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Harring, Niklas; Jagers, Sverker C.; Matti, Simon – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2020
There is a debate on whether higher education in the social sciences generates stronger democratic and environmental norms among students. In our study, we focus on students' perceptions about legitimate rule in the case of environmental protection. We contribute to this debate by using a unique longitudinal data set from seven universities and…
Descriptors: Social Sciences, Higher Education, Conservation (Environment), Democratic Values
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Harkins Monaco, Elizabeth A. – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2020
Introductory college courses are designed to comprehensively introduce divergent disciplines (Zipp, 2012) and can prepare students to understand the risks for multiple minoritized identities in their fields of study (Shriberg, 2016). This approach is effective, however, only if faculty are appropriately equipped to use intersectional pedagogy.…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Higher Education, College Faculty, Social Discrimination
Lucas, Christopher M. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
For educators in the field of higher education and judicial affairs, issues are growing. Campus adjudicators must somehow maximize every opportunity for student education and development in the context of declining resources and increasing expectations of public accountability. Numbers of student misconduct cases, including matters of violence and…
Descriptors: Sanctions, Student Attitudes, Safety, Court Litigation
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Arboleda, Ana; Chen, JingJing; Shelley, Mack C., II; Whalen, Donald F. – Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2004
Linear models of two of the most salient motivations for undergraduates to attend college--learning (intrinsic) and enhanced post-graduation earnings (extrinsic)--are estimated from a sample of 2,199 respondents to the 2000 Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP) survey of first-year students, supplemented by institutional records. Model…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Factor Analysis, Student Development, Teaching Methods