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Editorial, Volume 3 - 2007, Ada Long, Dail Mullins Jan 2007

Editorial, Volume 3 - 2007, Ada Long, Dail Mullins

Honors in Practice Online Archive

Table of Contents:

Editorial Policy

Submission Guidelines

Dedication to William P. Mech

Editor’s Introduction by Ada Long

Learning a Practice Versus Learning to Be a Practitioner: Teaching Archaeology in an Honors Context by Troy R. Lovata

Teaching Arts and Honors: Four Successful Syllabi by P. Brent Register, Robert Bullington, and Joe A. Thomas

Service Learning in the Honors Composition Classroom: What Difference Does It Make? by Ann T. Parker

First-Year “Initiation” Courses in Honors by Jim Lacey

Teaching an Honors Course Tied to a Large University Event by Anne M. Wilson, Tyler D. Blakley, Kathryn A. Leciejewski, Michelle L. Sams, …

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Ten Steps To Honors Publication: How Students Can Prepare Their Honors Work For Publication, Ellen Buckner Jan 2007

Ten Steps To Honors Publication: How Students Can Prepare Their Honors Work For Publication, Ellen Buckner

Honors in Practice Online Archive

The gold standard for scholarly accomplishment in any professional discipline is publication in a national peer-reviewed journal. Many journals accept small studies such as those done as part of a senior honors project or thesis. Disciplines vary as to what they will consider, but listed herein are ten suggested steps that faculty can recommend to students who want to have their honors work submitted, reviewed, and possibly accepted for publication in such a journal. Just going through the steps will give the honors student valuable experience. Even more importantly, the review process often provides the student with excellent comments by …

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Preparing Future Faculty For Careers In Academic Librarianship: A Paradigm Shift For Collaboration In Higher Education, Sean Patrick Knowlton, Laura L. B. Border Jan 2007

Preparing Future Faculty For Careers In Academic Librarianship: A Paradigm Shift For Collaboration In Higher Education, Sean Patrick Knowlton, Laura L. B. Border

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Nationwide, tire number of available faculty positions represents only a fraction of the master’s and doctoral degrees granted each year. Fortunately, faculty positions are available in academic librarianship, which is experiencing a decline in qualified applicants. A pioneering collaboration between a graduate student professional development program and an academic library has created a fellowship program that allows master’s and doctoral students to consider careers in academic librarianship through mentored fellowships. Initial results show that participants intend to pursue librarianship as an academic career in which to use and expand their advanced subject and/or language expertise.

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How Post–Tenure Review Can Support The Teaching Development Of Senior Faculty, Mary Deane Sorcinelli, Mei-Yau Shih, Mathew L. Ouellett, Marjory Stewart Jan 2007

How Post–Tenure Review Can Support The Teaching Development Of Senior Faculty, Mary Deane Sorcinelli, Mei-Yau Shih, Mathew L. Ouellett, Marjory Stewart

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

A key question that campuses face as they develop and implement post-tenure review policies is how to blend the concepts of accountability and renewal. This chapter examines a faculty development initiative linked to a post-tenure review policy at a research-intensive university. It describes the goals, processes, and outcomes of a five-year study of the program, extending research on post-tenure review and its potential for positive faculty development.

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A Critical Theory Perspective On Faculty Development, Stephen D. Brookfield Jan 2007

A Critical Theory Perspective On Faculty Development, Stephen D. Brookfield

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

This chapter argues that critical theory implies a number of conceptions and practices of teaching, and it applies a critical theory perspective to conducting faculty development. It speculates on how faculty development might be organized according to some insights drawn from critical theory, and it reviews the chief reasons why teachers resist engaging with this perspective.

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2007-08 Unopa Annual Report Jan 2007

2007-08 Unopa Annual Report

UNOPA: Annual Reports

INSIDE THIS REPORT President’s Report.....................................1 Elected Officer’s Reports............................4 Financial Statement...................................5 Standing Committee Reports......................6 National Activities....................................18 UNOPA Bylaws........................................20 UNOPA Standing Rules............................25 Duties of Committees..............................26

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2006-07 Unopa Cathie Fife Nov 2006

2006-07 Unopa Cathie Fife

UNOPA: Documents and Publications

No abstract provided.

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Student Outcomes And Honors Programs: A Longitudinal Study Of 172 Honors Students 2000-2004, Frank Shushok Jr. Oct 2006

Student Outcomes And Honors Programs: A Longitudinal Study Of 172 Honors Students 2000-2004, Frank Shushok Jr.

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

Since this edition of the JNCHC is dedicated to honors administration, it seems appropriate to offer a few introductory remarks about the usefulness of this study. College and university administrators participating in the accreditation process are well aware that assessing student learning is not the passing fad that some had suspected it might be. In the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, for example, administrators are familiar with Core Requirement 2.1—the institution engages in ongoing, integrated, and institution- wide planning and evaluation processes that incorporate systematic review of programs and services (Handbook for reaffirmation of accreditation, 2004). All accreditation bodies …

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Editorial Matter For Volume 7, Number 2, Ada Long, Dail Mullins Oct 2006

Editorial Matter For Volume 7, Number 2, Ada Long, Dail Mullins

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

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

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Major Forerunners To Honors Education At The Collegiate Level, Anne Rinn Oct 2006

Major Forerunners To Honors Education At The Collegiate Level, Anne Rinn

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

In this paper, the author explores the major forerunners of the modern-day honors program as well as the purposes behind the formation of honors programs in the United States. Although given much attention in the 1920s with the work of Frank Aydelotte and again in the 1950s and 1960s with the work of Joseph Cohen, university honors programs and colleges have grown so rapidly over the past few decades that we sometimes forget our origins. By examining the foundations of honors programs, this history allows researchers and administrators to better understand modern honors programs in light of the past.

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Leadership In Honors: What Is The Right Stuff?, George Mariz Oct 2006

Leadership In Honors: What Is The Right Stuff?, George Mariz

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

It may come as disappointing news, but as far as honors administrators go the “right stuff” in many ways resembles sound medical practice: there are seldom cases of heroic intervention; good protocols and practices are better formulas for success than sheer talent or the bold stroke; and so good preparation counts for more than genius. A comprehensive essay on an honors administrator’s role in academic leadership, curriculum design, administrative organization and reportage, and other honors desiderata would make a hefty book, and so these brief remarks will address specific but important aspects of administration, faculty recruitment, and student advising.
Above …

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Honors Program Leadership: The Right Stuff, Rew Godow Jr. Oct 2006

Honors Program Leadership: The Right Stuff, Rew Godow Jr.

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

In what follows, I shall discuss six leadership roles that I think generally need to be fulfilled in an honors program. Since the leadership of most honors programs is the responsibility of a single person, the director, this can be thought of as a discussion of the various roles that my ideal honors director would play. Accordingly, the list also can be thought of as a general checklist of things that search committees should look for in candidates for a position as honors director.

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Journal Of The National Collegiate Honors Council -- Volume 7, No. 2 -- Complete Issue Oct 2006

Journal Of The National Collegiate Honors Council -- Volume 7, No. 2 -- Complete Issue

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

CONTENTS

Call for Papers
Submission Guidelines
Dedication to Ira Cohen
Editor’s Introduction -- Ada Long

FORUM ON “HONORS ADMINISTRATION”
Honors Program Leadership: The Right Stuff -- Rew A. Godow, Jr.
Chaucer, Mountain Hiking, and Honors Program Leadership -- Sam Schuman
Riding a Unicycle Across a Bridge While Juggling: The Musings of an Honors Administrator -- Bonnie D. Irwin
At Play on the Fields of Honor(s) -- Larry Andrews
Success as an Honors Program Director: What Does it Take? -- Bruce Fox
Being There for Honors Leadership -- Lisa L. Coleman
“Ah well! I am their leader; I really ought to …

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Riding A Unicycle Across A Bridge While Juggling: The Musings Of An Honors Administrator, Bonnie Irwin Oct 2006

Riding A Unicycle Across A Bridge While Juggling: The Musings Of An Honors Administrator, Bonnie Irwin

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

My favorite metaphor for the life of an honors administrator remains that of a plate spinner. Those of us of a certain age remember them from the Ed Sullivan Show: frantically running from pole to pole, these acrobats had to keep the plates spinning so that none would fall crashing to the stage. Meanwhile, in the background, some classical, frenetic piece of music, often Khachaturian’s Sabre Dance, would be playing, faster and faster. Indeed, if a university can be likened to a circus—and many are tempted to do just that— honors administrators are the plate spinners.

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Success As An Honors Program Director: What Does It Take?, Bruce Fox Oct 2006

Success As An Honors Program Director: What Does It Take?, Bruce Fox

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

What does it mean to succeed as an honors director? For the purposes of this discussion, I define the successful honors director as someone who builds an honors program, with “build” having a variety of meanings. In this context, “build” can mean starting a program from the get-go, reinvigorating a dormant program, increasing enrollment in an existing program (without decreasing the program’s value to students), increasing the program’s reputation, increasing its budget or other resources, increasing the value a program has to its university, or most importantly (at least to me) increasing the value of the program to its students. …

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Being There For Honors Leadership, Lisa Coleman Oct 2006

Being There For Honors Leadership, Lisa Coleman

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

In his 1986 article, “Honors Program Leadership: The Right Stuff,” Rew Godow, Jr., makes a compelling argument for honors program director as Renaissance man or homo universalis, someone who is able to do many things well, undaunted by the fact that his job, like the job of astronauts evoked by Godow’s title, exacts commitment, ability, and sheer guts along with daunting paper work, management and budgeting expertise, the habit of building and maintaining a constituency, and the entrepreneurship required to sell a program.
Looking to my eight-year administrative relationship with the Honors Program of my university, Coordinator for two …

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Reminiscences On The Evolution Of Honors Leadership, Len Zane Oct 2006

Reminiscences On The Evolution Of Honors Leadership, Len Zane

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

Las Vegas, Nevada. It was a hot and sultry Friday night in August. Pardon the redundancy—if it is Las Vegas in August, nights are hot and sultry. Though many diversions beckoned, I decided to check my email before heading to bed for the evening. Sitting in front of the computer with a bowl of ice cream and a glass of cognac, I downloaded Rew A. (“Skip”) Godow Jr.’s 1986 article from the Forum for Honors that was attached to an email from our journal’s enterprising editor, Ada Long. The essay was there as part of Ada’s call for journal submissions …

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At Play On The Fields Of Honor(S), Larry Andrews Oct 2006

At Play On The Fields Of Honor(S), Larry Andrews

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

Who could argue with Skip Godow’s list of roles and qualities desirable in an ideal honors leader? With appropriate caveats concerning the wide variation in programs and institutional contexts, he envisions well the comprehensive demands of modern-day honors administration, demands that match my experience of over fourteen years as dean of an honors college of 1300 students as I strive imperfectly to embody the qualities he idealizes.
Of course, one might emphasize one of Skip’s points more or less. If an honors administrator is required to perform a number of non-honors university duties, the roles are even more complex. One …

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Chaucer, Mountain Hiking, And Honors Program Leadership, Sam Schuman Oct 2006

Chaucer, Mountain Hiking, And Honors Program Leadership, Sam Schuman

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

The narrator of Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde laments that he is no lover himself but only the “servant of love’s servants.” I’m in an analogous position in respect to honors program administration: for the past quarter-century, I’ve been in administrative positions as chief academic officer and as chancellor where I’ve worked with honors directors but not really had daily responsibility for a program myself. In a way this disqualifies me from writing on the topic of honors leadership with (to quote Chaucer again) the authority of experience, at least contemporary experience. On the other hand, it may be useful to …

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A View From The Shoulders, Rosalie Otero Oct 2006

A View From The Shoulders, Rosalie Otero

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

So, you have been asked to administer the honors program at your institution. You have no idea what it means since, for the past fifteen years, you have been teaching three sections of English composition and literature courses each semester. No one tells you that overnight you will have to become a public relations guru, an expert in planning and organization, a specialist in stretching a meager budget, a top-notch communicator and consensus builder, an effective fundraiser, and an authority on honors education.

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“Ah Well! I Am Their Leader; I Really Ought To Follow Them”: Leading Student Leaders, Keith Garbutt Oct 2006

“Ah Well! I Am Their Leader; I Really Ought To Follow Them”: Leading Student Leaders, Keith Garbutt

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

One of the privileges of being the dean of an honors college or the director of an honors program is that you are allowed to work with some of the brightest, most motivated, and most innovative students in your institution. One of our responsibilities when working with these individuals is to provide them with an environment in which they can develop their skills and potential as leaders. This important element of leadership in honors is one item missing from Rew Godow’s essay. When I was thinking on this topic, a line came to mind from Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera …

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2006-07 Unopa Keys To Professionalism Sep 2006

2006-07 Unopa Keys To Professionalism

UNOPA: Documents and Publications

No abstract provided.

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Nebraska Transcript (University Of Nebraska College Of Law), Volume 39, Number 2, Spring/Summer 2006 Jul 2006

Nebraska Transcript (University Of Nebraska College Of Law), Volume 39, Number 2, Spring/Summer 2006

Nebraska Transcript

World's First Law-Psych Program, with Its Integrative Approach. Continues to Rank Among Best
Law-Psychology Program Attracts Students Worldwide
Trial Consultant Uses His Training To Help Lawyers Be Successful
Juries & Civil Justice: Law-Psychology's Program of Excellence Conference Seeks to Improve Understanding of Jury Process
Utah Connection: Thanks to Efforts of Prof. Marty Gardner, Many Utah Students Attend Law School in Lincoln
Constitution Day: University 'Celebrates' the Constitution Even While Calling Into Question Constitutionality of Its Day
The World of Public Interest Law: Students Breaking the Mold
The New Nebraska Rules of Professional Conduct: A Brief Overview
"Hope for a Global …

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Resisting Power And Influence: A Case Study In Virtue Ethics, Daniel R. Vasgird Jun 2006

Resisting Power And Influence: A Case Study In Virtue Ethics, Daniel R. Vasgird

Research Compliance Services: Staff Publications

This is a case study based on the author’s experience while serving as an ethics committee (IRB) chair in New York City. It addresses the issues of power and coercion as they apply to the human research participants protection process. It primarily focuses on the power imbalance that can exist between research participants and their IRB advocates on the one hand and the research institutions, funding agencies, and investigators with their unlimited resources on the other. IRB Chairs and IRB leaders must be fire-walled from conflicts of interest arising not just from financial factors but from factors related to power, …

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The Impact Of K-12 Gifted Programs On Postsecondary Honors Programming, Jennifer Lane Apr 2006

The Impact Of K-12 Gifted Programs On Postsecondary Honors Programming, Jennifer Lane

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

While not all students entering a post-secondary honors program have previously participated in gifted programming, honors programming in theory begins through gifted services in elementary schools and later culminates in honors colleges and honors programs at post-secondary institutions. However, a review of participants in these programs suggests that the population is not consistent through the various levels of the educational system. Studies indicate that gifted services and the participating population change in middle school and/or high school when programming shifts from gifted to honors. Related to these shifts are misconceptions and mistaken assumptions that often correlate to a lowering of …

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Honors Assessment And Evaluation, Cheryl Achterberg Apr 2006

Honors Assessment And Evaluation, Cheryl Achterberg

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

I am currently leading a college where our vision is simply “Expanding Human Potential.” That vision perfectly encapsulates my personal value set for education as well. I believe that expanding human potential is also the business of honors education. And because I believe so firmly in this concept, I shall go on record supporting assessment and evaluation in honors education as well as general education.
As an administrative leader I need to make daily decisions about what will serve my college, my students, and my faculty well. Some of those decisions are internally motivated, internally addressed, and relatively unknown beyond …

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Documenting The Achievements Of Our Students Without Compromising Excellence, Jean Sorensen Apr 2006

Documenting The Achievements Of Our Students Without Compromising Excellence, Jean Sorensen

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

When questions arise about the quality and costs of higher education, honors educators, administrators, and students are best positioned to provide answers. When national groups report data questioning the achievement of our graduates, are we willing to be held accountable? Are we even in a position to provide evidence that our students have not only achieved some minimal level of competency but also excelled by exploring challenging issues central in our society, our disciplines, our nation’s workforce, our government, and the international arena?

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Saving Honors In The Age Of Standardization, Linda Frost Apr 2006

Saving Honors In The Age Of Standardization, Linda Frost

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

Iwent to my first National Collegiate Honors Council conference just this last year and was sitting in a session on national scholarships when the phrase “learning outcomes” came up. I turned to the woman behind me with whom I’d been briefly chatting before the session began and asked if this kind of evaluative structure was being implemented at her university.

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They Graduated, Joan Digby Apr 2006

They Graduated, Joan Digby

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

Linda Frost’s essay, “Saving Honors in the Age of Standardization,” has many saving graces of its own. It is direct, honest and about as optimistic as we have any right to be. Even her title acknowledges that there is at least some chance of saving honors from the number crunchers and their lingo. I’d be right there with the woman who rolled her eyes and exclaimed “We’re just sick of it” if I hadn’t managed to steer clear of the measurement folk and their instruments of inquisition all these years.

I can remember the moment that I staged my first …

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Editorial Matter For Volume 7, Number 1, Ada Long, Dail Mullins Apr 2006

Editorial Matter For Volume 7, 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 Susanna Finnell
Editor's Introduction, Ada Long
About the Authors

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