GSU Wins Top Spot for Social Mobility

Governors State University (GSU) is celebrating a top 2022 ranking in U. S. News and World Report magazine for social mobility, the capacity for individuals to move into higher socio-economic classes

The Efficiency of Private Universities As Measured By Graduation Rates

It is well known that human capital is enhanced by graduation from a college or university. How efficient are such institutions in conveying this mark of human capital? Efficiency and productivity in private higher education is measured by using undergraduate graduation rates as the output, and demographic variables, the quality of the students, and the annual expenditures (adjusted for academic mission) as inputs. Tests of several models using OLS and stochastic frontier analysis confirm that private schools can increase their graduation rates by increasing focused expenditures and through more selective admissions. Estimated elasticities are reported and point toward increasing expenditures as the most responsive method. Estimate graduation efficiencies of 93.0, 91.5, and near 100% are also reported for four, five and six year graduation rates respectively. A rank correlation with the U S News and World Report 2008 rankings is consistent with our measure of relative efficiencies

Coverage of Bill Clinton and Newt Gingrich in Time, Newsweek, and U. S. News & World Report During the First 100 Days of the 104th Congress: a Bias Study

This thesis uses content analysis to examine the possible bias in coverage of President Bill Clinton and House Speaker Newt Gingrich in Time, Newsweek, and U. S. News & World report, from January 1, 1995, to April 14, 1995. The study uses John C. Merrill's method: bias were divided into six types--adjective bias, adverbial bias, attribution bias, outright opinion, contextual bias,and photographic bias The bias were also decided as positive and negative. The result shows that the three magazines' coverage of the two politicians was not totally balanced: Newsweek showed more negative bias toward Speaker Gingrich, while Time and U. S. News & World Report showed more negative bias toward President Clinton in their coverage during the period

The Voice, October 1988: Volume 34, Issue 1

Zwart Hopes to Spread Love for Physics; Dordt Makes U. S. News List of 125 Top Schools; From the President; Setting Parameters for Christian Political Participation; Dordt Prof is Delegate to National Convention; Six Join Faculty; What Today\u27s Students Don\u27t Bring to College!; Letter to a Father; Elgersma and Schouten Join Admissions Staff; Reunion \u2788: Fellowship, Fun, and Food; Alumni Choirs Bring Together California Alumni; Relating Faith and Learning to the Student\u27s World; Alumni News; Profs are Part of Dordt\u27s History; SUB is at the Hub of College Life; Students Give Summer to Mission Work; Ringerwole Leads Third European Organ Study Tour; Dordt Receives Grant for Science Addition; Leopold Center Funds Nitrate Study; Board News; Van Dyk Expands Work to Indonesia and Australia; Around Campus; Faculty News; Van Gaalen Chosen for Research Assistantship at Iowa State; Studies Institute Appointments; Volleyball Team Gains Four High School Honors Players; Golf Team Claims Best Record Yet; Soccer Team Plays Well Togetherhttps://digitalcollections.dordt.edu/dordt_voice/1257/thumbnail.jp

The Voice, Fall 2005: Volume 51, Issue 1

Nursing Program Keeps Growing; Dordt College is Again in the Top 10 in U. S. News Listings; How Great Thou Art!; International Students Get Time to Adapt; Netz Leaves Legacy of Service; Dordt College Freshman Class Size is Up Again; Dordt Will Offer Its Own B.S.N.; NCC, Dordt College Team Up for New Engineering Option; Concert Choir Receives NC-ACDA Invitation; Dordt College 2004-2005 Scholar Athletes; Mutava\u27s Work Will Benefit His Fellow Kenyans; Future Teachers Set Up Classrooms in Mississippi; Dordt Blades Head Into New Year; Customized Classrooms Make It Easier on Professors; Dordt is One of Seven to Receive Grant; A Summer with the FBI; Princeton Review Names Dordt Among Best in the Midwest ; Sherri Lantinga is Appointed Interim Dean of the Social Sciences Division; Dena Nicolai Finds Her Love in Politics; Q & A with President Zylstra; Kok Presented Herman Dooyeweerd Award; New Faculty; Faculty News; New PhD.s; Baas Takes on Advancement Duties; The Rankings That Matter; Alumni Notes; Alumni Book Review; Alumnus Publishes a New Book; Right Place, Right Timehttps://digitalcollections.dordt.edu/dordt_voice/1255/thumbnail.jp

Systems Thinking Evidence From Colleges Of Business And Their Universities

This study investigated instances of the term systems thinking among the websites of the Top 25 business schools as ranked by U. S. News and World Report in 2010. Since a greater number of instances of the term and its variants in a universitys web documents may indicate an increased interest of the institution in the concept of systems thinking, the universities in this study were rated according to their decreasing instances, counts, or website hits. Results indicated that while many schools had little to no mention of the term in any form, some schools used it prolifically on their websites, even when searching and hit counting was adjusted to remove duplicates and isolate inaccurate results. Nevertheless, appearance and discussion of the term was limited in official university information displayed by most schools. The authors assert that an increasing importance should be placed on teaching systems thinking at the graduate level and on providing evidence of this work to prospective business students and their prospective employers through university and business school websites

A Content Analysis of Interviewee Reports of Medical School Admissions Interviews

Introduction. Prospective medical school applicants use Internet websites to gain information about medical school interviews as well as to offer their experience in such interviews. This study examined applicants’ reported experiences of interviews and compared them to the purposes of the interview as purported by medical schools. Method. Content analysis of student feedback regarding medical school interviews at 161 medical schools was conducted for entries of over 4600 students applying to medical school who anonymously and voluntarily completed an online questionnaire. Results. Across all medical schools, nearly one half of all cited interview questions addressed non-cognitive characteristics of the applicants. Top ranked medical schools were reported to ask significantly more interpersonal and illegal questions and fewer academic/general knowledge questions than other medical schools. Lower ranked schools did not differ significantly in the types of questions reportedly asked applicants compared to other medical schools. Discussion. Medical school interviews are generally gathering types of information about applicants that admissions personnel identify as important in the admission decision. In addition to measuring interpersonal characteristics, medical school admissions interviews are assessing cognitive abilities and ethical decision-making. Sources on the Internet provide actual medical school interview questions to prospective students. This practice can help them gain an undue advantage in interviewing. Admissions committees and faculty who interview students may want to consider how best to obtain accurate and valid responses from applicants

Innovation In Business Education: Developing A High Quality Online MBA

Online degree programs were probably pioneered by for-profit universities such as University of Phoenix. Many online degree programs were initially considered low quality academic programs compared to traditional programs. Therefore, many public and private universities were slow to adopt the online programs.  However, gradually more and more "non-traditional" students began to enter schools. Employees already holding jobs began to seek to better their qualifications by coming back to school while still working.  For both these groups, online degree programs offered an opportunity to go to school while still employed. Consequently, many schools offering traditional MBA programs are forced to offer online MBA programs to meet the demand and to beat the competing schools. In keeping up with the trend, Arkansas State University launched a high quality online MBA program that parallels the best of the ongoing online MBA programs.  This MBA program has been ranked number 1 in faculty credentials and training and in the top 15 in all categories among all online MBA programs by U. S. News and World Report for three consecutive years. This paper presents how the Graduate Faculty of Arkansas State's College of Business developed its high quality online MBA and how the program operates with revenue sharing for the College of Business

The Voice, Fall 2003: Volume 49, Issue 1

Lilly Grant Helps Launch Gen 100: Kingdom, Identity, and Calling; Dordt Is Awarded a $2 Million Lilly Grant; Looking Behind the College Rankings; New Year Brings New Records; Social Work Grads Make Their Mark; Lilly Grant Expands Youth Ministry Program; Graduate Program Draws Students from Across the Country; Perkins Returns to Campus; First Students Earn Nursing Degrees; Farm Safety Camp Held at Ag Stewardship Center; Dordt Lacrosse Team Earns District Sportsmanship Award; Dordt College Ranks High in U. S. News Listings; Ongelooflijk - An Incredible Experience; Princeton Review Gives Dordt College a Nod; The Campus Health Center Is Open for Clients; Nursing Students See Big Changes This Fall; Center for Educational Services Reaches Beyond Campus Borders to Train Christian Teachers; Shamar Promotes Alternative Vision for Agriculture; Faculty Study Stretching Polymers, Teaching Poetry, Understanding Proofs and More; Last Year\u27s Projects Are Still Ongoing; The Campus Community Remembers James Klaver; Plumbline: National Security Forum Gives Inside Look at National Policy; Faculty News; Russian American Christian University Helps Train Christian Leaders for New Russia; Faculty Grows Again; New Members Join the Board of Trustees; 2003-04 Dordt College Fund Goal Set at$1,000,000; New Scholarship Goes to Teachers of Disadvantaged Children; Alumni News; Alumni Notes; Katie Haan: Thirty-Two Years of Students and Thirty-Two Student Teachers Laterhttps://digitalcollections.dordt.edu/dordt_voice/1066/thumbnail.jp