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Fy2004 National Center For Education Statistics (Nces) Academic Libraries Survey: University Of Rhode Island Data

University Libraries Reports & Statistics

The main document posted here is a report generated from the online subscription service ACRLMetrics. The report contains FY2004 data submitted by the University of Rhode Island Libraries to the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) for their biennial Academic Libraries Survey. Two files are included as supplemental content: "NCES Academic Libraries Survey -- URI FY2004 data.xlsx," the report (above) in spreadsheet format, and "ACQuestionnaire_FY04.pdf," the Fiscal Year 2004 Questionnaire & Instructions from NCES.

The University Of Texas At Arlington Graduate Catalog 2004-2006, The University Of Texas At Arlington

UTA Graduate Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Evaluating The Impact Of Mentoring On The Performance Of New Adjunct Faculty Members In The School Of Professional Studies At Eastern University, Darrell F. Boyd

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The Associate Faculty Mentoring Program (AFMP) was developed in 2002 for the purpose of training new adjunct faculty hired to teach in the School of Professional Studies (SPS) Programs. The problem was that the effect of the mentoring program on the overall performance of new adjunct faculty members was not known and the tools needed to determine that effect had not been developed. The purpose of this project was to evaluate the effect of the AFMP on the overall performance of new adjunct faculty members.

Five research questions were addressed. One, “What evaluation models are currently being used by higher …

Community Partner Guide To Service-Learning & Volunteerism, California State University - Northridge

Higher Education

I am pleased to welcome you to our Community Partner Guide to Service-Learning and Volunteerism at California State University, Northridge. As I stated in my Annual Convocation message this year, we at Cal State Northridge are very proud of our mission, which is to serve the higher educational needs of this region.

Our academic and student service programs help to grow our region’s intellectual capital by providing classes and activities that prepare an educated workforce. We emphasize programs that place our students in the community to learn and then to serve which positions us as a major force in meeting …

Development Of A Retention Plan For The Indian River Community College With A Plan For Implementation And Evaluation, Maribeth Craft

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

Indian River Community College is a comprehensive two-year public postsecondary institution located in Fort Pierce, Florida. IRCC serves the career, training and cultural needs of the quad-county residents of St. Lucie, Martin, Indian River, and Okeechobee counties, on the Treasure Coast of Florida. The 2002-2003 IRCC enrollment was approximately 38,500 full-time and part-time equivalent students.

The problem addressed in this dissertation was that the college identified high attrition and failure rates of the students in college developmental courses as a major barrier to student success in their post secondary programs. Remedial courses are the gateway for over 70% of first-time …

The Development Of A Plan For A New York State Transfer Articulation Association, Dana A. Wilkie

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This applied dissertation will develop a plan for a New York State Transfer Articulation Association (NYSTAA). The State University of New York Transfer Counselors’ Association wanted to restructure its organization and extend its membership to include professionals from all New York public and private 2- and 4-year institutions. The purpose of this study was to provide a thorough investigation as to how a model transfer articulation association functions and to develop a plan for an all-inclusive NYSTAA.

The writer conducted a survey of 160 public and private 2-and 4-year colleges and universities in the State of New York, researching their …

Edu-Com 2004 International Conference: New Challenges For Sustainability And Growth In Higher Education, John Renner (Ed.)

Research outputs pre 2011

EDU-COM 2004, an international conference held in Khon Kaen, Thailand from the 24th to the 26th November, 2004 took the theme: New Challenges for Sustainability and Growth in Higher Education. EDU-COM 2004 was sponsored and organised by Edith Cowan University, Khon Kaen University and Bansomdejchaopraya Rajabhat University/

The Conference was structured to address five sub-themes pertinent to the challenges facing higher education worldwide:

• Collaboration between campus and community in Higher Education

• Collaboration targeting multi-cultural and cross-cultural issues in Higher Education

• Collaboration through new teaching and learning technologies in Higher Education

• Collaboration for quality: valuing and evaluating …

2004-2005 Course Catalog, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of The Registrar

University of Montana Course Catalogs, 1895-2024

An annual catalog of courses and course descriptions offered at the University of Montana.

Grutter And Gratz: A Critical Analysis, Lackland H. Bloom Jr.

Faculty Journal Articles and Book Chapters

This Article will analyze the Grutter and Gratz opinions, especially Justice O'Connor's important opinion for the majority in Grutter, and will consider the significance of these decisions in terms of university admissions policy, justifications for racial preferences, and equal protection doctrine. The article will conclude that the Court's defense of the use of racial preferences does not square well with the Powell opinion in Bakke on which it relied so heavily. It will suggest that the Court could have offered a more persuasive explanation for the result it reached but probably felt precluded by precedent from doing so.

Evaluation Of Learning Disabled Facilities At College Of Aeronautics And Comprehensive Development Plan Bringing The College Into Compliance With American With Disabilities Act Mandates, Vincent Driscoll

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The nature of the problem in this applied dissertation is that the College of Aeronautics (COA) is not disabled student friendly. The purpose of the study was to do an evaluation of the disabled facilities and a Development Plan at the COA, compare the facilities with the Americans With Disabilities Act (1990), and develop a campus-wide plan to implement the necessary changes.

The evaluation and developmental research methodologies were appropriate for this study. The procedures followed in included the establishment of criteria based on the ADA. Formative and summative committees were organized with experts to review and validate the criteria. …

Qualitative Inquiry Into Art History: A Tribute To Arthur P. Bochner, Lisa M. Tillmann Ph.D.

Faculty Publications

This poem is dedicated to the author's mentor Arthur P. Bochner, Distinguished University Professor, University of South Florida.

Evaluation Of The Cooperative Education And Internships Program At Prince George’S Community College, Diana Y. Doman Wilkins

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The Cooperative Education and Internships program is charged with placing students in positions that will allow them to gain experience in a work environment related to their major area of study. Job development specialists receive no type of written feedback from the employer, the faculty advisor, or the student on whether or not the placement was successful. The problem is that Cooperative Education and Internships has not demonstrated its effectiveness; therefore, there is reluctance from students, faculty advisors, and job development specialists to continue participating and/or promoting the program.

The purpose of this project was to evaluate the effectiveness of …

Evaluating Benchmarks For Internet-Based Teaching And Learning At A Community College, Heidi L. Guthrie

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The purpose of this applied dissertation was to evaluate existing benchmarks related to Internet-based teaching and learning. The study also assessed the extent to which faculty at a small community college implemented the benchmarks for Internet-based teaching and learning. In response to the need for benchmarks, accrediting bodies, like the Council of Regional Accrediting Commissions (CRAC), have established standards for the evaluation of distance education programs and institutions. These standards, however, are limited in number and scope.

This study employed a multi- method quantitative descriptive design to identify the benchmarks for Interne t-based teaching and learning. Using a benchmarking process …

Attitudes Of Professors Toward Instructional Technology In American Colleges Of Education Offering Graduate Degrees Via Distance Education, James L. Mowery

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This applied dissertation was designed to determine the attitudes of professors teaching advanced degrees via distance education towards the technology tools used for distance education. Today many courses taught via distance education are little more than correspondence courses that use e-mail to send and receive instruction, coursework, and tests. Should distance education attempt to replicate the face-to-face classroom or are simple chat rooms and discussion boards enough? This study provides a heretofore unresearched view of how selected professors feel about the technology.

A survey was conducted among a group of distance education professors from various colleges of education throughout the …

Experiential Learning In Communication Courses: Development And Evaluation Of Learning Activities With Development Of A Resource Manual For Experiential Learning At Olivet Nazarene University, Elizabeth J. Patrick-Trippel

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This applied dissertation addressed the relative lack of experiential learning activities in communication courses at Olivet Nazarene University. Though there had been changes in the curriculum, degrees, and identity of the department over the past 5 years, there had been no attempt to understand the pedagogical implications of these changes.

The objective of this applied dissertation was threefold: first, to develop original experiential activities for use in 3 different communication courses that were content/lecture-based courses; second, to evaluate the newly developed educational activities; and third, based on the evaluation information, to compile a resource manual for interactive learning for professors …

Development Of A Mentoring Program For Nursing Students At Tennessee State University With Plans For Implementation And Evaluation, Beverly M. Brown

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The nursing students’ attrition rate and the nursing course examination failures at Tennessee State University were the foci of the problem that was investigated in this research project. The purpose of this applied research project was to develop a mentoring program for nursing students at Tennessee State University with plans for implementation and evaluation.

The methodologies used in this study were research, development, and evaluation to determine their needs in order. The procedures included a thorough review of the literature. The formative and summative committees provided input at all stages of the research and the development of the program. An …

Development Of A Plan For The Implementation And Evaluation Of Programs To Meet The Educational Needs Of Adults On Andros Island, Bahamas, Christina A. Rahming Nwosa

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

There exists a paucity of opportunities for adults on the Family Islands of The Bahamas to obtain higher education, as there is minimal infrastructure on these islands to support the traditional face-to-face mode of educational delivery at the tertiary level. This project was designed to develop a plan for the implementation and evaluation of programs to meet the educational needs of adults on Andros Island, Bahamas. The plan that was developed utilized 14 procedures to answer 4 research questions. The 4 research questions addressed were (a) What are the educational needs of adults on Andros Island?, (b) Currently, what is …

Development Of A Program Plan For Outreach And Public Service With Plans For Implementation And Evaluation At Virginia State University, Alice F. Joyner

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The purpose of this dissertation project was to identify the components of a comprehensive outreach/public service program and to utilize that information to develop a plan for an institutionally specific outreach program at Virginia State University. Institutional assessments there indicated that the outreach/public service mission and strategic planning goals related to cooperative and shared resources within and outside the university were not currently being met.

The following 5 research questions were addressed: What are the appropriate components for an outreach/public service program? What are the standards and models utilized by selected benchmark institutions? What is an appropriate and valid design …

Entry-Level Job Skills Needed By Wildlife Management Professionals, Billy Warren Delany, Jr.

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

The research purpose was to identify the job skills needed by entry-level wildlife managers, which was accomplished by utilizing a Delphi panel of wildlife management experts from the academic, private and public employment sectors. The Delphi panel was selected from a committee nominated, pool of 81 innovative wildlife management experts. The panel for Rounds One, Two, and Three of this Delphi survey consisted of 31, 32, and 31 members, respectively. The Delphi process involved three survey rounds. Round One consisted of collecting and developing entry-level job skill items from the panel, which resulted in 382 items. Round Two developed initial …

Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes Dec 5, 2003, A-State Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

State Political Culture And The Affordability Of Higher Education : A Multivariate Analysis Of The Impact Of State Higher Education Systems On The Cost Of Attending College., Angela Perkins Girdley 1964-

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to understand variance in state system performance in affordability using variables describing the state political environment and the higher education governance structure. Understanding how the political culture of states affects higher education illuminates agendas, priorities, and motivations of key decision-makers in higher education. The dependent variable was affordability of higher education measured by the National Council on Public Policy in Higher Education "Measuring Up" (2000) grade. Independent variables were the impact of special interest groups, the state higher education governance structure, legislative professionalization, and the institutional strength of the governor. Pearson product-moment correlations and …

Incorporation Of Service Learning Into An Interpersonal Skills For Leadership Course Using The Serve Model, Susan Fritz, Brent Goertzen, Lillian Gomez

Higher Education

Interpersonal Skills for Leadership has been taught at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for more than 30 years and has been a key course students use to satisfy the communication/interpersonal skills requirement in the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources. While interpersonal skills topics are covered and practiced in the course, additional practice occurs through service learning with a client in a community agency. This requirement equates to approximately 6,500 service hours provided annually in the Lincoln community. This level of service requires a well-developed placement and evaluation process. The course incorporates the SERVE model for integrating service learning into …

Utilization Of *Assessment By Maryland Cooperative Extension Faculty, Jennifer Thorn Bentlejewski

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The research study explored the degree of faculty utilization of assessment practices at the class, program, and institutional levels within the University of Maryland Cooperative Extension. Differences in assessment utilization among faculty of various ranks and disciplines were examined. Faculty perceptions of the benefits and challenges of implementing assessment were also investigated. A quantitative research approach guided the study, which utilized a 78-item survey. Descriptive statistics, multivariate analyses of variance, and analyses of variance were used to analyze the quantitative data. In addition to the survey instrument, a qualitative analysis of data was conducted with regard to learning outcomes and …

2003 November 24 - Graduate Council Minutes, College Of Graduate And Continuing Studies, East Tennessee State University

Graduate Council Agendas and Minutes

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes Nov 20, 2003, A-State Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

The Pacifican November 20, 2003, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.

The Pacifican November 11, 2003, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes Nov 7, 2003, A-State Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

The Pacifican November 6, 2003, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.

The Pacifican October 23, 2003, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.