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Assessing International (Post)Graduate Education: A Research Agenda. Australian Universities' Review: 54 (1): 72-82, Tami Blumenfield, Maresi Nerad Nov 2014

Assessing International (Post)Graduate Education: A Research Agenda. Australian Universities' Review: 54 (1): 72-82, Tami Blumenfield, Maresi Nerad

Tami Blumenfield

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Henderson News, Bede Mitchell, Ann Hamilton, Sonya Shepherd, Fred Smith Apr 2014

Henderson News, Bede Mitchell, Ann Hamilton, Sonya Shepherd, Fred Smith

Sonya S. Gaither

In This Issue:-3rd Annual Farm to Table Dinner-Dr. William H. Schubert Curriculum History Collection-Spotlight on Henderson Library Benefactor-Fall Family Weekend-Resources for Community Use

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The Impressions Of Emergency Services Students In A Homeland Security Course: The Benefits Of Reflective Thinking And Journaling, Eric Russell, John Fisher Dec 2013

The Impressions Of Emergency Services Students In A Homeland Security Course: The Benefits Of Reflective Thinking And Journaling, Eric Russell, John Fisher

Dr. John R. Fisher

This case study explored the impressions a homeland security course had on the emergency service student. The setting for the study was a state-sponsored university in the western United States. The 17 participants were declared, undergraduate emergency services majors that underwent a 7.5-week distance learning homeland security course. Grounded theory was used to analyze and develop themes from student reflections from the class. The findings of the study suggested that the most important impressions students took from the class were about global awareness, an understanding of the vulnerabilities of terrorism to the nation and the importance of a homeland security …

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A Class Explores: Dangerousness And Mental Illness, Leeann Bartolini Dec 2013

A Class Explores: Dangerousness And Mental Illness, Leeann Bartolini

LeeAnn Bartolini

Each year in our Abnormal Psychology course at Dominican University of California students collectively explore a topic about mental illness that receives media attention. Last year we looked at the problem of the homeless mentally ill and posted our study online. The focus in the 2014/2015 academic year is: Dangerousness and Mental Illness. What is meant by dangerousness? In California we distinguish between danger to self and danger to others when we discuss civil commitment guidelines. Our study, presented in this blog, and written by students, will focus on danger to others and the link between mental illness and crime. …

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The Homeless Mentally Ill: A Class Explores, Leeann Bartolini Dec 2013

The Homeless Mentally Ill: A Class Explores, Leeann Bartolini

LeeAnn Bartolini

This blog is created to foster faculty and student engagement focusing on the topic of the homeless mentally ill. Much research, scholarship, discussion, and money has been and is currently devoted to solving this problem. In the Spring of 2014, students in Dr. Bartolini’s Abnormal Psychology course (yes, she’d rather it be called the Psychology of Mental Illness) will be summarizing past research from the last four decades on this topic and examining various city based attempted solutions

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