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Senate Meeting, February 17, 2016, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 91, No. 7, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Dick, Jacob. A Look at the Cost of Topper Grill & Pub
• Abri, Madihah. WKU Students Celebrate Chinese New Year – International Students
• Collins, Emma. Committee Appointed for Search to Replace Gary Ransdell – Presidential Search
• Turner, Justin. WKU to Host IACN Director This Week – Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Network, Embla Oddsdottir
• Skipworth, Dustin. Student Government Association to Vote on Tuition Freeze Tuesday
• Means, McKenna. Antonin Scalia’s Death Just Made Your Vote Even More Important – Politics
• King, Jennifer. Editorial Cartoon Free Speech
• Can’t Keep Us Quiet: Student Media …

Supporting Systems Change Via Participatory Decision-Making: Positive Behavioral Intervention And Support Program Development, Rebecca J. Cook Ph.D., Frank E. Mullins Ph.D., Phoebe A. Okungu Ph.D., Thomas J. Sinclair M.Ed.

Journal of Human Services: Training, Research, and Practice

This article describes the successful application of Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) program through participatory decision-making by an entire school faculty. The unique feature of this program was the use of the Nominal Group Technique to elicit a bottom-up approach of securing participants’ input and commitment. It demonstrates the process of research to practice in the school setting that cuts through resistance to change by creating a consensus environment. This process can be easily implemented by school districts to develop programs that meet students and staff needs in a change-friendly fashion.

February Agenda, Wku Graduate Council

Graduate School

Meeting agenda

Wmu Board Of Trustees Formal Session February 11, 2016, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

Minutes of the WMU Board of Trustees meeting include appendices:

• Proposed minutes of the December 8 and 18, 2015 meetings
• Conferring of an Honorary Degree for Michel Legrand
• Gift Report
• Grant Report
• Personnel Report
• Curriculum Proposals

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 91, No. 5, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Skipworth, Dustin. Grade Point Average Amendment Fails in Student Government Association
• Dick, Jacob. Kentucky Universities Await Effects of Matt Bevin’s Budget
• Collins, Emma. Topper Grill & Pub to No Longer Serve Alcohol
• Shafer, Hannah. Honors College Advisor Resigns Post – Wolfgang Brauner
• Mathews, Carly. Gatton Academy of Math & Science Students Win Prestigious Honor – Makenzie Daniels, Haley Dicken, Awards
• Collins, Emma. Campus Construction Halted by Matt Bevin’s Budget Cuts
• Kast, Monica. Outdoor Leadership Program Faces Changes This Semester
• Means, McKenna. Your Vote Should Not Be Decided by Gender …

East Tennessee State University Strategic Plan 2016-2026 (Draft 2.6.2017), East Tennessee State University

ETSU 125 - Chapter II

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 91, No. 3, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Kast, Monica. New WKU Store to Open in Stadium Park Plaza
• Dick, Jacob. Gary Ransdell Retires
• Kast, Monica. New Appointments Take Place in Student Affairs – Brian Kuster, Lynne Howard
• Collins, Emma. WKU to Offer On-Campus Mental Health Support Group – National Alliance for Mental Illness
• Collins, Emma. Student Government Association to Vote on Staff, Faculty Salary Increase Resolution
• Mayo, Marcel. Rave Guardian to Provide Campus Safety – Student Government Association
• Henderson, Andrew. Regents Meeting Talks Retirement, State Funding
• Collins, Emma. New Science Building Set to Begin Construction Later …

Traumatic Brain Injury: Persistent Misconceptions And Knowledge Gaps Among Educators, Deborah Ettel, Ann E. Glang, Bonnie Todis, Susan C. Davies

Counselor Education and Human Services Faculty Publications

Each year approximately 700,000 U.S. children aged 0–19 years sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI) placing them at risk for academic, cognitive, and behavioural challenges. Although TBI has been a special education disability category for 25 years, prevalence studies show that of the 145,000 students each year who sustain long-term injury from TBI, less than 18% are identified for special education services. With few students with TBI identified for special education, TBI is mistakenly viewed as a low-incidence disability, and is covered minimally in educator preparation. We surveyed educators and found that they lacked knowledge, applied skills, and self-efficacy in …

Equitable Compensation: Quantifying The Salary Differences Of Comparison Communities, Margaret A. Murray

New England Journal of Public Policy

Teacher salary scales from a target district are compared with those from six groups of comparable districts to provide a quantitative basis from which to assess self-serving bias in the selection of comparison districts. Comparison districts are used to gauge salary equity during contract negotiations. Salary data were extracted for three salary columns (bachelor’s, master’s, and master’s plus 30 credits) from the 2014–15 Massachusetts teacher contracts from forty-eight districts. Comparison district groups were formed using six methods: three single-criterion and three multiple-criteria. Implications for selecting methods are also discussed.

Spr Bulletin, Fall 2015, Uno Office Of Research And Creative Activity

Sponsored Programs Bulletins

This bulletin features Recent Grant Recipients.

Bronx Community College’S Education And Reading Department’S Catalytic Research Programs, Joan Wilson, Edward Lehner

Publications and Research

Faculty driven research is central to the intellectual integrity and financial viability of any college community. Greenwood and Levin (2005) highlight how colleges and universities have increasingly professionalized and commodified investigative practices in such a way that they no longer benefit the communities that they were created to serve. Bronx Community College's (BCC) Education and Reading Research Program is designed to question and interrupt research tendencies which propel self-fulfilling education and learning paradigms to produce and reify inter-generationally lived-realities and socio-economic reproduction of the least-advantaged communities. It is anticipated that the research efforts will also break the continuity of unintended …

Program Review Self-Study Emergency Management 2016, Uno Academic Planning Council

Student Learning

Internal program reviews are conducted by the Academic Planning Council (APC) and are an integral part of UNO’s assessment and planning processes for the unit, college, and University. The review process is designed to monitor the quality and assist in the ongoing development of UNO’s academic programs and units.

Every academic program offered at UNO will be reviewed at least once within a seven-year cycle. The reviews are conducted routinely and are coordinated with the review reports prepared for the Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education (CCPE).

For programs with external accreditation the UNO review process may be coordinated to minimize …

The Effects Of The Louisiana Scholarship Program On Student Achievement After Two Years, Jonathan N. Mills

Education Reform Faculty and Graduate Students Publications

The Louisiana Scholarship Program (LSP) is a statewide initiative offering publicly-funded vouchers to enroll in local private schools to students in low-performing schools with family income no greater than 250 percent of the poverty line. Initially established in 2008 as a pilot program in New Orleans, the LSP was expanded statewide in 2012. This paper examines the experimental effects of using an LSP scholarship to enroll in a private school on student achievement in the first two years following the program’s expansion. Our results indicate that the use of an LSP scholarship has negatively impacted both ELA and math achievement, …

Teacher Blogging Redux: Post With Caution, Charles J. Russo, Marcus Heath

Educational Leadership Faculty Publications

In the December 2014 issue of School Business Affairs, this column (Russo 2014) addressed a case from Pennsylvania, Munroe v. Central Bucks School District (2014), that explored the free speech rights of public school teachers who blog on the Internet.

In Munroe, a school board in Pennsylvania dismissed a tenured high school teacher who posted controversial, derogatory remarks about her students and others on her personal blog. The Third Circuit subsequently affirmed that insofar as the blog entries were disruptive to school operations, the teacher’s dismissal did not violate the First Amendment (Munroe 2015).

Munroe highlights the need for school …

Academic And Community Identities: A Study Of Kurdish And Somali Refugee High School Students, Franco Zengaro, Mohamed Ali, Sally Zengaro

Journal of Research Initiatives

This research examined the experiences of 11 high school students and their academic and social experiences in the U.S. using identity and agency in figured worlds. We collected data through interviews and field notes and analyzed them using constant comparative analysis. The findings revealed two main themes: the importance of continuity in promoting and maintaining a positive academic environment and the importance of support in creating positive identities. In addition, there was a strong awareness between being accepted, recognized, and encouraged at school and feeling accepted as a Muslim student. In the end, the participants experienced two different realities which …

Realizing The Dream: African American Males’ Narratives That Encouraged The Pursuit Of Doctoral Education, Ted N. Ingram

Journal of Research Initiatives

This article used personal narratives to discover factors affecting the decision of African American males to consider doctoral education. This study was based on qualitative interviews with 18 African American male doctoral students enrolled at predominantly white institutions as they reflected on their reasons for pursuing an advanced degree. The following were found to influence their decision: (a) need for faculty encouragement, (b) motivation to pursue a doctorate, and (c) their personal motivations. Recommendations are offered for increasing the numbers of African American male doctoral students.

Ua3/9/7 President Gary A. Ransdell To Retire In 2017, Wku President's Office - Ransdell

WKU Administration Documents

Email from WKU president Gary Ransdell to faculty & staff regarding his retirement.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 91, No. 2, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Kast, Monica. Kappa Sigma Investigation Comes to End – Fraternities and Sororities
• Dick, Jacob. The Burden of the Budget – Politics, Matt Bevin
• Mathews, Carly. Photojournalism Professor Wins Prestigious Award – Tim Broekema
• Collins, Emma. WKU Launches New Design of Website – Information Technology
• Mayo, Marcel. Student Government Association Announces Pub Name Change, Introduces Safety App – Topper Tavern & Grill
• Kast, Monica. Financial Aid Residual Disbursement Delay Begins Spring Semester
• King, Jennifer. Editorial Cartoon I Hate Winter
• Murrer, Erick. Letter to the Editor – Student Financial Aid
• Winstead, …

Minutes, Arts & Sciences Faculty Meeting, Thursday, January 28, 2016, Arts & Sciences Faculty

The College of Liberal Arts Faculty Minutes

No abstract provided.

2016 January 27 - An Overview Of State And Institutional Policy Conversations - Considerations And Implications For East Tennessee State University, Office Of The President, East Tennessee State University

Office of the President Speeches

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 91, No. 1, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Collins, Emma. Winter Storm Causes Delays in Campus Construction – Snow, Weather
• Kast, Monica. Snowmaggedon – Winter, Weather
• Kast, Monica. Housing & Residence Life Enacts Temporary Ban on Hoverboards for Campus Housing
• Mayo, Marcel & Jacob Dick. Smoking Ban to Remain Voluntary Policy – Student Government Association
• Potter, Abby. Two Friends & A Camera – Israel
• Mayo, Marcel. WKU’s Active Shooting Video Finished – Faculty Senate
• King, Jennifer. Editorial Cartoon Money for Students
• It’s Our Money & We Need It Now – Student Financial Aid
• Hardin, Scout. How to …

Uno Strategic Planning Forum (Spf) Minutes Friday, January 22, 2016, Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness

Strategic Planning Forums

UNO Strategic Planning Forum (SPF) Minutes Friday, January 22, 2016.

Academic Priority: Graduate/Doctoral Research, B. J. Reed, Deborah Smith-Howell, Jodi Kreiling, Nancy Edick, Anthony Starke, Scott D. Snyder

Strategic Planning Forums

Overview Doctoral Education at UNO: Past, Present, and Future.

Uno Title Ix Compliance Strategies 2015-16, Charlotte Russell

Strategic Planning Forums

This presentation discusses: NU System Compliance Activity and UNO Education/Training/Outreach.

The Minutes Of The Marshall University Staff Council Meeting, January 2016, Marshall University Staff Council

Staff Council Minutes

No abstract provided.

Senate Meeting, January 20, 2016, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

Uno News Maverick Daily January 19, 2016 Buffett Institute Launches New Program To Support Early Childhood Research, Uno News

Student Learning

OMAHA - A new fellowship program announced today by the Buffett Early Childhood Institute at the University of Nebraska will provide financial support and mentoring for advanced doctoral students within the university system.

The Buffett Early Childhood Institute Graduate Scholars program will award 1- and 2-year grants - each worth up to $25,000 annually - to a maximum of four doctoral students every year. The program is designed to foster the growth of diverse, exceptional graduate students conducting research about young children and their families, with particular attention to children placed at risk as a consequence of poverty and social …

Fostering An Inclusive Stem Workforce, Cary A. Supalo Dr.

Journal of Science Education for Students with Disabilities

The following keynote address was delivered by Dr. Cary A. Supalo at the 2015 Training Workforce and Development and diversity conference which is one of the divisions that is part of NIH’s general medical sciences. This conference was attended by over 500 program directors from all of the T32 sponsored projects in 2015. This presentation discussed the importance of a full inclusive STEM workforce that includes persons with disabilities

Quality Counts 2016, Sarah C. Mckenzie, Gary W. Ritter

Policy Briefs

Last week, Education Week released their 20th annual Quality Counts report. This year’s report discusses school accountability and examines state and federal accountability policies. It also grades the nation and each state on academic performance and outcomes. Overall, Arkansas received a C– and was ranked 41st among the 50 states. This policy brief examines Arkansas’ rank in each category of the report as well as the quality of the report itself.