This article presents a qualitative investigation into Indian universities that offer a diverse range of library and information science (LIS) programs through open, distance, and online platforms at various levels. The authors delve into the historical background, origin, implementation, and current status of distance education, highlighting the…

This article highlights lessons learned from bringing together antiracist/activist faculty representing the Initiative to Eradicate Racism at Oakland University and community members from the Pontiac Collective Impact Partnership. We use Byrd and Scott's (2010) Critical Racism Pedagogy Model as a lens to understand how university/community…

Student absenteeism surged during and after the pandemic, harming engagement and achievement. We evaluate the impact of Washington DC's High-Impact Tutoring (HIT) Initiative--designed to mitigate learning loss through targeted academic supports--on student absenteeism. Using daily attendance data and a within-student fixed effects design, we find…

ABSTRACT Many youth seek and receive mental health treatment in schools, yet research on their perceptions of these interventions remains uncommon. This qualitative study explored how student perspectives on social validity informed the ongoing implementation and evaluation of the Well-Being Promotion Program (WBPP), a Tier 2 positive psychology…

The authors developed an email-based faculty development course regarding evaluation and feedback utilizing spaced education to address participation barriers in health professions faculty development. Through a qualitative program evaluation, post-program evaluation narratives were analyzed inductively using conventional content analysis.…

A recent major reform of higher education has changed a year-based system into a credit accumulation one. We use this exogenous shock to compare the two systems. Using a longitudinal dataset of undergraduate students from one of the largest French-speaking universities, a competing risks survival analysis is performed to study the probabilities…

We analyze the characteristics and outcomes of a Canadian foundational learning program's dropouts and compare them with those of the completers. We find significant heterogeneity within dropouts along two dimensions: when they drop out and why. Individuals whose characteristics have been historically associated with greater labour market…

The Valparaiso University Department of Biology is responding to a change in student needs post-COVID by implementing a seminar for all first-year students. The first-year seminar (BIO 101) was taught for the first time in the Fall semester of 2023. This course is designed to integrate new biology students into the Biology Department. It is the…

Digital nomads are borderless, mostly self-employed remote workers who interact with cities in a way that's entirely different from a tourist, but still doesn't quite reach the status of resident. In this paper we extend the notion of the working nomad to the learning, 'Knowledge' nomad. New technologies allow for academics and students to study…

Students' interfering behaviour is a common concern among educators working in special and general education classrooms. Interfering behaviour can significantly compromise students' educational experiences and educators' ability to create a conducive learning environment. Evidence-based assessments and interventions for interfering behaviour in…

Great organizations have a clear sense of what they want to accomplish and how they are going to get there. For state boards of education, this vision and roadmap are typically articulated in a strategic plan. The best plans are living documents that guide state board actions or multiple years; lesser plans gather dust. What separates the two? The…

Background: Recent research suggests that instrumental relationship styles can enhance the effectiveness of school-based mentoring, however, little research has been conducted with young children. This study reports findings from a three-year evaluation of an instrumental Literacy-Enhanced Mentoring (LEM) program that integrates a structured,…

Existing literature points to skilled facilitation as a key factor in enabling a team's success in the context of inquiry-based reform. There is little understanding, however, of "how" precisely facilitators make the needed difference. This study analyzes the moves of expert facilitators in a team-based reform found to be successful…

Through a quantitative analysis using a cross-sectional survey design, we compared two faculty mentoring programmes (individual and group) that have run for more than 10 years at the Centre for Academic Leadership at the University of Ottawa. We did so to share the lessons with other higher education institutions that are looking at initiating or…

Educators working in museums, zoos, and botanic gardens are increasingly required to demonstrate impact. These requirements position 'performative evaluation' as the dominant model, one which also acts as a political, non-neutral, and managerial form of accountability. In contrast, 'practice evaluation' is intended to be democratic, dialogic, and…