Despite the enormous growth of college courses dealing with spatial information, curriculum planning involving geographic information science (GIS) courses and programs has received little attention within the GIS literature. As the number and variety of GIS courses expands, so too does the importance of both systematic and inclusive planning and campus-wide coordination. In this article we exp...

PURPOSE Institutional conflicts of interest (ICOIs) occur when the institution or leaders with authority to act on behalf of the institution have conflicts of interest (COIs) that may threaten the objectivity, integrity, or trustworthiness of research because they could impact institutional decision making. The purpose of this study was to gather and analyze information about the ICOI policies ...

Dental schools are facing substantial financial challenges and a shortage of faculty members. One solution to address these issues has been to hire "shared" faculty members, i.e., faculty members whose primary appointment is at one institution who are hired by another institution to teach a course or part of a course. This is a controversial concept. A survey of academic deans at U.S. and Canad...

These policy statements on Education, Research, Licensure and Certification, Access and Delivery of Care, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Partnerships, and Public Policy Advocacy are intended as recommendations and guidelines for allied, predoctoral, and postdoctoral dental education institutions, programs, and personnel. When used in this document, “dental education” refers to all asp...

In this paper, I describe a plausible approach to operationalizing existing definitions of learning management system (LMS) course design from the research literature, to better understand instructor impact on student engagement and academic performance. I share statistical findings using such an approach in academic year 201314; discuss related issues and opportunities around faculty developme...

M oday, O cber 9, 2017 METHODS: Institution websites were used to acquire academic attributes of full-time academic plastic surgeons. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payment database, NIH reporter, the Plastic Surgery Foundation (PSF), and American Association of Plastic Surgeons (AAPS) websites were accessed for funding and endowment details. Bibliometric data of each ...

Health care systems in many developing countries are rapidly evolving to respond to urbanization and shifting epidemiological profiles, creating an environment favorable for subspecialty development. The struggle for developing nations to train and retain highly skilled clinicians within academic institutions has highlighted the need for creative approaches to subspecialty education in these re...

This paper presents an analysis of the current state of development of social media policies at institution of higher education. Content analysis of social media policies for all institutions listed in the Carnegie Classification Data File revealed that less than one-quarter of institutions had an accessible social media policy. Analysis was done by institution and campus unit, finding that soc...

While there has been significant research on both how academic struggles impact college students, as well factors that the sense of belonging for little examining a struggle impacts students’ perception at institution. This qualitative study explores an institution, other findings from this study.

Saladin, Shang, Fry, and Donohue analyze the research constituents of Production and Operations Management Journal since its inaugural issue in 1992 through 2012. During this time, POMS published 720 articles that were authored by 1,161 different authors who were affiliated with 337 academic institutions. The authors of this article identify the total research contribution to POMS from these ac...