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Comparing GPAs of First-Time Students Based on Admissions Decision Datelate-admissions, decision dates, GPA, first-time students
No full textWith the upcoming demographic shift, higher education administrators are aiming to enroll and retain as many students as possible. With this increased focus on enrollment and retention, a question that can be asked is whether students admitted late (two weeks prior to the start of the full term) will be less academically successful after their first full academic year? To study this question, the first-time, full-term cohorts for the fall 2020, 2021, and 2022 were obtained from Georgia Southern University. The data collected were the admissions decisions and registration dates, fall term GPA, spring term GPA, and cumulative GPA. The cohorts were separated into two groups, Early vs Late, based on the admissions decision date, with the two weeks prior to the start of term as the splitting point. A random sample equal to the late admit was pulled for the regular admit students to ensure an even comparison. Using an independent sample t test to analyze the GPAs of the two groups, it was found that there was a significant at the specified p \u3c .05 level, t(166) = 4.53, p \u3c .01t. The M GPA for the Early students was 2.93 while the Late students was 2.24. This supports the proposed idea that students who are admitted late are more likely to be less academically successful compared to those who are admitted on time
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One Step Forward, Three Steps Back: Picturing Working Men and Women in New Deal Government-Sponsored Art
No full textThe Depression era introduced both unprecedented and reoccurring anxieties that deeply affected average Americans. The question of how to respond aesthetically to major issues of economy, social instability, and an unsure future led artists to follow a canon of popular art that pointed to the idealized solidarity of an American people bonded by an imagined national community. Government-sponsored artists distilled ideals of national identity and unity in their depictions of working men and women, ignoring regional tensions and differences that had once divided the nation into disparate entities
Dark Times in West Belfast: The Life and Times of Brendan Hughes (1948–2008)
No full textThis paper covers the life and career of notable IRA operative Brendan “the Dark” Hughes and how his thoughts on the “Armed Struggle” or “Cause” changed over time. Brendan Hughes was forced to frequently deal with violent and heavy handed discrimination from Protestants, which led to him joining the Paramilitary movements as a result of frustration and misplaced youthful vigor. Brendan played a major role in the Troubles through his planning of prolific violent attacks such as the Four Square Laundry attack, Bloody Friday, and the H Block blanket protest and subsequent hunger strike in the Maze Prison. Brendan’s disconnect with the desires of average Northern Irish citizens led to him feeling like his violent acts were negated by the Good Friday Agreement and that his movement left him behind which ultimately made him feel that his violent acts were for nothing
Subjective Perspectives on Antarctic Wilderness: An Application of Integral Ecology
No full textParties to the Antarctic Treaty have set Antarctica aside for peace, scientific research, and environmental protection. However, they have yet to take concrete actions to protect Antarctica’s wilderness values as agreed under the 1991 Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty. Meanwhile, pristine areas that are free from human interference are declining as human activity escalates. This study examines perceptions of Antarctic wilderness through the lens of integral ecology. Data from 1,640 people and 16 study populations were extracted from four published studies. Content analysis was conducted to determine how subjective perspectives differ across populations and geographic regions. All study populations indicated higher levels of support for Antarctica as wilderness and a component of the climate system. Most populations also valued Antarctica as a science laboratory. Study populations showed lower levels of support for Antarctica as a tourist destination or mineral reserve. In Europe, support for Antarctica as a wilderness was higher among people with firsthand experience with Antarctica (tourists) than university students and local residents. In the US, support for Antarctica as a mineral reserve was higher among those without firsthand experience than those with firsthand experience. All populations consistently valued Antarctica highly for non-commercial, non-extractive and protective purposes, which is in line with the objectives of the Antarctic Treaty and the Protocol on Environmental Protection. However, tourists’ support for wilderness, climate, and tourism do not align with the environmental impacts of travel to Antarctica
Teacher preparation programs can unite with sharing, open-access, high-quality case learning!
No full textThe role of Educator Preparation Programs (EPPs) is to prepare teacher-candidates to enter the field and to be successful in their teaching careers, but creating authentic learning experiences during preservice teacher preparation is challenging. This presentation reviews the critical role of case study learning in preparing special education teacher candidates and supports discussion of the high-quality features of available case studies. Participants will learn about the Journal of Case Learning and Exceptional Learners (JCLEL), complete a template with notes on a potential case study publishable in JCLEL, and leave with an outline for a JCLEL-aligned publication submission. Attendees will engage in an informal discussion on specific components for the intervention-based and observation-based case study types accepted by the journal. As a follow-up activity, presenters will review the process for submitting a manuscript through the website and answer case-by-case questions of the attendees. Participants will also be encouraged to join the JCLEL listserve for continued updates and calls for proposals