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Armstrong Atlantic State University 1997-1998 Catalog, Armstrong Atlantic State University

Armstrong Office of the Registrar: Undergraduate Catalogs (Archived)

Academic catalog for Armstrong Atlantic State University.

An Examination Of The Academic Advising Process In The College Of Education As Perceived By Undergraduate Students, And The Advisement Center's Pursuit To Provide Quality Academic Advising, Deborah Kittrell-Mikell

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations (1964–2006)

This study contains a review of research which differs and/or coincides with present findings on academic advising. It includes an examination of the College of Education Academic Advisement Services based on students' perceptions.

In this study the Review of Literature covers five main categories. Essential Nature of Advising, Faculty versus Professional Advisors, Roles of the Advisors and Advisees, Developmental Advising - The Solution, and Establishing the Center.

The results section of this study covers three main categories, Advisors Advising, Advisors Educating, and the Advisement Center Services which contained questions and responses from the survey. Also, four open-ended questions will be …

The Planning And Development Of An Interactive Computerized Information Technology Tutor For Postgraduate Students, Roisin Donnelly, Garry Patterson

Journal Articles

This paper describes the design and implementation of a computer‐assisted learning tool to support the learning environment provided for postgraduate students following courses in Information Technology. The tool is called ‘ICITT’ — an acronym for Interactive Computerized Information Technology Tutor. The paper presents the unique aspects of this tool and the overall educational benefits of the system are briefly discussed.

Review Of The Academic Librarian's Human Resources Handbook By David Baldwin, W. Bede Mitchell

University Libraries: Faculty Publications

This review was published in College and Research Libraries.

University Statistical Abstract 1997, University Of North Florida

University Statistical Abstracts

The University Statistical Abstract (USA) is a collection of informational reports presented in one single source. Serving as a primary planning source document, the USA contains information spanning many University functions: Students, Employees, Budget, Other Resources.

The function of this document is to serve the wide-spread informational needs associated with Institutional, College, Division and Unit planning, program review and institutional research. Also called University of North Florida University Statistical Abstract.

The Spinster (1997), Hollins College

The Spinster

Yearbook of Hollins College (later University)

A Qualitative Characterization Of An Introductory College Nonmajors Biology Laboratory, Cherin Ann Lee

Faculty Book Gallery

The nature of an undergraduate, nonmajors biology laboratory was investigated in this study. Student participants were enrolled in a general education biology laboratory course at the University of Northern Iowa. The researcher's purpose was to gain a characterization of the instructional format and laboratory activities experienced by students.

Interpretation of student and instructor responses enabled an insider's view of the biology laboratory. The laboratory period was consistently described by both students and instructors as having three parts, Beginning, Middle, and End, with the End being of special importance for conceptual development. The instructional format of the three instructors differed within …

The Differences Are Clear, University Of North Florida

Admissions

Recruitment pamphlet for the University of North Florida.

A Comparison Of White Male College Students Attending An Urban Black University And An Urban White University: White Racial Identity And Perceived Comfort With Blacks, Cheryl Lorraine Evans

Theses and Dissertations in Urban Services - Urban Education

The purpose of this study was to determine the difference in White Racial Identity and degree of tolerance for Blacks between two samples of White male undergraduate students attending an urban Black university and those attending an urban White university. The theoretical framework for this study was based in Social Contact Theory as a contributor to racial tolerance and Racial Identity Development Theory as a factor in human growth toward increasing acceptance of diversity. This was a quasi-experimental post-hoc design using intact groups.

The study analyzed the responses of 182 White male undergraduates using three instruments. A Background Questionnaire, designed …

Social Support, Prior Interracial Experiences, And Network Orientation: Factors Related To Later Adjustment Among Black Freshmen At A Predominantly White University, Calvin Graham

Psychology Theses & Dissertations

African-American students (mostly Freshmen) enrolled for the first year at a four-year university completed information about the racial composition of their high school, family income, living arrangements, and stressor prior to entering school. At two times during the first semester they completed measures of social support, network orientation and adaptation to college. Information about Grade Point Average (GPA) for the following term and attendance at the University one year later were also obtained. Racial composition of high school had some affect on social support at the university: Students from integrated and mainly Black high schools reported more social support satisfaction …

Valpo (Vol. 13, No. 2), Valparaiso University

Valpo/VALPO (newsmagazine)

The Magazine of Valparaiso University

Features

PAGE 12 Lighten Up! It's Good for the Spirit. Tim Clauss '76, author of the book "Chicken Soup for the Soul at Work," shows us how to move from grim to grin.

PAGE 14 Holy Hilarity Richard Bimler '63, president of Wheat Ridge Ministries, author and activist for humor, believes irl focusing on life's "Easters."

PAGE 16 Dale Irvin '72 Laughs for a Living As a successful comedian and leader of seminars on humor and creativity, Dale Irvin laughs and others laugh with him. For this he gets paid.

PAGE 18 Students Learn Humor …

Hi-O-Hi 1997, Oberlin College

Hi-O-Hi Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

Student Perceptions Of General Education At A Comprehensive University And Implications, Kenneth E. Nuss

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Using a case study method, I investigated how students negotiate their way through the general education program at a middle-western comprehensive university, and consequently I increased my understanding of the student perspective of this portion of their undergraduate curriculum. From 34 semistructured qualitative interviews with general education science students, I discovered that they could articulate only a dim notion of the purpose of general education. I also became aware that the university structure failed to clearly communicate to students that the faculty values the general education curriculum.

The following themes for further analysis emerged from the student interviews: the purpose …