An Overview of Campus Climate: Dimensions of Diversity in Higher Education

Higher education scholars have increasingly studied campus climate, a term used to denote the experiences of diverse students, faculty, and staff. This article inventories the literature on the topic, including definitions of campus climate, approaches to assessing climate, and future directions for climate inquiry.Educatio

Lunchtime walks. The 40 minute hill ascent. John Henry Brookes Building - Headington Hill Park - Morrell Avenue

Leaflet giving directions and a map for a 40 minute circular walk from the Headington campus, Oxford Brookes University. The route is quite hilly and can be a bit muddy. Full walk is 1.93 miles (3.10 km

An Improvement Study of the Decomposition-based Algorithm Global WASF-GA for Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization

The convergence and the diversity of the decompositionbased evolutionary algorithm Global WASF-GA (GWASF-GA) relies on a set of weight vectors that determine the search directions for new non-dominated solutions in the objective space. Although using weight vectors whose search directions are widely distributed may lead to a well-diversified approximation of the Pareto front (PF), this may not be enough to obtain a good approximation for complicated PFs (discontinuous, non-convex, etc.). Thus, we propose to dynamically adjust the weight vectors once GWASF-GA has been run for a certain number of generations. This adjustment is aimed at re-calculating some of the weight vectors, so that search directions pointing to overcrowded regions of the PF are redirected toward parts with a lack of solutions that may be hard to be approximated. We test different parameters settings of the dynamic adjustment in optimization problems with three, five, and six objectives, concluding that GWASF-GA performs better when adjusting the weight vectors dynamically than without applying the adjustment.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

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Faiks: reevaluate UAJ -- Alternative student loan proposals formulated by UA student leaders -- Editorial -- Letters -- Bigfoot sighting a possibility, according to UAJ prof -- Is large scale mining still a possibility in the Capital City? Only time will tell. -- Nine picked to serve on board of UAAA-SE -- Whales drop two to top-seeded Lewis and Clark -- "We Won't Pay" scores a hit at Perseverance Theatre -- New Directions: an exhibit of contrasts, exotic images -- Delta Steamers begin statewide Alaska tour -- Campus daycare: the debate continu

Institutionalizing TILT Across a University

Transparency of learning and teaching (TILT) is key to student success, as it allows students to understand directions and make concrete steps toward completing a set of tasks. The present paper outlines the early stages of a campus-wide program at one institution that infuses TILT practices across campus in the classroom as well as non-academic units. TILT practices make the purpose, required tasks, and criteria for success clear to students in everyday campus interactions with faculty and staff. TILT programming for faculty and staff is described, including strengths, challenges, and future directions

The Fifth International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE 09): a report

The development of intelligent environments is considered an important step towards the realization of the ambient intelligence vision. Intelligent environments are technologically augmented everyday spaces, which intuitively support human activity. The IE conferences traditionally provide a leading edge forum for researchers and engineers to present their latest research and to discuss future directions in the area of intelligent environments. This article briefly presents the content of the Fifth International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE09), which was held July 20–21 at the Castelldefels campus, of the Technical University of Catalonia, near Barcelona, Spain.Postprint (published version