Through effective organizational leadership, school leaders may influence a positive school culture. Lack of purposeful implementation of the elements required to make schools exceptional places to work is the problem, which may harm organizational culture and have a negative effect on staff, students, and the school community. This study sought…

Hostile work environments in the U.S. have been long examined, beginning with the pioneering work of Carroll Brodsky (1976), which produced the idea of workplace bullying. Academic bullying, a term that derived from the concept of broader workplace bullying, is situated specifically within the academic work environment. While academic bullying has…

This research seeks to understand the relationship between marginalized identities and trauma in adolescents in relation to classroom outcomes, both behavioral and academic, through an intersectional framework. A synthesized review of literature as well as a quantitative study using the HSLS:09 data was conducted to discern how marginalized…

Students spend little time completing tasks when deadlines are far off; however, they tend to increase their work amounts as deadline approaches. This phenomenon, which is called deadline rush, can be modeled by exponential distributions. Deadline reactivity, represented by a rate parameter of the exponential distribution, parameterizes individual…

Despite decades of initiatives, engineering education continues to lack diversity. The proportion of women, BIPOC, LGBTQA+, low-income, first-generation, and disabled students in engineering education remains below national population levels. The culture of engineering is a barrier to increasing participation in engineering for students from these…

Student activities are an important part of the student life experience on college campuses (Barham & Winston, 2006). Student activities professionals are key to helping students become, and stay, engaged during their educational experience (Komives, 2019). While student activities staff provide care and support, the staff themselves are not…

Cultural competency and intercultural communication have gained more attention in the global workforce market as employers increasingly find intercultural communication skills in short supply among graduate hires. This study explored college students' awareness of their intercultural communication experiences. This study aimed to assess students'…

A sense of belonging is still a challenge for minority groups, including international students who pursue their degrees at Predominantly White Institutions. Being an online student, potentially impede a sense of belonging even more as prior research mentioned that online classes, specifically asynchronous are dominated by lack of interaction.…

In the United States, the K12 public school district's task is educating our country's youth. This task is supported by educators, bus drivers, maintenance and construction staff, information technology staff, financial staff, and executive staff, to mention a few of the district features that support our educational responsibilities to our youth.…

The lack of learning transfer is a significant issue facing many organizations across the United States. Senior leaders and managers must be ready to support the development of their employees to see an increased return on investment. The purpose of this interpretative phenomenological analysis study was to explore how employees perceived the…

This qualitative case study examined novice middle level teacher classroom management self-efficacy perceptions and the influence these perceptions had on the approach to instruction and classroom environment. The social cognitive theory and zone of proximal development theory described the experiences and perceptions of novice middle level…

Virtual learning is ever-changing and due to the recent COVID-19 pandemic, it has grown in popularity. In the twenty-first century, technology has altered the way teachers deliver content and information to students. Virtual teachers are responsible for helping students learn new ways to teach with technology while also making sure they do well in…

Each year, many teachers leave the field of education. These teachers cite various reasons for leaving the profession including salary, frustration, stress, and little opportunity for professional growth. Additionally, teachers cite a lack of strong leadership and a lack of job satisfaction as the main reasons for leaving the profession. This…

Each year, many teachers leave the field of education. These teachers cite various reasons for leaving the profession including salary, frustration, stress, and little opportunity for professional growth. Additionally, teachers cite a lack of strong leadership and a lack of job satisfaction as the main reasons for leaving the profession. This…

Each year, many teachers leave the field of education. These teachers cite various reasons for leaving the profession including salary, frustration, stress, and little opportunity for professional growth. Additionally, teachers cite a lack of strong leadership and a lack of job satisfaction as the main reasons for leaving the profession. This…