Becoming the Gothic Archive: From Digital Collection to Digital Humanities

The Gothic Archive is the flagship digital humanities project for the Marquette University library. The project was birthed from a simple digital collection, and through the partnership of faculty and librarians, was transformed into something more. The core tenets of digital collection creation were adhered to in order to create a solid foundation upon which to build the Archive. The expertise of both groups and communication were key in the evolution of the collection, and in discovering and highlighting the relationships between the objects. This case study reviews the steps Marquette took in creating the collection and taking it to the level of digital humanities project

Pathways for School Finance in California

Simulates school finance reforms to equalize core program funding rates, shifting categorical programs to unrestricted support, raising funding for high-poverty districts, and adjusting regional rates. Focuses on special education and Economic Impact Aid

School Budgets and Student Achievement in California: The Principal's Perspective

Presents the results of workshops conducted with 45 elementary, middle, and high school principals from California public schools. Documents the variety of resource allocation strategies used by principals to maximize student academic performance

Funding Formulas for California Schools III: An Analysis of Governor Brown's Weighted Pupil Funding Formula

Outlines the policy priorities of the weighted pupil funding formula proposed in the state's 2012-13 budget. Analyzes the revenue districts with high percentages of disadvantaged students would receive compared to other districts and 2010-11 allocations

Collaborative practice in enhancing the first year student experience in higher education

Transition into higher education presents challenges for students, whatever their age or previous educational history. An emerging issue on an undergraduate programme in England was how to support students who self reported educational histories of continual formative feedback, model answers, revision guides and limited use of the library. This article reports findings from an action research project which considered whether there was a mismatch between students’ previous educational histories and the academic expectations of the university. Findings indicated that academic expectations did not fully take account of previous student experiences. Student responses also indicated little previous guidance around effective internet searching and libraries were rarely used prior to starting university. Transitional scaffolding was positively evaluated, students reporting greater confidence levels in accessing appropriate resources, high levels of student completion, retention and satisfactio

Funding Formulas for California Schools II: An Analysis of a Proposal by the Governor's Committee on Education Excellence

Provides an overview of the policy priorities of the proposed funding reform, and analyzes the revenue school districts would receive under simulations of the proposal's various versions, compared with the revenue they actually received in 2004-2005

Examining the Relationships Among Categorization, Stereotype Activation, and Stereotype Application.

Increased category salience is associated with increased stereotyping. Prior research has not examined the processes that may account for this relationship. That is, it is unclear whether category salience leads to increased stereotyping by increasing stereotype activation (i.e., increased accessibility of stereotypic information), application (i.e., increasing the tendency to apply activated stereotypes), or both processes simultaneously. We examined this question across three studies by manipulating category salience in an implicit stereotyping measure and by applying a process model that provides independent estimates of stereotype activation and application. Our results replicated past findings that category salience increases stereotyping. Modeling results showed that category salience consistently increased the extent of stereotype application but increased stereotype activation in more limited contexts. Implications for models of social categorization and stereotyping are discussed

Implementation Intentions Reduce Implicit Stereotype Activation and Application.

Research has found that implementation intentions, if-then action plans (e.g., "if I see a Black face, I will think safe"), reduce stereotyping on implicit measures. However, it is unknown by what process(es) implementation intentions reduce implicit stereotyping. The present research examines the effects of implementation intentions on stereotype activation (e.g., extent to which stereotypic information is accessible) and stereotype application (e.g., extent to which accessible stereotypes are applied in judgment). In addition, we assessed the efficiency of implementation intentions by manipulating cognitive resources (e.g., digit-span, restricted response window) while participants made judgments on an implicit stereotyping measure. Across four studies, implementation intentions reduced implicit stereotyping. This decrease in stereotyping was associated with reductions in both stereotype activation and application. In addition, these effects of implementation intentions were highly efficient and associated with reduced stereotyping even for groups for which people may have little practice inhibiting stereotypes (e.g., gender)

Effects of aerobic and resistance exercise on health-related quality of life in inactive adults with elevated blood pressure

Health-Related Quality Life (HRQoL) is a multidimensional way of examining health which can determine the impact of diseases, injuries, and disabilities on health. The existing literature has mixed findings on which type or combination of exercise most improves HRQoL and is focused on clinical populations with specific conditions. There is a lack of literature on the general population under 65 years old and with lack of time being the most common reason for adults not exercising, an intervention that has similar time requirements for each type of exercise needs to be performed. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of aerobic exercise training (AET), resistance exercise training (RET), and a combination of aerobic and resistance exercise training (CET), on HRQoL measured by the Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36), specifically in 1) HRQoL in addition to 2) Physical and 3) Mental Component Summary Scores from baseline to the end of the eight-week intervention. Methods: Inactive men and women (ages 58 ïÿý 7 years) who were overweight or obese, with elevated blood pressure were randomized to one of three 8-week exercise programs (AET, RET, CET), or a waitlist-control group. All exercise participants had the same exercise duration (time-matched) of three days per week for 60 minutes per session for a total of 180 minutes per week. Results: Of the 69 randomized participants, 66 completed the eight-week intervention, however, all 69 were used in an intention-to-treat analysis. Compared to the CON group, the only significant improvements (mean [95% CI) from baseline to follow-up were in the AET group in the subscales of vitality (10.3 [0.7, 19.9]) and social functioning (10.3 [0.7, 19.9]). Based on the baseline and follow-up HRQoL scores, the intervention significantly improved within the AET group in the mental component summary score (4.0 [0.8, 7.3]) and the RET had no significant improvements. HRQoL. The CET group significantly improved within the overall score (6.4 [1.4, 11.4]), the physical component summary score (3.4 [0.1, 6.8]), and the mental component summary score (3.6 [0.4, 6.7]). Conclusion: This preliminary data suggests that performing a combination of aerobic and resistance exercise for one hour, three times per week significantly improves HRQoL, however, large studies with a longer intervention are warranted