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Student Associations: News And Events, The University Of Southern Mississippi Sep 2019

Student Associations: News And Events, The University Of Southern Mississippi

SLIS Connecting

News and events from SLIS student groups: Library and Information Science Students Association (LISSA) and Southern Miss Student Archivists (SMSA).


From The Gas: Congratulations, Publications, Presentations, The University Of Southern Mississippi Sep 2019

From The Gas: Congratulations, Publications, Presentations, The University Of Southern Mississippi

SLIS Connecting

News and congratulations from SLIS Graduate Assistants for student, alumni, and faculty accomplishments, publications, and presentations.


Spotlights: Faculty, Alumnus, And Courses, Stacy Creel Sep 2019

Spotlights: Faculty, Alumnus, And Courses, Stacy Creel

SLIS Connecting

Spotlighting SLIS Adjunct Faculty Ellen Ruffin, SLIS alumnus Cynthia Sturgis-Landrum, and LIS 417: Literature and Related Media for Children.


Slis Director's Report, Teresa S. Welsh Sep 2019

Slis Director's Report, Teresa S. Welsh

SLIS Connecting

News and updates from Southern Miss School of Library and Information Science Director, Dr. Teresa Welsh.


Mississippi’S First Statewide Teachers’ Strike, Emily Doyne Smith Aug 2018

Mississippi’S First Statewide Teachers’ Strike, Emily Doyne Smith

Master's Theses

This thesis argues that the Education Reform Act of 1982 (ERA) inadvertently led to Mississippi’s first statewide teachers’ strike in 1985 because of the Southeastern pay average clause recommending that the teachers’ pay should reach the average of the southeastern states, if possible. The teachers’ associations in Mississippi used this clause to lobby and promote teachers’ pay to that average. However, after two years of stagnated pay raises, the teachers’ associations led a state statewide teachers’ strike. The strike successfully raised the teachers’ salaries and moved state legislators to consider the teachers’ pay issue carefully afterwards. However, the pay raise …


Entire Issue: Volume 3, Issue 1, Stacy Creel Apr 2014

Entire Issue: Volume 3, Issue 1, Stacy Creel

SLIS Connecting

Entire issue of SLIS Connecting, Volume 3, Issue 1


Entire Issue Volume 2, Number 1, Stacy Creel, Teresa Welsh Mar 2013

Entire Issue Volume 2, Number 1, Stacy Creel, Teresa Welsh

SLIS Connecting

Entire SLIS Connecting Volume 2, Issue 1