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Community Colleges and Older Learners in Ohio Higher Education
This research brief provides age structure data for those enrolled at Ohio's community colleges and baccalaureate institutions and discusses the Ohio Department of Higher Education's credential attainment goals for adults ... -
Data archive for "Structure–property effects in the generation of transient aqueous benzoic acid anhydrides by carbodiimide fuels"
The design of dissipative systems, which operate out-of-equilibrium by consuming chemical fuels, is challenging. As yet, there are a few examples of privileged fuel chemistries that can be broadly applied in abiotic systems ... -
Reclaiming Community
The call for community can be heard throughout public and educational discourses; parallel calls for respecting difference are part of the discursive landscape as well. The terms have now become simplified and dichotomized. ... -
Building STEAM: Collaborative Outreach and Engagement with Art and Science in the Academic Library
Art and science are often thought of as separate and unrelated disciplines. However, art has frequently been influenced by scientific discoveries while science has used artistic techniques to expand knowledge. This ... -
Rapid Review of Social Communication Assessment Tools for Transition-Age Adolescents
Social communication ability is vital for students’ successful transition from high school to post-school settings. The aim of this project is to systematically review the literature on social communication assessments for ... -
Telling new stories about school
Contemporary societies frame education through cultural narratives about schooling’s purposes and practices. Societal stories about school are not just reflective of our current views and values, but shape our political ... -
Virtual Charter Schools and the Democratic Aims of Education
Virtual schooling is expanding as an alternative to traditional public schooling in the early twenty-first century. This paper analyzes virtual schooling with regards to the democratic associational aims of public schooling ... -
Advances in Anatomy Teaching in Higher Education
Anatomy instruction is essential for pre-health students. In addition to traditional methods, the use of digital virtual and mixed-reality tools has grown, but evidence demonstrating their overall effectiveness is inconclusive. ... -
The promotion of ecological economics in Abrafo-Odumase Ghana, Africa
In the twenty-first century global economy communities either profit and thrive, or they do not. According to United Nation (UN) statistics, nearly 82 percent of the world’s population lives in a developing country moving ... -
Virtual design: Improving architecture through immersive creation
Mixed reality devices in today’s world have only just begun emerging from the origins in the video game and entertainment industry. As these devices advance, their usefulness grows across other aspects of our lives, and ... -
Reimagining rail travel in the United States
The increase of congestion in American cities is creating a slower and more expensive commute for the average American passenger in major cities. Convenience and speed are incredibly important to the average American ... -
Libraries as a facilitator of community engagement in the urban environment
Libraries are essential elements to the life of our communities as they provide many assets to community members and act as catalysts for civic engagement. Tightened government budgets in the United States have threatened ... -
Architectural flexibility: an evolution towards a more flexible architecture
How can architects redefine the way we design and construct buildings? Currently, buildings are too restrictive and do not allow for the ease of flexibility and/or change. The main reasons for the inflexibility of current ... -
Revision of Seychelles's future: An eco-tourism prototype
The non-gradual and rapid increase of the effects of global climate change on small islands all over the world is very critical. Sea level rising has serious impacts on small islands such as Seychelles, Maldives, and the ... -
Vertical cities: An approach to life above 700ft in urban environments of the future
Over the past few decades the population has grown exponentially on a global level; this growth is not temporary, it is set to continue for years to come. Due to this unprecedented global population growth, many aspects ... -
Mountaintop mine restoration: Land ethics and sustainability in the mining landscape
The topic of this paper concerns the Appalachian region and their approach to land reuse after mining operations conclude. The primary location under specific investigation includes the coal fields of West Virginia, a state ...