The Impact of an SES-Based Model on a College's Undergraduate Admissions Outcomes

In Grutter vs. Bollinger, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the use of race as one factor, among many in admissions decisions is constitutional. It is not known, however, whether future legal opinions will continue to uphold the use of affirmative action policies. Some have argued that class-based preferences can achieve many of the same goals as in affirmative action while being more likely to withstand legal challenges. To date, no empirical studies have been conducted on the potential impact of a class-based admissions policy if implemented at an undergraduate institution. This paper reports on a study at a selective public college and compares a number of outcomes under three admissions models: the original admissions decisions, a purely academic model, and an socio-economic status (SES)-based model. The findings showed that use of the SES-based model would have led to a more academically qualified class than in the original admitted class while maintaining substantially greater student diversity that was found under the academic model. An admissions policy based on preferences for socio-economically disadvantaged applicants appears to hold promise for other colleges and universities with similar institutional and applicant characteristics. The ideas and research design reported in this paper are based on the doctoral dissertation study of the second author, Undergraduate Admissions Models Incorporating Socioeconomic Factors (Johnson, 2000).     

Models and Paradigms in Kuhn and Halloun

In Modeling Theory in Science Education, Halloun (2004) adopts the word ‘paradigm’, but his use of the term is radically different from that of Kuhn. In this paper, I explore some of the differences between Kuhn’s paradigms and Halloun’s paradigms. Where Kuhn’s paradigms are public, community-defining exemplars of practice, Halloun’s paradigms are private, individualized ways of thinking. Where Kuhn writes of the paradigm shift as a revolutionary, vision-altering conversion experience, Halloun writes of a gradual evolution from one way of thinking to another and an easy back-and-forth switch between paradigms. Since Kuhn’s paradigms are self-enclosed and incommensurable, there is no objective standard by which one paradigm can be shown to be superior to the other. But Halloun uses ‘viability’ as a standard for paradigm choice. Underlying all of this is the more basic question of whether the history of science is an appropriate metaphor for student progress in the classroom. I conclude with some brief thoughts on this question.     

基于机械零件设计与制造的网络平台构建

Network manufacturing has been rapidly developed and is going to play an important role in modern industry. The core of network manufacturing of mechanical products is the design and manufacturing based on the computer network technology. A network framework is inuoduced for manufacturing mechanical components at two main levels. On the design level features of the component are initially studied based on the structure and functions of the component. Details of the design procedure and contents are then analyzed with three main kinds of components. In this stage, selection of materials, calculation of stress and deflection under load, determination of the size are carried out using CAD. On the manufacturing level various aspects of CAPP are discussed, including the principle and the modes of positioning the component, the exerted clamping forces, cutting engagement and input parameters, machine tools used, and machining fluids if necessary. Finally a prototype of the network framework is presented with several pieces of data terminal equipment through a local area network, the topological structure, and data sharing and security, without concerning the use of the concurrent engineering techniques and virtual manufacturing, and virtual measuring techniques.     

基于智能制造的汽车大灯开关生产设备的设计

为提高生产效率,对汽车大灯开关生产设备进行了全自动化的设计和改造,这对于汽车零部件的智能制造具有了一定的借鉴和参考价值。     

汉英句子扩展模式之对比研究及相关汉译英策略

翻译是一个比较差异、解决差异的过程,而句子是交际活动中的基本语言单位。现从句子层面对比分析英汉两种语言不同的句子扩展模式,即汉语的句首开放性与英语的句尾开放性,以及由此导致的不同句式特点,并探讨相关的汉译英策略。     

高校思想政治教育课程体系的路径:从“思政课程”到“课程思政”——以机械制造类课程为例

高校"课程思政"工程的实施,迫切需要创新高校专业课教学模式,将"隐性思政"融入到专业课教学的各方面,实现从高校"思政课程"到"课程思政"的顺利转化,最终达到"全课程、全员育人理念"。本文以机械专业制造类课程为例,分析机械专业制造类课程思想政治教育的现状,并从多个角度讨论机械专业制造类课程实践"课程思政"的新路径,探索机械专业课程在新时代实践"课程思政"的大思政育人新格局。     

“中国制造2025”背景下智能制造人才培养服务平台构建研究

在"中国制造2025"背景下,一系列智能制造产业宏观政策出台,高职院校需要紧跟智能制造产业发展趋势,构建以智能工厂、工业机器人、精密测量和先进制造等智能环境为基础的人才培养平台,以满足新形势下政府、企业和学校对智能制造产业发展的需求。     

On-line estimation of concentration parameters in fermentation processes

INTRODUCTION Saccharomycete, closely linked with human life, is the only microbe that has been utilized to the extent of over a million tons in the world, and is one of the modelled biological bacteria mostly used in modern genetic engineering. Since there are no effective online instruments for measuring the production or resultant concentration, which is a very important quality index in fermentation process, soft sensors (Martin, 1997; Tham et al., 1991; Assis and Filho, 2000; Salgad…     

英语教学中思维能力的培养模式及其对教师的要求

英语思维在英语学习中占有重要地位,英语教学中的三种不同思维能力培养模式即自发思维能力培养模式、启发思维能力培养模式、合作思维能力培养模式,相互促进,相互联系。从不同思维能力培养的角度,对知识的传授者——教师也提出了不同的要求。     

市政工程管理质量与控制体系的建立和完善

在市政工程建设中,加强质量管理与安全管理尤为重要,分析了市政工程建设中质量、安全管理方面存在的问题,提出了建立和加强市政工程质量安全控制体系的措施和方法。