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
Wassa-list Call for Nominations
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: NAASS.ORG
Deadline. Proposals must be
postmarked or submitted electronically to the Research Consortium Chair, Dr.
Carol Drake at carol.drake@colorado.edu by
February 19, 2010.
Prospective applicants should feel
free to contact Carol by e-mail or telephone at 303.492.3963 with questions or
to discuss their ideas.
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