The purpose of this ethnographic study was to understand the lived experience of a special education teacher, school administrator and father of a special needs child with Down syndrome. Autoethnography allows researchers to explore the overarching facets of social life, provide a snapshot of widely held beliefs, commonly practiced behaviors, and…

The rapid spread of COVID-19 during the spring of 2020 warranted an unprecedented change as faculty were required to convert course content and quickly learn to use new instructional technology in order to prepare for emergency remote teaching. The purpose of this qualitative case study is to explore how faculty experienced this sudden disruption…

Background: The experience of supervising an underperforming student (UPS) in clinical education and failure to fail (FTF) are described in health professions such as nursing and medicine but there is little description of it in Physical Therapist (PT) clinical education. Purpose: To explore the PT clinical instructors' (CIs) perceptions,…

Faculty members play a crucial role in the development and success of students, especially students from minoritized populations. Institutions are trying to diversify their faculty to reflect their minoritized student population, but faculty with disabilities are neglected in this hiring. There has been little exploration of how the disability…

Adult students with dyslexia have academic challenges with reading, writing, and phonological skills. The problem addressed by this study was adult students with dyslexia in universities have lower success rates in e-learning courses than students without dyslexia. The purpose of this interpretive phenomenological study was to explore the lived…

The persistent Black and White achievement gap contradicts one of the United States' core values: equal opportunity for all. In response to the problem, schools seek to increase Black students' achievement through programs like Advanced Placement (AP). Although schools have tried to provide an equitable educational experience, the disparity in…

Across the United States Conference, Catholic and Jesuit secondary schools are experiencing tremendous change in their student demographics. Schools of today are being challenged to consider what true inclusion looks like within their community vis-a-vis students whose racial, economic, sexual and gender identities do not fit the traditional…

The purpose of this study was to explore the extent to which university-level choral faculty experience impostor feelings across job responsibilities (conducting, teaching, and research), years of experience, and gender. Individuals experiencing "impostor phenomenon" (IP) are typically high-achieving, successful people, yet tend to feel…

Student affairs professionals have a unique position within the higher education system; they provide students with opportunities to develop as a 'whole person' outside the classroom setting. SAPs are expected to be on campus, meeting the needs of students regardless of the time of day, responding to emergencies, while also trying to find balance…

Over the past several decades, science education reform has emphasized moving from content driven courses to more interactive, inquiry-based methodologies. This change has been supported by research by Chi (2009) and represented as three-dimensional learning in the Next Generation Science Standards (NRC, 2013). The typical structure of many high…

The prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the United States has been increasing over the years. In the United States, the children of African American parents are more likely to suffer from the consequences of their child having autism spectrum disorder as opposed to non-African American parents. African American children with ASD could…

In our technology-based society, the field of computer science is integral to the economic, scientific, and security-related arenas of the United States. Despite efforts to diversify the domain of computing, most computing professionals are male. Consequently, girls rarely see female role models working in computing. The disparity between male and…

The purpose of this study is to explore and understand how social justice leaders develop. This study reports the findings of social justice leaders who experienced childhood poverty and currently work as principal in Title I schools. This study utilized qualitative research methodology, specifically narrative inquiry, to answer the research…

In the wake of COVID-19, practitioners, educators, and students had to shift to virtual interactions while experiencing significant unknowns and valid fears. This project describes the lived experiences of 37 occupational therapy students who lived through this international pandemic examining their reflections of how occupational therapy theories…

March 2020 kicked off a period of unprecedented change and new experiences for all school librarians, but for one group of school librarians, the months to follow would be incredibly unique. In this article, three elementary school librarians share their experiences as brand-new school librarians, seeing everything with new eyes at the exact…