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Supporting the Shift: Professional Development for Alternative Grading Practices

New Directions for Community Colleges, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Alternative grading (e.g., contract grading, ungrading, specifications grading) practices have emerged as a promising approach to enhance student success, improve students’ sense of belonging, and make higher education more accessible. This study explores the challenges faced by community college faculty when implementing alternative grading ...
Breana Bayraktar, J. Indigo Eriksen
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Cuento folklórico y narrativa oral : versiones, variantes y estudios de génesis

Cuadernos LIRICO, 2013
In this article, I propose an approach to oral narrative from a genetic perspective, linking the versions and variants of folktale with textual variants studied by genetic criticism.
María Inés Palleiro
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The Role of the Aspire Alliance's Regional Collaboratives (RCs) in STEM Faculty Pathways

New Directions for Community Colleges, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article addresses a critical challenge in postsecondary education: the persistent lack of diversity and limited pathways into STEM faculty roles, particularly at community colleges. We examine how the Aspire Alliance's Regional Collaboratives (RCs) model works to create sustainable two‐year and four‐year partnerships to advance and ...
Lorenzo Baber, Karla Velasco, Jeongsan Hwang, Gianina Baker, Jess Gregg, Chandra Turpen, Craig Ogilvie   +6 more
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Ritual and Narrative: An Analysis of Survival Resilience in Folk Shamanic Rituals in Tales of Hulan River

Religions
Due to its brilliant literary narrative and profound ideas, Xiao Hong’s Tales of Hulan River has had a profound influence on the history of Chinese modern literature.
Qi Zhao, Ruijia Zhang
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Mythic gaps

Nordlit: Tidsskrift i litteratur og kultur, 2014
Different kinds of omissions sometimes occur, or are perceived to occur, in traditional narratives and in tradition-inspired literature. A familiar instance is when a narrator realizes that he or she does not fully remember the story that he or she has ...
William Hansen
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Future Directions Toward Sustainable and Equitable STEM Faculty Pathways

New Directions for Community Colleges, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article synthesizes the major themes explored throughout the special issue, highlighting the transformative power of regional collaborations, place‐based innovation, systemic change through collective tools, and reciprocal partnerships in advancing equitable and sustainable STEM faculty pathways.
Lorenzo Baber, Karla Velasco, Jeongsan Hwang, Gianina Baker   +3 more
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Civic Development of Latine Students: The Role of Equity‐Minded Community College Leaders

New Directions for Community Colleges, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores how equity‐minded educators at Hispanic Serving community colleges (HSCCs) foster the civic development of Latine students, emphasizing leadership, civic engagement, and agency beyond academic success. Using a multi‐case study design, we analyzed interviews with 29 educators from two HSCCs in Southern California to ...
Cynthia M. Alcantar, Edwin Hernandez, Carlos A. Galan, Jossie Muñoz, Melissa Jauregui‐Gomez   +4 more
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Characteristics of Female Figures and Memories of Women in Korean Narrative Songs [PDF]

Studia Ethnologica Pragensia, 2023
This article examines how Korean narrative songs have, since the Middle Ages, formed and transmitted the memories and figures of women. These narrative songs have been created and handed down as labour songs mainly by lower-class women, reconstructing ...
Youngsook Suh
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Building Capacity at Home: Tribal College Faculty Pursuing Graduate Degrees Through a Reciprocal University Partnership

New Directions for Community Colleges, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Thirteen Tribal College (TCU) faculty in Montana are pursuing graduate degrees through a reciprocal partnership with Montana State University (MSU) to strengthen TCU capacity and expand local educational opportunities. All TCUs in Montana serve as community colleges for the reservation, are vital to tribal members’ future, and are the academic
Craig A. Ogilvie
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Franc Kramar and His Collection of »Oral Tradition from Ig and Other Regions«

Traditiones, 2005
V članku je predstavljen skladatelj Franc Kramar iz Matene pri Igu na Dolenjskem predvsem kot nabiralec pripovednega izročila. Ljudske pesmi je začel zapisovati že v mladosti, ob tem pa je nabiral tudi drugo gradivo, še posebej ljudske pravljice in ...
Monika Kropej
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