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Be Aware of Basis Volatility When Using Price Risk Management for Calves and Feeder Cattle
Get PDFUnderstanding basis volatility and the impact it has on the actual price received for calves or feeder cattle in relation to the CME Feeder Cattle Futures is important when considering price risk management opportunities. Currently, cattle markets are in a time frame where volatility appears to be like market conditions experienced in 2014 and 2015. These conditions should prompt producers to think through how basis volatility could impact the expected price they will receive for their calves or feeder cattle
Sickle Cell Disease Knowledge and Practices Among Healthcare Providers: Results of a National Survey
No full textThe Blood Diseases & Disorders Education Program and CVS Health® collaborated on a research study exploring healthcare providers’ understanding of sickle cell disease
Housing Affordability Impacting Factors in U.S. Urban Areas from 2010 to 2020: An Empirical Review of Theoretical Factors
Get PDFThis study examines housing affordability in United States Combined Statistical Areas (CSAs) and counties from 2010 to 2020, using American Community Survey and Building Permits Survey data. It evaluates theoretical frameworks from George Galster and Kwan Ok Lee. Using a multiscalar approach, affordability is assessed through a costs-over-income ratio, incorporating both supply- and demand-side factors. A novel contribution is the integration of elder dependency rates, which limit housing turnover and exacerbate supply constraints. Findings indicate that rising full homeownership—particularly among older households—has reduced tenure mobility. The study also shows that CSAs offer a stronger analytical resolution than counties. Despite home construction rebounds in some regions between 2015 and 2020, first-time homeownership barriers persisted. These findings highlight the need to consider age composition and housing tenure in affordability research and policymaking.
Advisor: Yunwoo Na
Where Honors Education and Faculty Development Meet
No full textDevelopment is a contradictory terrain, as seen in the persistence of multiple and conflicting goals, uneven and unequal outcomes, and varied definitions and approaches to teaching and learning in higher education. How might universities support faculty development as a process rather than as isolated educational events? This collection highlights inherent complexities and challenges in sustained professional development and presents new ways of supporting faculty and designing curricula to encourage learning-centered teaching, experiential learning, collaborative undergraduate research, progressive forms of assessment, and other dynamic, inspiring forms of instruction. Engaging in interdisciplinary thinking ranging from Education and Education Policy, Biochemistry, Philosophy, Environmental Humanities, Mathematics, and Religious Studies to Geography and Organizational Leadership, this compilation contributes to the burgeoning growth of global conversations about the need for purposeful, strategic collaborations among the professoriate, centers for teaching and learning, and other vital partners (students, community, government) in education. Authors critically reevaluate the challenges, opportunities, and ambiguities associated with professional development today. Each chapter offers its own exploration (theoretical and/or practical) of the multifaceted nature of faculty development, the challenges faced by educators and administrators, and the potential for transformative partnerships and interventions to improve teaching and to affirm, support, and sustain the joy of learning for students and faculty alike.
CONTENTS
Foreword, Victoria Mundy Bhavsar and Suketu P. Bhavsar
Introduction, John Zubizarreta and Victoria M. Bryan
Part I: Best-Practice Honors Pedagogy and Collaboration for Faculty Development
Team Teaching as Honors Faculty Professional Development, Richard Badenhausen
Leadership Academy: Fostering Honors Faculty Growth through Peer-to-Peer Learning, Chelsea Redger-Marquardt, Doug Stucky, Cindi Mason, Bobby Berry, Samantha Gregus, and Kimberly Engber
Part II: Building Faculty Community
A Critical Role for an Honors Community of Practice, Rebecca C. Bott-Knutson, Scott O’Leary, Scott Breuninger, Karen D. Youmans, Jeff Chamberlain, and Sheila Nowinski
An Edifying Honors Collaborative, Rebecca C. Bott-Knutson, Jonathan D. Kotinek, Heidi M. Appel, Joy L. Hart, Paul Knox, Andrea Radasanu, Daniel M. Roberts, Timothy Nichols, Leigh E. Fine, William L. Ziegler, Mary Bryk, Susan Sumner, Rachael Budowle, Kaetlyn Cordingley, Graham E. Bastian, Noah Roerig, Adam Stroud, and Keith Garbutt
Part III: Honors and CTL Partnerships
Empowering Honors Education: A Joint Initiative for Teaching Excellence and Curriculum Enhancement, Alexandra Bitton-Bailey, Ryan Z. Good, Gabriela Hamerlinck, and Melissa L. Johnson
Leadership and Change from Within: An Honors College and CTL Partnership, Connie M. Schroeder and Hilary K. Snow
The Brief Life of a Students-as-Partners Model for Improving General Education, Rick Fisher and Janel Seeley
Transforming Partnerships: Developing a Model for Experiential Learning in Honors, Grace Troupe and Tamy Burnett
Part IV: Honors faculty Certification
Reimagining an Honors Education: Building a Community of 21st-Century Learners, Robyn M. Brighton and Rebecca J. Toole
A Comprehensive Honors College Faculty Certification Model, Magda J. Castineyra, Virginia Fuillerat, and Marianne Maduro
Part V: Honors Fellows, FIGs, SoTL, and FLCs
Honors Civic Foundations Faculty Fellows Program, Lauren E. Davis and Kevin D. Egan
Exploding the Silos: How Honors and CETL Collaboration Can Transform Faculty Development, Christine Larson, Evren Celik-Wiltse, Kevin Sackreiter, and Rebecca C. Bott-Knutson
A Faculty Inquiry Group for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Honors, Kevin Sackreiter, Rebecca C. Bott-Knutson, Christine Larson, and Evren Celik-Wiltse
Part VI: Interdisciplinary Honors Faculty Development
Hacking through the Silos: Honors Faculty Development, Joy L. Hart, Rebecca C. Bott-Knutson, Heidi M. Appel, Jonathan D. Kotinek, Paul Knox, Susan Sumner, Noah Roerig, William L. Ziegler, and Leigh E. Fine
From Classrooms to Communities: Integrating the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals into Honors Education, Megan McIlreavy and Pamela L. Martin
Part VII: Practical Honors Faculty Workshops
Professional Development through Teaching in Honors: An Elon University Workshop, Mike Carignan, Lynn R. Huber, Deandra Little, and Tom Mould
Incorporating Faculty Development Workshops at James Madison University, Fawn-Amber Montoya and Felix Wan
Team Teaching as Honors Faculty Professional Development
No full textDiscusses how team teaching may serve as professional learning and development for honors faculty in higher education and why it is valuable to frame it as such
A Comprhensive Honors College Faculty Certification Model
No full textProvides an overview of the Honors College (HC) at Miami Dade College (MDC) which uses a faculty certification process to introduce the honors college model and present classroom expectations
Exploding the Silos: How Honors and CETL Collaboration Can Transform Faculty Development
No full textThe Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL) at South Dakota State University (SDSU) developed the Faculty Fellows program in the fall of 2018 to provide faculty in each academic college with a peer mentor who would offer tailored professional development opportunities
Improving Nitrogen Management and Corn Productivity through Enhanced Efficiency Fertilizer and Cover Crop Integration in Nebraska Cropping Systems
No full textEffective nitrogen (N) management is vital for sustaining corn yield and reducing environmental impacts in Nebraska cropping systems. Three field studies were conducted to evaluate the impact of 1) fertilizer type (anhydrous ammonia [AA] with nitrification inhibitor: enhanced efficiency fertilizer [EEF] or AA without EEF) and N application timing (pre-plant vs. split with side-dress UAN) on in-season soil N availability, crop response, nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions, residual soil N and N use efficiencies (NUEs); 2) winter cover crop (CC) species and crop rotation variability on CC biomass production, N uptake, soil N dynamics, and cash crop performance in rainfed corn-soybean system; and 3) diverse summer CC species after winter wheat on CC biomass production, N uptake, soil N dynamics, and subsequent corn performance in rainfed conditions in Eastern Nebraska. Results from the first study indicated that EEF moderately improved soil NH4-N retention, reduced soil NO3-N concentration by 5-17% but had limited impact on corn yield, NUEs or nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions. Similarly, split N application increased daily N2O emissions after side-dress application, residual soil NH4-N and NO3-N levels under drier year but failed to improve corn yield and NUEs. The findings highlighted that in fine-textured, high-SOM soils of irrigated corn systems, the agronomic and environmental benefits of EEF and split N application are limited when N rates are at or above optimal. The second study indicated that winter cover crop (CC) establishment was constrained by below-average precipitation and short growing periods during fall each year, resulting in low biomass (\u3c 0.2 Mg ha-1) and N uptake (\u3c 5 kg N ha-1). Additionally, CC species with measurable biomass led to non-significant reductions in spring soil NO3-N levels by approximately 15%. Neither crop rotation nor CC treatment significantly affected corn or soybean grain yield, suggesting their minimal agronomic and environmental benefit under dryland conditions. Further, the third study showed substantial variation in CC biomass production (0.74 – 8.63 Mg ha-1) and biomass N uptake (25 – 187 kg N ha-1) depending on species selection. Legume species such as Sunn hemp, hairy vetch, and forage peas significantly increased soil NO3-N availability, corn N uptake, and grain yield in the subsequent corn crop. These treatments provided substantial N credits (up to 99 kg N ha-1) and improved NUE, reducing the need for additional synthetic N inputs. Thus, integrating legume CC species following winter wheat offers a promising strategy to enhance N cycling, improve NUE, and sustain corn productivity while reducing N fertilizer inputs in temperate rainfed systems. Collectively, the findings from these three studies emphasize the importance of site-specific and system-specific nitrogen management strategies in corn-based cropping systems of eastern Nebraska.
Advisor: Javed Iqba
Do We Really Need a Femininemenon?: The Gendered Context of Congress and Women’s Representation
No full textDoes the changing gendered context of Congress affect women’s representation? The literature shows that women are more likely than men to prioritize and introduce issues that have a distinct impact on women, such as education and health, and that women’s power as a minority group changes when their numbers grow. With the growing number of women in Congress, it’s crucial to understand how that increase affects Congresswomen. I use the Center for Effective Lawmaking’s Legislative Effective Score methodology, focusing on the education and health Issue Area LES’, and run interaction regressions to study the relationship between gender and legislative effectiveness, moderated by the percentage of women in the chamber. I find that having more women in Congress makes Congresswomen more effective at legislating on education and health issues, but there are some differences based on party affiliation. My findings both confirm the importance of continuing to grow the number of women in Congress and show a need for a shift in the field of study of gender and politics: the need to study gender not as a static variable but as a contextually fluid one
Scalable MXene-based Textile Supercapacitors
No full textThe demand for flexible and wearable energy storage devices for portable applications has led to the exploration of textile-based supercapacitors (TSCs). TSCs will allow for the creation of a new class of energy harvesting and storing technology directly into our clothing and will require using non-toxic and/or biocompatible materials. This will result in a greener and more sustainable path to address the challenges at the nexus of energy, mobility, and sustainability. To fabricate a TSC, a yarn made of fibers, such as wool or cotton, is coated with MXene flakes; MXenes are composed of transition metal carbides, nitrides, or carbonitrides and have the base chemical formula Mn+1XnTx, where M is a transition metal, X is carbon or nitrogen, and T are the surface terminations determined by the method of MXene synthesis. In coating the yarn, the goal is to coat the individual fibers with MXene flasks. This will allow for better electrochemical properties that are analyzed with a Gamry Potentiostat using Cyclic Voltammetry (CV), Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS), and Galvanostatic Charge Discharge (GCD). Using these coated fibers, the conductive yarn is then knitted into TSCs using the programmable Kniterate knitting machine. In this report, casein fibers are used and compared to wool and cotton. The TSCs are evaluated using tensile testing methods and additional CV, EIS, and GCD tests using the Gamry Potentiostat. Once this was completed, the results for the Kniterate TSC and hand-knitted TSC were compared to find that the Kniterate TSC was more uniformed and took only 18 minutes to fabricate. The use of casein yarn allowed for lower capacitance retention, greater areal capacitance, and greater energy density in comparison to wool and cotton