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A Very Small Pond: Discovery Systems That Can Be Used With Folio In Academic Libraries, Jaime Taylor, Aaron Neslin

University Libraries Presentations Series

FOLIO, an open source library services platform, does not have a front end patron interface for searching and using library materials. Any library installing FOLIO will need at least one other software to perform those functions. This article evaluates which systems, in a limited marketplace, are available for academic libraries to use with FOLIO.

Nens, Jaime Taylor

University Libraries Presentations Series

NENS (non-student non-employee) are a group of designations for people who are somehow connected to UMass, but who are neither students nor employees. A person’s NENS designation determines what they have access to at UMass, including at the Libraries.

Exploring Faculty Consideration Of Instructional Resource Cost To Students, Christine N. Turner, Sarah Fitzgerald, Anne Graham

University Libraries Presentations Series

This study investigated how instructors consider resource cost and availability to students when selecting reading and viewing assignments. It employs a critical incident technique method, asking instructors to consider one course syllabus when considering their assignment practices. Findings address differences across formats including books, chapters, articles, and media. Most instructors never consulted library personnel regarding their reading and viewing assignments. Social and behavioral science instructor responses demonstrated interest in course material cost to students. Humanities and fine art instructor responses also demonstrated interest in cost and familiarity with library services. Responses from natural science, nursing, and engineering demonstrated less familiarity …

Barriers Behind Bars: Examining Gender Inequality In The Texas Prison Education System, Juliette Rice

Reports and White Papers

This brief is one in a series aimed at providing higher education policymakers and advocates with an evidence base to address how to best serve students in light of the challenges facing higher education. This brief was authored by a University of Massachusetts Amherst student as a course assignment for EDUC 674B: Higher Education Policy and was reviewed for accuracy by Professor Ryan Wells.

Expanding Access In Massachusetts: Inclusive Education For Students With Intellectual Developmental Disabilities And Autism Spectrum Disorder, Kerri Jarzabski

Reports and White Papers

This brief is one in a series aimed at providing higher education policymakers and advocates with an evidence base to address how to best serve students in light of the challenges facing higher education. This brief was authored by a University of Massachusetts Amherst student as a course assignment for EDUC 674B: Higher Education Policy and was reviewed for accuracy by Professor Ryan Wells.

Disadvantaged Families Cannot Navigate The Quagmire Of College Choice Information, S. Kate Farmer

Reports and White Papers

This brief is one in a series aimed at providing higher education policymakers and advocates with an evidence base to address how to best serve students in light of the challenges facing higher education. This brief was authored by a University of Massachusetts Amherst graduate student in a dual Master of Higher Education & Administration (M.Ed.) and Master of Public Policy & Administration (MPPA) program as a course assignment for EDUC 674B: Higher Education Policy and was reviewed for accuracy by Professor Sade Bonilla.

Traditional Remediation Ends In Low Completion Of Remediation And College Degree!, Betul Iscan

Reports and White Papers

This brief is one in a series aimed at providing higher education policymakers and advocates with an evidence base to address how to best serve students in light of the challenges facing higher education. This brief was authored by a University of Massachusetts Amherst graduate student in the Five Colleges Center for World Languages under Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant program as a course assignment for EDUC 674B: Higher Education Policy and was reviewed for accuracy by Professor Sade Bonilla.

Holding Postsecondary Institutions Accountable: Performance Based Funding, S. Jeon

Reports and White Papers

This brief is one in a series aimed at providing higher education policymakers and advocates with an evidence base to address how to best serve students in light of the challenges facing higher education. This brief was authored by a University of Massachusetts Amherst graduate student in the Higher Education program as a course assignment for EDUC 674B: Higher Education Policy and was reviewed for accuracy by Professor Sade Bonilla.

Displaced Promises?: Examining The Impact Of Financial Aid Displacement, Sarah Haas

Reports and White Papers

This brief is one in a series aimed at providing higher education policymakers and advocates with an evidence base to address how to best serve students in light of the challenges facing higher education. This brief was authored by a University of Massachusetts Amherst graduate student in the M.Ed. in Higher Education Administration program as a course assignment for EDUC 674B: Higher Education Policy and was reviewed for accuracy by Professor Sade Bonilla.

Florida Bright Futures Program: Felony Disenfranchisement In The Sunshine State, Sasha Smith

Reports and White Papers

This brief is one in a series aimed at providing higher education policymakers and advocates with an evidence base to address how to best serve students in light of the challenges facing higher education. This brief was authored by a University of Massachusetts Amherst graduate student in the dual M.Ed/MPPA program as a course assignment for EDUC 674B: Higher Education Policy and was reviewed for accuracy by Professor Sade Bonilla.

The Covid-19 Pandemic’S Effect On College Enrollment Rates, Cenee Enriquez

Reports and White Papers

This brief is one in a series aimed at providing higher education policymakers and advocates with an evidence base to address how to best serve students in light of the challenges facing higher education. This brief was authored by a University of Massachusetts Amherst graduate student in the Dual Degree Higher Education/Public Policy and Administration Master’s program as a course assignment for EDUC 674B: Higher Education Policy and was reviewed for accuracy by Professor Sade Bonilla.

Bookmark: The Magazine Of The Umass Amherst Libraries 2022, Carol Connare

Bookmark: The magazine of the UMass Amherst Libraries

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Future Proofing: Changing Tourism Education To Change Business Practices, Maria Della Lucia Ph.D., Frederic Dimanche Ph.D.

TTRA Canada 2021 Conference

Introduction: This paper addresses the TTRA Canada conference sub-theme “Future-Proofing: Learning from Today to Build Back Tomorrow.” The pandemic has accelerated discussion about the socioeconomic and environmental impacts of tourism, social equity, workers’ dignity, as well as the long-term climate crisis. Tourism and the pandemic have led to a series of discussions about whether tourism can indeed be sustainable (e.g., Benjamin et al., 2020). The fact that the tourism industry has been the economic activity that was the most affected by the pandemic feeds this discussion (Della Lucia, Giudici, & Dimanche, 2021) . The sector has shown that it …

Preliminary Research Brief: Financial Insecurity And Umass Undergraduate Students, Center For Student Success Research

Reports and White Papers

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Financial Stress And Insecurity Among Undergraduates At The University Of Massachusetts Amherst, Center For Student Success Research

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What Encourages College-Going Among Students With Disabilities? The Key Roles Of Messaging And Support, Center For Student Success Research

Reports and White Papers

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Mapping The Ecology Of College-Going And Within-College Support For Students With Intellectual And Other Disabilities: An Introduction To The Project., Center For Student Success Research

Reports and White Papers

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Disability Online: The Digital Lives And Navigation Strategies Of Young Adults With Disabilities, Center For Student Success Research

Reports and White Papers

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Universal Design In Postsecondary Learning Outcomes Assessment, Center For Student Success Research

Reports and White Papers

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Accessible, Equitable Research Design: Creating Instrumentation Inclusive Of Students With And Without Intellectual Disability, Center For Student Success Research

Reports and White Papers

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How Many Students With Disabilities Are There? Measuring Disability On College Campuses, Center For Student Success Research

Reports and White Papers

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The Dropout Effects Of Career Pathways: Evidence From California, Sade Bonilla

Published Work

Contemporary Career and Technical Education (CTE) models have shifted from isolated courses to sequences of study that integrate academics and skills in high-demand sectors. Providing career pathways to high school students may reduce asymmetries about the available careers and strategies for attaining them but they may also catalyze students’ intrinsic motivation by shifting their understanding of their social role and capacity for success. In this study, I estimate the effects of an ambitious $500 million effort to encourage the formation of career pathways in California. Funding supported the formation of tripartite partnerships between K-12 school districts, employers and community colleges …

Stem Degree Completion And First-Generation College Students. A Cumulative Disadvantage Approach To The Outcomes Gap, Genia Bettencourt, Catherine A. Manly, Ezekiel Kimball, Ryan Wells

Published Work

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Is First-Gen An Identity? How First-Generation College Students Make Meaning Of Institutional And Familial Constructs Of Self, Genia Bettencourt, Koboul E. Mansour, Mujtaba Hedayet, Patricia Tita Feraud-King, Kat J. Stephens, Miguel M. Tejada, Ezekiel Kimball

Published Work

Institutions increasingly use first-generation categorizations to provide support to students. In this study, we sought to understand how students make meaning of their first-generation status by conducting a series of focus groups with 54 participants. Our findings reveal that students saw first-generation status as an organizational and familial identity rather than a social identities. This status was connected to alterity and social distance that was most salient in comparison to continuing-generation peers. Our recommendations include re-examining the role of first- generation specific programming on campus, creating opportunities for meaning-making, supporting students within changing family dynamics, and exploring the interaction between …

High School–University Collaborations For Latinx Student Success: Navigating The Political Reality, Genia Bettencourt, Chrystal A. George Mwangi, Keisha Green, Daniel Morales Morales

Published Work

Latinx students are a growing population in postsecondary education but attain degrees at a pace behind their non-Latinx peers. This research examines a partnership between a research university (RU) and career and technical education (CTE) high school, Hillside Technical High School (HTHS). Through a 2-year ethnographic case study, we found that different logistics and cultural values were primary contributors to the bifurcated pathway between high school and college. These pathways were most successfully connected through strategies such as flexibility, personal relationships, and incorporation of community resources as well as viewing the students as resources. Our study suggests a need to …

Disability, Admissions, And The Web: An Analysis Of College-Going Information In Google Search Results, Jordan Abbott, Hanni Thoma, Rebecca Steinberg, Ezekiel Kimball

Conference Presentations

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First Generation Students At The University Of Massachusetts Amherst, Ryan S. Wells, Genia M. Bettencourt

Reports and White Papers

Executive Summary

First generation (First Gen) students—those who do not have a parent or guardian who attained a four-year degree—represent a third of all college students in the United States. At the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass), a quarter of the undergraduate student body is First Gen. Nationally as well as locally, First Gen students often experience lower rates of academic success due to factors such as a lack of family familiarity with the college going process, lower levels of academic preparation, and limited finances.

UMass Amherst is undertaking efforts to improve conditions for success for First Gen students. As …

Learning From Post-Transition College Students: Using Research To Improve Transition Services For College Inclusion Success, Jordan Abbott, Catherine Mceachern

Conference Presentations

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#Activism: Understanding How Student Leaders Utilize Social Media For Social Or Political Change, Genia Bettencourt

Published Work

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(Social) Class Is In Session: Becoming Student-Ready For The Working-Class, Genia Bettencourt

Published Work

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