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Team Leaders And The Honors Freshman-Year Experience, Alvin Wang, Crystal Espinosa, Cassandra Long, Anik Patel

Honors in Practice Online Archive

In this article, we report on an effective means to enhance the honors freshman- year experience and thereby reduce the high rates of attrition commonly associated with the first year in college. Research by Tinto (1975; 1987) has shown that academic as well as social integration contributes to student persistence and success in college. Consequently, the successful transition from high school to college requires that freshmen make adjustments both academically and socially. The lack of integration in either of these domains will reduce student persistence and increase the likelihood that students will be college dropouts. The effects of academic and …

Stockholm Study Abroad: Scientific Breakthroughs And Nobel Laureates, Jana Pressler, Eric Rosenfeld, Marianne Alverbo Larsson

Honors in Practice Online Archive

Undergraduate study abroad experiences and immersive international programs serve as rich learning opportunities and substantive creative endeavors. This is particularly true for honors students. This paper describes an honors course that was developed around the idea of the scientific method, targeted at exploring scientific breakthroughs and Nobel laureates, and conducted at the site where the majority of Nobel Prizes are awarded: the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. For the “Stockholm Study Abroad” course at The Pennsylvania State University, honors students were asked to examine elements of the scientific method as the underlying framework of research studies, discuss traditional and nontraditional …

Tenure And Promotion In Honors, Rosalie Ortero

Honors in Practice Online Archive

The Chronicle of Higher Education Review (2/11/05) published an article on “Collaborative Efforts: Promoting Interdisciplinary Scholars” by Stephanie L. Pfirman, James P. Collins, Susan Lowes, and Anthony F. Michaels. They wrote, “Creative research and teaching increasingly occur at the junction between traditional disciplines. As a result, many colleges and universities have committed themselves to fostering interdisciplinary scholarship. But the scholars who work at that junction are confronted with conventional departmental hiring, review, and tenure procedures that are not suited to interdisciplinary work and can slow or block the progress of their careers.”

Transferring A Course Developed For Honors Students To Non-Major Biology Students: Lessons Learned, Mark A. Mcginley

Honors in Practice Online Archive

Honors colleges offer the opportunity for faculty to teach small classes to motivated, academically gifted students. One possible benefit offered by teaching honors courses is the opportunity to experiment with new teaching approaches. Thus, one goal of honors colleges is to act as a “lab” for developing novel educational approaches that can be applied across the university. Here I report on the lessons learned from my experience transferring a course developed for honors students to the general student population.

Honors Courses: More Difficult Or Different?, Jim Lacey

Honors in Practice Online Archive

At a well-attended “Developing in Honors” (DIH) session at the 2004 NCHC conference in New Orleans, the question of whether honors courses should be more difficult than or different from standard courses turned out to be unusually lively. The panelists insisted that honors courses should be different in a number of ways, all advocating smaller, interactive classes. My position went further in this direction, arguing that honors courses should replace General Education Requirements, courses often crowded with unwilling students, taught by instructors who would rather be doing something else, and dumbed down. Honors courses, I suggested, should not be specialized. …

Keeping Honors Information Current, Joan Digby, Tracey Christy

Honors in Practice Online Archive

In the process of composing the fourth edition of Peterson’s Smart Choices: Honors Programs & Colleges, we spent a great deal of time verifying current information about our member institutions. This turned out to be far more difficult than we had anticipated, and so we would like to share with you some of the problems we encountered that may have practical implications for you when it comes to keeping in touch with NCHC, providing information about your program, and recruiting new students.

Reviving An Honors Program With Specialized Sequence Tracks, Sharon Carrish

Honors in Practice Online Archive

When I assumed the position of Honors Program Director along with my other responsibilities, I was handed the Honors Program Review from the previous five years. Nestled among the goals and objectives—alongside of recruiting, marketing and identifying faculty to teach honors courses—was the most pressing problem: serious declining enrollment. Students were being recruited for the honors program by the department of admissions, but only a very small number were continuing into their junior and senior years. With this problem of disappearing numbers came the possibility of a disappearing honors program. Apparently most of these students were dropping out of the …

Contracting In Honors, Kambra Bolch

Honors in Practice Online Archive

A survey of the second edition of Peterson’s Honors Programs reveals that a variety of honors programs and colleges around the country employ the honors contract as one mechanism whereby students may earn honors course credit. Although there is no uniform definition of what a contract entails, one common approach is the completion of a paper, project, or other assignment in addition to a non-honors course’s requirements. Of the 360 listings in the Peterson’s guide, at least 43 public, private, two-year, and four-year programs and colleges choose to mention contracting in their listings. Contracting, therefore, appears to provide a prominent …

Using Students Mentors In An “Introduction To Honors” Course, Betsy Bach, Rachel Kinkie, Sam Schabacker

Honors in Practice Online Archive

The Davidson Honors College at the University of Montana requires “Introduction to Honors” of all matriculating students. The course is offered for one credit and is designed to develop a sense of organizational identification among the first-year students enrolled in each of the ten sections that we teach every fall semester. Specifically, the goals of the course for students are to a) develop community, b) learn the essentials of a liberal arts education, and c) participate in activities they might not typically experience (e.g., community service or cultural events). Faculty members teaching each section volunteer their time and are provided …

Pod Network News, Winter 2005

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

President's Column

New Core Committee Members

National Institute for New Faculty Developers

Innovation Award 2004 (nee Bright Idea)

POD-Members List/POD Directory

Editing Opportunities

POD-IDEA Center Notes

Faculty/TA Instructional Development Internship Grant

Diversity Commission Travel Grant-New Deadline

POD Conference Comments

Other Conferences

New Faces and Places

Books by POD Members

Newsletter Deadline

Diversity Begins at Home: Multiculturalism in State and Regional Studies

Connecting with POD

Contacting the POD Office

To Improve the Academy Associate Editor Self-Nomination Form

Complete your library! To Improve the Academy Order Form

Assessing And Evaluating Honors Programs And Honors Colleges: A Practical Handbook, Rosalie Otero, Robert Spurrier

National Collegiate Honors Council Monographs

Systematic use of evaluation and assessment is one of the core principles guiding education. A considerable portion of current educational research addresses the effectiveness of evaluation and assessment at all levels of education. The relevance of assessment and evaluation has been dramatically increased by the current political tendency to decentralize the responsibility for educational processes. At the same time, students and parents are becoming more aware of differences in quality between schools and programs and more inclined to hold faculty and administrators accountable for their institutions' achievements. Both developments have led to a need for setting explicit standards for educational …

University Of Nebraska- Lincoln: Fact Book 2004-2005

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

Fact Book 2004-2005 Table of Contents

General Information

Role and Mission Statement....................................................................4

Institutional & Professional Accreditations......................................................7

UNL Organizational Chart..................................................................9

Student Credit Hours

Student Credit Hours UNL Student Credit Hours Total Fall, by College 2000 to 2004................................................................10

UNL Student Credit Hours Total Spring, By College 2000 to 2004....................................................11

UNL Student Credit Hours Total Fall & Spring Semester, by College 1999—2003..........................12

Summer Sessions 2004 Student Credit Hours..........................................13

Retention, Degrees and Majors

Retention, Degrees and Majors UNL Student Retention & Graduation Rate Analysis..................................................................................14

Total Degrees conferred by UNL Fiscal Year 1994-95 to 2003-2004............................................................15

Degrees Conferred July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2004...............................................................................16

Types …

Sola Scarab Workers Symposium 2004, Andrew Smith

University of Nebraska State Museum: Programs Information

Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting Salt Lake City, Utah. Sunday, 14 November 2004

Papers: Mapping patterns of beta-diversity for beetles across the western Amazon Basin: the Ceratocanthidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea). Terry Erwin, Department of Entomology, Smithsonian Institution
Fine leg morphology: could it be one step toward a more natural classification of Scarabaeinae? François Génier, Canadian Museum of Nature
Revision of the southern South American Glaphyridae. Shauna Hawkins, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Allidiostomatinae and Aclopinae: tales of mystery and imagination from the Southern Hemisphere. Federico Ocampo, Mary Liz Jameson, University of Nebraska- Lincoln and David Hawks, University of California-Riverside
New World Aphodiinae: …

Pod Network News, Fall 2004

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

President's Column

POD's Strategic Planning Activities

POD Core Committee Self-Nomination

TIA Call for Manuscripts

Bright Idea Awards 2004 Call for Submissions

POD Represented at Two International Conferences

POD Conference Corner

An Invitation for POD Members to Participate in a National R & D Project

Other Conferences

Why Professors Don't Change

POD Network Grant Program 2004-2005 Call for Proposals

New Faces and Places

Books by POD Members

Newsletter Deadline

Connecting with POD

POD Core Committee Self-Nomination Instructions

Contacting the POD Office

29th Annual Conference: The POD Network

To Improve the Academy Reviewer Self-Nomination Form

POD Bright Idea Award 2004 Application Instructions …

Nebraska Transcript (University Of Nebraska College Of Law), Volume 37, Number 1, Winter 2004

Nebraska Transcript

3 Law College Celebrates Newly Remodeled Building

5 Governors Room Dedication Honors

5 Remarkable Alums

7 New Library Seminar Room Honors Alum Bar Presidents 8 Graduation 2003

10 Class of 2003

12 Honor Class Reunion

14 Family Traditions Ceremony

16 Former President of CBS Leaves Law College $3.4 Million

17 Eye-Opening Panel Discussion Honors Black History Month

19 Pre-Law Summer Institute Introduces Students to the Law

25 Remembering Henry Grether

27 Remembering Norm Thorson

32 Alumni Council Awards Honor Distinguished Achievements

Nebraska Transcript (University Of Nebraska College Of Law), Volume 38, Number 1, Fall/Winter 2004–2005

Nebraska Transcript

U.S. Champs: Law College's Client Counseling Team of Kevin Corlew and Adam

Pavelka Compete in International Competition in Scotland

Upset Victory: 'Cinderella' Moot Court Team Looks Back Fondly at Law College's 1953 National Championship

Schmoker Courtyard Dedicated with Jazz, Flowers, Festivities

Students Begin Legal Careers With Professionalism Orientation

College of Law Hosts Conference On Water Law, Policy & Science

Which Way to True Justice? Appropriate Dispute Resolution & 'Adversarial Legalism'

Supreme Court Correspondent Explains Its 'Monumental Shift'

Graduation Honors

Graduation 2004

Family Tradition Ceremony

U.S. Supreme Court Cites Kirst In Confrontation Clause Case

Journey from Public Defender to Law Librarian …

Assessing Learning Style Differences Between Honors And Non-Honors Students, Scott Carnicom, Michael Clump

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

What defines an “honors” student and what key differences, if any, exist between honors and non-honors students? One obvious difference exists in measures of academic achievement; college honors students, by virtue of typical admission criteria, have higher GPA’s and standardized test scores (Long & Lange, 2002). Consistent with these higher academic credentials, honors students have often been described as more autonomous, more responsible, and more motivated (Grangaard, 2003; Orban & Chalifoux, 2002; Palmer & Wohl, 1972). Additionally, honors students tend to demonstrate to a greater degree many behaviors that positively correlate with academic performance, such as skipping class less often, …

Qualities Honours Students Look For In Faculty And Courses, Marca V.C. Wolfensberger

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

The main research questions that we answer in this article are: What are characteristics of honors students and how do they value teachers and courses? Does our theory-based learning context, which is supportive of autonomy, competence, and relatedness, actually correspond to the preferences of our honors students?

Creating A Culture Of Conducive Communication In Honors Seminars, Anne Marie Merline

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

In his book “The Courage to Teach,” Parker Palmer discusses the various roles of the teacher in the college classroom. One facet he speaks about is the power that teachers possess: “teachers possess the power to create conditions that can help students learn a great deal.” I believe teachers who are student-centered know this and carry this out to the best of their ability. One issue that I agree with, but other instructors reject, is another point that Parker Palmer embraces. He also contends that “we must talk to each other about our inner lives. The lives of the students …

Journal Of The National Collegiate Honors Council -- Volume 5, No. 2 -- Complete Issue

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

CONTENTS

Call for Papers
Submission Guidelines
Dedication to Bernice Braid
Editor’s Introduction -- Dail Mullins

THE PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY OF HONORS
Emotional Intelligence and the Honors Student -- Laird R. O. Edman and Sally Oakes Edman
Ethics on an Honors College Campus: An Analysis of Attitudes and Behaviors of Honors versus Non-Honors Students -- Heather L. Blythe
Assessing Learning Style Differences Between Honors and Non-Honors Students -- Scott Carnicom and Michael Clump
The Impact of Honors Programs on Undergraduate Academic Performance, Retention and Graduation -- John R. Cosgrove
Qualities Honours Students are Looking for in Faculty and Courses -- Marca …

Ethics On An Honors College Campus: An Analysis Of Attitudes And Behaviors Of Honors Versus Non-Honors Students, Heather Blythe

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

Since cheating, or academic dishonesty, has appeared to increase over the years, it is important to observe the “new” forms of cheating present within higher learning institutions. Earlier studies have shown conflicting evidence regarding the deterrence rate of an honor code system in higher learning institutions. This study looked at the Honors and non-Honors students’ beliefs and actions regarding the honor code, the internet, and suspect cheating behaviors. Surprisingly 81 (75%) students, both Honors and non- Honors, did not believe that the honor code prevents cheating, contrary to most literature. One other area of interest dealt with the internet and …

The Impact Of Honors Programs On Undergraduate Academic Performance, Retention, And Graduation, John Cosgrove

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

This study examines the academic performance, retention, and degree-completion rates of two groups of honors students, those who completed all their honors program requirements (honors completers; n = 30) versus those students who started off in honors programs but did not complete these program requirements (partial honors students; n = 82). These two sets of honors students are then compared to a third group of similar students, those who had comparable pre-college academic credentials as the honors students, but who did not participate in an honors program (called high-ability students; n = 108). These three student groups entered three Pennsylvania …

Editorial Matter For Volume 5, 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 Bernice Braid
Editor's Introduction, Ada Long
About the Authors

Academic And Social Effects Of Living In Honors Residence Halls, Anne Rinn

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

The impact of the residential environment in theories of college student development is often emphasized. Many researchers have studied the effects of on-campus living versus off-campus living, generally finding that living in residence halls is positively associated with both academic and social development. However, the study of gifted college students living in an honors residence hall is rarely addressed. This article examines the possible academic and social effects of living in an honors residence hall. Implications are discussed.

Women In Honors Education: The Case Of Western Washington University, George Mariz

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

This essay is concerned with women and their educational experience in an Honors Program, and with their educational choices. It deals briefly with the history of women in higher education in the Western world and in the light of this history compares WWU Honors women with historical trends, with men and women students in the institution, and with students nationally in terms of major choices and career aspirations. It is not an attempt to view Honors women’s education comprehensively nor to look at WWU women along side Honors women more generally. In fact, it is not possible to do so, …

Emotional Intelligence And The Honors Student, Laird Edman

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

Over the past decade the construct of emotional intelligence has captured the public imagination and become a hot topic in the popular media. While the extravagant claims for the importance of emotional intelligence have little empirical support, evidence has been growing for the existence of the construct. This study is an attempt to relate emotional intelligence to the decision of first-year college students to enroll in an honors program.

A measure of emotional intelligence was devised made up of four different Likert-type scales measuring different components of the construct. These scales were administered to 72 freshman students at a selective, …

Nefdc Exchange, Volume 15, Number 2, Fall 2004, New England Faculty Development Consortium

New England Faculty Development Consortium Exchange

Contents

Message from the President: The College is My Classroom - Thomas Edwards, Thomas College

Review of Robert Boice: Advice for New Faculty Members—Nihil nimus - Eric Kristensen, University of Ottawa

From the editors, Sue Barrett, Boston College, and Susan Pasquale, UMass Medical School

From Nepal to Iceland and Back Distance Learning Characteristics of Two Cultures - Karen A. Lemone, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Building Community with Technology - Elise Martin, Middlesex Community College, and Charles Kaminski, Berkshire Community College

Two Hours and Fifteen Minutes - Tom Thibodeau, New England Institute of Technology

Elections to NEFDC Board

Learning Disabilities in Higher …

Pod Network News, Spring/Summer 2004

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

President's Column

Thanks, Laura!

Grant Recipients

Certificates of Special Achievement

TIA Call for Manuscripts

Bright Idea Awards 2004 Call for Submissions

International Spotlight

International Connection

POD Conference Items

Other Conferences

New Faces and Places

Kudos

Books by POD Members

Reflections: Essay on Teaching Excellence

From the POD Office

POD Travel Grants

Newsletter Deadline

Connecting with POD

Contacting the POD Office

The National Teaching and Learning Forum: Did You Know We're Engaged?

Course Portfolio For Nres 311: Wildlife Ecology And Management, Larkin A. Powell

UNL Faculty Course Portfolios

The main objectives of this portfolio are to: (1) continue to refine the course through the required documentation of connections between course goals and course activities, (2) document the efficacy of teaching techniques, and (3) serve as a preliminary step to publishing some of the case studies being used in the course.

Simple, Pure, And True: An Emergent Vision Of Liberal Learning At The Research University, Peter Sederberg

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

Epiphanies, presumably, strike suddenly. This vision, however, was not like Saul’s on the road to Damascus; rather, it emerged over 25 years of incremental involvement in creating one of the stronger Honors Colleges in the country at the University of South Carolina. Over the past five years, in particular, my evolutionary experience has been shaped by a growing recognition of an underlying problem confronting the contemporary research university.

In general, the demands faced by research universities have not changed since World War II, though some have fluctuated in intensity. The essential problem, I believe, arises less from external demands and …