Angela Letourneau, professor/chair of Accounting, Finance and Economics, has been selected the S.C. Professor of the Year. Letourneau plans to retire at the end of the academic year.
The tradition of tossing a coin to decide who bats first in a cricket match introduces a randomly assigned advantage to one team that is unique in sporting contests. The potential importance of the toss rule in determining...
The tradition of tossing a coin to decide who bats first in a cricket match introduces a randomly assigned advantage to one team that is unique in sporting contests. The potential importance of the toss rule in determining...
The importance of project management in education has become increasingly evident in our evolving technology-ridden lives. Educators are required to manage complex projects involving multiple stakeholders, resources, and...
Gifted Black and Brown students are not voiceless; their voices are suffocated under the knee of systemic racism and white supremacy. This chapter proposes that the field of gifted education advocates for needed structural and...
Low quality healthcare services can hinder economic and social development, result in premature death and disability, and waste human capital. To compound pre-pandemic healthcare access and equity issues, the quality of care...
When educators have difficulty accessing peer-reviewed research, it is inequitable to expect them to compete with educators who have access to a plethora of resources. Inequities have been a historically-identified educational...
Angela Letourneau, accounting, finance and economics, is the 2006 Distinguished Professor of the Year. Barbarba Blackburn, curriculum and instruction, is the Outstanding Junior Professor.
We examined the factors affecting the outcome of cricket matches played in the English one-day county cricket league. In particular, we focused on the home-field effect and the importance of winning the pre-match toss of a coin...
This chapter describes professional learning communities, an educator practice, brought to K-20 classrooms as a pivotal practice for talented youth as student learning communities (SLCs). Several research-based models are used...
Teaching advocacy and activism is a pivotal practice for talented youth. Advocacy is broadly defined as championing a cause, from self-advocacy and community/local issues to sociopolitical and global awareness contexts. Activism...
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is moving rapidly toward integrating data literacy and data science in the undergraduate curriculum. This study interviewed instructors across the social sciences to identify ways...
We examined the factors affecting the outcome of cricket matches played in the English one-day county cricket league. In particular, we focused on the home-field effect and the importance of winning the pre-match toss of a coin...
Participants may compete in disc toss and a running of the gauntlet, sample international foods and check out displays by student organization with international ties. The event is co-sponsored by the Global Learning Initiative...
The aim of this chapter is to respond to the emerging scholarship regarding first-time leaders and their situational and potential lifelong learning environment. While transformational leadership may be the long-term goal, this...
Selections from the Reverend Charles Rice memorial book presented to the Rice family. Included are reflections from the following Ursinus College alumni, students, staff and faculty chosen by Tonya Rice: Christian Rice...
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Chromosome 17 alterations affect the assessment of HER2 gene amplification in breast cancer (BC), but its clinical significance remains unclear. This study aimed to identify the prevalence of centromere...
Previous studies have found that social exclusion can cause distress to those excluded. One method used to study social exclusion is through a virtual ball-toss game known as Cyberball. In this game, participants may be excluded...
Previous studies have found that social exclusion can cause distress to those excluded. One method used to study social exclusion is through a virtual ball-toss game known as Cyberball. In this game, participants may be excluded...
Mad Studies and survivor research are emerging fields of enquiry whose goals and boundaries are continually being shaped. This paper aims to explore intersections between the two fields and argues that fostering a stronger...
In order for the single celled embryo of C. elegans to develop, it must have a proper anterior-posterior axis development. A gene that plays an important role in that development is pam-1 which codes for the puromycin sensitive...
Mad Studies and survivor research are emerging fields of enquiry whose goals and boundaries are continually being shaped. This paper aims to explore intersections between the two fields and argues that fostering a stronger...