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Adapted Physical Education Enrollment Issues And Exercise Mediators For Students With Disabilities In San Diego County Community Colleges, Toni M. Pfister Edd

Dissertations

Most community colleges in California offer adapted physical education (APE) courses specifically designed to assist people with disabilities and chronic diseases in adapting and maintaining exercise programs. However, little is known about those eligible to enroll in these courses as well as their participation profiles; as such, the primary purpose of this study was to determine why some eligible community college students with disabilities do not enroll in APE courses as well as to determine what relationship demographics and exercise participation profiles have on physical activity participation. Data for this study was gathered through a web-based survey of 163 college …

2007 Commencement Ceremony - Center For Psychological Studies, H. Wayne Huizenga School Of Business And Entrepreneurship, Graduate School Of Computer And Information Sciences, Graduate School Of Humanities And Social Sciences, Oceanographic Center And Criminal Justice Institute, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

Strategic Directions For Gettysburg College, June 2007, President's Office

Reports from the President’s Office

Gettysburg is a college deeply rooted in the American experience. It was born of democratic values, strong optimism, and the firm conviction that only a liberal arts education fully awakens and prepares people to live purposeful lives as citizen leaders. Our founders were champions of freedom and liberty, progressive thinkers, and staunch believers in the power of the liberal arts to prepare leaders to meet the challenges of our young nation.

Those beliefs were tested on the fields that surround our campus where a century and a half ago men gave their lives in a battle that defined our nation’s …

No Wealthy Parent Left Behind: An Analysis Of Tax Subsidies For Higher Education, Andrew Pike

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

This article analyzes the status in 2007 of higher education costs in relation to U.S. taxation policy and the declining real income and ability of lower and middle income taxpayers to pay tuition and fees. Then-current tax policy lessened support for families with the greatest financial need while providing much greater levels of support to those with greater financial resources. To enhance distributional fairness, the author proposes that Congress repeal tax provisions that have this effect and consolidate the separate sources of federal financial aid grants into one program--an expanded Pell Grant program. He also advises that Congress make the …

Mengembangkan Bahan Ajar Mata Kuliah Permodalan Koperasi Untuk Meningkatkan Motivasi Dan Hasil Belajar Mahasiswa, Ekawarna Ekawarna

Makara Human Behavior Studies in Asia

The objective of this study is to develop ‘Buku Ajar Permodalan Koperasi” and describe the effectivity of that textbook in student learning motivation and student learning achievement. The textbook has been developed using the Four-D model of Thiagarajan et al, 1974, that include phase of define, design, develop, and disseminate. The textbook consist of six chapter based on Atwi Suparman model (Panen and Purwanto, 2001). Result from this classroom action research shows that the textbook can develop student learning motivation and also student academic achievement.

Nova Southeastern University College Of Dental Medicine Senior Awards Dinner Dance, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

Niveles Y Perfiles De Funcionalidad Como Dimensión De Calidad Universitaria. Un Estudio Empírico En La Universidad Complutense, Arturo De La Orden Hoz, Inmaculada Asensio Muñoz, Chantal-María Biencinto López, Coral González Barberá, José Mafokozi Ndabishibije

Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA)

This study comes out as a step forward in a research line focused on validating empirically a systemic model of university quality. The article defines university quality in terms of three dimensions: functionality, effectiveness and efficiency. The focus of the article is on the analysis of the dimension of functionality as a starting point in the process of identifying and validating indicators for the evaluation of university quality. The core of the article integrates the presentation of the level and profile of functionality of the university for the total sample and for three audiences: faculty, students and employers. For each …

2007 May 23 - Graduate Council Minutes, College Of Graduate And Continuing Studies, East Tennessee State University

Graduate Council Agendas and Minutes

No abstract provided.

Archway Commencement Issue, May 2007

Archway (1946-2020)

No abstract provided.

Undergraduate Commencement Exercises Program, May 19, 2007

Bryant University Commencements

Bryant University Commencement Exercises Program, May 19, 2007.

Graduate School Commencement Exercises Program, May 17, 2007

Bryant University Commencements

Graduate School Commencement Exercises Program, May 17, 2007.

2007 Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony Of The Farquhar College Of Arts And Sciences, Fischler School Of Education And Human Services, H. Wayne Huizenga School Of Business And Entrepreneurship, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

2007 Commencement - Shepard Broad Law Center, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

The Pacifican May 10, 2007, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.

The Pacifican May 3, 2007, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.

Use Of Collaborative Spaces In An Academic Library, Howard Silver

Miscellaneous Items

With the design of new libraries increasingly emphasizing support for collaborative activity, librarians need to understand how and why their users are working together in library spaces. No published studies quantify the impact of collaborative spaces in academic libraries on student learning behaviors. The objective of this study was to determine how and why the collaborative spaces in an academic library were used, and how well the observed use matched the intent of the people who designed and managed the spaces.

The Paper Trail: Paper Use And Disposal At The University Of Rhode Island, Katherine Modzelewski

Senior Honors Projects

The University of Rhode Island has a well-established recycling program, however, the university community does not make full and proper use of the services and facilities provided. This project will specifically look at the use and disposal of paper products that are used for business and educational purposes at the University of Rhode Island and the effects these practices have both up- and down-stream. This analysis will be accomplished by examining the source and disposal of these university-used paper products through interviews with knowledgeable individuals, including those with oversight on the ordering, management, and disposal of professional paper products, a …

Hao Bu Hao: A Survival Guide For Zhejiang University, Jenna N. D’Amico

Senior Honors Projects

In an ever-expanding global society, we must learn to embrace other cultures much different from our own. The University of Rhode Island’s International Engineering Program has opened several opportunities for students to work and live in an environment much different from that in Kingston, the most recent one being at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. The first group was sent to Hangzhou during the summer of 2006 for seven weeks to learn Mandarin and learn about the Far East. The fourteen of us lived in a dorm, studied Mandarin Chinese, visited cultural and historical sites, and took in all …

Validating The Experiences Of Male Mexican American Community College Transfer Students Studying At Catholic Universities, Eliazer Ayala-Austin Edd

Dissertations

California's community colleges and public and private universities must collaborate to address the Tidal Wave II student enrollment surge composed mostly of Hispanic/Latinos and Asian students in order to meet the educational needs of community college transfer students (CCTSs). Avoiding the issue will result in continued neglect of CCTS within public and private institutions; possible outcomes include delayed graduation and potential attrition of at-risk students. Using Rendón's (1994) theory of student validation as the theoretical framework, this qualitative study uncovered the validating and other university experiences of male Mexican American CCTSs. This qualitative study included individual interviews of six CCT …

Communication And Leadership: Faculty Perceptions Of The Department Chair, Kathleen Czech Edd

Dissertations

With department chairs providing a critical link between faculty and administration, their leadership impacts universities on a broad level. However, chairs often report dissatisfaction with the position and experience rapid turnover. In an effort to help understand the role that communication plays in effective leadership for department chairs, this study provides an empirical test of Gibb's theory of defensive vs. supportive communication. As such, this project investigated the communication and leadership behaviors of university department chairs as evaluated by their faculty members. Specifically, 202 randomly selected faculty members from colleges and universities affiliated with the Council of Independent Colleges, Washington, …

Faculty Perceptions Of The Role Of Foreign Language Education At West Virginia University, William L. White

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Foreign language education has a long history within higher education. However, since the late 1960s, foreign language enrollment, measured by percentages of students taking language courses, has declined by almost 50% in American colleges and universities. The author contends that much of this decline can be explained by three concomitant forces; including (1) the rise of professional programs that are constrained by an exactness of education that precludes study beyond rather narrowly defined plans of study; (2) the lack of language learning success that foreign language students demonstrate upon completion of language programs; and (3) the failure of language departments …

Student Nagging Behavior In The College Classroom, Katie Neary Dunleavy

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Nagging is a persuasive tactic yet to be fully explored in instructional communication. Nagging involves an exchange in which a student makes persistent requests of an instructor who fails to comply. The purpose of this dissertation was to examine nagging in the college classroom in order to ensure nagging was not just an aspect of other instructional concepts. The purpose was also to determine why students choose to nag, to examine the strategies students use to nag, and to examine the perceptions of students and instructors of these strategies. Finally, the purpose was also to examine nagging as a potentially …

A Concerns-Based Adoption Model Study Of University Instructors Engaged In Faculty Development For Enhancing Learning With Technology, James W. Julius Edd

Dissertations

For over a decade, theorists have suggested that higher education institutions are in the midst of a shift from an emphasis on student access to instruction to student success in learning. Digital technologies are one “lever” increasingly touted as a means to improve teaching and learning in higher education. Because serious efforts at technology integration not only require competence with the technologies, but also often result in changes to instructional methods, colleges and universities are urged to consider faculty development needs. This study detailed how instructor change unfolded in response to a faculty development program intended to enhance the use …

Experiences Of Educational Leadership Faculty In The First Year Of The Professoriate: A Phenomenological Study, Patricia Sims Tresey

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

The researchers purpose of this study was to describe and explore the experiences of educational leadership faculty in the first year of the professoriate. A qualitative, phenomenological methodology was used to illuminate the lived experiences of these new faculty members. Research instrumentation and data collection consisted of three separate instruments used in three phases. First was a focus group interview given to three new educational leadership faculty from a regional university campus located in the Southeastern part of the United States. The second instrument was an individual, in-depth interview with the three new professors. The third and final instrument was …

2007 April 30 - Graduate Council Minutes, College Of Graduate And Continuing Studies, East Tennessee State University

Graduate Council Agendas and Minutes

No abstract provided.

The Pacifican April 26, 2007, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.

The Pacifican April 19, 2007, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.

Undergraduate Education: From Consumers To Citizens In A Knowledge Economy, Nancy Cantor

Chancellor's Collection

The future “has a way of arriving unannounced,” as the columnist George Will once wrote, and we can already feel its presence in higher education. We don’t need a crystal ball to see the tectonic changes in culture, technology, and the economy that are shaping the lives, hopes, and plans of our students and their families, our communities, and the worlds in which we live. But we do need to take some time to reflect on the state of our democracy, as this provides the context for thinking together today about what a good education should include as preparation for …

The Express: April 13, 2007, Taylor University Fort Wayne

2006-2007 (Volume 11)

Greek Professor Retires — Housing Changes at Taylor — The Last Music Major — Cost of Education — Taylor Faculty: Masters of Mayhem? — Sometimes You Want to Go Where Everybody Uses a Different Name — In good Hands with Larry White — Does He Want to go by Andy or Andrew? Crimes of Fashion — Athlete Profile — How to Handle Transfer Students Properly

V. 74, Issue 17, April 13, 2007

Archway (1946-2020)

No abstract provided.