Student perception of the impact of financial aid on student career preparation activities that improve career readiness

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Lea Anne Lambert
Keyword(s):  
Financial Aid ◽  
Student Perception ◽  
Traditional Students ◽  
Career Readiness ◽  
Male Students ◽  
University Of Missouri ◽  
Building Activities ◽  
The University ◽  
Additional Education ◽  
The Impact

[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Students continue to go to college to seek additional education and see that it will lead to a higher income throughout their life. Students often use student financial aid and work to pay for their education. Employers identify that students do not have the skills needed to succeed in the job market. This study found that non-tradition students and females have significantly more debt than traditional students and male students. The study also found that non-traditional students are less likely to participate in career building activities outside of the classroom. It also found that students are worried about their financial future, and they would like to participate in more career-building activities, but financial constraints can impact their ability to do so.

Friends in high places : two essays on the importance of corporate political connections

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Reza Houston
Keyword(s):  
Initial Public Offering ◽  
Political Connections ◽  
Target Firm ◽  
University Of Missouri ◽  
Accounting Performance ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Offering ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This study is an examination of the relationship between political connections and the undertaking of major firm events. In our first essay, presented in Chapter 3, we examine the impact politically connected appointments have on firm acquisition behavior. Using proxy statements, we create a unique database of politically connected bidders and merger targets. We find that bidders who hire connected individuals to the board or management team are more likely to avoid merger litigation. Connected bidders make more bids after the appointment. These firms also bid on larger targets. We determine there is a positive relation between the control premium and the relative of the target's connections. Connected acquirers have superior post-merger accounting performance, particularly when they acquire a connected target firm. In the second essay, presented in Chapter 4, we examine the relationship between political connections of private firms and the initial public offering process. Using registration statement information, we create a unique database of politically connected IPO firms. We find that political connections are substitutes to high-quality underwriters and big four auditors. Politically connected firms manage earnings more highly upward than non-connected firms prior to the public offering. Politically connected firms also exhibit less underpricing than non-connected firms. Politically connected IPO firms also have superior post-IPO returns relative to non-connected IPO firms.

Analysis of cell signaling during floral abscission in arabidopsis

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Isaiah Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Protein Degradation ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Loss Of Function ◽  
Kinase Gene ◽  
University Of Missouri ◽  
Gene Map ◽  
Map Kinase Phosphatase ◽  
Floral Abscission ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The shedding of plant organs is known as abscission. Floral abscission in Arabidopsis is regulated by two related receptor[negation symbol]-like protein kinases (RLKs), HAESA and HAESA[negation symbol-like 2 (HAE/HSL2). Double mutants of HAE/HSL2 are completely defective in abscission and retain sepals, petals, and stamen indefinitely. We have utilized genetic suppressor screens of hae hsl2 mutant to identify additional regulatory mechanisms of floral abscission. We have uncovered a series of gain-of-function alleles of the receptor-like protein kinase gene SERK1, as well as loss of function alleles of the gene MAP-KINASE-PHOSPHATASE-1/MKP1. We further show that mutation of two components of the endoplasmic reticulum-associated protein degradation system can suppress a weak hae hsl2 mutant, suggesting that the weak hae hsl2 mutant receptor proteins undergo ER-associated protein degradation. We further perform a number of experiments to examine the impact of phosphorylation on the activity of HAE. These results provide a number of important mechanistic details to our understanding of floral abscission, and suggest many lines of inquiry for future research.

Impact on Admission to a School of Medicine of an Innovation in Selection Procedures

1974 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 1135-1142 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Virginia Calkins ◽  
James M. Richards ◽  
Andrew McCanse ◽  
Michael M. Burgess ◽  
T. Lee Willoughby
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Negative Correlation ◽  
Selection Criteria ◽  
Test Score ◽  
University Of Missouri ◽  
Selection Procedures ◽  
School Of Medicine ◽  
Admission Test ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

This paper reports the impact on admission to the University of Missouri-Kansas City's 6-yr. combined baccalaureate-doctor of medicine program of an innovation in selection procedures. In 1973 and 1974, the school's Council on Selection de-emphasized high school academic performance but continued to consider extensive biographical and interview data. Significant differences emerged in the correlations of various selection criteria with the Council's ratings of candidates in 1973 and 1974 in comparison with the prior year. Specifically, admission test score which had the highest correlation (.58) in 1972 was only .18 in 1973. The negative correlation (−.30) of race (discriminatory toward non-whites) in 1972 was not present in 1973 or 1974. Instead, the highest correlations were the interviewers' ratings and recommended decisions.

scholarly journals The Impact Of ICTs In Education: The Case Of University Of Macedonia Students

2008 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 29-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Areti Valasidou ◽  
Despoina Bousiou-Makridou
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Administrative Personnel ◽  
Political Studies ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

The aim of this paper is to describe the results of a research that took place in order to examine the opinion and impact of Information and Communication Technology to undergraduate students of University of Macedonia. The research was conducted with two main purposes. The first purpose is to investigate how familiar are the students of international and political studies with the use of ICTs on and off campus. The second purpose of the research is to examine the possible relationship between the use of ICTs and the gender and the students performance (marks) at the Introduction to Computers module that is part of their programme of studies. The results revealed that male students are more favourable toward ICT usage and the students that scored high at the module Introduction to Computers were more likely to find that the use of ICTs help them at their studies with various ways. The university academic and administrative personnel is highly recommended to find ways in order the students to be motivated and maintain positive students attitudes to use ICTs. Thus, the students will find it very helpful during their studying or even a supplement to other teaching activities.

Dissertation Redesign for Scholarly Practitioners in Educational Leadership

2016 ◽  
pp. 53-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia J. MacGregor ◽  
Jennifer Fellabaum
Keyword(s):  
Educational Leadership ◽  
Doctoral Program ◽  
Practice Model ◽  
University Of Missouri ◽  
History Of ◽  
Critical Problems ◽  
Problems Of Practice ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Section Form

The purpose of this chapter is to describe the innovative Dissertation-in-Practice model being implemented in the University of Missouri Statewide Cooperative Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership (EdD Program). This doctoral program develops scholarly practitioners who are able to address critical problems of practice through the use of theory, inquiry, and practice-oriented knowledge. While these skills are utilized to create purposeful, professional products throughout the program, the redesigned Dissertation-in-Practice at MU is intended to further showcase the impact of the students' work as scholarly practitioners through dissemination-ready components. The chapter includes the history of the program and a description of the process through which program faculty redesigned the dissertation from a traditional five-chapter model to its current six section form. This restructuring, which includes dissemination to scholars and practitioners, is detailed. The chapter concludes with emerging supports for the scholarly practitioner graduates.

“You haven’t gone out and done anything”: Exploring Disabled Veterans Experiences in Higher Education

2021 ◽  
pp. 0095327X2110639
Author(s):  
Steven P. Cassidy ◽  
Heather Albanesi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Military Service ◽  
Traditional Students ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Disabled Veterans ◽  
Comfort Levels ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

Through the analysis of 24 in-depth, semi-structured interviews, this study explored the process through which disability affects veterans’ experiences in the university classroom and their social relations with traditional students. Using inductive-exploratory qualitative methods, this study builds upon the sociological understanding of veterans’ experiences in higher education. Findings from this study tentatively suggest that while disability related fear/hypervigilance, stigma, and anxiety significantly impact veterans’ comfort levels when engaging with traditional students, veterans also externalize the impact of their disability as a social artifact of their military service. More research is needed to determine if the interaction of disability and artifacts of service decreases veterans’ ability to integrate well with traditional students in classroom settings.

scholarly journals Protocol for the impact of CBT for insomnia on pain symptoms and central sensitisation in fibromyalgia: a randomised controlled trial

BMJ Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. e033760
Author(s):  
Christina S McCrae ◽  
Ashley F Curtis ◽  
Jason Craggs ◽  
Chelsea Deroche ◽  
Pradeep Sahota ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Behavioural Treatment ◽  
Pain Mechanisms ◽  
University Of Missouri ◽  
Central Sensitisation ◽  
Pain Symptoms ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

IntroductionApproximately 50% of individuals with fibromyalgia (a chronic widespread pain condition) have comorbid insomnia. Treatment for these comorbid cases typically target pain, but growing research supports direct interventions for insomnia (eg, cognitive behavioural treatment for insomnia (CBT-I)) in these patients. Previous research suggests sustained hyperarousal mediated by a neural central sensitisation mechanism may underlie insomnia and chronic pain symptoms in fibromyalgia. We hypothesise CBT-I will improve insomnia symptoms, improve clinical pain and reduce central sensitisation. The trial will be the first to evaluate the short-term and long-term neural mechanisms underlying insomnia and pain improvements in fibromyalgia. Knowledge obtained from this trial might allow us to develop new or modify current treatments to better target pain mechanisms, perhaps reversing chronic pain or preventing it.Methods and analysisFemale participants (n=130) 18 years of age and older with comorbid fibromyalgia (with pain severity of at least 50/100) and insomnia will be recruited from the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri, and surrounding areas. Participants will be randomised to 8 weeks (plus 4 bimonthly booster sessions) of CBT-I or a sleep hygiene control group (SH). Participants will be assessed at baseline, post-treatment, 6 and 12 months follow-ups. The following assessments will be completed: 2 weeks of daily diaries measuring sleep and pain, daily actigraphy, insomnia severity index, pain-related disability, single night of polysomnography recording, arousal (heart rate variability, cognitive affective arousal), structural and functional MRI to examine pain-related neural activity and plasticity and mood (depression, anxiety).Ethics and disseminationEthics approval was obtained in July 2018 from the University of Missouri. All data are expected to be collected by 2022. Full trial results are planned to be published by 2024. Secondary analyses of baseline data will be subsequently published.Trial registration numberNCT03744156.

scholarly journals The Impact of Co-Curricular Activity Assessment on Male University Students’ Course Performance: A Case Study of The Natural Sciences Course

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 187
Author(s):  
Gehan Abuelenain ◽  
Muhammad Farooq ◽  
Makhtar Sarr
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
Assessment Methods ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Course Performance ◽  
Activity Assessment ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Male University Students

Our objective was to examine if a co-curricular activity incorporated with assessment methods affected students’ competence in a course. Natural Sciences (201) was chosen as a candidate course for this study. Students’ grade breakdown was examined and analyzed using SPSS and MINITAB software over four academic years from Fall 2012-13 to Fall 2015-16. The number of failed male students was significantly lower (p<0.05) in Fall semesters when compared with the number of failed male students in Spring semesters. A further analysis was attempted as an approach to understand the reasons for the remarkable elevation of success in the Fall semesters. Hence, a questionnaire was given to 121 students and the data showed that the ‘Science Communicators Program’, metaphorically the Science Festival, played a key role in the students’ achievements. The excellence of performance in the Natural Sciences course was detected during the Fall semesters. Thus, this research paper recommends the accommodation of off-campus co-curricular activities in other courses taught at the university.

scholarly journals Startup, transition core, and molybdenum-99 production upgrade analyses for low-enriched uranium fuel conversion at the University of Missouri research reactor

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Wilson Cowherd
Keyword(s):  
Low Power ◽  
Research Reactor ◽  
The United States ◽  
Fuel Conversion ◽  
Reactor Physics ◽  
University Of Missouri ◽  
Safety Margins ◽  
Enriched Uranium ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

Under the direction of the United States Department of Energy (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Office of Material Management and Minimization (M3) Reactor Conversion Program, the University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR®) plans to convert from highly enriched uranium (HEU) fuel to low-enriched uranium (LEU) fuel. Low power physics startup test predictions, transition core planning, and analysis for a proposed fission-based molybdenum-99 production upgrade were done in support of LEU fuel conversion. As a first step to LEU fuel conversion, low-power physics tests will be performed to calculate reactor physics parameters. These parameters include flux distributions, coefficients of reactivity, and critical assembly measurements. To facilitate this test, reactor physics calculations were performed using MCNP5 to predict the values of these parameters. Implications of these predictions and areas of uncertainty in the prediction analysis are also discussed. Once MURR completes the testing of the initial LEU core, MURR will enter into a series of transition cycles until steady-state mixed-burnup operation is reached. A Python program was developed that incorporated the constraints of MURR operation while minimizing the time MURR will have to operate atypically during the transition cycles. The impacts of the transition cycles on experiment performance are reported, as well as the number of fuel elements needed. Finally, preliminary analysis on a proposed molybdenum-99 production device at MURR was performed. This analysis shows the impact on the reactor power distribution with implications to predicted safety margins as a part of the larger scope of the experiment analysis.

scholarly journals Minorities in higher education : their status and disparities in student and faculty representation

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Shatomi N. Luster
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
Kansas City ◽  
Change Agent ◽  
Student Body ◽  
University Of Missouri ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
The University ◽  
Organizational Value ◽  
The Impact

This manuscript is a qualitative design, which studied diversity disparity in high education that relates to faculty and the student body. The setting dwells within the University of Missouri system, more specifically, this study concentrates on two campuses; the University of Missouri-Columbia and University of Missouri-Kansas City. The research identified the attributes of an effective change agent leader, policy and the impact it has on culture and organizational settings, and understandings of the importance of organizational value in relation to diversity and gender identification. The conceptual frameworks that guided this study were cultural competency, critical race theory, and transformational leadership (Cross, 1989; Gooden and Norman-Major; Northouse, 2013). The reoccurring research themes were: policy, leadership, and core organizational values. The conclusions suggested from this inquiry are transformational leaders should embrace and encourage differences and show empathy. Furthermore, a leader includes attributes of an actionable change agent. The data also supported the notion of inclusive policy and trust within the higher education system that creates organizational value.

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