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Students Are Increasingly Less Prepared For College, Aldemaro Romero Jr.

Publications and Research

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Higher Education Faces Quagmire With Distance Education, Aldemaro Romero Jr.

Publications and Research

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College Decisions Require Careful Consideration, Aldemaro Romero Jr.

Publications and Research

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Liberal Arts Education Gaining Recognition, Aldemaro Romero Jr.

Publications and Research

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Jobs Prospects For College Grads Better Than Ever, Aldemaro Romero Jr.

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Beware Of False Prophets In Higher Education, Aldemaro Romero Jr.

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Racial Issues In Higher Education Will Continue, Aldemaro Romero Jr.

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There Are No Shortcuts To Increasing Enrollments, Aldemaro Romero Jr.

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College Libraries Are Facing Multiple Threats, Aldemaro Romero Jr.

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Higher Education Distortions Enter Into Debates, Aldemaro Romero Jr.

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2016 Can Be A Year Of Opportunity For Higher Ed, Aldemaro Romero Jr.

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There Are Many Reasons Why College Leaders Fail, Aldemaro Romero Jr.

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Journal of Mathematics and Science: Collaborative Explorations

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Is Student Loan Debt Discouraging Homeownership Among Young Adults?, Jason N. Houle, Lawrence Berger

Dartmouth Scholarship

Amid concern that rising student loan debt has social and economic consequences for young adults, many suggest that student loan debt is leading young adults to forgo home buying. However, there is little empirical evidence on this topic. In this study, we use data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 to estimate associations of student loan debt with homeownership, mortgage amount, and home equity. We use a variety of methodological techniques and test several model specifications. While we find a negative association between debt and homeownership in some models, the association is substantively modest in size and is …

Statistical Literacy Social Media Project For The Masses, Ellen Gundlach, Clarence Maybee, Kevin O'Shea

IMPACT Publications

This article examines a social media assignment used to teach and practice statistical literacy with over 400 students each semester in large-lecture traditional, fully online, and flipped sections of an introductory-level statistics course. Following the social media assignment, students completed a survey on how they approached the assignment. Drawing from the authors’ experiences with the project and the survey results, this article offers recommendations for developing social media assignments in large courses that focus on the interplay between the social media tool and the implications of assignment prompts.

Financial Summary 2015, Sacred Heart University

News, Magazines and Reports

FY 2015.

Sacred Heart University continues to grow after demonstrating another year of positive results. We continue to $246 meet the demands of our students and the challenging economy of the higher education sector. Sacred Heart University operated with a balanced budget once again in the fiscal year ended June, 30, 2015.

Catalog 2015-2016, University Of North Florida

UNF Course Catalogs

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Guest Editor's Column, Geoffrey Kain

Publications

“Increasingly in higher education we are said to value interdisciplinary approaches to subjects, to consider creative means to perforate if not actually dissolve some boundaries between disciplines, to potentially develop courses or opportunities for students and/or faculty to establish some innovative bridges between the arts and sciences, philosophy and technology, etc…”

A Study Of Factors That Influence Partnerships Between Universities And Nonprofit Organizations, Vicki L. Jozefowicz

Online Theses and Dissertations

This study examined factors that influence partnerships between universities and nonprofit organizations. Specifically, the study examined how nonprofit leaders characterize “effective” University-Nonprofit Partnerships; strategies that nonprofit leaders have employed to develop effective relationships with universities; and barriers that nonprofit-leaders perceive as inhibiting these partnerships. The study utilized qualitative analyses to learn strategies that have contributed to effective University-Nonprofit Partnerships, to recognize barriers to these partnerships, and to identify strategies for overcoming the barriers. The study examined the experiences of seven nonprofit leaders who had worked in partnership with universities.

The results of this study show evidence that while University-Nonprofit Partnerships …

Service Learning In A Collegiate Recreation Program: Understanding The Impacts On Personal Understanding And Academic Success In Therapeutic Recreation Vs Non-Therapeutic Recreation Concentrations, Eden Ernestine Fisher

Online Theses and Dissertations

Service Learning is steadily becoming a more utilized method of teaching in collegiate settings and thus the purpose of this research was to (1) Examine how service learning in a collegiate recreation program may or may not benefit students academically and personally and (2) Determine if therapeutic recreation students perceive service learning to be more beneficial than other concentrations in the recreation field. It was hypothesized that service learning would benefit undergraduate and graduate students both academically and personally and that undergraduate therapeutic recreation majors would perceive service learning to be more beneficial than other concentrations. The findings supported both …

The Effect Of Web-Based Learning On Retention Of Non-Traditional Students In A Rural Comprehensive University, Treva Gail Macy

Online Theses and Dissertations

This study examined the effects web-based courses effect retention of nontraditional students. Gender, student classification, first generation, and ACT composite scores were used as predictor variables for the purpose of this study. Data were collected from the university's BANNER system. The analysis of the results revealed that the retention rates of students who participated in online courses were higher than their in-person counterparts. Recommendations for policy and implications for future research are provided.

Sedentary Behaviors And Physical Activity In Relation To Class Standing In University Students, Codie Monhollen

Online Theses and Dissertations

The researcher studied sedentary behaviors and physical activity (PA) of university students in relation to class standings. Participants were 294 university students for the Sedentary Behavior Questionnaire (SBQ) and 264 students for the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) selected from the College of Health Sciences. Sedentary Behaviors were analyzed using the SBQ, consisting of 9 behavior items, separated into weekday and weekend behavior. Additionally, PA was assessed using the IPAQ. On average students spent 37hr in sedentary behaviors during a normal 5 day week. Statistical significance was found between class standing for playing computer/video games, paperwork/computer, and transportation for weekday …

2015-2016 Graduate Catalog, Morehead State University

Morehead State Catalog Archive

2015-2016 graduate catalog for Morehead State University.

The Journal Of Counselor Preparation And Supervision Fall 2015 Full Issue, Lauren Spinella

Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision

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Promise Nation: Transforming Communities Through Place-Based Scholarships, Michelle Miller-Adams

Upjohn Press

Miller-Adams describes how the various "Promise-type" place-based scholarship programs impact college access, financial aid, and community transformation.

Compassion Development In Higher Education, Roxanne Rashedi, Thomas G. Plante, Erin S. Callister

Psychology

Many schools of psychology and religious studies intend to promote the cultivation of compassion. Compassion is currently an integral area of study in psychology, religious studies, and higher education, specifically in faith-based higher education. While secular universities in the United States strive to generate disciplinary-based knowledge through scholarship, their ability to promote students' use of the information they are learning to create positive social change has typically lagged. Conscious of the magnitude of today's global issues and dissatisfied with the current disparity between the world's reality and university curricula, scholars have begun to re-imagine the role of higher education in …

President’S Annual Report, Jean E. Bartels

Office of the President: Annual Report (Archived)

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The Development Of A Theoretically-Supported Model Of Resolution For Student Complaints In Higher Education, Laura Garrido

Department of Conflict Resolution Studies Theses and Dissertations

Conflict in higher education is inevitable and theoretically driven processes in conflict resolution can be employed to help in managing conflict or mediating issues. Students often are not a part of the well thought-out process that may exists in certain institutions, and the way in which conflict is handled could lack theoretical support. In conflict resolution theory, the process to resolve a conflict is often just as important as the outcome. Students may not be fully satisfied with the outcome of a mediation process when a conflict arises. However, if the mediation session was facilitated properly and a student's input …

Informed Systems: Enabling Collaborative Evidence Based Organizational Learning, Mary M. Somerville, Niki Chatzipanagiotou

University Libraries Librarian and Staff Articles and Papers

Objective – In response to unrelenting disruptions in academic publishing and higher education ecosystems, the Informed Systems approach supports evidence based professional activities to make decisions and take actions. This conceptual paper presents two core models, Informed Systems Leadership Model and Collaborative Evidence-Based Information Process Model, whereby co-workers learn to make informed decisions by identifying the decisions to be made and the information required for those decisions. This is accomplished through collaborative design and iterative evaluation of workplace systems, relationships, and practices. Over time, increasingly effective and efficient structures and processes for using information to learn further organizational renewal and …

2015-2016 Nursing Undergraduate Student Handbook, Morehead State University. Nursing Department.

Nursing Department Publications Archive

2015-2016 Undergraduate Student Handbook of the Department of Nursing at Morehead State University.