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Graduate Student Employee Unionization In The Second Gilded Age, William A. Herbert, Joseph Van Der Naald

Publications and Research

In debates on the future of work, a common theme has been how work became
less secure through the denial of employee status. Though much of the attention
has focused on other industries, precarity has also affected those working in
higher education, including graduate student employees, contributing to what is
now called the “gig academy.” While universities have reassigned teaching and
research to graduate assistants, they have also refused to recognize them as
employees. Nevertheless, unionization has grown considerably since 2012, most
significantly at private institutions. Utilizing a unique dataset, this chapter
demonstrates that between 2012 and 2019, graduate student …

Uabteach To Partner With State And National Agencies To Connect Stem Teachers With Rural Alabama Students, Alicia Rohan

Browse All News

No abstract provided.

The Echo: October 11, 2021, Taylor University

2021-2022 (Volume 109)

Taylor names new provost, VP of marketing — Mask mandate lifts while vaccine rate sits at 35% — Upland grant to grow downtown — New intercultural resources available online — Dairy Queen coming to Gas City — Unified Robotics Championship to be held at Taylor — A sneak peek into Walnut Creek Market — Josiah Friesen shares his music composition process — We love the DC staff — Support your peers at shop the loop — This may be the best advice you’ve been given — Smith pursues music career while being a full-time student — Art departments previews showcases …

Students’ And Faculty Members’ Perceptions And Experiences Of Classroom Assessment: A Case Study Of A Public University In Afghanistan, Sayed Ahmad Javid Mussawy, Gretchen Rossman, Sayed Abdul Qahar Haqiqat

Higher Learning Research Communications

Objective: The primary goal of the study was to examine students’ perceptions of classroom assessment at a public university in Afghanistan. Exploring current assessment practices focused on student and faculty members lived experiences was a secondary goal. The study also sought to collect evidence on whether or not the new assessment policy was effective in student achievement.

Method: Authors used an explanatory sequential mixed-methods design to conduct the study. Initially, we applied the Students Perceptions of Assessment Questionnaire (SPAQ), translated into Dari/Farsi and validated, to collect data from a random sample of 400 students from three colleges: Agriculture, Education, and …

Light & Faith, Taylor University

Inauguration Programs

The program for the inauguration of D. Michael Lindsay, Ph.D. as the President of Taylor University on October 8, 2021.

The North Carolina Teaching Fellows Program: A Case Study Of The Use Of Forgivable Loans In Recruiting Future Stem Teachers, Katie N. Smith

Journal of Student Financial Aid

In 2018-2019, North Carolina implemented a loan forgiveness program to recruit talented postsecondary students into teaching majors in needed subject areas. This qualitative case study analyzes the influence of the North Carolina Teaching Fellows Program (NCTFP) on 10 student participants’ college, major, and career plans in STEM education to understand how loan incentives shaped student interest in teaching careers in STEM subjects. Findings reveal that forgivable loan funding influenced college choice among those choosing institutions at the time of NCTFP acceptance. While the NCTFP was most appealing to participants who already planned to become STEM educators, there is also evidence …

Spectrum, Volume 47, Issue 4, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Highlights include: Women Leading SHU -- Hungary’s Anti-LGBTQ+ Law -- Food Insecurity On Campus -- Intramural Sports Are Back -- Are You Getting the Covid Booster Shot? -- Missing Coverage for Missing BIPOC -- Discovery Science Center and Planetarium Reopens -- Fun at Fall Fest -- Men's golf finished fourth at the University of Hartford Invitational -- Women’s Ice Hockey Makes a Return

Human-Computer Interaction Research And Education--Crossing Boundaries Between Academic Research And Industry Practices, Yasushi Akiyama

Interface: The C3 Lab Knowledge Commons

In this paper, I will discuss my own experience and approaches to enhancing students' learning in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) classes by adopting an interdisciplinary approach that integrates academic research and industry practice. Due to the inherent interdisciplinarity of HCI, and to foster a set of "soft" skills known in Interdisciplinary Studies as the "cognitive toolkit," I invite expertise from the other departments at my university as well as industry professionals to give lectures, facilitate workshops, and oversee projects. These collaborations have produced several insights and have had a positive impact on the participants.

How Mathematicians Assign Homework Problems In Abstract Algebra Courses, Rachel Rupnow, Meredith Hegg, Timothy Fukawa-Connelly, Estrella Johnson, Keith Weber

Faculty Articles, Papers, and Other Scholarship

While many aspects of the teaching and learning of advanced mathematics have been explored, the role, construction, and values of homework have been virtually ignored. This report draws on task-based interviews with six mathematicians to explore the relationship between an instructor’s learning goals and factors considered when selecting homework problems. All participants viewed homework as critical to student learning, and the majority of the participants’ claims focused on either the mathematics or how the problem would help students learn; no instructor gave primacy to evaluative reasons for homework. We highlight six themes used by participants to evaluate and select items …

Chimes: October 4, 2021, Calvin University

Chimes

Waking up from a nightmare, CTC finally performs "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by Ezra Craker

Short-staffed dining halls are still searching for employees by Lauren Vanden Bosch

Ready to UnLearn: CISD to host 22nd annual UnLearn Week by Jocelyn Nunez-Colon

Dual enrollment, language immersion programs bridge gap between campus and local schools by Hadassa Ribeiro

Hungary semester first off-campus program to return by Abigail Ham

Pop Scholars: Smart-dumb comedy born from a smart-dumb education by Isaiah Tenhuisen

Code red: Calvin community speaks on sustainability, responsibility by Timothy Lin

Friday Night Soccer fosters community in spite of unofficial status this year …

2021 Scholars At Work Conference Program, Timothy Berry, Basak Bektas, Jeff Pribyl, Pavan Karra, Emily Sauter, Daniel Schwartz, Karen Lybeck, Jessica Schomberg, Kristin Scott, Sarah Ogilvie, Kristi Rendahl, Chelsea Mead, Maria Kalyvaki, Qiang Ye, Rebekah Degener, Susan Schalge, Thad Shunkwiler, Kristen Cvancara, Jameel Haque, Wendy Schuh, Jodi Egeland, Kelly Moreland, Jennifer Turner, Emily Stark, Dan Moen, Chandu Valluri, Andi Lassiter, Samantha Katner, Charles Krois, Alfredo Duplat, Jori Knwenti, Aaron Hoy

Scholars at Work Conference

Program for the 2021 Scholars At Work Conference at Minnesota State University, Mankato on October 1, 2021.

Office Of Research, Grants And Sponsored Programs Newsletter, Fall 2021, Lincoln Memorial University, Office Of Research, Grants, And Sponsored Programs

Office of Research, Grants and Sponsored Programs Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Uni Schedule Of Classes, Fall 2021, University Of Northern Iowa

UNI Schedule of Classes

A listing and schedule of the courses being taught as well as policies and procedures concerning attending classes at the University of Northern Iowa.

Graduate School News Highlights Fall 2021, Otterbein Office Of Graduate Programs

Graduate School

Newsletter that provides updates and highlights from the Graduate School at Otterbein University.

News From The Graduate School - Educational Mathematics Fall 2021, Otterbein Office Of Graduate Programs

Graduate School

Newsletter that provides updates from the Graduate School and the Educational Mathematics Graduate Program.

Southern Educator, Georgia Southern University

Southern Educator

Georgia Southern alumna, 2022 Georgia Teacher of the Year to speak on Armstrong Campus on Wednesday

Two education professors invest their efforts in social media research

Teaching Mathematics Through Robotics

Journal Of The National Collegiate Honors Council, Vol. 22, No. 2. Fall/Winter 2021

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

Contents: Call for Papers • Editorial Policy, Deadlines, and Submission Guidelines • Dedication to Andrew J. Cognard-Black • Editor’s Introduction, Ada Long

Forum Essays on “Honors After Covid”

Honors in the Post-Pandemic World: Situation Perilous • Francois G. Amar

Business as Unusual: Honors and Post-Pandemic Gen Z • Kristine A. Miller

Honors the Hard Way • Betsy Greenleaf Yarrison

Honors Alumni Re-Activation through Interpersonal Engagement: Lessons Learned during COVID • Kevin W. Dean and Michael B. Jendzurski

“Building Together”: City as Text™, Intersectionality, and Urban Farming during COVID-19 • Carla Janell Pattin

From “Filled” to “Fulfilled”: Tech-Minimal …

Longitudinal Impact Of Faculty Participation In A Course Design Institute (Cdi): Faculty Motivation And Perception Of Expectancy, Value, And Cost, Cara Meixner, Melissa Altman, Megan Good, Elizabeth Ben Ward

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Course design institutes (CDIs), which systematically guide faculty through the (re)design of courses, often transpire in an intensive residency or learning community format. Little is known, to date, of the long-term impact of such initiatives, particularly in the context of faculty motivation. This longitudinal study explores changes in faculty attitudes toward teaching, offering insight into the multifaceted gains and limiting factors influencing motivation as conceptualized by the expectancy-value-cost model (Barron and Hulleman, 2015). Findings reveal that CDI engagement bolsters the value placed on teaching, but arrives at a noteworthy cost to faculty. Implications for CTLs and instructional faculty are explored.

2021 Fall Nutshell, Morehead State University. Institutional Research & Analysis.

Office of Institutional Research & Analysis Publication Archive

Fall 2021 issue of the Nutshell.

External Funding Bulletin, July - December 2021, Uno Office Of Research And Creative Activity

Sponsored Programs Bulletins

No abstract provided.

Undergraduate Research In A Fully Online Engineering Program: Building The Framework Of Support, Emily Faulconer, Robert Deters, Brent Terwilliger

Publications

Undergraduate engineering programs often face low persistence and retention.

• Females and ethnic minorities are underrepresented and show lower persistence
• Certain minorities may be less likely to enroll in online programs
• Lower persistence and retention in online students across disciplines

Undergraduate research may increase persistence and retention.

• Online students likely underrepresented due to access limitations

Cip Newsletter Fall 2021, Center For Innovative Pedagogy

Annual Reports and Newsletters

No abstract provided.

International Student Importance, Satisfaction, And Civic Engagement, Sophia Lanphier

Honors Program: Senior Projects (Public)

International student populations are economic, social, and academic assets to higher education institutions in the United States. A considerable body of research has been devoted to examining international student satisfaction and experiences. Previous literature has offered suggestions for additions and improvements to university international student programs that could help increase international student satisfaction and success. Despite all this, there is a considerable gap in existing literature concerning the relationship between international student academic and social success and civic engagement participation. Civic engagement is an important element of university life that has been closely tied to the academic and social experiences …

Creating Community: A Peer-Led, Adaptable Postdoc Program To Build Transferable Career Skills And Overcome Isolation, Megan Fork, Elsa C. Anderson, Adrian A. Castellanos, Ilya R. Fischhoff, A. Marissa Matsler, Chelsey L. Nieman, Isabella A. Oleksy, Michelle Y. Wong

Biology Faculty Publications

Postdoctoral positions provide critical opportunities for early-career ecologists to build transferable skills, knowledge, and networks that will prepare them for professional success. However, these positions often come with personal and professional challenges such as stress, isolation, and lack of agency. Here, we describe a peer-led postdoc program we created to maximize benefits and minimize challenges while preparing ourselves for a wide range of possible future careers using our training and expertise in ecology. We also give recommendations for other postdocs and early-career scientists in ecology and across science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields seeking to build a similar program.

Mcnair Scholars Research Journal Volume Xiv, St. Mary's University

McNair Scholars Research Journal

This is the fourteenth journal for the McNair Scholars Program at St. Mary's University.

"After yet another year of complexities, concerns, and adaptations to many changes, our Scholars have once more completed a strong summer research program! We believe Dr. Ronald McNair would be extremely proud of how students benefiting from the McNair Scholars Program at St. Mary’s University have responded to unprecedented challenges. In spite of local and global challenges, these students keep their eyes set on a future which only a short time ago was unimaginable. Now, they are taking steps into a world they will lead, form, …

Gold & Blue, Summer/Fall 2021, St. Mary's University- San Antonio, Texas

Gold & Blue

This is the Summer/Fall 2021 edition of Gold & Blue which is St. Mary's University's official school publication.

Cape Town Cartographies: Which Spaces Can The Youth Access? Mapping The Mobilities Of 11 University Of Cape Town (Uct) Students, Sokona Mangane

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

South Africa went through a gruesome system of segregation known as apartheid, from 1948 until 1994 which enforced spatial and racial divisions through limiting access to spaces, places and (im)mobilities. Despite the formal ending of apartheid in 1994, and some changes it brought to the divided and wounded country, the neo-apartheid spatial structure of the regime lives on in some form or other, particularly in Cape Town. This research paper sought to explore the racial segregation in the mother city further, by examining the daily movements of students from the University of Cape Town (UCT), who are part of the …

Seeing With New Eyes: Costa Rican Pilgrimage As Transformation, Elizabeth C. Reilly, Katherine Brown

Jesuit Higher Education: A Journal

In summer 2019, eleven faculty and staff members from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California embarked on an immersion study trip to Costa Rica. An integral part of the university’s commitment to mission and identity, it is one of a number of opportunities for its members to explore the mission and its Jesuit identity within a global context. Framed around the Ignatian principle of pilgrimage, this article describes the focus and goals for the study trip, pre-trip preparations, and the trip itself. We highlight some of the activities in which faculty and staff participated and summarize their reflections of …

2021 Fall Newsletter, Morehead State University. Nursing Department.

Nursing Department Publications Archive

2021 Fall Newsletter of the Department of Nursing at Morehead State University.

Planning And Teaching For Student Learning In Mathematics: How Graduate Student Instructors Develop And Implement Instruction, Jennifer S. Crooks-Monastra

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to explore undergraduate mathematics teaching from the perspective of a graduate student serving as a first-time precalculus instructor of record. A multiple case study was designed to follow three mathematics graduate student instructors (MGSIs) through one semester of teaching to understand their goals for student learning, efforts to achieve these goals, influences on planning, and to identify challenges they encountered. For each MGSI, data collection included four interviews, three observations of teaching, weekly journal entries, and written assignments from a pedagogy course. A focus group, field notes from the pedagogy course, audio from mentor …