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    Designs of Blackness

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    Across more than two centuries Afro-America has created a huge and dazzling variety of literary self-expression. Designs of Blackness provides less a narrative literary history than, precisely, a series of mappings—each literary-critical and comparative while at the same time offering cultural and historical context. This carefully re-edited version of the 1998 publication opens with an estimation of earliest African American voice in the names of Phillis Wheatley and her contemporaries. It then takes up the huge span of autobiography from Frederick Douglass through to Maya Angelou. "Harlem on My Mind," which follows, sets out the literary contours of America’s premier black city. Womanism, Alice Walker’s presiding term, is given full due in an analysis of fiction from Harriet E. Wilson to Toni Morrison. Richard Wright is approached not as some regulation "realist" but as a more inward, at times near-surreal, author. Decadology has its risks but the 1940s has rarely been approached as a unique era of war and peace and especially in African American texts. Beat Generation work usually adheres to Ginsberg and Kerouac, but black Beat writing invites its own chapter in the names of Amiri Baraka, Ted Joans and Bob Kaufman. The 1960s has long become a mythic change-decade, and in few greater respects than as a black theatre both of the stage and politics. In Leon Forrest African America had a figure of the postmodern turn: his work is explored in its own right and for how it takes its place in the context of other reflexive black fiction. "African American Fictions of Passing" unpacks the whole deceptive trope of "race" in writing from Williams Wells Brown through to Charles Johnson. The two newly added chapters pursue African American literary achievement into the Obama-Trump century, fiction from Octavia Butler to Darryl Pinkney, poetry from Rita Dove to Kevin Young

    Honors Colleges in the 21st Century

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    Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction | Richard Badenhausen Part I: Honors College Contexts: Past and Present CHAPTER ONE Oxbridge and Core Curricula: Continuing Conversations with the Past in Honors Colleges | Christopher A. Snyder CHAPTER TWO Characteristics of the 21st-Century Honors College | Andrew J. Cognard-Black and Patricia J. Smith Part II: Transitioning to an Honors College CHAPTER THREE Should We Start an Honors College? An Administrative Playbook for Working Through the Decision | Richard Badenhausen CHAPTER FOUR Beyond the Letterhead: A Tactical Toolbox for Transitioning from Program to College | Sara Hottinger, Megan McIlreavy, Clay Motley, and Louis Keiner Part III: Administrative Leadership CHAPTER FIVE “It Is What You Make It’’: Opportunities Arising from the Unique Roles of Honors College Deans | Jeff Chamberlain, Thomas M. Spencer, and Jefford Vahlbusch CHAPTER SIX The Role of the Honors College Dean in the Future of Honors Education | Peter Parolin, Timothy J. Nichols, Donal C. Skinner, and Rebecca C. Bott-Knutson CHAPTER SEVEN From the Top Down: Implications of Honors College Deans’ Race and Gender | Malin Pereira, Jacqueline Smith-Mason, Karoline Summerville, and Scott Linneman Part IV: Honors College Operations CHAPTER EIGHT Something Borrowed, Something New: Honors College Faculty and the Staffing of Honors Courses | Erin E. Edgington and Linda Frost CHAPTER NINE Telling Your Story: Stewardship and the Honors College | Andrew Martino Part V: Honors Colleges as Leaders in the Work of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Access CHAPTER TEN Cultivating Institutional Change: Infusing Principles of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion into Everyday Honors College Practices | Tara M. Tuttle, Julie Stewart, and Kayla Powell CHAPTER ELEVEN Positioning Honors Colleges to Lead Diversity and Inclusion Efforts at Predominantly White Institutions | Susan Dinan, Jason T. Hilton, and Jennifer Willford CHAPTER TWELVE Honors Colleges as Levers of Educational Equity | Teagan Decker, Joshua Kalin Busman, and Michele Fazio CHAPTER THIRTEEN Promoting the Inclusion of LGBTQ+ Students: The Role of the Honors College in Faith-Based Colleges and Universities | Paul E. Prill Part VI: Supporting Students CHAPTER FOURTEEN Who Belongs in Honors? Culturally Responsive Advising and Transformative Diversity | Elizabeth Raisanen CHAPTER FIFTEEN Fostering Student Leadership in Honors Colleges | Jill Nelson Granger Part VII: Honors College Curricular Innovation CHAPTER SIXTEEN Honors Liberal Arts for the 21st Century | John Carrell, Aliza S. Wong, Chad Cain, Carrie J. Preston, and Muhammad H. Zaman CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Honors Colleges, Transdisciplinary Education, and Global Challenges | 423 Paul Knox and Paul Heilker Part VIII: Community Engagement CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Teaching and Learning in the Fourth Space: Preparing Scholars to Engage in Solving Community Problems | Heidi Appel, Rebecca C. Bott-Knutson, Joy Hart, Paul Knox, Andrea Radasanu, Leigh E. Fine, Timothy J. Nichols, Daniel Roberts, Keith Garbutt, William Ziegler, Jonathan Kotinek, Kathy Cooke, Ralph Keen, Mark Andersen, and Jyotsna Kapur CHAPTER NINETEEN Serving Our Communities: Leveraging the Honors College Model at Two-Year Institutions | Eric Hoffman, Victoria M. Bryan, and Dan Flores About the Authors About the NCHC Monograph Serie

    Northeastern Illinois University, Academic Catalog 2023-2024

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    Critical success factors of Latino entrepreneurs

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    Latino entrepreneurs in the U.S. face myriad challenges in their pursuits, with unique obstacles owing to their minority and, sometimes, immigrant status. This study investigated the critical success factors of Latino entrepreneurs in the United States. This study utilized a Delphi methodology to identify the critical success factors and thematic analysis of the identified success factors to create the theoretical model. An expert panel of individuals of Latino origin who identified either as active entrepreneurs or individuals with at least 2 years of experience working in a leadership role with an organization that serves or works with Latino entrepreneurs (e.g., Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Small Business Development Center) were recruited using LinkedIn. Three survey rounds were administered based on 75 critical items identified in extant literature and 15 items suggested by panelists on the Round 1 survey. Across the three rounds, 74 of the 90 total items (82.2%) achieved consensus. A thematic analysis of the consensus items indicated four themes critical to Latino entrepreneurial success: competencies, work values and motivations, personal traits, and help-seeking behaviors. A new model for Latino entrepreneurial success entitled the Linares ImmiGrit Model was created based on the study results. When Latino entrepreneurs’ competencies, work values and motivations, and personal traits are applied and fortified through help-seeking and giving with relation to one’s interpersonal support network, culturally relevant institutions, and self-study and formal training, a generative cycle of both entrepreneurship and contribution may become possible. In this way, both individual accomplishments but beneficial community outcomes emerge. The dissertation contributes to the growing body of knowledge on entrepreneurship and provides a foundation for future research and policy development aimed at promoting entrepreneurial success among diverse populations. Based on these findings, Latino entrepreneurs are advised to (a) uncover their unique reasons for business ownership and use these to sustain them through the inevitable challenges, (b) be proactive in assessing their competencies and addressing any gaps through help-seeking, and (c) be deliberate about both seeking and offering help so that, collectively, Latino entrepreneurs advance in renewed strength together

    II Simposio de Patrimonio Cultural ICOMOS España

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    Las actas recogen los trabajos expuestos en la Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, sede principal del Simposio, por especialistas que generosamente compartieron su tiempo y conocimiento con más de 250 profesionales y personas estudiosas del patrimonio cultural que pudieron reunirse e intercambiar experiencias durante los tres días de duración del encuentro. Los 119 trabajos que conforman estas actas fueron cuidadosamente examinados por un Comité Científico formado exclusivamente por miembros de ICOMOS-España, personas expertas del más alto nivel en los diversos ámbitos del patrimonio cultural, que realizaron las tareas de supervisión de las comunicaciones de forma completamente voluntaria y altruista para garantizar su interés, vigencia y calidad. Los miembros de ICOMOS-España que la componen establecieron con gran acierto y sensibilidad unas líneas conceptuales transversales que, siempre respetando la diversidad temática de los trabajos presentados, sirvieran para poner de manifiesto las principales problemáticas que el patrimonio cultural afronta en la actualidad: éxitos y retos de la Convención del Patrimonio Mundial tras el 50 aniversario de andadura y los 40 de su adopción en España, energías renovables y cambio climático, patrimonios que merecen una atención especial como el agrícola o el industrial, etcHernández Navarro, Y. (2023). II Simposio de Patrimonio Cultural ICOMOS España. Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/icomos2022.2022.1685

    A Systematic Review of Intercultural Communication Competence Development in CEFR- Aligned English Proficiency Textbooks

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    The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) is a well-established outline that describes language learners’ abilities to use language and categorises what a learner can do using a six-point scale from basic users (A1) to proficient users (C2). CEFR offers a structure for developing language curriculum and syllabus, textbook, testing, and measuring and evaluating learning outcomes from kindergarten to tertiary levels (Little, 2016). As CEFR gains prominence within the curriculum and the global landscape becomes increasingly diverse, the question arises as to whether the learning resources in CEFR-aligned English textbooks adequately address ICC’s objectives and provide a comprehensive representation of cultural knowledge. Hence, the primary objective of this systematic review is to analyse current studies that investigate the incorporation of cultural material within English textbooks aligned with the CEFR framework, explicitly focusing on university-level students. The anticipated outcomes of this review are poised to provide a more lucid understanding of the prevailing theoretical and pedagogical challenges concerning integrating cultural elements into CEFR-aligned textbooks and ultimately seek to augment the level of ICC of university students

    Making Midlife Visible: A Construction of Female Stars’ Age Biographies in Contemporary Hollywood Cinema

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    My research project seeks to interrogate the cultural representation of ageing women by analysing the star images and changing roles of a selection of midlife stars of contemporary Hollywood cinema and television. This subject connects with recent debates surrounding gender, equality and diversity in the film industry which have highlighted, amongst other things, the invisibility of midlife women in the sector (see Buckley, 2015; New York Times, and Peck, 2016; Huffington Post). Concerns about the representation of middle-aged actresses falls within the wider topic of academic and popular discussion surrounding the life stage of ‘midlife’, which sits uncomfortably between the culturally favoured phase of ‘youth’ and the fear of old age, decline and death in an increasingly “ageless society” (Fairclough, 2012: 92). However, what sets this research project apart from existing academic analysis of ageing female stars is its interdisciplinary focus on female midlife narratives. Drawing on insights from film studies, feminist cultural studies and age studies, in particular Margaret Gullette’s (1997) concept of ‘critical age autobiographies’, my research investigates how cultural norms are mediated in popular culture. It does so by constructing critical age biographies of selected female midlife stars of contemporary Hollywood cinema, specifically focusing on Julianne Moore, Annette Bening, Viola Davis and Frances McDormand. Through a detailed analysis of their films and shifting star image within these age biographies, my project determines how ageing and female star identity are constructed in the various discourses constituting a star’s image and explores ways in which the abovementioned stars shape, resist or negotiate the cultural norms surrounding ageing through their labour in the film industry
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