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Examining Cross-Cultural Communication Among First-Year Students At A Large, Four-Year, Research University, Haley French-Sloan

Department of Educational Administration: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

This qualitative case study examines and explores cross-cultural communication among first-year international and domestic students at Great Plains University, a large, four-year, research university located in the Midwestern United States. Specifically, this case study examines the ways in which first-year international and domestic students make decisions about whether and how to interact with one another across culture in the classroom. The literature review discusses both international and domestic students’ experiences and perceptions regarding intercultural communication, and also introduces a variety of barriers and facilitators of cross-cultural communication. Through introducing and relating cross-cultural communication to the goals of international education, the …

Rebel Yale: Yale Graduates And Progressive Ideals At The University Of Mississippi Law School, 1946-1970, Jennifer Paul Anderson

Dissertations

The University of Mississippi School of Law (Ole Miss Law) was the fourth public law school founded in the United States. The school was established to prevent men from leaving the state for legal education due to fears that they were being indoctrinated by eastern schools where ideologies were not consistent with those of Mississippi. One hundred years after her founding, Ole Miss Law entered into a period of turbulence as race and politics clashed on campus. From the time of the Brown decision through the Civil Rights Era, the deans and law professors at the law school were subjected …

Exploring The Academic And Social Experiences Of Homeless College Students, Quinton D. Geis

Department of Educational Administration: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

This thesis focuses on the experiences of college students who are facing homelessness, specifically from an academic and social lens. A hidden group within institutions of higher education, these students face many challenges that include economic instability, social isolation, or difficulty navigating the collegial environment. These challenges provide the opportunity for resilience but lack of support creates obstacles that may make degree attainment seem impossible.

Using a phenomenological approach, students were asked to participate in two interviews. Data gathered suggests that participants hide their homelessness from others. Lack of social support experiences, diverse living situations, and unique circumstances illuminated the …

Admissions Report - Detailed Data - April 2015, Office Of Institutional Research & Effectiveness, Wright State University

Admissions Reports

Detailed report of applicants to Wright State including data on county of residency, intended major, and ethnicity for Fall Semester 2015.

Can They Teach Each Other? : The Restructuring Of Higher Education And The Rise Of Undergraduate Student “Teachers” In Ontario, Jennifer Massey, Sean Field

Journal of Critical Scholarship on Higher Education and Student Affairs

Changes to public funding regimes, coupled with transformations in how universities are managed and measured have altered the methods for educating undergraduate students. The growing reliance on teaching fellows, teaching assistants, and increasingly undergraduate peer educators (administering Supplemental Instruction [SI] programs) is promoted as a means toachieve a greater “return on investment” in the delivery of postsecondary education. Neoliberal discourses legitimating this downloading of teaching labour suggest it offers a “win-win” solution to the “problem” of educating growing numbers of undergraduate students. It proposes universities can deliver the same curricula, and achieve the same “outcomes” (primarily measured through grades and …

Twenty Second Annual Csbs Student Research Conference [Program] April 25, 2015, University Of Northern Iowa

INSPIRE Student Research & Engagement Conference Programs

A program for the INSPIRE conference where undergraduate and graduate students present their research, internship, volunteer and study abroad experiences, club activities and creative performances.

2015 Abstract Booklet, Undergraduate Research Center, Minnesota State University - Mankato

Undergraduate Research Symposium

Complete Schedule of Events for the 17th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium at Minnesota State University, Mankato.

2015 Undergraduate Research Competition Program, Coastal Carolina University

Undergraduate Research Symposium Programs

7th Annual Undergraduate Research Competition, April 14-15, 2015. Document includes schedule and abstracts.

Annual Graduate Faculty Meeting [Program], April 08, 2015, University Of Northern Iowa. Graduate College.

Annual Graduate Faculty Meeting & Awards Ceremony Programs

No abstract provided.

The Chanticleer, 2015-04-06, Coastal Carolina University

The Chanticleer Student Newspaper

The editorially independent student produced weekly newspaper of Coastal Carolina University.

Gettysburg: Our College's Magazine Spring 2015, Communications & Marketing

Gettysburg: Our College’s Magazine

Table of Contents

From the President Janet Morgan Riggs '77

Record Gift to the Sciences (Harrison Dickson '48)

Office Hours: Professor Kathleen M. Cain

Science & Service from Gettysburg to Yale (Amanda Pellowe '12 and Jeremiah Johnston '13)

The 411: Steve Cloetingh '81

The Gettysburg Network Abroad (Jesper Rosenkrans '07 and Lionel Hong '12)

Gettysburgives: $1.27 million in 36 Hours

Renewing the Legacy (Rimvydas Baltaduonis, Divonna Stebick, Amy Dailey, Kurt Andresen, Richard Russell, Radost Rangelova)

Great Work, Great Life (Sheri Woodruff '87)

NEH Challenge Enhances Civil War Era Studies (Dr. Allen C. Guelzo)

Conversations

The Light at the End of …

An Exploration Of A Higher Education Institution's Response To The Need For Enhanced Engagement With Enterprise, Irene Sheridan, Daithi Fallon

Stream 4: Enterprising University

In Irish higher education, there is strong awareness of the potential for, and of, collaboration between higher education, enterprise and communities to contribute to economic renewal and social innovation but this is accompanied by a recognition that ‘higher education institutions could be more dynamic and coherent in their approach to collaboration’ (Department of Education and Skills, 2011, p. 75). This view is echoed by Healy, et al., (2014, p. 6) who assert that … ‘despite the resurgence in business-university collaboration, research reports consistently find that cooperation practices are highly fragmented and uncoordinated’. The role of an engaged, entrepreneurial university is …

Women & Gender Studies Spring 2015 Newsletter, Women & Gender Studies Program, University Of Southern Maine

WGS Newsletter

In this issue:

• Director's Welcome
• Major/Minor & Core
• GSSO Update
• Student Life Update
• Alum Updates
• Affiliate Scholars Program
• Fall 2014 Courses

Uni Grad Student News, V12n4, April 2015, University Of Northern Iowa. Graduate College.

UNI Grad Student News

Inside this issue:

-- Message from the Dean
-- Current Student Profile: Somtochukwu Ebede
-- Current Faculty Profile: Kavita Dhanwada
-- Alumni Profile: Shannon McClintock-Miller
-- Public History Student Attends an Academic Conference
-- Graduate Students Represent UNI at Academic Conference in New Mexico
-- Giving and Receiving Writing Criticism
-- Midwestern Psychological Association
-- Multicultural Graduate Student Association Reinstated at UNI
-- Career Spotlight: The Video Interview
-- School Counseling Students Attend Advocacy Event
-- Update Your Resume and CV
-- Graduate College Staff and Contact Information

Eighth Annual Uni Graduate Student Symposium [Program], 2015, University Of Northern Iowa

Annual Graduate Student Symposium Programs

Table of Contents
Welcome Letter from Dr. April Chatham-Carpenter ••• 3
Listing of Judges By Category ••• 4-7
Poster Presentations Listed by Presentation Type, Last Name ••• 8-17
Oral Presentations Listed by Room in Order of Presentation ••• 18-26
Creative Performances Listed in Order of Performance ••• 27-29
Acknowledgements ••• 30

College Of Arts And Sciences E-News Issue 24: April 2015, College Of Arts And Sciences

College of Arts and Sciences news

• The Hunting Ground Comes to WMU
• Graduate Programs Rank High in 2015
• Economics, Chinese language profs snag Light Center research grants
• CAS Faculty Judge Japanese Quiz Bowl
• An Education for Change
• Anomie
• WMU student team wins national Wege sustainability prize
• CAS Student Interns with the Clinton Foundation
• Creative Cookie

Etsu Today - Spring 2015, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU Today [magazine]

Graduation begins today on the campus of East Tennessee State University. In fact it begins every day at this institution. Each time a student enters a classroom, each time a faculty member holds a study session, each time a staff member meets with a student to discuss financial aid options, each time the lights are turned on in a research lab, each time a student completes an internship or an hour of community service, or boards a plane for a study abroad trip, we move one step closer to realizing the dream of a college degree for our more than …

Advocate, Spring 2015, Vol. 26, No. 3, Advocate

The Advocate

TABLE OF CONTENTS

From the Editor’s Desk: More Propaganda, Less Liberalism: Our Ongoing Struggle (p. 3)

Letters to the Editor (p. 5)

CUNY News in Brief:

- One Step Forward, Two Steps Back (p. 6)

- Unions to Mobilize on May Day Against Racist Police Killings. CUNY Internationalist Clubs (p. 7)

Graduate Student Life:

- Digital Humanities Resources: A Personal Journey. Jennifer Tang (p. 9)

- The CUNY Experience Beyond Advocacy: Creating a CUNY-Wide Student Union. Amanda Ocasio (p. 11)

In Conversation:

- Prisoners for Profit: CUNY Prison Divest and the Carceral State. Christina Nadler, Melissa Marturano, and Sean M. …

Csbs Kudos, April 2015, University Of Northern Iowa. College Of Social And Behavioral Sciences.

CSBS Kudos

Contents:

-- Best Wishes...
-- In Memoriam: John Baskerville
-- Transitions
-- Tedx UNI
-- Arctic Conference
-- Promotion & Tenure!
-- Faculty & Staff Kudos
-- Student Kudos
-- Alumni Kudos
-- 2015 College of Social & Behavioral Sciences Distinguished Alumni
-- Emeriti Kudos
-- CSBS in pictures

The Honors Beacon, Issue 08, Spring 2015, Honors Program At Minnesota State University, Mankato

Honors Beacon

Spring 2015 newsletter of the Honors Program at Minnesota State University, Mankato

The Effect Of Community Service Learning On Undergraduate Persistence In Three Institutional Contexts., Susan C. Reed, Helen Rosenberg, Anne Statham, Howard Rosing

Scholarship of Engagement

This study explores the role of community service learning (CSL) in promoting undergraduate persistence relative to other experiences students have in college, their entering characteristics, and institutional features. By following the 2009 freshmen cohort at three Midwestern universities over three years, this study finds that students’ experiences while in college (CSL, full-time enrollment, and GPA) have a stronger effect on the likelihood of reenrollment than students’ entering characteristics (age, gender, and race). Our separate analyses for each institution allow us to consider how the differences between the three universities (student body composition, retention rate, CSL program) might lead CSL courses …

Student Adjustment To College: Examining The Impact Of An Outdoor Orientation Program, Timothy Posey, Eddie Hill, Edwin Gomez, Mike Mcfall, Shea Humenik, Dakota Clifford

Human Movement Studies & Special Education Faculty Publications

This pilot study examined the impact of an outdoor orientation program (First Ascent) on participants’ level of transference, resilience, well-being and transition to college. Pre and posttest instruments were administered during a four- day college outdoor orientation program, as well as an open-ended series of questions. Nonparametric tests revealed significant differences from the pre- and posttest of the measures on skill transference and resiliency. Additional, individual items from each questionnaire were examined.

Week Seven Introduction, Judith Longfield

Teaching Academy

Partners provided each other with meaningful feedback on their syllabi and also exchanged lesson plans. In addition, test analysis skills were revised and we discussed common concerns related to grading. A rubric or scoring guide was also used to grade an essay test question in literature or geography.

Week Six: Effective Tests - A Tool For Learning, Judith Longfield

Teaching Academy

The following is an overview of Effective Tests: A Tool for Learning.

International Panther, Spring 2015, University Of Northern Iowa. Culture And Intensive English Program.

International Panther

Inside this issue:

-- From the CIEP Director
-- UNI Connections: UNI Office of Business Operations dedicated to supporting UNI & CIEP students
-- Class Exchanges with Kathy Oakland
-- CIEP Alumni: Masahiro Takhashi, Japan
-- CIEP Current Student: Nouran Othman, Syria
-- Exploring STEM Education across cultures
-- CIEP Activities
-- CIEP Staff Spotlight: Meet Patricia Ferguson, Academic Support Specialist
-- CIEP Staff Projects
-- CIEP World’s Window Afghanistan: The celebration of Nowroz

Admissions Report - Detailed Data - March 2015, Office Of Institutional Research & Effectiveness, Wright State University

Admissions Reports

Detailed report of applicants to Wright State including data on county of residency, intended major, and ethnicity for Fall Semester 2015.

Michigan Geographic Bee, John M. Dunn

WMU President John Dunn

No abstract provided.

Minnesota’S Hot, Michael Hemesath

Administration Publications

No abstract provided.

Rod Library Newsletter: Rod Notes, V7n7, March 2015, University Of Northern Iowa. Rod Library.

Rod Library newsletter: Notes for the Stalled

Contents:

-- Media and Social Media
-- RodCon 2015
-- Canada and U.S. Symposium

College Of Arts And Sciences E-News Issue 23: March 2015, College Of Arts And Sciences

College of Arts and Sciences news

• Anita Hill's lecture has been rescheduled
• Litvinova Awarded NSF Grant
• Sharon Gill Awarded Grant to Study Soundscape
• People In Business: Alex Wirth-Cauchon of Mount Holyoke College
• A Journey in Writing
• Canton, Mich., resident begins Peace Corps service in Panama