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Are Big-Time Sports A Threat To Student Achievement?, Jason M. Lindo, Isaac D. Swensen, Glen R. Waddell
Are Big-Time Sports A Threat To Student Achievement?, Jason M. Lindo, Isaac D. Swensen, Glen R. Waddell
Faculty of Business - Papers (Archive)
We consider the relationship between collegiate football success and non-athlete student performance. We find that the team's success significantly reduces male grades relative to female grades, and only in fall quarters, which coincides with the football season. Using survey data, we find that males are more likely than females to increase alcohol consumption, decrease studying, and increase partying in response to the success of the team. Yet, females also report that their behavior is affected by athletic success, suggesting that their performance is likely impaired but that this effect is masked by the practice of grade curving.
Big Data As A Strategic Enabler Of Superior Emergency Service Management: Lessons From The New South Wales State Emergency Service, Samuel Fosso Wamba, Andrew Edwards, Rajeev Sharma
Big Data As A Strategic Enabler Of Superior Emergency Service Management: Lessons From The New South Wales State Emergency Service, Samuel Fosso Wamba, Andrew Edwards, Rajeev Sharma
Faculty of Business - Papers (Archive)
A unique form of organization that has not received much attention is the emergency services organization, which is tasked with responding to crises and disasters such as floods, fires, hurricanes, tsunamis, and other natural and man-made disasters. Effective responses in such situations are reliant on the availability of archived information as well as on the effective real-time integration and utilization of data coming from various channels including sensors, satellites, social media feeds, photos, video and cell phone GPS signals or 'Big Data' (IBM 2012; Rich 2012). The effective management of these events also requires the collaboration and coordination of a …