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Aim: To examine the effectiveness of a bio-energy intervention on self-reported stress for a convenience sample of University students, faculty, and staff during finals week. We hypothesized that participants would report a decrease in stress after a 20 minute bio-energy intervention. Study Design: A quasi-experimental, single-group, pretest–posttest design was used. Method: Thirty-nine faculty, staff, and students participated. Participants served as their own controls. A specific technique was provided by each bio-energy practitioner for 20 minutes after participants had completed a visual analogue scale identifying level of stress and listing two positive and negative behaviors they were currently using in response to stress. Results: A one-sample t test indicates that bio-energy therapy significantly reduces stress, t(35) = 7.74, p < .0001. A multiple regression analysis further indicates that the decrease in stress levels is significantly greater for higher initial stress levels, t(31) = 4.748, p < .0001); decreases in stress are significantly greater for faculty and staff compared to students, t(31) = −2.223, p = .034; and decreases in stress levels are marginally significantly higher for older participants, t(31) =1.946, p = .061. Conclusion: Bio-energy therapy may have benefit in reducing stress for faculty, staff, and students during final examination week. Further research is needed.

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Canadian Strategies for Internationalization

International Higher Education ◽

10.6017/ihe.2009.57.8458 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Sally-Ann Burnett ◽

Jeroen Huisman

Keyword(s):

International Student ◽

Student Recruitment ◽

Student Diversity ◽

Senior Faculty ◽

Revenue Generation ◽

Canadian Universities ◽

International Student Recruitment ◽

Faculty And Staff ◽

The Government ◽

Institutional Cultures

The study of four comparable Canadian universities in Ontario, this article analyzed background documents from the government and the institutions, carried out site visits to the campuses of the institutions, and interviewed senior faculty and staff working in the area of internationalization. The main reasons for internationalizationparticularly international student recruitmentwere portrayed as the value of student diversity as well as revenue generation. The institutional cultures influence responses to globalization as well.

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Collaborating for metadata creation on digital projects: using Google Forms and Sheets

Library Hi Tech News ◽

10.1108/lhtn-08-2017-0056 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 34 (8) ◽

pp. 20-23 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

R. Cecilia Knight ◽

Elizabeth Rodrigues ◽

Rebecca Ciota

Keyword(s):

Design Methodology ◽

Controlled Vocabulary ◽

Social Implications ◽

Content Type ◽

Complex Group ◽

Job Experiences ◽

Faculty And Staff ◽

Keyword Searching ◽

Google Apps

Purpose Working with faculty and staff to create digital projects requires a complex group of skills and activities. Potential collaborators often jump to the end vision without fully grasping the need for proper description and metadata. Design/methodology/approach On-the-job experiences. Contextual inquiry. Findings Using Google Forms and Sheets is perceived of as neutral and less frightening than working in a platform that will be the home of the project or using other proprietary productivity software. Social implications Digital scholars gradually come to understand the stakes of early decisions in metadata creation (such as file naming conventions and controlled vocabulary) and how that affects database structures, record display, keyword searching and long-term curation. Originality/value The authors did not find any other publications addressing using Google Apps for creating metadata.

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