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Wonder-Worlds Of Words, Sandra A. Yocum Jan 2014

Wonder-Worlds Of Words, Sandra A. Yocum

Theology and Religious Studies Faculty Publications

An essay on the impact of the works in the Imprints and Impressions: Milestones in Human Progress, an exhibition of rare books from the collection of Stuart Rose. Exhibition was held Sept. 29-Nov. 9, 2014, at the University of Dayton.


Exhibition Catalogue — Imprints And Impressions: Milestones In Human Progress, Paul H. Benson, Sandra A. Yocum, Mark Masthay, Donald J. Polzella Jan 2014

Exhibition Catalogue — Imprints And Impressions: Milestones In Human Progress, Paul H. Benson, Sandra A. Yocum, Mark Masthay, Donald J. Polzella

Supplemental Media

Exhibition catalogue for Imprints and Impressions: Milestones in Human Progress — Highlights from the Rose Rare Book Collection. Includes an introduction by Kathleen M. Webb, dean of University Libraries; essays about the impact of the exhibition's books on modern inquiry, the humanities, the sciences, and the social sciences; and photographs of the works in the exhibit.


Fact Sheet, Yale University Office Of Institutional Research Jan 2014

Fact Sheet, Yale University Office Of Institutional Research

Fact Sheets

No abstract provided.


The Santa Clara, 2013-11-07, Santa Clara University Nov 2013

The Santa Clara, 2013-11-07, Santa Clara University

The Santa Clara

No abstract provided.


The Santa Clara, 2013-10-03, Santa Clara University Oct 2013

The Santa Clara, 2013-10-03, Santa Clara University

The Santa Clara

No abstract provided.


Mongolian National Parks: Competing Interests And Institutional Viability In A Still Emerging Protected Areas System, Kieryn Wurts Oct 2013

Mongolian National Parks: Competing Interests And Institutional Viability In A Still Emerging Protected Areas System, Kieryn Wurts

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

In Mongolia, 17% of the total landmass is designated as one of four kinds of “protected areas”—Strictly protected areas, national parks, nature reserves, and natural historical monuments. This study focuses primarily on national parks as a civil institution, through on the ground interviewing of ten individuals employed in the protected areas system, field-notes and observations, and community surveying totaling 38 respondents at two research locations, Hustai-Nuruu National Park and Lake Khovsgol National Park. Protected areas are constructed civil spaces, and as a result are sites of competing societal interests--the interests of scientists and conservationists, of tourism and business interests, and …


Faculty Fellows 2013-2014, Place Sep 2013

Faculty Fellows 2013-2014, Place

PLACE Historical Documents

This document provides biographies of PLACE faculty fellows at Linfield College for 2013-2014.


Student Fellows 2013-2014, Place Sep 2013

Student Fellows 2013-2014, Place

PLACE Historical Documents

This document provides biographies of PLACE student fellows at Linfield College for 2013-2014.


Old Dominion University Climate Change And Sea Level Rise Initiative, Summer 2013, Larry P. Atkinson (Editor), Hans-Peter Plag (Editor) Jul 2013

Old Dominion University Climate Change And Sea Level Rise Initiative, Summer 2013, Larry P. Atkinson (Editor), Hans-Peter Plag (Editor)

CCSLRI Newsletters

Summer 2013 Newsletter of the Old Dominion University Climate Change and Sea Level Rise Initiative


Does The Sat Predict Academic Achievement And Academic Choices At Macalester College?, Jing Wen May 2013

Does The Sat Predict Academic Achievement And Academic Choices At Macalester College?, Jing Wen

Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science Honors Projects

This paper examines the predictive power of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) for Macalester students’ college success and academic choices. We use linear regression to study whether the SAT can predict students’ first year or four-year grades. Using Kullback-Leibler divergence and classification trees, we also examine the SAT’s predictive ability for other aspects of students’ academic experience, for example, major selection, or academic division of study. After controlling for major and course level, we find that the SAT does not explain a large proportion of the variability in Macalester students’ college success. However, the SAT does provide some useful information …


The Santa Clara, 2013-04-04, Santa Clara University Apr 2013

The Santa Clara, 2013-04-04, Santa Clara University

The Santa Clara

No abstract provided.


The Santa Clara, 2013-02-07, Santa Clara University Feb 2013

The Santa Clara, 2013-02-07, Santa Clara University

The Santa Clara

No abstract provided.


Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 54 Number 3, Winter 2013, Santa Clara University Jan 2013

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 54 Number 3, Winter 2013, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

16 - TO CATCH A THIEF by Vince Beiser. Mathematician George Mohler has helped equip police in Santa Cruz and L.A. with an algorithm that predicts where crimes might happen next. Is this the future of policing?

22 - HOW TO PREVENT A BONFIRE OF THE HUMANITIES by Michael S. Malone '75, MBA '77. A veteran chronicler of Silicon Valley looks at why the high-tech industry needs-and wants-folks who know how to tell a story.

26 - A POEM, A PRAYER, AND A MARTINI FOR THE RHINO Two conversations with Chancellor William J. Rewak, S.J.-who's just published his first collection …


The View From Ventress - 2013, University Of Mississippi. College Of Liberal Arts Jan 2013

The View From Ventress - 2013, University Of Mississippi. College Of Liberal Arts

Liberal Arts Newsletters

Cover Story: College Commits to Service


Mather Explains The Known And Unknown Universe, Aldemaro Romero Jr. Jan 2013

Mather Explains The Known And Unknown Universe, Aldemaro Romero Jr.

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.


Alsafeer Software For Teaching Computer Literacy, Zieb Rabie Alqahtani Jan 2013

Alsafeer Software For Teaching Computer Literacy, Zieb Rabie Alqahtani

EWU Masters Thesis Collection

No abstract provided.


Promoting The Affective Domain Within Online Education, Stephen Roche Jan 2013

Promoting The Affective Domain Within Online Education, Stephen Roche

CCAC Theses and Dissertations

In the past decade Higher Education Institutions have experienced tremendous growth in enrollments. To meet this demand, many higher education institutions have embraced online education and its requisite technologies. Online education has matured, and studies focusing on the cognitive domain indicate that distance education is as effective as the traditional face-to-face instructional modality. However, there is a scarcity of affective domain studies due to: a) the need for the institutions of higher education to perform quantitative studies to establish the quality of online education b) the affective domain's inherent subjective nature, and c) the educational research environment has slow recognition …


Fact Sheet, Yale University Office Of Institutional Research Jan 2013

Fact Sheet, Yale University Office Of Institutional Research

Fact Sheets

No abstract provided.


Patron-Driven Acquisition And Circulation At An Academic Library: Interaction Effects And Circulation Performance Of Print Books Acquired Via Librarians’ Orders, Approval Plans, And Patrons’ Interlibrary Loan Requests, David C. Tyler, Christina D. Falci, Joyce C. Melvin, Marylou Epp, Anita M. Kreps Jan 2013

Patron-Driven Acquisition And Circulation At An Academic Library: Interaction Effects And Circulation Performance Of Print Books Acquired Via Librarians’ Orders, Approval Plans, And Patrons’ Interlibrary Loan Requests, David C. Tyler, Christina D. Falci, Joyce C. Melvin, Marylou Epp, Anita M. Kreps

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

Numerous publications on patron-driven acquisition (PDA) for print books and similar materials have reported that patron-requested materials circulate more. Tying circulation to selector may be failing to address the complex of factors that contributes to items’ circulation. In the present study, the authors revisit a PDA program’s data and to determine whether PDA print books’ circulation advantage persists when the potential interactions of several additional variables are taken into account. As with prior studies, library patrons were significantly better predictors of circulation than were librarians or approval plans. However, librarians proved to be significantly better predictors than were approval plans.


The Update, August/September 2012, University Of Northern Iowa. College Of Humanities, Arts And Sciences. Aug 2012

The Update, August/September 2012, University Of Northern Iowa. College Of Humanities, Arts And Sciences.

Update

Inside this issue:

-- Art Making at the House of Hope
-- Department News
-- Annual Scholarship Benefit Concert: 120 Years: The Road to Excellence
-- Alumni Spotlight: Theatre: Sarah Noll Wilson
-- Student Spotlight, Department of Computer Science: Cody Bardell
-- UNI Undergrad EPSCoR Winning Finalist
-- Explorers of Religion
-- Physics in the Classroom: Alumni Spotlight, Science Education
-- School of Music Events
-- Music Professor Earns Award
-- Student Spotlight: Department of Communication Studies: Harrison Postler
-- Save the Date: Tackling Global Challenges in Sustainable Chemistry Using Transition Metal Catalysis
-- Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium


Ua56/1 Fact Book, Wku Institutional Research Jan 2012

Ua56/1 Fact Book, Wku Institutional Research

WKU Administration Documents

Statistical and demographic profile of WKU.


Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 54 Number 1, Summer 2012, Santa Clara University Jan 2012

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 54 Number 1, Summer 2012, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

14 - BELLA VITA By Ron Hansen M.a. '95. After 66 years, Professor Victor Vari is retiring. He's imparted to generations of Santa Clara students an understanding of Italian language and culture-and how to live a beautiful life.

18 - THE SPORTING LIFE By Ann Killion. From when women first arrived on the Mission Campus 50 years ago and athletics was a dirty word-to internationally known programs and penalty shots heard 'round the world.

20 - RESPECT THE GAME By Britt Yap. They've been national champs and the subject of dreams-may-cometrue movies. But in the beginning, they were women who …


Engaging The Humanities To Address Wildland Fire Issues, Fred Swanson, Nathaniel Brodie, Charles Goodrich Jan 2012

Engaging The Humanities To Address Wildland Fire Issues, Fred Swanson, Nathaniel Brodie, Charles Goodrich

Joint Fire Science Program Research Project Reports

This project examined existing programs and potential options for collaborations among the humanities, art, science, land management, and public concerning wildfire and wildfire policy and education. These programs and partnerships include creative residencies; conferences, workshops, and symposia; art-science collaborative field studies; and community programs and partnerships. We also reviewed how popular literature frames, reflects and has affected our cultural understanding of wildfire. Our analysis concludes that, compared to the richness of the subject of wildfire, compared to the way wildfire encapsulates all the complexities and controversies of culture, history, and ecology, wildfire’s potential as a literary subject remains largely unfulfilled. …


Fact Sheet, Yale University Office Of Institutional Research Jan 2012

Fact Sheet, Yale University Office Of Institutional Research

Fact Sheets

No abstract provided.


The View From Ventress - 2011, University Of Mississippi. College Of Liberal Arts Jul 2011

The View From Ventress - 2011, University Of Mississippi. College Of Liberal Arts

Liberal Arts Newsletters

Special Section: National Scholars, where are they now?


Statistical Reanalysis Of Jewish Priests’ And Non-Priests’ Haplotypes Using Exact Methods, Shlomo S. Sawilowsky Jun 2011

Statistical Reanalysis Of Jewish Priests’ And Non-Priests’ Haplotypes Using Exact Methods, Shlomo S. Sawilowsky

Theoretical and Behavioral Foundations of Education Faculty Publications

Researchers in an article appearing in Nature used asymptotic (i.e., large sample) chi-square tests in analyzing haplotypes of Y chromosomes using the polymerase chain reaction applied to genomic DNA from male Israeli, North American, and British Jews. The use of classical methods for analyzing extremely sparse contingency tables is frequently done, but with the advent of statistical software capable of conducting exact tests, researchers should certainly cease relying on outdated methods for small sample analyses. A reanalysis was conducted using modern statistical methods. Results and implications for using exact tests are discussed.


Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 52, Number 3, Winter 2010, Santa Clara University Jan 2011

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 52, Number 3, Winter 2010, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

14 - GOOD LIT By Alicia K. Gonzales '09 and Steven Boyd Saum. It's time to light 10 candles on the birthday cake for SCU's California Legacy Series. To date: 43 books, 500 radio broadcasts, and a handful of movies. What's next? Something big.

16 - SHAPING THE FUTURE by Adolfo Nicolas, S.J. What can Jesuit universities do-together-to make the world a more humane, just, and sustainable place? It starts with imagination, an unequaled global network, and a conference in Mexico City- where Jesuit Superior General Adolfo Nicolas takes stock of challenges to Jesuit higher education today.

24 - A …


Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 53 Number 1, Summer 2011, Santa Clara University Jan 2011

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 53 Number 1, Summer 2011, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

18 - WHAT DO INVESTORS REALLY WANT? By Meir Statman. A renowned behavioral finance expert reveals how our desires shape our actions when it comes to investing. (Hint: It's not just money that we're after.)

20 - LAW AT 100. A century of legal education at SCU. See snapshots from across the years-and look at the big picture of how the legal landscape has changed

22 - THE BIG IDEA!: Michael S. Malone '75, MBA '77 on Silicon Valley high tech gold and a brief history of intellectual property law.

24 - WOMEN'S WORK: Stephanie M. Wildman on jobs, the …


Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 53 Number 2, Fall 2011, Santa Clara University Jan 2011

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 53 Number 2, Fall 2011, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

18 - CHANGE THE WORLD. OR AT LEAST HOW YOU SEE IT. Edited by John Deever and Steven Boyd Saum. The U.S. Peace Corps turned 50 this year, with more than 340 Santa Clara grads (and faculty and staff) having served as volunteers over the years. A few of them recount their time in-country-and where it's taken them.

26 - HOW CAN YOU DEFEND THOSE PEOPLE? by Steven Boyd Saum. Public defenders on the Homicide Task Force in Chicago have heard that question time and again. Between them, Robert Strunck '76 and Crystal Marchigiani '78 have some 40 years on …


Ua56/1 Fact Book, Wku Institutional Research Jan 2011

Ua56/1 Fact Book, Wku Institutional Research

WKU Administration Documents

Statistical and demographic profile of WKU.