We investigated the effects of social interaction and out-of-class study time on foreign language proficiency and use among two hundred students from a Japanese university who studied abroad for one month. Participants' use of English and English proficiency were measured before and after the programme. Interaction with people from other cultures…

U.S. school achievement has been the subject of much discussion. In the case of science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM), the national underperformance across the country, as well as the underrepresentation of minorities are key issues (Anderson et al., 2023; Handelsman & Smith, 2016; National Research Council, 2015; The…

This article explores major challenges facing students, such as mental health, financial hardship and employability. It suggests that well supported and appropriately funded students' unions can play a vital role in improving the experience of students. Their work can be crucial in ensuring students have influence on university decision making, it…

The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore how educational leaders in the Northeast region of the United States describe the influence of their childhood experiences and attachment styles on their current leadership behaviors. Bowlby's attachment theory provided the theoretical framework for the study which aimed to address…

This article discusses the socioeconomic and institutional complexities of school choice in rural Odisha, India, from a multi-stakeholder perspective. It argues that parents prefer to send their children to private schools as they find government schools are of low quality in rural India. Discussions with stakeholders in school education reveal…

Background/purpose: This study aims to assess the international competitiveness of Thai Higher Education and the satisfaction levels of Chinese international students, taking into account the previously overlooked experiences of this group. These criteria are crucial for Thailand's objective of positioning itself as a leading educational center in…

The internet and social media as sources of learning have played a vital role in education. However, the use of the internet and social media-based materials for students learning about Islam in the school context has yet to be widely known. This study describes students' attempts to maximise internet and social media to enlighten their…

Purpose: The stress-coping model is extensively studied in the academic context. Past studies have primarily focused on different coping strategies adopted by students to overcome academic stress. However, an important question, how to equip students to cope with stress, was ignored. Drawing on stress-coping theory and the extracurricular activity…

The leadership opportunities for students with disabilities are dependent on school leaders and teachers as they are advocates and provide natural support in fostering their leadership development. However, the leadership opportunities for students with disabilities remain relatively overlooked. Students with disabilities have a right to…

Science Olympiad is a K-12 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) competition that engages approximately 7,000 teams across the U.S. in individual and team challenges at regional, state, and national levels. Science Olympiad began expanding to include elementary students in 2008. Yet, little is known about the adults who…

High schools have the potential to foster the growth of students' interests and social relationships beyond the classroom. Sports teams, performing and visual arts groups, special interest clubs, and service projects are some of the extracurricular activities on campus that provide students with opportunities for personal development and social…

Frederick Jackson Turner's "frontier thesis," described the frontier as the lifeblood of American ideals and warned that the frontier's closing would mean the factors that once enabled America to prosper could no longer be relied on in the century ahead. Boy scouting was shaped by a similar nostalgia for the vanishing frontier as well as…

Volunteering at short-term, high-profile sporting events has become an increasingly popular form of experiential learning within the sport management discipline. Thus, the purpose of this study was to explore perceptions of sport management student volunteers regarding outcomes of their participation in this endeavor. Data was collected via…

The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the already increasing challenge of establishing immersive, co-curricular activities for engineering students, particularly for biomedical-related activities. In the current work, we outline a strategy for co-curricular learning that leverages a private-public partnership in which methods for capacity-building…

The University of New Mexico (UNM) Health Sciences, Office of Interprofessional Education designed and implemented an innovative interprofessional education (IPE) Honors program, the first in the United States, in the Summer of 2019. This program was built through a dynamic and responsive partnership with health professions students from multiple…