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April 2017

• Alternatives to the Cpa: The Need to Map Your Accounting Department's Program to Various Professional Certifications
  April 1, 2017; Pleis, Letitia Meier

  INTRODUCTIONExperience with advising students and evidence from the AICPA (American Institute of CPAs) suggest that there is a gap between accounting graduates and those taking the CPA exam. While...
• Big Data & Strategic Learning in Education
  April 1, 2017; Carraher, Shawn M.;Steinberg, Hannah

  ABSTRACTAs professors it is also useful to have unrealistic expectations and stand firm with these expectations. Learn from others and learn about self(ProQuest: ... denotes non-USASCII text...
• Ethics and Cross Cultural Differences in Customer Service
  April 1, 2017; Mendoza, Adrian;Martinez, Ari;Fallah, Sara;Shah, Soniya;Younes, Farrah;Steinberg, Hannah

  ABSTRACTCompanies in India have a strict code of ethics because they have a lot of regulations for corporations. The same goes for Australia. Hofstede's 6D model includes Power Distance,...

April 2016

• A Commentary regarding Campus Housing
  April 1, 2016; Sheffield, Jeremy

  INTRODUCTIONThe University of West Alabama (UWA) serves a unique area of the state of Alabama and the surrounding region. This constituency is frequently referred to as the Black Belt, and it...
• A Commentary regarding Campus Safety and Security for Institutions of Higher Education
  April 1, 2016; Sheffield, Jeremy;Gregg, Janie;Lee, Joo

  INTRODUCTIONDuring modern times, institutions of higher education often possess residential campus police forces (McElreath, et al., 2013). Despite their best efforts, campus law enforcement...
• A Commentary regarding the Renovation of Selden Hall at the University of West Alabama
  April 1, 2016; Sheffield, Jeremy;Gregg, Janie;Lee, Joo

  INTRODUCTIONThe University of West Alabama (UWA) is situated in the geographic center of the Black Belt and serves as one of the primary institutions of higher education for the area. Many students...
• Acculturation and Sense of Belonging: Engagement Patterns for Indian Graduate Students in the United States
  April 1, 2016; Chen, Chin Yi;Razek, Nasser A.

  INTRODUCTIONStudents from India have consistently ranked one of the top international college student populations in the United States. Driven by graduate enrollment growth, their numbers increased...
• Historical Highlights of Higher Education Housing and Residential Communities
  April 1, 2016; Sheffield, Jeremy

  INTRODUCTIONHigher education institutions must enhance their competitiveness via satisfying some type of unique niche to attract students (Doss, et al., 2015). Although many argue that academic...
• Measures of Quality in Higher Education
  April 1, 2016; Chaubey, Manmohan;Krivacek, Gregory

  INTRODUCTIONFaced by increasing competition for new students, constraints on financial resources and a desire for meeting students' expectations, institutions of higher education (HEd) have adopted...
• Motive Needs and Leadership: Assessing the Reliability and Validity of the "Actualized Leader Profile" Assessment Scale
  April 1, 2016; Sparks, William L.;Repede, John F.

  The reliability for the ALP was estimated using a two-step process: the use of SubjectMatter-Experts (SMEs) who rated the consistency of the survey items for each of the four scales (i.e.,...
• The Role-Play Simulation: Method, Example, and Recommendations
  April 1, 2016; Pass, Michael W.

  INTRODUCTIONThe role-play simulation (RPS) is an active learning method that achieves a deeper level of learning as compared to passive learning methods. Both active and passive learning are...

October 2015

• Developing a Professional Identity, Career Goals and Problem Solving Skills: An MBA Capstone with a Career Preparedness Focus
  October 1, 2015; Betts, Stephen C.;Laud, Robert;Yakubov, Michael

  INTRODUCTIONCareer preparedness should be an objective of any effective MBA program; however the curricula and student experience do not always reflect this goal. Despite the fact that some...
• Got to Socialize? Chinese First Year Students Perceptions of Residence Hall Climate
  October 1, 2015; Razek, Nasser A.;Brown, Jamie Chong

  INTRODUCTIONThe numbers of Chinese undergraduate students in the United States have increased by about 40,000 students in the 2012 academic year accounting for a 215% increase from the previous...
• Influence of GPA and Learning Environment on Student Learning
  October 1, 2015; Hall, David C.;Kellar, Gregory M.;Weinstein, Larry B.

  INTRODUCTIONLohr (2009) notes that understanding basic statistical concepts can be critical to graduates' success. Unfortunately, a lecture based learning environment that provides only a passive...
• Student Locus of Control and Online Course Performance: An Empirical Examination of Student Success in Online Management Courses
  October 1, 2015; Rogers, Patrick R.

  INTRODUCTIONA recent 2014 survey by the Babson Survey Research Group and co-sponsored by the Online Learning Consortium found that well over 6.7 million students reported taking one or more online...
• The Impact of Specialized Courses on Student Retention as Part of the Freshman Experience
  October 1, 2015; Black, Amber;Terry, Neil;Buhler, Tawni

  (ProQuest: ... denotes formulae omitted.)INTRODUCTIONIn a study published by the National Student Clearing house Research Center in April of 2015, it was reported that of all students who started...

April 2015

• International Business: Does Travel-Study Produce Academic Results
  April 1, 2015; Carlson, Stephen

  ABSTRACTResults of a CPC based comprehensive exam in global business are compared between students in a traditional classroom setting with those participating in a travel-study program. Research...
• Myth or Reality: Catholic Inclusivity to Students from Other Religions
  April 1, 2015; Razek, Nasser A.

  ABSTRACTThis qualitative study explored the multifaceted issue of cultural and religious challenges for an international Muslim group at a Catholic research institution. Measures employed by...
• Teaching Critical Thinking: Problems and Recommendations
  April 1, 2015; Welker, Jan;Berardino, Lisa

  ABSTRACTManagement literature and the popular press are implicating colleges, and especially business schools, in the preparation of decision makers in organizations who are able to identify...
• Using Comparative Tests for School Accountability: If We Don't Tell Students What They Should Know at the Beginning of the Year How Do We Test to See What They Should Have Learned at the End of the Year?
  April 1, 2015; Smith, Wade

  ABSTRACTStudents of education have been taught for a very long time that the goals of instruction must be aligned to the items that assess the goals. Carnegie Melon's Eberly Center succinctly...

October 2014

• Accountability Environment and Student Personality in the Classroom
  October 1, 2014; Vesey, Jermaine;Vesey, Winona

  ABSTRACTThe role of accountability in the classroom and its interaction with student personality is examined. Accountability is defined as the need to justify or defend one's actions to an...
• Cheating: Students and Faculty's Perception on Potential Cheating Activity
  October 1, 2014; Josien, Laurent;Seeley, Eugene;Csipak, James;Rampal, Rohit

  ABSTRACTCheating has permeated many facets of our daily life. Reports on cheating are found in business (Enron, Tyco ...), in sports (baseball, athletics...), and in the classroom, which make this...
• Effective Teaching for Critical Thinking Skills in a Quantitative Course: Using Student Experiences with Productivity Ratios
  October 1, 2014; Kelly, Mary H.;English, Wilke D.

  ABSTRACTThe essential responsibility for a university-level instructor is effective teaching that promotes student learning, which can be demonstrated by student grades, student retention, student...
• Experiential Learning Opportunities Offered in a Master of Accountancy Curriculum
  October 1, 2014; Kraut, Marla A.;Gray, Amber

  ABSTRACTThe Department of Accounting faculty at the University of Idaho (UI) value learning environments that foster activities for student and program improvement. The Association to Advance...
• Impact of Electronic Peer Review on Student Communications: An Empirical Study in a Business College
  October 1, 2014; Rao, Asha;Ngo, Mindy

  ABSTRACTPeer reviews are widely used in academia to evaluate and strengthen the quality of scholarly work. Yet, they are surprisingly scarce in the university classroom. This paper reports the...
• Peers, Aspirants and Competitors: Developing a Set of Comparison Schools for Aacsb Accreditation Reviews
  October 1, 2014; Shiffler, Ronald E.;Bowen, Harry P.

  ABSTRACTEvery school applying for initial AACSB accreditation, or for the reaffirmation of AACSB accreditation, is required to submit three comparison groups of schools that it considers peers,...
• The Greehey Scholars Program as an Innovative Solution to the Student Debt and Employment Crisis of Recent Graduates
  October 1, 2014; Ward, Stephanie;White, Matthew

  ABSTRACTTwo looming issues for higher education today are increasing student debt and fewer jobs available for recent graduates. These issues are forcing universities to find unique differentiators...

January 2014

• A Model to Motivate Students in a Flipped Instruction Information Assurance Class
  January 1, 2014; Frost, James

  ABSTRACTDuring the fall and spring of 2012 - 2013, I adopted a flipped instructional model for a course in information literacy and assurance. One critical aspect of this class was that they be...

July 2013

• Civic Engagement in an Auditing Class: Stumbling into Worthwhile Outcomes
  July 1, 2013; Hrncir, Theresa J.

  ABSTRACTThis presentation attempts to document the process, outcomes and the educational impact of actual service learning projects undertaken in a senior-lever auditing class at a regional...
• Ethics and Leadership Differences between Asia and the USA
  July 1, 2013; Gastrock, Jon Austin;Chipps, Jasmine;Tran, Thuy Tien;Nguyen, Tran;Wong, Blake;Rai, Jordan;Beardshaw, Michael

  ABSTRACTIn the current paper we examine variations in ethics and leadership differences between business people and expatriates in China, Japan, Vietnam, and the USA. We find that the ethical...
• Feeling at Home: Creating a Positive Residence Hall Climate
  July 1, 2013; Razek, Nasser A.;Chong, Jamie K.

  ABSTRACTStudent affairs professionals working in residence halls are accountable for providing a positive learning environment where student perceptions and points of view are welcomed with...
• Persistence and Cross-Cultural Awareness of College Students Learning Foreign Languages
  July 1, 2013; Awad, Ghada

  ABSTRACTBased on the major theories of motivation and cross cultural awareness, this study investigated the motivation of foreign language college students and aspects that spur them to prolong...
• Self-Efficacy and a New Student Group
  July 1, 2013; Razek, Nasser A.;Coyner, Sandra C.

  ABSTRACTSelf-efficacy beliefs about academic achievements are highly connected to international students' performance in college. This study examined the influence of Saudi students' experiences on...
• Whose Line Is It after All? a Different Perspective of Academic Integrity
  July 1, 2013; Razek, Nasser A.

  ABSTRACTPractices of academic dishonesty are prevalent on college campuses (Chen, 2009; O'Rourke, Barnes, Deaton, Fulks, Ryan, & Rettinger, 2010; Simkin, 2010). The pressure to excel, peer...

July 2012

• Preliminary Findings from a Survey of Student Acceptance and Use of E-Textbooks in Higher Education
  July 1, 2012; Brown, Randy

  ABSTRACTElectronic books (e-books) have become a fixture in this modern world. The past few years has seen the e-book industry explode with hundreds (literally) of electronic reading devices such...
• Taking a Chance: Introducing Uncertainty into Learning Games
  July 1, 2012; Robinson, Sherry

  ABSTRACT"Gamification" is the application of concepts and techniques from games to other activities. While gamification is often used in business marketing activities, classroom activities can also...

July 2011

• A CAMPUS-BASED ALTERNATIVE TO THE MBA INTERNATIONAL TRIP: TEACHING GLOBAL BUSINESS ISSUES AT HOME
  July 1, 2011; Luthy, Michael R;Bauer, Daniel L;Ryan, Mike H;Schrader, Richard W;Kutschera, Ida

  ABSTRACTTrends over the past several decades point to the need for managers to be more knowledgeable concerning global business issues. Citing that need and the inability of some students to...
• BEHIND THE VEIL: CULTURAL CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR A NEW INTERNATIONAL STUDENT GROUP
  July 1, 2011; Razek, Nasser A;Coyner, Sandra C

  ABSTRACTThe number of Saudi students studying in the United States quintupled from 3,035 students in 2005 to 15,810 students in 2010 due to a fully funded Saudi government scholarship (Open Doors,...
• COLLEGE STUDENTS' TEXTING HABIT AND THEIR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
  July 1, 2011; Paul, Manimoy;Gelish, Leanne

  ABSTRACTThis study utilizes data from undergraduate students to test what factors influence student grade point averages. The study analyzes how often students texted in class, and if they are...
• COMMUNITY EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES AND CHARACTERISTICS, STUDENT ATTRIBUTES, AND PERFORMANCE IN A COLLEGE ONLINE COURSE
  July 1, 2011; Roberts, Wayne;Lanning, Scott

  ABSTRACTThis study examined whether freshmen students that graduated high school from resource-poor areas had a higher probability of failing an online college course than students from...
• COMMUNITY OF INQUIRY: OVERVIEW OF A FRAMEWORK FOR ONLINE BUSINESS EDUCATION
  July 1, 2011; Weyant, Lee E

  ABSTRACTOnline learning has grown as a program delivery option for many colleges of business. The Community of Inquiry framework consisting of three interrelated elements - social presence,...
• EFFECTIVENESS OF ACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT: SHOULD TESTING METHODS BE MODIFIED?
  July 1, 2011; Zapatero, Enrique G;Maheshwari, Sharad;Chen, Jim

  ABSTRACTIt is often reported in the literature that a collaborative leaning environment is a more effective learning environment for students. However, there is less emphasis in the literature on...
• INTEGRATING ICT INTO HIGHER EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MONCTON: A STUDY OF ONSITE VS ONLINE STUDENTS' PERCEPTIONS
  July 1, 2011; Fillion, Gérard;Ekionea, Jean-Pierre Booto

  ABSTRACTFor the past two decades, information and communication technologies (ICT) have transformed the ways professors teach and students learn. This study aims to investigate the perceptions of...
• MISSIONS AND PRACTICES OF STUDENT LEARNING ASSESSMENT: AN INTERNATIONAL COMPARATIVE STUDY
  July 1, 2011; Razek, Nasser A;Awad, Ghada M

  ABSTRACTClassroom assessment of student learning is part and parcel of the educational processes that both faculty and administrators use to guide their practices, ensure program effectiveness, and...
• STUDENT ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF E-READER TECHNOLOGY AND E-BOOKS AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO TEXTBOOKS
  July 1, 2011; Brown, Randy

  ABSTRACTE-readers and e-books have been growing in popularity for the past few years and the last year has seen an explosion of new e-readers and e-books. Many textbooks are now being offered in...
• VOLUNTEER WORK AND SOCIALIZING ACTIVITIES: IMPACT ON CAMPUS INTERNATIONALIZATION
  July 1, 2011; Razek, Nasser A;Awad, Ghada M

  ABSTRACTThe social and cultural adjustment challenges facing international students have always attracted the attention of university and college administrators (Pinheiro, 2001; Reedstrom, 2005;...

January 2011

• A SIX-COUNTRY STUDY ON EDUCATION LEVEL AND ETHICAL ATTITUDE TOWARD TAX EVASION
  January 1, 2011; Ross, Adriana M

  ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is twofold - to review and summarize the findings of more than 30 prior studies that surveyed student opinions on the ethics of tax evasion, and to expand on...
• A STUDY OF THE COGNITIVE DETERMINANTS OF GENERATION Y'S ENTITLEMENT MENTALITY
  January 1, 2011; Alexander, Christopher S

  ABSTRACT Entitlement, as defined by The American Heritage Dictionary (1985), is "to furnish with a right or claim to something." This study attempts to investigate the possible cognitive...
• APPLIED PROJECT LEARNING OUTCOMES: A COMPARISON BETWEEN MALE AND FEMALE STUDENTS
  January 1, 2011; Green, Robert D

  ABSTRACT A teaching pedagogy to improve learning (knowledge and skills development) is applied projects, or active learning. This study examines the comparison between male and female students'...
• FORMULA CONFUSION AND NAMING CONFUSION IN FINANCIAL RATIO EDUCATION
  January 1, 2011; Mankin, Jeffrey A

  ABSTRACT This proceedings paper examines a large sample of accounting, finance, management, marketing, and financial statement analysis texts. The "Top 20" ratios in business textbooks are...
• GENDER DIFFERENCES IN SELF-PERCEPTIONS OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO GROUP PERFORMANCE
  January 1, 2011; Ammons, Janice L

  ABSTRACT It is well documented that students generally overestimate their grades in coursework, and some studies have found that male students overestimate their test scores more than females do....
• PARTNERSHIP OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN UGANDAN ACADEMIA AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP: A FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR'S EXPERIENCE
  January 1, 2011; Duncan, Doris G

  ABSTRACT The Fulbright program is an international exchange program for educators that is sponsored by the Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs and is administered by the Council for the...
• RAISING THE BAR: DOES INCREASING GRADE EXPECTATIONS IMRPOVE STUDENT PERFORMANCE?
  January 1, 2011; Daniels, Michael J

  ABSTRACT Employers place importance on the academic performance of students, as measured by their grade point average, when making hiring decisions. Educational leaders, administrators, and...
• STUDENT COMMUNICATION PREFERENCES FOR WORK/SCHOOL AND SOCIAL PURPOSES
  January 1, 2011; Robinson, Sherry

  ABSTRACT University students and other members of the Net Generation are clearly involved with using technology to communicate and stay connected with friends. Cell phones and smart phones are...
• STUDENT PERCEPTIONS OF CRITICAL THINKING INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS: FINDINGS IN A BUSINESS CURRICULUM
  January 1, 2011; Carlson, Stephen

  ABSTRACT This paper reports results of recent surveys of student perceptions of critical thinking instructional methods in a business curriculum. Three propositions tested were; 1.) The "Student...

July 2010

• A STUDY OF NON-TRADITIONAL AND TRADITIONAL STUDENTS IN TERMS OF THEIR TIME MANAGEMENT BEHAVIORS, STRESS FACTORS, AND COPING STRATEGIES
  July 1, 2010; Forbus, Patricia

  ABSTRACT Non-traditional students have been returning to colleges and universities at a rapidly growing rate. This study investigated the stress factors and methods of coping of these...
• AN EXPERIENTIAL APPROACH TO TEACHING SOCIAL SCIENCE METHODOLOGY: EXTENDING THE FORER TEST BEYOND FACE VALIDITY
  July 1, 2010; Betts, Stephen C

  ABSTRACT Students studying social science methodology have difficulty understanding the concept of validity beyond the face validity. Several generations of psychology students have taken the...
• BRIDGING THE GAP: THE ROLE OF OUTREACH PROGRAMS IN GRANTING COLLEGE ACCESS TO FIRST GENERATION STUDENTS
  July 1, 2010; Ghazzawi, Issam

  ABSTRACT This paper represents findings of a college outreach program that targeted first generation students to help bridge their path to college education. The study examined outreach program...
• E-READERS V. TRADITIONAL PRINT MEDIA ON CAMPUS: GENDER DIFFERENCES AND CHALLENGES TO BE OVERCOME
  July 1, 2010; Gerlich, R Nicholas

  ABSTRACT Historically, males have been more open to technological change and adoption. This pattern runs the gamut, and includes products as well as online applications. For example, early tests...
• HAVING A BALL LEARNING ABOUT TEAMWORK: AN EXPERIENTIAL APPROARCH TO TEACHING GROUP DEVELOPMENT
  July 1, 2010; Betts, Stephen C

  ABSTRACT The ability to work in teams is a key critical skill that potential employers value in our graduates. In teaching about teamwork, we frequently present Tuckman's stages of group...
• IMPACT OF POLITICAL PARTY AFFILIATION AND GENDER ON LEGISLATIVE DECISION-MAKING
  July 1, 2010; Jain, Sachin

  ABSTRACT Building on previous research this multivariate study explored legislative decision making as a function of political party affiliation and gender. The instrument used in this study...
• LEADERSHIP FOR THE ARTS: THE SORENSEN RENAISSANCE
  July 1, 2010; Canfield-Davis, Kathy

  ABSTRACT The intent of this case study was to explore the leadership capacity of teachers to infuse the arts and humanities across the curriculum. The site used for this study housed 346 students...
• PEER AND SELF ASSESSMENT WITHIN STUDENT GROUPS: GENDER ISSUES IN EVALUATIONS
  July 1, 2010; Ammons, Janice L

  ABSTRACT The increase in the use of teaching and learning strategies in which students learn with and from each other may result in an increase in the use of peer assessments. Student self and...
• PERCEPTIONS OF DIVERSITY AMONG FACULTY MEMBERS FROM A PREDOMINATELY WHITE AMERICAN SCHOOL DISTRICT
  July 1, 2010; Jain, Sachin

  ABSTRACT This study examined perceptions about diversity among faculty members serving a predominately White, homogenous region of the United States. A total of 24 teachers, one counselor, and two...
• STARTEGIES FOR INTEGRATING IFRS INTO THE ACCOUNTING CURRICULUM
  July 1, 2010; James, Marianne L

  ABSTRACT During the past decade, efforts to globalize financial accounting standards have accelerated not only globally, but also in the U.S. In fact, within the next five years, the U.S....
• THE MILLENNIAL GENERATION: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR OVERCOMING TEACHING CHALLENGES
  July 1, 2010; Bracy, Courtney

  ABSTRACT The Millennial Generation (also known as Gen Y, Generation D, the Net Generation, Digital Natives, Echo Boomers, and Nexters) varies in research from 75 million (Thielfoldt & Scheef,...
• THE PROFESSOR LIFE CYCLE
  July 1, 2010; Anderson, Randy J

  ABSTRACT There is a well known economic and marketing theory named the Product Life Cycle that states that products go through a series of four distinct stages (Introduction, Growth, Maturity, and...
• THE TRANSFORMATION EXPERIENCE OF INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL: MBA STUDENTS GO TO SPAIN
  July 1, 2010; Deck, Alan

  ABSTRACT Multicultural experiences and international travel have become staples of many MBA programs. Exposure to foreign cultures and businesses are important to the educational foundation of...
• WHAT IS YOUR ROA? AN INVESTIGATION OF THE MANY FORMULAS FOR CALCULATING RETURN ON ASSETS
  July 1, 2010; Jewell, Jeffrey J

  ABSTRACT This paper compares the eleven different versions of computing return on assets that can be found in current business textbooks. To illustrate the practical differences between the...

January 2010

• CHESS IN RURAL ARKANSAS: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
  January 1, 2010; Graber, Robert S; Nelson, Guy

  We would like to discuss some of the challenges of organizing and maintaining a chess club at a small university in rural Arkansas, where not many people play chess, the budget for student...
• COMMUTER STUDENTS: INVOLVEMENT AND IDENTIFICATION WITH AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION
  January 1, 2010; Newbold, John J; Mehta, Sanjay S; Forbus, Patricia

  ABSTRACT Many institutions of higher education cater to an ever-increasing number of commuter students. Previous research has shown that commuter students differ in their demographic and...
• DISTANCE LEARNING IN A CORE BUSINESS CLASS: DETERMINANTS OF SUCCESS IN LEARNING OUTCOMES AND POST-COURSE PERFORMANCE
  January 1, 2010; Ruth, Derek; Conners, Susan E

  ABSTRACT In this paper, we outline the results of a study at a small Midwestern university regarding distance learning education in a core business class. In a comparison of distance- and...
• IMPACT OF BEHAVIORAL FACTORS ON GPA FOR GIFTED AND TALENTED STUDENTS
  January 1, 2010; Deviney, David; Mills, LaVelle H; Gerlich, R Nicholas; Santander, Carlos

  ABSTRACT This research explores various behavioral factors and their relationship to success for academically talented students at an upper-level residential school located in the south-central...
• PREDICTING AND MONITORING STUDENT PERFORMANCE IN THE INTRODUCTORY MANAGEMENT SCIENCE COURSE
  January 1, 2010; D'Souza, Kelwyn A; Maheshwari, Sharad K

  ABSTRACT This study examines the factors that influences students' grade and could predict their performance in the Introductory Management Science course. Previous research works have identified...
• SHOPPING EFFORT CLASSIFICATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR SEGMENTING THE COLLEGE STUDENT MARKET
  January 1, 2010; Wright, Robert E; Palmer, John C; Eidson, Vicky; Griswold, Melissa

  ABSTRACT Market segmentation strategies based on levels of consumer shopping effort have long been utilized by marketing professionals. Such strategies can be beneficial in assisting marketers...
• STUDENT USE OF AN ONLINE TEXTBOOK: EVEN IF IT'S FREE, WILL THEY BUY IT?
  January 1, 2010; Robinson, Sherry

  ABSTRACT The amount of money that university students spend on textbooks each year is a major concern to many groups, from students, to parents, to teachers and school administrators. One possible...
• THE IMPORTANCE OF TEACHING PRESENCE IN ONLINE AND HYBRID CLASSROOMS
  January 1, 2010; Bush, Richard; Castelli, Patricia; Lowry, Pamela; Cole, Matthew

  ABSTRACT The Community of Inquiry (COI) model provides a comprehensive view of how instructors can enhance the learning experience by understanding three dimensions of higher-order thinking:...
• THE PROFESSIONAL WRITING INITIATIVE: PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR BUSINESS STUDENTS
  January 1, 2010; Betts, Stephen C; McCarthy, Andrew

  ABSTRACT Employers emphasize that proficiency in business writing is a critical skill that they seek in job applicants. They also point out that recent college graduates are frequently deficient...

July 2009

• A SURVEY OF VIRTUAL TEAM BARRIERS TO SUCCESS WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BOTH INDUSTRY AND STUDENT VIRTUAL TEAMS
  July 1, 2009; Parmenter, David A

  ABSTRACT Virtual teams, which include members from multiple locations and possibly multiple firms, rarely meet in person and thus depend on technology to interact and share information. The use of...
• ACCOUNTING FOR A SIMULATED INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO: ACTIVE LEARNING PEDAGOGY IN INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING
  July 1, 2009; Carter, Fonda L; Jones, Rita C

  ABSTRACT An Active Learning Project was assigned to students in an Intermediate Accounting class at a southeastern, regional university during the fall semesters of 2007 and 2008. The students...
• ARE STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS VIEWED AS CUSTOMERS BY AACSB-INTERNATIONAL MEMBER SCHOOLS? SURVEY RESULTS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL LEADERS
  July 1, 2009; Webster, Robert L; Hammond, Kevin L

  ABSTRACT This paper is part of a continuing research stream dealing with organizational behavior and culture in higher education, specifically within AACSB-International member schools. Using...
• ASSESSING AND DESCRIBING TOLERANCE FOR AMBIGUITY IN THE CONTEXT OF SCHOOL LEADERSHIP
  July 1, 2009; Kajs, Lawrence T; McCollum, Daniel L

  ABSTRACT While the areas of business and medicine have developed the study of tolerance for ambiguity (TFA), there has been little empirical research on the TFA construct as applied to the field...
• COGNITIVE SKILLS EMPLOYED BY ACCOUNTING MAJORS
  July 1, 2009; Moss, Gisele; Fraccastoro, Katherine; Moss, Jimmy

  ABSTRACT The following research is an attempt to determine if accounting majors share common cognitive skills. The study had accounting students complete an on-line questionnaire that determines...
• COMBINING SERVICE AND ONLINE LEARNING IN UNDERGRADUATE MANAGEMENT COURSES
  July 1, 2009; Levitt, Catherine; Schreihans, Cynthia

  ABSTRACT There has been steady interest in material that seeks to acknowledge how service-learning impacts student learning. There is much interest in pedagogical methods that seek to enhance...
• CORPORATE COST OF DEBT: THE ISSUE OF DISCOUNT OR PREMIUM BONDS
  July 1, 2009; Secrest, Thomas W; Burney, Robert B

  ABSTRACT The traditional textbook method of calculating a corporation's cost of debt capital tends to minimize the practical process used to arrive at that cost. This is particularly true if the...
• EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY IN THE OPTIMIZATION OF TIMING STRUCTURE OF ASSISTED RECALL TECHNOLOGY IN INTRODUCTORY ACCOUNTING
  July 1, 2009; Smith, Daniel A; Maguire, Karen A

  ABSTRACT In an analysis of the efficiency and effectiveness of Key Pad Technology (KRT) within an introductory accounting class, students in two class sections were asked to use eInstruction's...
• EPORTFOLIO, ASSESSMENT AND CREDIT FOR PRIOR LEARNING
  July 1, 2009; Karlen, Janice M; Sanchirico, Susan

  ABSTRACT This paper will introduce the purposes and goals of the ePortfolio initiative at CUNY - LaGuardia Community College as applied to the business programs. The process by which students are...
• EQUINE BUSINESS MANAGEMENT MODEL CURRICULUM
  July 1, 2009; Conners, Susan E

  ABSTRACT Equine management as a business discipline is a specialty area of business that supports a multibillion-dollar industry. There are only a handful of equine programs that reside in...
• FACTORS INFLUENCING STUDENTS' SUCCESS IN INTRODUCTORY ACCOUNTING
  July 1, 2009; Fraccastoro, Katherine A; Burns, Clare

  ABSTRACT The purpose of this research is to evaluate the effects of different factors that may influence students' success in an introductory Accounting course. In this study, students were...
• GENIUS EDUCATION METHODOLOGY (GEM) AGAINST GANGS
  July 1, 2009; Aleinikov, Andrei G; Smarsh, David A

  ABSTRACT "Gangs threaten our society, from city streets to suburban neighborhoods and beyond. They bring a culture of violence and drugs..."Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey (2008) This...
• INFORMATION SYSTEMS INTERNSHIPS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO FUNDING, RESEARCH, CONSULTING, RECRUITMENT, AND ECONOMIC OUTREACH
  July 1, 2009; Weible, Ricky J; Shao, Dale H; Shao, Stephen

  ABSTRACT Most Information System programs have suffered from a dearth of students in recent years. This is in contrast to enrollments in 2003 when enrollments were at an all-time high. Today...
• ISRAELI TEACHERS' REACTIONS TO TOP DOWN EDUCATIONAL REFORM
  July 1, 2009; Reichman, Roxana G; Artzi, Shlomit

  ABSTRACT This article investigates the teachers' reactions towards an imposed reform initiated by the Israeli Ministry of Education in collaboration with one of the two teachers unions. The data...
• PIONEERING A RURAL HOSPITALITY RESEARCH CENTER: EXAMINING BEST PRACTICES AND STAKEHOLDER PERCEPTIONS
  July 1, 2009; Assante, Lisa Marie; Johnston, Whitney L

  ABSTRACT This exploratory research provided an analysis of hospitality research centers throughout the United States. The study documents the experiences and insights of universities that host...
• PREDICTORS OF CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS: STUDIES OF INTRODUCTORY ACCOUNTING COURSES
  July 1, 2009; Whitten, Donna; Brahmasrene, Tantatape

  ABSTRACT Educators recognize the importance of critical thinking. Students discover that studying topics such as business requires a strategy more extensive than rote memory. Using the California...
• STANDARDIZING FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS ACROSS THE BUSINESS CURRICULUM: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH
  July 1, 2009; Jewell, Jeff; Mankin, Jeff

  ABSTRACT This paper addresses a common challenge experienced by business professors - how to help students learn and use financial statement analysis and ratio analysis tools across the business...
• TEACHING STRATEGY AND SKEPTICISM: A CAPSTONE APPROACH
  July 1, 2009; Balch, Dennis R; Borah, Santanu

  ABSTRACT Dynamic business environments place a premium on critical thinking and problem-solving skills, which in turn makes teaching these skills a priority for business degree programs. This...
• THE ART AND SCIENCE OF FOSTERING ENGAGED LEARNING
  July 1, 2009; Young, Mark R

  ABSTRACT Engaged learning and engaged learners are increasingly cited as critical factors in producing significant learning. The purpose of this article is to emphasize curricular engagement as an...
• THE VIRTUAL WORLD: AN ENVIRONMENT FOR UNDERGRADUATE LEARNING
  July 1, 2009; Case, Carl J; King, Darwin L; DeSimone, Kimberly

  ABSTRACT Virtual worlds, an emergent facet of the Internet, are seeing incredible worldwide participation and growth. Of interest to educators is the applicability of this new technology as a...
• WIKIS: AN APPLICATION IN UNDERGRADUATE MANAGEMENT EDUCATION
  July 1, 2009; Weyant, Lee E; Gardner, Carolyn

  ABSTRACT Organizations in the past quarter century have been changed by the integration of desktop computing and communication technologies. The resultant changes have included an entire...

January 2009

• DOES PHYSICAL CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT AFFECT STUDENT PERFORMANCE, STUDENT SATISFACTION, AND STUDENT EVALUATION OF TEACHING IN THE COLLEGE ENVIRONMENT?
  January 1, 2009; Hill, Mary C; Epps, Kathryn K

  ABSTRACT While several studies have examined the impact of the physical classroom setting on student learning and student outcomes in K-12 educational levels, there have been relatively few...
• IMPROVING ETHICAL EDUCATION IN THE ACCOUNTING PROGRAM: A CONCEPTUAL COURSE
  January 1, 2009; Williams, Jan; Elson, Raymond J

  ABSTRACT The call for increased coverage of ethics in the accounting curriculum remains a topic of discussion and debate. While there is agreement among students, educators and administrators that...
• PODCASTS IN EDUCATION: WHAT, WHY AND HOW?
  January 1, 2009; Robinson, Sherry; Ritzko, Jacqueline

  ABSTRACT Podcasting is one of the newest uses of Internet technology. The term "podcast" is a combination of the words iPod and broadcast, with "iPod" being the name given to a family of portable...
• TESTING THE MULTI-DIMENSIONAL NATURE OF "NEW LEADERSHIP" IN A NON-WESTERN CONTEXT: THE CASE OF MALAYSIA
  January 1, 2009; Lo, May-Chiun; Ramayah, T; de Run, Ernest Ernest Cyril

  ABSTRACT Past researchers in leadership studies have observed a shift in the dimensions of new leadership behavior such as transformational and transactional styles. For the past few decades,...
• THE ISSUES AND CHALLENGES FOR THE INTEGRATION OF RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN KAZAKHSTAN
  January 1, 2009; Akhmetova, Sharzada; Baimukhamedova, Gulzada S

  ABSTRACT The objective of this paper is to review the issues and challenges for the integration of research and education in post-soviet countries. Lately the concept "integration of research and...
• TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP, CAMPUS CLIMATE AND IT'S IMPACT ON STUDENT RETENTION
  January 1, 2009; Love, Derrick; Trammell, AnnMarie; Cartner, James

  ABSTRACT Higher education institutions are looking for ways to increase minority representation and retention. This article focuses on transformational leadership, campus climate, and its overall...
• UNDERSTANDING MULTIMEDIA POTENTIALS IN TIMES OF BUDGET UNCERTAINTY
  January 1, 2009; Howell, Kevin R

  ABSTRACT The main purpose of this paper is to present some of the experiences and insights I have gained using different multimedia techniques to augment or replace traditional classroom space....
• USE OF NON-TENURE TRACK FACULTY BY DOCTORATE-GRANTING ACCOUNTING PROGRAMS
  January 1, 2009; Schneider, Gary P; Sheikh, Aamer

  ABSTRACT A shortage of doctorally-qualified accounting faculty exists in the United States. Recent research shows that this shortage is likely to become more severe in the next five to ten years...

July 2008

• AN EXPLORATORY STUDY: BUSINESS FACULTY AND THE FACULTY STRESS INDEX
  July 1, 2008; Schuldt, Barbara A; Totten, Jeffrey W

  ABSTRACT Today's work environment is increasingly characterized as being stressful for employees, supervisors, and employers. One occupation that is perceived by many as being a low stress career...
• ATTITUDES TOWARD TEAMWORK IN HIGHER EDUCATION: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF RELIGIOUSLY AFFILIATED UNIVERSITIES AND SECULAR-BASED UNIVERSITIES
  July 1, 2008; Thompson, Dewayne; Anitsal, Ismet; Barrett, Hilton

  ABSTRACT This research focuses on students' preferences for team-based assignments. It is no surprise that as many industries began using teams to solve problems that universities would adopt...
• BUSINESS SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS' AND FACULTY PERCEPTIONS OF ONLINE LEARNING: A COMPARATIVE STUDY
  July 1, 2008; Tanner, John R; Noser, Thomas C; Totaro, Michael W; Bruno, Markashia S

  ABSTRACT In this paper, the authors compare business school administrators' and faculty perceptions of online learning. Specifically, a survey was given to a random sample of 1,000 business school...
• COUNTDOWN TO TEACHING
  July 1, 2008; Utecht, Richard L; Tullous, Raydel

  ABSTRACT More than half of all business doctoral students will seek employment in colleges and universities. Some new faculty may naturally excel in the classroom, but for others, the road is more...
• DO STUDENTS WITH HEALTHY HABITS PERFORM BETTER IN THEIR ACADEMICS?
  July 1, 2008; Paul, Manimoy; Panton, Christopher; Marzigliano, Ned

  ABSTRACT We investigated if healthy habits have any effect on students' academic performance measured in terms of their cumulative GPA. Eating healthy foods, getting regular sleep, maintaining...
• DOES ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AFFECT COLLEGE GRADES?
  July 1, 2008; Paul, Manimoy

  ABSTRACT Using a random sample of ninety students from a Catholic college, some variables influencing drinking decisions have been identified. Separate college GPA equations for drinkers and...
• DOES MENTORING REALLY WORK FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS?
  July 1, 2008; Rhodes, Danny L

  ABSTRACT There is a lack of research on whether mentoring will help undergraduate college students prepare for the professional world. Only about half of college attendees graduate and many are...
• EDUCATORS' ROLE IN PROMOTING ACADEMIC INTEGRITY
  July 1, 2008; Hulsart, Robyn; McCarthy, Vikkie

  INTRODUCTION Research on academic cheating dates to the turn of the twentieth century with the earliest studies having been conducted in the fields of education and educational psychology...
• HOW BUSINESS STUDENTS SPEND THEIR TIME-DO THEY REALLY KNOW?
  July 1, 2008; Tanner, John R; Stewart, Geoffrey; Maples, Glenn M; Totaro, Michael W; Gaines, Michael

  ABSTRACT The purpose of this paper is to determine how students majoring in some area of business spend their time, relative to how they think they spend their time. In order to assess this gap,...
• ON RUBRICS AND WRITING: HELP FOR THE HARRIED B-SCHOOL PROFESSOR
  July 1, 2008; Harris, Drew; Twomey, Teresa

  ABSTRACT Demands from accrediting bodies, alumni, and employers are pressing business schools to find better ways of teaching written communication skills. Improving student writing involves...
• RECREATING THE QUANTITATIVE CLASSROOM FOR ADULT LEARNERS
  July 1, 2008; Blaylock, Bruce K; Wiggs, Garland; Lachowicz, Thomas

  ABSTRACT Are college students "child" learners or "adult" learners? Student engagement strategies have long been used in quantitative classrooms, but the assumption of instructors has largely...
• REVITALIZING RETENTION EFFORTS FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN COLLEGE STUDENTS AT PREDOMINATELY WHITE INSTITUTIONS
  July 1, 2008; Love, Derrick

  ABSTRACT Higher Education Institutions are seeing increased retention rates among African-American college students at predominantly white institutions (PWIs). Institutional barriers such as...
• STUDENTS AS THE SIMULATION
  July 1, 2008; Simmers, Christina S

  INTRODUCTION As educators, we are greatly interested in ways to enhance the learning and retention of the material we present to our students. Research has shown that people learn best by doing...
• THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SCHOOL CHARACTERISTICS AND STUDENT PERFORMANCE ON STANDARDIZED TESTS IN THE DENVER METRO REGION
  July 1, 2008; Aske, David; Corman, Rhonda

  ABSTRACT The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 mandates the assessment of students in public schools in reading and mathematics. The Act also requires that parents of students in poor performing...
• THE ROLE OF UNIVERSITIES IN ATTAINING REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS UNDER ADVERSITY
  July 1, 2008; Trumbach, Cherie Courseault; Hartman, Sandra J; Lundberg, Olof

  ABSTRACT We examine the role of the university in attaining regional competitiveness in technology in periods of extreme adversity such as has been the case in the post-Hurricane Katrina situation...
• VIRTUALLY PRESENT: INTERACTING IN A VIRTUAL WORLD
  July 1, 2008; Jones, Ida M

  ABSTRACT Immersive teaching technologies can provide an interactive and engaging environment within which students can develop problem solving skills. Virtual environments which simulate real-life...

January 2008

• A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF GRADING PRACTICES BY DISCIPLINE WITHIN A COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
  January 1, 2008; Barth, Michael M; Liu, Jun; Wells, William H

  ABSTRACT This research tests for differences in average grades awarded across six business disciplines in the business college at a southern regional university. Although complaints about college...
• A COMPARISON OF LIQUIDITY AND CASH FLOW RATIOS OF HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY OTC FIRMS: A HELPFUL TOOL FOR THE INSTRUCTORS OF INTRODUCTORY FINANCE COURSES
  January 1, 2008; Kamath, Ravindra; He, Yihong

  ABSTRACT The objective of this empirical study is to provide the instructors of introductory financial management courses a pedagogical tool to supplement their lectures on ratio analysis. To...
• A CURRICULAR-CO-CURRICULAR APPROACH TO STUDENT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
  January 1, 2008; Gilchrist, Neil D; Gilchrist, Lou Ann

  ABSTRACT Truman State University is a small (5700 students), public, highly selective, state-designated liberal arts and sciences university located in Kirksville, Missouri (population 17,300). As...
• A MODEL SELF-EMPLOYMENT POLICY PROGRAM FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
  January 1, 2008; Galle, William P; Lacho, Kenneth J

  ABSTRACT Entrepreneurship and small business have received considerable attention in recent years. As a result, new business start-ups have been rapidly increasing. There are many forces driving...
• A PROFILE OF FINANCE EDUCATORS IN THE U.S.
  January 1, 2008; Kamath, Ravindra; Wang, Yi

  ABSTRACT The body of academic finance literature is large, rich and diverse. A well known website of Professor Dan Chance contains a wide bibliography of papers which address "the issues that...
• A PROFILE OF FINANCE EDUCATORS IN THE U.S.
  January 1, 2008; Kamath, Ravindra; Wang, Yi

  ABSTRACT The body of academic finance literature is large, rich and diverse. A well known website of Professor Dan Chance contains a wide bibliography of papers which address "the issues that...
• ACADEMIC DISHONESTY AND INTENTION TO CHEAT: A MODEL ON 'ACTIVE' VERSUS 'PASSIVE' ACADEMIC DISHONESTY AS PERCEIVED BY BUSINESS STUDENTS
  January 1, 2008; Anitsal, Ismet; Anitsal, M Meral; Elmore, Robert

  ABSTRACT Academic dishonesty seems to be an increasing problem in colleges. There seems to be a positive correlation between academic dishonesty in college and unethical behavior in work...
• AN INITIAL STUDY INTO THE PERSONALITY TYPES OF UNDERGRADUATE BUSINESS STUDENTS
  January 1, 2008; Morgan, Amber; Barbour, Karie

  ABSTRACT This study investigates the relationship between a student's academic major and Myers-Briggs (MBTI) personality type. The personality type distribution of 116 Business Administration...
• ARE STUDENTS REALLY LEARNING?
  January 1, 2008; Dalby, Barbara; Merriman, Chrisann

  ABSTRACT With the increased emphasis on the assurance of learning by students, it is critical to understand not only how learning occurs, but the best ways to make sure that students leave the...
• BODY ADORNMENT: A COMPARISON OF THE ATTITUDES OF BUSINESSPEOPLE AND STUDENTS IN THREE STATES
  January 1, 2008; Dale, Larry R; Bevill, Sandra; Roach, Terry; Glasgow, Susan; Bracy, Courtney

  ABSTRACT This study explored the perceptions of 1,412 students and 581 business persons from Arkansas, Ohio and California, regarding visible tattoos and body piercings, called body adornment, in...
• DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS OF STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS ON PERFORMANCE: ONLINE VIS-À-VIS OFFLINE ACCOUNTING COURSES
  January 1, 2008; Huh, Sungkyoo; Jin, Jongdae; Lee, Kyung Joo

  ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to examine if there exist any systematic differences in the effects of student characteristics on student performances as measured by test scores between...
• FACTORS INFLUENCING THE UNIVERSITY SELECTION OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS: DO STUDENTS UNDERSTAND AND CONSIDER AACSB ACCREDITATION?
  January 1, 2008; Daily, Cynthia; Farewell, Stephanie; Kumar, Gaurav

  ABSTRACT The number of international students pursuing secondary education at United States (U.S.) universities has been increasing over the past 25 years, and is expected to continue into the...
• MORE "PRIVATE" THAN PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS: PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
  January 1, 2008; Adams, Olin L; Robichaux, Rebecca R; Guarino, A J

  ABSTRACT This research compares the status of managerial accounting practices in public four-year colleges and universities and in private four-year colleges and universities. The investigators...
• PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS IN BUSINESS EDUCATION
  January 1, 2008; Padgett, Barry L

  ABSTRACT Recent scholarship on the works of Adam Smith unveil philosophical foundations in business education which support the notion that consideration of ethics is central - not tangential - to...
• STUDENT EVALUATIONS OF TEACHING EFFECTIVENESS: A MARKETING RESEARCH PERSPECTIVE
  January 1, 2008; Roberts, Wayne A

  ABSTRACT Despite hundreds of studies regarding student evaluations of teaching effectiveness, questions remain regarding their validity and reliability and their use in evaluating faculty. The...
• STUDENT READING STRATEGIES AND TEXTBOOK USE: AN INQUIRY INTO ECONOMICS AND ACCOUNTING COURSES
  January 1, 2008; Fitzpatrick, Laura E; McConnell, Cheryl

  ABSTRACT Faculty members take great care in selecting textbooks that present material in a meaningful way that promotes student learning. However, faculty members often express frustrations that...
• TEACHING AND ASSESSING BASIC CONCEPTS TO ADVANCED APPLICATIONS: USING BLOOM'S TAXONOMY TO INFORM GRADUATE COURSE DESIGN
  January 1, 2008; Betts, Stephen C

  ABSTRACT Graduate students expect to draw on their experience and expertise to participate in high level discussions and engage in advanced applications of the course material. However the varied...
• THE CAREER PORTFOLIO - TEACHING STUDENTS TO MARKET THEMSELVES
  January 1, 2008; Woodbury, Denise; Neal, William; Addams, Lon

  ABSTRACT Business communication courses are ideal for teaching practical job search tools. We typically teach college students how to write a resume and a cover letter. To assist upcoming...
• THE ROLE AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF ACADEMIC RESEARCH AND PUBLISHING: AN ATTITUDINAL STUDY OF AACSB ACCREDITED BUSINESS SCHOOL FACULTY
  January 1, 2008; Taylor, Robert L; Stanton, Angela D'Auria

  ABSTRACT A study of AACSB accredited business school faculty (N= 136) was conducted in order to understand their attitudes toward research and publishing and its role in and contributions to...

July 2007

• A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ON-LINE AND HYBRID COURSE DELIVERY IN INTRODUCTORY ACCOUNTING COURSES
  July 1, 2007; "Jep" Robertson, Paul J; Clark, Renae K

  ABSTRACT This paper compares the effectiveness of two different course delivery techniques in accounting principles courses: on-line and hybrid. Comparisons are made between a pure on-line section...
• A COMPARISON OF THE ACHIEVEMENT OF STUDENTS TAUGHT BY FULL-TIME VERSUS ADJUNCT FACULTY IN BUSINESS COURSES
  July 1, 2007; Kirk, Florence R; Spector, Charles A

  ABSTRACT In recent years there has been a significant increase in the numbers of adjunct faculty teaching at the college level. As of 2005, almost half of four-year college teachers were part-time...
• AND YOU THOUGHT IT WAS THE APPLE: A STUDY OF JOB SATISFACTION AMONG TEACHERS
  July 1, 2007; Tillman, Wanda R; Tillman, C Justice

  ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship length of service, salary, and supervision has on the job satisfaction of teachers in Upstate South Carolina. Hypothesis One...
• CYBER-PLAGIARISM: DIFFERENT METHOD-SAME SONG
  July 1, 2007; Jones, Ida M

  ABSTRACT Cyber-plagiarism or cutting and pasting material from the internet instead of writing in one's own words is a new twist on the age old problem. Learners give a number of different reasons...
• DEMAND FOR ENGINEERING GRADUATES IN WESTERN ILLINOIS, SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI: ASSESSMENTS AND FORECASTS
  July 1, 2007; Athiyaman, Adee

  ABSTRACT This research is part of a new product planning exercise for a higher education institution. The study forecasts total market demand for general engineers in the Western Illinois,...
• DRAWBACKS TO THE UTILIZATION OF THE ETS MAJOR FIELD TEST IN BUSINESS FOR OUTCOMES ASSESSMENT AND ACCREDITATION
  July 1, 2007; Parmenter, David A

  ABSTRACT Despite its popularity in outcomes assessment programs, the ETS Major Field Test in Business is problematic in a variety of ways, most importantly that it may not accurately measure...
• EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP DOCTORAL STUDENTS CONCEPTIONS OF RESEARCH BEFORE AND AFTER A TWO-COURSE SEQUENCE IN QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
  July 1, 2007; McCollum, Daniel L

  OVERVIEW Such things as students 'prior knowledge and prior beliefs will influence what they learn, if they learn, and how they learn new material. There have been many studies of students'...
• EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS' EFFICACY AND GOAL ORIENTATIONS
  July 1, 2007; McCollum, Daniel L; Kajs, Lawrence T

  INTRODUCTION While individual ability is a valuable element, motivation is also needed for learning and performance. Motivation is a complex, multidimensional construct that can vary widely, and...
• EXPLORATORY RESEARCH WITH ANECDOTAL FEEDBACK ON AN EXPERIENTIAL PEDAGOGICAL APPROACH: THE INTEGRATION OF MIND MAPPING AND METAPHORICAL MUSICAL LYRICS
  July 1, 2007; Weinrauch, J Donald

  ABSTRACT There has been an outcry by many educational leaders and organizations, such as AACSB, that there is a vital need to encourage innovative pedagogical methods to encourage holistic...
• MATHEMATICS COURSES IN CURRICULA AND BEGINNING SALARIES OF GRADUATES
  July 1, 2007; Lee, B Brian; Lee, Jungsun

  ABSTRACT This study examines an association between mathematics courses in the college curriculum and beginning salaries of graduates based on data collected from a state-run university in the...
• PREDICTING STUDENTS USAGE OF INTERNET IN TWO EMERGING ECONOMIES USING AN EXTENDED TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL (TAM)
  July 1, 2007; Alshare, Khaled A; Alkhateeb, Faisal

  ABSTRACT This study employed an extended technology acceptance model (TAM) to predict Internet usage in two developing countries (Chile and United Arab Emirates (UAE)). In addition to...
• RETHINKING FACULTY ROLE IN A KNOWLEDGE AGE
  July 1, 2007; Sasse, Craig M; Schwering, Randy; Dochterman, Sylvia

  ABSTRACT While the relationship and the relative importance between the primary faculty tasks of teaching and research have been debated and empirically examined, the fundamental faculty...
• REUSABLE LEARNING OBJECTS: A MODIFIED DELPHI STUDY
  July 1, 2007; Bartholet, Francis L; Box, Thomas M

  ABSTRACT The Internet and World Wide Web have provided mechanisms for remarkably enhancing the presentation and acquisition of knowledge by students and corporate learners. This paper describes a...
• SERVICE LEARNING WITHIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOLS OF BUSINESS
  July 1, 2007; Johnston, Timothy C; Hammond, Kevin L; Webster, Robert L

  ABSTRACT This paper presents results of a nationwide survey of business school marketing and accounting department chairs regarding service learning. Descriptive data on the sample are provided,...
• TAKING THE LEAD ON DOCTORAL STUDENT RETENTION: A SYSTEMATIC INTERVENTION
  July 1, 2007; Wanasika, Isaac; Chavez, Carolyn I

  ABSTRACT The attrition rate for doctoral students in social sciences is alarming as only 50-60% of students complete the program (Denecke & Fraisier, 2005). This is a disturbing statistic when...
• TEACHING LEADERS TO LEAD THEMSELVES: AN EMERGING LEADER EXERCISE
  July 1, 2007; Chavez, Carolyn I; Perea, Yasanthi; Gomez, Glaudia

  ABSTRACT Leadership scholars agree that leadership is extraordinarily important both as a social phenomenon and as a subject for scholarly research. Most agree that individuals can learn to be...
• TEACHING THE "FISHBONE" AS A PLANNING TOOL: RESPONSIBILITY AND ACTION PLANNING MATRICES APPLIED TO AIRPORT SECURITY
  July 1, 2007; Parayitam, Satyanarayana; Desai, Kiran; Desai, Mayur S; Eason, Mary K

  ABSTRACT The present paper explains how FISHBONE can be used as a planning tool, instead of traditional problem-solving tool. Through the application of Responsibility and Action Planning...
• THE ROLE OF BUSINESS STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS IN ENHANCING BUSINESS EDUCATION
  July 1, 2007; Ahmed, Irfan

  ABSTRACT Among the numerous co-curricular activities available to the college today, membership and participation in campus student activities is a serious and desirable option. Student...
• THESE STUDENT PRESENTATIONS ARE DRIVING ME CRAZY! A SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR THE "REAL WORLD"
  July 1, 2007; Anderson, Randy J; Anderson, Lydia E

  INTRODUCTION Let's face it- in business, image is everything. Unfortunately, most students don't learn this harsh reality until after graduation. This little tidbit of information for success in...

January 2007

• A COMPARISON OF SERVICE LEARNING AND EMPLOYEE VOLUNTEERING PROGRAMS
  January 1, 2007; Bowen, Glenn; Burke, Debra D; Little, Beverly L

  ABSTRACT A growing recognition of the social responsibilities of organizations to their communities has resulted in an increase in volunteer activities in the United States. Two types of...
• A MARGINAL COST OF CAPITAL REALITY CHECK: LENDER RATE SPECIFICATIONS
  January 1, 2007; Stretcher, Robert

  ABSTRACT Traditional treatment of the marginal cost of capital comes under question when lenders are able to negotiate various features of debt contracts. The specified rate of interest is only...
• A NONPARAMETRIC ANALYSIS OF FACTORS AFFECTING PRE-TRAINING MOTIVATION
  January 1, 2007; Ristig, Kyle

  ABSTRACT Motivation to learn, or pre-training motivation, has been found to be related to actual learning. This paper presents research that explores certain personality and demographic...
• ACCOUNTING PROGRAMS AT HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES THEN AND NOW: AN ANALYSIS OF CHANGES SINCE 1994
  January 1, 2007; Malone, Charles; Robinson, Diana R; Chandra, Akhilesh

  ABSTRACT For decades, historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have played a primary role in the educational, economic and professional development of African Americans. Many African...
• APPLYING LESSONS FROM JAZZ IMPROVISATION IN THE MANAGEMENT CLASSROOM
  January 1, 2007; Shambu, Girish; Meyer, Gordon

  ABSTRACT We apply the metaphor of jazz improvisation to the management classroom. We describe several characteristics of effective jazz improvisation, and illustrate them with improvisational...
• BUSINESS FACULTY TIME MANAGEMENT: ADAPTATIONS FROM BUSINESS
  January 1, 2007; Cummings, Richard G; Holmes, Linda E

  ABSTRACT Teaching, research, and service expectations of the academic profession may sometimes seem overwhelming, but we often hear that it is all very doable if we can just learn to take control...
• CRITICAL THINKING: DO THEY REALLY HAVE "IT" IF THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT "IT" IS?
  January 1, 2007; Sampson, Della C; Moore, Rita; Jackson, Mary Jo

  ABSTRACT Business disciplines, educational leaders, employers and students themselves view critical thinking as a fundamental requirement for competing in the global environment. Accrediting...
• DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS AND STUDENT PREFERENCES ON THE SYLLABUS IN THE PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING COURSE
  January 1, 2007; Keller, Carl E; Deck, Alan B; Marcis, John G

  ABSTRACT At one time, the course syllabus was a one-page document. Today's typical college syllabus is a multiple-page document that addresses a number of issues and contingencies. This paper...
• EXCEL BASED CLASSROOM TEACHING TOOLS
  January 1, 2007; Maheshwari, Sharad K

  ABSTRACT This paper presents some useful Excel tools for classroom teaching and management. The paper is constructed based on the y ears of experience of classroom teaching of subjects like...
• GLOBAL OUTSOURCING: A STUDY OF STUDENT ATTITUDES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR TEACHING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
  January 1, 2007; McDonald, Michael; Parker, Darrell; Leverett, Angela

  ABSTRACT This paper presents the results of a survey of 284 students designed to assess attitudes toward global outsourcing. During the last few years the issue of global outsourcing has become a...
• LEADING BY EXAMPLE: INVESTIGATING THE BEHAVIORS AND MOTIVATIONS OF FUTURE EDUCATION LEADERS
  January 1, 2007; Choong, Peggy; Brown, Bob S

  ABSTRACT Cheating has permeated many facets of American life. Reports on cheating are found in business, the media and on college campuses. Perhaps one of the more disturbing trends is reports on...
• LEARNING GAMES FROM THE GROUND UP
  January 1, 2007; Robinson, Sherry

  ABSTRACT Having grown up in a fast-paced environment with educational, yet entertaining TV programs, in addition to game shows, video games and the internet, Net Generation students have developed...
• MEASUREMENT INVARIANCE OF TEN CONSTRUCTS OF PRE-MATRICULATION FRESHMAN ATTITUDES TO COLLEGE STUDENT ATTRITION: TOWARDS AN EARLY WARNING SYSTEM
  January 1, 2007; Rivas, Ronald M; Sauer, Paul L; Glynn, Joseph G; Miller, Thomas E

  ABSTRACT This study evaluated the measurement équivalence/invariance (ME/I) of a ten-construct factorial measurement model of antecedents to college student attrition based on self-reported...
• NON-COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS FOR EDUCATIONAL MARKETS
  January 1, 2007; Bertsch, Thomas M

  ABSTRACT Educational leadership has many needs such as campus safety, construction, cost cutting, image building, and education. Such needs constitute market opportunities for inventors,...
• PROBLEM BASED LEARNING: CROSS-DISCIPLINARY LESSONS AND INSIGHTS
  January 1, 2007; Mullins, Terry W; Tupa, Dana Chapman

  ABSTRACT This paper makes the case for creating problem-based learning opportunities for students in abroad array of settings. Medical educators pioneered the problem-based teaching methodology,...
• STRATEGIES FOR PROMOTING ACTIVE LEARNING IN A PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING COURSE
  January 1, 2007; Brickner, Daniel R; Etter, Edwin R

  ABSTRACT This article presents strategies for creating an active learning environment in a principles of accounting course. These strategies, which promote independent and lifelong learning,...
• STUDENT ATTITUDES TOWARD INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND THE INTERNET: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY
  January 1, 2007; Tran, Thuhang T; Ward, Cheryl B

  ABSTRACT The Internet as a learning tool in the International Business (IB) curriculum is becoming more widespread because of its informational and multimedia benefits. This research explores the...
• THE EXPERIENCE OF EXPERIENTIAL EXERCISES IN MANAGEMENT CLASSES: A PROFESSOR'S VIEW
  January 1, 2007; Potter, Paula W

  ABSTRACT Research documents the benefits of experiential exercises in business courses. The experiential exercise is a teaching method that allows students to be engaged in the learning process....
• THE ISSUE OF GRADE DIVERGENCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION BETWEEN BUSINESS AND OTHER FIELDS OF STUDY: AN ANALYSIS OF GRADE INFLATION
  January 1, 2007; Lowe, S Keith; Borstorff, Patricia C; Landry, Robert J

  ABSTRACT This study examined the level of grade inflation experienced by college graduate cohorts between two time periods: 1993 and 2000. Research emphasis was centered upon grade inflation of...
• TURBOCHARGE YOUR UNDERGRADUATE BUSINESS CURRICULUM USING ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS AND ACTION/PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING
  January 1, 2007; Santella, Tony S; Emery, Charles R

  ABSTRACT Today's businesses are facing a new type of hiring crisis - a crisis of hiring people with more pattern recognition and problem-solving skills, i.e. highly integrated skills to survive in...
• UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS' ADAPTATION TO TEACHING ON-LINE COURSES UNDER TRYING PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL CONDITIONS IN THE AFTERMATH OF HURRICANE KATRINA
  January 1, 2007; Angelocci, Rose; Lacho, Kenneth; Bradley, Don

  ABSTRACT This paper examines how professors at universities severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina adjusted to the challenges of teaching on-line courses in the immediate aftermath of the hurricane...
• USING RUBRICS TO ACHIEVE THE DUAL GOALS OF WRITING IMPROVEMENT AND ASSURANCE OF LEARNING
  January 1, 2007; Sasse, Craig M; Tocco, Tony; White, Turner

  ABSTRACT Business schools are receiving increasing pressure from employers to graduate students that communicate effectively and from government agencies and accrediting bodies to demonstrate...