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Pace, Academic Progress, And The Antecedents Of Student Motivation, Aaron Randall Hiatt

Master's Theses

The research examined the impact of the pace requirement of the 2010 program integrity legislation at a single graduate institution to gauge its potential for fulfilling the legislation’s stated purpose of increased likelihood of student success. The study determined that there have been changes in registration behavior (particularly in course drop behavior that reduces the number of credits calculated as attempted each semester) since the case institution introduced the pace requirement in Fall 2011. An increase in course completion efficiency was also found. The doctoral candidacy qualifying phase was singled out for a more refined examination, which was loosely tracked …

Down The Rabbit Hole: An Initial Typology Of Issues Around The Development Of Moocs, Apostolos Koutropoulos, Panagiotis Zaharias

Current Issues in Emerging eLearning

MOOCs have experienced an unprecedented explosion of publicity. This publicity indicates both optimism that they may be the panacea for whatever ails higher education, as well as caution and trepidation that this may in-fact be some sort of new fad in higher education. In this wave of optimism, and subsequent wave of pessimism, we believe that there is something good to examine about MOOCs and that they do hold potential for certain educational arenas. That said, we don’t want to blindly dive into the MOOC optimism camp. We have critically examined the literature, from both academic peer-reviewed and academic press …

Teaching The Bible As Scripture In An Academic Setting, Roger Mohrlang

Theology Faculty Scholarship

How do you teach sacred Scripture in academia? Such contrasting worlds—the human and the divine, the academic and the spiritual— one dealing with critical issues and the mind, the other with the Word of God and the heart! How can Christian scholars teach the Bible in a college or university setting?

The Best Of Times To Be A Christian College - Our Educational Mission For The Common Good, Kim S. Phipps

State of the College/University Addresses

At the beginning of each academic year, Messiah College held Community Day, a time for the University's Community of Educators (CoE) to gather, reflect, and prepare for the upcoming year. As part of Community Day, President Phipps presented her State of College Address, introducing the theme for that academic year.

“My Life As A Family Therapist”: A Journaling Method For Teaching Systems-Based Family Therapy Theories To Undergraduates, Paul A. Johns, Rachel L. Kreiger, Caroline M. Hurff

HDFS Educator Scholarship

This paper describes Process Journal: “My Life as a Family Therapist,” an assignment used in an undergraduate marriage and family therapy survey course to facilitate learning of systems-based marriage and family therapy theories. After starting with brief discussion of the value of teaching systems-based marriage and family therapy theories to undergraduates, the authors share detailed information about course content and objectives, following with explication of assignment objectives, procedure, and rationale. The paper concludes with reflections on the assignment that include student thoughts about the task and excerpts from their journal entries.

Southeastern Alumni Magazine- Winter 2015, Southeastern University - Lakeland

Southeastern Alumni Magazine

Jordan & Elizabeth, Helping Others in NYC.
Jordan 2009 and Elizabeth (Permenter) Shea 2010 currently live in New York City with their lovable dog, Bernice. Jordan works for Douglas Elliman Real Estate, the number-one real estate brokerage firm in New York, and Elizabeth works as a staffing manager for a Robert Half company.

Institutional Teaching, Learning And Assessment Strategy July 2015 To July 2020, Graham Glanville, Mark Morrissey

Reports from the Centre of Teaching and Learning

The Strategy was updated in 2016 and 2018. In 2020, a CCT Working Group on the Teaching, Learning and Assessment Strategy was formed to update the current iteration.

Evidence-Based Teaching And Learning: Putting The Results Of Psychological Research To Work In Our Classrooms, Sarah Grison

Psychology Faculty

If our pedagogical solutions are based on research they will have a high impact on student learning! Using evidence-based teaching methods will help student read and comprehend text, engage students in the classroom and with course materials, and improve student performance on tests. Methods addressed include assigning reading activities, repeated testing, and student response systems.

Barowsky Business Graduate Lands Full-Time Linkedin Job, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

While more than 300 million people worldwide have turned to LinkedIn to expand their professional network, the technology giant has become part of Jake Bernstein’s professional network.

Cbs, Washington Post Cite Research By Political Scientist, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

Dominican University of California political scientist Alison Howard and colleague Donna Hoffman, an associate professor of political science at the University of Northern Iowa, have released new data examining how many of the legislative requests President Obama made in his 2014 State of Union Address were adopted by Congress.

Community Engagement Lauded By Carnegie Foundation, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

Dominican University of California has been selected to receive the 2015 Community Engagement Classification from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching in recognition of the University’s exemplary institutional focus on community engagement.

Alemany Library Hosts Forgiveness Project Exhibit, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

The Forgiveness Project’s traveling “F Word: Images of Forgiveness” exhibit, a collection of 18 stories depicting images and personal bios of forgiveness, was on display through January 27, 2015 at Dominican in Alemany Library’s study area gallery.

Diane Keaton, Barney Frank Top Dominican Author Series, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

Former United States Representative Barney Frank, Academy Award-winning actress Diane Keaton, New York Times columnist David Brooks, and former General Electric CEO Jack Welch top a lineup of authors appearing this spring at Dominican.

Dominican Faculty Collaborate On Teaching Big History, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

Faculty from Dominican University of California have collaborated on a new book designed to serve as comprehensive guide for teaching Big History, a new and growing academic discipline now taught in more than 50 colleges and 200 high schools in the U.S. and overseas.

Dominican Signs Agreement With Chinese Institution, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

Dominican University of California and China’s Hebei Institute of Foreign Languages (HIFL) announced plans December 10 to explore educational and research exchange opportunities between the institutions

Dominican's Commitment At White House Event, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

Dominican University of California President Mary B. Marcy on December 4 joined President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and Vice President Joe Biden along with hundreds of college presidents and other higher education leaders to announce new actions to help more students prepare for and graduate from college.

S.F. Chamber Players Perform In Guest Concert Series, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

The 14th season of the Guest Concert Series resumed on January 25 with the return of the San Francisco Chamber Players to Angelico Hall at Dominican University of California.

Dominican Special Ed Program Chair Earns Special Honor, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

Dr. Billye Brown, Program Chair of the Special Education Department at Dominican, has been selected by the San Rafael Chamber of Commerce Education Committee as one of the recipients of the San Rafael Chamber of Commerce Excellence in Education Awards for 2014-2015.

Kqed Highlights New Threat To California's Wildlands, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

Researchers at the National Ornamentals Research Site at Dominican University of California are developing studies focused on controlling the spread of Phytophthora tentaculata, a newly discovered plant soil-born pathogen found infecting plants in native plant nurseries and restoration sites in California. KQED Science’s QUEST program recently visited the NORS-DUC site to learn more about work underway both at NORS-DUC and elsewhere in the state.

Quest For Excellence: The Arthur A. Dugoni Story, Martin Brown

University of the Pacific Books

Born in San Francisco in 1925, Art Dugoni's immigrant parents and grandparents taught him that in America, the "impossible" was always possible.

With an early life shadowed by the Great Depression and the Second World War, he entered the Navy's V-12 officer's program at Gonzaga University as a pre-dent student, in 1943. There, he met a strikingly: beautiful seventeen-year-old named Katherine Groo. For Art, it was love at first sight.

After the war, Art found himself back home, enrolled in the College of Physician & Surgeons; it was here his life's mission began to take shape. Art's first friend at …