Founder\u27s Vision Statement

These minutes contain the Founder\u27s Vision statement from the Report of the Board of the Christian Reformed College and Seminary, dated September 14, 1937.https://digitalcollections.dordt.edu/foundational_documents/1005/thumbnail.jp

[Statement from the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, March 13, 1969]

A statement from the Chairman of the Board of Trustees clarifying what the Board is responsible for and protocols for approving changes made to the faculty by-laws and admissions procedures. It also states that the tuition increase will not be rescinded.https://digitalcommons.slc.edu/protest/1056/thumbnail.jp

The LD Adolescent and the Sat

School personnel can help LD students prepare for the SAT in a variety of ways.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/66543/2/10.1177_105345128502000402.pd

A Proposal for the Establishment of Community College Number Nine

This proposal documents the need for a new community college and outlines its composition and structure. The proposal has been prepared in accordance with the Board of Higher Education resolution of January 22, 1968, which approved in principle the establishment of community college number nine.” Includes: Table I: Community College Enrollment Projections Table II: Scheduled Fall Capacity of Community College Nine Table III: Distribution of Projected Rental Costs Table IV: Distribution of Projected Operating Costs 27 pages

Proposal for the Establishment of Community College Number Nine. 1968 - all sections

Proposal for the Establishment of Community College Number Nine. 1968 - all sections Office of the Dean of Community College Affairs of the Board of Higher Education Includes: Sections A-M 1. Letter of Application dated February 4, 1972 [Section A] 2. Correspondence as to tax exempt status of LaGuardia Community College with attachment containing resolutions by the Board of Higher Education, dated January 22, 1968 to approve the establishment of Community College #9 and authorize the search for a site for it. [Section B] 3. Resolution by Board of Higher Education, dated March 23, 1970 to sponsor Community College #9. [Section C] 4. Resolution by Board of Higher Education dated March 23, 1970 to approve selection of the Long Island City area of Queens as the Location of the temporary and permanent sites of Community College #9. [Section D] 5. Resolutions of Board of Trustees of the State University of New York dated March 25, 1970. Re: Establishment of Community College #9 and the appointment of Joseph Shenker as the President of Community College #9. [Section E] 6. Governor Rockefeller\u27s approval of the amendment to the 1968 City University and State University Master Plans dated July 17, 1970. [Section F] 7. Resolution by Board of Higher Education established Fiorello H. LaGuardia Community College as the name for Community College #9, dated October 26, 1970. [Section G] 8. A proposal for the establishment of Community College #9, prepared by the Office of the Dean of Community College affairs of the Board of Higher Education. [Section H] 9. Site selection study for Community College #9 prepared by the Office of the Dean of Community College Affairs of the Board of Higher Education. [Section I] 10. Master Plan of LaGuardia Community College, dated January 3, 1972 [Section J] 11. Communications Committee Report dated August 16, 1971 [Section K] 12. Fact sheet for Communications Program [Section L] 13. Early warning form of City University New York Community College Curriculum Development. [Section M

Estimating the prevalence of chronic conditions in children who die in England, Scotland and Wales: a data linkage cohort study.

To estimate the proportion of children who die with chronic conditions and examine time trends in childhood deaths involving chronic conditions

Social work training or social work education? An approach to curriculum design

Population ageing, economic circumstances, and human behaviour are placing social welfare systems under great strain. In England extensive reform of the social work profession is taking place. Training curricula are being redesigned in the context of new standards of competence for social workers – the Professional Capabilities Framework (PCF). Students must be equipped on qualifying to address an extensive range of human problems, presenting major challenges to educators. Critical theory suggests an approach to tackle one such challenge – selecting the essential content required for areas of particular practice. Teaching on social work with older people is used to illustrate this. Habermas’ theory of cognitive interests highlights the different professional roles served by the social work knowledge base - instrumental, interpretive, and emancipatory. Howe’s application of sociological theory distinguished four social work roles corresponding to these. It is suggested that curriculum design decisions must enable practitioners to operate in each. When preparing students to work with older people, educators therefore need to include interpretive and emancipatory perspectives, and not construct social work purely as an instrumental response to problems older people present. This approach provides one useful rationale for curriculum design decisions, which is applicable to other areas of practice, and to contexts outside England

CT head reporting by radiographers: results of an accredited postgraduate programme

Aim: To evaluate the results of the summative objective structured examination (OSE) for the first four cohorts of radiographers (n ¼ 24) undertaking an accredited postgraduate course in reporting computer tomography (CT) head examinations. Method: The construction of a summative OSE contained twenty five CT head examinations that incorporated 1:1 normal to abnormal pathological examples. All cases were blind reported by three consultant radiologists to produce a valid reference standard report for comparison with the radiographer's interpretation. The radiographers (n ¼ 24) final reports (n ¼ 600) were analysed to determine the sensitivity, specificity and agreement values and concordance for the four cohorts. Results: The four cohorts (2007e2013) of postgraduate radiography students' collective OSE results established a mean sensitivity rate of 99%, specificity 95% and agreement concordance rates of 90%. The final grades indicate that within an academic environment, trained radiographers possess high levels of diagnostic performance accuracy in the interpretation of CT head examinations

AFROC analysis of reporting radiographer’s performance in CT head interpretation

Aim: A preliminary small scale study to assess the diagnostic performance of a limited group of reporting radiographers and consultant radiologists in clinical practice undertaking computer tomography (CT) head interpretation . Method: A multiple reader multiple case (MRMC) alternative free response receiver operating characteristic (AFROC) methodology was applied. Utilising an image bank of 30 CT head examinations, with a 1:1 ratio of normal to abnormal cases. A reference standard was established by double reporting the original reports using two additional independent consultant radiologists with arbitration of discordance by the researcher. Twelve observers from six southern National Health Service (NHS) trusts were invited to participate. The results were compared for accuracy, agreement, sensitivity, specificity. Data analysis used AFROC and area under the curve (AUC) with standard error. Results: The reporting radiographers results demonstrated a mean sensitivity rate of 88.7% (95% CI 82.3 to 95.1%), specificity 95.6% (96% CI 90.1 to 100%) and accuracy of 92.2% (95% CI 89.3 to 95%). The consultant radiologists mean sensitivity rate was 83.35% (95% CI 80 to 86.7%), specificity 90% (95% CI 86.7 to 93.3%) and accuracy of 86.65% (95% CI 83.3 to 90%). Observer performance between the two groups was compared with AFROC, AUC, and standard error analysis (p=0.94, SE 0.202). Conclusion: The findings of this research indicate that within a limited study, a small group of reporting radiographers demonstrated high levels of diagnostic accuracy in the interpretation of CT head examinations that was equivalent to a small selection of consultant radiologists