Educational Administration and Supervision Commons^™

The Perceived Value Of Honors Work As It Relates To Faculty Promotion And Tenure, K. Celeste Campbell

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

Honors programs (and honors colleges as they are called in some institutions) exist to provide enhanced learning environments for outstanding undergraduate students. The benefits for students are many: small and often more challenging classes; access to professors (as opposed to graduate students or teaching assistants); early enrollment; special honors housing; research opportunities; and scholarship money. But what are the benefits for the faculty who teach in such programs or who serve as administrators (directors or deans) of these programs? Many faculty members find personal satisfaction by working with small groups of talented students, but is honors work a help or …

Diversity Opportunities For Higher Education And Honors Programs: A View From Nebraska, Peter Longo, John Falconer

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

While honors programs were developed in part to actively engage top students in undergraduate education, they also have demonstrated a capacity for leading innovation in post-secondary institutions. Innovations come in the form of curricular development, service learning programs, and independent scholarship. As institutions strive to find effective approaches to improving access to and diversity in higher education, honors programs, in a most general sense, offer a link between diversity and improved access. This paper explores the role of honors programs in expanding access and diversity—an area traditionally focused on broader student populations. Demographic changes in Nebraska, marked by increased ethnic …

Personality Characteristics And Favorite Topics Of Students Enrolled In Introduction To Psychology, Honors, Daniel Grangaard

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

The Honors Program at Austin Community College (ACC) is relatively new. Admission to the Honors Program is by invitation and is separate from admission to ACC, which currently enrolls 32,000 students. Students are invited to join on the basis of criteria set each year by the Honors Coordinator and the Honors Council. A major goal is to produce a program membership of the top 8-10 percent of the students entering ACC each semester. There are approximately 350 students who have been accepted into the Honors Program. The program’s mission is to provide an enhanced and supportive learning climate that encourages …

Supporting The Aesthetic Through Metaphorical Thinking, Patrick Aievoli

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

During my time at the C. W. Post campus of Long Island University, I have been fortunate to be the mentor to a number of art majors who have also been honors students. During this time I have found that defining the fine line between input and output needs to be finessed. These students normally deal with the visual image and how it relates directly to their own personal work. In many cases, especially with freshman and sophomore students, their understanding of creativity is that an artist’s inspiration comes out of thin air. As they progress through their academic years …

Voices Of Women High School Principals, Ellen Wexler Eckman

Journal of Women in Educational Leadership

This study presents the challenges women face in educational administration from the perspective of female high school principals. Eight women high school principals participated in the qualitative study that focused on their careers, the conflicts between their personal and professional roles, and the impact of gender on the high school principalship. The participants acknowledged the importance of encouragement and mentoring in their decisions to become high school principals. They continued to be affected by the male image of the high school principal. They sought support from other female leaders as well as offered mentoring to women aspiring to administrative positions. …

Seeking Justice For All: The Special Concerns Of Women School Administrators, Patricia F. First

Journal of Women in Educational Leadership

In this article the belief that there are special responsibilities for women school administrators based upon gender and the racial divide in U.S. schools is explored. Justification for women's special responsibility is discussed and examples are given, including the new issue of justice in schooling and differences in access to cyberspace. How the caring women administrator can make a difference is described in the concluding remarks.

Review Of Reinventing Fundraising: Realizing The Potential Of Women's Philanthropy By Sondra C. Shaw And Martha A. Taylor, Jean M. Haar

Journal of Women in Educational Leadership

Studies of women note the unique nature of female leadership (Aburdene & Naisbitt, 1992; Helgeson, 1995; Sergiovanni, 1995). As women's leadership roles in the workforce increase (Helgeson, 1995; Ruderman & Ohlott, 2002), the potential for women's leadership in philanthropy is acknowledged. In Reinventing Fundraising: Realizing the Potential o/Women 's Philanthropy, Shaw and Taylor address the potential of women philanthropists-and make special note that, whether women inherit, earn or marry money, they are becoming a powerful financial force. Lederer (1991) and Taylor (1998) emphasized that American women now control 60% of the nation's investment wealth and constitute 43% of the nation's …

Journal Of Women In Educational Leadership, Vol. 1, No. 2 - April 2003

Journal of Women in Educational Leadership

No abstract provided.

"I Have Work To Do" Work Roles And Affirming Or Marginalizing Experiences Among Women At Professor Rank, Florence A. Hamrick

Journal of Women in Educational Leadership

This qualitative study of women at professor rank at a Research Extensive university explored work roles as well as occasions and events that signified affirmation or marginalization to respondents as they performed their work. Three primary work roles emerged: disciplinary expert, mentor or model, and advisor or change agent. Although all respondents clearly identified themselves as disciplinary experts, the other two roles were often more complex. Respondents generally experienced affirmation through student, collegial,and institutional recognitions of expertise and effectiveness. Marginalizing experiences included serving token roles on committees or other bodies and being a "lone voice" on issues of equity.

One Of A Kind, Marilyn L. Grady, Barbara Lacost

Journal of Women in Educational Leadership

As we prepare this issue for publication, the news of war with Iraq is dominant. A story aired by National Public Radio (NPR) focused on women in the war and noted that one in every seven members of the military personnel serving in Iraq is a woman (Morning Edition, April 2, 2003). Women in the War is a special segment of NBC's Today Show. Their report noted that 15,000 women are serving in Iraq (April 9, 2003). As television and radio reports bombard us with a steady stream of information and analysis, the stories of women's experiences in Iraq as …

Single-Sex Schools And Classroom: Is "Separate But Comparable" Legally Permissible?, Donald F. Uerling, Gretchen Hall

Journal of Women in Educational Leadership

Most public schools in the United States have been coeducational, based at least in part on a general belief that single-sex schools and classrooms were legally impermissible. Now the issue of single-sex education has been raised again by the No Child Left Behind Act of2001, which provides that federal funds may be made available to local education agencies for an array of innovative assistance programs, including programs to provide same-gender schools and classrooms. An analysis of applicable law, coupled with a review of the merits of single-sex schooling, suggests that "separate but comparable" single-sex public school education might be legally …

Instruction Size Report, Spring 2003, 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.

The Influence Of Teacher Attitude About Professional Development, Master's Degree Training, And Teacher Certification On School Performance Scores In Selected Louisiana Parishes, Kay Lynn Tettleton

Doctoral Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship among three independent variables: teacher attitudes about professional development, earning a master's degree, and teacher certification on School Performance Scores. Independent variables included teacher attitude about professional development, proportion of teachers with masters' degrees, and proportion of certified and uncertified teachers. The researcher used a correlational design to test the hypothesized relationships among these three independent variables and school and district School Performance Scores. A ten item self-report instrument was constructed to assess teacher attitudes about professional development in the school or district. This instrument, Teacher Perception of Professional Development …

Effects Of Block Scheduling And Specific Demographic Factors On Teacher Job Satisfaction Among Small Secondary Schools In Arkansas, Brenda Jared Holder

Doctoral Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of block scheduling, as well as the effects of specific demographic factors, on teacher job satisfaction. All 25 of the 82 size AA schools in Arkansas which use block scheduling were asked to participate, and a systematic sampling of every third traditional schedule AA school yielded 27 schools with which to compare results. Of these 52 schools, teachers in 22 block scheduled schools and teachers in 18 traditional scheduled schools participated, yielding a total field of 601 respondents. The Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire was administered to teachers at each participating secondary …

Spr Bulletin, Fall 2002, Uno Office Of Research And Creative Activity

Sponsored Programs Bulletins

This bulletin features Recent Grant Recipients.

Working With Teachers: Practical Suggestion Stimulates Teacher’S Self-Reflection, Harcharan Pardhan

Institute for Educational Development, Karachi

No abstract provided.

Instruction Cost Report, Spring 2003, 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

University Reporter - Vol. 07, No. 07.2 (Special Edition) - April 2003, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1996-2009, University Reporter

No abstract provided.

University Reporter - Vol. 07, No. 08 - April 2003, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1996-2009, University Reporter

No abstract provided.

The Extent To Which Teachers And Principals Perceive High Schools As Learning Organizations, Scott Kemple

Dissertations

The purpose of the study was to conduct an assessment of the culture and leadership of a sample of Michigan high schools as perceived by their teaching staff and principals.

The variables of culture and leadership are primary indicators of whether a school is viewed as a learning organization by the faculty, staff and administration of the school (Leithwood et al., 2001). Five primary questions were examined: (1) To what extent are high schools perceived as learning organizations by their principals? (2) To what extent are high schools perceived as learning organizations by their teachers? (3) Is there a difference …

Role That Professional Positioning And Professional Socialization Play In The Career Path Of African American Women Superintendents, Cheryl Celestin

Dissertations

This dissertation examines the professional positioning and professional socialization of African American women school superintendents in the Mid-West area of the United States. Numerous studies revealed that there are very few African American women superintendents (Glass, 2000; Alston, 2000; Brunner, 1999; Ortiz, 1998; and Jackson, 1995). Women educators in general and African American women educators more specifically were not placed in professional paths that normally lead to the superintendency (Alston, 2000; Gardiner, Enomoto and Grogan, 2000; and Shakeshaft, 1987). The ladder to the school superintendency had historically included male dominated line positions such as athletic coaching and band directing with …

Intellectual Engagement And Achievement At Unl: Report From The Blue Sky Committee

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Administration: Reports, Papers, Publications, and Presentations

Contents

Executive Summary

Introduction and Guiding Framework

A Vision for UNL

The Datasets

The Undergraduate Experience

What We Learned

Quantitative Measures

Overall Student Satisfaction

Academic and Social Support

Academic Challenge

What Are the Implications?

Increased Focus on Academics during Orientation

A Reexamination of Course Offerings

Development of Graduate Teaching Assistant Skills

Expanded Involvement of Undergraduates in Research and Other Activities

Comments on the Undergraduate Data

Wmu Board Of Trustees Regular Formal Session, March 28, 2003, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

Minutes of the WMU Board of Trustees meeting include appendices:

• Remarks by the Chair
• Remarks by the Interim President
• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Approval of the Minutes of the January 2003 Annual Formal Session
• Honorary Degree Recommendation
• Academic and Student Affairs Committee Recommendations
• Grant Report
• Personnel Report
• Approval of New Programs
• Budget and Finance Committee Recommendations
• Gift Report
• Personnel Report
• Unsecured Line of Credit
• Approval of Sale of Property
• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Regulations: Compliance Actions
• Communication Antenna Leases
• Mama Maria, Inc. Lease Agreement
• KC’s Budget Auto Lease Agreement
• Resolution re Series 2003 General Revenue Bonds …

The Minutes Of The Marshall University Faculty Senate Meeting, March 27, 2003, Marshall University Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

Meeting Minutes, Wku Staff Council

Staff Council

Minutes of the March 26, 2003 meeting.

Senate Meeting, March 26, 2003, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

From The Dean, Edmund Beard

New England Journal of Public Policy

The dean's note speaks about the retirement of Padraig O'Malley from the University of Massachusetts. He also talks about the changes occuring at John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies at UMass Boston.

Meeting Minutes, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Meeting regarding committee appointments, Senate Bill 152, website, curriculum committee, general education courses, morale survey, budget and regents survey.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 78, No. 47, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• U.S. Forces Attack Iraq
• Lord, Joseph. Budget Priorities Outlined
• Hardin, Adriane. John Bradley Only Candidate for President – Student Government Association
• Sasseen, Jessica. Library Computer Lab Closes Early Due to Heat
• Coffman, Josh. War Changes Spring Break Travel Plans for Some
• Pike, Daniel. Despite War, the Games Must Go On – Basketball
• Reuter, Michael. Editorial Cartoon re: Iraq War
• They’re Fighting for Us
• Moore, Brian. It’s Hot. So What? – Computer Labs
• Johnson, Misty. Appreciated Vagina Monologues
• Lowther, Clare. Patti Johnson Supports One-stop Billing – Student Government Association
• Hardin, …

Meeting Minutes, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Meeting to discuss information technology infrastructure, Healthy Days, Hall of Distinguished Scholars, constitution, Apollo Night and parking structure expansion.