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Fitzmaurice, Marian. "On New Ground : Narratives of Early Career Academics." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.522012.
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Duckett, Hilary. "Reconstructing leadership : the perspectives of academics at a new university." Thesis, Lancaster University, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.421849.
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Davis, Carole. "Developing academics for the future : new thinking on teaching observations." Thesis, Middlesex University, 2014. http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/13796/.
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This project explored how the teaching observation experience informs the professional practice of an educational developer. By researching teaching activity and dialogic interaction within the context of teaching observation feedback, a theoretical framework was developed. I was both subject and researcher and perceived myself as an agent of change who sought to improve her own professional practice. The intention was not to generalize the findings to a larger population, but to explore through contextual description and analysis what was happening in my own organization and how I might improve this. Ten academics in Engineering and Computing Sciences were observed by me, teaching on three separate occasions over the course of one semester. The post-teaching observation feedback and learning conversations were recorded and analysed with additional data provided by field notes and journal entries that I made as the practitioner researcher. Teaching observation events provided the context of a safe space where essential conversations could take place, along with a critical exploration of the subjective experience of the participants. Findings showed a complex and expansive range of teaching activities, revealed by teaching observation and later discussed in learning conversations between each participant and me. The research is strongly grounded in the participants’ experiences and highlights the tensions and shortcomings of current teaching observation practices. The findings especially challenge the notion that teaching observations can be used as both an appraisal tool and for developmental purposes. The paper concludes by suggesting a theoretical framework for effective teaching observation practice.
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Tam, Barbara. "The development of teaching skills for new academics in higher education in Hong Kong." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2017. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.723460.
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Johnson, Janice V. "Impact of racism and new managerialism on black female academics in English post-1992 universities." Thesis, University of Bedfordshire, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10547/622485.
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This thesis focused on the impact of racism and new managerialism on Black female academics in English post-1992 universities. The study explored the extent to which the changing environment of higher education institutions (HEIs) and the ethos and practice of new managerialism had affected the professional lives of Black academic females and how the consequences of new managerialism were being experienced in their daily academic lives. Semi-structured interviews were used to obtain qualitative data about the experiences of seventeen African and Caribbean participants in English post-1992 universities, mainly from business schools or health and social-sciences faculties. The critical race theory conceptual framework was used as an analytical and interpretive structure for understanding their experiences. The findings revealed that new managerialism changes contributed to increased levels of racism encountered by these Black female academics. Racism was endemic and embedded within their HEIs and demonstrated in overt and subtle ways, using micro-aggressions, micro-politics and varying agents, ensuring that racism remained rooted and positioned at different levels. Race was more prevalent in these women’s’ experiences than they had expected. The study discovered that these Black female academics perceived their progression and development as being negatively affected because of new managerialism practices and the inability of their respective HEIs to formulate and implement effective policies of equality and diversity. The HEIs’ neo-liberal policies of fairness, neutrality and meritocracy were experienced as rhetoric rather than practice and as not beneficial to those needing protection. The findings suggest that HEIs and human resource (HR) departments need more effective equality and diversity policies which incorporate a community diversity mind-set, influenced by the ethical codes of their professional HR body. There is also a need for HEI staff across all ethnic groups to be engaged in conversation, information-sharing and communication about racial issues so that Black female academic racialised work experiences can be improved.
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Simons, Abigail. "A systematic review of literature reporting on the strategies/interventions addressing research capacity building in new academics." University of the Western Cape, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/4184.
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Magister Artium (Psychology) - MA(Psych)<br>It is often assumed that postgraduate students and neophyte academics have the capacity to conduct research independently. Thus, upon qualification, it is expected of postgraduate students and academics to conduct research independently, publish their findings, meet publication targets and to supervise student research towards completion. However, the transition from postgraduate student or clinician to academia is considered very challenging as they are often not prepared for the multiple changes they will embark on upon entry into the Higher Education sector. As a result, various programmes and frameworks have been introduced to assist new academics in enhancing their research capacity. Such strategies included but were not limited to, writing retreats, peer monitoring, and dedicated time. However, these interventions reported on in literature are from primary sources and fail to comment on either the methodological rigour or the quality of the studies investigating these interventions. Thus there exists a gap in the literature for filtered information that has been systematically evaluated for methodological rigour and coherence. The present study aimed to establish an empirical base (filtered evidence) of literature reporting on strategies or interventions aimed at addressing research productivity in new academics. The study incorporated a systematic review methodology to identify appropriate literature for inclusion, evaluate literature for methodological quality and provide a meta-synthesis of the findings of included studies. The review considered studies, reporting on strategies or interventions with new academics during the period of 2000-2013. The review was conducted along three levels. Firstly, identification of potential titles, whereby keywords were combined and a comprehensive search of databases available at the University of the Western Cape library was initiated. Published research was also retrieved through mining the reference list of all included reports and articles. Secondly, a pair of reviewers worked together by screening the abstracts which were retrieved based on the titles identified, and thirdly, the abstracts that were successfully screened moved forward to full text reading. These studies were evaluated for methodological quality using the critical appraisal tool. Eligibility for inclusion was determined by a threshold score of 61%. As a result, the title search yielded a search result of 755, from these only 63 titles were selected for possible inclusion. The abstract screening resulted in the exclusion of 35 articles and 28 were included. After the critical appraisal, 15 articles were excluded. The findings of the present study revealed that there is good quality research on research capacity building for neophyte academics, as assessed on methodological rigour and coherence. Seven articles attained the threshold score (61% and above) for inclusion in the final summation and meta-synthesis. Evidence suggested that there are various interventions which have been implemented successfully to enhance research capacity building. The meta-synthesis revealed four core approaches to developing research capacity, namely mentoring approaches, theoretical formulations, research/evidence-based investigation as well as a multidimensional and integrated approaches. These approaches were aimed at bridging that gap between research and teaching and developing competent researchers. The core feature that emerged from these approaches was that successful or effective strategies have to include numerous components such as individual characteristics (motivation), effective leaders and institutional characteristics (rewards, incentives and resources). It was found that these components were integrated and often reciprocally influencing. Ethics clearance was obtained from the relevant committees at UWC. Furthermore, plagiarism and collaboration was taken into account as this study forms part of a larger project.
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Wilkinson, Mark. "Exploration into the strategic role of designers and academics in shaping collaborative new product development across supply chains : towards a new methodology." Thesis, University of East London, 2000. http://roar.uel.ac.uk/685/.
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This investigation starts from the hypothesis that a new approach to new product development is required to meet the future requirements and expectations of customers and consumers and product and service providers. The investigation focuses upon domestic food refrigeration and its position within the retail food supply chain, with the domestic refrigerator as an example of a mature product, the future development of which, it is argued, may depend upon a new approach to new product development. A review of established and emerging new product development strategies suggests that such future requirements might be met through collaboration between organisations from different industrial sectors and across supply chains, and that existing strategies would not support such collaborations. A new methodology, Collaborative Envisioning is proposed which engages the business of academia and the tools of the designer to facilitate multidisciplinary trans-sectoral collaboration. It is further proposed that a demonstration project, Beyond the Fridge, is the most effective test for the methodology. Key participants in Beyond the Fridge are Sainsbury's, Electrolux, 3M, University College Northampton and University of East London. Results from Beyond the Fridge suggest that the Collaborative Envisioning methodology is effective in bringing together partners from different industrial sectors and uniting them around a shared and mutually supported vision of future business. However, the low start-up cost and high level of concept realisation inherent in the methodology have led to some overestimation of the tactical deliverables from an essentially strategic process. In the light of Beyond the Fridge it is recommended that structures are established at the initiation of a Collaborative Envisioning project so that tactical solutions which may be derived from the strategic objective are differentiated and separately funded from the core project. The reflection upon Beyond the Fridge, and the recommendations for future work derived from it, is followed by reviews of evolving consumer demographics and perceptions of food storage and preparation in the home, and recent initiatives to integrate new technologies into domestic and personal products, thus establishing the historical and social context for Beyond the Fridge.
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Brown, Vanessa Jane Kathleen. "How university academics respond to the introduction of new quality policies in South African higher education." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24941.
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This study explores the consequences for a historically black university (HBU) of the South African state’s focus on routine and strategic quality evaluation within a policy framework that views higher education as a lever for social change and economic development. It analyses the changing nature of academic work and probes the motivations and understandings of institutional managers and academics in an attempt to explain their responses to policy requirements. The theory of the Evaluative State is employed to examine the nature and consequences of overzealous responsiveness by a historically black university in transition in South Africa. It suggests that the changing relationship between state and university is characterised by contradictions and ambivalence, a result of the interplay between a strong sense of loyalty to the state on the one hand and a recognition of the failure of the state to recognise and reward achievements valued by the HBU. This study suggests that state steering, through the use of output evaluation and efficiency-directed performance indicators, has resulted in failure to achieve central policy goals of development, equity and social justice. The study is guided by one main research question: How do academics in a historically black South African university in transition engage with and implement internal and external quality assurance processes and policies? The literature review reveals significant gaps in understanding the consequences of the rise of the Evaluative State in higher education. A major limitation has been a lack of focus on higher education systems in developing countries and on the consequences of imposing neo-liberal frameworks upon local realities which require redress to remedy historically constructed economic and social disadvantage. The descriptions of academics and institutional managers that emerge in this study highlight stark differences between the two groups in perceptions of and approaches to quality improvement and university work. Significantly, institutional history, context and mission emerge as strong factors shaping academics’ and managers’ responses to change, factors that have largely been disregarded by state policy which focuses more on output achievement than on input variables.<br>Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2012.<br>Education Management and Policy Studies<br>unrestricted
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Ashcroft, Craig, and n/a. "Academics� experiences of Performance-Based Research Funding (PBRF) : governmentality and subjection." University of Otago. Faculty of Education, 2006. http://adt.otago.ac.nz./public/adt-NZDU20070125.162438.
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In 2002 New Zealand�s government set out to "accelerate" the nation�s "transformation into a knowledge society" (Ministry of Education, 2002a, p. 16). Underpinning the development of this so-called 'knowledge society' was a new approach in the way tertiary education was funded. This included introducing a new contestable model of research funding called Performance-Based Research Funding (PBRF). The research reported here was conducted at a critical juncture in the ongoing development and implementation of PBRF because it captures the experiences of fifteen academics as they encounter PBRF and the Quality Evaluation exercise for the first time. Their experiences of the inaugural 2003 Quality Evaluation exercise were examined using a discourse analysis approach informed by Michel Foucault�s (1926-1984) ideas of 'subjection' and 'governmentality'. 'Subjection' occurs when individuals shape their identities by responding to the multiple discourses that are available to them at any particular time and within any historical context (Foucault, 1969). 'Governmentality' refers to a particular instrument, technique or activity that guides and shapes conduct by producing a compliant human subject capable of supporting the interests and objectives of the state (Foucault, 1994a). In the case of academics this might mean conforming to PBRF policies and practices and participating in the development and transformation of a new 'knowledge society'.
In this thesis I examine the potential for PBRF to reshape and redirect the nature of research and suggest that some assessment elements of the 2003 Quality Evaluation were flawed and, as a result, a number of participants in this study were now making decisions about their research that appeared contrary to their best interests. I also investigate PBRF as a field of compliance and argue that the Quality Evaluation exercise represents a technology of government that targets the activities and practices of New Zealand�s research academics with the effect of manifesting a more docile and compliant academic subject. I then question PBRF�s impact on the career aspirations and opportunities of academics and claim that the PBRF Quality Evaluation framework has already shifted from being a mechanism for distributing funds for research to one that identifies and rewards the most 'talented' researchers via institutional appointments and promotions. Finally, I interrogate the pursuit and practice of academic freedom and argue that as a consequence of PBRF, a number of participants in this study have positioned themselves in ways that could diminish and constrain their traditional rights to academic freedom.
PBRF has the potential to locate academics within a new status-driven hierarchy of professional validation whereby the Quality Evaluation exercise will purportedly measure, evaluate and reward the most 'talented' researchers and the 'best' research. In this thesis I argue that the PBRF Quality Evaluation framework operates as a form of disciplinary power exercised as part of an international trend of intensifying audit and assessment practices in higher education. In this sense, I claim that PBRF exists as an instrument of governmentality capable of constituting a new type of academic subject by significantly shifting the way academics will have to think and conduct their professional selves in relation to their work and research.
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Behari-Leak, Kasturi. "Conditions enabling or constraining the exercise of agency among new academics in higher education, conducive to the social inclusion of students." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1020295.
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This study, which is part of a National Research Foundation project on Social Inclusion in Higher Education (HE), focuses on the exercise of agency among new academics, conducive to the social inclusion of students. Transitioning from varied entry points into higher education, new academics face numerous challenges as they embed themselves in disciplinary and institutional contexts. Given the complexity and contested nature of the current higher education landscape, new academics are especially vulnerable. Using Roy Bhaskar’s critical realism as meta-theoretical framing and Margaret Archer’s social realist theory, with its methodological focus on analytical dualism and morphogenesis, this study offers a social realist account of how new academics engage with enabling and constraining conditions at institutional, faculty, departmental and classroom levels. Through an analysis of six individual narratives of mediation, this study explicates and exemplifies the range of agential choices exercised by new academics to mediate their contested spaces. A nuanced social and critical account of the material, ideational and agential conditions in HE shows that the courses of action taken by these new academics are driven through their concerns, commitments and projects in higher education. Yet, despite the university’s espousal of embracing change, the current induction and transition of new academics is inadequate to the task of transformation in higher education. Systemic conditions in HE, conducive to critical agency and social justice, are not enabling. Bhaskar’s Seven Scalar Being, used as an analytical frame and heuristic, guides the cross-case analysis of the six narratives across seven levels of ontology. The findings highlight that, despite difficult contextual influences, the positive exercise of agency is a marked feature of new participants in HE in this study. This has immediate implications for ways in which professional and academic development, and disciplinary and departmental programmes, could create and sustain conducive conditions for the professionalisation of new academics through more sensitised practices. Using alternative research methods such as photovoice to generate its data, this doctoral study proposes that new research methodologies, located in the third space, are needed now more than ever in HE sociological research, to recognise the researcher and the research participants as independent, autonomous and causally efficacious beings. To this end, this study includes a Chapter Zero, which captures the narrative of the doctoral scholar as researcher, who, shaped and influenced by established doctoral practices and traditions in the field, exercises her own doctoral agency in particular ways.
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Carvalho, Graça Maria Correia Coelho Martins de. "Governação do Ensino Superior Universitário Público em Portugal a educação sob a égide da Nova Gestão Pública." Doctoral thesis, Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/17791.
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Tese de Doutoramento em Administração Pública, especialidade em Administração e Políticas Públicas<br>É comum referenciar o New Public Management (NPM) como o modelo que influencia o
processo de reforma e que determina o desempenho das Universidades Públicas
Portuguesas no prosseguimento da sua missão. O trabalho tem por objetivo analisar o
impacto da aplicação dos princípios do NPM na ação das universidades públicas
portuguesas bem como o impacto produzido pelas medidas de modernização do ensino
superior na atividade docente. O enquadramento teórico conta com a alusão aos
processos de reforma que perpassam as diferentes geografias e aos modelos que as
sustentam, nomeadamente a Governance e o Neo-Weberian, não esquecendo a
contextualização no âmbito do ensino superior e destacando as dimensões críticas para o
funcionamento das universidades. Tendo em mente os objetivos, utilizámos a revisão da
literatura, bibliografia de referência e artigos científicos, consultámos relatórios
institucionais, nacionais e internacionais, elaborámos um questionário, que lançámos,
procedemos à análise dos dados recolhidos. As conclusões do trabalho indicam que,
apesar de as ideias próprias do NPM serem o motor das alterações a que o ensino
superior universitário público tem sido sujeito, as três narrativas influenciam o
desempenho das Universidades Públicas Portuguesas, na sua atividade multinível, com
uma área osmótica de influência recíproca.<br>New Public Management (NPM) is commonly referred to as the model that influences the
reform process and determines the performance of Portugal’s Public Universities as they
variously pursue their mission. The present study aims to analyse the impact of the
principles of NPM on Portugal’s public universities as well as the impact caused on
teaching by higher education modernisation measures. The study’s theoretical
framework covers the reform processes pervading the various geographies at work and
the models that support them – notably the Governance and Neo-Weberian model –,
while also contextualising them in terms of higher education and highlighting those
aspects deemed critical for the functioning of universities. With the defined goals in
mind, a literature review is offered, in combination with the relevant bibliography and
the consultation of scholarly articles and institutional reports, both national and
international. A questionnaire has also been developed, as well as an analysis of the
collected data. The conclusions show that although the notions inherent in NPM are what
drives the changes felt in university-related public higher education, all three narratives,
and the osmotic area of reciprocal influence generated by them, end up influencing the
multilevel performance of Portugal’s Public Universities.<br>N/A
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Escrofani, Dashiel D. "New Media, An Academic Perspective." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2013. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/602.
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Riley, Sarah E. "The convergent new world : bona fide group perspective in an academic convergence news organization." Virtual Press, 2005. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1318937.
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This study examines NewsLink Indiana, an innovative convergence news organization at Ball State University. The first chapter briefly introduces the organization and the study. The second chapter reviews relevant literature and poses the research question: How do the stakeholders in NewsLink Indiana construct their memberships in the group in light of their memberships in other groups? Methods of data collection and analysis are described in the third chapter. Transcribed interviews from fourteen members of the NewsLink Indiana organization were examined. The fourth chapter describes the four themes that emerged as results of this study. The final chapter provides conclusions, contributions, limitations, and suggestions for future research in this area.<br>Department of Communication Studies
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Nolan, Bridget. "An Academic Report on New Orleans Airlift: An Internship Academic Report." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2015. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/aa_rpts/194.
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This academic report was composed at the conclusion of a 480-hour internship with New Orleans Airlift. This report includes Airlift’s mission, history, and organizational structure, a SWOT analysis, duties and projects completed and a summary of best practices. Listed are also a series of suggestions and recommendations as to how New Orleans Airlift can improve and strengthen current practices to maximize its potential as a small arts organization.
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Peters, Michael Cameron. "The New Zealand academic profession in transition." Thesis, University of Canterbury. School of Educational Studies and Human Development, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/2424.
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In relation to the academic profession in New Zealand, this thesis examines the theory that professional occupations unionize because of a deterioration in their class situation. The class situation of academic staff is defined according to two indices: market situation (including salary levels, promotion prospects and job security) and work situation (including issues of autonomy and collegiality). Factors which supported the privileged class situation of academics, as well as historical details about how academics have won organisational advantages are also discussed. The evidence shows that the class situation of academics has clearly deteriorated. Salaries have dropped in absolute terms and in relation to average New Zealand incomes. Promotion prospects also appear to have deteriorated, and tenure or job security appears to be threatened. Since 1982, a secondary labour market of part-time, untenured teaching assistants expanded disproportionately. Organisational advantages have also been eroded. In the late 1980s and ear1y 1990s, the State appears to be undermining the control over university life gained by the academic profession in the 1960s and 1970s. This situation, and recent evidence that points to a tighter relationship between the universities and the market in the near future, suggests that the academic profession could lose control over what is taught and researched in the universities. Despite these trends, the academic profession still retains significant economic and organisational advantages. This is born out in a series of in-depth interviews of academic staff at the University of Canterbury where there appears to be general satisfaction with economic and organisational features of work (other N.Z. universities may be different). The prevention of further erosion of conditions appears to be the main rationale for the widespread support of unionism at this university. Other factors which may limit the deterioration of the class situation of professionals are discussed in the final chapter.
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Campbell, Kathy, and Leslie Adebonojo. "Baby Boomers in the Brave New Academic Library." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2014. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/375.
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Excerpt: The baby boomer generation is larger than any generation that has preceded it. Boomers are more likely to live longer and better than previous generations, and they have changed jobs more often than previous generations. They understand the necessity and have the desire to be life-long learners.
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Connors, Grace Elizabeth. "New Orleans Auction Galleries: An Internship Academic Report." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2015. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/aa_rpts/192.
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This internship academic report is the result of a 480--‐hour internship at New Orleans Auction Galleries completed from February--‐September 2015. New Orleans Auction Galleries is a for--‐profit arts organization located in the Arts District of New Orleans, Louisiana. During my internship, I worked closely with the Art Department and Office Administration, as well as preview receptions andauctions. This experience provided me with a valuable education of the inner workings of New Orleans Auction Galleries from its day--‐to--‐day operations to its vision as an organization. His report begins with the history and goals of New Orleans Auction Galleries and moves forward with discussing the structure of the organization as it stands today, a SWOT analysis, best practices, recommendations, and concludes with my final thoughts.
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Swan, Rachel. "An Academic Assessment of the National Performance Network and Visual Artists Network: An Internship Academic Report." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2015. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/aa_rpts/181.
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This academic report was composed at the conclusion of a 480 hour internship with the National Performance Network/Visual Artists Network (NPN/VAN), summarized in Chapter Two. This report includes NPN/VAN’s mission, history, and organizational structure within Chapter One. Chapter Three is a SWOT analysis, and Chapter Four includes a summary of best practices, highlighting NPN/VAN’s intermediary and network structure. In conclusion, a series of suggestions are offered for further consideration.
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Greene, Jason. "New planet." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2001. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/278.
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This item is only available in print in the UCF Libraries. If this is your Honors Thesis, you can help us make it available online for use by researchers around the world by following the instructions on the distribution consent form at http://library.ucf.edu/Systems/DigitalInitiatives/DigitalCollections/InternetDistributionConsentAgreementForm.pdf You may also contact the project coordinator, Kerri Bottorff, at kerri.bottorff@ucf.edu for more information.<br>Bachelors<br>Arts and Sciences<br>Liberal Studies
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Hatzis, Panagiotis. "The academic origins of John F. Kennedy's new frontier." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp04/mq25959.pdf.
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Porter, Robert L. "Competitive actions of new technology firms the red queen effect and new firm performance." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2010. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/4541.
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New firms in such an ecosystem represent a particularly salient combination of type of firm, firm lifecycle period, and firm environment to examine strategic actions since these firms comprise a significant portion of the high-growth and future of our global economy (Stangler, 2010). Further, due to their need to rapidly adapt in a complex ecosystem, these firms rely heavily on short-lived information resources for competitive advantage (Barney, 1991; Nelson and Winter, 1982; Omerzel, 2008). To place this research in context, I consider the moderating effects of key environmental ecosystem resource conditions (Dess & Beard, 1984; Miller & Friesen, 1983; Sharfman & Dean, 1991). Empirical studies to-date have yielded mixed results and left unanswered questions about the basic components and the effects of Red Queen competition. To address these issues I explore this literature in chapter one of the dissertation, and in chapter two I develop a theoretical model of Red Queen competition that draws on the available empirical and theoretical literature to-date. Due to the mixed finding from the empirical results, I develop a precise agent-based simulation model of Red Queen competition in chapter three to facilitate data collection. Using this data I test a series of hypotheses designed to explore the fundamentals of Red Queen competition, specifically how escalating competitive activity for resources among new firms impacts their survival and performance. In addition, the moderating effect of environmental changes on Red Queen competition is also tested to explore the affect of context on Red Queen competition. Chapter four explains the findings from these hypotheses, future research directions, implications and limitations from the research, and my concluding thoughts.; The competitive strategy used by a new firm may be the most important strategy it ever employs (Covin & Slevin, 1989; Ferrier, 2001). A well-chosen and executed firm strategy is essential for a firm to realize its potential competitive advantage (Porter, 1981). A firm's strategic intent and resulting competitive actions are especially important when firms are new and vulnerable as they strive to learn which strategic actions help them adapt to their rivals actions and to their environment (Stinchcombe, 1965). Further, the competitive actions that new firms choose to take with rival firms affects the overall competitive dynamics of their industry (Smith, Ferrier, and Ndofor, 2001). One way to explore how the competitive actions of new firms affect their future is to capture and examine their individual competitive moves and countermoves over time (Smith, Grimm, Gannon, & Chen, 1991). Red Queen competition is a particular form of competitive dynamics that is well-suited to explore these issues of new rival firms (Barnett, 2008). Barnett and Sorenson (2002) suggested that competition and learning reinforce one another as organizations develop, and this is what van Valen (1973) referred to as the 'Red Queen.' This definition of the Red Queen led to the development of the concept of Red Queen competition and the Red Queen effect. The competitive strategies these new firms use to obtain resources as they adapt, in particular how these firms compete and or cooperate, are key competitive strategies that remain understudied to-date (Amit, Glosten, and Muller, 1990). I explore Red Queen competition, and the ensuing Red Queen Effect, in a complex environmental setting that represents a high technology ecosystem (Arned, 1996, 2010; Iansiti & Levien, 2004a, 2004b; Moore, 1993; Pierce, 2009).<br>ID: 029050632; System requirements: World Wide Web browser and PDF reader.; Mode of access: World Wide Web.; Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Central Florida, 2010.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-196).<br>Ph.D.<br>Doctorate<br>Department of Management<br>Business Administration
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Meredith, Angela Marie. "THE NEW GIRL." Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2004. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/4367.
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The New Girl is a collection of poems in which the poet assumes a direct, unfeigned voice. These rhythmic poems cover the deeply personal to the universal and social. The body is presented as a record of experiences both good and bad. Feminist issues pertainingto marriage, work, and sexuality are explored. Whether the poem is about a personal relationship or some aspect of society, it is likely to be multi-dimensional and suggest a duality. Overall, the poems are rooted in the spiritual and attempt to relate, with holistic honesty, a sense of reverence for the impure parts of life.<br>M.A.<br>Department of English<br>Arts and Sciences<br>English
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Flint, Nathaniel M. "Multi-dimensional conflict and legistative gridlock : testing new theories and new measures : 1921-2004." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2007. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/1026.
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This item is only available in print in the UCF Libraries. If this is your Honors Thesis, you can help us make it available online for use by researchers around the world by following the instructions on the distribution consent form at http://library.ucf.edu/Systems/DigitalInitiatives/DigitalCollections/InternetDistributionConsentAgreementForm.pdf You may also contact the project coordinator, Kerri Bottorff, at kerri.bottorff@ucf.edu for more information.<br>Bachelors<br>Sciences<br>Political Science
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Jones, II Warren. "Inverse Intuition: Repurposing as a Method to Create New Artifacts, to Invent new Practices, and to Produce new Knowledge." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2013. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/5953.
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This dissertation argues that Digital Natives, rather than employing novel ways of thinking (such as those suggested by Walter Ong's concept of Second Orality), are in fact employing a way of thinking that has always existed: repurposing. Ruth Oldenziel discusses how, historically, women used “a kind of mental quality” enabling them to re-use objects in novel ways to accomplish more of life's tasks. My research led me to investigate how a wide variety of people, especially historically marginalized people, used this kind of mental quality. This dissertation explores repurposing's real world uses as well as its uses in narratives, specifically dystopia and apocalyptic narratives. Within these narratives, repurposing plays a similar role to repurposing in the real world, filling the gap between a survival mode of life and a science/technology driven society. The last part of this dissertation explores the place of repurposing among a myriad of current concepts concerning creativity.<br>Ph.D.<br>Doctorate<br>Dean's Office, Arts and Humanities<br>Arts and Humanities<br>Texts and Technology
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Mai, Quynh-Anh N. "Uncovering new regulators of Arabidopsis thaliana fruit morphogenesis." Diss., [La Jolla] : University of California, San Diego, 2009. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p1470595.
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Williams, Paul Allan. "Polyarylanthraquinoneimines: A new family of polymers." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/186235.
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This work describes a novel technique to prepare a family of polymers which contain a polyquinoneimine backbone. The polymerization utilized a condensation reaction which yielded novel substituted polyanilines. The polymer generating reaction, formation of the imine, was optimized to a quantitative yield via a model compound study. The model quinoneimine was prepared from anthraquinone and two equivalents aniline in the presence of excess of titanium tetrachloride and 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane. The X-ray crystal structure of the model compound from anthraquinone had indicated that the ring system is not planar due to steric hindrance between the peri-hydrogen of anthraquinone and the ortho-hydrogen of the N-phenyl ring. The X-ray crystal structure of the model compound prepared from 4,8-dehydrobenzo-[1,2-b:4,5-b']dithiophene-4,8-dione reveals the quinone moiety to be planar. This indicates that the incorporation of a benzoquinone moiety with two fused thiophene rings in the model compound relieved the steric hindrance observed in the anthraquinone model compound. The model compound synthetic strategy was used to prepare polyquinoneimines from either of the above mentioned quinones and aromatic diamines. The polyquinoneimines were prepared in high yields with molecular weights up to 20,000. The polymers are red powders which are soluble in common organic solvents such as tetrahydrofuran, chloroform and chlorobenzene and form red transparent films. In contrast, polyanilines are typically black insoluble and intractible polymers. Characterization of the polymers prepared from either 4,4'-methylenedianiline or 4,4'-thiodianiline and anthraquinone revealed that 5-20% of the product is a novel low molecular weight macrocyclic quinoneimine.
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Chakravarty, Rupak, and Sukhwinder Singh. "E-Resources for Indian Universities: New Initiatives." Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/105998.
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Academic Libraries in India are facing the problem of shrinking/static budgets and simultaneous exponential rise in journal prices. The need of the hour is to find a pragmatic solution to this problem. Something substantial has to be done in order to facilitate access to scholarly resources to research scholars and faculties. UGC-INFONET and INDEST- Consortium are two major initiatives that have come to the rescue of academic libraries so that they can cater to the needs of academia depending upon them. These revolutionary steps are providing scholarly resources including peer reviewed journals, databases, abstracts, proceedings, etc. These efforts will definitely boost the higher education system in our country.
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Mankin, David P. "Knowledge sharing processes in academic communities in new university business schools." Thesis, Nottingham Trent University, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.657619.
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Adsit, Daniel Mark. "Academic entrepreneurial ecosystem strategy in the New York state capital region." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/90704.
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Thesis: S.M. in Engineering and Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, System Design and Management Program, 2014.<br>Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-122).<br>The upstate New York regions are historically significant, but experienced economic decline throughout the later twentieth century. The New York State capital region, located approximately 150 miles north of New York City and west of Boston, has developed government, academic, and industrial institutions that influence economic performance and relationships. Academic theories about cluster and agglomeration development indicate that complex productivity and network dependencies significantly impact economic sustainability and resilience, while entrepreneurial activity is a critical development factor in cluster dependencies. Applied concepts from the MIT Regional Entrepreneurial Acceleration Laboratory (REAL) highlight innovative and entrepreneurial capacities linkages in the capital region, and opportunities for stakeholders to facilitate entrepreneurship. Annually, over twenty capital region academic institutions dispatch thousands of graduates into the regional, national, and global economies with skills and experiences. However, professional social network data indicates that significant fractions of regional graduates that demonstrate innovative and entrepreneurial capacities have departed in the past twenty-three years. Therefore, challenges exist to provide regional economic opportunities to these graduates. Academic entrepreneurial ecosystems present economic opportunities for regional graduates, entrepreneurial ventures, and future jobs. A system engineering analysis reveals networked accelerator potential to enhance existing academic programs, improve venture success, and reduce student entrepreneurial risk.<br>by Daniel Mark Adsit.<br>S.M. in Engineering and Management
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Hodgson, Rebecca Ann. "New lecturers' journeys : the formation of 'the academic' in Higher Education." Thesis, Sheffield Hallam University, 2017. http://shura.shu.ac.uk/17308/.
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This research explores the formation of academic identities in a large, northern post-1992 UK university. The study is contextualized within the current discourse of a managerialist, neo-liberal, marketised higher education context and the dominance of notions of 'excellence'. The research aimed to ascertain how academics conceptualise their academic role and practice over time and what might account for this, with an intention to identify implications for the support and development of new academic staff. The participants were academics who were undertaking or had recently undertaken a Post Graduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education. A set of longitudinal interviews, three per participant, formed the primary data set with current course participants, with a secondary data set of one off interviews with a separate group of alumni course participants. The research sits within a constructivist paradigm and adopted a reflexive, interpretative approach to data collection and analysis, with both the voice of the researcher and participants remaining visible throughout. An iterative process of qualitative data analysis was used, with themes inductively generated from the data, using first open coding and then qualitative content analysis. Although participant narratives are heterogeneous, overarching themes were identified relating to conceptions of identity and factors influencing this. Conceptions of identity typically saw 'hybridised academic identities' emerging, together with the notion of the academic as a 'tri-professional'. Whilst the notion of 'research' was considered an essential aspect of the academic identity, differing conceptions of what this entailed highlighted disciplinary differences in approaches to research and scholarly practice. Several interdependent factors influencing the development of academic identity and practice were identified from the data. These were self-efficacy, pedagogical agency, mattering, and belonging, which were interrelated with a key aspect of a stable academic identity, pedagogical resilience. These findings informed the development of a tentative conceptual model for the formation of the academic, the 'new academic identity nexus'. Whilst it appeared that courses like a PgCert LTHE can contribute to the development of an academic identity, experiences in local subject contexts were the critical mechanisms through which an academic identity can be developed and realised. The proposed 'new academic identity nexus' has significant implications for leaders and managers in academic institutions.
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Goodman, Nicole. "Academic Accountability between Charter and Public-School Principals in New Jersey." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7382.
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The purpose of this study was to explore school principals' accountability with student academic performance. Charter and public-school principals are responsible for the learning process and academic development. Previously published literature did not reveal a clear understanding of the policies and practices that contributed in obtaining the desired student academic outcomes. Parsons's theory of action served as the foundation for analyzing principals' decisions to achieve accountability and comply with the policies established by the regulating authorities. A snowball sampling of school principals included a public charter school principal and 5 traditional public-school principals in the state of New Jersey. A multiple case study approach with semi structured interviews and open-ended questions was used to collect data, which was then transcribed, coded, and processed in Dedoose software program. Gaining insight may prove beneficial to the accountability of principals' duties disposed by school policies and practices. The study findings helped identify accountability standards common for both types of educational establishments. The study found that academic accountability goes beyond school principals and that school principals spend the least amount of time as instructional leaders. Finding contributes to positive social change by highlighting the need for regulatory agencies to identify and set clear guidelines of accountability, implement effective monitoring and measuring tools of accountability, and hold all stakeholders accountable for promoting student academic performance and achievement.
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Saba, Maggie Sami. "Writing in a New Environment: Saudi ESL Students Learning Academic Writing." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/54012.
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This qualitative case study sought to gain a deeper understanding of the obstacles that students from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia face when learning English in a writing course that implements critical thinking and writing process pedagogy. The study took place over five months at the Virginia Tech Language and Culture Institute in spring 2012. While ten participants--six female and four male Saudi Arabian ESL students--participated in this study, these findings focus primarily on one male and one female student. The aim of this focus was to give a rich and in-depth description of the two students. Two main queries guided this study: 1) How do sex differences affect Saudi students' perception of their teachers' and peers' authority? 2) How do those perceptions affect their development as writers and critical thinkers when learning in an intensive writing course at the high intermediate level? The researcher documented data through three sources: classroom observation, interviews with ESL students and teachers, and student writing samples.<br>Ph. D.
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Persson, Lina, and Sharareh Ani. "The Impact of New Public Management on Academic Citizenship : A Case Study of the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-129859.
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Background: The last decade has had many changes within the management of organisations in the public sector and several public sector organisations have implemented New Public Management. This has lead to research becoming more emphasised in universities lately, mostly because international ranking systems put more weight to it. At the same time recent literature underestimates the contribution of citizenship behaviour to public organizations and the wider society. This opens up to an interesting debate on how New Public Managament affects academic citizenship. Purpose of the study: The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of New Public Management on academic citizenship at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. It will explore how certain characteristics of New Public Managementaffect academics ability to perform academic citizenship. This study will also look at the practical implications for the university. Methodology: In order to conduct this study a qualitative approach was chosen. The research design is a single case study that focuses on one specific setting, in this case the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. The empirical data was gathered through interviewing 10 academics at the university with semi-structured interviews. Conclusion: The conducted study has shown that New Public Managament does affect academic citizenship. The study shows that certain New Public Management characteristics affect the academics ability to perform academic citizenship, which leads to it being pushes a side to a certain extent. The implications of academic citizenship being pushed a side affects both the university and the students as well as the contribution to the society.
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Low, Philip Steven. "A new way to look at sleep separation & convergence /." Diss., View abstract only; access to full text of dissertation for UC campuses will be available after March 1, 2012, 2007. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3284313.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2007.<br>Title from first page of PDF file (viewed June 2, 2008). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Vita. Includes bibliographical references.
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Dy, Diane Jazmin. "S. aureus bacteria a new target of serum calcification activity /." Diss., [La Jolla] : University of California, San Diego, 2009. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p1465072.
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Thesis (M.S.)--University of California, San Diego, 2009.<br>Title from first page of PDF file (viewed June 19, 2009). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Includes bibliographical references (p. 35-37).
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Elmore, Ashley Michelle. "The New Man and the New Lad: Hegemonic Masculinities in Men's Lifestyle Magazines." Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2004. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/4482.
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Men are bombarded with contradictory masculine imagery in the media. The perfect man must be aggressive but not violent, sensitive but not emotional, healthy, active and smart without being an idealist, overachiever or too bookish. Heterocentric male focused lifestyle magazines rival women's magazines in number and availability. Some men look to these images as a tool by which to gauge their masculinity and learn their social role performance. This inquiry includes a content analysis of four major men's lifestyle magazines over a 12-month period in which four new masculinities: certitude, irony, new sexism and double voicing were critiqued. Elements of costume, nonverbal expressions and activity level in the photographs of men and women were examined. The findings indicate that Maxim and Stuff were deluged with displays of certitude of gender roles, irony, new sexism and double voicing. Playboy had a high level of gender certitude, marginal levels of new sexism and irony and low levels of double voicing. Lastly, GQ had relatively high levels of gender certitude but it had very low levels of the other masculinities.<br>M.A.<br>Department of Sociology and Anthropology<br>Arts and Sciences<br>Sociology and Anthropology
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Kwinn, Laura Ann. "New virulence factors of the invasive human pathogen Group A Streptococcus." Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 2006. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3237567.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2006.<br>Title from first page of PDF file (viewed December 12, 2006). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Vita. Includes bibliographical references.
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Amos, Matthew James. "Quasigeoid modelling in New Zealand to unify multiple local vertical datums /." Full text available, 2007. http://adt.curtin.edu.au/theses/available/adt-WCU20071112.131832.
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Rayburn, Rachel L. "Dead, imprisoned, relapsed the fate of homeless substance abusers two decades later." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2011. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/5015.
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Guided and influenced by a famous follow-up study in criminology focused on desistance from crime, this dissertation studies desistance from crime, homelessness, and substance abuse. In the early 1990s, The New Orleans Homeless Substance Abusers Project (NOHSAP) was founded as an experiment funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) to uncover optimal treatment strategies for homeless alcoholics and drug addicts. The program ran for three years (1991-1993) and in those years, 670 homeless New Orleans men and women were admitted into treatment. Some of the original clients were followed for as long as 18 months, but none of them had been re-contacted since the mid-1990s. This dissertation involves finding these individuals and re-interviewing them, to discover what life trajectories they have taken some 17-19 years later. Guided by social bonding theory, this project shows what baseline factors and conditions explain variability in life outcomes. The methodology for this study consists of three main parts: 1) a quantitative analysis of mortality data; 2) a historical analysis of criminal histories and 3) in-depth interviews. Nested logistic regression models explained differences among those who have died (n = 91) and those still living. The same method was used to explain differences among those currently incarcerated (n = 56). Follow-up interviews were conducted with 32 individuals in a variety of settings including at their homes and in prisons. Findings from the quantitative results show that social bonding theory seems to be a weak explanation scheme among this population. Results from the qualitative data, however, are contrary and show social bonds to be crucial in the desistance process. Like Laub and Sampson's study, marriage and employment were strong predictors of desistance. Individuals interviewed tended to be sober, but disaffiliated with twelve-step meetings.; Other themes from the interviews involve presentation of self, the importance of religion, and a process of aging out of crime. Policy implications from these results focus on the importance of choosing a good life partner, the reduction of alcohol and drug use among abusers, and emphasizing stable employment.<br>ID: 030423313; System requirements: World Wide Web browser and PDF reader.; Mode of access: World Wide Web.; Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Central Florida, 2011.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-213).<br>Ph.D.<br>Doctorate<br>Sociology<br>Sciences
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Hudson, Alison. "New professionals and new technologies in new higher education? conceptualising struggles in the field /." Doctoral thesis, Umeå : Department of Interactive Media and Learning, Umeå University, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-26036.
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Popov, Dmitriy. "Iteratively reweighted least squares minimization with prior information a new approach." Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2011. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/4822.
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Iteratively reweighted least squares (IRLS) algorithms provide an alternative to the more standard l[sub1]-minimization approach in compressive sensing. Daubechies et al. introduced a particularly stable version of an IRLS algorithm and rigorously proved its convergence in 2010. They did not, however, consider the case in which prior information on the support of the sparse domain of the solution is available. In 2009, Miosso et al. proposed an IRLS algorithm that makes use of this information to further reduce the number of measurements required to recover the solution with specified accuracy. Although Miosso et al. obtained a number of simulation results strongly confirming the utility of their approach, they did not rigorously establish the convergence properties of their algorithm. In this paper, we introduce prior information on the support of the sparse domain of the solution into the algorithm of Daubechies et al. We then provide a rigorous proof of the convergence of the resulting algorithm.<br>ID: 030646220; System requirements: World Wide Web browser and PDF reader.; Mode of access: World Wide Web.; Thesis (M.S.)--University of Central Florida, 2011.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 37-38).<br>M.S.<br>Masters<br>Mathematics<br>Sciences<br>Mathematical Science
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Trianti, Alexandra. "Implementing New Generation Catalog in an Academic Library : Users’ Views and Wishes." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för informatik (IK), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-46153.
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In an accelerating Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) environment, academic libraries’ catalogs have always been part of students’ and faculty members journey of resources discovery. The master thesis intents to focus its interest in Information Systems (IS) ground related to the implementation of a new search engine at the University of Piraeus Library. The Library wants to change the search features of its traditional online services and to implement a new discover tool with Web 2.0 characteristics. The aim of this master thesis is to investigate users’ views and desires interest according to their scholarly needs and expectations about VuFind in order to facilitate the Library to customize the integration. Therefore, critical systems theory will be employed for “therapeutic” reasons to enlighten the Library’s users about their current situation. Qualitative analysis is expected to recognize discrimination against traditional Library’s search engines. Qualitative data of the user impression and reaction when operate with the VuFind interface will lead to recommendations for enhancement and improvements. Findings will assist implementers to modify the discovery layer by meeting users’ needs of the academia community. The research will collect data through qualitative method on how participants operate with the VuFind search engine merging librarians’ professional views and users’ expectations and propositions. Participatory Design (PD) will be built upon Future Workshop method.
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Rowan, Courtney. "Greater New Orleans Educational Television Foundation (WYES-TV): An Internship Academic Report." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2016. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/aa_rpts/205.
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This report provides a detailed account of an internship with the Greater New Orleans Educational Television Foundation’s development department. For the purposes of this paper, I will be referring to the non-profit as WYES-TV. The internship began in January of 2016 and continued through April of 2016. Throughout this paper, I will provide an overview of the organization’s history, mission, budget, special events and program services, as well as a description of my internship and experience. This report will also include an analysis of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the organization. It will discuss best practices for addressing current challenges and opportunities. Lastly, it will provide a section for recommendations and suggestions for improvements.
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Menzies, Kathleen. "Academic attitudes to new media in UK higher education : an interdisciplinary study." Thesis, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2015. http://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/618069/.
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This thesis examines the attitudes of UK academics toward new media as both cultural artefacts and tools, assessing the relationship of those attitudes to traditionally distinct disciplinary structures. An inclusive and conceptually informed framework was developed following a review of multi-disciplinary literatures addressing the organisation of disciplines, the management of Higher Education, and the multiple meanings of new media. The original contribution of the thesis is an enriched understanding of what new media mean to academics both symbolically and practically at a time of immense technological and organisational change. Empirical data were gathered from a sample of 209 UK academics in four academic fields which were selected strategically using a frame based on the work of Whitley (2000). The primary instrument used was a self-administered online questionnaire (distributed to 953 individuals in 112 in-scope institutions, hence the response rate is 22 percent) using Likert scales and semantic differentials to capture attitudinal statements. Illustrative, descriptive and inferential statistics were computed from this, although it must be noted that the population size could only be estimated. An analysis of commonalities and differences in emerging and conventional disciplinary structures suggests a stronger influence of the practical rather than symbolic influences of discipline on academics' attitudes toward new media. A homogenisation of attitudes is found across not only disciplines, but genders, age groups, and experience levels. At the same time, while these findings echo those of other research, strong conceptual and methodological differences remain evident in debates about new media in much scholarly literature, primarily that drawn along disciplinary lines, or for a specialist audience. This suggests two equally important positions from which academics assess new media; those rooted in disciplinary modes, and those common to multiple practitioners and audiences in the academic 'workspace'. This can be seen as symptomatic of the new managerial models for research, teaching and assessment currently prevalent within HE.
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Rodrigues, Carlos José. "Universities and regional development : a new perspective on the second academic revolution." Doctoral thesis, Universidade de Aveiro, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/3477.
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Doutoramento em Ciências Sociais<br>O presente trabalho visa contribuir para alargar o conhecimento sobre o papel
que as universidades podem desempenhar nos processos de desenvolvimento
regional. Esse papel é abordado com base no argumento de que as dinâmicas
de mudança no mundo académico assumem contornos revolucionários,
configurados pela inserção do desenvolvimento económico na missão das
universidades, em paralelo com o ensino e a investigação. O trabalho defende
que a perspectiva dominante sobre as mudanças na missão académica,
centrada quase exclusivamente nos processos de transferência de tecnologia
entre as universidades e os tecidos produtivos regionais, negligencia vertentes
da relação universidade-região que, tendo em conta a natureza e os desafios
da sociedade contemporânea, assumem grande relevância. Assim, a
dissertação propõe uma perspectiva alargada sobre a revolução académica,
por forma a introduzir no debate recursos de desenvolvimento que as
universidades podem fornecer às suas regiões e que, no âmbito da abordagem
tradicional, são menosprezados. Para o efeito, a investigação incide sobre o
papel das universidades na promoção da capacidade institucional das regiões,
ou seja a combinação e mobilização de recursos de conhecimento e de
recursos relacionais que sustentam a acção colectiva.
O trabalho procura responder a quatro questões de investigação essenciais. A
primeira refere-se ao papel que as universidades, como agentes de
desenvolvimento económico, assumem nos processos de construção da
capacidade institucional das regiões; a segunda prende-se com os arranjos
organizacionais que estão a ser adoptados nas universidades como forma de
enfrentar os desafios associados à nova missão académica; a terceira espelha
a influência que as condições contextuais exercem sobre a intensidade e
qualidade das relações universidade-região e explora a possibilidade da
ocorrência de benefícios mútuos; a quarta questão aborda as particularidades
que marcam o papel das universidades em regiões menos favorecidas.
A investigação parte da conceptualização dos desafios inerentes aos
processos de mudança da sociedade, os quais, no âmbito da dialéctica entre a
ideia de sociedade e a idea de universidade, formatam a transformação da
academia. De seguida, detalham-se a natureza e as implicações das
mudanças na academia, identificam-se os problemas da abordagem tradicional
a essas mudanças e sugere-se uma perspectiva mais abrangente sobre a
segunda revolução académica. Os estudos de caso realizados em três
universidades que operam em contextos territoriais diferenciados sustentam,
do ponto de vista da praxis, as respostas às questões acima referidas e a
formulação de conclusões sobre o papel que as universidades podem
desempenhar nos processos de desenvolvimento regional e a sua natureza
revolucionária.<br>This dissertation aims to contribute to the advancement of the knowledge on
the role universities play in regional development processes. It draws on the
argument according to which there is an ongoing revolution in academia,
configured by the integration of economic development in the mission realm of
universities, together with teaching and research. Taking into account the
nature and challenges of the contemporary dynamics of societal change, it
asserts that the changing academic mission is being taken by dominant scholar
approaches in a narrow, incomplete fashion, because almost exclusively
focused on the technology transferred between universities and their regions’
productive fabric. In accordance, the dissertation proposes a broader
perspective on the academic revolution, in order to introduce in the debate
relevant regional development resources that universities can provide, which
are left out of the mainstreamed picture. It does that by studying the part played
by universities in the promotion of the regional capabilities needed to combine
and mobilise the knowledge and relational resources that nourish the collective
capacity for collective action, i.e., the resources and processes that build up
regional institutional capacity.
The research work aims to search for answers to four major questions, which
ground the guiding inquiry line. The first relates to the role of regional
development agents assumed by universities and the extent to which their
agency makes them institutional capacity builders. The second focuses on the
ways universities are organising themselves in order to deal with the
challenges inherent to third mission activities. The third mirrors the contextual
and mutually reinforcing nature of the university-region nexus. The fourth and
final question addresses the particularities that expectably characterise
universities’ regional engagement in less favoured regions.
The dissertation takes as point of departure the conceptualisation and
reasoning of the challenges associated with contemporary societal change,
which, under the dialectics between the idea of the University and the idea of
the Society, is shaping academic change. Drawing on the resulting scenery of
academic change, it details the nature and implications of the revolutionary
move in academia, identifies the shortages of the mainstream approach and
introduces a new, broader perspective on the second academic revolution. The
case studies undertaken in three universities operating in different European
regional contexts offer a picture of the second academic revolution, in its
extended version, taken from the point of view of practice. This picture provides
the empirical evidence that configures the answers to the major research
questions and underpins the conclusive remarks on the role of universities in
regional development and its revolutionatry nature.
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Ball, Joseph. "Microequity a new model for microfinance in the u.s." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2013. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/817.
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Most of the research on microfinance focuses on the microloan activities of microfinance institutions such as Grameen Bank of Bangladesh and Banco Sol of South America. These institutions make small loans to the poor to help them engage in income generating activities. Many organizations have tried to translate this practice to the United States, but due to fundamental differences between the advanced U.S. business environment and that found in the developing world, such attempts have been met with limited success. There is a substantial amount of research on microfinance institutions and activities in the U.S., however almost all of the activity is focused on making microloans. In this paper, a new method for pursuing microfinance, microequity, is put forward as a potential candidate for successfully and sustainably implementing microfinance in the United States. The preliminary conclusions reached in this paper, based on research into traditional microfinance internationally and in the U.S. as well as research on the pros and cons of traditional equity and debt financing, show that a microequity model for microfinance could offer a solution to the difficulties that have prevented microfinance from being successfully and sustainably implemented in the United States.<br>B.A.B.A.<br>Bachelors<br>Business Administration<br>Management
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Champlin, Darren. "Loyalty effects of coupon books on new restaurant customers." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2001. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/266.
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This item is only available in print in the UCF Libraries. If this is your Honors Thesis, you can help us make it available online for use by researchers around the world by following the instructions on the distribution consent form at http://library.ucf.edu/Systems/DigitalInitiatives/DigitalCollections/InternetDistributionConsentAgreementForm.pdf You may also contact the project coordinator, Kerri Bottorff, at kerri.bottorff@ucf.edu for more information.<br>Bachelors<br>Business Administration<br>Marketing
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Oh, Choonsuck. "New methods of non-linear image restoration and reconstruction." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/186025.
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Integral logarithmic transforms are defined for both one-dimensional and two-dimensional input functions. These have the desirable properties of linearity and invariance to scale change of the input. Two-dimensional integral logarithmic transform is additionally invariant to rotation. The integral logarithmic transforms are conveniently inverted by simple differentiation. Second, a new approach is given for the problem of reconstruction of phase from modulus data. A set of Wiener-filter functions is formed that multiply, in turn, displaced versions of the modulus data in frequency space such that the sum is a minimum L₂-error norm solution for the object. The required statistics are power spectra of the signal and noise, and correlation between modulus data at a given frequencies and complex object spectral values at adjacent frequencies. Finally, a new technique is proposed to reconstruct a turbulent image from a superposition model. Imagery through random atmospheric turbulence is modeled as a stochastic superposition process. By this model, each short-exposure point spread function is a superposition of randomly weighted and displaced versions of one intensity profile. If we could somehow estimate the weights and displacements for a given image, then by the superposition model we would known the spread function, and consequently, could invert the imaging equation for the object.
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Larsen, Maria Theresa. "Academic enterprise : a new mission for universities or a contradiction in term? : four papers on the long-term implications of increasing industry involevement and commercialization in academia /." København, 2007. http://www.gbv.de/dms/zbw/543402347.pdf.
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Monen, Joost W. "Meiotic chromosome segregation in C. elegans discovering a new look for CENP-A /." Diss., [La Jolla, Calif.] : University of California, San Diego, 2008. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3330395.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2008.<br>Title from first page of PDF file (viewed November 19, 2008). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 104-114).