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Above And Beyond

Kansas State University Libraries

K-State Libraries honors outstanding employees.

The Kirmser Undergraduate Research Awards

Kansas State University Libraries

K-State undergraduates are conducting outstanding research in topics ranging from presidential history to biosystems engineering.

First Issue Of Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Journal Published; A Profile In Generosity: The Kirmsers, Karin Westman

Kansas State University Libraries

The inaugural issue of “Crossing Borders: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Undergraduate Scholarship” was released in February 2015, by Karin Westman; Philip and Jeune Kirmser were strong supporters of education and shared a love of music, languages and traveling. Philip was a professor of civil engineering at K-State for some 60 years, and Jeune was an English teacher, a school social worker, a poet and longtime school board observer.

Joy, Gentle Friends!, Karin Westman

Kansas State University Libraries

K-State selected to host Shakespeare’s First Folio.

Table Of Contents And Editorial Information For Kansas State University Libraries, Issue 1 (Summer 2015), Kansas State University Libraries

Kansas State University Libraries

Contents and editorial information for the inaugural issue of the Libraries' magazine, summer 2015.

Kansas State University Libraries, Issue 1 (Summer 2015) - Full Issue, Kansas State University Libraries

Kansas State University Libraries

Kansas State University Libraries, issue 1 (summer 2015) - full issue

Teacher Quality And Sorting Across Traditional Public And Charter Schools In The Detroit Metropolitan Region, Michael F. Addonizio, C. Philip Kearney, Marytza A. Gawlik

Educational Considerations

In the quest to raise student achievement in low-performing urban schools, researchers often point to the central importance of recruitment and retention of a high quality teacher workforce.

Perspectives On Student Loan Debt Levels: Student Loan Debt Levels And Their Implications For Borrowers, Society, And The Economy, Luke M. Cornelius, Sharon A. Frank

Educational Considerations

Upward mobility is a prized aspect of the American dream based upon the belief that those from humble origins can climb the socioeconomic ladder through education and hard work. Increasingly, postsecondary education is an essential component of that dream.

Educational Considerations, Vol. 42(2) Full Issue, David C. Thompson

Educational Considerations

Educational Considerations, vol. 42(2)-Spring 2015-Full issue

Table Of Contents And Introductory Materials For Vol. 42, No. 2, Spring 2015, David C. Thompson

Educational Considerations

Table of contents, editorial information and publication information for volume 42, no. 2 (spring 2015) of Educational Considerations.

Leading The Newly Merged High School: Exciting Opportunity Or Overwhelming Challenge?, Lance E. Thurman, Donald G. Hackmann

Educational Considerations

In the current economic times, school personnel are regularly challenged to reduce the costs of operating the nation’s school systems. School district consolidations often are proposed as a mechanism to realize fiscal savings for local communities; indeed, the number of U.S. school districts has declined dramatically over the past 70 years, decreasing from 117,108 in 1939-40 to 13,809 in 2008-2009.

Education Funding And Student Outcomes: A Conceptual Framework For Measurement Of The Alignment Of State Education Finance And Academic Accountability Policies, Robert C. Knoeppel, Matthew R. Della Sala

Educational Considerations

The conceptualization and measurement of education finance equity and adequacy has engaged researchers for more than three decades. At the same time, calls for increased academic accountability and higher student achievement in K-12 public education have reached new levels at both the national and state levels.

Perspectives On Online Education: A Snapshot Of State Regulatory Framework Development In Elementary And Secondary Online Education, Luke J. Stedrak, Amanda L. Rose

Educational Considerations

With the advent and growth of elementary and secondary online education in the United States, teaching and learning has undergone radical change with heretofore unimagined alternatives to traditional brick-and-mortar classrooms.

K-State Keepsakes, Anthony R. Crawford

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K-State Keepsakes features a series of posts that appeared on K-State Libraries’ “Talking in the Library” blog between 2006 and 2013. The posts describe events and relate stories touching on various aspects of university history and feature documents and images held in university archives collections.

Challenge Accepted; Heartland Plant Innovations, Center For Outcomes Research And Education; Confucius Institute, Stephanie Jacques, Jennifer Tidball

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This sections features business strategies and Kansas State University partnerships with a variety of companies. And "quick bits" on The Heartland Plant Innovations, the Center for Outcomes Research and Education and Confucius Institute.

Built To Work, Greg Tammen

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How the Electronics Design Laboratory moves ideas by researchers and entrepreneurs into the marketplace

A Smart Laboratory, Jennifer Tidball

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The Burns & McDonnell Smart Grid Lab is boosting education, research and recruitment in the College of Engineering.

Eye In The Sky, Megan Saunders

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Brian McCornack, associate professor of entomology, is exploring unmanned aerial systems, or UAS, as an efficient method to detect pest insects and diseases — including invasive species — in food crops such as wheat before outbreaks occur.

Notable Achievement, Bethany Bohn

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Kansas State University’s School of Music, Theatre, and Dance is designated as an All-Steinway School. The designation strikes right chord to be the best, the best is needed.

Introduction And Table Of Contents, Kirk Schulz, Karen Burg

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Message from President Kirk Schulz and Vice President for Research Karen Burg; and Table of Contents for the winter/spring 2015 issue

Quality Assurance, Stephanie Jacques

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Substantial discoveries at Kansas State University are sparking innovation for the private sector, economic growth in the state.

Focusing On The Future, Greg Tammen

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Four federal research laboratories at Kansas State University are helping solve the world’s looming food crisis

“Kansas State University is internationally recognized in sorghum, millet and wheat — from the plants’ genetics and genomics, to how they’re grown, to applications such as baking with the produced raw material.”

2015 Winter/Spring - Perspectives - Full Issue (Pdf)

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The winter/spring issue of Perspectives showcases Kansas State University's range of research, scholarly, and creative activity and discovery.

Getting Down To Business, Angela Cummins, Jennifer Tidball

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K-State Olathe, a successful hub for company collaborations. And "quick bits" on the Microbial Surveillance Lab and the Veterinary and Biomedical Research Center

A New Energy, Jennifer Tidball

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Electrical Power Affiliates Program empowers engineering faculty, students

As the world’s population increases and the demand on our power grids grows, how will we keep the lights on?