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Acuta Enews December 2000, Vol. 29, No. 12
Acuta Enews December 2000, Vol. 29, No. 12
ACUTA Newsletters
In This Issue
UConn Wins in Court
ACUTA EVENTS
Spotlight on Volunteers
DC Update
Board Report
Higher Education and Truth-in-Billing
Web Site Recognition
Welcome New Members
Positions Available
Acuta Enews November 2000, Vol.29, No. 11
Acuta Enews November 2000, Vol.29, No. 11
ACUTA Newsletters
In This Issue
"Not My Job"
ACUTA EVENTS
Spotlight on Volunteers
DC Update
Web Site Recognition Program Is Revised
Board Report
Welcome New Members
Position Available
Minority Students Within A College Of Business: Hearing The Voices, Brendan P. Finucane, Stephen Holoviak, Anthony Winter
Minority Students Within A College Of Business: Hearing The Voices, Brendan P. Finucane, Stephen Holoviak, Anthony Winter
Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 5th Annual National Conference (2000)
In recognition of the dynamic interplay among academic and social aspects of any student's campus experience, our institution has implemented an Innovative Community Initiative (ICI) which provides a panoply of support programs for students of color.
The Americans With Disabilities Act And Academic Libraries In The Southeastern United States, Linda Lou Wiler, Eleanor Lomax
The Americans With Disabilities Act And Academic Libraries In The Southeastern United States, Linda Lou Wiler, Eleanor Lomax
E-JASL 1999-2009 (Volumes 1-10)
Individuals with disabilities are one of the fastest-growing segments of United States society. In 1970, 11.7% of the United States population was limited in activity, a major factor in measuring and identifying people with disabilities. In 1990, because of the aging of America, 13.7 % of the population could be so identified. By 1994, 15% of the population fell into this group. During this latter period, the older population stayed fairly stable but children and younger adults with disabilities increased greatly. Many different figures, depending upon the method of counting, e.g., age groups included, or whether residence was in a …
Undergraduate Full Text Databases: Bell And Howell Medical Complete And Infotrac Health Reference Center-Academic, Lutishoor Salisbury, Bryan Davidson, Alberta Bailey
Undergraduate Full Text Databases: Bell And Howell Medical Complete And Infotrac Health Reference Center-Academic, Lutishoor Salisbury, Bryan Davidson, Alberta Bailey
E-JASL 1999-2009 (Volumes 1-10)
This study compares and contrasts InfoTrac and ProQuest primarily as full-text resources to supplement retrieval of references contained in the CINAHL database. These databases are analyzed by examining their scope in terms of the number and types of serials covered within specific areas using Ulrich's subject headings. Another important aspect of this study relates to the effectiveness of the two search engines for end-user retrieval and collection development.
Acuta Enews October 2000, Vol.29, No. 10
Acuta Enews October 2000, Vol.29, No. 10
ACUTA Newsletters
In This Issue
Assessing Your Leadership Skills
ACUTA Events Spotlight on Volunteers: Texas State Coordinator
DC Update
Board Report
Welcome New Members
Positions Available
Acuta Enews September 2000, Vol.29, No. 9
Acuta Enews September 2000, Vol.29, No. 9
ACUTA Newsletters
In This Issue
Annual Conference Highlights
ACUTA EVENTS
Northeast to Hold Local Event
DC Update
Overheard on the Listserve: Access to 900 Numbers
Board Report
Welcome New Members
Positions Available
Acuta Enews August 2000, Vol.29, No. 8
Acuta Enews August 2000, Vol.29, No. 8
ACUTA Newsletters
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FCC Officially Assigns 211, 511, 711
ACUTA EVENTS
Spotlight on Volunteers: State Coordinators
DC Update
Board Report
Having Trouble Reaching ACUTA's New Area Code?
High Tech Short Takes... and More
Welcome New Members
Positions Available
Before You Say Yes: A Planning Guide For Speakers, Charles A. Francis, Heidi Carter, Cris Carusi, James W. King
Before You Say Yes: A Planning Guide For Speakers, Charles A. Francis, Heidi Carter, Cris Carusi, James W. King
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications
We need guidelines to help us decide whether to accept invitations to speak, whether to a class on campus or a special interest group outside. As educators and workshop organizers, we could also use suggestions on how to approach potential speakers. This article describes a single-page format that can be used to guide the planning process. Essential elements include contact information, location and organization of the activity, audience, learning goals, expected content, conclusions, and evaluation. Use of this planning sheet can give organization to an often haphazard process of planning, and enhance the potential of achieving the learning goals of …
Acuta Enews July 2000, Vol.29, No. 7
Acuta Enews July 2000, Vol.29, No. 7
ACUTA Newsletters
In This Issue
Meet the Board for 00-01
ACUTA EVENTS
Spotlight on Volunteers: State Coordinators
DC Update
Innovative Partnerships with CLECs
Welcome New Members
Positions Available
Acuta Enews June 2000, Vol.29, No. 6
Acuta Enews June 2000, Vol.29, No. 6
ACUTA Newsletters
Top 10 Tips for Buying Telecommunications Services
ACUTA EVENTS
Spotlight on Volunteers: State Coordinators
DC Update
Board Report
Dues Notices Mailed
Welcome New Members
Positions Available
Acuta Enews May 2000, Vol.29, No. 5
Acuta Enews May 2000, Vol.29, No. 5
ACUTA Newsletters
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Board Approves Slate of Nominees
ACUTA EVENTS
Spotlight on Volunteers: State Coordinators
DC Update
Colleges and Universities- Exempt from CALEA
Board Report
Free Encryption Software for Colleges and Universities
Welcome New Members
Positions Avaiable
Nefdc Exchange, Volume 10, Number 2, Spring 2000, New England Faculty Development Consortium
Nefdc Exchange, Volume 10, Number 2, Spring 2000, New England Faculty Development Consortium
NEFDC Exchange
Contents
Message from the President - Matt Ouellet, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Adult Learning Theory Informs Authentic Assessment - Ellen L. Nuffer, Keene State College
News from Vermont: New Faculty Orientation - Thomas S. Edwards, Castelton College
Teaching for a Change Conference, June 12-14, 2000, Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
News from Massachusetts: Using Technology to Promote Active Learning - Bill Heineman, Northern Essex Community College
Searching for Great Assignments - Jeffrey Halprin, Nichols College
Call for papers; Community College Journal of Research and Practice
News from Maine: Discussion as a Way of Teaching - James Berg, University of Maine
Virginia …
Acuta Enews April 2000, Vol.29, No. 4
Acuta Enews April 2000, Vol.29, No. 4
ACUTA Newsletters
In This Issue
FCC Moves to Improve Telephone Number Usage
ACUTA EVENTS
DC Update
CAT 5- Have It Your Way!
Board Report
ACUTA Audio Conference on ITFS
New Members
Positions Available
Acuta Enews March 2000, Vol.29, No. 3
Acuta Enews March 2000, Vol.29, No. 3
ACUTA Newsletters
In This Issue
Minimizing the Threat of Lightning
ACUTA EVENTS
As Technologies Converge, Departments Merge
DC Update
Today's Telecom Job Market
Board Report
Welcome New Members
Positions Available
A 2020 Vision: The Future Of Research And Graduate Education At Unl
A 2020 Vision: The Future Of Research And Graduate Education At Unl
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Administration: Papers, Publications, and Presentations
Contents
I. Introduction and Report Scope
A. Our operating premises
B. This report and its organization
II. Historical Context and Cultural Legacy
A. Early in its history, the University of Nebraska was known as one of the great public American universities
B. UNL rests upon a cultural foundation that began with “an atmosphere of endeavor and bright hopefulness”
C. Principles of inclusion and access underlie the University’s culture
D. UNL and the state have a strong tradition in the humanities
E. The professional colleges have made UNL unique in the state
F. UNL has traditionally had strong research and teaching …
Subject Librarians Relations With Faculty At The University Of Botswana: A Review Of Liaison Activities, Edwin Qobose
Subject Librarians Relations With Faculty At The University Of Botswana: A Review Of Liaison Activities, Edwin Qobose
E-JASL 1999-2009 (Volumes 1-10)
Conclusion
Liaising at the University of Botswana Library (UBL) is at the heart of all subject librarian activities. It is therefore absolutely essential that we make an effort to maintain a liaison program which will ensure effective communication with all the academic departments for all of the library's services. As liaison librarians, we are academic partners, and should actively participate in the promotion of excellent teaching and research activities. By monitoring curricular and research developments in assigned subject fields, subject librarians develop and maintain library collections for their respective faculties. It is vital that we should always be proactive, and …
Acuta Enews February 2000, Vol.29, No. 2
Acuta Enews February 2000, Vol.29, No. 2
ACUTA Newsletters
In This Issue
Nominate Now for Board of Directors
ACUTA EVENTS
More Telecom Wish Lists for 2000
DC Update
High Tech Short Takes
Sites to See
Board Report
Welcome New Members
Positions Available
The National Honors Report Vol. Xxi No. 1 & 2, Spring/Summer 2000
The National Honors Report Vol. Xxi No. 1 & 2, Spring/Summer 2000
The National Honors Report
First, The Cover - taken from Damir Sinovcic's mural based on da Vinci's "Man as a Measure of All Things," with special thanks to Lydia Daniel (Director of Honors Institute, Hillsborough Community College); cover design by Stephanie Lucas with Jon Wszalek, and thanks to Joyce Wszalek (Associate Director, James Madison University VA).
1. "The Story Behind" by Lydia Daniel … 1 The director of the Honors Institute shares how the mural came to be. With comments from Damir Sinovcic, the artist.
2. "About Damir's Mural" by Margaret Brown … 2 Students and faculty awed by Damir Sinovcic's mural. Many other …
Acuta Enews January 2000, Vol.29, No.1
Acuta Enews January 2000, Vol.29, No.1
ACUTA Newsletters
In This Issue
Telecom Wish List 2000
ACUTA EVENTS
Pricing Discussions May Results in Heavy Fines
DC Update
Up On the Rooftop: Antennas Anyone?
Board Report
Welcome New Members
Positions Available
The Challenge And Test Of Our Values: An Essay Of Collective Experience, Kay Herr Gillespie
The Challenge And Test Of Our Values: An Essay Of Collective Experience, Kay Herr Gillespie
To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development
Departing from a specific experience at the 1998 POD conference, the values of the organization—most specifically and directly the “valuing of peopk”—were challenged and put to the test of whether or not we genuinely and sincerely strive to actualize our values. This situation is generalizable to our daily professional and personal lives, and the essay invites readers’ reflection through an examination of our values in combination with the story. The challenge continues, and the test is not finished.
Student Collaboration In Faculty Development: Connecting Directly To The Learning Revolution, Milton D. Cox, D. Lynn Sorenson
Student Collaboration In Faculty Development: Connecting Directly To The Learning Revolution, Milton D. Cox, D. Lynn Sorenson
To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development
Although faculty developers have worked successfully with faculty to focus on ways to enhance learning and listen to student voices, developers have rarely formed partnerships with students. This chapter reviews established practices involving students directly in faculty development, such as student observer/consultant programs. It also describes the nature, dynamics, and outcomes of some interesting new programs involving students in teaching development activities, thereby empowering students to join developers as change agents ofcampus culture. Finally, this chapter raises issues for faculty developers to reflect on as they consider establishing direct connections-partnerships-with students.
Finding Key Faculty To Influence Change, Joan K. Middendorf
Finding Key Faculty To Influence Change, Joan K. Middendorf
To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development
To succeed in getting faculty to accept new teaching approaches, academic support professionals can benefit from the literature on planned change. By understanding the different rates at which faculty accept change, we can also identify the faculty most likely to lead their colleagues to accepting new approaches. Opinion leaders can offer insight into faculty reactions to new approaches; their involvement in project planning can influence acceptance. Innovators, when selected carefully, can demonstrate and test new teaching approaches. Knowledge of when and how to involve these two kinds of faculty can reduce frustration and enhance efforts to spread new ideas about …
Teachnology: Linking Teaching And Technology In Faculty Development, Mei-Yau Shih, Mary Deane Sorcinelli
Teachnology: Linking Teaching And Technology In Faculty Development, Mei-Yau Shih, Mary Deane Sorcinelli
To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development
As a coordinator of teaching technologies and director of a center for teaching in a large research university, we have worked collaboratively over the last year to achieve a common goal: to implement and refine several faculty development initiatives that create linkages among the domains of teaching, learning, and technology. In this case study, we will describe the kinds of programs we’ve developedand summarize lessons we’ve learned. We hope that faculty developers on other campuses who are grappling with how to define their mission related to technology and how to work with faculty to integrate teaching and technology can adapt …
Qilt: An Approach To Faculty Development And Institutional Self–Improvement, Mike Laycock
Qilt: An Approach To Faculty Development And Institutional Self–Improvement, Mike Laycock
To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development
In a climate of increasing emphasis on quality assurance and extra-institutional quality scrutiny, the author argues that faculty developers have a role in encouraging an enhancement-led culture. Faculty ownership of,and responsibility far, continuous quality improvement can help to provide an engagement with teaching and learning issues and may help to overcome resistance and mistrust. At the University of East London, UK, an enabling, whole-institutional framework called QILT (Quality Improvement in Learning and Teaching), whereby faculty create and implement funded improvement plans, has helped to generate this culture.
Transforming Introductory Psychology: Trading Ownership For Student Success, Randall E. Osborne, William Browne, Susan J. Shapiro, Walter F. Wagor
Transforming Introductory Psychology: Trading Ownership For Student Success, Randall E. Osborne, William Browne, Susan J. Shapiro, Walter F. Wagor
To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development
As colleges struggle to maintain enrollments, many have shifted from a primary focus on recruitment of new students to an increased focus on retaining students once they begin attending the college or university. An examination of introductory courses on our campus, however, revealed significant differences between faculty perceptions of student skills and the actual skills students brought into the classroom. This prompted shifts in the manner in which we teach introductory psychology on our campus in order to enhance the skills necessary for success in survey courses and to provide a foundation of learning and thinking skills that would translate …
Creating A Culture Of Formative Assessment: The Teaching Excellence And Assessment Partnership Project, Roseanna G. Ross, Anthony Schwaller, Jenine Helmin
Creating A Culture Of Formative Assessment: The Teaching Excellence And Assessment Partnership Project, Roseanna G. Ross, Anthony Schwaller, Jenine Helmin
To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development
In a year-long, grant-supported collaborative effort, St. Cloud State University’s Assessment Office and Faculty Center for Teaching Excellence created a Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs) faculty development project. This project was targeted at departments across campus at St. Cloud State University, with the intent of creating a university climate of formative assessment while improving teaching and learning. This article describes the purposes, stages of implementation, and results of the project as measured by a pre-test and post-test survey. The pre-and post-test surveys indicate that the project was highly effective in impacting the use of CATs among participants and their departmental colleagues.
Preface, Volume 18 (2000), Matthew Kaplan
Preface, Volume 18 (2000), Matthew Kaplan
To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development
Preface to volume 18 (2000) of To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development, written by Matthew Kaplan of the University of Michigan.
Diversity And Its Discontents: Rays Of Light In The Faculty Development Movement For Faculty Of Color, Edith A. Lewis
Diversity And Its Discontents: Rays Of Light In The Faculty Development Movement For Faculty Of Color, Edith A. Lewis
To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development
Two faculty development conferences held within a six-day period during October 1998 yielded important experiences and lessons for faculty and professionals interested in working with faculty of color. This paper, written from the standpoint of a faculty member of color, outlines the strengths and challenges of working on these issues in higher education institutions.
On The Path: Pod As A Multicultural Organization, Christine A. Stanley, Matthew L. Ouellet
On The Path: Pod As A Multicultural Organization, Christine A. Stanley, Matthew L. Ouellet
To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development
Since 1993, the Professional and Organizational Development Network (POD) has made an increasingly stronger commitment to becoming a multicultural organization. Poised at the entrance to a new century, it seems useful to examine the current standing of this goal in the context of the overall growth and development of POD. In this article the authors take stock of the organization’s history related to multiculturalism, discuss POD’s current organizational strengths and challenges related to models of multicultural organizational development, and offer suggestions for further progress on the path to becoming a multicultural organization.