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Where The Humanities Live, Edward L. Ayers Jan 2009

Where The Humanities Live, Edward L. Ayers

History Faculty Publications

The humanities play an important role at every kind of institution. Approximately 40 percent of all undergraduate humanities degrees come from large research universities, where they account for about 15 percent of all bachelor's degrees. The United States stands in the top third of the percentage of degrees awarded in the humanities and the arts internationally, ranking with Germany and Denmark. English remains the dominant major, producing about a third of all bachelor's degrees in the humanities, followed by general humanities and liberal studies with 26 percent, and history with 18 percent.


Bryant University Undergraduate Course Catalog 2009 - 2010 Jan 2009

Bryant University Undergraduate Course Catalog 2009 - 2010

Bryant University Undergraduate Course Catalog

No abstract provided.


Community-Engaged Scholarship In Ffigher Education: An Expanding Experience, Judith A. Ramaley Jan 2009

Community-Engaged Scholarship In Ffigher Education: An Expanding Experience, Judith A. Ramaley

Higher Education

Higher education in this country has always been expected to serve the public good. Sometimes, the emphasis is on preparing educated citizens or practitioners in especially critical fields and how public service can deepen and enrich learning and prepare students to lead purposeful, responsible, and creative lives. Sometimes the focus is upon institutions themselves as major intellectual and cultural resources for a community. In this paper, based on the keynote presentation at the Community Engaged Scholarship for Health Collaborative's invitational symposium, the author explores four levels of engagement: the individual, the academic community and its concepts of scholarship, the institution …


20 Exemplary Service-Learning Projects, Chicago Public Schools Service-Learning Initiative Jan 2009

20 Exemplary Service-Learning Projects, Chicago Public Schools Service-Learning Initiative

Project Summaries

In 1998, Chicago Public Schools became the largest school district in the country to require that students do service to their community as a graduation requirement. Since that time, hundreds of thousands of students have provided millions of hours of service to Chicago's neighborhoods and communities.


Nsu Fischler School Of Education And Human Services Teacher Education [2009], Nova Southeastern University Jan 2009

Nsu Fischler School Of Education And Human Services Teacher Education [2009], Nova Southeastern University

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice College Archive

No abstract provided.


Reflections On The Present And Future Of Leadership In Higher Education, Donald W. Good Jan 2009

Reflections On The Present And Future Of Leadership In Higher Education, Donald W. Good

ETSU Faculty Works

Colleges and universities are unique organizations and, as such, require a different type of approach to leadership than might we effective in other types of organizations. A participative style of leadership is advocated. It is argued participative leadership is more desirable and effective than other approaches. The effectiveness of participative leadership on structural units within institutions of higher education is discussed with the focus upon making decisions with the greatest benefit to students, now and in the future, as a top priority.


The Financial Literacy Of University Students: A Comparison Of Graduating Seniors‟ Financial Literacy And Debt Level, Vandeen M. Mckenzie Jan 2009

The Financial Literacy Of University Students: A Comparison Of Graduating Seniors‟ Financial Literacy And Debt Level, Vandeen M. Mckenzie

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The level of university students' financial literacy has been discussed in Congress, opinion pieces in the media and the increasing level of student debt has been used to suggest their financial illiteracy. This study investigated the financial literacy of graduating university seniors by comparing their financial literacy level with their debt level. The difference in financial literacy levels of business majors, minors and non-business majors was assessed. The relationship between graduating university seniors' financial literacy level and their credit card and student loan debt was also reviewed. Gender, employment status, ethnicity, family income and college major were similarly examined to …


Why The Old Traditions Will Not Fail: Landscape, Legends, And The Construction Of Place At Dartmouth College, Charles H. Wade Jan 2009

Why The Old Traditions Will Not Fail: Landscape, Legends, And The Construction Of Place At Dartmouth College, Charles H. Wade

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Dartmouth College, located in Hanover, New Hampshire, is one of the nine Colonial Colleges and a member of the exclusive Ivy League. Congregationalist minister Eleazar Wheelock founded Dartmouth in 1769 on the premise of training missionaries to Christianize the Indians of the region and, over the years, Dartmouth developed into a premier college. Dartmouth is famous for its traditions, its ardently loyal alumni, and as a classic New England liberal arts college. But this image does not correspond with a closer, more critical look at the College. Through both archival and ethnographic research, this dissertation examines the cultural landscape, folklore, …


Graduate Catalog 2009-2010, Southwestern Oklahoma State University Jan 2009

Graduate Catalog 2009-2010, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Graduate Catalogs

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Cross-Disciplinary Approaches For Developing Serious Games In Higher Education: Frameworks For Food Safety And Environmental Health Education, Pauline Rooney, K.C. O'Rourke, Greg Burke, Brian Mac Namee, Claudia Igbrude Jan 2009

Cross-Disciplinary Approaches For Developing Serious Games In Higher Education: Frameworks For Food Safety And Environmental Health Education, Pauline Rooney, K.C. O'Rourke, Greg Burke, Brian Mac Namee, Claudia Igbrude

Conference papers

While some educators have adopted commercial off the-shelf games for use in the classroom, such games may not always meet the individual requirements of lecturers whose courses are tied to specific learning utcomes. An alternative is to capitalise on in-house expertise in Higher Education and create serious games through cross-disciplinary team projects. This paper outlines such a project within one Higher Education institution. It describes synergies created across disciplines as a result of the collaboration on game design and implementation. It looks at tensions generated between the pedagogical requirements (of lecturers), entertainment objectives (of games designers) and technical excellence (sought …


Factors That Influence Students' Desires To Attend Higher Education, Shawn Lea Temple Jan 2009

Factors That Influence Students' Desires To Attend Higher Education, Shawn Lea Temple

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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The Pacifican December 11, 2008, University Of The Pacific Dec 2008

The Pacifican December 11, 2008, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

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The Pacifican December 4, 2008, University Of The Pacific Dec 2008

The Pacifican December 4, 2008, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.


University Students' Perceptions Of Their Parents' Childrearing Styles Associated With Their Inclinations To Become Parents, Judi Mccracken Dec 2008

University Students' Perceptions Of Their Parents' Childrearing Styles Associated With Their Inclinations To Become Parents, Judi Mccracken

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Researchers have associated Diane Baumrind's parenting styles (Baumrind, 1967; Baumrind, 1966; Baumrind, 1968; Baumrind, 1971) with countless outcomes among children, adolescents, and adults. However, few, if any, have investigated an age group's perceptions of their childrearing compared with their inclination to become parents. This study examined 67 West Virginia University students' responses to the Adapted Parenting Attribute Questionnaire (APAQ) completed by Child Development and Family Studies majors in 2007. The purpose was to determine patterns of perceptions in guardians' parenting styles, then compare the participants' inclinations to become parents and their rankings of importance (low, medium, or high; low and …


The Pacifican November 20, 2008, University Of The Pacific Nov 2008

The Pacifican November 20, 2008, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.


2008 November 24 - Graduate Council Minutes, College Of Graduate And Continuing Studies, East Tennessee State University Nov 2008

2008 November 24 - Graduate Council Minutes, College Of Graduate And Continuing Studies, East Tennessee State University

Graduate Council Agendas and Minutes

No abstract provided.


The Pacifican November 13, 2008, University Of The Pacific Nov 2008

The Pacifican November 13, 2008, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.


Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes Nov 7, 2008, A-State Faculty Senate Nov 2008

Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes Nov 7, 2008, A-State Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.


The Pacifican November 6, 2008, University Of The Pacific Nov 2008

The Pacifican November 6, 2008, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.


V. 76, Issue 6, October 31, 2008 Oct 2008

V. 76, Issue 6, October 31, 2008

Archway (1946-2020)

No abstract provided.


The Pacifican October 30, 2008, University Of The Pacific Oct 2008

The Pacifican October 30, 2008, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.


2008 October 27 - Graduate Council Minutes, College Of Graduate And Continuing Studies, East Tennessee State University Oct 2008

2008 October 27 - Graduate Council Minutes, College Of Graduate And Continuing Studies, East Tennessee State University

Graduate Council Agendas and Minutes

No abstract provided.


V. 76, Issue 5, October 17, 2008 Oct 2008

V. 76, Issue 5, October 17, 2008

Archway (1946-2020)

No abstract provided.


Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes Oct 17, 2008, A-State Faculty Senate Oct 2008

Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes Oct 17, 2008, A-State Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.


V. 76, Issue 4, October 10, 2008 Oct 2008

V. 76, Issue 4, October 10, 2008

Archway (1946-2020)

No abstract provided.


The Corporatization Of American Education: Analyzing The Relationship Between Job Satisfaction And Productivity Among University Professors, Benjamin Marte Oct 2008

The Corporatization Of American Education: Analyzing The Relationship Between Job Satisfaction And Productivity Among University Professors, Benjamin Marte

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

The relationship between job satisfaction and productivity is one that has been examined at great length over the years. Consider Locke’s claim that as of 1976, approximately 3,350 articles on this topic were in circulation (Okpara 2004). In 1992 Cranny et al. reported the existence of at least 5,000 of such manuscripts (Okpara 2004). Numerous studies have been conducted in this field of inquiry, and this paper endeavors to build upon that collective effort. Here, the focus is on the relationship between job satisfaction and productivity among the professors of a major research university in south Florida; while its scope …


Saving The University On His Own Time: Stanley Fish, Service-Learning, And Knowledge Legitimation In The Academy, Dan W. Butin Oct 2008

Saving The University On His Own Time: Stanley Fish, Service-Learning, And Knowledge Legitimation In The Academy, Dan W. Butin

Education Faculty Publications

Review Essay of Stanley's Fish's book Save the World on Your Own Time,
NewYork, NY: Oxford University Press, 2008


2008 September 29 - Graduate Council Minutes, College Of Graduate And Continuing Studies, East Tennessee State University Sep 2008

2008 September 29 - Graduate Council Minutes, College Of Graduate And Continuing Studies, East Tennessee State University

Graduate Council Agendas and Minutes

No abstract provided.


The Pacifican September 25, 2008, University Of The Pacific Sep 2008

The Pacifican September 25, 2008, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.


Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes Sept 5, 2008, A-State Faculty Senate Sep 2008

Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes Sept 5, 2008, A-State Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.