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Swinging Bridge - November 30, 2011, Sari Heidenreich Nov 2011

Swinging Bridge - November 30, 2011, Sari Heidenreich

Student Newspapers & Magazines

No abstract provided.


Swinging Bridge - November 10, 2011, Sari Heidenreich Nov 2011

Swinging Bridge - November 10, 2011, Sari Heidenreich

Student Newspapers & Magazines

No abstract provided.


Where’S My Journal: Open Access And Digital Repositories, Andrée J. Rathemacher Nov 2011

Where’S My Journal: Open Access And Digital Repositories, Andrée J. Rathemacher

Technical Services Faculty Presentations

Presentation slides for the breakout session "Where’s My Journal: Open Access and Digital Repositories" at the 2020 Vision: The Future of URI Library Services Forum, University of Rhode Island Memorial Union, Kingston, RI. November 4, 2011.


Swinging Bridge - October 26, 2011, Sari Heidenreich Oct 2011

Swinging Bridge - October 26, 2011, Sari Heidenreich

Student Newspapers & Magazines

No abstract provided.


Swinging Bridge - October 12, 2011, Sari Heidenreich Oct 2011

Swinging Bridge - October 12, 2011, Sari Heidenreich

Student Newspapers & Magazines

No abstract provided.


Closing The Gap: An Evolving Professional Development Workshop Bridging K12 & Higher Education, Sonya Shepherd Sep 2011

Closing The Gap: An Evolving Professional Development Workshop Bridging K12 & Higher Education, Sonya Shepherd

Sonya S. Gaither

No abstract provided.


Swinging Bridge - September 28, 2011, Sari Heidenreich Sep 2011

Swinging Bridge - September 28, 2011, Sari Heidenreich

Student Newspapers & Magazines

No abstract provided.


Swinging Bridge - September 14, 2011, Sari Heidenreich Sep 2011

Swinging Bridge - September 14, 2011, Sari Heidenreich

Student Newspapers & Magazines

No abstract provided.


Using A Media Technology Showcase To Bridge The Gap Between K12 & Higher Education, Sonya Shepherd Aug 2011

Using A Media Technology Showcase To Bridge The Gap Between K12 & Higher Education, Sonya Shepherd

Sonya S. Gaither

Why should students spend time navigating to find the library tools needed to search? Why not provide direct links to library resources so more time is spent finding, evaluating, and synthesizing information? These were questions asked by some academic librarians trying to help students locate resources for assignments. As a result, these academic librarians created online tutorials for using persistent links to library resources. Teaching faculty learned how to use the links in web pages and WebCT Vista. These tutorials were also shared at conferences. Attendees encouraged the presenters to develop a hands-on workshop. Attendees also suggested the workshop as …


Using John Grisham's The Innocent Man To Create A Significant Learning Experience For Undergraduate Students In A Psychology And The Law Course, Emily Stark Jul 2011

Using John Grisham's The Innocent Man To Create A Significant Learning Experience For Undergraduate Students In A Psychology And The Law Course, Emily Stark

Psychology Department Publications

Imagine a man, suffering from alcoholism and schizophrenia, drifting through his small town, known mostly for getting thrown out of bars. When a graphic murder occurs, this man’s name gets linked to the victim, and police focus on him as a suspect. Although there is no evidence against him, a combination of poor police work and a town’s desire for closure lead to this innocent man being convicted of the crime and sentenced to death. Down to his last appeal, after spending 12 years on death row, a fair and honest judge is finally convinced to take a closer look …


Institutional Environments And Resource Dependence: Sources Of Administrative Structure In Institutions Of Higher Education, Pamela S. Tolbert Jun 2011

Institutional Environments And Resource Dependence: Sources Of Administrative Structure In Institutions Of Higher Education, Pamela S. Tolbert

Pamela S Tolbert

Two theoretical perspectives are combined to explain the pattern of administrative offices in public and private institutions of higher education. The first perspective, resource dependence, is used to show that the need to ensure a stable flow of resources from external sources of support partially determines administrative differentiation. The second perspective, institutionalization, emphasizes the common understandings and social definitions of organizational behavior and structure considered appropriate and nonproblematic and suggests conditions under which dependency will and will not predict the number of administrative offices that manage funding relations. The results of the analyses indicate that dependence on nontraditional sources of …


Understanding How Institutional Leadership Affects Civic Engagement On University Campuses, Prairie Leigh Burgess May 2011

Understanding How Institutional Leadership Affects Civic Engagement On University Campuses, Prairie Leigh Burgess

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Higher education in America has a long tradition of civic engagement education. Although there is theoretical and rhetorical support, many institutions still struggle with implementing effective civic engagement on their campuses. The aim of this study was to provide an understanding of factors that contribute to successful civic engagement, specifically focusing on the affect of presidential leadership. The study used a limited sample of two groups to provide comparative analysis and offer much needed statistical research for civic engagement. Institutions were identified through the organization Campus Compact and the Carnegie Foundation's elective Community Engagement classification. Institutions that had joined Campus …


Swinging Bridge - April 27, 2011, Jaime White Apr 2011

Swinging Bridge - April 27, 2011, Jaime White

Student Newspapers & Magazines

No abstract provided.


Swinging Bridge - April 13, 2011, Jaime White Apr 2011

Swinging Bridge - April 13, 2011, Jaime White

Student Newspapers & Magazines

No abstract provided.


Swinging Bridge - March 30, 2011, Jaime White Mar 2011

Swinging Bridge - March 30, 2011, Jaime White

Student Newspapers & Magazines

No abstract provided.


Swinging Bridge - March 2, 2011, Jaime White Mar 2011

Swinging Bridge - March 2, 2011, Jaime White

Student Newspapers & Magazines

No abstract provided.


Swinging Bridge - February 16, 2011, Jaime White Feb 2011

Swinging Bridge - February 16, 2011, Jaime White

Student Newspapers & Magazines

No abstract provided.


Swinging Bridge - February 2, 2011, Jaime White Feb 2011

Swinging Bridge - February 2, 2011, Jaime White

Student Newspapers & Magazines

No abstract provided.


Swinging Bridge - January 19, 2011, Jaime White Jan 2011

Swinging Bridge - January 19, 2011, Jaime White

Student Newspapers & Magazines

No abstract provided.


Singapore Management University Report To Stakeholders 2011 - 2012, Singapore Management University Jan 2011

Singapore Management University Report To Stakeholders 2011 - 2012, Singapore Management University

Report to Stakeholders

“Student Life” offers exciting updates on undergraduates’ achievements; “Academic Review” shares key news about our faculty and programmes; “Global Profile” surveys how SMU is raising its international profile; and “Horizons” reviews how the University is building strong, lasting relationships with our partners. Each story is a single tile and together they form a mosaic which portrays the creativity, colour and dynamism of SMU today. Three feature articles offer in-depth analysis of the ways SMU is striding towards meeting its strategic goals. The proactive, collaborative efforts of the SMU community are explored in “SMU President’s ‘Want Something, Do Something’ Culture”. A …


Building Pathways Of Possibility From Criminal Justice To College: College Initiative As A Catalyst Linking Individual And Systemic Change, Susan P. Sturm, Kate Skolnick, Tina Wu Jan 2011

Building Pathways Of Possibility From Criminal Justice To College: College Initiative As A Catalyst Linking Individual And Systemic Change, Susan P. Sturm, Kate Skolnick, Tina Wu

Faculty Scholarship

Across the United States, communities, especially marginalized and low income communities, face challenges resulting from the “school-to-prison pipeline”—a continuum of conditions increasing the probability that people from such marginalized communities, particularly black men, will find themselves in prison rather than college.1 Dismantling this pipeline has become a significant national focus of advocates and policy makers. In New York City, a network has emerged in the last ten years to focus on building a new pipeline from criminal justice to college. This network focuses on rebuilding the lives of the over 70 thousand people who have fallen into the school-to-prison pipeline. …


Labor Pains In The Academy, Lisa M. Tillmann Ph.D. Jan 2011

Labor Pains In The Academy, Lisa M. Tillmann Ph.D.

Faculty Publications

This piece offers autoethnographic reflections on crossroads to which many academics come: whether to seek (or postpone or avoid) parenthood and when. The author deeply explores the personal (her own trajectories from daughter and sister to potential mother and from graduate student to full professor) in order to reflect on structural constraints associated with graduate education, the academic job market, and institutional policies and politics.