How Community Colleges Can Help Prevent Financial Hardship Among Student Borrowers     

Lyle McKinney  Jacob P. K. Gross  Andrea Backscheider Burridge 《Community College Journal of Research & Practice》2014,38(2-3):270-274

The utilization of loans by community college students is a contentious issue. In this article we broadly examine issues related to borrowing by community college students, giving attention to how loans can help, as well as hinder, borrowers at these institutions. Despite increased rhetoric about the perceived student loan crisis, caution is warranted before jettisoning student loans as a tool for access and completion at community colleges. Instead, we suggest that a more nuanced approach, aimed at helping students understand and manage their loans, is in the best interest of students and the college. Our recommendations are intended to help community colleges increase the number of borrowers who earn a credential and reduce the number who default.  相似文献   

Who governs? Academic decision-making in US four-year colleges and universities, 2000–2012     

Apkarian  Jacob  Mulligan  Kerry  Rotondi  Matthew B.  Brint  Steven 《Tertiary Education and Management》2014,20(2):151-164

This study compares the explanatory power of two models of academic governance: dual and managerial control. The research is based on characterizations by chief academic officers of the primary decision-makers involved in 13 types of recurrent academic decisions. We examine change between responses to surveys fielded to US four-year colleges and universities in 2000 and 2012. We find limited support for the dual control and the managerial control models in both years. As an alternative to the two dominant conceptual models, we develop an empirically grounded classification based on multidimensional scaling and cluster analysis. In each year we find high faculty participation and management-dominant clusters. The other identified clusters do not map well onto either of the two dominant conceptual models. Given these results, we argue that configurational analysis should be used as a supplement to future studies monitoring the incidence of dual and managerial control in academic governance.  相似文献   

Looking at the Impact of the Flipped Classroom Model of Instruction on Undergraduate Multimedia Students at CSUN   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

Jacob Enfield 《TechTrends》2013,57(6):14-27

Scholars and practitioners have reported the positive outcomes of a flipped, or inverted, approach to instruction (Baker, 2000; Lage, Platt, & Treglia, 2000; Bergmann, 2011; Wright, 2011; Pearson, 2012; Butt, 2012; Bates, 2012). While many of the reports are anecdotal, the sheer number of instructors that have reported successful implementation of the strategy provides some evidence of its powerful use as an instructional method. This study provides a detailed case in which one approach of the Flipped Classroom Model of Instruction was applied in two classes at California State University Northridge. Student reports suggest that the approach provided an engaging learning experience, was effective in helping students learn the content, and increased self-efficacy in their ability to learn independently. Additionally, challenges and potential solutions to those challenges are discussed.  相似文献   

Phylogenetic patterns suggest frequent multiple origins of secondary metabolites across the seed-plant ‘tree of life’     

Yongzeng Zhang  Tao Deng  Lu Sun  Jacob B Landis  Michael J Moore  Hengchang Wang  Yuehua Wang  Xiaojiang Hao  Jijun Chen  Shenghong Li  Maonian Xu  Pema-Tenzin Puno  Peter H Raven  Hang Sun 《国家科学评论(英文版)》2021,8(4)

To evaluate the phylogenetic patterns of the distribution and evolution of plant secondary metabolites (PSMs), we selected 8 classes of PSMs and mapped them onto an updated phylogenetic tree including 437 families of seed plants. A significant phylogenetic signal was detected in 17 of the 18 tested seed-plant clades for at least 1 of the 8 PSM classes using the D statistic. The phylogenetic signal, nevertheless, indicated weak clustering of PSMs compared to a random distribution across all seed plants. The observed signal suggests strong diversifying selection during seed-plant evolution and/or relatively weak evolutionary constraints on the evolution of PSMs. In the survey of the current phylogenetic distributions of PSMs, we found that multiple origins of PSM biosynthesis due to external selective forces for diverse genetic pathways may have played important roles. In contrast, a single origin of PSMs seems rather uncommon. The distribution patterns for PSMs observed in this study may also be useful in the search for natural compounds for medicinal purposes.  相似文献   

Financial Aid and Attainment Among Students in a State with Changing Demographics     

Jacob P. K. Gross  Vasti Torres  Desiree Zerquera 《Research in higher education》2013,54(4):383-406

Using event history analysis, this study investigated to what extent differentiated forms of aid affected the educational attainment of various student populations with particular interest on the Latinos/as within this emerging settlement state: Indiana. Findings suggest that the effects of aid are moderated by race and ethnicity. State grants, primarily need-based, played a significant if not modest role in encouraging persistence among Latino students, more so than peers from other racial/ethnic groups. No significant direct relationship was found between federal grants and loans for Latino students with respect to graduation.  相似文献   

Trends in Chinese Higher Education     

W. James Jacob  Wanhua Ma 《Frontiers of Education in China》2013,8(2):169-172

This special issue of Frontiers of Education in China is comprised of six articles from ten authors and co-authors who document several new trends in Chinese higher education.Many of the contributors include an analysis of how government policy,globalization,and internationalization have helped shape these trends over time.Many of the trends identified constitute unique elements toward and against progress within the world's largest higher education system.We encourage further research to better ascertain if these trends will continue in the near future,as China further positions itself as a leader on the global higher education stage.  相似文献   

Flirting Competence: An Experimental Study on Appropriate and Effective Opening Lines     

Keith Weber  Alan K. Goodboy  Jacob L. Cayanus 《Communication Research Reports》2013,30(2):184-191

An experiment was conducted to examine the appropriateness and effectiveness of five flirtatious opening lines enacted by a male participant to initiate conversation with a female participant. Video messages were constructed to represent the following opening lines: direct introductions, direct compliments, humor attempts, cute–flippant lines, and third-party introductions. Participants were 642 college students who viewed one of these five videos and reported on the appropriateness and effectiveness of an opening line after controlling for perceptions of actor physical attractiveness. Results indicated that participants rated the third-party introduction and direct introduction opening lines as the most appropriate, whereas the third-party introduction was perceived as the most effective. Direct compliments, humor attempts, and cute–flippant lines were rated as equally inappropriate and ineffective.  相似文献   

Stability in the popularity of television programs among children and adolescents     

Jacob J. Wakshlag 《广播与电子媒介杂志》2013,57(3):711-716

This study analyzed changes in the popularity (ratings) of television programs over the duration of a television season. Results indicated that popularity was quite stable and increased as the season wore on, especially among younger viewers.  相似文献   

Misinformation and Mass Audiences     

Jacob L. Nelson 《广播与电子媒介杂志》2013,57(4):719-721

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PERSPECTIVES ON SCHOOL INTEGRATION     

Jacob Landers 《Equity & Excellence in Education》2013,46(4):40-43

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