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Smith, Patricia J.; Cognard-Black, Andrew J. – Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 2019
Using survey data collected from 269 participants in the fall of 2016 and the spring of 2017, this study examines whether any changes might have occurred within the last 20 years regarding the disciplinary affiliation of honors administrators. Additionally, we explored current assessment practices of honors administrators and possible associations…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Educational Change, Intellectual Disciplines, Honors Curriculum
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Rolland, Amber D.; Smith, Patricia J. – Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 2017
"I don't know that many kids that have done coke, none that have tried crack, and only a few that have dropped acid. I can't even count all of the ones who've taken Adderall" (Stice). This statement made in an interview by a freshman art history major at the University of Maryland, College Park, in 2007 effectively highlights a still…
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, College Students, Stimulants
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Cognard-Black, Andrew J.; Smith, Patricia J.; Dove, April L. – Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 2017
In the autumn of 2014, the National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) launched the "Admissions, Retention, and Completion Survey" (ARC) in an attempt to collect for the first time honors program benchmarking data on important admissions, persistence, and completion metrics, data that are already widely used throughout higher education…
Descriptors: Honors Curriculum, College Admission, Admission Criteria, College Students
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Scott, Richard I.; Smith, Patricia J.; Cognard-Black, Andrew J. – Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 2017
Beginning in 2013 and spanning four research articles, we have implemented an empirical analysis protocol for honors education that is rooted in demography (Scott; Scott and Smith; Smith and Scott "Growth"; Smith and Scott, "Demography"). The goal of this protocol is to describe the structure and distribution of the honors…
Descriptors: Honors Curriculum, College Faculty, College Students, Two Year Colleges
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Scott, Richard I.; Smith, Patricia J. – Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 2016
As the National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) celebrates its fiftieth year, the organization has an excellent opportunity to reflect on how honors education has spread during its history. Tracking growth in the number of institutions delivering honors education outside of its membership has not been a priority for NCHC or for researchers in…
Descriptors: Demography, Honors Curriculum, Institutional Characteristics, Diversity (Institutional)
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Smith, Patricia J.; Scott, Richard I. – Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 2016
Recent research describing the landscape of honors education has demonstrated that honors programs and colleges have become an important and expanding component of American higher education. Since its inception nearly a century ago, collegiate honors education offering campus-wide curricula has spread to more than 1,500 non-profit colleges and…
Descriptors: Demography, Honors Curriculum, Group Membership, Comparative Analysis