This report from HEPI's Director of Policy, Rose Stephenson, aims to understand students' experiences of menstruation education and the day-to-day impact of menstrual cycles and periods on students' higher education studies. Based on a survey of over 1,500 UK higher education students and 13 semi-structured interviews, it makes a series of…

Adult learners make a solid contribution to their programme of study, bringing collective real-world experiences to their new learning situation. However, since many undergraduate programmes have mathematical content, this may give rise to mathematics anxiety on the part of the adult learner. A combination of factors contributes to mathematics…

National efforts to enhance postsecondary science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education have continued to emphasize the integration of civic engagement within curricula. Achieving this goal requires that we understand how students' social identities impact their community involvement, particularly for minoritized groups such…

It has been noted that children with autism seem to experience sensory stimuli in a way that differs from other children without autism; this significantly affects their everyday life in preschool in many ways. This study focuses on how Special Educational Needs Coordinators (SENCOs) perceive, consider, and reason about perception in children with…

According to The National Research Council, there is an increased need for Agricultural and Life Sciences (AgLS) to focus on producing a "globally competent" workforce that is sufficiently able to interact with diverse populations and solve the 21st century grand challenges by increasing the numbers of marginalized people in AgLS. The…

To meet the increasing demand for a highly qualified workforce, colleges of agriculture have been tasked with increasing the supply of graduates. This can be accomplished by increasing the retention of agricultural college students from freshman year to graduation. Many factors contributing to retention have been identified including precollegiate…

Purpose: This study seeks to assess the impact of three factors related to graduates' situation in the labor market on their satisfaction with university education. The dimensions are: (1) the gender of the graduates; (2) the institutional features of the institution attended, such as the selectivity of the university, and (3) the work experiences…

This study aimed to identify the experiences of students on the reflections of arts education supported by generative artificial intelligence in their abstract art practices. As a qualitative research method, the case study design was used in the study. The sample of the study included 12 last-year students in the Art Education Program of a state…

Background: Women, ethnic minorities, and LGBTQIA+ people have historically been excluded from the engineering profession. When they do pursue engineering, they often face challenges within both education and industry. Retention is a growing issue; for example, women in industry have significantly higher turnover rates than men.…

This study investigates undergraduate microwave engineering students' conceptions of electromagnetic (EM) wave propagation using a phenomenographic approach. An in-depth semi-structured interview was used to examine a cohort of 15 students' experience of EM wave propagation in the context of microwave engineering. Result of the study revealed five…

It is well established through existing research that flexi schools effectively re-engage disenfranchised young people back into education. However, there is a gap in large-scale studies that privileges the voices of young people who attend flexi schools, particularly regarding their experiences and perspectives on teaching and learning at their…

Education as a journey of human becoming involves commitment to one's ethical life project as well as learning to live well and actively participate with others in an ever-changing socio-cultural, political and material world. This paradoxical journey is at the heart of our philosophical criticism of contemporary policy impulses to formulate risk…

This qualitative study examines how underrepresented students, specifically international students, can be supported through the Culturally Engaging Campus Environments (CECE) model at predominantly white institution in the SACSA region. Fifteen students from a variety of countries and degree programs (visiting, undergraduate, 2+2 degree, and…

Narrative authors use their imaginations to generate and select content for their writing. Narrative imagination is central to young writers' agency over their choices. However, writing pedagogies have become more formulaic, allowing little room for personal agency, while efforts to teach imagination have fallen by the wayside, regarded as vague,…

With the goal of improving efforts and initiatives to promote college completion, this book offers an engaging, in-depth analysis of the cultural journeys of rural, poor and working-class college students. By examining select student stories through the lens of cultural flexibility, cultural integration, and cultural capital and wealth, the author…