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Integrating Research And Education With Public Outreach At Coastal Laboratories, John D. Milliman
Integrating Research And Education With Public Outreach At Coastal Laboratories, John D. Milliman
VIMS Articles
Coastal marine and Great Lakes laboratories increasingly are asked to provide both advisory and educational outreach to the general (and often specific) public. To facilitate this interchange, basic and applied research must be more integrated with advisory services, with care taken to present facts and concepts, not opinions or advocacy. Moreover, outreach efforts should be proactive, not reactive. With the rapid expansion of telecommunications, such as electronic mail and teleconferencing, outreach can optimize the links between education and research. Public outreach also gives graduate students an opportunity to utilize practical applications and interpretations of marine science, thus providing valuable experience …
School Of Marine Science Graduate Catalog 1996-1997, College Of William And Mary, School Of Marine Science
School Of Marine Science Graduate Catalog 1996-1997, College Of William And Mary, School Of Marine Science
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Catalog for the Graduate program of the School of Marine Science at the College of William & Mary for the listed academic year.
The Juggling Act Female Administrators Perform Between Their Professional And Nonprofessional Lives, Betsy Taylor Roesch
The Juggling Act Female Administrators Perform Between Their Professional And Nonprofessional Lives, Betsy Taylor Roesch
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The purpose of this study was to examine how full-time female college administrators juggle the responsibilities in their professional lives with those of their nonprofessional lives.;A total of thirty female administrators were selected from both private and public four-year institutions in eastern Virginia. Snowball sampling was used to identify the women who met the criteria of the study. The women were all full-time college administrators who had at least one child still living at home and at least one living parent. They were all members of the "sandwich generation". One-third of the women were African American.;Information on each woman was …
An Evaluation Of The Academic Outcomes Of The Upward Bound Program At Virginia Union University, James Edward Laws Jr.
An Evaluation Of The Academic Outcomes Of The Upward Bound Program At Virginia Union University, James Edward Laws Jr.
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
This study analyzed the impact the Upward Bound program at Virginia Union University had on students' freshman year performance. The population selected for the study were those students who participated in Virginia Union University's Upward Bound program during the academic years 1984-85 through 1993-94 and entered Virginia Union University after completing the program.;The Upward Bound participants were compared to a comparable control group of non-Upward Bound students. The two groups were measured on the following variables: need for remedial math, need for remedial English, placement on academic probation, drop-out rate, average freshman GPA, average (for credit) math grade, and average …
Maintaining Diversity In The Shadows Of Conformity: Can A Systematic Attempt To Maintain A University's Distinctive Mission Override Societal Pressures For Conformity?, Delrina Marie Clarin
Maintaining Diversity In The Shadows Of Conformity: Can A Systematic Attempt To Maintain A University's Distinctive Mission Override Societal Pressures For Conformity?, Delrina Marie Clarin
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The purpose of this study was to analyze the components of the University of Scranton's systematic program to develop and maintain a distinctive mission through Tierney's framework of organizational culture, and to analyze the congruence between the mission of the University of Scranton and the faculty's perception of the mission and their institutional activities.;The University of Scranton was chosen for three reasons: (1) Sporadic efforts to maintain its Catholic/Jesuit mission and identity had already been in place since 1977; (2) With the appointment of a Task Force on Identity and Mission in 1994, the administration is attempting to bring previous …
School-University Partnerships: An Exploration Of The Relationship, Daisy Bertha Wood
School-University Partnerships: An Exploration Of The Relationship, Daisy Bertha Wood
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The purpose of this study was to investigate the accuracy of a particular model for collaboration when applied to a successful school-university partnership. A specific framework for establishing and maintaining successful school-university partnerships, proposed by Frank Wilbur of Syracuse University, was identified in the literature. Wilbur's model was selected as the conceptual framework for this study since it contains critical elements supported by at least four other researchers studying and writing on collaborative endeavors and was, in fact, the most comprehensive of any of the suggested conceptual frameworks. The answer to one overall research question was sought: to what extent …
Institutional Culture And Support For Faculty Scholarship In A Virginia Community College, Sarah Louise Etkin
Institutional Culture And Support For Faculty Scholarship In A Virginia Community College, Sarah Louise Etkin
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
An institution of higher education was studied to determine whether its culture supported faculty scholarship. The site selected for the study was John Tyler Community College (JTCC) in Virginia chosen because it is fairly representative of other colleges in the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) and because its campuses were accessible to the researcher for the collection of study information. Ernest Boyer's broadened definition of scholarship was used to define scholarship in this study.;The research question--"Is the culture in a two-year public institution in Virginia supportive of scholarship as defined by Ernest Boyer"?---was addressed through case study methodology using qualitative …
"Mattering" Doesn't Matter: An Analysis Of Adult Undergraduate Persistence Patterns, Terri Laskey Fauber
"Mattering" Doesn't Matter: An Analysis Of Adult Undergraduate Persistence Patterns, Terri Laskey Fauber
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
A steady rise in the number of nontraditional students combined with high attrition has raised questions about whether postsecondary institutions have been effective in creating environments that facilitate adult student success. This concern led to the current study which investigates whether adult undergraduate perceptions of environmental support and responsiveness to student needs affects persistence patterns.;Tinto's (1993) Academic and Social Integration Model and Schlossberg, Lynch, and Chickerings' (1989) ecological perspective have guided this study. Students' perceptions play a critical role in their willingness to become engaged or involved in the educational environment and therefore affect persistence. Schlossberg, Lasalle, and Golecs' (1990) …
Faculty Moonlighting: An Exploratory Study Of The Motivation For Seeking Outside Employment And Its Relationship To The Effectiveness Of Community College Faculty, Joanna Davis Hanks
Faculty Moonlighting: An Exploratory Study Of The Motivation For Seeking Outside Employment And Its Relationship To The Effectiveness Of Community College Faculty, Joanna Davis Hanks
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
Full-time community college faculty moonlight to a much greater extent than does the general workforce. The number of faculty who work second jobs outside of their full-time teaching contract can be projected to exceed 40 percent with a strong possibility that more than half have employment outside of their primary faculty jobs. Chief community college administrators do not believe--or are not willing to admit--that their full-time faculty are so engaged in outside employment.;When faced with years of the same teaching assignments, heavy teaching and advising workloads but limited opportunities and resources for professional growth and renewal, veteran community college faculty …
Managing Change For A Distance Learning Initiative: An Evaluation, Jeanie Pollard Kline
Managing Change For A Distance Learning Initiative: An Evaluation, Jeanie Pollard Kline
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The purpose of this case study was to examine the degree to which those managing change for a distance learning initiative followed David Nadler's (1989) four action steps designed to reduce resistance in making the transition from the former operational state to a newly-created state.;The four action steps include providing opportunities for participation among employees, allowing employees to identify current operations that will not work in the new organizational state, rewarding behavior that assists in the transition, and allowing sufficient time for the change to take place. The findings in this study revealed that participation was the critical component that …