Objective: In April 2022, the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) COVID-19 Contact Tracing & Epidemiology Program identified an outbreak associated with an indoor student gala. This study's aims were to characterize COVID-19 transmission dynamics and measure symptom severity among cases. Participants: The study population included…

Parental involvement and its various aspects regarding students' education have drawn scholarly attention over the last few decades. Parents from minoritised backgrounds lack opportunities for active participation in their children's education, which, in turn, could prove fruitful for children's academic progress and future social inclusion. The…

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to analyse the mediating effect of friends and family as sources of perceived social support in the relationship between loneliness and depressive symptoms. Design/methodology/approach: Survey data sample consisted of 733 university students from January to May 2023. Participants completed the UCLA loneliness…

We propose a new method for analyzing and visualizing information on a large collection of personal networks to uncover the socio-centric structure of relationships among aggregated actors that we clustered into categories. The network of categories identifies the links between groups of sampled ego actors sharing a given attribute (e.g.,…

This paper discusses the history and current manifestations of white Christian nationalism, with a focus on the implications for religiously minoritized people and groups in the United States. Emphases within include: the problematic responses to this phenomenon--including claims that Christian nationalism is not "real" Christianity and…

The "2025 Pro-Kid Policy Agenda for California" is the comprehensive state-level roadmap to ensure that all children have the necessary services and supports to reach their full potential. California has an obligation to end systemic injustices that create barriers to kids of color, as well as kids living in poverty, kids living in…

This study involved 54 peer financial mentors from seven institutions to explore their challenges when working with mentees. Challenges included: mentees presented financial concerns that exceeded the mentors' ability, mentors frequently lacked the financial knowledge to provide highquality peer financial mentoring, and the shift in programming…

Insufficient wages and unequal pay create challenges in attracting and retaining high-quality early educators, critical for young children's success in early care and education (ECE) programs. While ECE professional wages are already lower than similar workers, there may be wage disparities based on race/ethnicity and gender within the workforce.…

In this paper, we aim to understand maternal perspectives on: (1) COVID-19 pandemic learning impacts for kindergartners from low-income households; and (2) Factors that mitigated or exacerbated impacts on learning. We conducted a qualitative study with 22 mothers of low-income households in the United States who had kindergarten-age children.…

Amid the global neoliberal assault on public education, teachers and their unions are called upon to resist detrimental educational reforms. Employing photo-elicitation focus groups, this paper explored ten Saskatchewan teacher activists' perceptions of their political resistance to neoliberalism both within their union and beyond. Utilizing a…

The widely embraced notion that we all process information in one of three distinct modes--visual, auditory, or kinesthetic--has informed educational practices for decades. In recent years, however, numerous studies have questioned the effectiveness of aligning instruction with the alleged learning styles of individual students. So, why is it…

This study explored the effects of perceived social support on university students' subjective well-being in Taiwan, with perceived hope and stress serving as sequential mediators grounded in Social Support Theory and Hope Theory. Conducted in April 2022 through convenience sampling, the study utilized four scales: the Social Support Scale,…

'Learning from' in Religious Education, as a mode of moving towards interdenominational and interfaith learning, has a long and fruitful history. However, It has been criticised for being overly subjective as it mainly encourages learning about oneself. Though this has value, it needs to address better the need to understand rather than simply use…

This report examines patterns of childcare subsidy take-up across Illinois counties and Child Care Resource & Referral (CCR&R) regions. Administrative data records of childcare subsidy participation are combined with population estimates of young children living in families that are eligible for these subsidies. The population estimates…

This study explores the learning modality perspectives of Generation Z traditional-aged college students. A quantitative study was conducted with 926 research participants enrolled in at least one university-level marketing course. The hybrid modality was the most popular course format among the college students in this sample. Results from this…