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It's Ten O'Clock. Do You Know Where Your Students Are?, Stephen Wainscott

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

Sam Schuman's essay urging us to promote excellence broadly and not just within our programs comes on the eve of Clemson's SACS reaccreditation site visit next year. His observations remind me that I need to get busy. Thanks a lot, Sam.

Like scores of others involved in the reaccreditation process, I will do my part by contributing to, but not chairing, the Honors Program's self-study. It will feature lots of golly-gee-whiz graphs and charts. I may toss in a colorful pie chart showing honors students from all over the country and many foreign countries, including Texas. The self-study will note …

A Small Step, Len Zane

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

Sam Schuman's essay, "Cultivating: Some Thoughts on NCHC's Future'" challenges NCHC and honors practitioners to expand the role of honors on campus so that honors may become the locus of a more generalized push for excellence in higher education. There is a symmetry in Sam's call since many people's first involvement with honors, as students, faculty, or administrators, was likely catalyzed by the general disinterest in excellence that pervades much of what passes for education on our campuses. The symmetry arises from going full circle, from the larger university to the safe haven of honors education to practice our craft, …

Cultivating: Some Thoughts On Nchc's Future, Samuel Schuman

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

At the Fall, 2000, meeting of the NCHC in Washington, DC, the closing plenary session focused on "The Future of NCHC." It was a worthwhile session, ably organized and chaired by Ada Long, in which several thoughtful participants made interesting and valuable observations and suggestions. Unfortunately, the plenary session was scheduled for late in the morning of the last day of the meeting, so many conference attendees faced the choice of concentrating on NCHC's future ... or their own. Reasonably enough, most opted for the latter by departing the meeting, hotel and city prior to the panel presentation.

Editorial Matter For Volume 2, Number 1, Ada Long, Dail Mullins, Rusty Rushton

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

Editorial Policy
Contents
Call for Papers
Submission Guidelines
Dedication
Editor’s Introduction, Dail Mullins
About the Authors

Helping Honors Students Improve Critical Thinking, Julie Fisher Robertson, Donna Rane-Szostak

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

Interest in critical thinking (CT) has increased dramatically in the past 25 years. This represents a growing awareness that high school and college graduates often do not have the necessary CT skills to meet the challenges of a changing world. Research shows that college students who take critical thinking courses report their ability to think critically has greatly improved (Block, 1985; Rubinstein, 1980; Rubinstein & Firstenberg, 1987). The preponderance of evidence from assessment studies using control groups indicates that "gains are most pronounced when instruction is specifically designed for the promotion of critical thinking. Critical thinking does not automatically result …

Full Circle: The Reappearance Of Privilege And Responsibility In American Higher Education, George Mariz

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

Anyone familiar with current initiatives in higher education is well aware of the increasing emphasis on public service as a component of an undergraduate degree, and the rhetoric of contemporary dialogues might well lead one to believe that public service is an entirely new concept in American higher education. This essay offers a different view. Far from being new, public service in one form or another was a significant element of the college curriculum from the seventeenth century until the Civil War. The reappearance of this notion, I believe, signals a rebirth, but at the same time marks a departure …

Further Thoughts On The Future Of Nchc, Joan Digby

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

I was one of the panelists with Sam Schuman in the final plenary session at the Fall 2000 conference. Since I was the outgoing president of NCHC, and had indeed gone out by the time we spoke to the audience that Sunday morning, I had already spent considerable time thinking about the future of our organization. Nevertheless, Sam's call to arms as the defenders of undergraduate excellence---clear and resonant-was the most important message of the day.

Science Literacy And The Undergraduate Science Curriculum: Is It Time To Try Something Different?, Dail Mullins

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

I had a very disturbing experience a few months ago---Dne might almost call it a crisis of faith-while leafing through the financial pages of my daily newspaper. Confronted with column after column of virtually indecipherable NASDAQ, NYSE and AMEX stock quotations-and even more nonplussed by articles which made reference to such things as "put" and "call" options, small cap growth funds, and companies taking "poison pills" to avoid a hostile takeover-I realized in a flash of depressing insight that I was one of this nation's economic illiterates.

Cultivating Honors Excellence In The Other Garden, Jeffrey Portnoy

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

Sam Schuman's observations in "Cultivating: Some Thoughts on NCHC's Future" about the weakening of excellence in the academy and our culture are shrewd and accurate. The proliferation of award shows on the television screen and in magazines, for example, with their increasingly specialized and arcane constituencies, underscores his point. This bounty leaves a tacky, deadening glaze across the eyes that is tousled only slightly when an award show crops up that offers, if not the ring of merit, at least the jingle of familiarity. If something more than marketing, the dearth of good programming, or self-promotion is operating here, then …

Cultivating Too, Bernice Braid

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

In his plenary comments at NCHC's Washington conference (2000), Sam Schuman raised topics of compelling interest to us all: the role of honors and of the NCHC in the context of attitudinal matters in higher education generally, as he sees them. These topics are important to all of us. What individual honors programs actually do, these days, and what NCHC does for them and for honors are deeply important issues as we begin a new millennium. My response is a personal attempt to frame the issues Sam has raised, consider the same span of time he cites-the final thirty years …

Instruction Cost Report, Spring 2001, University Of Northern Iowa

Institutional Effectiveness & Planning Documents

Shows the costs associated with running the University of Northern Iowa broken down by college and department

Instruction Size Report, Spring 2001, University Of Northern Iowa

Institutional Effectiveness & Planning Documents

Gives breakdowns of student credit hours offered by status of instructor, average class size overall, and average class size by status of instructor.

University Reporter - Vol. 05, No. 08 - April 2001, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1996-2009, University Reporter

No abstract provided.

A History Of Public Radio In An Urban Community: Its Impact Upon Education, Culture, Public Opinion And Policy, Barry K. Graham

Theses and Dissertations in Urban Services - Urban Education

In a relatively short history, Public Radio in Hampton Roads has emerged as a most important cultural and educational asset to the urban community. The dynamic growth of the Hampton Roads urban infrastructure is the result of several political, economic, and cultural factors. Public Radio has been one of these factors and has served as a catalyst for change and growth in the community. This case study focuses upon Public Radio stations WHRO-FM and WHRV-FM and the elements which brought about their historical development.

The study presents a history of events that marked the beginning of Public Radio in Hampton …

March 30, 2001 Minutes, Swosu Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

SWOSU Faculty Senate March 30, 2001 Approved Minutes

The Minutes Of The Marshall University Faculty Senate Meeting, March 29, 2001, Marshall University Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 76, No. 47, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Articles in this issue:

• Hall, Rex. Western May Buy Old Mall
• Brown, Abbey. Harsh Reality Healing Touch – Judy Schwank, Childrens Aid Missions International
• Williams, Travis. Despite NCAA Loss, Western Earns Respect – Basketball
• Hall, Rex. Donation to Help Recruit Teachers – Gheens Foundation
• Chess Tournament to be Held Sunday
• Walsh, Erica. Spring Celebration 2000 Coming This Weekend – African American Alumni
• Topper Fans Need to Be Fans All Season
• Grady, Brian. Editorial Cartoon re: Basketball Tickets
• Felton, Dennis. Thanks for Caring
• Makris, Samuel. Collegiate Health Care Not All …

Meeting Minutes, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Meeting to discuss SGA Bash, awards, online voting, lighting, provide-a-ride, budget, elections, crosswalks, logos and CampFair.

Bill 01-13-S Proposed Constitutional Amendment, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Bill to delete Article II, Section 2, Clause 6 from the SGA constitution.

Bill 01-14-S Hubbell Skycaps, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Bill to purchase Hubbell skycaps for street lights near Hardin Planetarium.

Amendment 2001, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Amendment to Article VIII, Section 7 regarding committee participation.

Bill 01-12-S Community College Television, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Bill to purchase a big screen television for the Community College lobby.

Resolution 01-6-S - Copy Machines, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Resolution to place photocopiers in residence halls for student use.

Senate Meeting, March 21, 2001, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

2001 March 19 - Faculty Senate Agenda And Minutes, Faculty Senate, East Tennessee State University

Faculty Senate Agendas and Minutes

No abstract provided.

Meeting Minutes, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Meeting regarding budget, elections, general education, curriculum, salaries, and Student Health Center.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 76, No. 46, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Articles in this issue:

• Brown, Abbey. The Four-Year Plan: An Unlikely Achievement
• Dawes, Jennifer. Mail Theft At Campus Post Office
• Moore, Brian. Western Wins Discrimination Lawsuit – Robert Dye
• Hall, Rex. Western’s NCAA Tickets Sell Out – Basketball
• Faculty Member to Present Piano & Flute Recital – Charles Smith
• Walsh, Erica. Jazz Band Offering Free Concert April 10
• Four Winners & More than 15,000 Losers – Student Government Association Election
• Grady, Brian. Editorial Cartoon re: SGA Election Ballot
• Vilines, Elaine. Western is No Hero – Health Services
• Tran, Linh. …

Report On Part-Time Faculty Stipends, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Stipends for 3 hour course comparisons for 1999 through 2000 and benchmark university stipends.

Meeting Minutes, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Meeting to discuss elections, Collegiate Health Care bankruptcy, provide-a-ride, gazebo, picnic tables, budget, banquet, health fair and faculty appreciation day.

Meeting Minutes, Wku Staff Council

Staff Council

Minutes of the March 13, 2001 meeting.