The employability of science graduates if of key concern. Employers report that STEM graduates lack appropriate employability skills and work experience, and science graduates take longer to find full-time work than graduates from many other programs. Undergraduate research experience (URE) is an important pedagogy that involves student immersion…

We examined the extent to which children's emotion-sharing relationships were unique from friendships. We also examined the association between emotional experience and emotion sharing as well as the association between emotion sharing and prosocial behavior. Participants were 456 children (M[subscript age] = 10.6 years) from the Midwestern United…

The use of instant messaging groups for various academic purposes is a rising, but largely understudied, trend in higher education institutions. In the present study we investigate the use purposes and outcomes of three types of academic instant messaging groups or AIMGs. Formal AIMGs are created and managed by teaching staff, class AIMGs are…

The experiences of people from marginalised communities have always been different in all shared social spaces. This article attempts to unpack the experiences of children from marginalised Boom Boom Maatukarar community of Tamil Nadu inside the classroom. It sheds light on the stigma and discrimination faced by children from this community in…

Learning Management Systems (LMS) are in use for years and are still crucial assets for both teachers and students for teaching and learning. There is a wide variety of LMS available for institutions to administer learning in and out of the classes. However, deciding to pick an LMS to integrate is a critical decision that affects both instructors…

Sensory issues are highly prevalent in autism and previous findings support a relationship between questionnaires of sensitivity and autistic symptoms and traits, whereas studies that examine this relationship through behavioural assessments of sensitivity are less consistent. The current study explores these differences and suggests that…

The undocumented college student population in the United States reflects a similar pattern of growth relative to the overall population of undocumented individuals (Goo, 2015). While the undocumented population in the U.S. has not recently increased substantially, and in some cases the undocumented population has actually declined (Baker &…

As a descriptive case study, this research reports on the factors that are needed when opening a new high school. The purpose of this study was to discover the processes, variables, and systems needed to open a new secondary school. The researcher used emerging themes from the data to find the commonalities that lead to the effective opening of a…

In this research study, 14 faculty from 13 community colleges were interviewed about their experiences working within the guided pathways framework. They described how processes and procedures at their colleges were modified in significant ways after adopting guided pathways. Viewed through the lens of institutional logics, data suggested that…

The discussion has now turned into an enrollment boom for many colleges and universities. Dual enrollment provides opportunities for students to gain valuable college credit while still in high school. It is an opportunity for students to experience the college way and save money on future educational endeavors. The purpose of this study was to…

Limited research is available regarding doctoral-level students who serve as supervisors to counselors-in-training (CITs), making it difficult to understand the role doctoral students play in supervision with CITs. There is even less research available regarding doctoral-level student supervisors addressing the wellness of CITs in supervision.…

This applied dissertation was designed to better understand the experience of having a sibling with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Research has historically focused primarily on parents of individuals with ASD and their perceptions of how siblings were impacted; however, there was a lack of adequate research where information was obtained from…

There is an increased need to examine how blended learning can be integrated in traditional preservice teacher education programs to support students' learning and meet the growing curricular demands of colleges and universities. This mixed methods study aimed to understand preservice teachers' perspectives towards blended technology integration…

This article illustrates how the dual processes of autobiographical reflection and academic study ("currere") have contributed to my understanding of the spirituality of education. It begins with a short autobiographical account of my experience as a secondary school student which serves as a reference point for the rest of the paper. I…

The unprecedented changes in our society are re-shaping the future of higher education; therefore, re-imagining the future of higher education is a constructive process of development. This study is aimed at exploring the re-imaginations of students in higher education from their own analysis of their previous and current experiences at three key…