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A Study Of The Effectiveness Of Learning Communities At A Small Liberal Arts College, Paul Watkins

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of the learning community program at a small liberal arts college on educational outcomes as measured by differences in semester GPA between learning community participants and non-participants, as well as differences between types of learning communities, time of participation in learning communities, and the effect of demographic variables and prior attainment (converted SAT scores). Data was provided by a small liberal arts college on 294 participants. The sample was composed of 152 students who participated in a learning community and 142 who did not participate in a learning community for …

Potential Synergy: Rural School Districts And International Student Programs, Hope G. Casto, Alexandra Steinhauer, Pamela M. Pollock

The Rural Educator

Many rural school districts face declining enrollments. A few districts have taken the unusual path of recruiting international students in order to boost their enrollments. This study examines a community using this strategy and the resulting financial, academic, and social situations for the school, community, and students, both local and international. The program has two goals: to increase both enrollment and diversity in the school. The benefits and challenges are discussed in light of the social and academic spheres of the school experience. The future of the program is considered, especially in connection to community fears of school closure or …

Common Challenges Faced By Rural Principals: A Review Of The Literature, Jane P. Preston, Brittany A. E. Jakubiec, Robin Kooymans

The Rural Educator

Within this article, we thematically present common challenges associated with the role of the rural principal. In this literature review, we delimit our search to work published from 2003–2013. A limitation of this study is that it represents data predominantly from American, Canadian, and Australian rural settings, restricting a global applicability of results. Findings highlight that many rural principal candidates face a hiring disadvantage if they do not have a historical connection with the community advertising a position. Additional challenges include juggling diverse responsibilities, lack of professional development and resources, gender discrimination, and issues surrounding school accountability and change. This …

The Role Of School Leaders In Teacher Leadership Development, Marjorie C. Ringler, Debra O'Neal, Jana Rawls, Sheila Cumiskey

The Rural Educator

In rural eastern North Carolina, the rapid growth of English Learners (ELs) unintentionally makes mainstream classrooms sheltered instruction classrooms. Sheltered instruction is content-based instruction (CBI) where ELs acquire language while learning content. In addition to ELs, this region has a high number of Standard English Learners (SELs). SELs are native English speakers whose dialects are nonstandard and whose home languages differ structurally from academic English. A yearlong professional development used sheltered instruction to focus on academic language proficiency. A local university, two principals and 14 teachers partnered and participated in this weekly professional development. Data were analyzed using Guskey’s (2000) …

Environment Restoration Operations Monitoring Well Plug And Abandonment Plan And Well Construction Plan. Decommissioning Of Groundwater Monitoring Well Ta2-Sw1-320. Installation Of Groundwater Monitoring Wells Ta2-W-28, Cyn-Mw14, And Cyn-Mw15, Sandia National Laboratories/Nm

Environmental Restoration

The work plan discusses the installation of three replacement groundwater monitoring wells and the decommissioning of the groundwater monitoring well.

Nailing Down Arguments In Ancient Greece: A Gloss On The Logic Of Socrates And Aristotle Jim Elliott, Jim Elliott

The Purdue Historian

No abstract provided.

Meeting Minutes, Wku Graduate Council

Graduate School

Meeting minutes

The Observer, Central Washington University

Student Newspaper

Student newspaper for Central Washington University for November 14-20, 2013. Vol. 95, No. 7.

Chanticleer | November 14, 2013, Jacksonville State University

Chanticleer

No abstract provided.

The Santa Clara, 2013-11-14, Santa Clara University

The Santa Clara

No abstract provided.

Vol.41 N.16 November 14th 2013, Brown Publishing Company

Black Voice News

No abstract provided.

Sandspur, Vol 120, No 10, November 14, 2013, Rollins College

The Rollins Sandspur

Rollins College student newspaper, written by the students and published at Rollins College. The Sandspur started as a literary journal.

Faculty Council Minutes November 14, 2013, Bronx Community College Faculty Council

BCC Governance Archives

Minutes for the meeting of the Faculty Council on November 14, 2013.

Walgreens Bayside Business Forum To Focus On Disabilities In The Workplace, November 14, 2013, Tom Scherberger

USF St. Petersburg Campus News and Press Releases

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 89, No. 23, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Koch, Cameron. Provost Gordon Emslie Discusses Priority Registration
• Parker, Jacob. Five Reports of Slashed Tires in Two Weeks
• French, Jackson. Italian Language Courses Returning for Spring Semester
• Mathews, Mackenzie. A Topper’s Best Friend – CanDoo, Therapy Dogs
• Bratcher, Nick. The Disappearance of November
• Kriz, Lindsay. Why I Stopped Pining for the One
• Boyd, Kayla. Students Run Bingocize Class – Jason Crandall, Kinesiology
• Parker, Jacob. Red Line Bus Driver Will Always Be a Farmer at Heart – Willard Montgomery
• Who Ya Gonna Call? – Western Kentucky Ghostbusters
• Lorance, Lauren. Eclectic …

November 14, 2013, James Madison University

The Breeze, 2010-2019

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Rebecca Walker, Author Of ‘Adé: A Love Story,’ To Speak Nov. 21 At Cal Poly, Public Affairs Office

Press Releases

No abstract provided.

The Setonian, November 14, 2013, Seton Hall University

2013

No abstract provided.

Western News, Nov. 14, 2013, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: University to celebrate MLK’s 1963 visit, talk; WMU named ‘Best for Vets’ for fourth consecutive year; New director named to head Michigan Geological Survey; On Campus with Trent Hines.

Blog Post, Explore And Get Lost, 'Burg Blogs, November 14, 2013, Carmela Zabala

USF St. Petersburg Campus News and Press Releases

No abstract provided.

Graduate Faculty Committee, Wku Graduate Council

Graduate School

Membership of Graduate Committee.

Unintended Consequences Of Cigarette Taxation And Regulation, Angela Hawken, Jonathan D. Kulick, James Prieger

School of Public Policy Working Papers

Tobacco smoking harms health. Taxes and regulations can reduce that harm. But evasion reduces the efficacy of taxes and regulations and creates harms of its own in the form of illicit markets. Enforcement can reduce evasion but creates additional harms, including incarceration and violence. Peter Reu-ter has pointed out that a flat ban on cigarettes would be likely to generate illicit-market harms similar to the harms of existing illicit drug markets. Taxes and regulations can be thought of as “lesser prohibitions,” subject to the same sorts of risks. Minimizing total harm means minimizing the sum of abuse harms and control …

The Primacy Of Context: An Exploration Into The Causes Of Food Insecurity In Kitere, Kenya., William O. Aludo

Capstone Collection

The purpose of this study was to explore the specific reasons why households in Kitere village, Kenya experience persistent food insecurity every year while the region enjoys the advantage of two planting/harvest seasons in a year. Kitere village lies within the lakeside region of Nyanza Province in Kenya, generally considered to be one of the more agriculturally productive parts of the country. The Participatory Rural Appraisal method was employed to gather qualitative data on the causes of food insecurity in Kitere village. The data sources were focus groups and a self-administered, one-time survey of random and non-random samples of key …

Health Care From A Dominican Perspective: Who Do We Really Care About, Bro. Ignatius Perkins, O.P.

Faculty Conference Presentations

Presented at Ohio Dominican University, Columbus, Ohio, November 14, 2013.

The Weekly Challenger, November 14, 2013, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The November 14, 2013, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

Flyer News, Vol. 61, No. 12 (Nov. 14, 2013), University Of Dayton

Flyer News

Student-run newspaper of the University of Dayton.

Minutes, Juvenile Welfare Board, November 14, 2013, Brian Aungst

Juvenile Welfare Board Agendas, Minutes, and Historical Audits

Minutes from the November 14, 2013, meeting of the Juvenile Welfare Board. Attached as supplemental files are an agenda, previous meetings' minutes, and documents to review before the meeting.

Daily Eastern News: November 14, 2013, Eastern Illinois University

November

No abstract provided.

The Pan American (2013-11-14), Norma Gonzalez, Lea Victoria Juarez

UTPA Archives - The Pan American Newspaper

Vol. 70, No. 12

A Balanced Literacy Approach To The Classroom, Kayleigh M. Siaulys Mrs.

Senior Honors Theses

In recent years, educators and researchers have become conflicted and outwardly concerned over low language arts test scores. Students from various backgrounds with different learning styles are not reaching literacy and language arts goals of the 21^st century. To fix this present conflict, a new system has been formulated, officially known as the balanced literacy approach. This system incorporates all necessary elements to learn the English language appropriately by combining two or more approaches into the curriculum. Using these various approaches collectively, students will have the opportunity to learn the structure of the English language and will receive instruction …