Jeannette Bryson: Factors Influencing Enrollment Trends… July 18, 2007
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Jeannette Bryson. Dissertation Title: Factors Influencing Enrollment Trends in Seventh-day Adventist Boarding Schools in North America
Recommended Books:
- A Cross Section of Educational Research
- Evaluating Research in Academic Journals
- Understanding Research Methods
- Doing a Literature Review
- Narrative Inquiry
- Critical Thinking – how to look at articles. I’m not sure that this links to the right book.
Suggestions for finishing:
- Print the requirements for writing at Andrews and put it in a binder.
- She picked the factors influencing by reading. She found 150 factors and narrowed them down to 8 in the survey.
- Notre Dame library will do a research survey and tell you which of your theorists are still current in their theory.
- DIET: Describe it, Interpret it, Evaluate it, Theme it. For qualitative research.
- She’s an English teacher and gave us a full packet of information to help us with writing our dissertation. She’s helped edit dissertations too.
- The packet has a full set of information of on theories, including a list of theorists under each of the old competencies.
- She has a nice little overview of worldviews as well.
Finishing my Application July 16, 2007
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Whew!! I thought I was about wrapped up in this process. I got my BA and M.Ed transcripts. Come to find out that I have to have MORE transcripts sent in from places I attended and used in my BA program. Go figure. The folks in the graduate admissions office are all nice. I discovered that the daughter of one of the staffers is at LLU School of Medicine. Its a small, small world. (Did I mention that I work at LLU School of Public Health and my wife graduated from LLU SM?). Yes, a small world.
Interpretive Dance July 16, 2007
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- Tension
- Aggression
- Reconciliation
- Togetherness
Thank you dancers!
My intentions July 16, 2007
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As of this moment, these are the breakout sessions I intend to visit. My choices do not have to influences yours. 
Monday p.m. – Choosing a Dissertation Topic
Tuesday a.m. – Writing Literature Reviews
Tuesday p.m. – Strengths-Based Leadership
Patience July 15, 2007
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It all started with a pain in the neck on Thursday. Not a person, but an actual pain. And I told Janine that I thought I was getting sick. Well, I didn’t know the half of it. By Friday, I was experiencing pain when breathing, and constant pain in my lower back. By Saturday night, I began to call around to friends and contacts to find a ride into a hospital, which was generously provided by James Jeffery, accompanied by Michaela Lawrence.
About three hours later, I was on my way to the pharmacy to collect some anti-inflamatories and powerful pain medication (Vicodin for those of you in the know). Waiting at the pharmacy, the pain was so bad then, I was fighting back tears.
So at this point, I’m in less pain (but the pain is still there), and stuck in the dilemma: will I take the pills and have less pain
or will I try to skip the pills and be awake and alert to really take in the Roundtable. It’s a tough decision, and one I’ll have to make before tomorrow.
My current hypothesis is that the extra-heavy computer bag being carried to-and-fro this week has put added pressure to my spine and muscles. So,it means my carry-on suitcare will make a special appearance this week.
Lesson learned in the process: When you’re a patient, you can only wait: wait to get to the hospital, wait to be processed, wait to go in, wait for the doctor, wait for x-rays, wait for the results, wait for the prescription, wait to be discharged, wait for the medication, and wait for relief. And there’s nothing like a lot of waiting to develop patience. As we wait through statistics, wait to finish reading a book, wait through this degree, may we also wait on the Lord, who along can renew our strength, enabling us to walk and run and not be tired [or in pain].
God bless,
David.
We Gather Soon! July 13, 2007
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Hello everyone!
Wow – July 16 is only a few days away! This will be my second Roundtable. So last year everything was new. However, it didn’t take long to get in the swing of things thanks to great organization and the help of the “veterans” and faculty. Roundtable seemed to have a certain rhythm – not routine, but more of an organized flow. It is like a living, breathing creature.
I can tell you first hand that the committee works hard to plan a great experience for everyone. Roundtable builds us academically, professionally and spiritually – and we have fun, too!
The other great thing about Roundtable is the sense of community. I’ve been around a number of graduate programs (yes, I’m a perpetual student) and I’ve never seen one where the entire faculty and student body gets together at one time. In my masters and specialist degrees, there were always large numbers of students who may have been enrolled in the program but I never saw them. My connections were with those who happened to be on the same course schedule. The Leadership Program is different as it brings us together to build community in our cohort, our regional group and as an entire program.
I am very fortunate as I live close by to Berrien Springs. Many of you come to Roundtable at great expense. We gather at a beautiful time in July that takes us away from our family. We all spend time and energy and dollars in that dash toward the PhD. I commend all of you for your commitment. We all appreciate the support of family, friends and our work places. Roundtable indeed is a commitment. At the same time, I’m excited that we will experience our community face to face in few days. We gain a great deal from our investment in the Andrews Leadership Program.
God bless and I’ll see you Monday!
Dennis
Susan & Peter Glaser July 13, 2007
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I’m excited about hearing from the Glasers next week. I “Googled” them to see exactly who they were and found a book review which suggests that they’ve made tremendous contributions through their work related to increasing trust through conflict. Since trust is currently positioned as the centre of my leadership work and dissertation topic, that immediately resonates with me and I’m ready to experience all that they have to share. It looks like I’ll have to read their book, “Be Quiet, Be Heard: The Paradox of Persuasion.”
Welcome! July 1, 2007
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The Leadership program is a competency-based program designed for busy professionals who wish to remain employed during the duration of their graduate program. The participants represent a broad range of professions including education, business, health care, pastoral ministry, military and social work. One of the program requirements is to return to Andrews each summer for a three-day conference, called the “Roundtable.”The Annual Summer Conference for the Leadership program was renamed “The Roundtable” in 1999 when Jaclyn Kostner’s book Virtual Leadership was used as our focus. The book is based on ideas from King Arthur of Camelot.
“What the Round Table did for the knights was to give them opportunities to learn, grow, and demonstrate their leadership. . .
Belonging to the Round Table had to help each knight lead better, know more, and achieve more than he would have without it. . .The Round Table was a leaderfull team aimed at channeling the energy of the Knights to create Camelot together…”
Arthur said, “We sit at the round Table to exchange ideas, not swords.
We are here not as enemies. Instead we are here as great knights. We can create a legend for all time, but only if we become trusted colleagues. This table is round for a reason. It is symbolic of the ring that binds us. Equally as important, it is symbolic of the circle of communication. For all of us, if we want respect, first we must give respect. If we want trust, first we must give trust. If we want to be heard, first we must listen. If we want to speak, first we must let others speak.”
At the Round Table, no knight has a greater voice than any other knight.
You have my pledge as King that while we sit at the Round Table, your ideas will always be heard and valued. I expect the same from each one of you.”
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