A Doctoral Program Offered By The University Of Wales And Penn State Great Valley : An Essay In International Collaborations.

Is the Doctor of Business Administration (D.B.A) a viable degree option for those wishing a career in academe? The D.B.A. degree is often considered to be a professional degree, in-tended for business practitioners, while the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree is por-trayed as the degree for preparing college or university faculty. Conversely, many academic programs market their D.B.A. programs to future academicians. In this study, we investigat-ed whether the D.B.A. is, in fact, a viable faculty credential by gathering data from univer-sity catalogs and doctoral program websites and handbooks from 427 graduate business and management programs to analyze the terminal degrees held by 6159 faculty. The analysis indicated that 173 institutions (just over 40% of the total) employed 372 faculty whose ter-minal degree was the D.B.A. This constituted just over 6% of the total number of faculty. Additionally, the program and faculty qualification standards of the six regional accrediting agencies and the three programmatic accrediting agencies for business programs (AACSB, IACBE, and ACBSP) were analyzed. Results indicated that all these accrediting agencies treated the D.B.A. and Ph.D. in business identically and that the D.B.A. was universally considered to be a valid credential for teaching business at the university level. Suggestions for future research are also offered.

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Stormwater Biofilter Media Performance Updates for WinSLAMM: Data Summary for Unit Process Components, Example Calculations and Model Use

Journal of Water Management Modeling ◽

10.14796/jwmm.c477 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Robert E. Pitt ◽

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Shirley Clark ◽

Redahegn Sileshi ◽

J. Voorhees ◽

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Keyword(s):

Research Group ◽

Field Research ◽

White Paper ◽

Specific Information ◽

Unit Process ◽

Wisconsin Department ◽

Penn State ◽

The Media ◽

Maintenance Requirements ◽

The University

This paper focuses on specific information needed to model various aspects of the pollutant retention processes in stormwater biofilters. Updates currently being incorporated in WinSLAMM (Source Loading and Management Model) are building on expanded data from laboratory and field research mostly conducted by Pitt’s research group at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, by Dr. Shirley Clark’s research group at Penn State–Harrisburg, and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Geological Survey (DNR/USGS). These processes and data can be used in manual calculations or other models. Extensive summaries of these data sources and associated statistical analyses, plus additional references, are included in an online white paper available at the PV & Assoc. website. These tests were conducted to provide the details needed for modeling the performance of biofilters, specifically focusing on: methods to predict treatment flow rates through the media; particulate and associated particulate bound pollutant retention for several particle sizes; maintenance requirements due to sediment clogging and pollutant breakthrough; and retention of filterable pollutants. This multiyear research program also examined issues not commonly described in the biofilter performance literature, such as failure due to excessive salt loadings on media having large amounts of fines, problems associated with compaction of the media, and leaching of previously captured material from the media.

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International design collaboration and mentoring for tertiary students through Facebook

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology ◽

10.14742/ajet.815 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 28 (5) ◽

Author(s):

Josh McCarthy

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Digital Media ◽

Undergraduate Students ◽

The United States ◽

State University ◽

Postgraduate Students ◽

Student Cohorts ◽

Penn State ◽

The University ◽

Industry Professionals

This study explores the efficacy of the online social networking site Facebook, for linking international digital media student cohorts through an e-mentoring scheme. It reports on the 2011 collaboration between the University of Adelaide in Australia, and Penn State University in the United States. Over one semester, twelve postgraduate students in Australia and ten undergraduate students in the United States took part in an online mentor scheme hosted by Facebook. Students were required to submit work-in-progress imagery each week to a series of galleries within the forum. Postgraduate students from Adelaide mentored the undergraduate students at Penn State, and in turn, staff and associated industry professionals mentored the Adelaide students. Interaction between the two student cohorts was consistently strong throughout the semester, and all parties benefitted from the collaboration. Students from Penn State University were able to receive guidance and critiques from more experienced peers, and responded positively to the continual feedback over the semester. Students from the University of Adelaide received support from three different groups: Penn State staff and associated professionals; local industry professionals and recent graduates; and peers from Penn State. The 2011 scheme highlighted the efficacy of Facebook as a host site for e-mentoring and strengthened the bond between the two collaborating institutions.

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Seton Hall University Doctor of Science Degree Program

American Journal of Audiology ◽

10.1044/1059-0889(2004/003) ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 9-15

Author(s):

Janet Koehnke ◽

Joan Besing ◽

Kelly Shea-Miller ◽

Brett Martin

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

Clinical Education ◽

Doctoral Program ◽

Full Time ◽

Research Experience ◽

Science Degree ◽

Course Work ◽

Close Proximity ◽

Clinical Practica ◽

The University

This article provides an overview of the clinical doctoral program in audiology at Seton Hall University. It is a full-time, 4-year program that includes academic course work, clinical practica, and research experience. In concert with the university mission, the program is designed to enable students to develop the skills they need to be leaders in the field of audiology, providing assessment and intervention to individuals with hearing problems and enhancing the knowledge base of the profession. As part of the School of Graduate Medical Education, students in the program have access to a wealth of resources in related health professions. The close proximity to New York City provides many opportunities for outstanding clinical education with a diverse population.

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Learning Management Systems

Encyclopedia of Distance Learning ◽

10.4018/978-1-59140-555-9.ch182 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 1223-1230

Author(s):

Diane Chapman

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

Liberal Arts ◽

Educational Institutions ◽

State University ◽

Yale University ◽

Cornell University ◽

Penn State ◽

Nontraditional Learning ◽

The University ◽

Learning Options

Formal university-based distance education has been around for over 100 years. For example, Cornell University established the Correspondence University in 1882, and Chautauqua College of Liberal Arts in New York was awarding degrees via correspondence courses in 1883 (Nasseh, 1997). Soon many other educational institutions, including the University of Chicago, Penn State University, Yale University, and John Hopkins University, were offering these nontraditional learning options for their students. Many institutions then moved to instructional telecommunications as the technology matured. With the entry of the personal computer into homes and workplaces in the 1980s, learning started to become more technology driven. But it was not until the 1990s, with the proliferation of the World Wide Web, that the concept of technology-enhanced education began to change drastically.

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Introduction to Learning Management Systems

Encyclopedia of Distance Learning, Second Edition ◽

10.4018/978-1-60566-198-8.ch183 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 1280-1286 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Diane D. Chapman

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

Liberal Arts ◽

Educational Institutions ◽

Traditional Learning ◽

State University ◽

Yale University ◽

Cornell University ◽

Johns Hopkins University ◽

Penn State ◽

The University

Formal university-based distance education has been around for over 100 years. For example, Cornell University established the Correspondence University in 1882, and Chautauqua College of Liberal Arts in New York was awarding degrees via correspondence courses in 1883 (Nasseh, 1997). Soon many other educational institutions, including the University of Chicago, Penn State University, Yale University, and Johns Hopkins University were offering these non-traditional learning options for their students. With the entry of the personal computer into homes and workplaces in the 1980s, learning started to become more technologydriven. However, it was not until the 1990s, with the proliferation of the World Wide Web, that the concept of technology-enhanced education began to change drastically.

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International Collaborations as Research Infrastructure

10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199474417.003.0005 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

P.K. Viswanathan ◽

R. Parthasarathy ◽

Madhusudan Bandi

Keyword(s):

International Collaboration ◽

Social Science Research ◽

Science Research ◽

Cultural Exchange ◽

State Universities ◽

Joint Research ◽

Exchange Program ◽

Joint Research Project ◽

International Collaborations ◽

The University

This chapter examined the availability of the facilities for international collaboration for research, with a focus on two prime organisations, the University Grant Commission (UGC) and the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), which are engaged in promoting international collaboration. Beside this data also collected from various central and state universities. The study found that UGC has cultural exchange program with 48 countries, which include joint research project, exchanges of faculty, fellowship such as post-doctoral project-based exchange, and exchange of scholar programmes with several countries.

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Theory to Practice in Administrator Preparation: An Evaluation Study

Journal of School Leadership ◽

10.1177/105268469500500203 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 151-162 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Diana G. Pounder

Keyword(s):

Educational Administration ◽

Doctoral Program ◽

Educational Practice ◽

Evaluation Study ◽

Study Data ◽

Instructional Program ◽

Problems Of Practice ◽

Program Change ◽

Personnel Administration ◽

The University

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the effectiveness of a field-based doctoral program in educational administration on linking theory and research to the improvement of practice. Specifically, the study evaluates the degree and ways in which doctoral student field-based projects and studies completed as an integral part of the University of Utah's field-based Ed.D. program have resulted in program or policy changes in schools or other education-related agencies. This evaluation of the theory-practice emphasis in the University of Utah's Ed.D. program suggests that the program is successfully meeting its central program objective. Study data indicate that approximately one-half to two-thirds of student projects resulted in some sort of policy or program change in educational practice. Projects that resulted in change in local schools, districts or other education-related agencies tended to be either policy adoptions addressing legal and/or personnel administration concerns or instructional program implementations for students and staff. Factors that enhanced the likelihood of a project resulting in a policy or program change were: 1) the student's familiarity with relevant problems of practice; 2) the degree to which students worked closely with other organizational employees in developing and refining the project; and 3) the utility and conceptual/analytical quality of the proposal itself.

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Not Just Football: An Intergroup Perspective on the Sandusky Scandal at Penn State

Industrial and Organizational Psychology ◽

10.1111/iops.12022 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 117-133 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Clayton P. Alderfer

Keyword(s):

National Collegiate Athletic Association ◽

Board Of Trustees ◽

Charitable Organization ◽

Senior Administrators ◽

High School Coaches ◽

Senior Administration ◽

Penn State ◽

Football Coaching ◽

The University ◽

Key Events

AbstractWhen the Penn State football scandal exploded in 2012, observers tended to frame events in terms of individuals behaving badly or irresponsibly. The perpetrator of child abuse was convicted and sent to prison; the head football coach was fired; the president of the University and several senior administrators were terminated; and the former head of the Board of Trustees was forced to resign. Certainly, these actions were understandable under the circumstances. Terrible crimes had been committed and covered up for over a decade. Nevertheless, an exclusively individual focus overlooks the roles of 9 groups whose collective behavior first allowed the criminal acts to occur and then put an end to them. The groups included the children's families and high school coaches, the Penn State football coaching staff, the Penn State senior administration, the Penn State Board of Trustees, the Second Mile charitable organization, the Centre County Pennsylvania criminal justice system, Penn State students, the Big 10 athletic conference, and the National Collegiate Athletic Association. This article employs a group and intergroup perspective to analyze key events and to explain both the dysfunctional systemic behavior and the corrective actions.

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Scientometric Analysis of the Research Output of Physics and Astronomy of Guru Nanak Dev University during 2006-15

DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology ◽

10.14429/djlit.37.10683 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 37 (5) ◽

pp. 337

Author(s):

Sunaina Khanna ◽

Neeraj Kumar Singh ◽

Deepika Tewari ◽

Harinder Singh Saini

Keyword(s):

Research Productivity ◽

Research Output ◽

Citation Impact ◽

Scientometric Analysis ◽

H Index ◽

Average Citation ◽

Publication Number ◽

International Collaborations ◽

The University ◽

Number Of Citations

<div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column">The study attempts to analyse research contributions of the Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar in physics and astronomy during the period 2006-15. The data for this study was extracted from Scopus. The study analyses the year-wise research productivity, national and international collaborations, top collaborating institutions, most prolific authors, journals used for communication, most preferred journals for publication, number of citations received by the University during the period under study. This paper analyses that the university has published 652 papers in physics and astronomy. The University had registered the average citation impact per paper of 7.01 per cent and 6 publications received 51 to 100 citations. Among the Indian universities, University stood at 23rd rank in term of publications output (652) and h-index (29), 16th rank in average citation per paper (7.01 per cent) and 18th rank in share of high cited papers (1 per cent) and 19th rank in terms of international collaborative papers (27.45 per cent) during 2006-15. Around 68.71 per cent publications of the University in physics and astronomy were in national collaboration between GNDU and several other Indian organisations. The study clearly indicates that journals are the most preferred form of publication to communicate research works by the researchers. </div></div></div>

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