Through exit interviews with Columban College, Inc. EdD graduates, this in-depth study looks into how academic and social integration affects the success of graduate students. Academic integration makes it clear how important it is to have a planned curriculum and the help of teachers. The study found that social interactions, study groups, and…

This study sought to evaluate school psychologists' perceptions of their graduate training experience in preparing them to work with transgender and other gender minority youth. The quality of graduate training was also examined through a compilation of syllabi. The participants (N = 193) completed a questionnaire regarding their confidence in…

To meet the high demand for nurses and nurse practitioners (NPs) and address the national shortage of these professionals, nursing and NP schools are rapidly moving courses online. With this trend, and with the COVID-19 pandemic, many universities across the United States have been conducting classes in the online environment. The rapid transition…

Graduate Physician Assistant Education programs are increasing in size and prevalence in the United States. PA Students are trained in the medical model, but not until only recently there have been standardized instruments to measure student progress versus national data before a student takes their certifying board examination. Many programs are…

This study is a quantitative and qualitative investigation of the benefits and challenges in the international graduate student-faculty advisor relationship. Despite considerable research regarding these benefits and challenges, there are few studies about the academic and professional relationships between international graduate students and…

This research brief provides insights on first-generation candidates in graduate management education including data on their motivations, financial plans, and barriers to pursuing higher education. These findings can help business school professionals to better understand and support this population of business school students. The brief draws…

The success of any degree program being delivered by higher education institutions is measured using the employment performance of its graduates as they navigate the dynamic labor market after completion of their studies. The tool used to gauge this metric is known as a graduate tracer study. Thus, this explanatory sequential mixed methods study…

Turkey experiences distance education at the master's and doctorate degrees for the first time. This study aims to reveal the essence of the distance education experiences of mathematics teachers who continue their postgraduate education with distance education due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This study was carried out using the phenomenological…

Mentorship is vital to increasing graduate school access in computing; however, mentorship must be structured in power-conscious, developmental ways to ensure equitable access to and support within computing graduate pathways. I engage a critical quantitative lens to examine mentoring support among undergraduates with reported graduate…

Graduate programs have made strides to improve augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) learning opportunities for pre-service speech-language pathologists (SLPs). In addition, a number of continuing education opportunities are available to practicing SLPs; however, many still report feeling underprepared to serve clients with AAC needs.…

This article will focus on the epistemological, cultural, normative problems as well as the design principles related to the so-called practice-based doctorates. Given the extreme complexity of the topic, the author will deal with it by using the "Five Ws' and One H", allowing for an expedient exposition. In the conclusions, guidelines…

Hybrid courses at the college level have become increasingly popular for over two decades. Traditional, face-to-face and distance learning (online) have satisfied a large number of students in terms of effectively learning new course materials and retaining these materials long after college graduation. Hybrid courses attempt to end the sharp…

The purpose of this study was to explore the role of mentoring and how it shapes university presidents in higher education. Using phenomenological case studies to understand the lived experiences of university presidents, we analyzed data from eleven interviews. Drawing on tenets of Zachary's Four Phases of Mentoring, this study reflects the ways…

There is a growing interest in multi/inter/transdisciplinary (MIT-D) work, which requires increasing levels of knowledge and co-production interaction. Many studies have addressed this theme with different approaches such as the nature of transversal scientific subjects, the concept of knowledge integration, and the dynamics of research groups to…

This paper describes a collaborative curriculum project integrating 4 leadership programs at three academic levels. What emerged from this effort was a theoretical model understood as a boundary object that allows our diverse perspectives a space within which we can communicate, collaborate, and learn from each other.