Relation of business-sponsored science brochures to current interest of secondary-school pupils

Thesis (M.A.)--Boston University, 195

American Anger, 2018

The anger that inspired this essay a little over a year ago has sadly increased. It has been hard to watch this escalation and even harder to lead students through civil conversations about a world so full of tumult and pain. But, it’s the job, and it may be more important than ever

An Analysis and Digest of the Legal Accounting Requirements of the Officers of the State and County Governments of the State of Tennessee

(From Introduction) Governments, in devising their accounting systems, have commonly place emphasis upon the function of enforcing fidelity with accounting being looked upon as a mechanical process of checking. The result is, the accounts of most governments are ill-adapted to meet the need of providing data for administration and policy administration

Sir Walter Ralegh\u27s Legacy: His History of the World in the Seventeenth Century.

This thesis looks at the life and works of Sir Walter Ralegh. Specifically, this study will look at Ralegh\u27s History of the World and its influence on two men, Oliver Cromwell and James Graham, Marquis of Montrose. This study will look at the impact this work may have had on the lives of these two men through their letters and public lives. Necessarily this study will look mainly at the primary sources of these men including the letters and speeches of Cromwell as compiled by Thomas Carlyle and the Memoirs of Montrose, compiled and edited by Mark Napier. Obviously Ralegh\u27s History of the World will also be a significant part of my research. This study concludes that Sir Walter Ralegh\u27s Historyhad an emphatic impact on the lives of both Cromwell and Montrose, who took strikingly different paths in life

Leadership Development of Faculty in Academia - The Impacts of the Catholic Intellectual Tradition

A fairly recent article in The Chronicle of Higher Education (April 12, 2013), by Barden and Curry asked the question, “Faculty members Can Lead, but Will They?” Barden and Curry suggest that, “every professor has the intellectual capacity to understand and embrace the elements of modem leadership necessary to guide institutions in today’s higher-education marketplace.” But... is there a dearth of leadership and leadership development opportunities among faculty in the academy? The current research used a survey approach to look at the landscape of leadership development in academia among Catholic, Lutheran, and Secular institutions. The general hypothesis was that Catholic Institutions, incorporating the Catholic Intellectual Tradition and the philosophy of the institutions founding order would show more investment in leadership development than other types of institutions of higher education. Results however indicate that there is a dearth of leadership development across all types of institutions of higher education. Most notably, there is very little in the way of formal leadership development for faculty across all institutions, virtually no institution provides professional development plans for its faculty, funding for leadership development tends to be ad hoc (on a case by case basis) or minimal (less than $1,000 per faculty annually) at best, and the primary challenges facing all institutions is a lack of interest of faculty taking on leadership roles and difficulty identifying leadership potential. The primary resources used to support leadership development among faculty are national organizations or conferences (such as CIC and ACE). However, secular and Lutheran institutions leverage these more than do Catholic institutions. Perhaps of most concern although virtually no institution incorporates leadership development in their prevailing institutional philosophy. Catholic institutions are much less likely to integrate leadership development in their missions than are secular and Lutheran institutions. The research suggests that the development of a leadership institute, founded on and based in the Catholic Intellectual Tradition, and housed at a Catholic College or University, may be a way to address the state of leadership development among faculty. This may especially be the case if the leadership institute could focus on cost effective and affordable programs, work toward integrating leadership development into institutional mission and philosophy, and work toward generating interest in leadership among faculty

Narrative vs. PowerPoint: For Leaders, It May Not Be a Matter of Fact

This paper aims to argue that narratives, skillfully deployed by senior leaders in an organization, can be a very effective tool for creating, disseminating and executing corporate strategy. The paper presents a model for narrative use by leaders and a practical guide to implementing the model. Preliminary and anecdotal data are presented to substantiation a case for leaders\u27 use of narrative as an alternative means for conveying corporate strategy. Implications for the practical use of narratives by leaders are explored by this paper

Leadership Development in Academics: What Can Be Learned from Industry?

The article discusses management lessons that can be learned by educational leaders and administrators from the business sector. The necessity of developing the management and leadership potential of departmental chairs and deans is mentioned. Combining classroom instruction, mentoring, and leadership coaching to help staff in the transition from faculty to administration is recommended. The leadership development program of General Electric is cited as a model to emulate

The Social Memory of Upper Hampton Farm: An Organizational and Ceramic Study of 40RH41

The Upper Hampton Farm site (40RH41) is located in the Watts Bar Reservoir in East Tennessee. The site was excavated under the Works Progress Administration between 1940 and 1941 and the collections are currently curated in the Frank H. McClung Museum in Knoxville, Tennessee. Based on the excavation notes and artifact analysis, a complex culture history emerged at Upper Hampton Farm, which culminated in a land modification project to conceal a Late Woodland Hamilton burial mound by a Late Mississippian Period population. The goal of this thesis is to examine and explain the complex archaeological record of Upper Hampton Farm and add to our understanding of Native American life ways in East Tennessee. In order to examine the cultural history of Upper Hampton Farm three main goals are outlined in this thesis. First, since the Upper Hampton Farm site has never formally been reported on, this thesis provides the first comprehensive report on the site. Secondly, to explain the land modification of the mound a social memory model has been employed to show a break in the social memory between the Woodland and Mississippian Periods. Lastly, an analysis was conducted on the ceramics uncovered from the village components. The results of this analysis are used to establish the cultural phases present in the archaeological record and provide supporting evidence for the social memory model. Based on the analysis of the extant collections, from Upper Hampton Farm the archaeological record shows a continuous habitation of the land from the Archaic Period up to the Contact Period. In addition, XRF testing of European trade beads and artifact analyses show a possible occupation of the site into the seventeenth century. It is during the Late Mississippian Period occupation that the archaeological record is most complex. The village shows evidence of both Dallas and Mouse Creek Phase characteristics within in the same level. This mingling of traditions may suggest an amalgamated society made up of different groups of people coming together on the landscape and possibly coexisting into the Contact Period