J-1 Scholars and Professors This section provides the following detailed information for professors, researchers, short-term scholars, and specialists with J-1 visa status. Important Information about J-1 Exchange Visitor Status [1] ● Change of Status [2] ● Change of Status to J-1 [3] ❍ Change of Status to J-2 Dependent [4] ❍ Employment: Occasional Lectures and Consultations [5] ● Two-Year Fore...

The purpose of this national survey was to explain the relationships between professors’ contextual characteristics, teaching conceptualizations and motivation, and the use of learnercentered teaching (LCT) methods in colleges of environmental, agricultural, applied, and life sciences. Three hundred and twenty-nine professors from land-grant universities (1862 & 1890) and state colleges partici...

Pachyonychia congenita (PC) is a rare genodermatosis affecting the nails and other ectodermal tissues. It is mainly characterized by gross thickening of all finger and toe nails. Different additional clinical features are observed; they fit into two major types: the Jadassohn-Lewandowsky and the Jackson-Lawler syndrome. The condition is usually transmitted as an autosomal dominant trait, though...

205 Steven A. Meyers is a professor of psychology at Roosevelt University in Chicago. His research interests include parent-child relations, effective college instruction, and faculty development. [email protected] Copyright © 2009 Heldref Publications Abstract. The author integrates research and theory to suggest that caring is an important dimension of effective college teaching. Despite ...

In the Department of Intelligence Science and Technology, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, there are approximately 20 professors, and 40 graduate course students in each year. In the final year of the course, every student submits a research thesis, and presents his/her work in twenty minutes to obtain a master degree. Presentation meeting is scheduled for two days, and in gene...

Student evaluations provide rich information about teaching performance, but a number of factors beyond teacher effectiveness influence student evaluations. In this study we examined the effects of professor gender and perceived age on ratings of effectiveness and rapport as well as academic performance. We also asked students to rate professor attractiveness as a potential explanation for grou...