The authors, as student affairs professionals in a medical school setting, are keenly aware of how easy it is to overlook the health, mental health, and wellness needs of learners in professional schools who are no longer among the undergraduate constituencies that are so often our primary focus. But first year medical students to interns through…

Service learning (SL) faculty faced substantial and unique challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of this study was to explore SL faculty perspectives during the crisis. Higher education faculty who taught SL designated courses during 2020/2021 identify and prioritize challenges and strategies to teaching SL courses without direct…

Libraries are increasingly adopting information and communication technologies to enhance their services. To ensure all libraries can benefit, regardless of budget, this study highlights gLabel, a freely available open-source tool for barcode label development. The purpose of this paper is to promote gLabel for low-budget libraries by exploring…

This paper explains how Leeds Beckett University (LBU) has developed a supply chain "collective" to deliver on its mission as an anchor institution. The supply chain collective is made up of 300 small and medium enterprises that trade with LBU. These organizations, by subscribing to anchor principles, gain access to LBU's specialist…

How do we begin to assess the reciprocal impacts--or lack thereof--of community service on individuals and communities? Community engagement initiatives are increasingly valued as powerful educational tools and vehicles for social change. Yet, the task of measuring their outcomes remains complex. This article outlines core considerations in…

Background: School-Based Health Centers (SBHCs) have the capacity to overcome youth barriers to care. However, most schools do not have on-campus SBHCs. At Denver Health, a large safety net hospital with 19 SBHCs in Denver Public Schools, we developed a SBHC virtual care program (VCP) to link school nurses with SBHC providers to provide medical…

For this reflexive essay, I examine how immigration policy influences the student affairs profession, with a particular focus on undocumented students. I will first review how immigration and student affairs intersect. Then, I will discuss ideologies that shape Southern student affairs. Finally, I will share brief findings from my research and…

Background: Environmental factors and child characteristics play roles in the development of the theory of mind (ToM). Objective: This study investigates the impact of early rearing environment and child temperament on the development of the ToM by evaluating children under the care of social services at three different time points. Methods: This…

Service design is a critical practice for supporting societal transitions, as it centres human experiences in services that can help people navigate complex economic, ecological and socio-cultural challenges. However, challenges like climate change are demanding innovation in services, including how service design is practised and taught. This…

Some of the first competencies for higher education professionals were published in the 1937 "Student Personnel Point of View." These have evolved and expanded over time, and professional associations have defined knowledge, skills, and dispositions for the field in general and specific functional areas. These competencies, along with…

U.S. benefit programs like Social Security Income (SSI) and Medicaid impose strict asset limits for eligibility, which create a substantial disincentive to save. Due to structural and systemic barriers, households with a member who has a disability (HMDs) are more likely to have low financial security. Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE)…

People often fail to notice unexpected stimuli when their attention is directed elsewhere. Most studies of this "inattentional blindness" have been conducted using laboratory tasks with little connection to real-world performance. Medical case reports document examples of missed findings in radiographs and CT images, unintentionally…

In the last several decades, service-learning has become a key feature of higher education. In this article, I argue that the work of Christian feminists Letty M. Russell and Sharon D. Welch enriches current scholarship on service-learning by drawing attention to foundational ethical issues. The first section of the article provides background on…

Student development theory (SDT) is a diverse corpus of academic and popular psychology with real-world application to the maturation of college and university students. It originated during the campus upheavals of the 1960s as part of a collective effort to reconcile restive students to mass higher education and modern technological society.…

The relationships between museums and schools have been strengthened in recent years but little previous research has studied the activities that museums offer for children from 0 to 6. The present article analyses the role of early childhood education in museums' programs in Catalonia. A total of 118 museums and 296 activities have been analyzed…