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Save The Internet, Mark Y. Herring

Winthrop Faculty and Staff Publications

With rare exception, nothing has galvanized activists and those of us in libraries more these days than net neutrality. It’s also “a thing” with just about everyone else. If you “google” the phrase, the first two or three trillion hits that come up are in favor of the status quo and against the current Federal Communications Commission’s chairman, Ajit Pai, and the FCC’s plans to scuttle the Obama-era rules on net neutrality: no blocking, no throttling, and no paid prioritization.

Preparing Millennials As Digital Citizens And Socially And Environmentally Responsible Business Professionals In A Socially Irresponsible Climate, Barbara Burgess-Wilkerson, Clovia Hamilton, Chlotia Garrison, Keith Robbins

Winthrop Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Higher Education, Adaptive Change, And The Adult Learner: Moving From Academic Access To Transformative Excellence, Patrick Guilbaud, Heather Tillberg-Webb

Winthrop Faculty and Staff Publications

As the profile of postbaccalaureate students across the country continues to become older and more diverse, colleges and universities of all sizes and types — state, private, technical, and community — are repositioning themselves to effectively serve a broader mix of learners. However, due to the unique background, professional goals, and academic interests of adult learners, higher education institutions (HEIs) must be adaptive across all of their program development, education delivery, administrative service, and student support units to meet the challenge of serving all of their learner constituencies effectively.

We propose implementing the supporting transformative excellence (STE) framework, which focuses …

Save The Internet, Mark Y. Herring

Winthrop Faculty and Staff Publications

With rare exception, nothing has galvanized activists and those of us in libraries more these days than net neutrality. It’s also “a thing” with just about everyone else. If you “google” the phrase, the first two or three trillion hits that come up are in favor of the status quo and against the current Federal Communications Commission’s chairman, Ajit Pai, and the FCC’s plans to scuttle the Obama-era rules on net neutrality: no blocking, no throttling, and no paid prioritization

Can A Leopard Change Its Spots?, Mark Y. Herring

Winthrop Faculty and Staff Publications

At the time of this writing, the single biggest library-related news is Elsevier’s acquisition of bepress [sic]. The move startled information pundits on several counts. First, none of us knew about the deal until it had been done. For whatever reason (a slip between the cup and the lip is certainly one possibility), bepress chose to let us let find out via social media.

Arf! A Bark Really Worse Than Its Bite, Mark Y. Herring

Winthrop Faculty and Staff Publications

It is never my intention with a column to affront anyone’s sensibilities. Since my scribbles are opinion pieces by and large, it goes without saying that more often than not, someone is going to disagree. I don’t worry so much about that, but when I do get the very occasional bitter pill in the form of an irate email or poisoned letter, I’m sorry for the individual who was so annoyed that he or she took the time to say so. I know that whoever it is, he or she probably had better things to do than occupy valuable time …

Faculty Development And Student-Centered Online Learning: Issues, Perspectives And Lessons Learned From Integrating An Exemplary Course Program, Patrick Guilbaud, Kimarie Whetstone

Winthrop Faculty and Staff Publications

During the spring of 2017, Winthrop University rolled-out a new faculty training and development program, called Winthrop Exemplary Online Course (WEOC), to increase the number and diversity of online course offerings at the school during the summer sessions. Grounded in andragogical principles, the WEOC program also had the aim of providing participating faculty members with the requisite skills to develop more student-centered, engaging, and user-friendly online courses. Preliminary results indicate that the WEOC program achieved its key goals and objectives. Moreover, faculty participants noted that the program stands to build upon existing teaching and learning efforts and approaches at the …

#Lial16, Mark Y. Herring

Winthrop Faculty and Staff Publications

If obfuscation is the next best thing to being there, then certainly the subject of this column wins the prize.

A Life Now Lived, Mark Y. Herring

Winthrop Faculty and Staff Publications

We leave behind our work, whether noble or not, whether known or unknown; we leave it for others to pick up and make it better. It has been, especially for librarians, a “follow[ing] of knowledge like a sinking star” that Ulysses later remarks upon. I love that line because it so expresses what it is to see knowledge so close, so clearly, and yet always to be grasping after it, reaching for it as it fades over the horizon of our youth.

Patrons, Patron Saints, And Pew, Mark Y. Herring

Winthrop Faculty and Staff Publications

Those of us who work these intellectual mines fill our buildings with the good, the bad, and the ugly of human endeavor, preserving all that chronicles everything that is right about us, and all that may well be wrong with us. If ever libraries were more torn between two lovers, as it were, it is now, when we are pressed on every side to be all things to all kinds of people. The question is, will it ever be enough? Will we be found wanting by the very patrons we seek to serve?

The Sky Is Falling, But Not For The Reason You Think, Mark Y. Herring

Winthrop Faculty and Staff Publications

n case you missed it, the world is about to come to an end. I’m not a scryer or a doomsayer, nor am I especially prescient. But judging from the hysteria surrounding the Apple phone/FBI case, one can only conclude that the world is coming to an end, the sky is falling, civilization as we know it is coming to an end if Apple loses its gallant fight for the little millions who bought its phones.

Roosting Chickens?, Mark Y. Herring

Winthrop Faculty and Staff Publications

About three decades ago, political correctness surfaced in a few large colleges and universities. Some attributed it to a form of Marxism, others brushed it off as a passing fad. Still others marked it as a step in the right direct: looking out for others who might otherwise be offended by one thing or another. Political correctness, PC as it was sometimes abbreviated, took many forms, from language to cultures, to mores. For example, some women took offense to having doors open for them, literally. Some didn’t like certain words or phrases being used in their presence. Still others sought …

Copy That?, Mark Y. Herring

Winthrop Faculty and Staff Publications

Google Books won another (and possibly the last?) round against the copyright drudges, or so we are to believe. Is anyone surprised? I know I’m not. In the latest chapter, the 2nd U.S. Court of Appeals ruled in early October that Google’s book-scanning project is a-ok, copacetic, fine with them, it doesn’t matter — you get the point. The “creators” in this case, authors under the auspices of the Authors Guild to those of us who work around books, will appeal again, but it appears at this point that they are spitting in the wind.

Shifting Sands, Mark Y. Herring

Winthrop Faculty and Staff Publications

Those libraries that make ... changes wisely and well will flourish. Having the will to make them even with retirement in the rearview mirror is one more opportunity for librarians to prove their value once again.

Little Red Herrings:Charlie Hebdo And The Moral Equivalence Fallacy, Mark Y. Herring

Winthrop Faculty and Staff Publications

The tragedy of Charlie Hebdo in Paris kicked off what we hope is not a harbinger of 2015 things to come. The massacre by radical Muslims of some dozen employees of the satirical Paris magazine has set off a wave of newfound “freedom of expression” advocates. And so it should. While freedom of expression does not mean that one must accept what another says, it does vouchsafe the right to say it.

Culture Forming Can Be Messy, Frank Ardaiolo

Winthrop Faculty and Staff Publications

What does it mean to change institutional culture? Many institutions genuinely promote their commitments and even appear to take action toward achieving them—but too often, their work produces few sustainable results. To achieve lasting transformation, colleges and universities must face the challenges of institutional change directly.

Changing Institutional Culture To Advance Civic Learning, Frank Ardaiolo

Winthrop Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Overhaul Of A Graduate Program In Arts Administration: Repairing An Engine While It’S Still Running, Andrew Vorder Bruegge

College of Visual and Performing Arts Faculty Publications

Explanation of the alignment of a degree program's curriculum with program goals and SLOs for assessment purposes.

Grand Tactical Assessment Of Effectiveness, Andrew Vorder Bruegge

College of Visual and Performing Arts Faculty Publications

Implementation of a systematic process for reviewing all programmatic assessment instruments in an academic department.

Embedding Action Research In Teacher Candidate Elementary Classroom And Physical Education Settings, Seth E. Jenny, Geraldine C. Jenny

Winthrop Faculty and Staff Publications

This article is primarily designed to assist teacher candidates and classroom teachers in conducting action research. Where the authors ask teacher candidates to discuss or share their research drafts with cooperating teachers or university faculty, the in-service teacher should share their classroom research with colleagues and administrators for constructive feedback.

Teaching Students Personal And Social Responsibility With Measurable Learning Outcomes, Frank Ardaiolo, Steve Neilson, Timothy K. Daugherty

Winthrop Faculty and Staff Publications

In 2005 the Association of American Colleges and Universities launched a national initiative that championed the importance of a 21st-century liberal education. What was unique about this initiative was the underlying assumption that educating for personal and social responsibility was “core” for an educated citizenry and should be taught. So the question became “How does higher education teach responsibility?” Student affairs divisions atWinthrop University and Rollins College approached this question by focusing on collaborative programs and student learning experiences in the curriculum and cocurriculum with the ability to measure outcomes.

Ground Rules For Managing In Tough Times, Frank P. Ardaiolo

Winthrop Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Reading Is, Like, You Know, Sooooo Gross!, Mark Y. Herring

Dacus Library Faculty Publications

“Huge Decline in Book Reading” ran one headline. “Cultural Atrophy!” read another. “Study Links Drop in Test Scores to a Decline Spent in Reading” ran one for the “Duh!” award. “Americans are Closing the Book on Reading” said one, vying for the pun-acious trophy.

Reading At Risk, Mark Y. Herring

Dacus Library Faculty Publications

Reading may be in jeopardy as we advance along the information superhighway. Is literacy to be technology's first roadkill?

Academic Misconduct Quandary, Frank Ardaiolo

Winthrop Faculty and Staff Publications

A case study.

University Technology Transfer And Economic Development: Proposed Cooperative Economic Development Agreements Under The Bayh Dole Act, Clovia Hamilton

Winthrop Faculty and Staff Publications

Technology transfer enables private industry and academia to make practical use of advanced research, development, and technical expertise. Indeed, universities are a rich source of science and technology that can support local government and business development as well as economic growth. Thus, it is essential for research universities to transfer their wisdom to the public for its use and benefit. Today, universities operate in an economic climate that requires both capital and knowledge; takes advantage of government technology initiatives (namely the Bayh- Dole Act);' and serves as a catalyst for the creation of a large number of new, incubated companies. …

At The Core Of The Problem-Reforming Teacher Preparation In Oklahoma, Oklahoma Association Of Scholars, Mark Y. Herring

Winthrop Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Involving Faculty With Student Affairs: Some Personal Pointers, Frank Ardaiolo

Winthrop Faculty and Staff Publications

Involving faculty with student affairs has become increasingly critical in recent years; this article presents personal pointers for tire student affairs practitioner to follow lo foster these relationships.

What Adult Learners Have To Say About Their College Experience, Frank Ardaiolo, George D. Kuh

Winthrop Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Winthrop Board Of Trustees Meeting On November 4, 1946, Winthrop News Service

Winthrop News 1946

• The Winthrop Board of Trustees met at Winthrop in Rock Hill on Monday, November 4, 1946
• Agenda items included the college budget for the following fiscal year
• South Carolina Governor Ransome J. Williams, chairman of the board, presided
• See also Winthrop Board of Trustee Minutes W402-2 and Records of the Members of the Board of Trustees W402-8