Publish, Don\u27t Perish: A Program to Help Scholars Flourish

Faculty often believe that if they do not publish, they will perish. Faculty developers can respond to this need by helping faculty increase their scholarly productivity. Research shows that faculty are more productive if they write for 15-30 minutes daily, organize their writing around key sentences, and get extensive feedback on drafts. This article evaluates a program hosted on two campuses that aimed at supporting 115 faculty achieve these goals. Throughout the program, participants kept records of time they spent writing and the number of pages they wrote and at the end of the program, they were surveyed. These data reveal that if participants continued to write and revise prose at the rate they did during the program, they would produce 75 polished pages per year. According to survey results, 83% of participants would participate in the program again, and 95% would recommend it to their colleagues

Ten Ways to Use a Relational Database at a Faculty Development Center

Providing quality support to faculty requires attention to administrative details and event logistics. As professionals, we must also assess the impact of our work and be prepared to report to those who will judge its worth and allocate resources. To do this we need current, accurate data that are easy to access and easy to use. We also need a simple way to manage faculty development activities and evaluate the outcomes. The best technology for achieving these goals is a relational database. This chapter describes ten ways a relational database can be used to support faculty developers in their various roles and activities

Economic feasibility of an accelerated lambing operation in Central Iowa

Master of AgribusinessDepartment of Agricultural EconomicsVincent R Amanor-BoaduA dairy farmer in Central Iowa has recently decided to close down the dairy parlor after his family has had the business for one hundred years so that he can retire. In order to maintain some cash flow, he is offering to rent out the barn facilities for a flat price. As an individual with years of experience working, handling, and maintaining sheep, these facilities would work great to run sheep on dry ground. With three of the four children wishing to come back to the family farm, this research seeks to determine the economic feasibility of an accelerated lambing program on a dry lot in Central Iowa. There are two types of accelerated lambing operation: Standard Accelerated Lambing, where ewes lamb three times within a two-year period; and STAR method, where ewes lamb five times within a two-year period. This research focuses on a standard accelerating program of three lambing crops within two years. The business strategy envisions starting with twenty ewes and building the flow to five hundred ewes over 10 years. The feasibility analysis undertaken in this thesis focuses on three main factors for profit. They are production rate, death rate for lambs, and conception rate. It was found that production and conception rates had the most impact on the economic feasibility of an accelerated lambing operation. Future work would focus on the marketing side of the business, exploring opportunities for building strategic alliances with ethnic restaurants and grocery stores. It would also explore opportunities of providing the processing service by forming alliances with local abattoirs to service these restaurants and grocery stores

A literature review and qualitative exploration of adolescent school counseling groups

The purpose of this dissertation was to increase understanding of adolescent school counseling groups including a literature review of the quantitative outcome research on group work with adolescents in the schools and a qualitative exploration of the adolescent experience of cohesion in rural school counseling groups. Outcome research on group work with adolescents in the schools points to the effectiveness of these groups across topics, group structures, diverse populations, and outcome areas, including academic, personal/social, and career development. In order to understand the adolescent experience of cohesion in school counseling groups, the researcher used a qualitative grounded theory methodology to give voice to the experiences of seven adolescent research participants who had been group members in middle or high school counseling groups. Participants were individually interviewed three times and all interviews were recorded, transcribed and analyzed. Analysis generated the central category of the cohesion process as "sticking together," which describes a "tight bond" which includes both internal and relational contexts including feeling close to the group and making friends. Feelings of belonging, positive feelings, open social interactions, and lasting connections further characterize the cohesion process as experienced by adolescent participants. This study provides a qualitative, descriptive view of how adolescents experience cohesion in school counseling groups in rural areas. These finding are applicable to school counselors and group workers who counsel adolescents along with counselor educators and supervisors

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