Taylor University Magazine (Fall 1974)

The Fall 1974 edition of Taylor Magazine, published by Taylor University in Upland, Indiana.https://pillars.taylor.edu/tu_magazines/1039/thumbnail.jp

Pacific Weekly, Novermber 18, 1960

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Student Affairs Professionals in Higher Education Insitutions who Participate in Study Tours: A Qualitative Study

As colleges and universities are internationalizing their curriculum, there is a growing need for student affairs professionals to also become aware of and be familiar with internationalization and to become players in the global society. The present study focused on 12 participants who are currently student affairs professionals. The research focused on gaining an understanding and awareness of the role that international study tour experiences have on the professional and personal development of student affairs professionals. A qualitative research design was used for the study. Kolb’s Experiential Learning theory was used as the conceptual framework to explain the participants\u27 experiences during their international study tour. Four different four-year public institutions served as the international study tour host institutions of the participants for this study - Bowling Green State University, Central Michigan University, Florida State University, and Miami University. For this study 12 participants were interviewed via semi-structured interviews using online technology of gotomeeting.com. All interviews were transcribed and analyzed. Findings indicated that the international study tour experiences are supported by Kolb’s Experiential Learning theory as participants in the study expressed that the entire experience of a tour is active learning. The study supports existing literature that international study tours further the personal and professional development of those student affairs professionals who participate. The following themes emerged from this study: transformational experiences; global awareness; intercultural communication; career paths; and, self-growth. Another research finding is that student affairs professionals who participant in a study tour express an expanded self-confidence that helps them to articulate what they learned and experienced. Several participants expressed that, as a result of their study tour experience, they had a sense of personal growth in various aspects of their lives. Recommendations include increasing the number of student affairs professionals attending international study tours, encouraging student affairs professionals to share the information learned from their visits, and exhorting participants to implement programs and ideas they gathered from their tours

Campanile Call April 1969

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New Mexico Daily Lobo, Volume 081, No 141, 4/25/1978

New Mexico Daily Lobo, Volume 081, No 141, 4/25/1978https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/daily_lobo_1978/1067/thumbnail.jp

Ecotourism in Appalachia: Marketing the Mountains

Tourism is the world’s largest industry, and ecotourism is rapidly emerging as its fastest growing segment. As interest in nature travel increases, so does concern for conservation of the environment and the well-being of local peoples and cultures. Appalachia seems an ideal destination for ecotourists, with its rugged mountains, uniquely diverse forests, wild rivers, and lively arts culture. And ecotourism promises much for the region: protecting the environment while bringing income to disadvantaged communities. But can these promises be kept? Ecotourism in Appalachia examines both the potential and the threats that tourism holds for Central Appalachia. The authors draw lessons from destinations that have suffered from the “tourist trap syndrome,” including Nepal and Hawaii. They conclude that only carefully regulated and locally controlled tourism can play a positive role in Appalachia’s economic development. Winner of the 2004 Harry Caudill Award (given by Bookworm & Silverfish) recognizing outstanding contributions to reporting Appalachian life and values. This well-written book contributes to the active debate about the sustainability of tourism/ecotourism and will serve well as assigned reading or a case study in advanced-level undergraduate or graduate courses in tourism, ecotourism, or regional planning and development fields. . . . Highly recommended. —Choice The authors of this important book not only provide a positive vision, they also supply a telling critique of tourism as it is promoted currently, and they do all this with a profound international consciousness and helpful comparisons from all over the world. —Appalachian Heritage The authors argue that tourism can help the economy and preserve the environment only when local communities control the development and government regulates business practices. —Idaho Falls (ID) Post Register , Topeka (KS) Capital-Journal , Lexington Her Suggests many ways in which real ecotourist activities can provide meaningful and enjoyable engagement with the natural world, while making vacations, for both travelers and host communities alike, the regenerative, enriching experiences they should have been all along. —Modern Mountain Magazine Encompassing history, economics and culture, and using examples of other tourism areas such as Hawaii and Alaska, Fritsch and Johannsen lay out a comprehensive . . . treatise of the importance of fostering green tourism. —Publishers Weekly An argument for taking advantage of the possibilities offered by tourism to invigorate the economy of Appalachia and preserve the unrivaled environment. —Berea College Appalachian Center Newsletter A useful book. . . . Its overall tone almost echoes that of a how-to book for tourism developers to promote sound tourism activities and for tourists to correct their tourism behavior and choices. —Appalachian Journal \u27Ecotourism\u27 conjures exotic images of beautiful places in the world, but as this book forcefully points out, it also brings up a slew of questions about the preservation of nature and of culture, and the inherent conflicts between economic development and community rights. The book brings these questions home to the highlands of Appalachia. Beautifully written, filled with anecdotes and illustrations, Ecotourism in Appalachia engages the reader in a search for \u27green tourism\u27 in America’s own backyard. The book makes an important contribution to our understanding of tourism in Appalachia and beyond, and will be invaluable to people who study or practice tourism. —David Zurick, Eastern Kentucky University Thoughtful, packed with enthusiasm and ideas. It is refreshingly readable, genuinely useful work, and offes recommendations to shape ecotourism in the 21st century. . . . It is a fundamental first step for tourism planners, environmentalists, academics and policy makers. —P.P. Karan, University of Kentucky, editor of Japan in the Bluegrass An important contribution to tourism studies, largely because this is the first attempt to examine tourism development (past, present, and future) within the Central Appalachian region. The authors provide both positive and negative scenarios for future tourism development in the study area that are well reasoned and thought provoking. —Richard Alan Sambrook, Eastern Kentucky University Does not disappoint. The authors usefully maintain a tension between the salutary potentials of \u27eco\u27 and the damaging consequences of tourism, now the world’s largest industry. [It is] written in clear, accessible prose. —Journal of Appalachian Studieshttps://uknowledge.uky.edu/upk_appalachian_studies/1019/thumbnail.jp

The Cowl - v.54 - n.8 - Nov 8, 1989

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Volume 54, Number 8 - November 8, 1989. 20 pages

A Case Study of Hanban’s Chinese Language Teaching Program at Western Kentucky University: Developmental History and Preliminary Outcomes

This case study provides a historical overview of foreign language development (especially Chinese) in the United States and the growing number of Confucius Institutes (CIs) established in the U.S through Hanban, China’s National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language. This case study specifically captures the growth of the Western Kentucky University (WKU) CI from its inception in 2010. According to Hanban’s annual assessment reporting guidelines, since the conception of CIs sheer quantity of teachers and students has always been the primary focus. Therefore, the growth in the numbers of Hanban Chinese teachers and number of students enrolled in the Chinese language classes has been the primary metric for the success of the WKU CI with little evidence related to concrete standards such as those outlined in the World Language Program Review document. As the CI programs continue to mature, factors to measure quality of delivery and impact of services have surfaced. This study explores these alternative quality indicators toward the goal of offering recommendations and options in which all stakeholders can more effectively measure success. Additionally, this study is unique in analyzing Kentucky student outcomes on the Youth Chinese Test (YCT) Level I as a possible metric for the quality of the WKU CI Chinese language and cultural program. Test results indicate that it might be a useful metric for students in middle or high school level;however, YCT Level I performance may not be representative of students’ learning of Chinese at the elementary school level. The study concludes with recommendations regarding YCT testing improvement and suggestions to overcome the Hanban Chinese teachers’ self-reported classroom challenges in order for this measure to serve as possible defensible quality metrics for the WKU CI Chinese language program. It also provides recommendations regarding other potential quality measures of CI programs as a whole

The Tiger Vol. 73 Issue 14 1980-01-18

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The Pan American (1987-12)

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