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Underrepresented minority (URM) faculty hold about 10% of tenured positions, despite URM comprising more than 30% of the United States population; thus, disparities remain in the recruitment, development, retention and promotion of diverse faculty in large part because of a lack of mentoring. Research suggests that mentoring from senior URM faculty will lower URM faculty attrition rates and lead to success in tenure and promotion. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a mentoring program for new URM faculty in the areas of teaching, advising, research, service, and mastery of subject matter. New URM faculty were matched with URM mentors and received monthly virtual mentoring. Results demonstrated substantial growth in each area post-program, with statistically significant outcomes in the areas of teaching and advising. Faculty reported substantial benefits including sharing experiences, relationship building, lessened feelings of isolation, and increased knowledge of tenure and promotion expectations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: The study assesses the prevalence of physical, psychological, sexual, and cyber forms of intimate partner violence (IPV) among female college students, and associated mental health and academic outcomes. Participants: Participants (n = 6,818) were randomly selected female students attending one of eight campuses of a University System in the Southwest. Their mean age was 25, and 45% identified as Hispanic/Latina. Data collection concluded in November of 2015. Methods: Students completed anonymous online surveys of behavioral-specific measures assessing victimization and potential impacts. Descriptive, bivariate, and multiple regression analyses were employed. Results: Since enrollment, 31% had experienced IPV. Significant correlations were observed between severity of IPV and extent of PTSD, depression, school disengagement, and academic impacts. Higher levels of psychological, sexual, and cyber violence were associated with increased PTSD and depression symptoms. Conclusion: IPV is a significant indicator of mental health and academic impacts, meriting attention from Institutions of Higher Education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: As students are expected to develop competency in professionalism and medical ethics, faculty are also expected to facilitate medical students' learning and understanding of these areas. One of the main challenges to success in this domain has been uncertainty of whether or not faculty know the content and the methods to teach and assess these competencies. Aim: We used the Objective Structured Teaching Exercise (OSTE) format as a faculty development tool to train and evaluate faculty on how to teach professionalism and medical ethics to students in clinical settings. Methods: The process for the design, development and implementation of OSTEs consisted of five phases: (1) performing a literature review and student needs assessment, (2) developing the OSTE cases and performance checklists, (3) recruiting and training of standardized students, (4) conducting a mock training session and (5) organizing faculty development workshops using OSTEs. Results: Twenty clinical faculty members participated in one of three half-day OSTE workshops offered. Faculty confidence and attitudes about teaching professionalism increased significantly ( p < 0.05) from before participating in the workshop to afterwards. Conclusions: Faculty feedback were positive stating that the OSTE scenarios were reflective of issues they generally encounter while teaching medical students, the information and skills they learned from the workshop are important to them as clinical educators, and that the information and skills will likely have an impact on the way they teach professionalism and ethics in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Physical education teacher education faculty are responsible for educating the next generation of teachers. Despite their significant role, little is known about their characteristics, work preferences, or role responsibilities. The last comprehensive study undertaken to examine these variables was conducted approximately 25 years ago by Metzler and Freedman (1985). The purpose of the current investigation is to describe and validate an instrument for obtaining an updated comprehensive profile of physical education teacher education faculty in the United States. An online survey consisting of six sections was developed. To establish validity and confirm the psychometric quality of the instrument, test–retest was conducted with a subsample of 40 participants. In addition, Cronbach alpha analysis was conducted to provide support for the internal structure of the instrument. The survey accurately identifies and discriminates between the current characteristics and work responsibilities of today's teacher educators and facilitates comparison between teacher educators today to those who completed the survey nearly 25 years ago. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Deals with a study which discussed the curriculum guidelines for the Bachelor of Science degrees in statistical science in the United States. Historical background of the study; State of undergraduate programs in statistics; Recommendations for the statistics curriculum.

The following three articles are the results of papers presented and discussed at a symposium entitled "Improving the Workforce of the Future: Opportunities in Undergraduate Education," held August 12-13, 2000, in Indianapolis, IN. This symposium was sponsored by the American Statistical Association through its Undergraduate Statistics Education Initiative. The first article was the keynote address at the symposium. The latter two articles are position papers that were developed in part through discussions among representatives from liberal arts colleges, research universities, industry, and government at a May 1999 meeting at the ASA Headquarters and a subsequent April 2000 workshop in Alexandria, VA. This workshop was partially supported by the National Science Foundation. Other position papers based on symposium discussions are being developed and are scheduled to appear in the Journal of Statistical Education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Advanced Placement Statistics course, first offered in 1997 after more than 12 years of planning, allows high school students who pass an examination to receive college credit for a statistics course taken at their high school. In its third year 25,240 students took this examination, and 57% "passed." The three-hour exam consists of both multiple choice and free response questions, which cover the four sections of the AP Statistics syllabus: data exploration, study design, probability distributions through simulation, and inference. Although some problems remain, both students and teachers find the course to be challenging and valuable. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Highlights results of a survey conducted by the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences on undergraduate programs in the United States. Enrollment in statistics courses; Number of bachelor's degrees with a major in statistics; Breakdown of full-time and part-time faculty members.

Presents several classroom demonstrations that have encouraged student involvement in the undergraduate course in decision theory and Bayesian statistics at the Columbia University in New York City. Principles of decision analysis; Subjective probability intervals and calibration; Utility of money and risk-aversion.

Attempts to imagine plausible futures on the state of statistics teaching at the university level at the end of the 20th century. Responses of the authors on the effect of technology on statistics; Ways of helping students learn more about statistics; Criticism directed at higher education.

Focuses on the challenges in teaching short statistics courses by the Department of Statistics at the University of Florida from 1991 to 1994. Reduced state funding for education; Necessity of coming up with external sources of funding; Development of a program called `Week of Short Courses' which was used to generate additional revenue.

Suggests issues and explores problems that must be considered in any substantial overhaul of statistics curricula in graduate programs. Introduction of cross-disciplinary training; Renewed emphasis on the undergraduate education; Example of an ideal statistics curricula.

Surveys institutions of higher education in United States for data of their course content and software use. Most prevalent topics covered for Business Statistics I and II; Most prevalent software used; Importance of reevaluating contents of statistics courses; Conclusions and recommendations.

Comments on the efforts of academicians to change the statistics curricula in graduate programs. Faculty selection as the biggest step in making good curriculum decisions; Necessity of changes in the statistic profession.

Comments on the efforts of academicians to change the statistics curricula in graduate programs from the point of view of an educational psychologist. Need for the faculty to be aware of teaching and learning techniques; Course work and experience on teaching as requisites for graduate students in statistics.

A letter to the editor is presented discussing the authors' work developing a computer-based clinical simulation for psychiatry education.

Proposes a graduate curriculum for the ideal statistics department. Includes computing; Data analysis; Data collection; Design of experiments; Inferences; Probability theory; Statistical consulting.