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Transformed Through Relationship: Faculty And Community Partners Give Voice To The Power Of Partnerships, Seanna M. Kerrigan, Vicki L. Reitenauer

PRISM: A Journal of Regional Engagement

Since the 1990s hundreds of institutions of higher education have engaged in processes to develop community-university partnerships in order to develop community-based learning program that enhance student learning and strengthen our communities. These partnerships are built upon ideals of reciprocity and synergy yet they have frequently lacked rich qualitative assessment to describe the nature of these relationships, the roles played in these relationships, and the impact that these partnerships have on students, faculty, and the community partners. This study engaged 10 faculty and their corresponding community partners to document the practices of these partnerships and the impact that they had …

United By Language, Literacy And Learning: Creating Spaces In Schools To Support Refugee Literacy, Loshini Naidoo Dr

PRISM: A Journal of Regional Engagement

This paper discusses the Refugee Action Support program, which is a program of literacy support for newly arrived refugee high school students in Australia. There is a growing body of evidence to suggest that while some refugee students do achieve success in schools, many refugee students arriving in Australia under the humanitarian program fail to attain a level of education that will give them access to and allow them to participate in tertiary education. Severe disruptions to education are a consistent feature for these students making current levels of support inadequate to meet the needs of refugee background students who …

Equity In International Experiential Learning: Assessing Benefits To Students And Host Communities, Erika D. Nelson, Thomas Klak

PRISM: A Journal of Regional Engagement

This research uses participant observation and other qualitative methods to evaluate whether faculty-led short-term study abroad programs can successfully carry out responsible ‘fair trade’, and thereby substantially benefit not only students but also the host communities. The research draws insights by comparing two experiential learning courses taught in South Africa and Dominica. Results suggest that students benefit in various transformative ways in both courses, by applying sustainability and development studies concepts to real-life service and hands-on learning in cross-cultural situations. The Dominica course yields more host community benefits, however, because of the instructors’ long-term commitments to reciprocal partnerships and equitable …

The Academic And Social Benefits For Preservice Teachers Working With Children And Families Of Promise, Diana Brannon, Linda Dauksas

PRISM: A Journal of Regional Engagement

The Parents as Reading Teachers Nightly Encouraging Reading Success (PARTNERS) program provided preservice teachers service-learning field experiences working with families and children of promise. The PARTNERS program utilized preservice teachers to provide families dialogic reading training designed to increase children’s oral language skills and family literacy interactions. This service-learning partnership provided powerful field experiences for the pre-service teachers involved. Preservice teachers were provided regular interactions with families and children of promise. This resulted in preservice teachers having an increased understanding of families of promise, a sense of empowerment, and helped preservice teachers realize their potential to be change agents in …

Promoting Student Engagement: Using Community Service-Learning Projects In Undergraduate Psychology, Rick Harnish, K. Robert Bridges

PRISM: A Journal of Regional Engagement

In this article, we present a novel way to integrate psychological theories and research methods by engaging undergraduate psychology students in service-learning projects. Our goal for the course was to bring to life theories and research methods that students often regard as academic rather than practical. We describe the different projects conducted with several community partners over the course of seven years. Students reported high satisfaction with the course as compared to similar courses that do not have a service-learning component. Additionally, students performed better (as measured by final grades) in the course that had a service-learning component. We discuss …

Cal Poly Fall 2012 Commencement Set For Dec. 8, Public Affairs Office

Press Releases

No abstract provided.

Plan Colombia And Beyond: Pastrana To Santos (2000 To 2012), Jonathan D. Rosen

Open Access Dissertations

This dissertation analyzes the formation, implementation, and evolution of Plan Colombia from 2000 to 2012. This work is an examination of U.S. foreign policy towards Colombia and uses theories and methods from International Relations Theory and Comparative Politics. This project answers the following questions: 1) Why did the U.S. pass Plan Colombia after de-ceritifying the country three years in a row; 2) What was Plan Colombia for Pastrana, and what was Plan Colombia for Clinton; 3) How did the goals of Plan Colombia change after the events of 9/11 and the inauguration of Alvaro Uribe; 4) Has Plan Colombia achieved …

Faculty Intent To Stay And The Perceived Relationship With Supervisor At A Career-Focused University, Gary A. Markowitz

Open Access Dissertations

The relationship between faculty members’ perceptions of the quality of the faculty-administrator relationship, and faculty intent to stay at one’s institution was examined at a Florida-based, multi-campus, non-profit, career-focused university. The pool of potential participants included the total population of 1,085 full-time and part-time campus-based undergraduate and graduate faculty. Survey instruments included: Leader-Member Exchange Version 7 (LMX-7) Questionnaire (faculty-administrator relationship); Price and Mueller’s (1986) Measure of Turnover Intent (Intent to Stay); Mowday, Steers and Porter’s (1979) Measure of Organizational Commitment as adopted by Daly and Dee (2006); and Heneman and Schwab’s (1985) Pay Satisfaction Questionnaire as adopted by Neumann & …

Students Give A Slamming Performance, Kaleigh Wilson

Featured News Story

Student-Poets Compete in Biggest Ever RWU Poetry Slam.

Amy Leh Cd Spring 2011, Amy Leh

Innovative Course Redesign Grant Reports

Supports faculty to redesign or develop a course in ways that implement high-impact, evidence-based, and/or innovative teaching strategies to improve student learning.

The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 3 Issue 11, Wofford College Environmental Studies Program

The Fierce Green Fire

No abstract provided.

Chanticleer | Vol 61, Issue 13, Jacksonville State University

Chanticleer

No abstract provided.

Nonparametric Inference For Meta Analysis With Fixed Unknown, Study-Specific Parameters, Brian Claggett, Minge Xie, Lu Tian

Harvard University Biostatistics Working Paper Series

No abstract provided.

11-29-2012 Public Invited To Swosu Surplus Auction, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2012

Southwestern Oklahoma State University has scheduled a surplus property auction on Saturday, December 8, beginning at 9 a.m. on the Weatherford campus. The public is invited to attend.

11-29-2012 Brain And Addiction Posters Scheduled For Display At Swosu, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2012

Biology majors in the Senior Seminar course at Southwestern Oklahoma State University will present posters this Monday through Wednesday, December 3-5, on the Weatherford campus.

2012-11-29 Library Impact Statement For Neu 591 Independent Study In Neuroscience (Laboratory), Joanna Burkhardt

Library Impact Statements

This is the Library impact statement for NEU 591 Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program. No new resources are required to support this course.

Scis News 11/29/2012, Slutzker Center For International Services

Newsletters from Slutzker Center for International Services - SCIS News

Getting ready for winter weather.

Ucc Minutes November 29, 2012, Kutztown University Curriculum Committee

UCC Minutes

No abstract provided.

Assessment Of Student Learning Minutes 11/29/2012, Assessment Of Student Learning Committee

Assessment of Student Learning Minutes (Inactive)

No abstract provided.

Finance Minutes 11/29/2012, Finance Committee

Finance Committee

No abstract provided.

Individuals Institutions Religious Freedom Poster Individuals, Institutions And Religious Freedom, November 29, 2012, Richard W. Garnett

NDLS in the News

The BOISI CENTER for RELIGION and AMERICAN PUBLIC LIFE lecture.

Gsu View, 2012-11-29, Office Of Marketing And Communications

GSU View

Newsletter published by Governors State University 2007-current.

Cwu Academic Affairs Committee Minutes - 11/29/12, Janet Shields

All Faculty Committee Minutes

These are the official Central Washington University Academic Affairs Committee minutes for the 11/29/12 meeting.

The Chicago Community Trust Renews Grant For ‘One More Night’ Series, Office Of Marketing And Communications

Press Releases

For the second straight year, The Chicago Community Trust has awarded a $50,000 grant to Governors State University Center for Performing Arts. The grant will be used to support GSU Center’s “One More Night” series, which brings the best in Chicago-area live performance to local audiences in the Southland region served by Governors State University.

Under the terms of the grant, the Center for Performing Arts will introduce its audiences to Chicago-based theater, dance, and musical ensemble companies and develop new audiences through collaboration with diverse arts organizations. “One More Night” is designed to increase attendance from underserved communities, increase …

2012-2013 Dean's Showcase No. 1, Douglas Devries, Rafael Monge-Zuniga, Carlos Ortega, Heqing Huang, Kelley Barnett, Giorgi Chkhikvadze, Svetlana Kosakovskaya, Yasa Poletaeva, Jesse Yukimura, Natalie Ardasevova, Joshua Devries, Zhen Yang Yu, Darren Matias

Dean's Showcase

No abstract provided.

Commonwealth Times 2012-11-29

Commonwealth Times, 1969-

No abstract provided.

Spartan Daily November 29, 2012, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 139, Issue 47

Deafdigest: Deaf Sports News November 29, 2012, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Sports 2012

No abstract provided.

Western News, Nov. 29, 2012, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: MCC, WMU launch enrollment agreement; WMU one of 14 U.S. schools selected for Brazilian initiative; December service awards; On Campus with Carol Morris-Mier.

The Good 5 Cent Cigar (11/29/2012), University Of Rhode Island

The Good 5 Cent Cigar (Student Newspaper Archives)

This is a digitized, downloadable version of the University of Rhode Island school newspaper.