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Bibliography, Whitney Harper

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Bibliography of publications by Whitney Harper.

Curriculum & Global Citizenship: Pedagogical Approaches To Civic & Information Literacy, Molly Kerby, Gayle Mallinger

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Overview of Presentation:

• Overview of Information & Civic Literacy
• Strategies for Increasing Student Competence in Information & Civic Literacy
• Efficacy of Various Strategies

Learning By Doing: Deliberative Dialogue As An Interdisciplinary Tool For Civic Literacy, Leah Ashwill, Molly Kerby, Gayle Mallinger

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Overview:

• Basic concepts of deliberative dialogue as an interdisciplinary tool.
• Deliberative dialogue as an instrument for civil discourse.
• The efficacy of deliberative dialogue on civic literacy.

Toward A New Predictive Model Of Student Retention In Higher Education: An Application Of Classical Sociological Theory, Molly Kerby

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Theoretical models designed to predict whether students will persist or not have been valuable tools for retention efforts relative to the creation of services in academic and student affairs. Some of the early models attempted to explain and measure factors in the college dropout process. For example, in his seminal work, Tinto defined retention as a longitudinal process incorporating both the academic potential of the student and institutional social systems, thus creating a directional model based on continual variance in social commitments that influence academic performance. Others expanded the earlier theoretical models to test the predictive capabilities of these models …

Ua37/30/2 Wku Research Notecards - N & O Topics, Lowell Harrison

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Notecards created by Lowell Harrison while researching his book Western Kentucky University. The cards transcribed below are for 41 topics beginning with N ranging from Nalbach, Walter 1910-2001 to Nursing and 53 topics beginning with O ranging from Observatory to Owensboro Protests.

Ua37/30/2 Wku Research Notecards - E Topics, Lowell Harrison

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Notecards created by Lowell Harrison while researching his book Western Kentucky University. The cards transcribed below are for 104 topics beginning with E ranging from Eagle Prep to Extension.

Ua37/30/2 Wku Research Notecards - P Topics, Lowell Harrison

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Notecards created by Lowell Harrison while researching his book Western Kentucky University. The cards transcribed below are for 134 topics beginning with P ranging from P.O.W. to Purpose.

Ua37/6 Gayle Carver & L.Y. Lancaster Interview, Sara Tyler, L. Y. Lancaster, Gayle Carver

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Interviews conducted by Sara Tyler with Gayle Carver and L.Y. Lancaster. The majority of the interviews are about the history of the Kentucky Building and Kentucky Museum collections. There is also information regarding WKU in the 1910s through 1950s, student activities, WKU Bookstore, faculty and staff members, Henry Cherry and other information about the early history of WKU.

Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson

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Excerpt from Gordon Wilson's Diary to Kelly regarding early student entertainment at WKU.

Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson

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Excerpt from Gordon Wilson's Diary to Kelly regarding student entertainment at early WKU.

Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson

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Excerpt from Gordon Wilson's Diary to Kelly regarding student morals at WKU.

Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson

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Excerpt from Gordon Wilson's Diary to Kelly regarding original WKU dormitories Cherry Hall, Frisbie Hall and Bailey Hall.

Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson

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Excerpt from Gordon Wilson's Diary to Kelly regarding house mothers at WKU.

Ua37/44 The Ten Commandments & College, Gordon Wilson

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Excerpt from Gordon Wilson's Diary to Kelly regarding students disregard for the ten commandments.