Research Committee
Responsibilities: The responsibilities of the Research Committee are the solicitation, evaluation, and nomination of WASSA member research proposals to be chosen for submission to the Theresa Neil NAASS Award Program; and the organization of an annual meeting session related to research.
Chair: The chair of the Research Committee will be selected from its membership and appointed by the President, after consulting with the Executive Committee.
Membership: Members of the Research Committee will be appointed by the President. There will be six members serving three-year terms, with the terms of two members expiring each year.
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Theresa Neil Fund
The Summer Session Research Consortium, which consists of the North American Association of Summer Sessions (NAASS); the North Central Conference on Summer Schools (NCCSS); the Western Association of Summer Session Administrators (WASSA); and the Association of University Summer Sessions (AUSS) is pleased to announce a Call for Proposals for the Theresa Neil Memorial Research Fund.
Amount of Award: The total available for fiscal year 2010-2011 is $9,000. One or two proposals will be supported from this amount.
Research Topics: The Consortium invites proposals that address pedagogical or administrative issues that pertain to summer session at North American colleges and universities. For example:
- Analysis of summer faculty salary issues
- Assessment of student needs
- Effects of administrative reorganization (e.g. centralization/decentralization or change from state support to self support)
- Factors related to student choice to attend summer (e.g. at what point in time is the decision to attend made and why?)
- The impact of technology on summer sessions (e.g. new models for distance delivery of courses)
- Learning outcomes of compressed or time-intensive courses vs. full semester-length counterparts
- Relationship of economic factors (unemployment, for example) to summer enrollment
- The effectiveness of particular marketing strategies
For full details on the Theresa Neil Award, please visit: http://AUSS.org
Deadline. Proposals must be submitted electronically to the Research Consortium Chair, Dr. Donna Shea at dshea@bu.edu by March 7, 2011. Funding decisions will be announced by May 2011. Prospective applicants should feel free to contact Donna by e-mail or telephone at 617-353-5124 with questions or to discuss their ideas.
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