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Retaining Exploring Students: A Comparison Study Of Decided And Undecided College Students, Betty D. Dennis

Dissertations

U.S. four-year institutions graduate fewer than 50% of its first-time, full-time, degree-seeking students within six years Today, improving college student retention and graduation rates is a primary focus of higher education nationwide. Scholars have found that students who enter college undecided and are still exploring majors need a great deal of support to be retained. Research has also demonstrated that between 20% and 50% of entering freshmen have not selected a major course of study and that colleges and universities are concerned these students are at a higher risk of leaving the institution. What is unclear is whether selecting a …

Dialogue: December 2007, Staff And Writers Of Dialogue

Dialogue

The History Issue

02 Elizabeth Oliver, Editor's Note; 04 Kristofer Nivens, Life Again in the Province; 05 Kevin Buist, mountaineers: lake at night; 06 Anna M. Fongers, An Interview with Bob Daining; 07 Natalie Palacios, Sideways; 08 Ben Buursma, The Ithacan Press; 09 amy elise, the storm; 10 J Eizenga, A Scientific Discovery in Three or Four Parts; 12 Austin Hakes, The Truth About Darfur (And What You Can't Do About It); 14 Tamara Verhelle, The LuminoLU Bituminoud; 16 Jeffrey Knol, A short history of us; 17 John Van …

“Changing Relationships With Wilderness: A New Focus For Research And Stewardship, William T. Borrie, Robert G. Dvorak

Society and Conservation Faculty Publications

Wilderness managers strive to provide quality recreation experiences. Because of this commitment, a need exists to further incorporate experiential aspects into current planning and management frameworks. This article suggests a focus on relationships with wilderness, moving beyond the examination of single transactions with a setting toward a consideration of the dynamic engagements visitors accumulate with wilderness over time. Understanding these relationships relative to social and cultural change may allow managers to incorporate diverse meanings into management planning and provide better protection of wilderness character

Monitoring Old Growth In Frequent-Fire Landscapes, Carl E. Fiedler, Peter Friederici, Mark Petruncio

Forest Management Faculty Publications

In this article, we discuss how to monitor the structural and functional attributes of old growth, as well as its associated plant communities and wildlife, both to determine the possible need for treatment and to assess post-treatment progress toward desired conditions. Monitoring can be used to detect conditions (or agents) that threaten existing old growth and also to document indicators of healthy, functioning old-growth systems.

Managing For Old Growth In Frequent-Fire Landscapes, Carl E. Fiedler, Peter Friederici, Mark Petruncio, Charles Denton, W. David Hacker

Forest Management Faculty Publications

There is no one-size-fits-all approach to managing frequent-fire, old-growth forests. However, there are general guidelines to follow: 1) set objectives for both structure (tree density, diameter distribution, tree species composition, spatial arrangement, amount of coarse woody debris) and function (nutrient cycling, desired tree species regeneration); 2) prioritize treatments according to ecological, economic, and social needs and risks; 3) identify the potential treatments (natural fire, prescribed fire, silvicultural cutting) that best meet the objectives and scale of the project; and 4) implement the treatment (s). We discuss each of these guidelines in this article.

National Standards And Role Advancement In U.S. Community Foundations, Michael Wolfe

Student Scholarship

Community foundations administer over $44 billion and distribute $3.6 billion annually to improve quality of life throughout America. The Council on Foundations, a nationwide membership association of grantmaking organizations of all types, developed rigorous, but voluntary, "National Standards for U.S. Community Foundations" in 2000. In light of increased public scrutiny of charitable organizations, standards were developed to define and distinguish community foundations from other philanthropic vehicles and to aid them in establishing legal, ethical and effective operational practices that demonstrate transparency and financial responsibility. In addition, the Standards were conceived to promote self-regulation in a manner viewed positively by policy …

Australia's School Funding System, Andrew Dowling

Program monitoring and evaluation

Australian governments spend over $30 billion on primary and secondary schools each year.1 Yet the process of school funding, including the way in which amounts are calculated, distributed and reported upon, is unavailable not only to the wider public but to some extent even to those working in education. Although Australia’s total spending on schools is small by international standards (given the size of its population), it is significant enough to warrant a more transparent process.

The Disneyfication Of New Orleans: The French Quarter As Facade In A Divided City, J. Mark Souther

History Faculty Publications

The article discusses the development of New Orleans, Louisiana as a tourist attraction. The author suggests that Hurricane Katrina allowed the public to perceive racial and economic divisions in New Orleans. He suggests the French Quarter of New Orleans was developed for tourism due to its historic architecture. An attempt to attract military bases to the region during World War II failed due to the labor market and competition, leading to a focus on tourism. The author compares the city's appearance to that of Disneyland and suggests urban renewal relocated African Americans to ensure the development of the French Quarter.

Frontier Settlement And Community Development In Richardson, Burt, And Platte Counties, Nebraska, 1854–1870, Nicholas Joseph Aieta

Department of History: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

The Nebraska Territory was established in 1854. Consisting of lands that encompass modern-day Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, and parts of Montana, the region was quite extensive. Originally, this land was part of the Louisiana Purchase, and some of the land had been reserved for Native American relocation following various treaties of the 1830s and 1840s. As pressures mounted to open the land for white settlement, both Nebraska and Kansas were established as territories in 1854.

The objective of this research is to examine the foundations of community in Nebraska Territory during the years 1854-1870. Specifically, this dissertation …

On A Class Of Backward Mckean-Vlasov Stochastic Equations In Hilbert Space: Existence And Convergence Properties, Nazim I. Mahmudov, Mark A. Mckibben

Mathematics Faculty Publications

This investigation is devoted to the study of a class of abstract first-order backward McKean-Vlasov stochastic evolution equations in a Hilbert space. Results concerning the existence and uniqueness of solutions and the convergence of an approximating sequence of solutions (and corresponding probability measures) are established. Examples that illustrate the abstract theory are also provided.

National Athletic Trainers’ Association Position Statement: Management Of The Athlete With Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus, Carolyn C. Jimenez, Matthew H. Corcoran, James T. Crawley, W. Guyton Hornsby, Jr., Kimberly S. Peer, Rick D. Philbin, Michael C. Riddell

Sports Medicine Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Counterintuitive Thoughts On Legal Scholarship And Secured Transactions, Heather Hughes

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.

Bridgewater Review, Vol. 26, No. 2, December 2007

Bridgewater Review

No abstract provided.

Faculty Profile: Jodie Drapal Kluver And Non-Profit Consulting, Michael Kryzanek

Bridgewater Review

No abstract provided.

Legacy - December 2007, South Carolina Institute Of Archaeology And Anthropology--University Of South Carolina

SCIAA Magazine - Legacy & PastWatch

Contents:

Draught Triggers Archaeology at Dry Lake Beds.....p. 1
Director’s Note.....p. 2
SCIAA Offers Postdoctoral Position.....p. 3
Conference on Southeastern Colonial Frontiers.....p. 3
Collaboration with USC’s Department of Geology.....p. 6
SCIAA’s Maritime Research Division Web Site Available.....p. 9
German Stonewares from Colonial Sites.....p. 10
New Book: Ceramics in America.....p. 13
New Thoughts on Old Pottery.....p. 14
Late Holocene Taquara/Itareare Culture in Argentina.....p. 16
R. L. Stephenson Fund.....p. 17
SCIAA/ART Donors 2006-2007.....p. 18
34th Annual Conference on South Carolina Archaeology.....p. 20

Judicial Decision Making In The Supreme Court Of Canada: Updating The Personal Attribute Model, Donald R. Songer, Susan W. Johnson

Faculty Publications

This study seeks to add to the current understanding of the political nature of the Supreme Court of Canada. We analyze a data set consisting of all nonunanimous published Supreme Court decisions for the period 1949 to 2000. A prior study by Tate and Sittiwong (1989) suggested a model of judge attributes for the period 1949 to 1985. We build on that analysis by extending the time period to 2000, which allows the impact of gender also to be assessed. We find that since the Court gained substantial docket control, the types of cases the Court hears has changed from …

Drought Triggers Archaeology At Santee Cooper's Dry Lake Beds, Jonathan Leader

Faculty & Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Tribal College Culture-Based Education Impacts American Indian Students In North America, Loann Nelson

Theses and Dissertations

Life Circle Tribal College (a pseudonym), as other tribal colleges, claims its purpose for existence is to help increase American Indians' access to affordable and culturally relevant vocational and academic postsecondary education. This study sought to answer the following questions: (1) How did students and staff at Life Circle Tribal College perceive Life Circle Tribal College as fulfilling the cultural portion of its mission? (2) What impact did students and staff feel the culture-based education approach used at Life Circle Tribal College had on students' lives in their educational pursuits at the tribal college, in their current and future relationships …

Cistercian Nuns In Medieval England: The Gendering Of Geographic Marginalization, Elizabeth Freeman

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.

Child Welfare's Paradox, Dorothy E. Roberts

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.

Twenty Professionals Selected For Pinnacle Class Of 2008

Georgia Library Quarterly

The article lists the selected participants for PINNACLE, the Public Library Institute for New and Creative Leadership Education, a new training program run by Georgia Public Library Service. The Carl Vinson Institute of Government helped design the curriculum and will lead the training.

Five New Staff Members Join Georgia Southwestern State

Georgia Library Quarterly

The article lists the five new library hires at Georgia Southwestern State.

Review: Down Town, Patrice Prevost

Georgia Library Quarterly

Review of the novel "Down Town," by Ferrol Sams.

Pattern Analysis Of Microtubule-Polymerizing And -Depolymerizing Agent Combinations As Cancer Chemotherapies, Carol A. Heckman, S. O. Uppal, Y. Li, E. Wendt, M. L. Cayer, J. Barnes, D. Conway, N. Boudreau

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Subcellular distribution of mass can be analyzed by a technique that involves culturing cells on interferometers and digitizing their interference contours. Contour sampling resulted in 102 variables per cell, which were predictors of oncogenic transformation. Cell phenotypes can be deconstructed by use of latent factors, which represent the covariance of the real variables. The reversal of the cancertype phenotype by a combination of microtubule- stabilizing and -depolymerizing agents was described previously. The implications of these results have been explored by clinicians who treated patients with the combination of docetaxel and vinorelbine (Navelbine®). The current study was performed to determine the …

Acl Deficiency Affects Stride-To-Stride Variability As Measured Using Nonlinear Methodology, Constantina O. Moraiti, Nikolaos Stergiou, Stavros Ristanis, Anastasios D. Georgoulis

Journal Articles

Previous studies suggested that the small fluctuations present in movement patterns from one stride to the next during walking can be useful in the investigation of various pathological conditions. Previous studies using nonlinear measures have resulted in the development of the “loss of complexity hypothesis” which states that disease can affect the variability and decrease the complexity of a system, rendering it less able to adjust to the ever changing environmental demands. The nonlinear measure of the Lyapunov Exponent (LyE) has already been used for the assessment of stride-to-stride variability in the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) deficient knee in comparison …

Ann Arbor Community Clinic, Madhu S. R. Burujukindi

Masters Theses & Doctoral Dissertations

A Database is a collection of information organized in such a way that a computer program can select desired pieces of data; Database is simply called as a electronic filing system. As the collection of data is going high and high the importance of databases is increasing enormously with in no time. The time has come that each and every small organization need to develop a database. One of the important organizations where database plays a very important role is the health care industries. Health care is directly related to the health of the people, who are the most important …

Do Green Buildings Influence People's Lifestyle Decisions And Support For Environmental Policy?, Amanda L. Popken

Public Affairs Theses - Archive

This thesis explores the possibility that experience with green buildings influences peoples' behavior in ways that help bridge the gap between, on one hand, public concern for the natural environment and on the other hand, willingness to adopt sustainable lifestyles and support pro-environmental policies. The study utilizes research on factors that influence behavior to construct a theoretical model in which these factors might be influenced by a person's experience in a green building. The study explores two specific possibilities of behavioral change: people may change their consumption habits to reflect a more sustainable lifestyle; people may change their political behavior …

Review: Higher Education In The Internet Age, Rachel A. Schipper

Georgia Library Quarterly

Review of the non-fiction book "Higher Education in the Internet Age," by Patricia Senn Breivik and E. Gordon Gee.

Kimberly A. Loprete, Adela Of Blois: Countess And Lord (C.1067-1137). Four Courts Press, 2007, Kirsten A. Fenton

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.

Hiv/Aids Policies In The United States And The United Kingdom: Emerging At-Risk Groups And The Struggle For Limited Resources, Jennifer Lorren Willis

Masters Theses

This thesis compares the HIV/ AIDS policies in the United States of America and the United Kingdom since the emergence of the virus in 1981. Despite a privatized health care system in the U.S. and the universal system in the UK, which lie on opposite ends of the policy care spectrum, similar populations have recently emerged as those most in need of health care services, preventative programs, and financial assistance. This thesis employs several quantitative and qualitative data to highlight the emergence of women and minorities in both nations as those that are most in need of resources. Data has …