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Mitchell, Joshua James; Reason, Robert Dean; Finley, Ashley – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2019
It is important to understand how students' perceptions influence their mental health. We explored how perceptions of civic learning dimensions of campus climates interacted with race/ethnicity to affect the mental health of Asian, Black, Hispanic, and White college students. Findings indicate that mental health was not significantly different…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Student Welfare, Campuses, College Environment
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Boughey, Chrissie – International Journal of Educational Research, 2008
This article uses "close-up" ethnographic research to provide an account of students' engagement with learning in a South African university. Broadly based on Halliday's [Halliday, M. A. K. (1973). "Explorations in the functions of language". London: Edward Arnold; Halliday, M. A. K. (1978). "Language as social…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Foreign Countries, College Students, Language Skills
Sottile, James M., Jr.; Brozik, Dallas – 2000
The purpose of this research was to describe and better understand the ethical experiences of graduate and undergraduate, male and female college students attending a university in a rural location of a mid-eastern state. A survey was created to determine the ethical activities of college students. A total of 2,718 surveys were completed.…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Classroom Environment, College Environment, College Students
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Hayes, Kay; And Others – Studies in Higher Education, 1997
A study of the approaches to learning of adult students in nine United Kingdom colleges of further education found them qualitatively different from those of traditional students as determined by a previous study. Results suggest that adult education courses may inculcate an educational culture inconsistent with the dominant culture in mainstream…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Students, College Environment, College Students
Tight, Malcolm, Ed.; Mok, Ka Ho, Ed.; Huisman, Jeroen, Ed.; Morphew, Christopher, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2009
This volume is a detailed and up-to-date reference work providing an authoritative overview of the main issues in higher education around the world today. Consisting of newly commissioned chapters and impressive journal articles, it surveys the state of the discipline and includes the examination and discussion of emerging, controversial and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economic Progress, Higher Education, Political Science