The COVID-19 pandemic had a profound impact on education, forcing many teachers and students who were not used to online education to adapt to an unanticipated reality by improvising new teaching and learning methods. Within the realm of virtual education, the evaluation methods underwent a transformation, with some assessments shifting towards…

This study explores the academic experiences of Latinx/a/o college students with undocumented parents. Nineteen qualitative interviews oriented by Latino/a Critical Theory and Habermas' Theory of Communicative Action were utilized. Findings suggest that Latinx/a/o college students with undocumented parents experience multigenerational punishment…

This ethnographic case study investigates the underutilization of school-based mental health services among Korean immigrant adolescents in the United States. Drawing on the Mental Health Belief Model, the study examines how Korean immigrant adolescents and their parents perceive school-based mental health services and identifies factors that…

In the months since inauguration, the Trump Administration has leveled a staggering number of threats on social programs--from executive orders to funding freezes and staff layoffs--that are already harming child care and early learning programs. These assaults on social infrastructure and aggressive moves to reshape the government are accompanied…

Conducted in a critical transitional period in 2023, this article explores how eight school professionals in New Orleans public charter schools perceived and responded to proposed state-level anti-LGBTQ+ educational legislation. During the liminal period following the proposal of two anti-LGBTQ+ bills in Louisiana, but prior to their eventual…

Human rights training in mental health professions is essential to reduce stigma and facilitate recovery processes. The aim of this study was to understand the relationship between engagement to human rights and stigma towards people with mental disorders, as well as attitudes towards mental illness in medical and social work students of a Latin…

A variety of pre-college experiences shape students' expectations for college. These experiences, and corresponding expectations, provide valuable insights for postsecondary programming and support serving first-year students. This article begins with an overview of literature on the experiences of LGBTQ+ students in K-12 settings, including…

Language textbooks are discourse-led documents that contain official knowledge and construct specific learner subjectivities. Official knowledge embodies a worldview that serves the interests of dominant social group. In Pakistan, studies suggest that textbooks in general tend to distort the historical facts in favour of the national narrative.…

Scholarship on disability in higher education has unveiled the complications that students face in coming to terms with their disabilities and traversing college based on the ableist settings they inhabit. Nonetheless, the paths, priorities, and unique challenges depicted in the literature are often limited to one institutional setting. In this…

Nursing and social work professionals often exhibit avoidance or a lack of competence in delivering sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) care to service users. When such care is provided, it tends to be heteronormative and deficit focus. Thus, understanding how university education prepares professionals in the field is essential. This…

Artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT have emerged as a disruptive force in higher education. Stakeholders are debating the integration and relevance of AI in education to improve student learning outcomes. Further investigation is needed to determine not only the pedagogical impact but also address issues such as ethics, bias, and…

This study investigates the impact of violating the local item independence assumption by loading certain items onto a second dimension on test equating errors in unidimensional and dichotomous tests. The research was designed as a simulation study, using data generated based on the PISA 2018 mathematics exam. Analyses were conducted under 36…

This article examines Latina leadership in higher education through collaborative autoethnography and testimonio, foregrounding the lived experiences of four Latina leaders across instructional and student affairs contexts. We correct a common misreading of the literature: research on Latinas is substantial but often remains in dissertations and…

Decades of the authors working in higher education--as a student affairs professional and a person in long-term recovery (Becki), as a counselor and counselor educator (Eran), and as scholars studying collegiate recovery (both)--have yielded countless stories of the primacy of recovery from substance use disorders (SUDs) among students, staff, and…

For at-risk diverse students who score lower points on district/state/federal testing as well as on other standardized tests such as the SAT, (formerly known as the Scholastic Assessment Test), these students are gatekept out of higher-level courses in high school due to "teaching to the test" policies, gatekept out of entrance to…