This study attempts to fill the gap in the digital badging literature through uncovering faculty members' perceptions of digital badges designed for professional development purposes. It also explores faculty experiences in a digital badging program offered at a university in the United States and attempts to identify the factors contributing to…

Minority teachers are not in abundance in our nation. For the few that exist (compared to the vast number of Caucasian teachers), some are moving to small and rural predominantly White communities. For a person of color, this can bring a set of challenges unique to that person which can determine their desire to stay. Inquiry into the challenges,…

This qualitative, multiple case study examined the factors that affect classroom experiences of trans* college students in the United States pursuing associate, bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degrees. Participants included 19 students with a variety of trans* identities attending various institutions across the United States. I conducted…

Asynchronous Online Discussions (AODs) are often used to encourage online learner participation as they are believed to approximate the verbal interactions of face-to-face (F2F) learning environments while facilitating learners' metacognitive and critical thinking skills (Deng and Tavares, 2013). Despite mixed and somewhat context dependent…

This critical qualitative study explores refugee women and higher education (HE), an understudied area, to establish a foundation within HE to trouble refugee women's educational exclusion. Despite 79.5 million refugees globally (UNHCR, 2020), mixed responses persist, particularly amid authoritarianism in the U.S. evidenced by decreased…

This study explored student perceptions regarding persistence in online coursework at the community college level. Using a case study design and thematic analysis, the researcher conducted focus group interviews and then identified themes related to the academic, economic, and social supports and barriers that impacted student persistence at one…

This study measures the effect of an autism training program, Surpassing Obstacles Autism Retreat (SOAR), on empowerment outcomes of 49 parents/caregivers of autistic youth from the state of Maryland in the United States. A retrospective causal-comparative design was used to collect and analyze secondary data about SOAR training participants and…

Despite initiatives to support women in STEM, men still outnumber women in math-intensive fields, and women in mathematics express that they are "on the outside looking in." Prior mathematics anxiety research has investigated links to performance, and neuroscientists, psychologists, and educational researchers have found gender…

Frequent principal changes in a secondary school can have a significant impact on teachers. The purpose of this qualitative study was to determine how teachers' perceptions are influenced by principal behaviors during a leadership transition. The researcher investigated what types of leadership behaviors influence teacher perception during a…

The Career and College Promise Program, North Carolina's dual enrollment program, was designed to allow all eligible high school students a chance to participate in college courses prior to high school graduation. Although many high school students take advantage of this opportunity, eligible Black high school students in Bladen County do not…

Some researchers found that preservice mathematics teacher education programs have little effect on elementary mathematics teacher beliefs. A preservice teacher education program can influence beliefs for some mathematics teachers. However, the question still remains as to what happens to these beliefs after the first 2 years of teaching. In this…

The contemplation of the potential future gains and consequences of current behavior, known as future orientation, can be of special importance in the counseling field as it might have positive and preventive implications on physical and mental health. In its simplest form, future orientation refers to people's subjective view of the future…

Over the last century, the expected role of the classroom teacher has shifted dramatically. We have begun to move away from someone whose main purpose is to provide rote instruction to students, to a shift that educators are facilitators of learning that work to meet the needs of the whole child and not just their academic growth. An increased…

Many believe that talent is inherent--a person either has it or doesn't. But research shows that a student's environment is a critical determinant for developing talents. In "Talent Zones," Dr. Lee Hancock redefines talent so that parents, teachers, and coaches of kids can create environments rich in opportunities for all kids to boost…

Although 70% of Americans accept the reality of climate change (Leiserowitz et al., 2021), a lack of concerted societal action has not yet moved the issue to the top tier of the political agenda. This apparent "value-action gap" has been ascribed to, among other factors, maladaptive emotions in response to climate change's threat that…