Breaking Down Walls: Increasing Access to Four-Year Colleges for High-Achieving Community College Students

Results from this study show that upon transferring to a four-year school, community college students do more than just "get by" -- they equal or surpass their peers at their new schools. Recent analyses from the National Student Clearinghouse indicate that nationally 60 percent of community college students who manage to transfer earn their bachelor's degree within four years. The highest performing college students do even better: 97 percent of Cooke Scholars earn their bachelor's degree in three years. Since 59 percent of bachelor's degree students graduate within six years, transfer students are completing their four-year degrees actually at a higher rate than students who came straight out of high school. The recent research and the experience of the Cooke Scholars makes it simply undeniable that community college transfer students are just as competent as students who begin their studies at a four-year college, and maybe more so

Misrepresentation of Victimhood During the Victorian Period

The sensation novel in the Victorian period often portrayed female victims as “fallen women.” These women encompassed those who suffered from addiction, engaged in prostitution, changed their identities, or were otherwise homeless. However, “fallen women” were generally misrepresented in both novel and reality. Anne Catherick, the female victim in The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins, and the victims of Jack the Ripper are all represented as ending up in precarious situations resulting in their deaths by their own accord. However, these sets of victims traversed a multitude of missteps and unavoidable tragedy before their untimely deaths. The women who fell victim to Jack the Ripper as well as “the woman in white” have more similarities than previously understood. I will be arguing that in both The Woman in White as well as through the lives of Jack the Ripper’s victims, you will be able to see that Victorian women are misrepresented as just the victim and that their demise was not purely a result of poor individual choices. These fictional and historical victims are similar in several ways and have suffered the same fate in the remembrance of their stories in the last several decades. These women could have changed their fates, if they had only been given the opportunity and the tools to do so

A Reflection on “Information Systems Research: Thinking Outside the Basket and Beyond the Journal”

This essay provides a response to Fitzgerald, B., Dennis, A. R., An, J., Tsutsui, S., & Muchala, R. C. (2019). Information systems research: Thinking outside the basket and beyond the journal. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 45, 110-133

Examining Socio-Technical Networks in Scientific Academia/Industry Collaborations

We frequently think of university scientists as inventors of new technologies, which are transferred from the university to industry organizations for innovation and diffusion. Because such processes are communication and information intensive, there are high expectations that use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) can facilitate technology transfers and subsequent economic development. However, communication processes that foster scientific discovery and knowledge transfer are embedded in social networks; if ICT use influences technology transfer, it is likely to be through these networks. At the same time, ICTs will be shaped through their use in these social networks. We suggest a socio-technical perspective is best suited to study these reciprocal influences. In this paper, we outline a program of research to examine socio-technical networks in scientific academia/industry collaborations. We begin by reviewing key findings and projections about use of ICTs in knowledge creation and transfer processes and then outline our approach for studying socio-technical networks that span academic/industry boundaries

Sorting out EHR adoption and assimilation in the Meaningful Use incentive program in Hawaii

Both widespread adoption and meaningful assimilation are needed to achieve the full benefits of EHRs. In the U.S. the HITECH Act and its Meaningful Use (MU) program have stimulated EHR adoption to historically high levels. Questions remain about program efficacy and possible unintended consequences. In this paper, we report our analysis of Meaningful Use attestation data for the period 2011-2014 in the State of Hawai’i. Findings indicate that the MU program primarily stimulated deeper assimilation of EHRs among existing adopters in 2011, mostly in large practice groups. In subsequent years, EHR adoption and assimilation, evidenced by MU attestation, increased then peaked among small, independent practices. In the final study year, attestation rates dropped for small practices, although only one third of eligible providers have attested, while attestation among larger practices remained steady as this group shifted to the next MU stage. Findings suggest small practices, particularly primary care and rural practices, continue to face high barriers to meaningful EHR adoption and assimilation. Findings suggest better targeted policies and incentives may be needed to keep this promising program on track.

The A-List vs. the Long Tail: Technology Bloggers and Reputation

This paper investigates reputation as it pertains to independent bloggers. We propose that the existing corporate reputation literature does not apply to independent bloggers because independent bloggers may or may not be blogging for money, are “I” centric as opposed to customer centric, and have no ideal standards to be judged against. We apply Chris Anderson’s (2006) long tail theory to independent blogging and propose the nature of independent blogging is different depending on whether the blogger is in the head or in the tail of the hit distribution curve. Consequently, the reputational characteristics of a blogger may vary depending on the context and depending on where along this curve the blogger falls. Although Anderson uses the long tail theory to explain an economic phenomenon, it is a useful lens to explain behavioral differences among independent bloggers. Furthermore, this conceptual paper theorizes that the salience of specific types of identity, the level of social capital, the importance of subjective norms, and attitudes toward the status quo will all vary throughout the hit distribution curve of the long tail and all of these factors will have an impact on a blogger’s reputation in a given context. We illustrate this theory with examples from the independent technology blogging community

Building Healthier Communities: Value Co-Creation within the Chronic Care Model for Rural Under-Resourced Areas

Chronic disease is a worldwide epidemic that disproportionately affects low- to middle-income countries and regions [1]. The Chronic Care Model (CCM) is intended to address the significant societal costs and health burdens of chronic disease through redesign of the health care system and has raised awareness of the need for integration of clinical services and public health resources. To complement this descriptive, a-theoretical framework, we develop a theory-driven research model rooted in service-dominant logic (S-D logic). Our model conceptualizes improved chronic disease health outcomes as co-created value and focuses on triadic actor-to-actor-to actor (patients, family/friends and health care providers) resource integration and service exchange. We illustrate the model’s utility for policy and intervention design and for research on diabetes self-management programs in low-income, rural communities, in which patients’ social capital resources can be integrated with health IT and healthcare expertise in CCM program design.