scholarly journals Minorities and Women in the Pacific Sociological Association Region

1986 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Kulis ◽  
Karen A. Miller ◽  
Morris Axelrod ◽  
Leonard Gordon
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Minority Students ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Minority Faculty ◽  
Pacific Sociological Association ◽  
Entry Level ◽  
Representation Of Women ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Sociology Departments

Based on a five-year follow-up survey of sociology departments in the Pacific Sociological Association region, we report trends in the representation of women and minorities among faculty members and graduate students. Although men continue to predominate at all but the lecturer/instructor level, women are increasingly represented on faculties overall, in tenured positions, and among the higher academic ranks. Proportionally fewer men and women are now in entry level positions than in 1979. Except for Asians, minority faculty continue to be poorly represented. Women now make up the majority of graduate students at both the masters and doctoral levels, but both the proportion and number of minority students have declined in five years. Still, despite sharply contracting enrollment, both women and minority graduate students receive a larger share of financial assistance awards than they did five years ago.

scholarly journals Women in Academic Atmospheric Sciences

2015 ◽  
Vol 96 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
David MacPhee ◽  
Silvia Sara Canetto
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Doctoral Programs ◽  
Doctoral Degree ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Academic Rank ◽  
Female Faculty ◽  
Tenure Track ◽  
Educational Preparation ◽  
Atmospheric Sciences ◽  
Representation Of Women

Abstract Past studies suggest that the atmospheric sciences may have the fewest women of all geosciences occupations. The purpose of this study was to document the representation of women in the academic atmospheric sciences, specifically women’s representation among faculty in U.S. atmospheric sciences doctoral programs. A second purpose was to describe the demographic profile, educational preparation, and occupational destination of atmospheric sciences graduate students—as a way to gauge the characteristics and progress of women potentially in the pipeline for academic positions. Data on atmospheric sciences faculty (N = 813) were collected from the websites of 34 doctoral programs. Women constituted 17% of tenure-track and tenured atmospheric sciences faculty. Most departments (53%) had two or fewer female tenure-track or tenured faculty members. The proportion of female faculty members declined as academic rank increased. Institutional data for graduate students (N = 1,153) at a subset of these programs showed that at matriculation, women represented 39% of the students. The typical provenience disciplines of atmospheric sciences graduate students were majors with a low participation of women. Finally, significantly fewer women than men completed their doctoral degrees or pursued academic careers upon completion of the doctorate. Only 20% of doctoral degree completers who chose academia were women. Based on these findings and those of related studies, we forecast a persisting scarcity of female faculty members in U.S. atmospheric sciences doctoral programs.

Reasons for Student Behavior Codes: A Qualitative Study at Two Christian Liberal Arts Institutions

NASPA Journal ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Brad A. Lau
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Student Behavior ◽  
Codes Of Conduct ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Christian Higher Education ◽  
Liberal Arts Institutions ◽  
Institutional Values

One of the great challenges facing Christian higher education is the role and impact of student behavior codes in furthering institutional values and inculcating those values in the students served by such institutions. The perspectives of administrators, faculty members, and students regarding the rationale for codes of conduct at their institution are examined. To obtain data, administrators, faculty members, and students at two Christian liberal arts institutions completed questionnaires and participated in follow-up interviews based on individual responses to the questionnaire. The views of all three groups are described as they see behavior codes relating to institutional purpose and the development and implementation of such codes.

scholarly journals Digital Images in Teaching and Learning at York University: Are the Libraries Meeting the Needs of Faculty Members in Fine Arts?

2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Kandiuk ◽  
Aaron Lupton
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Electronic Mail ◽  
Digital Images ◽  
Fine Arts ◽  
Image Databases ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Training And Support

Objective – This study assessed the needs for digital image delivery to faculty members in Fine Arts at York University in order to ensure that future decisions regarding the provision of digital images offered through commercial vendors and licensed by the Libraries meet the needs of teaching faculty. Methods – The study was comprised of four parts. A Web survey was distributed to 62 full-time faculty members in the Faculty of Fine Arts in February of 2011. A total of 25 responses were received. Follow-up interviews were conducted with nine faculty members. Usage statistics were examined for licensed library image databases. A request was posted on the electronic mail lists of the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS-L) and the Art Libraries Society of North America Canada Chapter (CARLIS-L) in April 2011 requesting feedback regarding the use of licensed image databases. There were 25 responses received. Results – Licensed image databases receive low use and pose pedagogical and technological challenges for the majority of the faculty members in Fine Arts that we surveyed. Relevant content is the overriding priority, followed by expediency and convenience, which take precedence over copyright and cleared permissions, resulting in a heavy reliance on Google Images Search. Conclusions – The needs of faculty members in Fine Arts who use digital images in their teaching at York University are not being met. The greatest shortcomings of licensed image databases provided by the Libraries are the content and technical challenges, which impede the ability of faculty to fully exploit them. Issues that need to be resolved include the lack of contemporary and Canadian content, training and support, and organizational responsibility for the provision of digital images and support for the use of digital images.

scholarly journals Challenges of Improving the Quality of Academic Supervision of Postgraduate Studies at the Faculty of Education, Damietta University

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 113
Author(s):  
Aly Saleh Gohar ◽  
Marwa Maher Qouta
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Analytical Method ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Heavy Load ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Postgraduate Studies ◽  
Faculty Of Education ◽  
Theses And Dissertations

The present research paper aims to confront the challenges of improving the quality of academic supervision of postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Education, Damietta University, identifying the theoretical and conceptual framework for academic supervision of educational postgraduate studies. It also analyzes the reality and defines the challenges of academic supervision of educational postgraduate studies. The author adopted the descriptive and analytical method and applied the tool to a sample of (30) faculty members at the Faculty of Education, Damietta University. The study concluded that the heavy load of the supervisor, the tendency of the student to choose a supervisor in a certain position, and keenness of the student to carry out the study quickly without considering quality, and poor research skills among students are the most significant challenges of improving the quality of academic supervision. The study recommended abiding by the regulations of postgraduate studies that allow supervising several theses and dissertations to enable supervisors to follow up postgraduate students honestly and objectively. It also recommended the need to respect the desire of the student when choosing a supervisor.

A Winning Combination in Computer Education: Learning and Serving

1982 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 331-342
Author(s):  
Warren Rose ◽  
George C. Fowler
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Reporting System ◽  
Science Instruction ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Graduate Level ◽  
Funded Research ◽  
Administrative Unit ◽  
Computer Based

This article features an imaginative use of graduate students in developing a computer-based information system to assist an administrative unit of a university. The project involves the development of a dual, automated, fiscal reporting system to handle the budgetary problems associated with funded research contracts by the College of Medicine. The roles and contributions of graduate students, faculty members, and users are assessed as they relate to improving the learning and serving functions of a university. The case example also identifies the problems to be overcome as well as the benefits to be gained from incorporating this technique in computer science instruction and programs at the graduate level.

Enhancement of efficacy of tuberculosis drugs with Immunoxel (Dzherelo™) in HIV-infected patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis

Immunotherapy ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 549-556 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga V Arjanova ◽  
Natalia D Prihoda ◽  
Larisa V Yurchenko ◽  
Nina I Sokolenko ◽  
Lyudmila A Vihrova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Opportunistic Infections ◽  
Average Weight ◽  
Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis ◽  
Entry Level ◽  
Antiretroviral Drug ◽  
Chest X Ray ◽  
Drug Naïve ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Culture Conversion

Immunoxel (Dzherelo™) is an oral, herbal immunomodulator used in Ukraine for adjunct therapy of infectious and autoimmune diseases. Antiretroviral drug-naive, tuberculosis (TB)/HIV coinfected patients with active pulmonary TB were divided into two arms, A (n = 20) and B (n = 20), to receive first-line anti-TB therapy (ATT) or ATT + Dzherelo, respectively. As a result, three (16%) versus 12 (67%; p = 0.003) patients had Mycobacterium tuberculosis culture conversion, with time to negative culture of 6 and 4 months in arms A and B, respectively. In the ATT-alone arm, the healing of pulmonary cavitations was observed in 25% of patients at weeks 24–28, while 60% of individuals in arm B healed at 16–18 weeks (p = 0.025). The TB lesions, on chest x-ray, had cleared in 46 and 84%, with time-to-clearance of 24–28 and 16–18 weeks in arms A and B, respectively. In the ATT-alone arm, the bodyweight at baseline was 64 ± 6.3 kg, with 13 cachexic patients who had an average weight deficit of -5.2 ± 1.7 kg. At the end of 6 months of follow-up, they have lost an additional 0.6 kg (-5.8 ± 2.4). The study entry-level weight in arm B was 52 ± 5.7 kg, with 12 individuals who had a body mass deficit of -8.5 ± 2.7 kg. The immunotherapeutic intervention increased bodyweight by an average of 5.8 ± 2.6 kg above baseline (p < 0.0001). The inclusion of Dzherelo into the ATT regimen decreased the incidence of new opportunistic infections (OI) with three episodes of OI versus 12 in arm A (p = 0.003). These findings indicate that Dzherelo contributes positively to the clinical efficacy of TB drugs.

“Puede decirse que el roto era como pan blanco, si no francés, en medio de aquella mezcolanza de razas”: “chinos” y mujeres como representaciones del subalterno en la narrativa de la Guerra del Pacífico (1879-1884). / “It can be said that roto was ...

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (10) ◽  
pp. 91-112
Author(s):  
Claudio A. Véliz Rojas
Keyword(s):  
Pierre Bourdieu ◽  
Symbolic Violence ◽  
Pacific War ◽  
Representation Of Women ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
National Values ◽  
Las Mujeres

El texto de Daniel Riquelme Bajo la Tienda (edición de 1958) escribe la identidad chilena sobre la representación subalterna de mujeres y ‘chinos’. Utilizando el contexto de la guerra del Pacífico (1879-1884), la narrativa de Riquelme justifica la superioridad del roto chileno soportada por las representaciones subalternas de estos grupos. Al interior de sus relatos, loschinos y las mujeres operan como referentes de contraste para la reafirmación de los valores nacionales. En este sentido y con el objetivo de sustentar teóricamente mi análisis, me serviré del concepto “subalternidad” explicado por el Grupo Latinoamericano de Estudios Subalternos así como por la investigadora india Gayatri Chakravarty Spivak. Asimismo, aplicaré las categorías desarrolladas por el teórico francés Pierre Bourdieu respecto a la existencia de un habitus, una hexis corporal y un uso constante de violencia simbólica, para la develación de los modos de dominación que ejercen los rotos chilenos sobre dichos grupos subalternos. The text of Daniel Riquelme Bajo la Tienda (1958 edition) writes the chilean identity about the subaltern representation of women and ‘Chinese’. Using the context of the Pacific War (1879-1884), Riquelme’s narrative justifies the superiority of the chilean rupture supported by the subaltern representations of these groups. Within their narratives, the Chinese and the women operate as contrasting references for the reaffirmation of national values. In this sense and in order to theoretically support my analysis, I will use the concept “subalternity” explained by the Grupo Latinoamericano de Estudios Subalternos as well as by the Indian researcher Gayatri Chakravarty Spivak. I will also apply the categories developed by the french theorist Pierre Bourdieu regarding the existence of a habitus, a corporal hexis and a constant use of symbolic violence, for the unveiling of the modes of domination exercised by the Chilean ruptures on these subalterngroups.

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