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University Update - November 18, 2016, Academic Affairs

University Updates & Communications from the University President

Included in this update are:

• Academic Affairs
• Athletic Achievements
• Technology Updates
• 'Where We Stand Matters' Campaign Update
• Business Affairs

Project Pitchin' In, Kristen Pellington

Undergraduate Distinction Papers

The initial goal of the project was to help the Westerville Naturals baseball team move gravel at one of the team’s practice fields so an equipment storage container could be stationed. Project plans changed when we found out a truck was going to move the gravel and put it in place. Instead, we decided to assist the team with painting the storage container. We were in constant communication with the team contacts about a project date, time, and materials needed so that the new project could be successfully executed. Although our project plans changed, we ended up with great results. …

2016-2017 Graduate School Handbook, Otterbein Office Of Graduate Programs

Graduate School

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Proposal Of A New Method To Classify Higher Education Institutions Instead Of Rankings, Kate D. Elam

Undergraduate Distinction Papers

Purpose – The objective of this paper is to propose a new method for classifying higher education institutions that differs from traditional rankings. The proposed model segments colleges and universities based on like attributes and describes the groups according to their differentiating features.

Research Method – Data from several rankings publications was collected and simplified for analysis. Several observations (i.e. schools) were eliminated because they did not fit the sampling frame and/or did not include a sufficient amount of information. Duplicate variables (i.e. attributes) were also eliminated. First, exploratory factor analysis was applied to reduce the number of variables being …