Open access and promotion and tenure evaluation plans at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire

Department and program evaluation plans at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire were examined to see if these documents provide evidence that could be used to justify supporting the publication of peer-reviewed open access articles toward tenure and promotion. In an earlier study, the authors reveal that faculty members at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire are more unaware of open access publishing than their counterparts at larger universities. These findings dovetail with other studies that show that faculty members are reluctant to publish in open access journals because of concerns about the quality of those journals. The existing body of scholarship suggests that tenure-line faculty fear publishing in open access journals because it could adversely impact their chances of promotion and tenure. The authors of this current study sought to determine if department and program evaluation plans could influence negative perceptions faculty have of open access journals. The implications of this study for librarians, scholarly communication professionals, tenure-line faculty, departments, and programs are addressed

A model ethics program for a Department of Defense contracting office

Ethical conduct standards have been a great concern of the Department of Defense (DoD) for decades. This is especially true in how its employees, particularly contracting officials, use them in making an ethical business decision. Most recently, August 30, 1993, DoD reissued the DODD 5500.7, Standards of Conduct and implemented the new DoD 5500.7-R, Joint Ethics Regulation (JER) to 'standardize' all ethical conduct standards. These ethical conduct standards, contained in the JER, represent one standard meant to be followed by all DoD components. This Thesis develops a model ethics program meant for use by all DoD component contracting offices and other entities such as a contracting division of a systems command. It contains standardized program elements used to implement the conduct standards espoused in the JERhttp://archive.org/details/modelethicsprogr00wicaCaptain, United States ArmyApproved for public release; distribution is unlimited

Stand Still, Look Pretty: Representation and Tradition in Mainstream American Women’s Country Music 1972-2005

This thesis argues that a women’s tradition in mainstream American country music, though it seemingly cannot help but initially mimic the patriarchal model must, at some point, depart from that schema. This departure is necessary as a women’s tradition emerges and attempts to escape the inheritance of a definition the female as subjective object. In the largest possible sense, my question is: How do women utilise narratives that define women? American society has a history of inhibiting the power of women. This suggests that women redefining themselves with any degree of self-awareness need to do so with care. This in turn suggests the need to disguise any attempts at redefinition. This thesis considers how disguise is employed to achieve this within a specific cultural model in a specific timeframe – the popular music genre of mainstream American country music 1972-2005. Although many scholarly approaches to this genre have been concerned with country music history and its perceived homogeneity, this work considers change and the influence of contemporary