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Senate Meeting 03/04/14 Vote Record Breakdown, Adam Aldridge

Legislative Branch Publications

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Senate Meeting 03/04/14 Vote Record, Adam Aldridge

Legislative Branch Publications

No abstract provided.

Meeting Minutes, Wku Graduate Council

Graduate School

Meeting minutes.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 89, No. 24, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Crumbie, Trey. Enrollment Creates Problems for WKU Budget
• Downey, Casey. A Different Spirit – Corsair Artisan Distillery
• Koch, Cameron. Students Line Up for New Game Console – Best Buy
• French, Jackson. New Courts Make Tennis Team More Competitive
• Vogt, Darren. Editorial Cartoon re: Enrollment
• WKU Ignoring Recent Enrollment Trends
• Mack, Shelby. The Spirits Make the Master – Corsair Artisan Distillery
• Conniff, Ben. 12 Years a Slave a Startling Portrait of 19^th Century America
• Piat, Ryan. Homeland Twists Itself Into Trouble Again
• Crumbie, Trey. Women Come Together to Help …

Meeting Minutes, Wku Graduate Council

Graduate School

Meeting minutes

Graduate Faculty Committee, Wku Graduate Council

Graduate School

Membership of Graduate Committee.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 89, No. 15, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Parker, Jacob. October Thefts Total More than $3,000
• Holloway, Kaely. Holocaust Survivor to Speak Tonight – Samuel Marder
• Mathews, Mackenzie. Freshmen Start Customized Frocket Shirt Business – Davis Church, Trent Erps
• Crumbie, Trey. Priority Registration Changes Start This Semester
• Lorance, Lauren. Wheelchair Basketbrawl Challenge Returns for 11^th Year – Student Disability Services
• Burton, Kristina. Local Business Puts New Spin on the Traditional Record Store – Mellow Matt’s Music & More
• Kriz, Lindsay. Why Must Breast Cancer be Sexualized?
• Bratcher, Nick. U.S. Must Get Serious …

Institutional Governance Of New Program Development At Public Research Universities, Nathan Brad Miller

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

Central university administration is often involved with guiding new programs through university and state approvals. A number of factors affect these processes. No studies discuss the role of central administrators in program approvals, however. This study addresses the gap through interviews with 13 individuals responsible for new program approvals in the provost’s office of 12 Research University/Very High public institutions. Five primary themes emerged in the interviews. The themes were used to frame discussion on the purpose, barriers, and self-described roles of the participants. Partial findings from this research were reported in Miller (2013).

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Collaborative Preference: The Role Of Homophily, Multiplexity, And Advantageous Network Position Across Small And Medium-Sized Organizations, Troy A. Voelker, William C. Mcdowell, Michael L. Harris

Administrative Issues Journal

The purpose of this paper is to examine collaboration between individuals across organizations. While both for profit and not-for-profit organizations utilize collaborative efforts, the factors that are important for bringing individuals and businesses together for collaboration still remain somewhat unresolved. In this paper, colleague similarity, the quality of pre-existing relationships, and the relative power of the other colleague are all examined for their correlation with the desirability of collaboration with that individual. In a study of pastors of small and medium sized churches in a southwestern protestant conference, we examined these areas through the lenses of homophily theory, multiplicity theories, …

Meeting Minutes, Wku Graduate Council

Graduate School

Meeting minutes

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 89, No. 13, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• McKay, Michael. AT&T Service Rerouted as Repairs Are Made
• Holloway, Kaely. WKU Functioning Despite Government Shutdown
• Matchen, Quiche. Group Looks to Help Former Incarcerated Persons Get on Their Feet – We Stay Free
• French, Jackson. Stock Ticker to Give Grise Hall a Business School Feel
• Holloway, Kaely. Student Business Accelerator Aids Student Entrepreneurs
• Holloway, Kaely. Student Government Association Budget Finalized
• Bratcher, Nick. The Kitchen Table Beckons
• Kriz, Lindsay. Not Supporting Feminism Equals Not Supporting Women
• Freeman, Demetrius. Mammoth Cave Shut Down Photo Spread
• Mathews, Mackenzie. Greeks Get Down – …

Student Equity: Discouraging Cheating In Online Courses, Timothy B. Michael, Melissa A. Williams

Administrative Issues Journal

As online programs at conventional universities continue to expand, administrators and faculty face new challenges. Academic dishonesty is nothing new, but an online testing environment requires different strategies and tactics from what we have had to consider in the past. Our university has recently adapted successful face-toface programs in financial management, both graduate and undergraduate, for delivery in a fully-online format. This paper discusses our experiences moving to a new environment, the challenges of student attempts to cheat and plagiarize, and techniques that we have found to prevent both cheating on high-stakes assessments and plagiarism.We present a number of essential …

Ua77/1 Wku Spirit, Wku Alumni Relations

WKU Administration Documents

WKU's alumni magazine. Contents:

• Ransdell, Gary. President’s Letter
• Record Number of WKU Students, Recent Graduates Earn National Scholarships
• First Cohort Begins WKU’s Doctor of Physical Therapy Program
• Gatton Academy of Mathematics & Science Named America’s Top High School for 2^nd Year in Row
• David Porter Elected Board of Regents Chair
• Regents Approve Budget, Tuition
• WKU Forensics Team Wins National Forensics Association Championship
• Faculty Member Awarded National Academy of Education Fellowship Grant – Jie Zhang
• WKU President Joins Institute for Shipboard Education Board – Gary Ransdell
• WKU Storm Chasers Document EF-4 Tornado, Other Severe Weather Events
• Paul & Ellen Schuhmann …

Prism #74, October 2013, Office Of The Provost

Prism: Western Michigan University's Newsletter for Academic Affairs

No abstract provided.

A Financial Aid Competency Model For Professional Development, Neil Woolf, Mario Martinez

Journal of Student Financial Aid

This research explores the competencies that financial aid officers need to be successful in their jobs. A survey of 30 competencies was distributed to 508 financial aid officers in the Western United States. Respondents were asked to rate 30 job competencies for their relative importance and frequency of use. Using exploratory factor analysis, the emergent competency model was a four-factor solution that groups competencies that are 1) External to Organization, 2) Interpersonal in Nature, 3) Related to Data Analysis, and 4) Related to Project Management. The four-factor solution showed some overlap with another existing competency model for higher education analysts. …

Barriers To Need-Based Financial Aid: Predictors Of Timely Fafsa Completion Among Low-Income Students, Mary Feeney, John Heroff

Journal of Student Financial Aid

Access to financial aid is dependent on a variety of factors, including the time of application; the earlier students apply for financial aid, the greater their access to institutional and often state resources. We use the Illinois Monetary Award Program (MAP) as a case for investigating the economic, social, and academic factors that affect application timeliness, and in turn, access to need-based financial aid. We analyze a stratified sample of 4,000 low-income students who completed the 2003-04 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and assess the relationships between Expected Family Contribution (EFC), first-generation status, and academic performance in order …

2013 September 25 - Undergraduate Curriculum Council Minutes, Undergraduate Curriculum Council, East Tennessee State University

Undergraduate Curriculum Council Minutes

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Senate Bill (A) 54-016 Sociology Club At Usf, Adam Aldridge

Legislative Branch Publications

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Innovation In Academic Libraries During A Time Of Crisis, Dane Michael Ward

Theses and Dissertations

During a period of rapid social and technological change, academic Academic libraries and librarianship are experiencing a period of great change, or crisis, influenced by multiple factors including emerging technologies, declining budgets, and changing information. More than a transitory historical phase, these changes represents a fundamental transition between paradigms (Kuhn, 1962). Academic libraries and librarianship are moving from a paradigm focused on collections and books to a paradigm focused on learning. Within this context, innovations are new processes, services and products that facilitate this transition to the new paradigm.

Beyond this definitional work, the work serves as an exploration of …

Meeting Minutes, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Meeting regarding committee assignments, meeting attendance, honors college, athletic contracts, faculty handbook, Center for Faculty Development, Kentucky Adult Higher Education Alliance (KAHEA), Student Government Association, graduate council, graduate assistants, dean selection policy, study abroad, department heads policies, change of program of study and Colonnade Plan.

Senate Meeting Agenda 09/17/13, Adam Aldridge

Legislative Branch Publications

No abstract provided.

Senate Meeting 09/17/13 Vote Record Breakdown, Adam Aldridge

Legislative Branch Publications

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Appropriations And Audits Committee Meeting Agenda 09-16-13, Adam Aldridge

Legislative Branch Publications

No abstract provided.

Appropriations And Audits Committee Meeting Minutes 09-16-13, Adam Aldridge

Legislative Branch Publications

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Uno Stem Strategic Plan, Uno Stem Leadership Team

Student Learning

The following document is a strategic plan for STEMeducation at UNO as of September 5, 2013. Thedocument represents nearly six months of strategicplanning discussions, meetings, and conversationsbetween those of us on the writing team and many ofyou, our colleagues and friends that share our passionfor excellence in STEM education at UNO. It is alsothe result of a review of our local STEM statistics, theprofessional literature on STEM learning, and a sampleof what other universities are doing to enhance STEMlearning on their campuses. The document is intended tobe a very dynamic one that will be revisited yearly as wecontinue to move …

Prism #73, September 2013, Office Of The Provost

Prism: Western Michigan University's Newsletter for Academic Affairs

No abstract provided.

University Of Massachusetts Boston: Campus Climate Project Final Report, September 2013, Rankin & Associates, Consulting

Office of Diversity and Inclusion Publications

The University of Massachusetts Boston is dedicated to fostering a caring university community that provides leadership for constructive participation in a diverse, multicultural world. The University has a long history of supporting initiatives that foster an inclusive living, learning, and working environment. The University’s mission statement offers the commitment of the institution to supporting an inclusive environment. The University also includes diversity and inclusion among its seven core values indicating its importance.

UMass Boston’s long term commitment to diversity and inclusion is evident in the curriculum, in research, and in the commitment to community engagement and participation. As an example, …

Meeting Minutes, Wku Graduate Council

Graduate School

Meeting minutes.

Spr Bulletin, Spring 2013, Uno Office Of Research And Creative Activity

Sponsored Programs Bulletins

This bulletin features Recent Grant Recipients; Meet SPR’s New Graduate Assistant!; and 2013 IRB Education Series at UNO.

Senate Meeting Minutes 07/16/13, Adam Aldridge

Legislative Branch Publications

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