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Economics Newsletter - April 2020, Raj Soin College Of Business, Wright State University

Economics Newsletters

As five page newsletter from the Department of Economics at Wright State University documenting the current affairs of the department.

My News, Georgia Southern University

My News (2014-2020)

• President Kyle Marrero addresses Eagle Nation
• Census 2020: Eagles Count
• 40 under 40 nominations close today
• Summer TAP deadline set for April 15
• Armstrong Campus alumna lends helping hand to create masks for health care workers
• Georgia Southern faculty experts: turn your COVID-19 panic into a plan
• Georgia Southern moves more than 5,000 classes online, professors offer creative solutions for remote learning
• How a goat named Moonpie is helping social needs students to socialize
• Georgia Southern's Armstrong Campus lights up the small screen on NBC's drama "Council of Dads"
• Georgia Southern engineering students forge customized metal 3D printer
• Need public …

Law School News: F.A.Q.: Covid-19 And Rwu Law, Roger Williams University School Of Law

Life of the Law School (1993- )

No abstract provided.

Faculty Knowledge And Skills Development: A Review For Nurse Educators, Matthew S. Howard, Danielle Perkins Manning

Nursing Education Research Conference (NERC)

This presentation will include information on an asynchronous learner-paced educational activity aimed to support academic nurse educators in their quest for knowledge. Mapped to all major content areas for the Certified Nurse Educator (CNE) credentialing examination, this six-course program is engaging, featuring interactive practice scenarios, knowledge checks, and downloadable resources.

Information Seeking Behavior And User Pattern In Library By Faculties Of Engineering Colleges In South Tamil Nadu- A Study, Dr.P.Balasubramanian Subramanian Bala Subramanian, A Vanitha

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Engineers who are faculty members in engineering colleges now-a-days require not only adequate technological ability and problem solving skills, but also the necessary skills live active co-operation, effective communication and presentation, along with business ethics and inter-personal relationship. At present, engineering colleges have in common an additional responsibility properly provide excellent opportunities to every engineering student to properly utilize the technological knowledge.

The study was conducted with the help of a well structured, close-ended questionnaire. The respondents were selected on the basis of stratified random sampling method form the four southern districts of Tamil Nadu at the rate of 140 …

Graduate Occupational Therapy Students & Information Literacy: Does A Research Consultation Increase Information Literacy Skills While Lowering Library Anxiety?, Mary C. Rickelman, Christine Moghimi

Transforming Libraries for Graduate Students

In today’s academic environment, students equipped with self-regulated learning and information literacy skills have an excellent opportunity for professional success, given our current information-based practices in health care. Information literacy instruction provided to students early in their coursework will aide them in acquiring competency for the remainder of their studies, especially scholarly projects. Along with information literacy issues, library anxiety has been identified in the literature as a contributing factor to poor academic performance in students. The purpose of this study was to explore components of library anxiety, if present, as well as to help students become more comfortable and …

The California Faculty Association: Keeping Racial And Economic Justice At The Forefront, Jennifer Eagan

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

Remarks made at the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions California Conference at California State University, Long Beach, CA on December 6, 2019.

What Is "Data"? Collaborations Between Special Collections And Research Data Services, Isaac Williams, Priscilla Escobedo, Peace Ossom-Williamson

UTA Libraries Staff Publications - Archive

The Dallas Death Map Project originated from a collection of death information built by a Special Collections Archivist at The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) who compiled the data using death certificates, newspaper articles and obituaries, and other historical resources. Through a collaboration with this archivist and UTA's Data Visualization Librarian, this record was visualized as a publicly-accessible, browsable map that can help researchers answer questions about historical disease, death, and Dallas. The Dallas Death Map provides an interactive display of deaths from 1915-1920. What is also noteworthy is that this collaboration between Special Collections and Research Data Services …

2020 March 10, Faculty Senate Minutes, State University Of New York At Cortland

Minutes

Faculty Senate Minutes, March 10, 2020

Call for Nominations – Fall 2019 with Remaining Vacancies

Faculty Senate Senator Seats and FS Committees

Multiculturalism And Diversity Issues In Applied Behavior Analysis, Brian M. Conners

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

The topic of training in diversity and multiculturalism in the field of applied behavior analysis (ABA) has only been discussed within recent years. Minimal research has examined this topic particularly within the scope of training at the graduate level in higher education. Therefore, this paper focuses on examining full time ABA faculty perceptions of multiculturalism and diversity training within their own graduate programs. Furthermore, this paper also presents a call to action related to diversity issues in the field of ABA in terms of graduate students and graduate preparation training and curriculum.

In Our Own Words: Institutional Betrayals, Reshmi Dutt-Ballerstadt

Faculty Publications

When Dr. Reshmi Dutt-Ballerstadt, professor of English at Linfield College, asked a large group of underrepresented faculty members why they left their higher education institutions, they told her the real reasons for their departures — those that climate surveys don't capture.

This essay originally appeared as part of Conditionally Accepted, a career advice blog for Inside Higher Ed providing news, information, personal stories, and resources for scholars who are, at best, conditionally accepted in academe. Conditionally Accepted is an anti-racist, pro-feminist, pro-queer, anti-transphobic, anti-fatphobic, anti-ableist, anti-ageist, anti-classist, and anti-xenophobic online community.

Authors, Book Lovers Converge At 27th Oxford Conference For The Book, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

Blog Posts

Free public annual event set for April 1-3 Written By Rebecca Lauck Cleary OXFORD, Miss. Ernest Hemingway said, "There is no friend as loyal as a book." Along those lines, both book lovers and friends are set to converge April 1-3 in Oxford for the 27th Oxford Conference for the Book.

2020 March 3, Faculty Senate Minutes, State University Of New York At Cortland

Minutes

Faculty Senate Minutes, March 3, 2020

Suggested Updates to Chair/Vice Chair/Secretary Roles

2020 March 3, Faculty Senate Minutes, State University Of New York At Cortland

Minutes

Faculty Senate Minutes, March 3, 2020

Suggested Updates to Chair/Vice Chair/Secretary Roles

Academic Year 2019-2020 Faculty Excellence Showcase, Afit Graduate School Of Engineering & Management, Graduate School Of Engineering And Management, Air Force Institute Of Technology

AFIT Documents

An excerpt from the Dean's Message:

There is no place like the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT). There is no academic group like AFIT’s Graduate School of Engineering and Management. Although we run an educational institution similar to many other institutions of higher learning, we are different and unique because of our defense-focused graduate-research-based academic programs. Our programs are designed to be relevant and responsive to national defense needs. Our programs are aligned with the prevailing priorities of the US Air Force and the US Department of Defense. Our faculty team has the requisite critical mass of service-tested faculty …

Code-Switching Among African American Male Faculty Regarding Recruitment, Advancement, And Retention At Predominantly White Institutions, Shatisha Hibbler

CUP Ed.D. Dissertations

The lack of diversity in leadership roles at predominantly White institutions (PWIs) of higher education has been a concern often addressed in the strategic plans at these institutions. Exploring how African American male faculty members perceive code-switching as a strategy to address this gap in representation was the purpose of this study. A qualitative research design was used to gain an understanding of how code-switching uses the structure of language to obtain access to advancement opportunities. Results from the study show that although African American men have varying views on how to use language within the workplace setting, the majority …

Looking Ahead To The Future Of The South, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

Blog Posts

Movement and Migration SouthTalks begin Feb. 20 Although the year 2020 seems futuristic in and of itself, faculty at the Center for the Study of Southern Culture are looking beyond the present with a scholarly eye to the next 20 years and more. The Future of the South initiative focuses on the contemporary region and shapes conversations about how it will evolve using innovative approaches to studying the South within the context of the nation, hemisphere, and the globe.

5 Upcoming Southtalks Focus On Movement And Migration, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

Blog Posts

Five upcoming SouthTalks are part of the movement and migration series. All take place in the Tupelo Room of Barnard Observatory. "We have designed the Center's Future of the South Initiative to spotlight contemporary issues, but ones that have both deep roots in the region and the power to shape what life will be like here for years to come," said Katie McKee, the center's director.

2020 February 11, Faculty Senate Minutes, State University Of New York At Cortland

Minutes

Faculty Senate Minutes, February 11, 2020

Call for Nominations – Fall 2019 with Remaining Vacancies

Faculty Senate Senator Seats and FS Committees

2020 February 11, Faculty Senate Minutes, State University Of New York At Cortland

Minutes

Faculty Senate Minutes, February 11, 2020

Call for Nominations – Fall 2019 with Remaining Vacancies

Faculty Senate Senator Seats and FS Committees

An Analysis Of Campus Services For International Students At Institutions In The Midwest, Sylvia Miriyam Findlay

Theses and Dissertations

Higher education campuses are becoming ethnoculturally diverse with the influx of international students from various parts of the world and must modify their international student recruitment and enrollment strategies in response to this trend. The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions of student affairs personnel to campus services for international students by comparing what should be provided to what is being offered. The study also attempts to identify the gap in their perceptions. Services identified in the literature were examined using the Briggs and Ammigan (2017) collaborative programming and outreach model, which combined concepts of student engagement …

Final Project Report, David Noyce, Yu (Fred) Song

CTEDD Final Project Reports - Archive

No abstract provided.

Factors Influencing Publication Rates Among Counselor Educators, Sean Newhart, Patrick R. Mullen, Ashley J. Blount, W. Bryce Hagedorn

Teaching and Supervision in Counseling

Factors influencing publication rates were examined among a simple random sample of 257 counselor educators. The factors of: a) gender, b) experience as a counselor educator, c) faculty rank, and d) working in a research institution predicted peer-reviewed publication rates in the counselor educator sample, with a large effect size. Additional results, limitations of the investigation, areas for future research, and implications for counselor educators are discussed.

The Faculty Members And Research Scholars Attain Academic And Research Thoughts By Accessing Electronic Information In The Universities Of Kerala, India, C. Baskaran -

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study analyses the survey was undertaken among the academic community, they have been utilized Electronic Resources by the respondents from selected State Universities of Kerala, India. The analysis attempt to know the awareness of UGC-INFONET, purposes of use UGC-INFONET consortium resources, level of satisfaction, preference given to download the full text articles, use of databases and respondents observed constraints, barriers and limitations while access the UGC-INFONET services offered in the Select State Universities of Kerala. The respondents of the study were 421 from selected State Universities in Kerala State, India. The Respondents categorize include Teaching faculty, Research Scholars and …

Dynamical Role Of Pivotal Brain Regions In Parkinson Symptomatology Uncovered With Deep Learning, Alex A. Nguyen, Pedro D. Maia, Xiao Gao, Pablo F. Damasceno, Ashish Raj

Mathematics Faculty Publications - Archive

The release of a broad, longitudinal anatomical dataset by the Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative promoted a surge of machine-learning studies aimed at predicting disease onset and progression. However, the excessive number of features used in these models often conceals their relationship to the Parkinsonian symptomatology. Objectives: The aim of this study is two-fold: (i) to predict future motor and cognitive impairments up to four years from brain features acquired at baseline; and (ii) to interpret the role of pivotal brain regions responsible for different symptoms from a neurological viewpoint. Methods: We test several deep-learning neural network configurations, and report our …

2020 January 28, Faculty Senate Minutes, State University Of New York At Cortland

Minutes

Faculty Senate Minutes, January 28, 2020

Call for Nominations – Fall 2019 with Remaining Vacancies

Faculty Senate Senator Seats and FS Committees

2020 January 25, Faculty Senate Minutes, State University Of New York At Cortland

Minutes

Faculty Senate Minutes, January 25, 2020

Proposed Resolution on TIAA and global warming

2020 January 25, Faculty Senate Minutes, State University Of New York At Cortland

Minutes

Faculty Senate Minutes, January 25, 2020

Proposed Resolution on TIAA and global warming

Gardner-Webb’S Dover Library Hosts Five Authors For Book Signing, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

The Dover Library at Gardner-Webb University is hosting a book signing featuring five authors with ties to the campus. The event is open to the public and will be held Feb. 4 from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the large group study room on the main floor of the library. The featured authors are: Alumnae, Jen Guberman, Miriam Thor and Teresa Ammons Crew; Instructor of English Composition and Writing Center Director, Matthew Duffus; and Professor Emerita of Religion, Alice Cullinan.

Use Of Internet Facility Among Researchers And Faculty Members Of Social Science Research Libraries In Karnataka State: A Study, Krishnappa S

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Abstract

The Internet facility plays a very significant role in terms of supporting the teaching, learning, research and development activities of faculty members, research scholars, students, policymakers etc. The main aim of the study was to examine the levels of availability and utilization of Internet facility among researchers and faculty members of social science research institutes in Karnataka state. A structured questionnaire was distributed among 255 researchers and faculty members of social science research libraries located in Karnataka state; 183(64.21%) responses were received. The present study demonstrates and elaborates on the various aspects of Internet use, such as frequency of …