How Much Do You Spend?: Textbook Affordability at Gettysburg College

This poster, created for Musselman Library\u27s Charting your Course 2019 first-year orientation activity, explains some of the strategies that Gettysburg College students can use to mitigate the impacts of rising textbook costs

Authors’ Choices, Authors’ Rights: Making Informed Decisions When Publishing Open

Wondering if publishing in an open access journal is the right move for your research? Join Musselman Library’s Scholarly Communications Department as we talk copyright ownership, authors’ rights, and how to choose the right license for your work. October 23, 12-1 PM in Dining Center 19. Space is limited; RSVP required. Email [email protected] to RSVP. Published under a CC-BY-SA 4.0 License

2019 Gettysburg College Student Textbook and Course Materials Survey Executive Summary

We’ve all heard stories of students struggling with textbook costs, but how do our students cope when the price gets too high? Modeled after the Student Textbook and Course Materials Survey conducted by Florida Virtual Campus, Musselman Library’s course materials survey sought to uncover how textbook costs impact the success of Gettysburg College students. Results give insight into participants’ perceptions of how much money they spend, the strategies they use to reduce costs, and the effects of the cost of course materials on their academic success. The Executive Summary details our research questions, key findings, and main takeaways

Minnesota, Real and Imagined: Essays on the State and Its Culture

Review of: Minnesota, Real & Imagined: Essays on the State and Its Culture. Graubard, Stephen R., ed

Minnesota, Real and Imagined: Essays on the State and Its Culture

Review of: Minnesota, Real & Imagined: Essays on the State and Its Culture. Graubard, Stephen R., ed

Myths of the Rune Stone: Viking Martyrs and the Birthplace of America

Review of: Myths of the Rune Stone: Viking Martyrs and the Birthplace of America, by David M. Kruege

Minnesota 150: The People, Places, and Things that Shape Our State

Review of: "Minnesota 150: The People, Places, and Things that Shape Our State," by Kate Roberts

Predictors of Termination of Parental Rights Following Allegations of Child Maltreatment

Extant research has identified important risk factors for single and recurrent child maltreatment. Parental substance use, severe mental illness, and intimate partner violence (IPV) are among the risk factors significantly associated with child maltreatment. However, there is a paucity of research that examines whether empirically supported risk factors are significantly associated with psychologists’ assessments of parental fitness and courts’ decisions regarding reunification following allegations of child maltreatment. Thus, in an effort to elucidate the process through which reunification or termination of parental rights is achieved in cases of child maltreatment, the current study (1) examined the relative importance of different varieties of psychopathology in predicting outcomes; and history of IPV on evaluations of parental risk and fitness made by an assessing forensic psychologist, and the factors associated with courts’ decisions regarding the termination of parental rights. The sample consisted of a large sample of parents (n = 320) seeking reunification following allegations of child maltreatment. Results demonstrated that the prevalence of substance use disorders, IPV perpetration, and severe mental illness was significantly higher than in the general population. Results further indicated that drug diagnoses and severe mental illness were associated with psychologist-assessed higher parental unfitness. Finally, results indicated that parental substance use, severe mental illness, IPV, and the psychologist’s assessment of parental fitness were not significantly associated with the court’s termination of parental rights rulings. The clinical and research implications of the study’s findings are discussed

Spend, Stress, and Struggle: Gettysburg College Student Textbook and Course Materials Survey 2022

In Fall 2022, Musselman Library conducted its second course materials survey—this time, in collaboration with 10 other liberal arts colleges from around the country. The results from this new survey illuminate how students are affected by textbook and course material costs, how they cope with these costs, and how effects and behaviors have changed since our 2019 survey. We also examine how our students fit into a larger landscape of textbook affordability at similar institutions