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1. Article:

Helen Halasz Named Distinguished Graduate Scholar

Date Entered:
1/16/2013

Expire Date:
4/16/2013

Ms. Halasz has been selected to be one of this year’s Distinguished Graduate Scholars by a panel of senior faculty, the Graduate School, and the Office of the Vice President for Research after being nominated by her Graduate Director. Distinguished Graduate Scholars are students who have demonstrated research and scholarly excellence by successfully obtaining research fellowships or awards, presenting at national conferences, or publishing papers or book chapters. She and her faculty mentor will be recognized in the spring through a special publication and an awards luncheon. Congratulations, Helen

 

2. Article:

Cindy Kilgo, HESA graduate, Wins Research Award

Date Entered:
1/16/2013

Expire Date:
4/16/2013

Cindy Kilgo's manuscript "The Estimated Effects of Service Learning on Students’ Intercultural Effectiveness,” was selected for the Gerald Saddlemire Master’s Research Award. Ms. Kilgo is also presenting this paper at the ACPA Conference in March. Congratulations, Cindy.

 

3. Article:

Dr. Fallucca, graduate of Higher Ed, published in "The Journal of Technology in Student Affairs

Date Entered:
12/12/2012

Expire Date:
3/12/2013

Dr. Amber Fallucca, Director of Assessment, USC University Housing and recent graduate of the Higher Education Administration doctoral program, was recently published in The Journal of Technology in Student Affairs. Her work describes the use of technology to longitudinally track residential student perceptions as an emerging trend on today's college campuses. Read the full article at: http://studentaffairs.com/ejournal/Winter_2013/TrackingCampusTechnologyTrends.html

 

4. Article:

Dr. Jennifer Keup Edits New Directions for Higher Ed & Coauthors Chapters with HESA Alums

Date Entered:
5/2/2012

Expire Date:
8/1/2012

Jennifer R. Keup, director of the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition and an affiliated faculty member in the Department of educational Leadership and Policies, edited a Spring 2012 New Directions for Higher Education edition that is titled Peer Leadership in Higher Education. Dr. Keup also co-authored a chapter with May 2012 HESA graduate, Jaime Shook, titled “The Benefits of Peer Leader Programs: An Overview.” In addition, two alums of the HESA program, Stephanie Ganser and Tricia Kennedy, contributed a chapter titled, “Where It All Began: Peer Education and Leadership in Student Services.” Congratulations to all!

 

5. Article:

HESA Graduates Receive Outstanding Awards

Date Entered:
4/2/2012

Expire Date:
7/2/2012

Two of our recent Higher Education master graduates won Outstanding New Professional Awards. They are:

Tricia Kennedy, Johnson and Wales (Denver), from ACPA’s Commission for Admissions, Orientation, and FYE

Michelle Ashcraft, U of Kentucky, from the College Personnel Association of Kentucky

 

6. Article:

Dr. Mash Appointed Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs

Date Entered:
3/5/2012

Expire Date:
5/8/2012

Dr. David Mash, dean of the library at Lander University, has agreed to serve as the interim vice president for academic affairs, beginning 1 July 2012. Dr. Mash received his Ph.D. degree in Higher Education from the University of South Carolina in 2008.

A quote from the president of Lander University, Daniel Bell, “Dr. Mash has served as the dean of the library for three years, and in that short time has led the excellent transformation and improvement of our library and the services it provides to our students, faculty and patrons. I am confident he will bring this leadership style and skills to the entire academic affairs arena.”

 

7. Article:

HESA Students Celebrate After Comprehensive Exams

Date Entered:
2/16/2012

Expire Date:
3/31/2012

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8. Article:

Higher Education Administration Alum Named Journal Editor

Date Entered:
2/2/2012

Expire Date:
5/2/2012

Dr. Stephanie Foote, a 2010 Ph.D. graduate in Educational Administration/Higher Education, has been named editor of the Journal of College Orientation and Transition, a scholarly publication of the National Orientation Directors Association. Dr. Foote, an associate professor in the Department of First Year Programs at Kennesaw State University, was the first Ph.D. student to participate in the program “Write On,” developed by Higher Education Program faculty to help graduate students focus on scholarly writing skills. Congratulations, Stephanie!

 

9. Article:

Dr. Vivian Gallman Derienzo Appointed Vice President

Date Entered:
11/11/2011

Expire Date:
2/8/2012

Dr. Vivian Gallman Derienzo, a Certificate and Ph.D. graduate of Higher Education, has been appointed Vice President for Enrollment Management at Thomas University in Thomasville, Georgia. Congratulations Vivian

 

10. Article:

Analysis Produces Results for Veterans at Midlands Technical College

Date Entered:
11/9/2011

Expire Date:
2/8/2012

Advanced Education Policy Analysis Course Produces Real World Results For Veterans at Midlands Technical College

By Amy Scully, HESA Masters Student

Yesterday, my colleagues at Midlands Technical College and I received notification that four of our non-credit programs are now approved for 9/11 G.I. Billbenefits.All of the eligible programs, A+, Network+. Security+ and MCITP, lead to nationally recognized information technology certifications. Midlands Technical College is a veteran friendly campus that has served veterans for years in its associate degree programs, so for non-credit programs to receive eligibility for benefits as late as 2011 might come as quite a surprise. Although veterans often prefer to participate in non-credit development opportunities at the community college level, we repeatedly experienced bureaucratic obstacles securing approval. Previous unsuccessful attempts led us to believe that non-credit programs were not eligible for benefits, forcing us to turn away veterans interested in using their benefits in short-term, industry recognized educational programs. So what changed? I believe the answer is synergysynergy between an academic experience at the University of South Carolina and real-world application at Midlands Technical College.

In April 2011, as a student in Dr. Katherine Chaddock’s Advanced Education Policy Analysis (EDLP 805) class, I travelled to Washington, DC to meet with individuals involved in federal higher education policy. We met with and learned from amazing individuals devoted to higher education. At a briefing on the Hill, I had the opportunity to ask about what I believed was a deficiency in the policy that prevented use of veteran benefits for non-credit programs. Armed with the welcome knowledge that the law did not prohibit approval for non-credit programs, I returned to with renewed energy to navigate the bureaucracy and submit our programs, once again, for approval. With the help of my colleague in Corporate and Continuing Education, Cathy Pitts, and the support of the college’s certified VA representative, we worked tirelessly to overcome bureaucratic obstacles so that we could better serve South Carolina’s veterans. It is critical for education stakeholders,who debate the relationship between the classroom experience and practical relevance, to speak to those of us who each day take what we learn in the classroom and apply it in real-world settings. It is the proverbial trickle down effect: meaningful education spurs its recipients to contribute in positive ways to their communities. Believing that success breeds success, we are preparing our next set of programs for submission. A beauty exists in the true synergy between education and the world at large.

 

11. Article:

Chaddock & Anderson Publish Journal Articles on History of Higher Education

Date Entered:
9/20/2011

Expire Date:
12/20/2011

Katherine Chaddock, Professor and Chair of the Department of Educational Leadership and Policies (EDLP), and Christian Anderson, Assistant Professor in EDLP, each have articles published in the journal Perspectives on the History of Higher Education (Vol. 28, 2011). The current issue, edited by Professor Roger Geiger, Penn State University, is focused on the theme of “Iconic Leaders in Higher Education.” Professor Chaddock’s article is titled “The Making of a Celebrity President: John Erskine and the Juilliard School.” It examines the life and accomplishments of John Erskine, an academic superstar of the early 20th century who founded the Great Books programs while at Columbia University, toured with major U.S. symphonies as a notable concert pianist, wrote best selling novels and Hollywood scripts, and served as the first president of the Juilliard School of Music. His life, analyzed in terms of 20th century American cultural shifts, is the subject of a forthcoming biography by Professor Chaddock, to be published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2012. Professor Anderson’s article is titled “Building an Icon: The Rise and Fall of John G. Bowman, Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh, 1921-1945.” It traces the accomplishments of the educator who in 1911 became the youngest college president in the country – at University of Iowa – after serving as secretary to the Carnegie Foundation. Later, as Chancellor at University of Pittsburgh, he became known for building the physical infrastructure and programs of the institution; but he also became reviled as a controlling tyrant around students and an enemy of academic freedom with faculty, building what Anderson labels “an ambiguous legacy.” Both Professors Chaddock and Anderson are archival researchers and analysts who focus on the history of higher education.

 

12. Article:

Dr. Christopherson, a former Higher Ed Ph.D. student, wins Award

Date Entered:
5/31/2011

Expire Date:
9/1/2011

One of the 2011 CASE Research Awards in Educational Advancement winner was Andrew P. Christopherson, director of development, at Emory University. Christopherson is the recipient of the H.S. Warwick Research Award in Alumni Relations for Educational Advancement, Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation, for "Alumni Association Membership Levels at Public Universities: A Comparative Analysis of the Effects of Alumni Association and Institutional Characteristics," completed at the University of South Carolina. Christopherson's research examines the characteristics that associate with membership levels at dues-based alumni associations. The study highlights the importance of communication with alumni on a regular basis as well as other communication-related efforts. Christopherson notes that the study's results will prove useful to alumni relations leaders who want to develop strategies to grow the number of dues-paying members or who are considering starting a dues-based membership program.

 

13. Article:

USC becomes national headquarters for Chi Sigma Alpha

Date Entered:
4/19/2011

Expire Date:
9/15/2011

As of May 1, 2011, USC will assume the role of national headquarters for the Chi Sigma Alpha Student Affairs Honor Society International. This national honor society is open to students, faculty, and staff in student affairs and uphold three pillars of research, academics, and service. Active chapters with whom USC will be working include: Clemson, University of Alabama, South Dakota State, Shepard University, University of West Florida, Bucknell University, and the Citadel. Additional information can be found at the national website www.scs-national. USC hosts the Delta Chapter of Chi Sigma and local chapter news can be found at: http://web.sa.sc.edu/chisig

 

14. Article:

New Degree Being Offered - Master of Education In Higher Education Business Administration

Date Entered:
2/14/2011

Expire Date:
10/15/2011

NEW DEGREE Higher Education Business Administration (HEBA)

In collaboration with the Moore School of Business, our newest program, a masters degree in higher education business administration, is slated to welcome its first cohort of students in Fall 2011. Combining coursework in business skills and strategies with higher education administration, this program will be delivered largely in a distance delivery format, making it the ideal program for working higher education professionals with at least two years' experience.

For more information on this innovative program, Click here.

This program is pending approval from the Commission on Higher Education in early spring 2011.

 

15. Article:

Dr. Hope Rivers, Higher Ed Ph.D. 2010 Graduate, Promoted to Chief Academic Officer

Date Entered:
1/7/2011

Expire Date:
4/7/2011

Dr. Hope Rivers will assume the Chief Academic Officer position for the South Carolina Technical College System, effective January 4, 2010.

Dr. Rivers has been with the System for nine years. She currently serves as Associate Vice President for Curriculum and Instruction. Dr. Rivers has over 13 years of progressively responsible experiences working in a higher education environment. Prior to coming to the South Carolina Technical College System, she was employed with the University of South Carolina as a Program Manager/Academic Advisor.

She received her Bachelor’s degree in English from the University of South Carolina. Additionally, she acquired a Master of Education and a Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Administration – Higher Education also from the University of South Carolina.

 

16. Article:

Dr. Zach Kelehear publishes in International Journal of Education Policy & Leadership

Date Entered:
11/29/2010

Expire Date:
1/30/2011

Dr. Kelehear's article entitled "Pass the Crayons: Leadership, Art Production, and Communities of Practice" was published in the November edition of the International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership.

Abstract

The results of an arts-based leadership (Kelehear, 2006, 2008) practice at a rural middle school in South Carolina are examined. The school principal and art teacher led a day-long staff development and followed up individually to assist teachers to create art as metaphor for individual growth plans as well as school improvement plans. Specifically, the arts-based initiative sought to invite professional conversations that focused on: 1) personal reflections, 2) multiple perspectives, and 3) art making. Findings suggest that when the art teacher and principal work in collaboration, there is real value in an arts-based leadership practice. Also, when led by the art teacher, teacher reflections suggested that as the principal worked alongside the teachers, they felt valued and supported and viewed the principal as authentic and trusting. Additionally, out of the engendered trust, the teachers were emboldened to consider innovative, arts-based approaches to their teaching. Finally, there was evidence that the art teacher was highly effective in introducing innovative leadership practices as teachers. This study is one of several implementation studies emerging from earlier research on arts-based leadership.

 

17. Article:

Drs. Anderson & Stevick Win Award

Date Entered:
11/23/2010

Expire Date:
2/17/2011

Dr. Christian Anderson & Dr. Doyle Stevick, both professors in EDLP, are the winners of the 2010 International Advocate Award. This prestigious award is presented by the International Programs Department for International Initiatives. Doyle won the award for Campus Internationalization and Christian won for outstanding commitment to Study Abroad. Congratulations to both.

 

18. Article:

Jennifer Engel & Scarlett Aeckerle, Higher Ed Ph.D. students, receive fellowships

Date Entered:
11/11/2010

Expire Date:
1/10/2011

Congratulations to Jennifer Engel and Scarlett Aeckerle.

They have both received fellowships from the Walker Institute - Engel for her study in Spain and Aeckerle for her study in Germany.

 

19. Article:

Gallman-DeRienzo, a 2009 Ph.D. graduate in Higher Education, Receives Fulbright Specialist Award

Date Entered:
11/10/2010

Expire Date:
2/10/2011

Vivian Gallman-DeRienzo, PhD, has been selected for a Fulbright Specialist project in Canada at Algoma University during the 2010-2011 academic year, according to the United States Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.

Algoma University became an independent institution in June 2009. Being located in Northern Ontario, the institution would like to attract more students, and improve their retention and graduation rates. Gallman-DeRienzo’s expertise has been tapped to review the quality of the institution’s academic curricula, assess faculty development and advisements programs, and evaluate enrollment data to determine measures to improve student persistence and success.

Dr. Gallman-DeRienzo, formerly Vice President for Academic Affairs and Student Services at Denmark Technical College, is one of over 400 U.S. higher education administrators, faculty, and professionals who will travel abroad this year through the Fulbright Specialist Program. The Fulbright Specialist Program, created in 2000 to complement the traditional Fulbright Scholar Program, provides short-term academic opportunities (two to six weeks) to prominent U.S. faculty and professionals to support curricular and faculty development and institutional planning at post secondary, academic institutions around the world.

The Fulbright Program, America’s flagship international educational exchange activity, is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Over its 60 years of existence, thousands of U.S. faculty and professionals have taught, studied or conducted research abroad, and thousands of their counterparts from other countries have engaged in similar activities in the United States. Over 285,000 emerging leaders in their professional fields have received Fulbright awards, including individuals who later became heads of government, Nobel Prize winners, and leaders in education, business, journalism, the arts and other fields.

Recipients of Fulbright Scholar awards are selected on the basis of academic or professional achievement. Among thousands of prominent Fulbright Scholar alumni are Milton Friedman, Nobel Prize-winning economist; Alan Leshner, CEO of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS Rita Dove, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet; and Craig Barrett, Chairman of the Board of Intel Corporation. Distinguished Fulbright Specialist participants include Mahmoud Ayoub, Professor of Religion at Temple University, Heidi Hartmann, President and CEO, Institute for Women's Policy Research, Percy R. Luney, Jr. Dean and Professor, College of Law, Florida A&M University and Emily Vargas-Barone, Founder and Executive Director of the RISE Institute.

 

20. Article:

Dr. Doyle Stevick published in Comparative Education Journal

Date Entered:
11/3/2010

Expire Date:
2/4/2011

In 2010, UNESCO devoted two-issues of its Comparative Education journal to the subject of Holocaust education around the world. Elie Wiesel provided a preface. UNESCO has requested that the materials be further developed into book form for release in May, 2010, at a special launching event at the Comparative and International Education Society Conference in Montreal, Canada.

Guest-edited journals:
Prospects: UNESCO's Comparative Education Journal, 39.2 / June 2010: Policies and Practices of Holocaust Education: International Perspectives, Vol. 2 / Guest Editors: E. Doyle Stevick and Zehavit Gross

Prospects: UNESCO's Comparative Education Journal, 39.1 / March 2010:Policies and Practices of Holocaust Education: International Perspectives, Vol. 1 / Guest Editors: Zehavit Gross and E. Doyle Stevick

Articles:
Prospects: UNESCO's Comparative Education Journal, 39.2 / June 2010 Education policy as normative discourse and negotiated meanings: Engaging the Holocaust in Estonia, E. Doyle Stevick, pp. 239-256

Prospects: UNESCO's Comparative Education Journal, 39.2 / JUNE 2010, PP. 189-200 Epistemology and Holocaust education: History, memory and the politics of knowledge, E. Doyle Stevick and Zehavit Gross

Prospects: UNESCO's Comparative Education Journal, 39.1, pp. 17-33 Holocaust education—International perspectives: Challenges, opportunities and research, Zehavit Gross and E. Doyle Stevick

 

21. Article:

Dr. Stephanie Foote, an Higher Ed alum, publishes article in Journal

Date Entered:
10/25/2010

Expire Date:
1/25/2011

Dr. Stephanie Foote has published an article in the current edition (Fall 2010) of The Journal of College Orientation and Transition. The article, Using Student Narratives to Understand the Perceived Impact of First-Year Seminar Participation, is based on her dissertation study. Congratulations, Stephanie

 

22. Article:

Stacie Williams, a Ph.D. student in Higher Ed, was awarded a SACSA Research Grant

Date Entered:
10/18/2010

Expire Date:
1/18/2011

Stacie Williams was awarded one of three SACSA research grants. The grant recipients will be awarded $500 each. This will allow further research to occur and will extend their funding into the various regions of SACSA.

Ms. Williams will be formally recognized at the SACSA Awards Ceremony which will take place at the 2010 SACSA Conference in Panama City, Florida. Congratulations, Stacie

 

23. Article:

Dr. Stevenson's publishes 3rd edition on trends shaping education

Date Entered:
10/14/2010

Expire Date:
1/14/2011

The third edition of Dr. Ken Stevenson’s work on trends shaping education in the U.S. has recently been published by the National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities. He is a faculty member in the Educational Administration Program of the Department of Educational Leadership and Policies. The September 2010 version is available electronically at Click here.

 

24. Article:

Ph.D. Higher Ed Doctoral Students Steve Adams and Chris Brown presented at USC Oktoberbest

Date Entered:
10/1/2010

Expire Date:
1/1/2011

Doctoral candidates Steve Adams and Chris Brown were co-presenters with Dr. Robert Ogilvie (MUSC) and Dr. Roger Sawyer and Matthew Greenwold (USC Arts & Sciences) at Oktoberbest: A Celebration of Teaching, on October 1, 2010. The presentation, Implementation of Virtual Lectures and Laboratories in a Histology Course Offered via Distance Education, discussed how the team developed an online histology course, where students view virtual lectures and use online virtual microscopy to identify microscopic characteristics of cells, tissues and organs.

 

25. Article:

Dr. Michelle Maher publishes article in the journal Assessment Update

Date Entered:
10/1/2010

Expire Date:
1/1/2010

Dr. Michelle Maher, Associate Professor of Higher Education Administration, and Benita Barnes of U-Mass, Amherst, recently published an article in the journal Assessment Update: Progress, Trends, and Practices in Higher Education entitled, “Assessing Doctoral Applicants’ Readiness for Doctoral Level Work.” The article chronicles Dr. Maher’s development and implementation of a rubric applied to doctoral applicant selection, and Dr. Barnes’ adaptation of the rubric for use in the U-Mass Higher Education Administration doctoral program.

 

26. Article:

Dr. Michelle Maher publishes article in the journal Assessment Update

Date Entered:
10/1/2010

Expire Date:
1/1/2011

Dr. Michelle Maher, Associate Professor of Higher Education Administration, and Benita Barnes of U-Mass, Amherst, recently published an article in the journal Assessment Update: Progress, Trends, and Practices in Higher Education entitled, “Assessing Doctoral Applicants’ Readiness for Doctoral Level Work.” The article chronicles Dr. Maher’s development and implementation of a rubric applied to doctoral applicant selection, and Dr. Barnes’ adaptation of the rubric for use in the U-Mass Higher Education Administration doctoral program.

 

27. Article:

Dr. David Mash, Ph.D. Higher Ed Graduate, Has Dissertation Published in ACRL

Date Entered:
9/21/2010

Expire Date:
12/21/2010

Dr. David Mash, Ph.D. graduate in Education Administration-Higher Education, whose dissertation work was chaired by Dr. Michelle Maher, has signed a contract for publication of his dissertation as part of a scholarly monograph series by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL).

 

28. Article:

Dr. James Klauber, Ph.D. Higher Ed Graduate, Named President of Owensboro Technical College

Date Entered:
9/21/2010

Expire Date:
12/21/2010

Dr. James Klauber, former Executive Vice President at Piedmont Technical College in Greenwood, SC, graduate of the Certificate Program, and doctoral recipient within the Higher Education Administration program whose dissertation work was chaired by Dr. Michelle Maher, was named President of Owensboro Community and Technical College in Kentucky. Owensboro is Kentucky's third-largest city and is located on the Ohio River, southwest of Louisville. The College enrolls more than 6,000 students. Dr. Klauber is the first graduate of the Certificate Program to ascend to a community college presidency.

 

29. Article:

Dr. Sarah Keeling publishes article in NACADA

Date Entered:
8/30/2010

Expire Date:
11/30/2010

Dr. Sarah Keeling, recent Ph.D. recipient in the Higher Education Administration program and Student Services Manager of the USC School of Library and Information Science, will publish an article based on her dissertation in the Fall 2010 volume of the NACADA Journal entitled, "Influence of the CAS Standards on Academic Advisors and Advising Programs.”

Dr. Michelle Maher, who served as her dissertation chair, stated, "Sarah's work has constantly been recognized as exceptional, as noted by the publication of this article and by her being named the recipient of the 2009 Southern Association for College and Student Affairs Dissertation of the Year. Her work reflects the value we place on scholarship in our programs."

 

30. Article:

Higher Ed Ph.D. Students, Jeannie Weingarth & Ahmed Samaha, Receive Recognition

Date Entered:
8/11/2010

Expire Date:
11/11/2010

Ph.D. Students in Higher Education Administration Gain Teaching and Service Recognition

It was a very good summer for two students in the EDLP Ph.D. program in Education Administration-Higher Education. Both of them are full time employees who are also working on their dissertations, but apparently found time to excel in yet other ways!

Jeannie Weingarth, house manager at the Koger Center and a Ph.D. student for the past three years, earned the first “Award for Outstanding Teaching in University 101” in recognition of her outstanding contributions to scores of U101 students over a number of years.

Ahmed Samaha, who entered the Ph.D. program in 2004, was elected chair of the Board of Directors of the National Association for Campus Activities (NACA). He serves as director of student involvement at USC Aiken, where he has worked in various student activities capacities for the past 16 years.

EDLP department chair, Katherine Chaddock, who also is the dissertation chair for both these students, noted: “There is the old adage that if you want something done, give it to a busy person. Knowing Jeannie and Ahmed, I am certain these recent accolades mean they have been very busy, but they will not miss a beat in moving toward graduation.”

 

31. Article:

Heather Porter, a Higher Ed. Master's Alum, Wins Award

Date Entered:
7/27/2010

Expire Date:
10/21/2010

Heather Porter, a Higher Ed Master's Alum, has won the Adele Williamson Master's Research Award for her master's thesis. She will received a $500 cash award upon submission of an article using the research. Congratulations, Heather

 

32. Article:

Dr. Zach Kelehear publishes recent article in the journal "Current Issues in Education"

Date Entered:
7/21/2010

Expire Date:
10/21/2010

The Article: Instructional Supervision as Dialogue: Utilizing the Conversation of Art to Promote the Art of Conversation

Abstract

The degree to which instructional supervisors encourage reflection by teachers is in large part a function of both the supervisor’s and teacher’s use of the art of conversation. The author juxtaposes the Concern Based Adoption Model theory for innovation with the Feldman Method for art criticism to support reflection as aesthetic. Reflection that is grounded in an arts-based methodology may embrace both the technical and aesthetic dimensions of teaching and supervision. The author concludes that utilizing the language of art may support reflection that attends to the needs of the teacher and the needs of the students.

Complete article found at: Click here.

 

33. Article:

Dr. Stephanie Foote, an Higher Ed alum, awarded research grant

Date Entered:
6/22/2010

Expire Date:
9/22/2010

Stephanie Foote and Kesha Entzminger, were awarded a research grant from NASPA Region III to support their study, “Understanding the Early College Experience of Students At Risk: Implications and Opportunities for Student Affairs Professionals.”

 

34. Article:

Helen Halasz, a Ph.D. Higher Ed graduate student, has article published in "The Mentor"

Date Entered:
6/3/2010

Expire Date:
9/3/2010

Helen Halasz, a Ph.D. student in the Higher Education Department, has published an article entitled "Undeclared Students: Nudge Them toward a Decision" in The Mentor: An Academic Advising Journal.

You can view her article at Click here.

 

35. Article:

Dr. Hudgins named Interim President of Tech College System

Date Entered:
5/26/2010

Expire Date:
8/1/2010

Dr. Jim Hudgins, EDLP faculty and director of the Community College Leadership Alliance, has been named Interim President of the State of SC Technical College System. He will serve in that capacity until August 1, when the new president (Dr. Darrel Staat) takes over that position.

 

36. Article:

Chaddock Publishes Chapter on Historical Research

Date Entered:
5/5/2010

Expire Date:
8/5/2010

Katherine Chaddock, Professor of Higher Education Administration and Chair in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policies, published “Oral History… As Scholarship” in The History of U.S. Higher Education: Methods for Understanding the Past, Marybeth Gasman, Editor (Routledge, 2010).

This chapter is one of 12 by top education history scholars from throughout the country who were challenged to reflect on the methods and purposes of their research in ways that could inform future historians. It describes types and processes of oral history, emphasizing the differences in undertaking oral history as historical scholarship v. as journalistic research. While both relay heavily on interviewing, Chaddock maintains: “When man bites dog, that’s news. When man explains the context, circumstance, physical setting, emotions, outcomes, feel, and taste of the biting incident—and is corroborated by additional information—that’s oral history.”

 

37. Article:

Jim Klauber, Ph.D. Graduate in Higher Ed, has proposal accepted by SACS

Date Entered:
5/4/2010

Expire Date:
8/4/2010

Dr. Jim Klauber had his proposal "Contemporary Legal Issues in Higher Education" accepted by SACS-Commission on Colleges for their December annual meeting.

 

38. Article:

Hannah Nicol, a HESA student, awarded Fulbright Award

Date Entered:
5/3/2010

Expire Date:
8/3/2010

Hannah Nicol was awarded a prestigious Fulbright Award to work in Macao next year. Congratulations, Hannah.

 

39. Article:

Gaby Martinez, a HESA student, Receives Walker Institute Award

Date Entered:
4/13/2010

Expire Date:
7/13/2010

Gaby has recently been awarded the Walker Institute International Experience Award. According to the Walker Institute, the purpose of this award is to "fund student study and research into international and cross cultural issue." During the summer she will spend six weeks in Taiwan, where she will conduct a small research project looking at a few Taiwanese students that are currently doing a year-long study abroad program at USC. Her goal is to figure out what significant experiences shaped their personal development while at USC. Congratulations, Gaby

 

40. Article:

HESA Students & Faculty Recognized at Hero Award Event

Date Entered:
4/8/2010

Expire Date:
7/8/2010

At the USC Hero Award event on April 6, 2010, the following HESA students were recognized for their willingness to help “others in ordinary ways that made an extraordinary impact”: Christie Anglade, Katie Bowen, Tyler Gailey, and Brent McCauley. In addition, EDLP faculty member, Dr. Julie Rotholz, and HESA Alum, Ryan Wilson, were also recognized as heroes.

 

41. Article:

HESA Students to Study Abroad This Summer

Date Entered:
4/5/2010

Expire Date:
7/5/2010

Higher Education and Student Affairs (HESA) Program has six graduate students participating in internships abroad during summer 2010. Brent McCauley, Lucy Fort, Allison Conway, Susan Hochreiter, Gaby Martinez and Carter Cox will be completing summer internships in the International Offices of USC’s overseas partner universities. These internships will not only give the students practical experience, but also help strengthen USC’s connection and presence overseas.

Susan Hochreiter will be interning at International University, Vietnam National University in Ho Chi Minh City. She will be primarily working with the staff on their orientation program for incoming students, as well as pre-orientation for students preparing to study in the United States. When asked what she hopes to learn from the experience, Susan said, “I hope to better understand the experiences of American students studying abroad in Vietnam. I will gain greater perspective on the study abroad process in general, and on Southeast Asia in particular. I hope to apply this experience to a future career in student affairs and higher education administration.” The internship directly relates to her interest in study abroad and to her current graduate assistantship in USC’s Study Abroad Office. She is also interested in the study of comparative and international education, so she hopes the experience will offer her some insight into this subject. During her time abroad Susan wants to travel throughout Vietnam, and is also hoping to visit Angkor Wat in Cambodia. She is really excited to try new foods and may also have a chance to teach English part time in the evenings to earn some extra money.

Lucy Fort is interning at Griffith College in Dublin, Ireland. Although she will not find out details until she arrives, she knows she will be working in the International and Marketing departments with another USC graduate student. They will be studying how the Irish university system works and will also be assisting students studying overseas. Lucy hopes to gain a better insight into working in international education. She wants to see what it entails and how her career goals fit into the system. She is also hoping to learn more about working with students who are interested in studying overseas and how to make their experience a positive one. Lucy is a Higher Education Administration graduate student and feels that this experience will allow her to better connect with students. Aside from interning, Lucy says she is excited about travelling and getting to know the Irish culture. “A group of friends and I plan to visit Greece and Turkey for a few weeks before the internship starts,” she said. “While in Ireland, I want to experience the real Irish culture and do things off the beaten path - taste authentic Irish food and dance the Irish jig.” Allison Conway is also interning at Griffith College.

Brent McCauley will be interning at the Institute for Tourism Studies in Macao, Gaby Martinez will be at Ming Chuan University in Taipei and Carter Cox will be working at the University of Dundee in Scotland.

 

42. Article:

Higher Ed PhD Alum, Dr. Gallman-DeRienzo, selected for summer program at Harvard

Date Entered:
3/29/2010

Expire Date:
6/29/2010

Higher Education Administration PhD alum, Dr. Vivian Gallman-DeRienzo, has been selected for the Harvard University Institute for Educational Management summer program. She will join college and university executives from throughout the country to attend the Institute in July.

 

43. Article:

Dr. Jennifer Bloom recently published in NACADA Research Monograph

Date Entered:
3/29/2010

Expire Date:
6/29/2010

He, Y., Hutson, B. L., and Bloom, J. L. (2010). Appreciative Team Building in Learning Organization: The Story of a Small Group of Thoughtful and Committed Advisors. NACADA Research Monograph.

 

44. Article:

Dr. Jennifer Bloom presented at the Student Development Conference

Date Entered:
3/29/2010

Expire Date:
6/29/2010

“Appreciative Advising at SC Community and Technical Colleges.” Presentation at the New Directions for Student Development Conference at Piedmont Technical College, Greenwood, SC, March 4, 2010.

 

45. Article:

Dr. Jennifer Bloom published in the Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice

Date Entered:
3/29/2010

Expire Date:
6/29/2010

Bloom, J. L. (2010). Media Review of the Tool Box Newsletters. Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 47(1), 132-134. Available at http://journals.naspa.org/jsarp/vol47/iss1/art10/

 

46. Article:

Dr. Ed Cox co-presents at Eastern Education Research Association Conference

Date Entered:
2/15/2010

Expire Date:
5/16/2010

Dr. Edward Cox co-presented two papers with recent Ph.D graduates at the Eastern Education Research Association Conference in Savannah Georgia. Dr. Annette Melton co-presented “South Carolina Superintendents’ Change Style Preferences” and Dr. Jennifer Etheridge co-presented “Middle School Principals’ Leader Behavior and the Relationship to Student Achievement”. Both presentations were well received and were followed by lively discussions. Dr. Melton is an assistant principal in the Lancaster School District and Dr. Etheridge is and elementary principal in Lancaster.

 

47. Article:

David Condon, Ph.D. candidate in Higher Ed, co-authored a manuscript for "Diversity Management"

Date Entered:
2/1/2010

Expire Date:
5/3/2008

Higher Education Administration Doctoral Student David Condon has co-authored a manuscript that will be published in an upcoming issue of the journal Diversity Management entitled, "Diversity Management: Seeking Validation." Congratulations, David!

 

48. Article:

David Condon, Ph.D. candidate in Higher Ed, co-authored a manuscript for "Diversity Management"

Date Entered:
2/1/2010

Expire Date:
4/1/2010

Higher Education Administration Doctoral Student David Condon has co-authored a manuscript that will be published in an upcoming issue of the journal Diversity Management entitled, "Diversity Management: Seeking Validation." Congratulations, David!

 

49. Article:

Dr. Bill Harner, former Ph.D. Graduate, Wins National Award

Date Entered:
1/25/2010

Expire Date:
4/25/2010

Cumberland Valley School District Superintendent William E. Harner received the 2009 Ball State Administrator of the Year Award by the National Association for Gifted Children during a national ceremony on Nov. 6 in St. Louis, MO.

The award is a result of his commitment to insuring quality academics and a rigorous curriculum for all students over the years as a principal and superintendent.

Harner’s accomplishments in the gifted education field and raising the bar for all students date back to 1998 when he served as principal of Hilton Head High School. Through his efforts, he worked with Hilton Head staff to triple student enrollment in Advanced Placement courses and implemented the International Baccalaureate (IB) Program. As a result, Hilton Head is ranked by Newsweek as a top American high school.

In his four years with Greenville, he oversaw the founding of a gifted school for elementary students, the implementation of a pre-Advanced Placement initiative at the middle school level, and 11 Greenville schools become certified through the IB program. Five of Greenville’s high schools were added to Newsweek’s top American high schools list. And, the Wall Street Journal wrote a feature story on how his district doubled high poverty student enrollment and success in gifted programs.

During his first year with CV, the district saw more than a 50 percent increase in the number of students taking Advanced Placement examinations over the prior year. Further, the staff is working to implement the IB Diploma program. The district is on track to issue its first IB diplomas to students in the Class of 2013. Last year, 88 percent of CV students who took the college level accelerated tests in 2008-09 performed proficient or higher. “These numbers are indicative of our student population and of our amazing teaching staff,” said Harner. “The numbers show that our teachers are committed to excellence, and that our students are willing to step up to take the most demanding courses offered.”

 

50. Article:

Dr. Stephanie Foote Named to JSARP Board

Date Entered:
1/19/2010

Expire Date:
4/19/2010

Stephanie Foote, Ph.D., May 2009 graduate of the Higher Education Administration Ph.D. program, was recently selected to serve on the Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice (JSARP) Editorial Board for 2010-2013. Congratulations, Dr. Foote!

 

51. Article:

Reed Curtis, Higher Education Graduate, has recently published in the "Mentor"

Date Entered:
1/13/2010

Expire Date:
4/13/2010

Reed Curtis, M.Ed., recently the Coordinator of Education and Business Administration Programs under development by EDLP and now Academic Advisor at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, has published an article in the Mentor titled, Post-Graduation Advising: Needed More Now Than Ever. The article is of particular interest as it speaks directly to the needs of students and recent graduates during the current "Great Recession." The article is available for review at Click here.

 

52. Article:

Shun Robertson & Stephanie Frazier, Higher Ed doctoral students, will present at SECRA conference

Date Entered:
12/21/2009

Expire Date:
3/21/2010

Shun Robertson and Stephanie Frazier have been selected to present their case study at the Southeast Case Research Association (SECRA) Conference in February. The case study, titled “Tracy Harper: Woes of a Social Media Junkie,” addresses the role/implications of social media in postsecondary instruction.

 

53. Article:

Dr. Chaddock authors third book in historical series

Date Entered:
12/18/2009

Expire Date:
3/18/2010

Dr. Katherine Chaddock (EDLP Department Chair) and Dr. Carolyn Matalene (English Department, Distinguished Professor Emerita) are authors of the new book, Vital Signs In Charleston: Voices Through the Centuries at the Medical University of South Carolina. The book follows their similar historical volumes about the University of South Carolina (2001) and the College of Charleston (2007). It uses original campus voices from letters, diaries, reports, memos, oral histories, and even emails and blogs to recount the history of the Medical University since its earliest founding days in 1824. The history covers surprising medical practices, battlefield medicine, famous MUSC graduates, and modern developments – including activities in medicine, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry and allied professions. Dr. Raymond Greenberg, president of MUSC, wrote the foreword to the book.

 

54. Article:

Dr. Jennifer Bloom co-authored article for The Mentor: An Academic Advising Journal

Date Entered:
12/9/2009

Expire Date:
3/9/2010

Dr. Bloom's article "People Who Soar" has just been published in The Mentor: An Academic Advising Journal. You can view the article at Click here.

 

55. Article:

Dr. Jennifer Bloom Helps Education Students Get Published

Date Entered:
11/24/2009

Expire Date:
2/24/2010

Article From USC Times
Seeing red: Prof's red pen helps education students get professionally published.

Students get used to seeing red in education professor Jennifer Bloom’s courses. Her editing pen has a field day on nearly every page of their assigned articles.

But there’s an upside to all that bleeding ink: Bloom’s students are also getting used to seeing their bylines in professional journals in the field of higher education.

“Over the past two years, more than 60 of my students have had their papers published, and they understand the value and benefit of that,” said Bloom, who teaches graduate courses on student affairs administration and academic advising in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies. “Publications are a respected currency in higher education, but it’s not easy for students to earn that respect.”

Bloom was the associate dean for student affairs at the University of Illinois’ medical school in Urbana-Champaign and an adjunct associate professor of higher education when she first started assigning graduate students the task of writing papers for scholarly publications. The process is rigorous, requiring back-and-forth editing and rewriting before a paper is ready to pass muster with a publication editor.

“I don’t make it a requirement that a student’s paper has to be published, but they do have to submit a finished, polished paper that I’ve signed off on,” Bloom said. “You learn a lot going through the process.”

For Alex Fippinger, the process was an education in itself.

“This experience helped me gain confidence in my writing skills and recognize that I have what it takes to successfully write an article for publication,” she said. “Dr. Bloom's encouragement was also a key part of the process because she really convinced my fellow classmates and I that we were capable of writing for publication and generating original ideas.”

Ashley Bailey-Taylor is a financial aid counselor at Carolina who graduated in May after completing Bloom’s course.

“Writing an article in Dr. Bloom’s class was an intense process,” she said. “I always wanted to make sure I got it right so I would have the best chance of getting published.

“These articles set me apart when I was looking for jobs in higher education, and getting my name out there has been very beneficial to my early career as a higher education professional.”

An article Bailey-Taylor wrote that was published in Student Aid Transcript resulted in an invitation from a Virginia community college to give a workshop.

Bloom has advice for faculty who are considering adding professional writing assignments to their classroom experience:

• know the appropriate publications in your field (probably not research journals but professional publications dedicated to pedagogy or other issues) to which students should submit their edited articles

• be explicit in giving instructions for selecting topics, writing outlines and giving final deadlines for papers

• be realistic in terms of the time required to grade and edit student papers multiple times

• be honest yet encouraging with students about the quality of their writing. “It’s going to hurt a bit for them to see all of that red ink, but that’s part of the process,” Bloom said.

 

56. Article:

Dr. Bloom coauthored a National Webinar

Date Entered:
11/24/2009

Expire Date:
2/24/2010

Dr. Bloom did a national webinar with her co-author, Bryant Hutson in November:

Bloom, J. L. & Hutson, B. L. (2009, November 12). Beyond Retention: An Appreciative Approach to Optimizing Student Learning and Engagement. Innovative Educators Webinar.

 

57. Article:

Dr. Bloom published in Academic Advising Today

Date Entered:
11/24/2009

Expire Date:
2/24/2010

Hutson, B. L., Bloom, J. L., and He, Y. (2009, December). Reflection in advising. Academic Advising Today, 32(4), pp. 12, 26.

 

58. Article:

Drs. Michelle Maher & Katherine Chaddock publish in Academe

Date Entered:
9/15/2009

Expire Date:
12/15/2009

Drs. Maher and Chaddock published an article in the September/October 2009 American Association of University Professors publication Academe entitled, “The Seven Habits of Highly Deflective Colleagues.” Based upon years of field research on college campuses, the article identifies deflective techniques commonly in use in the academic community. The article can be found at http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/pubsres/academe/2009/SO/Feat/mahe.htm

 

59. Article:

Dr. Sarah Keeling received SACSA Dissertation of the Year Award

Date Entered:
9/8/2009

Expire Date:
12/9/2009

Dr. Sarah Keeling, spring 2009 Higher Education Administration Ph.D. recipient, recently received notification that her dissertation was selected for the Southern Association for College Student Affairs (SACSA) Dissertation of the Year Award. Her dissertation study examined the influence of the CAS standards on academic advising programs that use these standards. Dr. Keeling will accept her award and present her research at the November 2009 SACSA conference in Nashville, TN.

 

60. Article:

Deadlines for December Graduation

Date Entered:
9/3/2009

Expire Date:
1/1/2010

All December Graduates

I want to ask all of you to remind your students that Thursday, Sept 10 is the last day to apply for December 2009 graduation. Also, all graduating doctoral students should be aware of the following deadlines:

Fall 2009* graduation Monday, December 14, at 3:30 p.m. (Doctoral Hooding: Monday, December 14, 1:30 p.m. - eligible participants only) · Diploma Application deadline: Thursday, September 10 ·
Thesis/Dissertation format check deadline: Tuesday, November 10 · Thesis/Dissertation defense deadline: Friday, November 13 · Thesis/Dissertation final deadline: Tuesday, November 24

Graduating doctoral students must also submit a Dissertation Defense Announcement, http://gradschool.sc.edu/ThesisDissertation/Announcements/gdda.asp, at least 2 weeks prior to their defense and schedule an appointment with me about one week prior to the their defense.

Thanks for your help in getting this information to our students! Elna Moses Associate Director, Advanced Programs Office of Student Affairs College of Education, USC Telephone: 803 777-3034 Fax: 803 777-3068

 

61. Article:

Amber (Stegelin) Fallucca Receives National Collegiate Athletics Association Research Award

Date Entered:
8/20/2009

Expire Date:
11/20/2009

Congratulations to Amber (Stegelin) Fallucca, a doctoral student in the Higher Education Administration PhD program who was recently named recipient of the National Collegiate Athletics Association Research Award. With this award, she receives substantial funding for designated areas (ie., tuition funding, travel, software). She will present her preliminary research findings in St. Louis, Missouri in November before the grant selection panel. Her dissertation project concerns faculty senate perceptions and knowledge of intercollegiate athletics at Southeastern Conference institutions.

 

62. Article:

Dr. Stephanie Foote wins Outstanding Research Award

Date Entered:
8/6/2009

Expire Date:
11/6/2009

Dr. Stephanie Foote, Higher Education Administration PhD recipient, has been selected for the 2009 National Orientation Directors Association Outstanding Research Award. She will receive the award and present a session on her dissertation research study at the Annual Conference in Anaheim, CA, this November. Her research investigates the perceived effects of first-year seminars on the experience of students in their first semester of college.

 

63. Article:

Deborah Brock, EDHE Certificate Program member, presents at workshop

Date Entered:
5/6/2009

Expire Date:
8/6/2009

Deborah Brock, EDHE technical college certificate program member and Tri-County Technical College faculty member, recently presented the workshop “What Good college Teachers Do Differently” at the Clinical Laboratory Educator’s Conference (National Conference sponsored by the American Society of Clinical Laboratory Science). The workshop provided an overview of “best practices” relating to teaching based on the findings reported by Ken Bain in the book, What the Best College Teachers Do. The format of the presentation allowed participants to rate themselves. A teaching practice was presented along with research to verify the effectiveness of the practice. Participants then rated themselves on a scale indicating if they never (1) to always (10) engaged in the particular practice.

 

64. Article:

Drs. Kelehear, Chaddock & Stevick receive prestigious awards

Date Entered:
4/30/2009

Expire Date:
7/30/2009

The Department of Educational Leadership and Policies is very pleased to announce the following faculty recognitions:

Dr. Zach Kelehear: College of Education 2009 Inspirational Teaching Award

Dr. Doyle Stevick: College of Education 2009 Early Career Service Award

Dr. Katherine Chaddock: College of Education 2009 Research and Scholarship Award

In addition, Dr. Chaddock recently received the prestigious University of South Carolina 2009 Mungo Graduate Faculty Teaching Award

 

65. Article:

Dr. Bloom co-authored an article published in "The Mentor"

Date Entered:
4/23/2009

Expire Date:
7/23/2009

The article, "How Eight Institutions Have Incorporated Appreciative Advising," has been published in The Mentor: An Academic Advising Journal. It can be seen at Click here.

 

66. Article:

Vivian Gallman-DeRienzo, doctoral candidate in Higher Education, presents at conference

Date Entered:
4/7/2009

Expire Date:
7/7/2009

Vivian Gallman-DeRienzo, doctoral candidate in Higher Education Administration in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policies, presented at the Annual Conference of the Council for the Study of Community Colleges (an affiliate of the American Association of Community Colleges), April 2-5, 2009 in Phoenix, AZ.

The title of Vivian’s presentation, based on her dissertation study, was “High School Counselors’ Perceptions of Two-Year Colleges: The Influence of Counselors’ Demographic and Background Characteristics and Familiarity with Two-year College Missions”

Abstract: This session highlighted national survey results investigating high school counselors’ perceptions of five types of two-year colleges and how those perceptions vary depending upon the type of two-year college, counselors’ background and demographic characteristics, and familiarity with the two-year college mission. Recommendations for educational strategies and practices to improve counselors’ perceptions of two-year institutions and heighten their awareness of the opportunities available at two-year colleges were advanced.

 

67. Article:

Reed Curtis, Higher Education/Student Affairs Master’s Student, Presents at USC Graduate Student Day

Date Entered:
3/26/2009

Expire Date:
5/26/2009

Reed Curtis presented ‘The Financial Experience of Master’s Degree Students” at the April, 2009 Graduate Student Day.

Abstract: Economic pressures and a challenging labor market have placed both a higher value on obtaining a master’s degree and increased the financial difficulty students have in earning one. While a master’s degree experience is somewhat short in tenure, typically two to three years in length, the ramifications of a student’s financial management and decisions during this period can last a lifetime. The financial reality that students face can be difficult to cope with and can influence their academic performance, physical and mental health, and the overall stability of their future. Utilizing Goodman, Waters, and Schlossberg’s (2006) theory of adult transition, the researcher investigated the financial conditions that master’s degree students face, the specific financial aspects that cause them the most concern, and what universities are doing to address these financial circumstances.

 

68. Article:

Ph.D. students, G. Morgan and S. Robertson, will present at April 3rd Graduate Student Day

Date Entered:
3/23/2009

Expire Date:
4/23/2009

Grant Morgan, Ed Studies Ph.D. student, and Shun Robertson, Higher Ed Admin PhD student, will present “Student Achievement in Identified Workforce Clusters: Understanding Factors that Influence Student Success” at the April 3rd USC Graduate School Graduate Student Day, 8:50 am, Russell House room 201.This study blends elements from two South Carolina Technical College System (SCTCS) initiatives - Achieving the Dream and a workforce cluster strategy. Achieving the Dream is a multi-year national initiative designed to help technical and community college students succeed, particularly low-income students and students of color. This initiative, combined with a recent strategy that places particular emphasis on five workforce clusters (advanced manufacturing and technologies, energy, healthcare, tourism and creative industries, and transportation and logistics), necessitates an exploration into student retention and achievement specific to these cluster areas, which are critical to the state’s advancement in the knowledge economy.

All students in this study are first-year, first-time SCTCS students. Of the data available to researchers, outcome variables were analyzed based on academic preparedness defined by enrollment in developmental studies, financial aid receipt, full-time/part-time enrollment, and demographic variables to include age, ethnicity, and gender. Students were assigned to one of three cohorts based on start date (2002, 2003, or 2004). Additional analyses were performed to disaggregate outcome and student-level variables by workforce cluster.

Results of the analyses in this omnibus study assist in determining which factors are most important in predicting student success in technical and community colleges. Implications for future research and policy decisions will also be discussed.

 

69. Article:

Stephanie Foote, Higher Ed Doctoral student, presents at National First-Year Experience

Date Entered:
3/17/2009

Expire Date:
5/15/2009

Stephanie Foote’s First-Year Experience presentation was entitled, “A Multi-Campus Study of the Perceived Effects of First-Year Seminars on the Experience of Students in Their First Semester of College” and was based on her dissertation research. Her presentation highlighted data collected from a multi-campus study that determined how participating in a first-year seminar impacted students during the first semester of college. Specifically, students’ experiences in first-year seminars were examined to determine their perceptions concerning the influence of: course expectations, content, delivery, and out-of-class interactions with their instructor and peers. Analysis was conducted to determine how these perceptions vary based who the students are and the type of first-year seminar taken.

 

70. Article:

Reed Curtis, Master’s Degree student in Higher Ed Student Affairs, publishes in ACPA Newsletter

Date Entered:
3/16/2009

Expire Date:
5/16/2009

Reed Curtis, master’s degree student in higher education/student affairs, recently published a article in the Winter 2009 edition of the ACPA Commission for Graduate and Professional School Educators Newsletter entitled, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times: Graduate student support and success in the age of budget cuts.”

Reed notes that as the President of the Graduate Student Association at the University of South Carolina, he has seen and experienced the financial struggles many graduate students face. Reed writes that the current budget crisis is placing undue stress on students who must balance graduate school responsibilities with work obligations, while often simultaneously caring for family members. In many ways, it is the “worst of times” for these students, as they are unclear if funding sources from teaching and research assistantships will continue into the next academic year. However, Reed writes, “I see clearly how [these dire times] can and should be the start of a renewed commitment to the success of all students, including graduate students…For example, the National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition recently created a listserv where all can discuss ways that higher education can best support graduate students during the often difficult transition into, through, and out of graduate school. The GRAD-Listserv can be joined at http://listserv.sc.edu/archives/grad-list.html Please continue to help voice the concerns of graduate and professional students. We depend on you.”

 

71. Article:

Rebecca Battle-Bryant, a doctoral student in Higher Education, presented at National Conference

Date Entered:
3/9/2009

Expire Date:
5/9/2009

Rebecca Battle-Bryant, doctoral student in Higher Education Administration in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policies, presented at the National Conference on “What Works In Education Partnerships” February 20-21, 2009 in Phoenix, AZ. Sponsored by Arizona State University and Helios Education Foundation. The title of Rebecca’s presentation, based on her dissertation study, was “Come to the Table: Partnerships in Rural Communities.”

Abstract: Use of partnerships in rural communities can be maddening; however, collaboration among local entities is often a requirement for grant funding and managing scare resources. Community colleges often find themselves involved in such partnerships. This presentation described findings from a multi-site comparative case study of a grant program in NC and SC that required collaboration and community college participation to understand what factors need to exist to develop and sustain effective community partnerships.

Rebecca also presented dissertation study findings at the Lakeside Business-Industry Symposium in Greenwood, SC on February 12, 2009. Attendees included key Greenwood area business and government representatives.

 

72. Article:

Dr. Jennifer recently published a "How To" Guide for Undergraduates

Date Entered:
12/22/2008

Expire Date:
3/22/2008

Bloom, Jennifer L. & Cuevas, Amanda E. P. recently published A "How To" Guide for Undergraduates Interested in Participating in Undergraduate Research. The Scalpel: The Journal of Alpha Epsilon Delta, The Health Pre-Professional Honor Society, 78(2), pp. 5-7.

 

73. Article:

Dr. Jennifer Bloom recently published a "How To" Guide for Undergraduates

Date Entered:
12/22/2008

Expire Date:
3/22/2009

Bloom, Jennifer L. & Cuevas, Amanda E. P. recently published A "How To" Guide for Undergraduates Interested in Participating in Undergraduate Research. The Scalpel: The Journal of Alpha Epsilon Delta, The Health Pre-Professional Honor Society, 78(2), pp. 5-7.

 

74. Article:

Kaitlin Oyler, a masters student in Higher Ed, Receives Research Award

Date Entered:
12/1/2008

Expire Date:
3/1/2009

Kaitlin Oyler has been awarded the “Advancement of Global Dimensions Research Award” to support her thesis research. The award is given by the Commission for Global Dimension of Student Development of the American College Personnel Association (ACPA). The award is given for an outstanding research project of educational and intrinsic value to the international field. It is designed to recognize significant contributions to the body of knowledge about international education and international student service issues using research tools.

Kaitlin’s thesis compares the internationalization process at two similar universities, one American and one Australian. She completed a two-month internship at the University of New South Wales this summer. In his letter of support, Dr. Christian Anderson, Kaitlin’s thesis advisor, wrote: “We need more research that helps us understand how universities internationalize their campuses, including their student body. We need more research that helps us understand more about how student affairs functions in other countries. And we need more comparative studies of student affairs. Kaitlin’s study helps fill the void for each of these areas.”

 

75. Article:

Dr. Jennifer Bloom co-presents at the National Academic Advising Association

Date Entered:
9/24/2008

Expire Date:
12/24/2008

Dr. Bloom co-presented a Webinar for the National Academic Advising Association on September 18, 2008 titled "Proactively Planning a Career in Academic Advising" with Dr. Albert Matheny from the University of Florida. For more information Click here.

 

76. Article:

Dr. Jennifer Bloom co-authored a book entitled "The Appreciative Advising Revolution"

Date Entered:
9/24/2008

Expire Date:
12/24/2008

Dr. Bloom co-authored a book titled, "The Appreciative Advising Revolution" that was released on September 15, 2008. Her co-authors were Bryant Hutson and Ye He from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. For additional information Click here.

 

77. Article:

Dr. Jennifer Bloom authored a chapter in "Academic Advising: A Comprehensive Handbook"

Date Entered:
9/24/2008

Expire Date:
12/24/2008

Dr. Bloom authored a chapter titled, "Moving On" in the 2nd Edition of "Academic Advising: A Comprehensive Handbook" that will be released Oct. 1. For more information Click here.

 

78. Article:

Come meet our new visiting professor, Dr. Horace Fleming

Date Entered:
9/10/2008

Expire Date:
12/6/2008

Dr. Horace Fleming, a Distinguished University Professor of Educational Leadership at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, will be meeting for lunch each month at the Preston's Dining Room with doctoral students from the higher education administration. The meetings will take place on Fridays, Oct. 3rd, November 14th, and December 5th at 11:45 am. Faculty are welcome.

 

79. Article:

Dr. Zach Kelehear has published three reviews

Date Entered:
8/4/2008

Expire Date:
11/4/2008

Dr. Zach Kelehear has published three reviews in the past six months. They are:

LEADERSHIP WORK Kelehear, Z. (2008, Feb).[Review of the book, Cultivating Leadership in Schools: Connecting People, Purpose, and Practice by Gordon A. Donaldson, Jr.] The School Administrator 65 (2), 69.

Kelehear, Z. (2008. August). Review of the book, Leadership through story: Diverse voices in dialogue, by Sarah J. Noonan. The School Administrator, 65 (7), 41.

The School Administrator is AASA's award-winning monthly magazine reaching some 70,000 top level administrators. It is delivered to every public school superintendent in the United States and provides big-picture perspectives and collegial discussions on a broad range of topics in education, leadership, instructional materials and resources unique to the education community.

ARTS-BASED LEADERSHIP WORK Kelehear, Z. (2008, Fall). Review of the book Why Schools Need the Arts, by Jessican Hoffman-Davis. The review is in a National Art Education publication. The NAEA News has a circulation of 23,000 elementary, secondary, and college/university art teachers, district supervisors, and libraries throughout the U.S. NAEA News format is 24 pages per issue on newsprint.

 

80. Article:

Dr. Sandra Lindsay publishes article in the August 2008 School Administrator

Date Entered:
8/4/2008

Expire Date:
11/4/2008

Dr. Sandra Lindsay has published an article entitled "Grow Your Own Leaders: A consortium of school districts uses a cohort approach to prepare committed educators for administrative ranks" in the August 2008 Issue of The School Administrator. To view the article Click here.

 

81. Article:

Kelehear Publishes Latest Work on Arts-Based Leadership

Date Entered:
7/28/2008

Expire Date:
10/28/2008

Dr. Zachary Kelehear, Associate Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Policies, has published an article titled: "Instructional leadership, connoisseurship and critique: using an arts-based approach to extend conversations about teaching" in the International Journal of Leadership in Education, Volume 11, Issue 3 July 2008 , pages 239 - 256.

Abstract: Recent teacher effectiveness research supports the notion that students learn best from teachers who can be characterized as managing both the craft and the artistic dimensions of learning. Additionally, there is a body of research that has examined possible strategies instructional leaders might use to support the development of the craft dimension. It is less clear, however, in what ways leaders might address the artistic dimensions of the classroom performance when working with teachers. Rooted in a theory of qualitative inquiry, the author presents a model for instructional leadership practice as connoisseurship and couples that private practice with the Feldman Method for art criticism to make public what is observed in classrooms. The results from a pilot study focusing on the level of implementation of arts-based leadership are included.

The International Journal of Leadership in Education is an international Journal for the publication of theoretical and practical discussions of educational leadership. It provides a forum for researchers and practitioner-researchers' to consider conceptual, methodological and practical issues in a range of professional and service settings and sectors. The journal publishes cutting-edge research on instructional supervision, curriculum and teaching development and educational administration. It offers a broad definition of leadership, including teachers as leaders, shared governance, site-based decision-making and community-school collaborations.

Click here for article.

 

82. Article:

Dr. Katherine Chaddock Named Editor of New Series

Date Entered:
6/25/2008

Expire Date:
9/25/2008

Dr. Katherine Chaddock and Dr. Roger Geiger (Penn State University) have been named editors of a new scholarly book series, "Higher Education and Society," by publisher Palgrave-MacMillan. The series will publish volumes that tackle vital higher education concerns in their social and cultural contexts including contexts that are legal, historical, economic, behavioral, and others.

 

83. Article:

Dr. Katherine Chaddock Contracted for Book by The History Press

Date Entered:
6/25/2008

Expire Date:
9/25/2008

Dr. Katherine Chaddock and her co-author Dr. Carolyn Matalene (Distinguished English Professor Emerita) have signed a contract with The History Press for a book about the Medical University of South Carolina, "Vital Signs in Charleston: Across the Centuries at the Medical University of South Carolina." This volume follows two others by these authors in the genre of using campus "voices" to tell campus history the first about the University of South Carolina, the second about the College of Charleston. Dr. Raymond Greenberg, President of MUSC, will write the Preface of the current volume.

 

84. Article:

HESA Students Present at Conference

Date Entered:
5/29/2008

Expire Date:
8/30/2008

Reed Curtis, HESA Master's degree student, presented a concurrent session titled "Economic Recession and Student Financial Instability: How Academic Advisors Can Help" at the National Academic Advising Association's (NACADA) Region 3 Conference held in Columbia, SC May 18-20, 2008. His presentation was selected as "The Best of Region" and Mr. Curtis will receive $500 to help cover travel expenses related to attending the NACADA Annual Conference Oct. 1-4 in Chicago.

Current HESA student Melissa Kupfer also presented a concurrent session and Stephanie Holmes presented at the poster session.

 

85. Article:

Dr. Ken Stevenson was keynote speaker at School Design & Construction Conference

Date Entered:
5/14/2008

Expire Date:
8/15/2008

Dr. Ken Stevenson was the keynote speaker at the Pennsylvania School Boards Association 2008 School Design and Construction Conference, held May 8 and 9 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia. The title of the address was "Educational Trends Shaping School Planning and Design." Approximately 350 were in attendance.

 

86. Article:

Dr. Diane Harwell Receives Inspirational Teaching Award

Date Entered:
4/30/2008

Expire Date:
7/30/2008

Dr. Diane Harwell received the George H. Lackey, Jr., award for Inspirational Teaching in recognition of her exemplary contributions to Higher Education.

 

87. Article:

David Mash, a higher education doctoral student, was elected Chair of PASCAL

Date Entered:
4/30/2008

Expire Date:
7/30/2008

David Mash was elected by his professional peers in South Carolina to serve as the Chair of the Library Directors Council and as a Board member of PASCAL (Partnership Among South Carolina Academic Libraries).

The Library Directors Council is made up of all academic library directors at private colleges and universities in South Carolina.

PASCAL is the statewide library resource sharing and consortial purchasing organization. All South Carolina academic libraries, both public and private, are members of PASCAL.

 

88. Article:

Dr. Bloom Receives Honor

Date Entered:
4/29/2008

Expire Date:
7/29/2008

Dr. Jennifer Bloom received the Faculty Mentor Award at the Black Graduate Student Associations' Banquet held on Saturday, April 26, 2008.

 

89. Article:

Dr. Bloom is keynote speaker at National Academic Advising Association's Region 5 Conference

Date Entered:
4/18/2008

Expire Date:
7/14/2008

Dr. Jennifer Bloom was the keynote speaker at the National Academic Advising Association's Region 5 Conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan on April 7, 2008.

The graduating senior class of medical students at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign voted Dr. Jennifer Bloom to be the reipient of the Special Recognition Award. Dr. Bloom will receive the award at the College's Convocation Ceremony on Sunday May 4, 2008.

 

90. Article:

Three EDAD Doctoral Candidates Published in "Palmetto Administrator"

Date Entered:
4/17/2008

Expire Date:
7/14/2008

Three EDAD doctoral candidates are published in the Spring 2008 issue of the Palmetto Administrator
They are:
Tim Henson: " Single-Gender Education: Is it an Option for Your School District?"
Jason Warren: "Leading for Inclusion: Overcoming Obstacles at the Middle Level"
Molly Smith: Assessing the Leadership Styles of a Vertical Teaming Culture"

 

91. Article:

Dr. Roger Geiger to Speak at Wardlaw College

Date Entered:
4/2/2008

Expire Date:
4/24/2008

Dr. Roger L. Geiger will speak on Wednesday, April 23, 2008, at 12:00 (noon) -1:00 pm in Suite 310, Wardlaw College.

Roger L. Geiger is a Distinguished Professor of Higher Education at Penn State. His new book (with Creso Sá), Tapping the Riches of Science: Universities and the Promise of Economic Growth, will be published by Harvard University Press later this year.

Geiger’s most recent book is Knowledge and Money: Research Universities and the Paradox of the Marketplace (Stanford University Press, 2004). His volumes on American research universities in the 20th century, To Advance Knowledge: the Development of American Research Universities, 1900-1940 and Research and Relevant Knowledge: American Research Universities Since World War II, originally published by Oxford University Press, were republished by Transaction in 2004. Geiger has served as editor of Perspectives on the History of Higher Education since 1993.

Refreshments will be served. All are welcome.

Contact Christian Anderson (christian@sc.edu) for more information. Sponsored by the Higher Education & Student Affairs (HESA) Program in the College of Education, University of South Carolina

 

92. Article:

Chaddock Selected to Serve on ASHE Publications Committee

Date Entered:
4/1/2008

Expire Date:
7/1/2008

The Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) is pleased to announce the newly selected members to the Publications Committee and Awards Committee. Dr. Katherine Reynolds Chaddock of the University of South Carolina has been selected to serve on the ASHE Publications Committee. Drs. Ben Baez of Florida International University and Sharon McDade of George Washington University have been selected to serve on the ASHE Awards Committee. These individuals were approved for their respective positions by the Board of Directors this past week and will each serve a three year term. Our newly selected colleagues represent a wide array and wealth of personal and professional experiences ranging from student affairs to higher education administration to scholarly endeavors to public policy work and community outreach. These experiences provide great promise to contribute to the growth and development of the association. We look forward to their continued leadership and service while carrying out their individual terms

 

93. Article:

Reed Curtis Elected GSA President

Date Entered:
4/1/2008

Expire Date:
7/1/2008

Reed Curtis, a student in the higher education and student affairs program, has been elected president of the Graduate Student Association for 2008-2009.

 

94. Article:

2007 EDLP Faculty Books, Chapters, and Refereed Articles

Date Entered:
3/26/2008

Expire Date:
12/30/2008

To see publications Click here.

 

95. Article:

Sri Sitharaman, a Ph.D. Student in Higher Ed, Receives $20,000 Dissertation Fellowship

Date Entered:
3/24/2008

Expire Date:
6/24/2008

Sri Sitharaman has received a $20,000 dissertation fellowship from the Association for Institutional Research in Tallahassee, Florida. His proposal, "Analysis of Faculty Salaries at Historically Black Colleges and Universitites" was selected for funding through the Association for Institutional Research-National Center for Education Statistics-National Science Foundation grant program, "Improving Institutional Research in Postsecondary Education Institutions." This fellowship of $20,000 is for the period June l, 2008, through May 31, 2009.

 

96. Article:

Dr. Ed Cox Publishes Article in Journal of Academic Leadership

Date Entered:
2/25/2008

Expire Date:
5/25/2008

Dr. Edward Cox recently published an article, A Consideration of the Influences that Predict Middle School Principals’ Attitudes Regarding Inclusion, in the online Journal Academic Leadership. In the article he and the co-author Jesse Washington III analyze inclusion from the principals’ perspective and discuss the many factors that help shape those attitudes. The article reference is: Cox, E, & Washington, J, (Winter 2008), A Consideration of the Influences that Predict Middle School Principals’ Attitudes Regarding Inclusion, Academic Leadership 6(1). It can be viewed at Click here.

 

97. Article:

Dr. Zach Kelehear Authors Book -Instructional Leadership as Art

Date Entered:
2/4/2008

Expire Date:
5/3/2008

Instructional Leadership as Art: Connecting ISLLC and Aesthetic Inspiration. (2008). Rowman and Littlefield, Inc.
In this book, Zach Kelehear offers readers a new perspective on an important, dynamic, and sometimes daunting issue: managing successful school-based leadership. Kelehear uses an arts-based approach to weave together notions of research-based leadership skills for successful school-based management with standards of professional competence as represented by the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC) Standards for School Leaders. The author encourages readers to engage in the seemingly persistent problems and old trials of school management from a new perspective resulting in some refreshing possibilities for supporting student achievement in schools. It is also the goal of this arts-based approach that the reader might begin to more fully recognize the complexity of leading and managing students and teachers within the constantly evolving culture of today's schools. As a result of this qualitative inquiry, the author invites a new vision for old assumptions in schools, for teacher leadership, and for student learning.

Reviews:
Glickman states: "We might be familiar with the art of leading as a set of spontaneous and intuitive skills, but Zach uses art as the lens for improving the management, clarity, purpose, and practice of schools. He isn't using art as a metaphor for education; he envisions art as a way of living a professional and personal life. And he shows how leaders can change schools for the better by clarifying values, differentiating supervision and leadership, listening and conferencing, planning professional development, and setting goals with teachers as colleagues."-from the Foreword by Carl Glickman, scholar in residence, Educational Administration and Policy Program, University of Georgia

Starratt observes: "Zach Kelehear has provided a stimulating portrait of educational leadership as that leadership performs itself in furthering authentic teaching and learning. The practice of instructional supervision has too often been exercised exclusively as a bureaucratic, control mechanism that has been revealed again and again as self-defeating for promoting the growth of the vast majority of teachers. In suggesting that instructional supervision can be an aesthetic performance, he helps educators see its necessarily organic consistency with the aesthetics of learning and with the aesthetics of teaching."-Robert J. Starratt, Boston College

 

98. Article:

Dr. Zach Kelehear Published in International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership

Date Entered:
2/4/2008

Expire Date:
5/3/2008

Kelehear, Z. (2008). Arts-based instructional leadership: Crafting a supervisory practice that supports the art of teaching. International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership 3(1). To see publication Click here.

If teaching at its best is an art (Davis, 2005; Sarason, 1999; Grumet, 1993; Eisner, 1985; Barone, 1983; Greene, 1971; Smith 1971), then instructional leadership of teaching, done best, must also be based in art (Behar-Horenstein, 2004; Klein, 1999; Eisner, 1983 & 1998a; Blumberg, 1989; Barone, 1998). The author examines possible applications of an arts-based approach to instructional leadership (Blumberg, 1989; Pajak, 2003; Barone, 1998). Building on the research base regarding instructional leadership as art form, the author combines the Feldman Method (Feldman, 1995) of critique, Eisner’s (1998) notion of connoisseurship, and Ragans’ (2005) articulation of the elements of art and the principles of design to construct a practice that captures both the technical craft of teaching and the aesthetic dimensions evident in artistic pedagogy (Eisner, 1983; Sarason, 1999). Preliminary results of an ongoing implementation study are presented.

 

99. Article:

Dr. Michelle Maher Named Associate Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence

Date Entered:
1/22/2008

Expire Date:
4/16/2008

The Department of Educational Leadership and Policies is pleased to announce that Dr. Michelle Maher, tenured associate professor in the Higher Education and Student Affairs Program, has been selected to serve as the Associate Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence at the University of South Carolina. The Center for Teaching Excellence was established in 2006 to promote excellent undergraduate and graduate teaching at the University. Dr Maher will be an integral member of the Center leadership team working to achieve this mission.

 

100. Article:

Dr. Michelle Maher Named Associate Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence

Date Entered:
1/22/2008

Expire Date:
1/15/2008

The Department of Educational Leadership and Policies is pleased to announce that Dr. Michelle Maher, tenured associate professor in the Higher Education and Student Affairs Program, has been selected to serve as the Associate Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence at the University of South Carolina. The Center for Teaching Excellence was established in 2006 to promote excellent undergraduate and graduate teaching at the University. Dr Maher will be an integral member of the Center leadership team working to achieve this mission.

 

101. Article:

Dr. Doyle Stevick Publishes Two Articles

Date Entered:
1/18/2008

Expire Date:
4/16/2008

Dr. Stevick recently had two articles published.

Juri Ginter and Doyle Stevick. (2007). "Sustainable Education, the Limits of Democracy, and the Importance of Participation: A Survey of Estonian School Leaders." Education and Sustainable Development, p. 124-138.

Doyle Stevick. (2007, December). "Qualitative Comparison In Civic Education: An Ethnographic Perspective". International Journal of Citizenship Teaching and Learning, pp. 71-78. Available at Click here.

 

102. Article:

Dr. Jennifer Bloom published in NACADA Journal

Date Entered:
1/18/2008

Expire Date:
4/18/2008

Dr. Jennifer Bloom, Director of the Student Affairs Masters Degree Program of the Department of Educational Leadership and Polices, along with her co-authors, recently published a significant piece of research in the NACADA Journal. The reference is:
Bloom, J., et al. (2007, Fall). Graduate students' perceptions of outstanding graduate advisor characteristics. NACADA Journal, 27(2), 9-27.

 

103. Article:

Dr. Christian Anderson gives talk in Santiago, Chile

Date Entered:
12/10/2007

Expire Date:
3/10/2008

Christian K. Anderson, assistant professor of higher education, was invited to give a talk at the XII Seminario Internacional on “La educación superior y el mundo del trabajo” [“Higher Education and the World of Work”], organized by el Consejo Superior de Educación (CSE) and la Comisión Nacional de Acreditación (CNA) in Santiago, Chile on November 28th. He delivered his talk, “Los fines de la educación superior y sus vínculos con el mundo del trabajo” [“The Purposes of Higher Education and their Connection to the World of Work”] in Spanish to about 200 conference participants.

 

104. Article:

Click here to access CDEPP 4-year old kindergarten program surveys

Date Entered:
11/20/2007

Expire Date:
12/30/2007

Survey Title I: South Carolina Child Development Education Pilot Program (CDEPP): State Funded Pilot for 4-Year Old At-Risk Children Facilities Availability Survey for Public Schools Not Currently Participating in the CDEPP Program. Click here for this survey.


Survey Title II: South Carolina Child Development Education Pilot Program (CDEPP): State Funded Pilot for 4-Year Old At-Risk Children Facilities Availability Survey for Public Schools Currently Participating in the CDEPP Program. Click here for this survey.

 

105. Article:

Dr. Christian Anderson presents paper at ASHE conference

Date Entered:
11/19/2007

Expire Date:
2/19/2008

Christian K. Anderson, presented "Academic Senates in the American Research University: How and Why They Were Created" at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education in Louisville, Kentucky (November 9, 2007). In this paper he explained the origins of faculty senates in American universities.

 

106. Article:

HESA doctoral student Jim Klauber was noted in Forbes magazine

Date Entered:
11/19/2007

Expire Date:
2/10/2008

In the Nov. 26, 2007 article of Forbes magazine, Jim Klauber, HESA doctoral student and Vice President for Institutional Advancement at Piedmont College, in a response to a recent Forbes article on higher education costs, weighed in with a letter to the Editor. Jim wrote, "As an employee of a public two-year college I would like to mention two important issues that your story on rising tuitions for higher education ("Economics 101," Nov. 12, p. 144) fails to point out. First, over half of all students in America start their higher education in a community or technical college...Second, you neglect to address the real travesty in American higher education: the billions of tax dollars misspent to subsidize students to attend four-year schools, where these student pursue academic majors that offer little career opportunity following graduation. Inevitably, these students enroll in their local community college to develop skills relevant in the economy."

 

107. Article:

Dr. Doyle Stevick Named to Editorial Board of IJED

Date Entered:
11/14/2007

Expire Date:
2/15/2008

Dr. Doyle Stevick, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership and Policies, and Director of the Office of International and Comparative Education, has been named to the Editorial Board of the Inter-American Journal of Education for Democracy. IJED, a peer-reviewed, online, bilingual Spanish and English-language journal, is known as La Revista Interamericana de Educación para la Democracia in Spanish. Based in Canada, Chile and the United States, it is a joint enterprise of the Inter-American Program on Education for Democratic Values and Practices. Its first issue can be found at its website: Click here.

 

108. Article:

Dr. Jenny Bloom was inaugurated as President of the NACADA

Date Entered:
11/14/2007

Expire Date:
1/25/2008

Jenny Bloom was inaugurated as President of the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) at its national meeting in Baltimore last week and will serve in that role for a year. More info. on the association is available at Click here.

 

109. Article:

Dr. Mike Welsh was inaugurated as President of the NACRA

Date Entered:
11/14/2007

Expire Date:
1/25/2008

Mike Welsh was inaugurated as president of the North American Case Research Association (NACRA) at its national meeting in Denver last week and will serve in that role for a year. More info on the association is available at Click here.

 

110. Article:

Dr. Tjuan Dogan, a Higher Ed Graduate, selected for American Marshall Memorial Fellowship Program

Date Entered:
10/29/2007

Expire Date:
1/30/2008

The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta has recently selected Dr. S. LaTjuan Dogan, 2002 AAPP Alumna, for the American Marshall Memorial Fellowship Program through the German Marshall Fund. The Marshall Memorial Fellowship offers emerging leaders, ages 28-40, the opportunity to explore societies, institutions and people on the other side of the Atlantic. Dr. Dogan will have the opportunity to travel to Europe for a month to study global policy issues and to explore her own professional interests beyond the group programs.

 

111. Article:

Article by Ph.D. Student, David Mash, Director of L. Mendel Rivers Library at Charleston Southern

Date Entered:
10/11/2007

Expire Date:
12/31/2007

Click here.

 

112. Article:

Drs. Cox, Harrill, & Harwell present at NCPEA Conference

Date Entered:
8/30/2007

Expire Date:
11/14/2007

 

113. Article:

Christian Anderson Co-Editor of new Volume on the “Future of the American Research University”

Date Entered:
8/30/2007

Expire Date:
11/29/2007

 

114. Article:

Dr. Diane Harwell Named to Executive Board of the SE Rural Community Outreach Ministries

Date Entered:
8/10/2007

Expire Date:
11/10/2007

Diane Harwell has been named to the Executive Board of the SouthEast Rural Community Outreach Ministries. This board supports the heritage of the Lower Richland area of Richland County including the Harriet Barber House, the Congaree Swamp Fest, the Crossroads/Heritage Day Festival, and other historical sites and events.

 

115. Article:

Cassie Barber named Executive Director of South Carolina School Improvement Council

Date Entered:
7/3/2007

Expire Date:
11/3/2007

The Department of Educational Leadership and Policies is pleased to announce that Cassie Barber has been offered and has accepted the job of Executive Director of South Carolina School Improvement Council. The screening committee reviewed multiple applications and unanimously came to the conclusion that Ms. Barber would be an ideal fit for the position.

Ms. Barber holds a masters degree in Human Behavior and Conflict Management from Columbia College and has co-directed the school improvement council office for the past seven years. Prior to coming to the College of Education Cassie worked for the Healthy Schools initiative at the SC Department of Education and for the nonprofit Alliance for South Carolina’s Children where she advocated for children’s issues with state agencies and the legislature.

Ms. Barber is looking forward to the challenge of leading SC-SIC as it works to fulfill its mission to promote and support civic engagement for quality public education in South Carolina through school improvement councils.

 

116. Article:

EDLP/Higher Education Student Named NCES-NSF Summer Fellow

Date Entered:
6/11/2007

Expire Date:
10/11/2007

EDLP-Higher Education Ph.D. student Sri Sitharaman has been selected a summer program Fellow for the 2007 National Data Policy Institute. The Institute deals with the databases of the National Center for Education Statistics and the National Science Foundation, gathering selected faculty and graduate students from throughout the country to work with those data in ways that will help advance their current and future research agendas.

Mr. Sitharaman will receive expense-paid travel to Washington, D.C., this summer to undertake his work as a Fellow. Upon return, he will continue to utilize the NCES and NSF data in his dissertation (chair: Dr. Julie Rotholz). He is currently employed by Claflin University as Director of Testing and Assessment Services.

 

117. Article:

EDLP Ph.D. Graduate Wins International Dissertation Award

Date Entered:
6/4/2007

Expire Date:
10/4/2007

Dr. William Daniel (Danny) Nicholson, II, a 2006 Ph.D. graduate of the EDLP Higher Education Administration Program, has been named the recipient of the John Grenzebach Outstanding Dissertation Award sponsored by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education. Dr. Nicholson was named for the 2007 award from an initial field of scores of qualified dissertations and an international group of 19 finalists.

Dr. Nicholson graduated in May, 2006, after defending his dissertation, Leading Where It Counts: An Investigation of the Leadership Styles and Behaviors That Define College and University Presidents as Successful Fund Raisers (dissertation committee chair: Katherine Chaddock). His dissertation research included campus visits, observations, meetings, and interviews with college and university presidents nominated to him as highly successful fund raisers, as well as with their staffs, development vice presidents, and major donors. Presidents included: President Gordon Gee, Vanderbilt University; President John T. Casteen, III, University of Virginia; President Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; and President (emerita) Rita Bornstein, Rollins College.

Dr. Nicholson currently serves as Vice President for University Advancement and Executive Director, Coastal Education Foundation at Coastal Carolina University. He will formally receive his dissertation award at the national conference of the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education in July. In being named for the dissertation award, Nicholson follows a distinguished group of recent awardees who in the past three years graduated from University of Pennsylvania, Purdue University, and the College of William and Mary.

 

118. Article:

Kelehear Presents at Arts-based Leadership Workshop

Date Entered:
5/31/2007

Expire Date:
10/1/2007

Zach Kelehear, Ed.D, associate professor of Educational Leadership and Policies, was the main speaker last month at the inaugural workshop for arts-based leadership sponsored by the Spoleto Festival. Dr. Kelehear is a noted authority and speaker on an arts-based approach to school leadership, teacher effectiveness, and student achievement.

Education has been a core component of Spoleto Festival USA’s mission from the beginning. As an active, longtime partner with many district schools through its numerous student workshops, Education Spoleto is committed to providing sustainable, arts-integrated educational programs that will provide long-term impact beyond the 17 days of the festival.

One of its most successful programs, now in its eleventh year, is the Teachers Workshop, which offers a comprehensive course of professional development and arts-based instructional strategies for teachers from all disciplines. The workshop uses key elements from featured Spoleto Festival USA performances as the context for innovative approaches – some of them never before applied to the classroom setting – and for creative presentations, panel-directed discussions, and hands-on exercises, all designed to provide powerful tools for effectively integrating the arts across the basic curriculum.

 

119. Article:

Stevick selected for R. Freeman Butts Institute

Date Entered:
5/24/2007

Expire Date:
9/23/2007

Dr. Doyle Stevick, Educational Leadership and Policies, was one of thirty people selected nation-wide to participate in the R. Freeman Butts Institute on Civic Learning in Teacher Education. The Center for Civic Education sponsored the event, covering all expenses for participants. A copy of Dr. Stevick's new book, Reimagining Civic Education: How Diverse Societies form Democratic Citizens, was provided to every participant at the event. This was a special honor for Dr. Stevick, because R. Freeman Butts, in his illustrious career at Teachers College, Columbia University, not only brought national attention to the issue of civic learning, he was also a founding member and president of the Comparative and International Education Society, where Dr. Stevick founded and chairs the Special Interest Group in Citizenship and Democratic Education (CANDE). Dr. Stevick serves as the interim Director of the Office of International and Comparative Education at the University of South Carolina. The OICE website is: Click here.

 

120. Article:

EDLP Graduate Named Distinquished Professor of the Year at Lander U.

Date Entered:
5/15/2007

Expire Date:
10/15/2007

Dr. Robert Stevenson, who received his Ph.D. in Educational Administration-Higher Education in 2003, has been named the 2007 Distinguished Professor of the Year at Lander University. This honor is awarded to a faculty member who demonstrates exemplary performance as a classroom teacher and scholar and for service to Lander and beyond.

“I was grateful to be nominated by my colleagues,” he said. “Just being nominated was almost like winning the award. I am overwhelmed to be in the company of the other distinguished professors because I respect them all.”

Stevenson, a New Jersey native, moved to Greenwood with his family in 1978 and graduated from Lander in 1987 with a degree in interdisciplinary studies with a journalism emphasis. While at Lander, he had a two-year internship as a sports writer for the Greenville News and worked for a year as the program director and disc jockey for WPCC radio in Clinton.

He also spent one semester at Trent Polytechnic College, now Nottingham Trent University, in Nottingham, England. After graduating from Lander, he became a feature writer for the Greenwood Index Journal then went to work for Piedmont Technical College as a part-time English instructor. He was affiliated with the Upward Bound program teaching English to high school seniors who would be the first in their families to go to college. He then went on to receive his master’s degree in mass communication from the University of South Carolina. Stevenson held a temporary, one-year position at Everett Community College in Seattle, Wash., as an instructor in communication and English as a second language, as well as adviser to the student newspaper.

He joined the Lander faculty in 1991 as director of student publications and, eight years later, began teaching courses in media, mass communication, journalism and speech. In 2005, Stevenson was the recipient of Lander’s first Young Faculty Scholar Award.

 

121. Article:

Dr. Chaddock is one of 15 scholars invited to participate in four-day summer colloquium

Date Entered:
5/11/2007

Expire Date:
10/15/2007

Dr. Katherine Chaddock, Professor, EDLP, is one of 15 scholars invited from universities throughout the country to participate in a four-day summer colloquium, “Liberty and Responsibility: The Scopes Trial and Beyond,” sponsored by the Liberty Fund and taking place in Columbia Falls, Montana. Dr. Chaddock’s research agenda has included analysis of the influence of H.L. Mencken’s writings on education; and she will now have an opportunity to consider Mencken’s role in evolution controversies, as well as to examine the ideas and actions that have informed centuries of enduring debate related to education and religion. The aim of the Liberty Fund and its support of scholarly activity is to encourage the exploration of human liberty and those institutional arrangements that support it. For more information: www.libertyfund.org.

 

122. Article:

Dr. Michelle Maher to serve as a reviewer for the Journal of Higher Education

Date Entered:
5/8/2007

Expire Date:
9/3/2007

Michelle Maher, Asst. Professor, EDLP, has accepted an invitation to serve as a reviewer for The Journal of Higher Education. Founded in 1930, The Journal of Higher Education is the leading scholarly journal on the institution of higher education. More information about The Journal of Higher Education can be found at http://www.ohiostatepress.org..

 

123. Article:

EDLP Faculty Has Successful Publication Year in 2006

Date Entered:
5/8/2007

Expire Date:
6/7/2008

To see publications Click here.

 

124. Article:

EDLP Graduate Recognized as Professor of the Year at Newberry College

Date Entered:
4/25/2007

Expire Date:
8/25/2007

Cindy Johnson-Taylor, Chair of the Newberry College Department of Education, was named the 2007 Professor of the Year at the annual Awards Day Convocation held April 19 at Newberry College. Each year, the representatives of the Newberry College Student Government Association single out a faculty member in recognition of their achievements and service to the College. Dr. Johnson-Taylor received this distinguished honor for her dedication to students and her ability to inspire future leaders.

Dr. Johnson-Taylor was stunned at the announcement because this is the first time a first-year faculty member has received this award. "While I am sure there are others on campus more deserving, I am extremely honored that the students think I am worthy of this award," said Johnson-Taylor. "I have thought about the fact that it really isn't me that students are pleased with. While I might have been the catalyst for change, they are really proud of the strides we are making in our teacher education program." She continued, "Having a strong teacher education program is not about just one person or a few people-it is an entire unit made up of eight programs that train teachers with lots of excellent faculty, staff and students. Our strong public school partnerships make us even better at what we do. We are marching toward becoming one of the strongest programs in the state and that is what students recognize and appreciate."

Dr. Johnson-Taylor came to Newberry College from Winthrop University where she served as Director of the Teacher Education Program for nine years. Prior to entering the higher education arena, Dr. Johnson-Taylor was a high school assistant principal and a high school English teacher at Rock Hill High School. As Chair of the Department of Education at Newberry College, she maintains close ties with the Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention and Advancement (CERRA) as she serves as the Teacher Cadet College Partner Coordinator and advisor to the Newberry College Future Educators Association (FEA). She also teaches classes and holds the rank of associate professor.

Dr. Johnson-Taylor has served on the SC ADEPT task force and is recognized in the state as a driving force in teacher education and school leadership. She has been published in the areas of mentoring, teacher education and school leadership. Her most recent article, Next In Line: Preparing Assistant Principals to assume the role of Principal, was published in the April 2007 issue of Principal Leadership. She is also involved with SREB (Southern Regional Education Board) initiatives and is a certified trainer for SREB in the area of Leading Assessment and Instruction.

Her academic credentials include a Bachelor's Degree in English and a Master's Degree in Secondary Education from Winthrop University. She also has an Educational Specialist Degree from the University of South Carolina and an earned doctorate from the University of South Carolina, both in the field of Educational Leadership.

 

125. Article:

Dr. Doyle Stevick publishes new book on Reimagining Civic Education

Date Entered:
2/21/2007

Expire Date:
5/11/2007

Doyle Stevick, assistant professor of Educational Leadership and Policies, has published a new book, Reimagining Civic Education: How Diverse Societies Form Democratic Citizens, with co-editor Bradley Levinson of Indiana University. Bringing together a broad range of qualitative, anthropological and ethnographic researchers, this collection explores the many ways that notions of democracy and citizenship have been implemented in education policy, curriculum and classroom practice around the world. The volume includes contributions from new and reestablished democracies from Lithuania to South Africa and El Salvador to Indonesia. Dr. Stevick's chapter, "The Politics of the Holocaust in Estonia" demonstrates that the international effort to advance understanding about the Holocaust and to bring Nazi war criminals to justice simultaneously exacerbates the tensions between Estonia's ethnic Estonians and ethnic Russians, who generally fought on opposing sides during the Second World War. These tensions in turn complicate Estonia's task of crafting an inclusive civic identity that can include the Russian minority by transcending ethnic and linguistic boundaries.

 

126. Article:

Dr. Diane Harwell co-authors book on Developing Teaching Effectiveness

Date Entered:
2/21/2007

Expire Date:
5/15/2007

Dr. Diane H. Harwell, Department of Educational Leadership & Policies, along with Dr. Myles I. Friedman and Dr. Katherine C. Schnepel, has written a book which was recently published. The book, Developing Teaching Effectiveness (2007), is a textbook for preservice and in-service teacher education. It describes in easy to understand language ways teachers can apply in their classrooms the 21 effective instructional strategies identified in Effective Instruction: A Handbook of Evidence-Based Strategies (Friedman, Harwell, & Schnepel, 2006). An instructor’s manual accompanies Developing Teaching Effectiveness and includes guidelines for preparing a workshop or course, testing instruments for evaluating the learning of the effective instructional strategies, and a term project.
Dr. Harwell is an alumna of Winthrop College and the University of South Carolina. She teaches at USC in the CD-12 educational administration program in the College of Education. Dr. Friedman is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Education at the University of South Carolina. Dr. Schnepel earned her advanced degrees in Educational Research at the University of South Carolina. The book and manual were published by The Institute for Evidence-Based Decision-Making in Education (EDIE) which was established as a non-profit, charitable organization to encourage and enable educators to base more of their decisions on scientific evidence.

 

127. Article:

Dr. Ed Cox publishes article in the winter 2007 AASA Journal

Date Entered:
2/16/2007

Expire Date:
5/15/2007

Dr. Ed Cox has published an article called "Assessing the Relevance of the Educational Specialist Program". It appears in the Winter 2007 issue of AASA Journal of Scholarship and Practice.

In most states those aspiring to be school superintendents must satisfy a series of post masters requirements to receive the necessary certification. A follow up study of recent specialists’ level graduates at the University of South Carolina provided feedback regarding graduates’ satisfaction with the program, its required courses and the embedded ISLLC standards. The findings were generally encouraging, with most expressing satisfaction with the program while still raising the issue of relevancy of academic preparation to on the job administrative requirements.To read article click here.

Edward Cox is an Assistant Professor in the Educational Leadership and Policies Department. He previously served a principal and Superintendent of Schools. His research interests include administrator preparation programs and the professional development of school leaders.

 

128. Article:

Dr. Michelle Maher and HESA Alum Joshua Alexander present at Council of Graduate Schools.

Date Entered:
12/13/2006

Expire Date:
4/15/2007

Dr. Michelle Maher (EDLP - Higher Education) and Joshua Alexander (HESA Alum now at Pacific Lutheran University) recently presented at the annual meeting of the Council of Graduate Schools. Their presentation was titled, "Assessing the Needs of Master's Degree Students in Transition to Graduate School" and described orientation needs of direct- and delayed-entry graduate students. Recommendations for how faculty and administrators can help students transition to the graduate school environment were offered.

 

129. Article:

Dr. Michelle Maher publishes article on academic advising during program discontinuance

Date Entered:
11/30/2006

Expire Date:
4/1/2007

Dr. Michelle Maher (EDLP-Higher Education Administration) recently had an article published entitled, "Academic Advising During Program Discontinuance" in The Journal of the National Academic Advising Assocation, Vol 26,(2), fall 2006. In this article, academic program closure is explored and student advising needs that emerged in three stages of program decline and discontinuation are indentified. Findings indicate that program decline and closure requires academic advisors to understand and respond to a range of advising needs that vary with the phase of program closure. Recommendations are offered for faculty advisors caught in the midst of program discontinuance.

 

130. Article:

Dr. Katherine Chaddock receives Everett Helm Fellowship from University of Indiana

Date Entered:
11/10/2006

Expire Date:
4/1/2007

Katherine Chaddock (EDLP-Higher Education) has received the University of Indiana's Everett Helm Fellowship in support of archival research at the Lilly Library in Bloomington, Indiana. The fellowship will enable Dr. Chaddock to pursue her book project, "John Erskine and the Egalitarian Aims of Great Literature, Fine Music, and Popular History." Erskine, an early 20th century professor at Amherst College and Columbia University and president of Julliard, is best know for starting the Great Books movement in the United States. He was also an exceptional teacher, educational leader, and concert pianist. In the 1920's and 1930's, he became the country's first "celebrity professor" when he published a score of racy (for their time) historical novels, such as The True Diaries of Helen of Troy, and Adam and Eve--Although He Knew Better. Dr. Chaddock is working to research and write the first biography of John Erskine. With the Everett Helm Fellowship funds, she will begin archival research at University of Indiana during spring break.

 

131. Article:

Nominations for 2007 George H. Lackey, Jr., Award for Inspirational Teaching

Date Entered:
10/26/2006

Expire Date:
2/12/2007

Students,

Is there a professor in the College of Education who has inspired you?

Please nominate that special professor for the

2007 GEORGE H. LACKEY, Jr.
AWARD FOR INSPIRATIONAL TEACHING

Send a letter telling your story
about the professor and how she or
he inspired you to:

Susan Schramm-Pate, Chair
George H. Lackey, Jr. Award
for Inspirational Teaching
Committee
College of Education – Wardlaw 257
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208

DEADLINE: January 12, 2007

 

132. Article:

Dr. Katherine Chaddock has been appointed to the National Advisory Board for ASHE

Date Entered:
10/26/2006

Expire Date:
3/1/2007

Professor Katherine Chaddock (EDLP-Higher Education Administration) has been appointed to the National Advisory Board of the mongraph publication series sponsored by the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE). The ASHE Monograph Series is one of the most highly regarded sources of scholarly information in areas of inquiry concerning theory, practice, and current issues of concern to colleges and universities. Dr. Chaddock will serve a three-year term on the board, which is comprised of a dozen scholars in higher education from campuses throughout the country.

 

133. Article:

Dr. Edward Cox will present at Mid South Education Research Association annual conference

Date Entered:
9/29/2006

Expire Date:
1/20/2007

Dr. Edward Cox, Assistant Professor, EDLP will be presenting a paper, "What Assessment Center Data Says About Aspiring Principals" at the Mid South Education Research Association annual conference November 9th. The paper analyzes the results of a battery of personality and leadership assessments administered to the assistant principals in two of South Carolina's largest school districts. Implications for pre service preparation and ongoing professional development of school principals are discussed.

 

134. Article:

Dr. Doyle Stevick, EDLP, and Dr. Kara Brown, Foundations, presented a talk at Lenoir-Rhyne College

Date Entered:
9/13/2006

Expire Date:
1/15/2007

Dr. Doyle Stevick, EDLP, and Dr. Kara Brown, Foundations, were invited to Lenoir-Rhyne College in North Carolina on August 26th to present a talk: "The Role of Education in Estonian History, National Identify and Culture." Dr. Stevick and Dr. Brown are helping to arrange school visits and cultural exchanges for a large group of Lenoir-Rhyne students, who will travel during the spring of 2007 to Estonia, where the USC professors have each conducted educational research.

 

135. Article:

Dr. Katherine Chaddock selected as USC nominee for research funding

Date Entered:
8/29/2006

Expire Date:
1/1/2007

Katherine Chaddock, Professor of Higher Education and Student Affairs, has been selected as one of the two University of South Carolina nominees for summer stipend research funding, 2007, from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The project for which she is nominated is research for a biographical book titled, John Erskine: Musician and Educator on a Private Path to Public Celebrity. Erskine was the first to test a Great Books curriculum in university settings (at Columbia University, 1919). He later became president of Julliard, but was best known for writing racy historical novels throughout 1920's and 1930's. Dr. Chaddock will be his first biographer.

 

136. Article:

Dr. Katherine Chaddock publishes book entitled "College of Charleston Voices"

Date Entered:
8/29/2006

Expire Date:
1/1/2007

Dr. Katherine E. Chaddock, along with Dr. Carolyn B. Matalene, has recently published a book entitled, "College of Charleston Voices: Campus and Community Through the Centuries."

To quote Dr. Alex Sanders, a former President of the college, "William Buckley once wrote a book in which he mentioned Norman Mailer. He sent Mailer a copy, and in the index of the book where his name appeared, Buckley wrote, "Hi Norman." He knew that the only part of the book Mailer would read was the part about him.

Unlike Norman Mailer, I read your whole book. (Although I must admit I read the part about me first.) You have nailed the College of Charleston to the wall. Your strategy was perfect. Unlike other authors, you have told the story of the College, from square one to date, in the words and voice of those who made the history. I never read a more real biography of an institution.

Thank you so much for writing this wonderful book. Thanks also for including me in it."

 

137. Article:

Dr. Michelle Maher presents ASEE paper on teaching complex systems in engineering education

Date Entered:
7/20/2006

Expire Date:
11/20/2006

Dr. Michelle Maher, Assistant Professor, HESA, recently presented the paper "The Faculty Perspective on the State of Complex Systems in American and Australian Mechanical Engineering Programs" at the annual meeting of the American Society for Engineering Educators. Her co-authors Nada Kellam, Veronica Addison, and Wally Peters, are from the USC Mechanical Engineering Program, and David Radcliff and Llewellyn Mann are from the University of Queensland, Australia. The paper details American and Australian faculty's understanding of the current level of complex systems integration in engineering education.

 

138. Article:

Dr. Diane Harwell publishes book "Effective Instruction: A Handbook of Evidence-Based Strategies"

Date Entered:
6/9/2006

Expire Date:
10/15/2006

Dr. Diane Harwell, Clinical Associate Professor, along with Dr. Myles Friedman and Dr. Katherine Schnepel, recently published a book entitled Effective Instruction: A Handbook of Evidence-Based Strategies. It is a 840-page resource book that describes 21 instructional strategies proven to improve student achievement significantly.

 

139. Article:

Dr. Ed Cox Will Present at the 2006 Summer Leadership Institute

Date Entered:
4/24/2006

Expire Date:
8/1/2006

Dr. Ed Cox will be a presenter at the South Carolina Association for School Administrators 2006 Summer Leadership Institute. This presentation will provide an overview of Stephen Covey's 7 Haibts of Highly Effective People, and its application to school leadership. Participants will be provided with examples and an opportunity to integrate the habits into their own personal leadership development process. The underlying premise is that each person must work from the "inside out," developing their own personal potential before maxmizing their ability to lead others.

 

140. Article:

HESA Students and Faculty Shine at Case Study Conference

Date Entered:
4/5/2006

Expire Date:
7/1/2006

HESA Students and Faculty Shine at Case Study Conference

Higher Education and Student Affairs (HESA) faculty member Dr. Mike Welsh and HESA graduate students Nita Coleman, Stephanie Foote, and Lindsey Morrow presented at the February Southeast Case Research Association meeting, held in Myrtle Beach, SC. Doctoral student Lindsey Morrow was honored with an award for best case study by a new case writer. Her case addressed faculty concerns working with troubled first-year college students, and prompted the reader to consider various alternatives actions.

Nita Coleman, HESA Leadership Certificate student, described her case study by saying "My hope is that this case study can make a difference in the way higher education institutions, specifically community colleges, address recruitment and retention. Admissions officers have a unique vantage point within an institution because of their interaction with students and faculty. The case study proposes that with open and honest dialogue, student affairs and academics can work collaboratively to address recruitment and retention problems. Administrators need to address the hard issues before they get out of hand and harm the reputation, vitality, and retention rate of our institutions."
To see photograph of Lindsey Morrow accepting award from Dr. Michael Welsh click here.

 

141. Article:

HESA Students Standout at SEAHO

Date Entered:
3/31/2006

Expire Date:
7/1/2006

A number of graduate students from the Higher Education and Student Affairs Program were actively involved in the recent Southeastern Association of Housing Officers (SEAHO) Conference in Asheville, NC. Danny Meuninck and Stefanie Pirwitz won the SEAHO Graduate Student Case Study Competition. In addition, nine HESA students made conference presentations:

  • Lindsey Cooper and Rachel Siron presented "Programming for Sustainability: Getting our Residents Ready for the Future"
  • Shauna Hemingway and several professional staff members from USC presented "First Generation College Students: Developing Strong Partnerships"
  • Will Kartsimas and John Quast presented "Sophisticate Your Language while Supervising: Implement LASSI"
  • K. Sean McGreevey presented "Implementing a Departmental Professional Development Plan"
  • Stefanie Pirwitz, Rachel Siron, Danny Meuninck, and John Quast presented "Learning for Life: Promoting Student Development with Experiential Learning"
  • Ken Staack and Danny Meuninck presented "Resident Advisor Selection: From Good to Great"

 

142. Article:

HESA Students Present at the FYE Annual Conference

Date Entered:
3/31/2006

Expire Date:
7/1/2006

A number of graduate students from the Higher Education and Student Affairs Program made presentations at the 25th Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience in Atlanta. The presentations included:

  • Leveling the Playing Field: Maintaining a Commitment to Traditionally Underrepresented First-Year College Students in Transition by Jessica Claar and Christa Watts-Hutto
  • First-Year Seminar Instructor Training presented by USC HESA Students, Erin Campbell, Susan Hudson, and Sarah Pierson with Dr. Dan Berman and Carrie Linder
  • Creating Solid Foundations for First-Year Initiatives: Fundamentals of Faculty Development presented by USC HESA Student Katie Murray with Mary Stuart Hunter (USC HESA Alum)
  • Promoting First-Year Student Success Through Residentially Based Academic Initiatives presented by USC HESA Students Kimberly Dressler and Jody Kunk with Jimmie Gahagan and Anna McLeod (USC HESA Alums)
  • Hitting a Wall with Facebook?: Importance and Issues of the Trend presented by USC HESA Students Stephanie Serven and Katie Murray

 

143. Article:

Former HESA Graduate, Tjuan Dogan, Named Senior Program Officer for Arthur M. Blank Foundation

Date Entered:
3/31/2006

Expire Date:
7/1/2006

Tijuan Dogan, a former HESA graduate, was appointed senior program officer for the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation. To see article click here.

 

144. Article:

HESA Students Assist Hurricane Survivors

Date Entered:
3/30/2006

Expire Date:
7/1/2006

Making a Difference: HESA Students Assist Hurricane Survivors In October 2005, students from the College of Education (COE) Department of Educational Leadership and Policies (EDLP) joined other USC students, staff, and faculty on a trip to Biloxi, MS to assist those whose homes and lives were devastated by Hurricane Katrina. The trip was organized and sponsored by the Department of Student Life, the Carolina Service Council, and the Salvation Army. Two COE students, Susan Hudson and Katie Murray, who are enrolled in the Higher Education Administration & Student Affairs (HESA) master’s degree program, volunteered their stories and photos of their time in Biloxi. Please click here for the entire story and pictures. click here.

 

145. Article:

Chi Sigma Alpha Honor Society Inducts New Members

Date Entered:
3/30/2006

Expire Date:
6/1/2006

Congratulations to the newest members of Chi Sigma Alpha Student Affairs Academic and Professional Honor Society International!

Graduate Students:

Michael Abel
Meredith Bellamy
Justin Brady
Melissa Chafin
Elise Hammonds
Valerie Kielmovitch
Rebecca McCarson
Blaire Moody
Greg Moreau

Faculty, Staff, & Alumni:

Dr. Chrissy Coley
Dr. Tim Coley
Ms. Kelly Eifert
Ms. Stuart Hunter
Dr. John Lowery
Ms. Ute Lowery
Dr. Michelle Maher
Dr. Barbara Tobolowsky

Chi Sigma Alpha is an international student affairs academic and professional honor society of graduate students, alumni, faculty members, and student affairs professionals committed to excellence in academics, research, and service to the profession.

Since its formation at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Fall 2002, chapters have been formed at Clemson University, the University of Florida, and the University of South Carolina. Chi Sigma Alpha is looking to expand membership throughout the country.

New members will be officially inducted into Chi Sigma Alpha at our Initiation Ceremony and Reception on Wednesday, February 1, at 8:00 p.m. in Russell House Room 315.

Congratulations to all the newest members of Chi Sigma Alpha.

 

146. Article:

Zach Kelehear Publishes Book on School Leadership

Date Entered:
3/30/2006

Expire Date:
6/1/2006

Zach Kelehear, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership, has published a book, The Art of Leadership: A Choreography of Human Understanding. In the book, Kelehear encourages school leaders and teachers to reflect on their own leadership capacities and to develop an art for leading schools. Using the language of art criticism and critique with real-life examples and case studies, he helps readers to identify an "eye" for leadership with specific discussion in matters of school leadership and instructional supervision. Drawing on the arts-based research approach, Kelehear embraces the language of art critique: the elements of art and the principles of design.

The Art of Leadership presents original art work from the lithographs of Joseph Norman and provides an example of art criticism from each work. The book describes a real-life case study that involves the element or principle, and helps readers connect the art interpretation with the leadership application. Readers will gain a deeper appreciation for the critique of art, an enlarged view of the art of school leadership and instructional supervision, and a better understanding of their own leadership art.

This book should be of interest to students, practitioners, and artists in K-12 and higher education.

Zach Kelehear has over 20 years in public education working as a teacher, school administrator, and professor. At the college level he has taught varied topics such as school law, organizational change, and policy development but his primary professional interests lie in matters of mentoring, supervision, and school leadership.

 

147. Article:

Michelle Maher publishes article in The Journal of Technology and Teacher Education

Date Entered:
3/30/2006

Expire Date:
6/1/2006

Michelle Maher, Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and Policies, and Evelyn Jacob (George Mason University) recently published an article in The Journal of Technology and Teacher Education (JTATE).
The study investigates whether and how peer interaction through scaffolded asynchronous computer-mediated communication (CMC) aided teachers as they conducted course-related individual action research projects. Study findings suggest that some teachers did in fact benefit from the use of CMC, although negative influences on teachers’ use of CMC included technological complications, lack of time and conceptual energy, and some teachers’ preference for face-to-face interactions. Implications of the findings for policy and practice are discussed, especially as they pertain to classroom contexts in which standardized testing and student cultural diversity are prominent.
JTATE is the official peer-reviewed journal of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) and serves as a forum for the exchange of knowledge about the use of information technology in teacher education. For more informaton about this article, contact Michelle Maher at mmaher@gwm.sc.edu. To read article click here.

 

148. Article:

EDLP Department Chair Search

Date Entered:
3/30/2006

Expire Date:
6/1/2006

EDLP Department Chair Search
The Department of Educational Leadership and Policies in the College of Education at the University of South Carolina-Columbia invites applications for the position of Department Chair. Applicants should have scholarly and research credentials commensurate with the rank of full professor with tenure. The successful candidate will have a record of significant administrative experience, distinguished research, demonstrated success in obtaining grants and external funding, and excellence in teaching, as well as a demonstrated ability to work effectively with external constituents and faculty colleagues to guide a department in its future development. The Department offers master's, specialist, and doctoral programs in CD-12 Educational Administration and Higher Education and Student Affairs, as well as a Higher Education Leadership Graduate Certificate. Area of specialization is open to either of the Department's program areas. The Department comprises approximately 20 faculty members, including tenure-track and clinical faculty. Also affiliated with the Department are the African-American Professors Program, the SC Educational Policy Center, and the newly established Community College Leadership Alliance. A description of the department is at http://www.ed.sc.edu/edlp. Review of applications will begin December 1, 2005, and will continue until the position is filled.
Posted on January 19, 2006

 

149. Article:

HESA Students Present at SROW

Date Entered:
3/29/2006

Expire Date:
7/1/2006

A number of master's students from the Higher Education and Student Affairs program travelled to Alabama to participate in SROW (Southern Regional Orientation Workshop). Presentations by HESA students included:

Josh Alexander presented "Graduate Student Orientation: Should Your School Consider Having One?" and facilitated the Graduate Student Network Meeting.

Justin Brady and Rachel Siron presented "Hot Buttons: What are They and How Do You Handle Them?"

Stefanie Pirwitz and Danny Meuninick presented "Rising Stars: Love What You’re Doing as a Student? Make It Your Profession!"

Rachel Siron presented "Facebook: Your Networking Guide to MILLIONS of Students!"

 

150. Article:

Ed Cox Publishes Article in the Winter 2006 Issue of Journal of Scholarship and Practice

Date Entered:
2/15/2006

Expire Date:
6/1/2006

Ed Cox, Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and Policies recently published an article in the Winter 2006 issue of Journal of Scholarship and Practice. “Pay for Performance Contract Professions for School Superintendents” summarizes the findings of a multi-state study of performance provisions in superintendents’ contracts. Superintendents from North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida were surveyed for the study. The research addressed levels of satisfaction and specificity of performance indicators as well as the impact and problems associated with specialized pay incentives. The majority of superintendents (75%) viewed such provisions positively. The minority of superintendents who did have problems noted communications, negative perceptions of others and unrealistic goals as concerns. The Journal of Scholarship and Practice is a quarterly refereed publication of the American Association of School Administrators.

The article would be of most interest to those interested in the study and practice of the Superintendency. Ed Cox is a former Illinois school superintendent with recent publications regarding the Superintendency in ERS Spectrum and the Palmetto Administrator. He can be reached at coxep@gwm.sc.edu.

 

151. Article:

Ken Stevenson Publishes Article on Eight Education Future Trends

Date Entered:
2/14/2006

Expire Date:
6/1/2006

To read article click here.

 

152. Article:

Michelle Maher Publishes Article on the Meaning and Influence of Cohort Membership.

Date Entered:
12/6/2005

Expire Date:
4/1/2006

Michelle Maher, Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policies, has published an article in Innovative Higher Education on the meaning and influence of cohort membership. The study examined the experiences of graduate students in a master's degree of education cohort program across 10 months. Results indicated that both the meaning and influence of cohort membership were fluid and evolved as students progressed in their program, chainging from an inconsequential to a significant meaning and from a modest to a deep influence. Innovative Higher Education is a refereed scholarly journal that strives to package fresh ideas in higher education . For more information on this article, contact Michelle Maher at mmaher@gwm.sc.edu. To read article click here.

 

153. Article:

HESA Students Standout at AFA

Date Entered:
12/6/2005

Expire Date:
4/1/2006

During the recent conference of the Association of Fraternity Advisors in Atlanta, several current HESA students shined. Lindsey Cooper and Philip McDaniel finished second in the Order of Omega Case Study Competition. Annahita Smedal presented with HESA alumnus Dean Harwood of George Washington University to a standing room only crowd. The title of their presentation was Welcome to Facebook! You have 45,320,094,309 Friends.

 

154. Article:

HESA Student and Faculty Present at ASHE

Date Entered:
11/21/2005

Expire Date:
4/1/2006

Several members of the HESA community of scholars presented at recent Association for the Study of Higher Education Conference in Philadelphia.
Elizabeth Orehovec, current HESA student, and Bradley Cox, USC HESA graduate and current USC employee, presented their paper entitled An Interactive Experience: A New Model of Faculty-Student Interaction Outside of the Classroom.
Dr. Katherine Chaddock, associate professor, chaired a session on Theoretical and Philosophical Problems in Higher Education.
Dr. Barbara Tobolowsky participated in a symposium, Integration of Learning as a Collegiate Outcome, chaired by Dr. Patricia King of the University of Michigan.

 

155. Article:

HESA Students Shine at Conferences

Date Entered:
11/14/2005

Expire Date:
4/1/2006

NODA
Several HESA graduate students attended the recent National Orientation Directors Association Conference in Miami. Meredith Crain and Lyndsey Walther-Thomas presented R Your Students N2 IM? Facebook.com? Blogs? with Rebekah Porter of University of Maryland-Baltimore County.
Lyndsey Walther-Thomas also won the NODA Case Study Competion with Mariela Campuzano of Florida International University. Lyndsey and Mariela were also recognized for best communication.
SACSA
A number of HESA graduate students attended the recent Southern Association for College Student Affairs Conference in Myrtle Beach. Several students made presentations as well:
Valencia Edwards presented Ensuring the Success of Student Athletes with Demetrius Johnson of USC.
Stefanie Pirwitz presented Discover F.A.M.E. (Freshmen Academic Management Exercise) with Ron Dalton of USC Upstate.

 

156. Article:

John Lowery Publishes Article on Parental Notification

Date Entered:
10/31/2005

Expire Date:
3/1/2006

Dr. John Wesley Lowery, Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policies, has published an article on parental notification by colleges and universities for alcohol and drug violations with Dr. Carolyn Palmer and Dr. Don Gehring in the NASPA Journal. Congress amended the Family Educational Rights and Privacy (FERPA) in 1998 to clearly allow colleges and universities to notify parents of violations of alcohol and drug policies by their students under the age of 21. This articles reports on a national study of institution regarding whether formal parental notification policies have been developed and the scope of those policies. The NASPA Journal is published by the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators is one of the leading professional journals in the field of higher education and student affairs. For more information, contact Dr. Lowery at jlowery@gwm.sc.edu

 

157. Article:

John Lowery Co-Edits Special Issue of NASPA Journal

Date Entered:
10/31/2005

Expire Date:
3/1/2006

Dr. John Wesley Lowery, Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policies, has co-editted a special issue of the NASPA Journal focusing on legal issues and judicial affairs with Dr. Dennis Gregory of Old Dominion University. Articles in the special issue considered a broad range of legal topics including: affirmative action, tort liability, illegal file sharing, federal regulation of higher education, and student conduct. The NASPA Journal is published by the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators is one of the leading professional journals in the field of higher education and student affairs. For more information, contact Dr. Lowery at jlowery@gwm.sc.edu

 

158. Article:

Michelle Maher Named Editor of First Year Experience Journal

Date Entered:
9/12/2005

Expire Date:
1/10/2006

Michelle Maher, assistant professor in the department of educational leadership and policies, has been appointed Editor of The Journal of the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition. The Journal is published biannually by the National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition. The Journal disseminates research findings on retention of first-year students, publishes information about first-year programs, shares methodology and results of first-year program assessment, and examines institutional policies and programs that affect first-year students. For more information about the Journal, contact Michelle Maher at mmaher@gwm.sc.edu

 

159. Article:

Art Farlowe is Ada B. Thomas Award winner

Date Entered:
7/15/2005

Expire Date:
1/1/2006

Art Farlowe, who works as the undergraduate coordinator in the psychology department's Office of Student Services, received the Ada B. Thomas award. He is only the third professional staff person to win this prestigious award. Art's job is to help freshmen and sophomore among the department's 950 majors decide which academic route they want take. He received his bachelor's degree in history and his master's degree in student personnel services from the University. Congratulations, Art.

 

160. Article:

HESA Student on Winning ACPA Case Study Team

Date Entered:
4/15/2005

Expire Date:
6/30/2005

Jessica Claar, first year graduate student in the Higher Education and Student Affairs Program, was part of the team winning the Case Study Competition at the recent American College Personnel Association Convention in Nashville. Jessica was joined on the winning team by Mike Saxvik of Michigan State University and Juls White of Oklahoma State University. Congratulations to Jessica and her teammates!

 

161. Article:

HESA Students Finish 3rd in Virtual Case Study Competition

Date Entered:
3/14/2005

Expire Date:
7/30/2005

Marcus Ebelhar, Susan Hudson, Susan Pierson, and Annahita Smedal, all first-year master's students in the HESA Program, placed 3rd in the 2005 StudentAffairs.com Virtual Case Student Competition of out of 37 participating teams. The students' winning entry will be published in the StudentAffairs.com ejournal later this spring.

 

162. Article:

HESA Alumna recognized as ASJA's New Professional of the Year

Date Entered:
2/16/2005

Expire Date:
5/15/2005

At the recent annual conference of the Association for Student Judicial Affairs (ASJA), Patience Bartunek, a 2002 graduate of the Higher Education and Student Affairs Program in the College of Education, received the Association's New Professional of Year Award. This award recognizes outstanding contributions as a new professional in the field of student judicial affairs. Patience currently serves as the Coordinator of Greek Life and Assistant Director for Judicial Affairs at the University of Toledo and also worked in judicial affairs at Radford University.

 

163. Article:

EDAD Graduate, Pamela Ahearn-Chalfant, Named one of Midlands' Rising Stars of Business

Date Entered:
1/24/2005

Expire Date:
4/24/2005

Ms. Pamela Ahearn-Chalfant was listed in the latest "20 Under 40" class of men and women making an impact on business in the Midlands early in their careers. She is the owner of Neighborly Greetings, a home-based business that helps introduce new Columbia residents to area products and services. Another program, Schoolhouse Greetings, lets businesses support Columbia teachers through discounts and gifts.
Ms. Ahearn-Chalfant received her master's degree in school administration from USC in 1999.

 

164. Article:

HESA Student Named Outstanding Professional

Date Entered:
11/19/2004

Expire Date:
3/15/2005

Tricia Fechter, a master's student in HESA, and University of South Carolina Aiken's Assistant Director of Student Activities, was recently named Outstanding New Professional by the National Association of Campus Activities (NACA).
Fechter was named the Outstanding New Professional of the region at the 2004 NACA South Region Conference in Winston Salem, NC. NACA is the leading national campus activities professional organization. The South Region is made up of 7 states and over 200 institutions. "Tricia has been an important part of our campus community for the last two years and the award represents the outstanding work she has done on our campus," said Ahmed Samaha, Director of Student Activities. "I am very honored to receive this award. We have a great group of students and student leaders at USC Aiken, and they make coming to work each day fun and exciting," said Fechter.

 

165. Article:

Mash - Keynote Speaker at NYLA

Date Entered:
11/1/2004

Expire Date:
2/28/2005

The New York Library Association, NYLA, held their annual conference on October 21, 2004. Their keynote speaker was Mr. S. David Mash, a Ph.D. candidate in Higher Education Administration at the University of South Carolina. David challenged the group to consider the effects of putting book collections into storage and providing access to periodicals through full-text storage while expanding the library's spaces for group study and computer banks to access the internet.
Mash is dean of information resources and services at Columbia International University. Prior to CIU, Mash served as director of Christian education at a church in Texas and library director of the Gaebelein Memorial Library at the Stony Brook School in New York. He is a member of the American Library Association and the South Carolina Library Association.
Mash received a B.S. from Southern Methodist University, a Th.M. from Dallas Theological Seminary, and a M.S. from the School of Library and Information Sciences, North Texas State University. In his leisure time, David enjoys woodworking, classical music and wilderness backpacking. He and his wife, Colleen, have two sons, Aaron and Jonathan.

 

166. Article:

Rhodes College Alumnus of the Year

Date Entered:
10/11/2004

Expire Date:
6/6/2005

Homecoming 2004 inaugurates a new award-called the "Young Alumnus of the Year Award" to recognize and encourage the younger members of our alumni association who are following in the footsteps of the many outstanding alumni leaders who have gone before them.
The first alumnus selected to receive this special recognition is Bryan Coker. Bryan graduated from Rhodes in 1995 with a major in psychology. He served as Honor Council president and was named to the Hall of Fame.
He went on to earn his Master of Education degree from the University of South Carolina in 1997 and is currently pursuing his Doctor of Education degree at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
He is married to 1995 classmate Sara Barnette Coker, and they are the parents of two children, Caroine and William. Bryan recalls his Rhodes experience as follows:
"Nine years after graduating from Rhodes, some things about my college experience have faded from memory. However, there are other things which continue to influence and guide my daily life. My Rhodes experience inspired me to dream and to reach high, leading me to accomplishments of which I am quite proud. Also, the values of truth and honesty instilled in me by Rhodes have served as a guide and compass in my professional and personal life. At Rhodes I learned of the power of one's word and the beauty of a community characterized by honor and integrity. I then left Rhodes vowing to live my life, both personally and professionally, characterized by truth and honesty."
Only nine years out, Bryan has a remarkable record of achievement. At age 25, he joined the University of Tennessee as chief judicial officer (the first and only person without a Juris Doctorate degree to hold that position). He directed the adjudication and resolution of 2,000 student discipline cases annually. He was honored as "Administrator of the Year" in 1998 and was selected as a faculty/staff initiate of Omicron Delta Kappa.
In 2003, Bryan was chosen as Dean of Students at Jacksonville University in Florida, making him one of the nation's youngest chief student affairs officers. He has been honored there as the 2004 recipient of the "Best Administrator" award.
He is a community activist and a volunteer lobbyist for historic neighborhood preservation as well as the protection and rights of small local business owners.
In recognition of his early record of accomplishments and in acticipation of higher goals to be reached in the years to come, Rhodes College is proud to honor Bryan Coker with the first annual Young Alumnus of the Year Award for 2004.

 

167. Article:

News From Our Graduates

Date Entered:
7/12/2004

Expire Date:
6/4/2005

Veronica Primus-Thomas has been appointed to the position of Director for 4-H and Youth Development for the 1890 Extension Program at South Carolina State University.
Til Wilkinson Freeman was recently chosen "Adult Education Rookie Director of the Year" for 2003/04 by the Adult Education Directors division of the SC Association of School Administrators.

 

168. Article:

Dr. Maher and Dr. Reynolds Awarded Grant

Date Entered:
4/15/2004

Expire Date:
6/26/2004

Drs. Katherine Reynolds and Michele Maher recently received a grant from the Provost's Teaching Development fund to support a project to supplement instruction concerning leadership and community/technical colleges. The project will include development of videos, for use in classrooms or on-line, featuring discussions among two-year college academic and administrative leaders. "There is very little contemporary information about leadership specifically in higher education, and especially in the two-year colleges," notes Dr. Reynolds. "This will help us fill a hole in the literature and present real-life leadership experiences to students."

 

169. Article:

Honors Received by EDAD Graduates

Date Entered:
3/19/2004

Expire Date:
4/1/2005

Dr. Sharon L. Buddin
Principal, Ridgeview High School
Girl Scouts Council of Congaree Area, Inc.'s Woman of Distinction Award 2004
Ridgeview High School
Carolina First Palmetto's Finest Award 2004
Renee Sanders
Teacher, Johnsonville High School
South Carolina's National Science Teacher of the Year
Cheryl Guy
Teacher, Spring Valley High School
Spring Valley High School Teacher of the Year
and
a finalist for Richland School District Two Teacher of the Year

 

170. Article:

Doctoral Graduates for December 2003

Date Entered:
1/8/2004

Expire Date:
6/1/2004

Gwendolyne Eileen Bunch
Curriculum and Instruction
Examining the Role of Peer Interaction in the Developmental College Classroom

Stewart Lynburg Lane
Curriculum and Instruction
A High School Diploma Program in Sumter, South Carolina: An Investigation of Motivational Factors and Characteristics of Adult Students Who Returned to School

Sheila Quinn Oliver
Curriculum and Instruction
The Role of the School Library Media Specialist in the Integration of Computer Technology in the High School Curricululm

Jina Moore Gettys
Educational Administration
The Effect of School Size on School Climate in the Middle Schools of South Carolina

Jennifer Glenn Morrow
Educational Administration
Grading Practices: Preferences and Benefits of Middle School Teachers and Parents for Frequent Grade Reports

Barbara Kaye Kirkland Shaw
Educational Administration
The Status of South Carolina's School-to-Work Transition Act of 1994

 

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