This article explores how college students' beliefs about reciprocity are shaped through community engagement, particularly in the context of community-engaged research. Recent studies highlight the central role of reciprocity in students' engagement experiences; students not only seek reciprocal relationships and meaningful impact, but also…

Objective: This study provides an understanding of the strategic priority of health and well-being for students, employees, and the community at the 109 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) has been understudied. Methods: Secondary data analysis of 89 publicly posted HBCUs' strategic plans was used to identify institutional…

Due to the higher autism research presence of higher-income countries, the known social and cultural experiences of families raising a child with autism are centered on their realities. This narrative overlooks the experiences of many families who do not fit this archetype, such as those residing in low- and middle-income countries, who are…

Formed within the policies and laws of racist, antiBlack, and ableist systems, disability support services (DSS) offices remain the primary institutional intermediaries to access for Black disabled postsecondary students. The historical development and functional primacy of DSS demand an examination of espoused institutional awareness and…

This technical annex accompanies "Addressing College Student Food Insecurity in Colorado: Trends in Student Participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and College Practices." The main report presents RAND's findings on trends in student participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and college…

The U.S. Department of Education's Full-Service Community Schools (FSCS) program awards grants to states, districts, or other organizations to help partner schools implement community schools, which seek to provide coordinated, comprehensive supports to children and their families. This snapshot charts FSCS's progress in two foundational areas:…

Our objective was to examine occurrence of both conditions in Medicaid; and compare Medicaid service use and cost, and chronic conditions among adults with Down syndrome and autism to those with Down syndrome alone and those with autism alone. We used ICD9 and ICD10 codes in Medicaid claims and encounters from 2011 to 2019 to identify autism and…

Higher education and student affairs (HESA) doctoral programs might not be keeping pace in preparing leaders for the challenging roles they will occupy in the future. Curricula may lack relevance to leadership practice, and doctoral programs might emphasize research excellence and preparing future faculty over leadership development and…

Creativity is an important competency for talents in the twenty first century. The study examines how integrating real-world community service challenges into the secondary school STEM curriculum impacts students' creativity and STEM content knowledge. A total of 123 secondary school students learned the challenges faced by people with visual…

Reflecting the significant delays in autism assessments globally, studies have explored whether autism assessments conducted via telehealth are feasible and accurate. This systematic review investigated the psychometric properties of autism assessment tools for children administered via telehealth and examined the diagnostic accuracy of telehealth…

This study investigated the reasons why parents with children with special needs choose to leave their homeland with their children, the difficulties they encounter in their new countries, the services they receive for their children in new countries, and their level of satisfaction with these services. Semistructured interviews were conducted…

In an increasingly litigious and politically charged environment, university general counsel (UGC) play a critical yet understudied role in shaping institutional responses to student activism and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts. This case study explores how UGC and institutional leaders at two southern U.S. universities collaborate…

Using survey results from 805 alumni of a large public university in Hong Kong, this paper examines how alumni's self-reported learning outcomes from a mandatory academic service learning program relate to their continual civic engagement in a multiple logistic regression framework. The findings reveal that more than two years after graduation,…

Objective: COVID-19 challenged information exchanged globally, including interlibrary loan (ILL) procedures and processes. This research focused on resource-sharing networks used by Health Sciences Libraries (HSL) before and during the COVID-19 pandemic to identify changes in ILL and Document Delivery (DD) processes both in lending and borrowing.…

This study contributes empirical evidence on the predictors of service-learning and post-college volunteerism in a national longitudinal sample of college students. Precollege volunteerism was associated with service-learning participation. Students who participated in service-learning were nearly twice as likely to volunteer in the years after…