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Meeting Minutes, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Meeting regarding Kentucky Teachers Retirement System (KTRS), bomb threat policy, health insurance, SACS review, winter term aka J Term, capital projects and tenure policy.

Meeting Minutes, Wku Staff Council

Staff Council

Minutes of the December 7, 2005 meeting.

Meeting Agenda, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Agenda for the December 6, 2005 meeting.

Quarterly Meeting, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Minutes of the WKU Board of Regents quarterly meeting. Agenda items include: resolution of appreciation for Kristen Bale, complementary health care certificate, public health nursing certificate, suspension of Art Education, emeritus faculty, Harbaugh Hall, Guthrie Family Overlook and Arboretum, 2006-2012 six-year capital plan, purchase of property, 2004-05 financial statements, 2005-06 operating budget, emergency reserve and personnel actions and salaries.

Attachments to the minutes:

• Tract No. 1
• Tract No. 2
• Tract No. 3
• Plan of Greek Village
• 2006-2012 Six-Year Capital Plan
• First Quarter FY 2006 - Statement of Revenues and Expenditures

E-Newsletter, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

E-newsletter re: salary increase and health insurance.

Meeting Minutes, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Meeting regarding health insurance overflow fund, add/drop policy, faculty regent election, capital projects, strategic plan, winter term aka J Term, faculty surveys and Mr. Harriman banned from Preston Health & Activities Center.

Meeting Agenda, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Agenda for November 15, 2005 meeting.

Post-Colonialism: Informing Adult Education Research In Developing Countries, Morag C. Burke

Adult Education Research Conference

Adult education in post-independence developing countries resides within the context of national and local conditions which are connected to the legacy of colonialism. Adult education has been an integral part of development and decolonization in these countries and post-colonialism provides a valuable theoretical frame for adult education researchers working in these contexts.

On Malefic Generosity, Repressive Tolerance And Post-Colonial Condescension: Considerations On White Adult Educators Racializing Adult Education Discourse, Stephen Brookfield

Adult Education Research Conference

When White adult educators engage with the work of authors of color they often mean to treat these respectfully and to ensure these ideas are not marginalized by other Whites. However, in a racist and sexist society the racial group membership and socio-political location of White authors means they can easily end up promoting malefic generosity, repressive tolerance and post-colonial condescension.

Beyond The Inquiring Mind: Cyril Houle’S Connection To Self-Directed Learning, Ralph G. Brockett, Robert C. Donaghy

Adult Education Research Conference

This paper examines the early development of self-directed learning as an area of study and practice using Cyril Houle as the point of departure. Through a variety of sources, a perspective is offered on how self-directed learning gained a foothold as a viable area of inquiry in adult education.

African American Managers Experiences In Companies Identified As “Learning Organizations”, Trammell L. Bristol

Adult Education Research Conference

This paper summarizes the results of a qualitative study where the purpose was to explore how the learning organization impacted African American managers. Based on these findings, practice and future research for HRD and adult education is suggested.

Learning At Highlander: A Template For Transformative Adult Education, Donna J. G Brian Ed.D., Olga Elbert Ph.D.

Adult Education Research Conference

This study takes a retrospective look at Highlander Research and Education Center through the eyes of several adult educators who participated, over the years, in Highlander workshops and events. Their collective experiences are summarized and analyzed and form the basis for a comparison to modern day transformative adult education.

Black And White Attorneys’ Perspectives On Race, The Legal System, And Continuing Legal Education, Lorenzo Bowman J.D., Ph.D.

Adult Education Research Conference

This paper summarizes the findings of a qualitative study which sought to determine Black and White attorneys’ perspectives on race, the legal system, and their level of support for the inclusion of race-related topics in continuing legal education (CLE). The White attorneys were supportive of the status quo. The Black attorneys agreed that CLE should address the issue of race and that the status quo was not acceptable.

Trowels, Trenches, And Transformation: A Case Study Of Archaeologists Learning, Teaching, And Enacting Environmentally-Friendly, Community-Inclusive Practices, George J. Bey Iii, Jennifer A. Sandlin

Adult Education Research Conference

Guided by the framework of “critical transformative learning,” this study explores archaeologists as adult learners and seeks to understand how they are learning to practice a new vision of archaeology in Mexico. In this project, personal transformation is linked to disciplinary and social transformation.

Meeting Minutes, Wku Staff Council

Staff Council

Minutes of the November 2, 2005 meeting.

The Multiple Meanings Of “Hybrid”: Studying Adult Student Experiences In Hybrid (Web-Enhanced) Classes While Learning How To Do Qualitative Research, Thomas V. Bettinger, Elizabeth J. Tisdell, B. Gail Marshall, Sharon M. Statue, Donna Snelson, Christine Quimby

Adult Education Research Conference

This paper has a two-fold or “hybrid” purpose: (1) to discuss the results of a qualitative study of adult students experiences of web-enhanced or hybrid classes, and (2) to briefly discuss the process of learning to do qualitative research while conducting this study in a qualitative research methods class.

“I Let Him Set The Pace:” Volunteer Tutors’ Perspectives On Teaching In Adult Literacy Programs And Their Implications For Training, Alisa Belzer

Adult Education Research Conference

This paper reports on the roles that volunteer tutors in one-to-one adult literacy programs adopt with regard to instructional goals and lesson management. It suggests the importance of rethinking tutor training, and raises questions about the importance of instructor role in this adult learning context

Meeting Agenda, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Agenda for November 1, 2005 meeting.

The Simpsons And Democracy Political Apathy, Popular Culture, And Lifelong Learning As Satire, Paul Armstron

Adult Education Research Conference

In the lead up to the recent presidential election in the USA and the imminent general election in the UK, there has been much discussion around the ‘problem of political apathy’. This paper attempts to analyse the meaning of this in both countries, and consider the sources of people’s political socialisation and development of political literacy, including popular culture.

Pragmatism, Postmodernism, And Adult Education: Structure And Agency In The 21st Century, Davin J. Carr-Chellman

Adult Education Research Conference

This paper develops a theory that interprets the philosophical schools of American Pragmatism and Continental Postmodernism as important, complementary resources for understanding the effects of structure and agency on the possibilities for learning and meaning-making. This type of theory building can provide for practitioners and scholars a useful framework for negotiating the limited battle between self-determination and structural determination.

Crashing The Party: A Working Class Perspective On The Ivory Tower, Steven B. Frye, Reggie Curran, Cathy A. Pierce, Eva Young, Mary Ziegler

Adult Education Research Conference

This study explored the experience of having a working class background and an earned doctorate as part of a research course using phenomenological methods. Findings revealed a “working class way of looking at the world” that colors the meaning of the experience of graduate school and one’s professional life.

Teaching For Empowerment Liberatory Pedagogy, Social Change And Gender Dynamics, Jennifer Ferrigno, David Hemphill, Ming-Yeh Lee

Adult Education Research Conference

This paper offers a critical perspective on popular education with a focus on inequities of gender and culture in the classroom. Using classroom observation, analysis of multiple social change curricula, and interviews with practitioners in El Salvador and the San Francisco Bay Area, we examine potential pitfalls and strengths of a pedagogy from the point of view of transformational theory, concluding that with judicious intention the pedagogy may still lead to inspired learning, transformation in the classroom, and change in the participant communities.

“Corporate Social Responsibility”: A Site For Critical Learning In Workplaces?, Tara Fenwick, Laura Bierema

Adult Education Research Conference

Notions of social responsibility have become fashionable in businesses. While clearly a marketing ploy for some, for other firms CSR appears to represent a genuine commitment to new practices and organization-wide learning. Encouraged by these positive cases, we explored the extent to which CSR might create a site for critical learning in workplaces.

Learning To Change: Identifying Elements Of Transformation In Formerly Abusive Men, Marian D. Edmistion

Adult Education Research Conference

This qualitative study examines the content from interviews with 10 formerly abusive men who self-identify as having changed their perspectives about abuse toward their partners. The study was conducted to uncover the causes for their change, and to show how this change is explained and supported by transformative learning theories.

E-Newsletter, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

E-newsletter re: retirement system, faculty regent, parking committee and drop policy.

Common Characteristics Of Adult Education Programs Reporting The Highest Ged Attainment Rates For Welfare Recipients, Olga Ebert Phd, Mary Ziegler Edd, Donna Brian Edd

Adult Education Research Conference

The purpose of this study was to describe characteristics of adult basic education programs for welfare recipients that reported higher than average GED rates and to identify implications for practice and program improvement. Three program characteristics were found to influence GED rates: program practices, a motivational culture, and instructional approaches.

Meeting Agenda, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Agenda for October 25, 2005 meeting.

Learning Our Way Out: A Model Of Program Planning For Changing Times, Dent C. Davis, Mary F. Ziegler

Adult Education Research Conference

This paper describes a community based planning project that led to the identification of a learning model of adult education program planning. The paper identifies the model, locates it within the program planning literature, and suggests implications and limitations for practice.

Lifelong Learning As Human Ontology: A Freirean Response To Human Capital Education, John A. Dale, Michelle Glowacki-Dudka, Emery J. Hyslop-Margison

Adult Education Research Conference

In this article, we argue that Freire’s view of lifelong learning is a journey toward personal growth and social transformation. Rather than reducing learners to objects of economic globalization, Freire’s pedagogy considers students political participants who actively shape their vocational and social lives.

A Critique Of The Transmission Model Of Functional Health Literacy, Sondra Cuban

Adult Education Research Conference

The author will explore the concept of functional health literacy through a critical analysis of the definition. Derived from a medical model, it serves as an information commodity within a human capital approach to literacy and healthcare, transmitting particular information, and reinforcing compliance with the existing system.