Title IX Compliance: A Comparison of Coastal Carolina University to Other Regional Universities

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and its subsequent interpretations have created legal ground for gender equity in collegiate athletics departments. After 38 years of its existence, however, there are still fewer opportunities for women to be involved in athletics at the collegiate level at NCAA universities. While there are some general characteristics that appear to predispose universities to have lower compliance levels, little research has been done on institution-specific compliance. This study seeks to illustrate Title IX compliance levels of the Big South Conference and South Carolina Division I universities, using Coastal Carolina University as the focal university. Data will be gathered from the Equity in Athletics Disclosure Analysis cutting tool based on 20 different categories of information per participant institution, then compared within their general populations. Mean scores will be tallied for each general population and compared to each other. It is believed that the data will illustrate that Coastal Carolina University\u27s compliance levels are similar to other regional universities

Title IX Compliance: A Comparison of Coastal Carolina University to Other Regional Universities

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and its subsequent interpretations have created legal ground for gender equity in collegiate athletics departments. After 40 years of its existence, however, there are still fewer opportunities for women to be involved in athletics at the collegiate level at NCAA universities. While there are some general characteristics that appear to predispose universities to have lower compliance levels, little research has been done on institution-specific compliance. This study seeks to illustrate Title IX compliance levels of the Big South Conference and South Carolina Division I universities, using Coastal Carolina University as the focal institution. Data was gathered from the Equity in Athletics Disclosure Analysis cutting tool based on 20 different categories of information per participant institution, then compared within their general populations. Rankings were tallied for each general population and compared to each other. The data illustrates that Coastal Carolina University\u27s compliance levels are similar to other regional universities

UA1B2/1/2 Oral History

Interview conducted by Paula Trafton with Howard Bailey regarding his career as student and administrator at Western Kentucky University

The development of a high temperature static strain gage system

The objective of this program is to develop electrical resistance strain gages which will permit the measurement of static strains on nickel and cobalt superalloy parts inside gas turbine engines running on a test stand. The specific goal is to develop a complete system able to make strain measurements up to plus or minus 2000 mu strain with a total error of no more than plus or minus 10 percent over a 50 hour period at 1250 K. The initial part of this work consisted of a strain gage alloy development effort in which a variety of alloys were evaluated after being prepared by drop-casting or splat cooling

Integrated structure electromagnetic optimization of large space antenna reflectors

The requirements for extremely precise and powerful large space antenna reflectors have motivated the development of a procedure for shape control of the reflector surface. A mathematical optimization procedure has been developed which improves antenna performance while minimizing necessary shape correction effort. In contrast to previous work which proposed controlling the rms distortion error of the surface thereby indirectly improving antenna performance, the current work includes electromagnetic (EM) performance calculations as an integral of the control procedure. The application of the procedure to a radiometer design with a tetrahedral truss backup structure demonstrates the potential for significant improvement. The results indicate the benefit of including EM performance calculations in procedures for shape control of large space antenna reflectors

A Comparison of the Effectiveness of two Cooling Baths for Reducing Fever in Children

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relative effectiveness of two methods of administration of the cooling bath for reducing fever due to infection. Fifteen infants and children age six months to three years with rectal temperatures of 101 degrees Fahrenheit or over were included in the study. The experimental method with a retroactive comparison of a parallel group was the research approach used. For a previous study by Kueffner, seven subjects had been immersed in tubs of water 95 degrees Fahrenheit which was gradually reduced to 75 degrees Fahrenheit, each subject remaining in the tub a total of twenty minutes. These subjects were the Kueffner Group for this study. The eight subjects in the Experimental Group were immersed in tubs of water 100 degrees Fahrenheit which was gradually reduced to 95 degrees Fahrenheit, each subject remaining in the tub for a total of fifteen minutes. Immediately following each procedure, each subject was gently dried with a cotton bath blanket. A rectal temperature was taken immediately before the administration of each cooling bath and at fifteen, thirty, forty-five, and sixty minute intervals following the procedure. The relative effectiveness of the method of administration of the cooling bath was evaluated by the measured amount of drop in rectal temperature following the bath. Analyses were made of the diagnosis, age, body surface area, and initial temperature of the subjects. An analysis of the mean drop in temperature indicated that the mean temperature of subjects given the cool immersion bath was lower for all time intervals than was the mean temperature of subjects given the warm immersion bath. The mean temperature drop for subjects in the Kueffner Group who were given the cool immersion bath was a maximum 3.2 degrees thirty minutes following the treatment and was 1.94 degrees Fahrenheit sixty minutes following the treatment. The mean temperature drop for subjects in the Experimental Group who were given the warm immersion bath showed a gradual decline following the treatment and was 1.22 degrees Fahrenheit at the end of one hour. Because of the small number of subjects it was impossible to draw unqualified conclusions, but it would appear that immersion in a tub of water 95 degrees Fahrenheit which was gradually reduced to 75 degrees was more effective than the warm immersion bath as used in this study for causing a drop in rectal temperatures due to infection in children. While no criteria were set up to evaluate the reaction of subjects to each treatment, the subjects in the Kueffner Group cried vigorously during the cool bath while the subjects in the Experimental Group were able to relax and enjoy the warm bath. Following the warm bath three of the subjects went to sleep which was in contrast to their generally restless and irritable state before the bath

Correspondence - Extended Library Hours

Correspondence regarding increasing library weekend hours. Includes a reports entitled Cost Estimate in Response to ASG Resolution 89-4-F outlining costs of guards, students, and library staff; Friday & Saturday Evenings Turnstile Count for the period October 27 to November 12; Finals Week Patrons Between 5:00 - 10:00 PM for the 1988-89 school year; Circulation Weekend Statistics for the period October 27 to November 12, 1989; and Reference Weekend Statistics for the period October 27 to November 12, 1989

Mapping the e-Learning Assessment Domain: Concept Maps for Orientation and Navigation

Concept or Topic Maps have long been used as a method of categorizing and organizing information about a domain. Building them can help people conceptualize an area and spot trends or gaps, and as a presentation method they quickly provide an overview and general impression of a space. We are currently constructing a Reference Model of the Assessment Domain that takes the form of a highly interlinked dynamic website. This represents the assessment domain via the software, projects, standards and use cases of which it is composed. In this paper we present our efforts to create complimentary concept maps of the assessment domain, not as an overview, but for navigation and orientation within the domain. These concept maps, which model resources and activities independently, have been corroborated with practitioners in the e-learning community