Saint Anselm College

About: Saint Anselm College is a education organization based out in Manchester, New Hampshire, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Nurse education & Extinction (psychology). The organization has 255 authors who have published 522 publications receiving 7222 citations.

Graph Labelings and Continuous Factors of Dynamical Systems

Abstract: A labeling of a graph is a function from the vertex set of the graph to some finite set. Certain dynamical systems (such as topological Markov shifts) can be defined by directed graphs. In these instances, a labeling of the graph defines a continuous, shift-commuting factor of the dynamical system. We find sufficient conditions on the labeling to imply classification results for the factor dynamical system. We define the topological entropy of a (directed or undirected) graph and its labelings in a way that is analogous to the definition of topological entropy for a shift space in symbolic dynamics. We show, for example, if $G$ is a perfect graph, all proper $\chi(G)$-colorings of $G$ have the same entropy, where $\chi(G)$ is the chromatic number of $G$.

How faculty use information technology at a small liberal arts college: a case study

Abstract: Colleges and universities have made large investments in Information Technology resources and support personnel for those resources. One goal of this technology initiative has been to supply faculty with computers to enhance productivity and integrate technology into the curriculum. However, there is little or no information on assessment of these resources including the frequency of use, how users are utilizing these resources, ability levels of different faculty, faculty preferences for different types of computers and whether college-owned computers are able to meet the computing needs of faculty. We studied the computing habits of faculty across all academic departments to answer some of these questions. We found that 100% of the faculty surveyed were using their computers on a regular basis in their teaching, scholarship and committee work. A majority of faculty were using their computers for word processing, web browsing and e-mail. Faculty vary in their preferences for desktop versus notebook computers or Apple versus Windows platforms. We feel this is useful information for IT personnel for planning support and training programs. It is useful for administrators involved in planning and budget decisions. It is our intent to make public issues we have experienced at our institution and share them with other small colleges that are going through similar growing pains with developing plans for IT on campus.