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The Age Of Imitation, Joan Digby

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

In recent years I’ve been somewhat perplexed to discover that my honors freshman literature classes are far more receptive to Pope’s “Essay on Man” than Coleridge’s “Kubla Khan.” Through most of my teaching career, the reverse was the norm, but a number of changes in popular taste have led students away from Romantic originality and led me to these reflections on contemporary culture which may, I hope, have some wider implications with respect to current issues in teaching and learning.

Seeing Nature: Ansel Adams In The Human And Natural Environments Of Yosemite, Megan Mcwenie

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

Wallace Stegner once hailed the legacy of Ansel Adams as bringing photography to the world of art as a unique “way of seeing.” What Adams saw through the lens of his camera, and what audiences see when looking at one of his photographs, does indeed constitute a particular way of seeing the world, a vision that is almost always connected to the natural environment. An Ansel Adams photograph evokes more than an aesthetic response to his work—it also stirs reflections about his involvement in the natural world that was so often his subject. Audiences experiencing his work participate in a …

The Ages Of Imitation, Authenticity And Originality, Cheryl Achterberg

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

Joan Digby has offered us a wonderful opportunity to think about our students and ourselves in constructing an education for them. Her essay took me back to my own freshman year when I read Nathaniel Hawthorne’s story “The Birthmark.” I think it might have been the first formal paper that I wrote in college, and it left an indelible imprint on my mind: The only truth is paradox. It seems to fit this case. Our students are and are not different than those in the past, and we, their instructors, are neither more nor less than our predecessors. If the …

Athena, Telemachus, And The Honors Student Odyssey: The Academic Librarian As An Agent In Mentored Learning, Emily Walshe

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

This study considers how librarians can develop mentoring schemes that enhance intellectual discourse among honors students. The author defines mentored learning; identifies the need for integrated information support in honors curricula; outlines a project that has employed a mentored learning model; and examines how a mentored learning program may assist in promoting high achievement and low attrition in honors programs. This paper was presented at the 39th annual NCHC conference in November 2004.

Imitation, Economic Insecurity, And Risk Aversion, Jay Mandt

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

There is an ingrained notion in American culture that individuals are responsible for their circumstances. In the Great Depression, people blamed themselves for unemployment, as if somehow their personal character flaws, rather than a breakdown of the national economy, had caused them to be laid off. At a visceral level, Americans reject the idea that they are in the grip of vast forces beyond their control.

What Is An Honors Student?, Cheryl Achterberg

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

Honors programs and colleges are commonplace in U.S. higher education today with programs in 60% of all four-year institutions and over 40% of all two-year institutions (Baker, Reardon, and Riordan, 2000). The research literature about honors education and/or honors students, however, is sparse (Achterberg, 2004; Long and Lange, 2002; Reihman, Varhus and Whipple, 1995; Roemer, 1984). Hypothetically, experience of nearly a century should generate recognizable patterns (Cohen, 1966a). The purpose of this paper is to review what literature exists to describe honors students, and it ends with a normative definition of an honors student. It necessarily focuses on traditionally-aged students …

The Hopes And Fears Of Post-9/11 Years, Mel Piehl

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

In 1998 Arthur Levine and Jeannette Cureton wrote in When Hope and Fear Collide: A Portrait of Today’s College Student that the current college generation they had studied was “wearied by the enormous pressure they face economically, politically, socially, and psychologically. At the same time, they are energized by a desire to enjoy the good life and make their corner of the world a better place. This is a generation in which hope and fear are colliding” (17).

Allocation Of Resources: Should Honors Programs Take Priority?, K. Celeste Campbell

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

Two of the major challenges facing higher education in the 21st century are the determination of priorities and the allocation of shrinking resources to reflect these priorities. Many colleges and universities, when blessed with sufficient funds during the last half of the 20th century, dedicated resources to develop honors programs (or similar honors colleges) to attract and nurture academically talented undergraduate students.1 Substantial funds are required for honors programs to offer benefits such as small classes, special honors advising, and honors housing. In addition to annual funding, other resources are needed to operate a successful honors program, such as faculty …

Editorial Matter For Volume 6, Number 1, Ada Long, Dail Mullins

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

Editorial Policy
Contents
Call for Papers
Submission Guidelines
Dedication to Faith Gabelnick
Editor's Introduction, Ada Long
About the Authors

What Honors Students Are Like Now, Rosalie Otero

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

I recently received a letter from one of our Honors alumnae. Zoë wrote: “I’m doing it again! I’ve decided to run another marathon in support of the Leukemia Society of America in Anchorage, Alaska. Five years ago, I undertook a great challenge when I successfully completed the marathon in San Diego, running 26.2 miles in just over 4 1/2 hours. Although training in Alaska has proved challenging–getting up in the dark to confront freezing temperatures, snow and ice, while trying to avoid running into moose (which, believe it or not, happens often), the challenges that I’m encountering are nothing compared …

Responsibility And Imitation, Michael K. Cundall Jr.

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

In my discipline there are typically two kinds of reviews. The first is sharply critical of the author’s conclusions, argumentative techniques, and overall style. The second usually involves a brief summary of the author’s points and then goes on to engage the project in a variety of ways: some critical, some conciliatory. I choose to adopt the latter form as it seems that Digby brings to the fore issues that should concern educators in Honors.

The Age Of False Positives, Bernice Braid

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

Years ago, when I was beginning to develop field-based learning methods and experimenting with City as Text© as an integrative seminar, I learned a lot from the insights of Parker Palmer. His presentation at AAHE, a talk he called “Community, Conflict and Ways of Knowing” (published later, in l988, in CHANGE Magazine) was a catalyst for those of us in NCHC who were refining the structure of “explorations,” linking them to extended seminar discussions and applying them to research projects, especially in Honors Semesters. Two passages in particular resonate with Joan Digby’s article on students today and remind me just …

Journal Of The National Collegiate Honors Council -- Volume 6, No. 1 -- Complete Issue

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

CONTENTS

Call for Papers
Submission Guidelines
Dedication to Faith Gabelnick David Mowry
Editor’s Introduction -- Ada Long

FORUM ON HONORS STUDENTS
The Age of Imitation -- Joan Digby
The Age of False Positives -- Bernice Braid
Originality is a Risk -- Annmarie Guzy
Intimations of Imitation: Honors Students and Their Alps -- Jeffrey A. Portnoy
The Art of the Mash-Up: Students in the Age of Digital Reproduction -- Amy Bass
Responsibility and Imitation -- Michael K. Cundall, Jr.
The Ages of Imitation, Authenticity, and Originality -- Cheryl Achterberg
Imitation, Economic Insecurity, and Risk Aversion -- Jay Mandt
The Hopes and …

Originality Is A Risk, Annmarie Guzy

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

I am a teacher of composition and technical communication by vocation, but one avocation of mine is horror, and I occasionally teach a class on horror literature and film. If one is taking films to task for endless, derivative sequels and remakes, as Joan does, then horror is certainly no exception. Many people view the genre with another kind of distaste, decrying its graphic representations of violence and sexuality. Horror is messy and dangerous, and it sends the message that risky behavior is punished with death or worse.

The Art Of The Mash-Up: Students In The Age Of Digital Reproduction, Amy Bass

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

History has never had a convenient mechanism of organization. The measurement of time we call the decade, unfortunately, does not work. The sixties, for example, in many ways began in 1955 with the Montgomery Bus Boycotts, and in other ways began in 1963 with the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. They did not end on December 31, 1969, as we would have liked them to, because the Black Panthers and the Radical Feminists, as well as many others with sixties sensibilities, would have much to say going into the 1970s. Further, few could question the fact that the greed …

What Honors Can Do, Vince Brewton

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

Since becoming honors director at a small regional institution in March, I have had more than a few opportunities to reflect on what honors might be and what it is not, or should not, be. When Dail W. Mullins, Jr. writes of “balancing tensions” between meritocratic and egalitarian tendencies, it is a reminder that honors education is not a single linear pursuit as outsiders often conceive it, “working with the best and the brightest” (what could be easier or more straightforward!), but involves a reconciliation of opposites that is fundamental to paradox. Most of us arrive in our profession with …

Pod Network News, Spring/Summer 2005

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: POD Network News

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Nefdc Exchange, Volume 16, Number 1, Spring 2005, New England Faculty Development Consortium

New England Faculty Development Consortium Exchange

Contents

From the NEFDC President: The Heart of the Matter - Thomas S. Edwards, Thomas College

Transforming Your Good Idea into a Compelling Conference Proposal - Judith E. Miller, Clark University

Learning the Infield Fly Rule: Limits of the “Silver Platter” Method - Rob Schadt, Boston University School of Public Health

Discovering New Ways to Teach: Our Experience in an Instructional Skills Workshop Facilitators Training Program - Patricia Cook and James M. Gentile, Manchester Community College

The Bad and the Good About Improving Student Retention in Online Learning - Elaine Garofoli

Connecting with others

Learning Disabilities in Higher Education: An …

Review Of Reconsidering Feminist Research In Educational Leadership. Michelle D. Young, & Linda Skrla (Editors)., Mark A. Giesler

Journal of Women in Educational Leadership

Reconsidering Feminist Research in Educational Leadership is rich feminist food for thought for both the novice and experienced researcher. Dubbed as "a critical reflection on the field of feminist research in educational leadership as a whole" (p. 3), the work is a three-part collection of articles edited by Michelle D. Young and Linda Skrla. In Part 1, four authors expose methodological dilemmas that "contradict and unsettle the foundational beliefs of many feminist researchers" (p. 4). Part 2 explores alternative, expanded methodologies based on the criticisms of Part 1. Part 3 is an application of the "reconsidered methods and epistemolgies" (p. …

First Women, Marilyn L. Grady, Barbara Y. Lacost

Journal of Women in Educational Leadership

Perhaps those who write about women leaders should frame their works by referring to First Women. Certainly much of the writing about women and their leadership is groundbreaking. We are at the beginning stages of writing about women in leadership and women who are "firsts" in many of their accomplishments. The manuscripts in this issue of the Journal of Women in Educational Leadership reflect the accomplishments of First Women.

Journal Of Women In Educational Leadership, Vol. 3, No.2-March 2005

Journal of Women in Educational Leadership

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First Things First: Writing Strategies, Marilyn L. Grady

Journal of Women in Educational Leadership

This is a new section of the Journal of Women in Educational Leadership. The purpose of this column is to encourage writers to write and to offer suggestions about writing. Mary Poppin's "Well begun is half done" should be the mantra of the writer!

Women In History--Mary Seacole, Bonnie Mckay Harmer

Journal of Women in Educational Leadership

Born in Jamaica in 1805, Mary Seacole (nee Grant), was the daughter of a Black Creole boarding house owner and a Scottish Army officer. Like many Creole doctress women, Mary waS taught African herbal medicine arts from her mother. In addition to understanding traditional herbal medicine, she gleaned an understanding of Western medicine from the British military physicians who were stationed on the island colony. Mother Seacole, as she was affectionately called, garnered an outstanding reputation as a compassionate nurse and a competent doctress as she cared for sick and injured British officers and their families (Seacole, 1988). Widowed by …

Voices Of Women In The Field--The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly, Barbara A. Marchese

Journal of Women in Educational Leadership

Editor's note: One of the frequently mentioned challenges noted by principals is finding adequate time to complete all the tasks that present themselves. Writing for journals is not on the priority list of most principals. Although Dr. Marchese agreed to "write" an article, in fact the real world of the principalship took precedence over the writing task. This article, then, is the result of a telephone conversation, lunch and a writing "collaboration"-my fingers, her words. (Grady)

Mentoring Women Principals, Cheryl Arthur, Trudy A. Salsberry

Journal of Women in Educational Leadership

This review of the literature focuses first on the common reasons for the need for mentoring (professional development, changing roles, principal shortage, under representation of women, and barriers) and continues with a definition and description of mentoring. Finally, the current status of mentoring is summarized followed by a discussion of the implications for research.

Leadership-Skilled Women Teachers Who Choose The Classroom Over Administration: Career Choice Or Career Constraint?, Susan R. Wynn

Journal of Women in Educational Leadership

Twelve women were interviewed regarding their choice to remain in the classroom, their perceptions of the principal-ship, and the barriers for women who might be interested in school administration. Two presentations of the data are given, with the first addressing explicit reasons and the second using a post-modem feminist framework.

2005-06 Unopa Annual Report

UNOPA: Annual Reports

Inside This Report Elected Officer’s Reports 2-4 Financial Statement 4 Standing Committee Reports 5-23

2005-06 Unopa Program Flyers

UNOPA: Documents and Publications

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2005-06 Unopa General Meeting Minutes

UNOPA: Minutes

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2005-06 Unopa Executive Board Minutes

UNOPA: Minutes

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