Current student success measures have been shown to be necessary, but insufficient, often masking the successes of specific student populations by virtue of their 4-year institutional centricity, aggregate calculation, and reflection of hegemonic definitions of student success. For far too long, academics and policymakers have valued what they…

Few studies on teachers' social networks have extended their scopes from schools to online, leaving gaps and the potential to study how school and district colleagues as well as online-only peers can exert a network influence on teachers' online resource curation activities. These studies have underused the relational-event social-influence model…

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 study sought to understand the experiences of faculty engaged in curriculum reform to integrate social determinants of health in medical education. The continuing disparities in health are in part a result of lack of education at U.S. medical schools on social and structural inequities as root causes of health disparities. The study used a…

The problem addressed in this study was that higher education administrators of HSIs face leadership and cultural challenges when preparing for regional accreditation reaffirmation. The purpose of this qualitative narrative inquiry study was to gather the perceptions of higher education administrators through their experiences and stories in a…

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…

The purpose of this project is to change the elderly's perception of Somang School through lifelong education. The role of the elderly in an aging church is more important than ever. The church should help them play a pivotal role in the church, Eight participants participated in this project in 12 sessions at Somang School belonging to Somang…

For decades science educators and instructors focused on students' ability to memorize, retain, and recall scientific information precisely. Today's generation of educators emphasizes the educational environments that encourage academic and emotional learning of students that lead to greater academic success. Literature on education and…

Mental health distress for students is prevalent on postsecondary campuses, which negatively affects students' psychological well-being and academic success. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to examine the influence that social and emotional learning (SEL) professional development focused on respect had on the instructional practice…

In order to update the status of the research on quality of life (QoL) of adults with ASD, a systematic review was carried out following the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses' (PRISMA) protocol. Eleven articles were selected from different databases. Results show lower levels of QoL in people with ASD than in the…

Thanks in part to the research and scholarship of Frank Abrahams (e.g., 2005, 2006, 2007, 2019), his welcoming of scholars into the field, as well as his dedication to the development and growth of the music education profession, music teaching and learning maintains particular positions connected to critical pedagogy and the work of Paulo Freire.…

Professional jargon is a vital manifestation of the sociality of a language, the professionalism of a profession, as well as the variety and unity of a nation's language and culture. Professional jargon not only reflects professional activities, but it also communicates people's mindsets and ways of thinking in the society while working and…

This research was a three-article dissertation with two integrative literature reviews and one case study that examines the perception of career and technical education (CTE) among Black American communities with an in-depth look at the philosophies of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B Du Bois. There is a tremendous skills gap in the nation and an…

Background/Context: With the incessant wave of anti-Black and anti-immigrant sentiments, the extant political situation in the contemporary United States presents an ideal space, place, and time to investigate Black immigrant students' experiences and examine the ways in which dominant racial and linguistic ideologies shape their literate…

In teaching poetry, one of the first problems to be addressed is the lack of appropriate schemata when studying English and American poetic texts. The current study inquires about the students' perception regarding how Saudi students perceive the relationship between the lack of appropriate schemata and the comprehension of English and American…