This article explores the critical role advisors play in student success and strategies for ensuring that institutions retain them. By using an Appreciative Advising Framework, supervisors can support the advisors on their teams in co-creating their professional narratives leading to greater job satisfaction, staff retention, and better advising.

This research was planned to reveal whether school engagement is a mediator in the relationship between grit and academic life satisfaction in university students. 487 students, including 316 (65%) males and 171(35%) females, were recruited. The students were 18 to 33 years old, and the mean age was 20.62. The measures included the Academic Life…

Computer Science (CS) education is an emergent growth area in schools worldwide. This paper explores how CS education has evolved at the high school level (grades 10-12) in the Canadian province of Alberta over the past decade after a reorganization and curriculum redesign of its Computing Science Education (CSE) program. In partnership with…

The purpose of this study was (a) to examine gender and age differences in college students' perceived competence, enjoyment, persistence, and leisure time moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), and (b) to utilize a structural equation modeling (SEM) to assess the direct and indirect effects of enjoyment and perceived competence on MVPA…

The state of Texas is currently under a federal mandate of corrective action from the United States Department of Education (USED). Many students who were denied referral to special education services in the past are being referred in record numbers across the state. Given the historical shortage of special education assessment personnel, the…

Teacher turnover continues to be a problem in various private secondary schools in rural Tanzania, impacting students' academic performance in the national standardized examinations every year. This qualitative exploratory case study used secondary data to examine factors influencing the Problem in rural Tanzania's private secondary schools. Three…

National teacher shortages has received attention in the last few years and researchers project turnover rates will grow in the upcoming years (Sorensen & Ladd, 2020; Sutcher, DarlingHammond, & Carver-Thomas, 2016). As a result, districts and administrators are challenged with hiring highly qualified teachers (Garcia & Weiss, 2019;…

At a southeastern U.S. university, the low retention of postsecondary, traditional-aged first-year students persisting to second year was a problem, importantly decreasing their ability to graduate and gain a career. The purpose of this study was to determine the factors that have motivated postsecondary traditional-aged, first-year students to…

Black males are underrepresented in the teaching profession at all levels, but especially at the elementary level. The low number of Black male teachers can be attributed to low salary, low regard for the profession, perception of being work for women, and lack of respect. Now more than ever after the COVID-19 pandemic and the racial unrest during…

This document reports the findings of a project completed as part of the Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in Catholic Educational Leadership program at Saint Louis University. In this project, the team investigated the effects of COVID-19 on teacher retention in Catholic Schools. COVID-19 caused a significant disruption of the educational paradigm…

This document reports the findings of a project completed as part of the Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in Catholic Educational Leadership program at Saint Louis University. In this project, the team investigated the effects of COVID-19 on teacher retention in Catholic Schools. COVID-19 caused a significant disruption of the educational paradigm…

The "ACTE Quality CTE Program of Study Framework™" offers educators an evidence- based blueprint for evaluating career and technical education (CTE) programs of study and targeting areas for improvement. Detailing 12 elements integral to high-quality CTE programming, educators can use the Framework and accompanying self-assessment…

African American (AA) males face significant challenges in persisting academically and completing college degrees, leading to a widening achievement gap between them and other minority and non-minority groups. Despite efforts to improve low academic persistence rates, AA males continue to underperform compared to their African American female…

California State University, Bakersfield (CSUB) was awarded a two-year NSF grant, "ADVANCE Catalyst: Organizational Change for Gender Equity in STEM Academic Professions", that began in Fall 2022 to examine potential systemic barriers against female faculty of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in recruitment,…

UNESCO and the Education Policy Center at American Institutes for Research have reported massive teacher shortages to exist around the globe. In the United States, an estimated 44 states and Washington, D.C. have experienced shortages of qualified world language (WL) teachers for decades. Limited research has addressed the reasons for this…