The authors reflect on the nature of North American LIS instruction on immigrant outreach and highlight a sample of LIS master's-degree courses that provide exclusive attention to immigrants' information realities. Findings from a content analysis of available master's LIS course syllabi indicate that service to immigrants is subsumed…

With almost all MLIS and similar degree programs having a required course covering database design, it is critical to develop curriculum that engages students in learning essential concepts and how to implement designs. We report on a project that explored how essential knowledge about database design can be taught effectively through experiential…

The authors of this article met on a Master of Arts (MA) music education course a month before the Swanwick Tillman "Sequence of Musical Development" was published. The course was a portal to an exciting range of literature, with the Swanwick Tillman spiral providing a long-term source of discussion and reflection as our careers have…

Design teams often rely on precedents, but the impact of using the direct experience of a precedent on design behavior requires further investigation. To explore this impact, fifteen teams of master students of architecture participated in two design sessions: one without and the other with a previous experience of visiting an example. The…

Experiential learning in Master of Social Work (MSW) programs can be an instrumental pedagogical method of juxtaposing theoretical knowledge with tangible hands-on approaches, enhancing student experience through incorporating curriculum beyond classroom settings. This paper seeks to employ the use of educational theorist David Kolb's Theory of…

Academic dishonesty is basically defined as unethical or undeserved behavior by students within an educational setting. Although numerous studies have been published that were conducted with undergraduate students, much less is known about the e-dishonesty of postgraduate students. In this study, besides determining the status of e-dishonesty…

Authored by six current and former Biomedical Engineering (BME) Master's Program Directors, this article aims to summarize the types of BME master's programs that are offered in the U.S., delve into the value of BME master's programs, and reveal concerns of BME master's students and directors that are exacerbated among international and…

Purpose: Drawing on sustainable career theory as a framework, our study aims to explore how Asian international students studying in a UK-based University Business School view their employability, career aspirations, and career resources. Design/methodology/approach: A total of 128 participants provided 602 voice-recorded reflective diary insights…

Creating equitable classrooms is difficult for many preservice teachers. Addressing this challenge includes helping them understand what equity is and recognizing how teaching practices contribute to (in)equitable learning environments. This investigation describes how one teacher education program approaches helping students by employing an…

The Master's degree is a necessary step for any library and information science professional who wants to advance in the field. This requires potential students to go through the graduate school application process, which often includes additional requirements set by the School of Information (or equivalent college). Application requirements offer…

Transnational Higher Education has become more prevalent and an option that many international students seek. International students choose online education through United States universities for a plethora of reasons including the perceived high quality of US universities, the flexible modality of online education, and the associated reduced…

Behind every school leader is an individual with experiences. These experiences, personal and professional, shape how an educator conceptualizes leadership. This study examines the types of experiences that leaders, enrolled in a Master of Educational Leadership degree in Australia, draw on to inform their leadership. The findings reveal four key…

This study explores how (non)accreditation, lacking program-level accreditation while surrounded by programs that do have accreditation, influences curriculum development processes for graduate professional programs. Situated within a specific professional discipline, Higher Education and Student Affairs (HESA), this article utilizes…

This research aimed to describe and evaluate research on the Postgraduate Taught (PGT) sector in the UK from January 2008 to October 2019. The focus on PGT allowed a detailed analysis of an often overlooked part of the HE sector. Methodologically, the research is original in its use of an innovative machine learning approach to a systematic…

Background: Burnout, a condition characterized by emotional exhaustion, reduced personal accomplishment, and depersonalization, has been studied in the workplace and among medical professionals; however, it has yet to be extensively studied within Master of Public Health (MPH) students. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the…