A growing number of universities strive to employ faculty members with industry or government experience. This study explores the characteristics of those who have transitioned from industry to post-secondary education. Survey data from 88 faculty members at 33 different universities who made the transition was collected and analyzed for…

The Old Order Amish in the societal arena provides a philosophy of education which is unique and worthy of study.They tend to have a minimal of problems when making comparisons with other sub cultures in society. Drug abuse, pregnancy among unwed mothers, crime, alcoholism, thievery, and other forms of anti-social behavior appear to be at a very…

The Mixed Model (MM) design, sometimes known as a Split-Plot design, is very popular in educational research. This model can be used to examine the effects of several independent variables on a dependent variable and it offers a more powerful alternative to the completely randomized design. The MM design considers both a between-subjects factor,…

Exposing students to literature in the form of novels that deal with topics related to course content can be a useful method of instruction. Theoretically, students may be more motivated to learn if they become curious about the issues under consideration in the classroom thereby potentially meeting pedagogical desires to place students in an…

The present study reports the results of a survey conducted at the University of West Florida concerning faculty usage and views toward online databases. Most respondents (N=46) felt quite satisfied with scholarly database availability through the university library. However, some faculty suggested that databases such as Current Contents and…

Relationships between institutional, departmental, and individual's emphasis on scholarly roles as well as how faculty set goals based on the importance given to teaching, research, and outreach roles were examined. New faculty members on tenure-track positions in member institutions from National Association for State Universities and Land Grant…

The writer tries to cover offshoots of history emphasizing human and sociological aspects sometimes not always realized by students or readers of history.

A random sample of students who have completed both online and traditional courses at a university in the Midwest were asked to complete a questionnaire that measured their opinions of online instruction. One-way chi square tests were used to analyze the results. Responsibilities at home. distance from the campus, and scheduling issues were the…

How similar to and different from each other are public elementary and high school teachers with respect to selected issues and values that define their practice? The present study attempted to shed light on this question by examining the motivations of three groups of teachers, two elementary and one high school, for remaining in teaching. The…

This study assessed the effectiveness of two educational strategies designed to prevent sexual harassment among college students. The treatment groups demonstrated better outcomes than the comparison group. Women perceived ambiguous situations as more harassing. Severity ratings of sexually harassing behavior did not vary by gender of harasser or…

To investigate the relationship between self-perceived time use efficiency and the five-factor model of personality, 105 university students were administered the Time Use Efficiency Scale (TUES; Kelly, 2003) and Saucier's Big-Five Mini-Markers (Saucier, 1994). The results indicated that time use efficiency was strongly, positively related to…

Closing the educational achievement gap has been a schooling issue since Brown v. Board of Topeka, Kansas decision. Generally, the learning achievement of elementary and secondary African-American student has been an issue in majority school populations across the United States. And evidence of performance of these students appears to be more…

Vocational education instructors are regularly challenged to prepare their students for an unpredictable and rapidly changing future. To do that, many prominent educators recommend students become effective "lifelong learners" by focusing on their learning skills today. To that end, this paper describes an exploratory study by educators in the…

Efforts of the College of Education and Human Services Diversity Committee at a medium sized, midwestern university to address the diversity needs of the college are described. The Diversity Committee formulated systematic goals, engaged in dialogue, and took action to increase the potential for hiring diverse faculty in the college. A Diversity…

Bullying is a serious problem in schools today. Most programs that deal with bullying are adult-driven and dependent. Inspired by the students in one middle school, the authors ask if student-driven anti-bullying programs exist and are effective. The scope and consequences of bullying is reported. Research-based responses to bullying are explored…