This chapter uses critical perspectives on whiteness to critique higher education's institutional research practice. After briefly describing institutional research, we summarize scholarship about autonomy, ethics, and predictive analytics to illustrate how existing guidance and beliefs about institutional research often dehumanize students by…

The increasing percentage of college musicians living with mental illness and anxiety, specifically music performance anxiety (MPA), suggests the need for an anxiety reduction program to be instilled within university programs. Using entrainment as a grounding framework, the purpose of this literature review was to synthesize research on…

The esport industry is an ever-evolving field for which students must have industry-specific skills and knowledge if they intend to secure career opportunities. Scholarly curricula and the associated experiential conduits are essential to the acquisition and development of such skills among students. The purpose of this study was to better…

Higher education plays a crucial role in society through research and innovation, but research indicates there is resistance to adopting new technologies. The presence of artificial intelligence (AI) offers an innovative approach to learning, information retrieval, and decision-making. AI has garnered global attention for its ability to generate…

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is becoming increasingly popular at the university level as a means to bolster student success and achievement. Previous research has suggested that UDL, which highlights student choice, has many positive benefits for students. In particular, UDL may increase internal locus of control, the belief in one's…

Despite the importance of spatiality in language learning and teaching environments, empirical research in this line is still lacking. Here, we adopt a spatial ontology perspective to examine how seven English for Specific Purposes (ESP) learners and three teachers perceived and experienced three language learning environments. Set in a higher…

Smartphone addiction (SA) has become a pervasive issue among university students. Therefore, it is important to better understand the conditions under which SA develops. Previous studies indicate that fear of missing out (FoMO), a psychological barrier to behavioural self-regulation, is often associated with SA risk. In the pedagogical context,…

This study was directed toward ascertaining students' perceived usefulness of integrating TED Talks for the cognitive and affective aspects of learning English as a foreign language. Employing a quantitative research design with a survey questionnaire, data were collected using the framework of the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) which measured…

Promoting student engagement has always been a challenging endeavor, and the global pandemic has added to the complexity by disrupting traditional classroom settings. Consequently, it has become vital to investigate and address the challenges that students face in environments with academic disruption. In this study, Structural Equation Modeling…

This study investigates the effectiveness of teacher, AI-generated, and hybrid teacher-AI feedback on university students' English writing performance in Hong Kong. Using a mixed-methods approach, the research examines the impact of different feedback types on student motivation, feedback quality, and essay revisions. A total of 1,267 students…

Purpose: This study investigates how entrepreneurship education influences e-entrepreneurial intention through e-entrepreneurial self-efficacy, with generative artificial intelligence incorporation as a moderating factor. The study uses the stimulus-organism-response (SOR) framework to comprehensively understand the relationship between…

This research aimed to investigate the relationship between the digital literacy levels of university students enrolled in art education and their attitudes towards Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies. The study utilized a relational survey model and was conducted with a total of 229 students studying in fine arts, music, visual arts…

Purpose: We seek to systematically explore the joint effects of individual and environmental factors on college students' career adaptability. Design/methodology/approach: This study employed convenience sampling to collect individual and environmental data from 2,021 college students. The interaction between individual and environmental factors…

In an era where digital platforms are central to young people's social lives, understanding how online self-presentation shapes feelings of connectedness is crucial. This study investigates the relationship between online self-presentation and social connectedness among Filipino college students, addressing a gap in the literature that often…

This study aims to examine the longitudinal associations between lifestyle habits of students at the beginning of their postsecondary education and their perseverance and academic achievement one year later. The convenience sample consists of 2124 students enrolled in the fall semester of 2023 at eight educational institutions (58% women, 42%…