End of Summer Kudos

Congrats to Kathryn Wallingford (SHED) on her new assistantship in the Office of External Relations and on the birth of Lincoln Pyles Wallingford...another Fireworks baby born July 2nd!

Kudos as well to Jim Breslin (HIED) on publication in an online trade publication of his short article about how AE (Academic Enhancement) uses the LASSI in a variety of undergraduate programs. Check out this example of applied scholarship: http://www.hhpublishing.com/_assessments/LASSI/2009_LASSI_in_Action_1/2009_article_17.html.

Summer Kudos and Preview of Fall Courses

Fireworks and Celebratory Best Wishes:

• Kudos to Travis McDearmon (SHED) and Kathryn Shirley (SHED) having on their paper,"Characteristics and Institutional Factors Related to Young Alumni Donors and Non-donors," accepted for publication for the International Journal of Educational Advancement.
• Kudos as well to Leslie Woltenberg (SHED) on her celebrity research appearance in a recent issue of Talking Stick the magazine of ACUHO (Association of College and University Housing Officers). Check it out: http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/acuho/talkingstick_20090708/#/20
• Congratulations and Happy Birthday to Paul Lovelace (SHED) and family on the arrival of Noura Hart Lovelace, born amongst fireworks on July 3rd.
• And Bon Voyage to David Long who will be presenting his research on undergraduate science education at a conference on the Religious Responses to Darwin at Oxford University, England
• Becky Unites (SHED) and Meredith Hutchinson (HIED) are also on the road. Becky is taking a course on EU history and policy in Prague and Meredith is doing an independent study in Mexico. Safe travels everyone.

Request for Facebook Administrators! We need a few students to serve as Facebook administrators of the EPE group to help keep our community connected! If interested in "SM" (social media), contact Ashlee Crump (akcrum2@uky.edu). And if anyone has other ideas for ways to keep us all connected, just let me or Ashlee know. Ashlee's been working on the new EPE webpage this summer...stay tuned!

Position Available in Residence Life at Berea College: http://www.berea.edu/peopleservices/jobs/20090706-staff-studentlife.asp

Info on Fall Seminars and a few courses with new faculty:
A note about course numbering and EPE seminars. Generally 500 level courses are introductory and have 600 level courses that follow them. Likewise some 600 level courses are followed by 700 level--especially in methods. HOWEVER our seminar numbers 773, 778, and 798 are placeholders for courses that are rarely offered or are new areas of interest for our faculty--the level of difficulty and advanced preparation needed varies. So you do not have to be an advanced student to take a Seminar course--it depends on the topic. You will want to check with the professor, if you're not sure. Don't be shy! Seminar courses may also be used in a variety of ways in your program of study--research, concentration, contextual studies--it depends on the topic and on your program.

• Patrick Yang EPE660 Research Design and Analysis in Education (Pre-req. EPE557 or graduate level introductory statistics)
  

The course (EPE/EDP 660) is recommended for anybody who is interested in using quantitative methods, regression in particular, to inform social and behavioral research. Regression techniques can answer such research questions as: 1) how likely is a freshman to drop out at the end of the first academic year, 2) which of the two newly-developed intervention techniques is more effective, 3) to what extent does autism relate to MMR vaccination, etc.

EPE/EDP 660 is an intermediate research methodology course that focuses on various aspects of regression analysis. Topics to be covered include simple linear regression, multiple regression (with and without interaction terms), regression diagnostics, logistic regression, and analysis of variance/covariance, etc. The course also aims to familiarize students with fundamental data cleaning/management skills.

• Neal Hutchens EPE682 (Section 001) Law and Higher Education Thursday, 4-6:30

This course is recommended for students interested in better understanding the various legal standards affecting higher education institutions and members of the campus community, including faculty, students and administrators. With legal issues permeating almost all aspects of higher education, the course is beneficial to students with a variety of scholarly and professional interests. .

During the semester, the class will explore key legal issues affecting higher education. Some of the topics include: institutional legal obligations and standards of institutional legal liability; student rights and responsibilities (e.g., speech rights, organizational rights and student discipline); rights and responsibilities of faculty members, including examining cases dealing with tenure and academic freedom; legal issues related to affirmative action; the roles and responsibilities of governing boards; and legal distinctions between public and private colleges and universities. Students will develop a research paper during the semester that will allow them to explore a legal topic related to higher education that relates to their scholarly and professional interests.

• Richard Angelo, EPE 773 (Section 402): Seminar in Ed Policy Studies & Evaluation, “Education & Film.” Monday, 7:00-9:30, Room 122 Taylor.

There is a lively discussion of education and American culture underway in coming-of-age comedies and melodramas. This seminar aims to make that conversation audible and come to terms with its implications. Readings include: Vicki Lebeau, Childhood and Cinema Hollywood Goes to High School: Cinema, Schools and American Culture (Worth, 2005), Thomas Doherty, Teenagers and Teenpics: The Juvenilization of American Movies in the 1950’s (2nd ed., 2002); Ronald E. Chennault, Hollywood Films about Schools: Where Race, Politics, and Education Intersect (Palgrave, 2006), Henry Giroux, Breaking into the Movies: Film and the Culture of Politics (Blackwell, 2002), and Stanley Cavell, Pursuits of Happiness: The Hollywood Comedy of Remarriage (Harvard, 1981). (Reaktion Books, 2008), Robert C. Bulman,

• Richard Angelo, EPE 778, “Seminar in the History of Education in KY,” Wednesday, 4:00 to 6:30, Room 122 Taylor.

A “seminar” in the classical sense, this is an opportunity to develop a small-scale archival project of your own. Our weekly or semi-weekly meetings will be devoted to discussing your work in the archives as it proceeds, as well as whatever secondary material we may elect to take up in common. A paper (approximately 25 pages in length), along with enough copies for the other members of the group, will be due at the end of the term.

Eric Reed EPE798 Seminar in Higher Education (Sociology of Higher Education ) Contact Dr. Reed for more information