Myers

Administrative Issues Journal

Student perceptions of 63 concentration year MSW students, grades, and faculty perceptions were examined to evaluate differences in educational outcomes and in learning experiences among a traditional classroom model, a mixed or hybrid model, and a webinar online model for delivery of integrative field seminars. No significant differences were found in the grades among the three models. Findings showed strong support for the traditional model for students in local field internships and the webinar model for students in distant site placements. Reciprocity among students and faculty was a major factor in seminar integration and effectiveness, regardless of the mode of …

Student Equity: Discouraging Cheating In Online Courses, Timothy B. Michael, Melissa A. Williams

Administrative Issues Journal

As online programs at conventional universities continue to expand, administrators and faculty face new challenges. Academic dishonesty is nothing new, but an online testing environment requires different strategies and tactics from what we have had to consider in the past. Our university has recently adapted successful face-toface programs in financial management, both graduate and undergraduate, for delivery in a fully-online format. This paper discusses our experiences moving to a new environment, the challenges of student attempts to cheat and plagiarize, and techniques that we have found to prevent both cheating on high-stakes assessments and plagiarism.We present a number of essential …

Justifying Study Abroad In Financially Difficult Times, Marty Ludlum, Randal Ice, Jessica Sheetz-Nguyen

Administrative Issues Journal

In this paper, we will develop the justification for study abroad. We will discuss the current economic climate and its impact on budgets. Next, we will explain the many benefits of the study abroad programs. Then we will propose some less expensive alternatives to the traditional study abroad programs. We will conclude with expectations for the future.

Analysis Of The Higher Education Act Reauthorizations: Financial Aid Policy Influencing College Access And Choice, Robin L. Capt

Administrative Issues Journal

The original goal of the Higher Education Act of 1965, the amendments to that act in 1972, and reauthorizations through 1998 was to increase accessibility of higher education to all. Initially these system-level efforts substantially enhanced equity, but recent enrollment trends raise the question: Is our system becoming more or less equitable? By conducting a policy analysis of the HEA reauthorizations and other legislation, in respect to policy decision-making and policy implementation on federal and state levels, this paper examines how financial aid policy influences college access and choice for low- to moderate-income undergraduate students. Key elements in the federal …

Intellectual Property And Higher Education: Challenges, Virgil Van Dusen

Administrative Issues Journal

Intellectual property has become a highly coveted asset that can potentially reap a financial windfall for the owner who exploits its utility. Higher education has focused on the discovery of new knowledge, which can translate into intellectual property, but legislation, higher education policy, and/or contractual engagement may dictate ownership or opportunities for ownership of intellectual property by those involved in the discovery process. The dissemination of new knowledge acquired in the discovery of intellectual property may be limited for purposes of protection of commercial development. At the same time, higher education is becoming more involved in the oversight of technology …

Letter From The Editor, Tami Moser

Administrative Issues Journal

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Administrative Issues Journal: Table Of Contents

Administrative Issues Journal

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September 27, 2013 Minutes, Swosu Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

SWOSU Faculty Senate September 27, 2013 Approved Minutes

09-27-2013 Swosu Students Get Rare Tour Of Oklahoma Penitentiary, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2013

Nine students enrolled in Dr. Dorie Astle’s U.S. Corrections course at Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford recently had the rare opportunity to go inside the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester.

09-25-2013 Swosu Student Teachers Complete Training And Present Gifts To Okc Schools, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2013

Southwestern Oklahoma State University’s 49 fall semester student teachers in Weatherford recently completed their National Council of Accreditation for Teacher Education (NCATE) requirement for “field experience in a diverse school setting” during a two-day training session.

Swosu Fact Book Fall 2013, Denisa Engelman

Fact Books

I am proud to introduce the 22nd annual Southwestern Oklahoma State University Fact Book. The Fact Book provides a ready source of information to answer frequently asked questions about the University and its operations. Unless otherwise noted, the information in this Fact Book came from computer-generated reports that

are printed following the tenth class day of each fall semester. Because of student fluctuations during the semester, numbers will not match other published enrollment numbers that may be based on enrollment at the end of a semester.

August 30, 2013 Minutes, Swosu Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

SWOSU Faculty Senate August 30, 2013 Approved Minutes

08-27-2013 Stomp Marches Into Swosu On September 10, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2013

Tickets for the STOMP performance at Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford on Tuesday, September 10, are going fast.

The Wise Leader, Shirley Garick

Administrative Issues Journal

This paper is an article review of the Wise Leader, written by Nonaka, I; Takeuchi, H (2011) in the Harvard Business Review. These authors offer salient advice on what a wise leader needs to understand, regardless of your administrative leadership role. It can quality and apply across all dimensions of leadership roles from executive to managerial to employees.