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Associate in Science (AS) to Bachelor of Science in Applied Science (BSAS) Transfer Students: An Analysis of Student Characteristics, Engagement, and SuccessCollins, Jerry C 28 April 2009 (has links)
This study sought to examine and comprehensively describe transfer students who have earned a two-year technical or occupational Associate in Science (AS) degree at the community college and entered the university to pursue the Bachelor of Science in Applied Science (BSAS).
The BSAS degree is a specialized baccalaureate degree program created to allow AS degree holders an opportunity to efficiently transfer into the university affording them full recognition of their two-year degree. This statewide articulated program at the University of South Florida is the first of its kind in the state of Florida. The program only began admitting its first students in the fall term of 2003.
Prior to the creation of the BSAS degree, most AS degree holders were not admissible to the university. If they did meet admission requirements based upon competitive freshman admission requirements, only about 15-18 credits of the 60+ credits earned through their AS degree were transferrable. Before the BSAS there were no efficient means for most AS degree holders to pursue higher education beyond their two-year degree.
The first five years of this new bachelor's degree program have been very successful. The BSAS program has consistently experienced enrollment growth every year, and the specialized "areas of concentration" have continued to expand offering even greater opportunity for AS degree holders to pursue meaningful baccalaureate studies in support of their academic, professional or personal goals.
The AS-to-BS transfer students represent a relatively new student population at the university and this population is steadily growing. The university has historically had little experience with them, and consequently we know little about them. This study was an analysis of AS-BSAS transfer students to determine their characteristics, engagement and success at the university. The study revealed that they are, in fact, a unique student population at the university who are generally disengaged with university life, but performing very well academically. Their average age is 37 years old. They are predominately working adults with family responsibilities. They are conscientious students who are persisting and completing their bachelor's degree in less time than the national average for all transfer students.
Overall, the results of this study suggest that we may need to make adjustments to our transfer and articulation policies, our admission practices, and closely examine the broader services of the university to ensure we meet the holistic needs of this new, exclusive, atypical, workforce focused, and growing population of students at the university.
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Communication Strategies as Drivers of Nonprofit Donor RetentionJameson, Tamieka 01 January 2017 (has links)
According to scholars and organizations that focus on the performance of organizations in the nonprofit sector, retaining loyal and engaged donors has been a critical component of sustainability. Through the conceptual lens of single- and double-loop learning and organizational communications theory, this single-case study explored donor communication strategies used by 3 executive-level leaders of a nonprofit organization in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Data collected from semistructured interviews, organizational documents, and Guidestar, an online information service specializing in reporting on U.S. nonprofit companies, were manually coded and thematically analyzed. Two key themes emerged: effective processes for donor communication strategy development and organizational learning strategy development. Strategy development may assist this Minneapolis company’s organizational leaders with improving retention of donors and participants in the company’s programs and services, increasing action plan completion rates, and integrating the lessons learned process during the development and implementation of communication strategies to increase donor retention. By bridging the gap between performance arts and social responsibility, this company’s leaders may engage both donors and participants, resulting in favorable retention rates. These findings have implications for positive social change. Nonprofit leaders’ models of effective communications strategies and processes to improve participant and donor engagement may ensure leaders’ ability to serve and improve their communities by engaging at-risk youth in programs designed to develop performance arts and leadership skills.
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Computer Science Project Courses : Contrasting Students’ Experiences with Teachers’ ExpectationsWiggberg, Mattias January 2010 (has links)
Including small or large project courses is widely recognized as important in preparing computer science students for a professional career. Typical examples are the capstone courses, which often are seen as the jewel in the crown since this is where students will bring their previous knowledge and skills together to show mastery of their craft. These courses are, however, quite complex with often contradictory ideas about how to actually run them in order to reach the learning objectives. This thesis deals with the contrast between students’ experiences and teachers’ expectations of such courses. The research presented in this thesis contributes to the field of knowledge of computer science project courses by investigating processes that are of importance in relation to the desired practices that the students’ should experience. A method is developed, based on the theory of communities of practice and an identification of key features in project work, for evaluating project courses in terms of setting up a learning environment suitable for its learning objectives. The method is focused on capturing the students’ experiences, which then are mapped onto desirable outcomes, as seen from the teachers’ point of view and expressed in terms of communities of practice theory. The result of the analysis is stories capturing the strengths and deficiencies that can be observed in computer science project courses. Key findings are that rewarding learning environments are not automatically created by following the project model; unclear goals and priorities, for example the choice between focusing on the result of the project or the learning process, can confound, or hinder, the learning outcome. Students may experience a difficult choice between using the project course as a way to become more specialized in a particular area or to develop skills that broaden their knowledge. The method developed throughout the thesis is a result in itself, allowing academics and institutions to reason systematically about the aims and learning outcomes of project coursework. The strength of the method lies in the insight gained from combining the concept of communities of practice with a series of studies that identify key features of project courses, in order to reveal and explain why students’ experience processes and learning outcomes in particular ways.
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The Global Village Playground: A qualitative case study of designing an ARG as a capstone learning experience.Dondlinger, Mary Jo 05 1900 (has links)
The Global Village Playground (GVP) was a capstone learning experience designed to address institutional assessment needs while providing an integrated, contextualized, and authentic learning experience for students. In the GVP, students work on simulated and real-world problems as a design team tasked with developing an alternate reality game that makes an impact on the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the design of the GVP as a capstone experience. The research design follows a qualitative case study approach to gather and analyze data collected from the instructors and students participating in the pilot implementation of the GVP. Results of the study show predominantly favorable reactions to various aspects of the course and its design. Students reported to have learned the most through interactions with peers and through applying and integrating knowledge in developing the alternate reality game that was the central problem scenario for the course. What students demonstrated to have learned included knowledge construction, social responsibility, open-mindedness, big picture thinking, and an understanding of their relationship to the larger society and world in which they live. Challenges that resulted from the design included the amount of necessary to build consensus and then develop an overarching game concept, the tension between guided and directed instruction, and the need to foster greater interdependence among students while encouraging them to become more self-directed.
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Development of a Test Blueprint for a Hospitality Management Capstone Course to Measure Programmatic Student Learning OutcomesStevenson, Jackie M. 05 1900 (has links)
The purpose of this study was to develop a test blue-print for a hospitality management capstone course to measure programmatic student learning outcomes. A total of 50 hospitality industry professionals and hospitality management faculty were interviewed through focus group discussions, and a post-focus group survey was conducted to determine a weighted percentage for each of the nine determined content domains. A test blueprint was developed from the weighted proportions determined by this study and a process by which other educational institutions could follow to establish a consistent and accurate evaluation method for a capstone course was described.
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導入總整課程概念於臺灣中小學師資職前教育之研究 / A Study on Integrating the Concept of the Capstone Course into Primary and Secondary Teacher Education in Taiwan陳培菱, Chen, Pei Ling Unknown Date (has links)
本研究旨在導入總整課程概念於臺灣中小學師資職前教育，探討國外總整課程之內涵與功能，初步建構臺灣中小學師資職前教育之總整課程，並提出結論與建議，以供未來師資培育大學發展總整課程之參考。
研究方法上，先以文件分析出可行之臺灣中小學職前教育總整課程，接著以專家問卷進行課程的刪修，再利用模糊德菲法探究專家學者對課程具備整合、反思與銜接功能之看法，最後根據專家學者們之共識，完成我國中小學師資職前教育總整課程。根據研究之結果與分析，歸納主要結論如下：
一、中小學師資職前教育總整課程形式包含「實地教學經驗」、「研究計畫」、「專題討論」、「歷程檔案」、「綜合表現與評量」五大類。
二、以實地教學經驗，如「半年教育實習」、「分科／分領域教學實習」、「實踐史懷哲精神教育服務計畫」等，在中小學師資職前教育總整課程之各功能認同度最高。
三、臺灣中小學師資職前教育總整課程依據類型不同，具備總整性存在差異。
最後，本研究根據研究結果，提出相關建議，俾供各師資培育之大學以及後續研究之參考。 / The purpose of this study is to integrate the concept of capstone course to pre-service primary and secondary teacher education in Taiwan. This paper not only explores the connotation and function of the capstone course in pre-service teacher education, but also constructs the capstone course in pre-service teacher education for Taiwan. It also provides conclusions and suggestions for universities that offers teacher training programs to develop their capstone course in the future. The main conclusions follow:
1.The capstone courses of pre-service teacher education include five categories: "field experience", "research project", "seminar", "portfolio", "comprehensive performance and evaluation".
2.The field experience, such as " student teaching", " teaching practicum ", " Schweitzer program " and so on, has the highest capstone function in Taiwan’s pre-service primary and secondary teacher education.
3.The function of capstone course is much different in Taiwan according to varietal types of professional courses and activities of pre-service primary and secondary teacher education.
In conclusion, the findings and results in the hope of providing suggestion for the universities that offers teacher training programs and more studies in the future.
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Experimentální ověření kogeneračního systému na bázi plynové mikroturbíny / Experimental verification of a gas micro-turbine cogeneration systemBuřil, Lukáš January 2019 (has links)
This master’s thesis deals with problematics of natural gas microturbine integration into industrial laundry operation. This integration means utilization of waste heat for direct drying and water heating in a heat exchanger. This heated water can be used in further laundry processes, for example laundering. All the experiments were carried out on the cogeneration system that is installed in Laboratory of Energy Intensive Processes in NETME Centre at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of Brno University of Technology. This system consists of a natural gas microturbine Capstone C30 with nominal electric power of 30 kW, an industrial dryer Primus DX55 with a nominal capacity of 55 kg for laundry and a heat exchanger Vakading type Vakavlas with nominal power of 53 kW. All necessary theoretical and technical preparation was done in order to carry out experiments as follows: • Standard drying program • Water accumulation test • Test of performance of heat exchanger • Direct drying with the use of microturbine’s flue gases These experiments were analyzed and discussed within this thesis. The main contribution of this work is as follows: • Summary of all the knowledge in the area of direct drying • Creation of methodology of utilization of flue gases for direct drying not only in laundry industry but in related fields • Summary of requirements and ways of heat exchanger testing and determination of heat exchanger parameters • Determination of optimal working settings of installed cogeneration system • Description of weak spots in the system and suggested improvements • Basic economic analysis of operating costs During the experiments, it was found that in case of direct drying better results could be achieved in comparison with standard drying. The functionality of the whole system together with the heat exchanger was verified and thus also the possibility of integrating the turbine into the washing process was confirmed. The integration of a natural gas microturbine is both technically and economically feasible for many industrial applications.
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All the World’s a Stage: Paula Vogel’s Indecent & How Theatre Serves a CommunityCann, Audrey Jane January 2022 (has links)
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