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This manual combines information specific to Rensselaer with reprints of articles relevant to academic advising. Please note that • Additional materials may be distributed during the school year • Sections are developed in modules, with an expectation that materials may occasionally be copied. Page

This manual combines information specific to Rensselaer with reprints of articles relevant to academic advising. Please note that Additional materials may be distributed during the school year Sections are developed in modules, with an expectation that materials may occasionally be copied. Page

CBA9999 (on Sakai). Send me your gatorlink username for access E-MAIL ETIQUETTE Consider our email communication as practice for the style you will adopt in business settings. In other words, our communication should be formal in the beginning (Dear Professor McCawley –OR—Dear Dr. McCawley), and can become more informal as we continue our communication. Include the following information when you communicate with me • Your cohort, section number or day/time of class meeting (I teach multiple sections each module) • Frontloaded purpose (don’t forget a concise, yet descriptive, subject line) • Two or three available days and times, if requesting an appointment • Closing with your name NOTE: I review papers in person only, not via e-mail. Use e-mail to arrange an appointment.

a. Granting of credit. Credit is granted only upon the completion of a course of study. DoDEA uses the “Carnegie Unit System ” for granting credit. A full Carnegie unit (one credit) may be earned for a completed course of study containing 120 instructional hours (i.e., clock hours of student/teacher interaction). One-half Carnegie unit of credit may be earned for completing a course of study of 60 hours of instruction, and one-fourth Carnegie unit of credit may be awarded for a completed course of 30 hours duration. (Note: DoDEA does not issue credits.) Master schedules may be programmed in a variety of ways to ensure that the required instructional clock hours are provided. b. Length of Courses. Courses vary in length. The duration may be as short as 9 weeks, which is the equivalent of 30 clock-hours. Semester courses scheduled for 18 weeks duration are the equivalent of 60 clock-hours. Year-long courses are 36 weeks in length and require 120 hours of instruction. All grades are to be reported quarterly. c. Credit Values unit (1) Semester credit. Semester grades represent two 9-week reporting periods, which make up that period of instruction. Final semester grades represent a completed course of 18-

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Betancourt, J. R., Green, A. R. & Carrillo, J. E. (2002). Cultural competence in health

In addition to maintaining the GenBankÒ nucleic acid sequence database, the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) provides analysis and retrieval resources for the data in GenBank and other biological data made available through NCBI’s Web site. NCBI resources include Entrez,

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Grid technologies enable large-scale sharing of resources within formal or informal consortia of individuals and/or institutions: what are sometimes called virtual organizations. In these settings, the discovery, characterization, and monitoring of resources, services, and computations