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Presidential Transition in Higher Education
Get PDFThe transition of a college or university president is inevitable. Presidential tenure is becoming shorter and turnover becoming more commonplace at private and public higher educational institutions. Thriving higher education institutions rely on effective leadership to navigate critical areas such as enrollment, financial health, and fundraising, and to meet the competitive demands and pressures facing institutions today. Presidential transition is a significant change to the operation and culture of a higher education institution. Colleges and universities cannot minimize the effect of leadership change and must diligently plan and prepare to adequately address the direct and indirect effects of a presidential change. This study examined the difference in key performance indicators, pre-and post-presidential transition, using a quantitative, non-experimental research design approach. The study used secondary data to study how a presidential change (independent variable) influenced enrollment, financial health, and fundraising at private, not-for-profit 4-year colleges and universities with an enrollment of more than 750 students and less than 10,000 students. The findings of this study revealed positive and negative relationships between the 13 dependent variables and the presidential transition in higher education. Recommendations for practitioners embarking on leadership transition such as a presidential change include the importance of organized succession planning, engaging in a fully developed transition plan, and hiring well
Spiritual Needs Outcomes in Faith-Based Nonprofits
Get PDFThe researcher observed that faith-based nonprofits frequently report on tangible needs met but have failed to report on spiritual needs that are attended to. These spiritual needs can include prayer, church referral, encouraging people to seek a deeper relationship with God, and reminding them of their hope in Christ. Examining the reasons for poverty and how Christians should respond to these was completed using a biblical and theological foundation. Deuteronomy 15:11, Matthew 5:1-12, and Acts 2:42-47; 4:32-37 were used as the biblical texts for this foundation. The researcher discovered the principles that Jesus gave his followers for assisting those in need. After determining the theological foundation, the researcher examined current literature related to qualitative outcomes assessment in nonprofits. Attention was given to faith-based nonprofits and measurement of spiritual needs. The literature provided a framework for defining, measuring, and analyzing outcomes related to spiritual needs. This framework was utilized in analyzing the data of the organization in the case study. Interviews, reports, and data relating to spiritual needs was collected. It was determined that the organization strives to meet spiritual needs in three areas. One of these had the necessary data to be reported. Another needed more data collected in order to be reported. The third was under development and needed a strategic data collection plan in order to be collected. Two of these were spiritual needs that individual churches also assist in fulfilling. The third involved collaboration between churches and the organization. The researcher then took this information and developed recommendations on how these spiritual need outcomes could be reported to various stakeholders
Enchantments of the Mississippi: A Contemplative Journey of Time and Place
No full textIn a time of desolation, Thomas Becknell is drawn to the Mississippi River, then caught by its powers of enchantment. He sets out to learn about the river\u27s great allure, to be near it and to ponder what it might show him.https://spark.bethel.edu/faculty-books/1028/thumbnail.jp
How Quality of Paternal Relationship Impacts Depression Development in Adulthood
Get PDFPrevious studies show that paternal involvement directly correlates to a decrease in the child’s probability of developing a mental illness (O’Gara, et.al. 2019). Research shows, the more supportive and the more affection a parent gives, the less likely a child is to develop depressive tendencies (Del Barrio, et. al. 2016) There is a gap in investigating whether or not having a loving father postpones the age at which someone is diagnosed with depression. This study provides insight into paternal closeness and the age at which someone is diagnosed with depression
Trauma: How the Student Teacher Relationship Impacts Student Success
Get PDFHigh behavioral and academic expectations are exceptionally challenging for students who have experienced trauma. With increasing numbers of students who have experienced significant trauma, it is essential that teachers create trauma-responsive classrooms to nurture and support students and encourage success. This thesis defines trauma and describes characteristics of students who have experienced trauma along with effects on academic and social relationships. Finally, the research summary highlights the importance of designing classroom environments, instructing, and responding to students looking through the lens of trauma as a way to improve the school experience for all students while significantly impacting students who have experienced trauma
The Benefits of Ceramic Art with Secondary Learners
Get PDFThis thesis analyzes the research of artists, educators, scholars, and historians alike to present the value of the ceramic arts in public secondary art education programs in the United States of America. The process of defining ceramics instruction in public school education then discussing the different developmental stages that occur in secondary students work together to define the benefits associated with the ceramic arts and secondary school individuals. For decades art educators, specifically secondary teachers have looked to the professional ceramic world, as well as higher education to model ceramic instruction for public schools. It is problematic when middle and high school teachers look to college ceramics courses as they are structured towards college level educational objectives, which is ill fitting for secondary students. One of the largest first case that argued for the value of ceramics education in the public schools was a symposium presented from January 28-30, 1988 at New York University in New York, New York. The national symposium was titled “A Case for Clay.” Many educators felt that there was a need for research pertaining to the use of and value for clay as a medium of art instruction. A new ceramics curriculum design would offer the world of ceramics a voice for its culturally long-lived and global past, whilst presenting modern day issues in 21st century art rooms. Creating sculpture and pottery is a direct visual-tactile experience for students as their work becomes an extension of the mind through the hands. It has been suggested by researchers that the creative use of the tactile sense could potentially lead to the improvement of the conversion of stimuli into sensations and feelings that lead to ideas and reason. Ceramics in art education plays a significant part in educating and developing the whole student due to how the medium adds to human understanding of the world and making sense of our worldly experiences. It is with the mastery of any art form, such as ceramics, that a student’s sensory discernment, intuition, critical insight, imagination, self-awareness, and perceptions of phenomena is increased and heightened. Without art, this full range of human expression would not exist, and creativity would be lost from our society
Improving Transitional Support for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Get PDFDespite access to transition programming and planning, students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) face reduced post-secondary school outcomes compared to students in other disability groups. Research explores factors that diminish or increase success rates for students with ASD. Demographics, severity of disability, and transition planning age impact student post-school outcomes. Transition-planning research considerations highlight creating transition-related IEP goals. Increased self-determination and parental participation have a large effect on student outcomes. Emerging research and developing programs targeted gaps in evidence-based resources and practices that improve outcomes for students with ASD
[Re/De]Generation Colloquy Volume 1
No full textContents
Editor’s Statement 5
Communication Studies
On Ideals in Romantic Relationships 25
Paul Hjellming, Lori Bergstrom, Bo Johnson, and Eric Osmondson
Perception of Profanity in Interpersonal Relationships 47
Ashley Pivaronas, Jessica Benham, and Stephanie Melhaff
The Genre of the Meme 67
Thomas Monson
Mathematics
Cooking Up the Optimal Baking Algorithm 7
Tony Burand, Michael Tetzlaff, and Jacob Smith
Literary Criticism
“What to Sight and Smell Was Sweet”: Flowers and Gardening in Paradise Lost 41
Linnea White
The Case of “Brown” 59
Sara Ellingsworth
Biblical and Theological Studies
The Markan Narrative of the Hemorrhaging Woman: Injustice Through Systems Then and Now 81
Tim Riendea
Emotions in Educators Implementing a Social-Emotional Development Framework
No full textThis qualitative study explored the emotions of early childhood educators implementing the Pyramid Model social-emotional framework. The semi-structured interviews with 11 educators included discussing emotions correlated to Pyramid Model practices and organizational-level practices. The data suggested that patterns aligned with Roger’s (1962) diffusion of innovation theory. Emotional patterns emerged as unpleasant and high-intensity emotions such as stress and frustration, unpleasant and low-intensity emotions such as disappointment and sadness, pleasant and high-intensity emotions such as excitement, joy, and hope, and pleasant to low-intensity emotions such as content and calm. Specific Pyramid Model practices and organizational interactions also created barriers and patterns of stress. The patterns suggested that focusing on support for coaching and leadership and specific barriers such as buy-in and staff turnover may have an impact on the success or abandonment of the framework implementation. Educators also indicated a continued need for support due to the global pandemic Covid-19.https://spark.bethel.edu/edd-showcase-2021/1027/thumbnail.jp
Measurement of the Inclusive and Differential Higgs Boson Production Cross Sections in the Decay Mode to a Pair of τ Leptons in pp Collisions at s =13 TeV
No full textMeasurements of the inclusive and differential fiducial cross sections of the Higgs boson are presented, using the τ lepton decay channel. The differential cross sections are measured as functions of the Higgs boson transverse momentum, jet multiplicity, and transverse momentum of the leading jet in the event, if any. The analysis is performed using proton-proton collision data collected with the CMS detector at the LHC at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV and corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 138 fb-1. These are the first differential measurements of the Higgs boson cross section in the final state of two τ leptons. In final states with a large jet multiplicity or with a Lorentz-boosted Higgs boson, these measurements constitute a significant improvement over measurements performed in other final states