Community Engagement at Tribal Land-Grant Institutions: A Tribal Approach to...
University-community engagement is more critical than ever in order to address society’s most pressing issues, such as climate change, health and economic disparities, and racial justice. In...
View ArticleImproving the Health of the Nation Through Transdisciplinary Community...
This article chronicles how three land-grant universities and one non-land-grant university medical center have transformed to meet the needs of people where they live, work, learn, and play. In this...
View ArticleThe Meaningful Involvement of People with HIV/AIDS (MIPA): The Participatory...
The Meaningful Involvement of People with HIV/AIDS (MIPA) has been at the core of the HIV response since the beginning of the HIV epidemic. In this study, we compare two community engagement...
View ArticleMapping Tensions: Positioning Community Engagement Challenges as Generative...
This research offers a contextual snapshot—via the applied tensional analysis (ATA) method—of common barriers that educators face when taking on community engagement work. A six-person research team...
View ArticleEngaging Students in Politics Through Service-Learning: A Guide to Best...
Service-learning projects enable students to apply course concepts while connecting with and providing valuable services to their larger community. Such projects are particularly valuable in civic...
View ArticleSTAKEHOLDER-MINDSET OF FACULTY IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Total quality management (TQM) aspires to customer satisfaction through the continual improvement of processes, products, and services. TQM has been widely applied in business and industry, but less...
View ArticleANXIETY, COPING STRATEGIES, AND PERFECTIONISM IN DOCTOR OF PHYSICAL THERAPY...
Rates of anxiety in college students are at an all-time high (Anxiety and Depression Association of America [ADAA], 2019). Research indicates that excessive stressors specific to graduate school have...
View ArticleCHANGES IN ALUMNI IDENTITY DURING A HIGHER EDUCATION MERGER
One of the common strategies to improve efficiency, effectiveness, and attractiveness for higher educational institutions involves merging multiple institutions. These actions can create serious...
View ArticleABBREVIATED DEGREE PROGRAMS IN HIGHER EDUCATION: A CASE STUDY OF THE...
Higher education policymakers throughout the United States continue to urge states to expedite students’ college completion as part of the 21st century thrust toward higher education relevancy. The...
View ArticleTHE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF WOMEN PRESIDENTS
The role of the modern presidency is complex, requiring a multitude of skills. Women continue to be underrepresented in the presidency, with just a third of American higher education institutions led...
View ArticleTHE PERCEIVED IMPACT OF EARLY COLLEGE ON STUDENTS’ SELF-EFFICACY AND...
The purpose of this case study is to examine the perceived college readiness, overall transition into college, and perceived self-efficacy as it relates to college-level course work for Howard E....
View ArticleTHE IMPACT OF AN APPRECIATIVE EDUCATION APPROACH ON BURNOUT LEVELS IN...
This quantitative study aimed to explore the impact of appreciative education methods on burnout in academic advisors, including differences between supervisors and non-supervisors. Two research...
View ArticleUNDERSTANDING THE CHALLENGE AND SUPPORT OF ACADEMIC ADVISING FOR...
Student success for marginalized populations has become a priority for post-secondary institutions, especially Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI). As a factor in the institutional environment, the...
View ArticlePanel B: National Wildlife Refuge Poster Project
Art and science are related and intertwined. One area in which art is important to the sciences is interfacing with the general public. Arguably, one of the most important topics for science to...
View ArticlePanel B: Creating Videos for Elachee Nature Science Center
Interdisciplinary collaborations are a great way to bring people together to share and learn about joint interests. For this project, we brought media and science together to create promotional videos...
View Article15. The Application of Fruit Flies in Studying Human Neurodegenerative Diseases
The Application of Fruit Flies in Studying Human Neurodegenerative Diseases Summer Gibson*, Ranah Ocampo*, Adam Davis, and Jo Qian 3820 Mundy Mill Rd, University of North Georgia, Oakwood, GA 30566...
View Article05. Novel Technique for the Isolation of Bacteriophage from Environmental...
Bacteriophage (phage) are viruses that infect bacteria and are proposed to be the most copious organism on the planet. Study of phage leads to insights into novel therapeutics of antibiotic-resistant...
View Article03. Brown Anole (Anolis sagrei) Hoxa5: Insights into the Divergence of Hoxa5...
Hox genes are evolutionarily conserved developmental regulatory genes that function, in part, to pattern the anterior-posterior (AP) axis of organs and organ systems during animal embryonic...
View Article10. Post-mortem observations on the North Georgia population of Brood X...
Periodical cicadas are a genus of cicadas that emerge every 13 or 17 years. My data looks at Brood X, a group of 17-year periodical cicadas. The distribution of Brood X ranges from New York to North...
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