The Effect of Loans on the Persistence and Attainment of Community College Students

This study informs public policies regarding the use of subsidized loans as financial aid for community college students. Using logistic regression, it analyzes the National Center for Education Statistics’ Beginning Postsecondary Students (BPS 90/94) data to predict persistence to the second year of college and associate’s degree attainment over five years. During the period under study, loans did not contribute to higher persistence and attainment rates. Loans are observed to have a negative effect on persistence and no effect on degree attainment. Estimates of the interaction effects of borrowing and income status are insignificant but demonstrate the need for further testing. The findings are attributed to a combination of the high uncertainty of degree completion among community college students and the negative affective component of indebtedness. Earlier versions of this paper were presented at the American Education Finance Association Annual Meeting (Austin, Texas, March, 2000) and at the AIR Forum (Cincinnati, Ohio, May 2000). It has also appeared as a working paper of the Institute for Higher Education Law and Governance at the University of Houston, Texas (IHELG Monograph 01–07).This paper is based upon work supported by the Association for Institutional Research, the National Center for Education Statistics and the National Science Foundation under Association for Institutional Research Grant No. 99-128-0.     

Reflection on their first five years of teaching: understanding staying and impact power

Teacher turnover in urban schools is occurring at a breakneck pace; thus, it is important for us to understand the characteristics of teachers who stay and succeed in these settings. In order to address this need, this study examines the preparation and induction experiences of teachers who completed a Transition to Teaching – a funded urban apprenticeship program. Three research questions guided the study: (1) How do participants describe the characteristics that influence their five-year retention? (2) How do participants describe their success as teachers? and (3) How do participants describe the professional support they received in their preparation program and during the subsequent four years after completing the program? Quantitative and qualitative data via interviews, focus group, and an examination of teachers’ district performance scores were utilized, as a means of understanding teachers’ staying and impact power. Staying power refers to the ability to endure or last within challenging contexts by possessing strength enough to persevere. Impact power refers to their ability to influence student learning. Four assertions describe the factors influencing developing teachers who stay and have impact as they teach in challenging urban schools, suggesting that these teachers possess a strong work ethic, seek specific resources to improve pedagogy, have the knowledge and skills necessary to differentiate instruction, and seek teacher leadership opportunities in their schools. This study suggests several implications for teacher educators, educational leaders, administrators, and researchers working with new teachers in urban schools or with populations that are predominantly children of color.     

改善中跑(1500米)教学的试验

在中跑的教学中,运用测心率,按规定的时间匀速跑,逐渐加长跑的距离,以提高学生的兴趣,消除怕跑的心理,从而获得较好的教学效果。在对所任新生班的龙套1500米教学试验后,取得较为满意的结果,证明试验方法是可行的,中跑教学是可以使学生变被动为主动,使学生掌握一些科学的方法,同时也使学生的耐力素质得到提高。     

论阎连科《日光流年》里的生与死

阎连科的《日光流年》讲述的是在耙耧山脉深处的几乎与外界隔绝的三姓村的故事。三姓村村民全都活不过四十岁,这也注定了死亡与生育生活生存的较量。历届村长带领村民与死亡斗争,充满北方人的对“生的坚强”和“死的挣扎”。三姓村村民的“生的坚强”表现在生育、生存和生活三个方面,而“死的挣扎”则表现在死亡的方式、意义和对棺材的重视三个方面。阎连科这种对死亡和生育的变态迷恋正是出于他对生命的热爱与绝望。     

关于函数列一致收敛性的一点注记

给出函数列(函数项级数)一致收敛性的一个新的判别法.     

彩色图像信号的非均匀采样和重构

计算机图像处理技术的发展，加速了情报学对图像／视频等较大信息量的快速存储、检索、应用。本文讨论将彩色数字图像信号按一定的规则分割成相同大小的子块，对其进行非均匀降速采样的过程，重采样频率的自动确定、选择原则，重构信号的质量、数据量与子块的尺寸等问题，并以实际的彩色数字图像文件全部用VC 6．0编程实现非均匀降速采样和Hermite插值重构；以实验数据得出了一些有益的结论，并进行了分析讨论。分析方法、实现程序不仅彩色数字图像文件有效，对视频信号也有效的。     

数字化校园建设与应用

本文从介绍数字化校园建设的现状出发,阐述了目前建设数字化校园的重点任务和方向,提出了数字化校园建设的一般技术实现方法,以及目前建设中要重点注意的问题。     

基于Django的数据持久化研究

使用对象关系映射技术将面向对象技术和关系数据库相结合,以解决对象和关系模型之间的＂阻抗不匹配＂问题。本文分析了对象关系映射技术,并以毕业生论文（设计）管理系统为例,给出了Django的数据持久化解决方案,降低了系统的耦合度,保证了系统的可扩展性。     

DC steady-states analysis of lossy uniform transmission lines

1 Introduction In the past 20 years with the rapid development of VLSI (very large scale integration) circuits and continual spread of electric power system scale, theories on transmission lines have become an important research field where finding the analytic solutions to lossy transmission line equations remains a tough nut. Since the mathematical tool cannot provide effective help, there is no universal method to solve transmission line equations [1]. A number of researchers have obtaine…     

一类带有时滞捕食模型解的一致持久性

文章讨论了一类带有扩散和时滞的捕食模型．获得了系统解的一致持久性的条件,并应用特征值理论和抛物方程的比较原理证明了模型解的一致持久性,同时还可以看到系统解的一致持久性与时滞无关．