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    Moving Targets: Instruction with iPads

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    This contributed paper details a project involving the creation of a mobile instruction ‘classroom in a box’, which consisted of twelve iPads, a laptop and a charging cart. What went well, what was changed, some recommendations, and how the tablets have been most commonly used, in a competitive exposure to library resources called Library Rally in the first year Communication and English classes, are covered

    A PERFUNCTORY AND HIGHLY SUBJECTIVE GUIDE TO THE CLASSICAL ARCHAEOLOGY JOB MARKET

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    As the 2017-18 academic job cycle came to an end I found myself, for the first time in five years, in the enviable position of not having to resume my search for employment again in the fall, thanks to a two-year position at a very eminent institution. This good fortune has prompted me to compile my reflections on the classical archaeology job market in North America, and this white paper is the result. I do not claim to provide any definitive answers in it, nor even to raise any intelligent questions. My only goal in offering it to the academic community is to use my experiences to shed whatever light I can on what is an opaque and frequently terrifying stage in any scholar’s career, especially given that most classical archaeology graduate programs fail to provide any meaningful preparation to their students in this respect

    Integrating Sensing, Communication, and Power Transfer: From Theory to Practice

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    To support the development of internet-of-things applications, an enormous population of low-power devices are expected to be incorporated in wireless networks performing sensing and communication tasks. As a key technology for improving the data collection efficiency, integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) enables simultaneous data transmission and radar sensing by reusing the same radio signals. In addition to information carriers, wireless signals can also serve as energy delivers, which enables simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT). To improve the energy and spectrum efficiency, the advantages of ISAC and SWIPT are expected to be exploited, leading to the emerging technology of integrating sensing, communication, and power transfer (ISCPT). In this article, a timely overview of ISCPT is provided with the description of the fundamentals, the characterization of the theoretical boundary, the discussion on the key technologies, and the demonstration of the implementation platform.Comment: This paper has been submitted to IEEE for possible publicatio

    Incivility in the Workplace: The Experiences of Female Sport Management Faculty in Higher Education

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    Access to higher education for women has dramatically increased in the United States during the past 50 years. Female college graduates have reversed the figures and gone from being outnumbered by their male counterparts 3 to 2 in the 1970s, to now outnumbering male college graduates 3 to 2. Women also graduate from masters and doctoral programs at a higher rate than men. However, increases in the number of women obtaining college and advanced degrees has not translated to comparable representation in faculty positions or leadership roles in higher education. This lack of women in leadership positions, as well as perceived discrimination against female faculty, may be even more of a concern in sport management programs. Sport is considered a male domain, and women are often seen as intruders in this realm. The purpose of this study was to examine the manifestation of incivility from colleagues and superiors experienced within a sample of female sport management faculty members utilizing social identity theory as a guiding framework. Incivility was conceptualized for the current study as deviant behavior that is not necessarily intended to physically harm the target (e.g., belittling others, showing disdain to someone while they are talking, engaging in outside tasks during meetings)

    The Transfer Playbook: Essential Practices For Two- And Four-year Colleges

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    Recognizing the critical need to help millions of community college students failed by current transfer practices and policies.  A new report provides a detailed guide for two- and four-year colleges on how to improve bachelor's degree outcomes for students who start at community college.Every year, millions of students aiming to attain a bachelor's degree attend community colleges because of their affordability and accessibility. Most will not realize their goals. While the vast majority of students report they want to earn a bachelor's degree, only 14 percent of degree-seeking students achieve that goal within six years, according to recent research from CCRC, Aspen, and the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. The odds are worse for low-income students, first-generation college students, and students of color—those most likely to start at a community college

    Complete Issue, Volume 38, Issue 1

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    This is the complete issue for Volume 38, Issue 1 of the Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

    2014-15 FACULTY SENATE XIX - October 20, 2014 Minutes Summary

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    A Decade of Building the Community-Engaged School of Health and Human Sciences at The University of North Carolina Greensboro

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    This case example illustrates key opportunities, processes, and outcomes of nearly a decade of intentional efforts to build and support community-engaged faculty culture and institutionalization in the School of Health and Human Sciences at the University of North Carolina Greensboro. Situated within a university-wide, faculty-led movement to institutionalize support for community engagement through policy and practice, we describe the motivation of faculty and administrative leadership to integrate support for community engagement across teaching, research and service roles in the Health and Human Sciences unit at UNCG. We present critical moments of opportunity that were leveraged by faculty and administrative leadership to integrate community engagement into visioning and planning documents, faculty rewards and awards, curricular programming, and trans-disciplinary scholarly work through community-engaged partnerships. Using information collected through faculty focus groups and document analysis, and as part of a multi-institutional research program sponsored by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities and the New England Resource Center for Higher Education, we describe key outcomes of efforts to institutionalize community engagement at the school level and areas in which community engagement is integrated into the School’s strategic plan. Of special importance are areas related to tenure and non-tenure track faculty recruitment, faculty promotion and tenure policies, faculty grants and awards programs, and school-level strategic planning. Finally, we describe various choices made about where to locate various activities, efforts, and resources, whether at the department, school, or university-wide level
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