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Foreign Donations In The Higher Education Sector Of The United States And The United Kingdom: Pathways For Reputation Laundering

Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education

No abstract provided.

A Bibliometric Exploration Into The Global Research Impact Of China’S Thousand Talents Brand, Ryan M. Allen, Yang L. Allen

Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education

The Thousand Talents Plan was an ambitious government initiative to repatriate and/or recruit experts from the global Chinese diaspora, along with some non-Chinese experts. The plan has received much criticism from abroad, accusing it of taking advantage of the open international education sector and facilitating espionage. While the Thousand Talents Plan received the most international attention, it was just one of over 200 Chinese governmental talent recruitment plans, which we label broadly as the Thousand Talents Brand (TTB). Using bibliometric analysis from the Web of Science, we find that research connected to the TTB decreased following the recent outcry but …

What We Say Matters: Exploring The Importance Of Microaggression Language For Lgbtq+ Science Major Undergraduate Students, Madison L. Fitzgerald-Russell

Dissertations

The purpose of this exploratory qualitative study is to better understand the climate for LGBTQ+ science major undergraduates in their departments through a transformative queer theory lens and intersectionality. Prior research on campus and STEM department climates have demonstrated inclusion issues continue to persist for LGBTQ+ individuals in higher education. One of these issues is discrimination in the form of microaggressions. Microaggressions against LGBTQ+ individuals have been demonstrated to cause physical, mental, and academic harm. In the literature, there is limited information on how microaggressions impact students in particular STEM fields.

LGBTQ+ science undergraduates from public colleges and universities in …

The Acculturation Process Of International Students In Cacrep Counseling Programs: A Grounded Theory Approach, Hanny Wuysang

Dissertations

International students bring diverse, multicultural perspectives to the U.S. postsecondary education system through their participation in higher education. However, in their adjustment to U.S. higher education, international students in counseling programs face barriers and challenges such as language differences, lack of support, microaggressions and discrimination, culture shock, and different perspectives on mental health treatment as compared to their home cultures. These factors can interfere with their daily personal and academic lives, yet there is often minimal support from their academic programs and host institutions. The growing number of international students in counseling programs increases the importance of understanding their acculturation …

Full Issue: 14(5) 2022 - Special Issue: Foreign Interference In Higher Education

Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education

No abstract provided.

2022-December-01-Etsu Professor Named Vice President Of Pca, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY – East Tennessee State University’s Dr. Elwood Watson, professor of history, Black American Studies and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies whose writings and presentations have reached a wide audience, has been selected as the new vice president for Diversity, Outreach and Inclusion with The Popular Culture Association (PCA). 

Dr. Sue Matheson, president of the association and a professor at University College of the North, said: “We are pleased that Dr. Watson has accepted our request to serve in this most important position. The Governing Board is confident that Dr. Watson’s long record of service to the PCA, …

Academic Achievement And Degree Attainment Among College Students With Children., Katrina Elliott

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Using data from the Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study (BPS) (National Center for Education Statistics, n.d.) from 2012 to 2017 acquired by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) survey program, this study addresses the research questions of whether there is a difference in degree attainment of earning a bachelor’s degree in the time period from 2012 through 2017 and whether there is a difference in academic achievement as defined by students’ grade point average between students who have dependent children and those who do not have dependent children between the ages 18 to 29 attending a four-year institution after …

2022-December-01-Wets-Fm Launching Year-End Campaign, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY – WETS-FM, a public radio station housed on the main campus of East Tennessee State University, is launching a year-end campaign that runs Dec. 10-16.

“Public radio is vital here in the Appalachian Highlands, as well as across the nation,” said Chad Barrett, station director. “We hope our listeners will be generous as we close out 2022.” 

Donations directly support NPR programming, and help the station replace aging equipment.

“We so often hear from our wonderful listeners how much they love WETS-FM,” Barrett said. “We are asking for support to ensure this excellent programming stays on the air.” …

Occupational Therapy's Role In Transition Planning For Students With Learning Differences And The Significance Of The Kawa Model, Rita Marzeena, Jazminne Orozco-Arteaga, Holly Reed

Fall 2022 Virtual OTD Capstone Symposium

This capstone project seeks to define the role of occupational therapy in supporting a high school to college and career transition program by providing occupation-based interventions for the unique needs of students in the classroom. Using the KAWA Model, the students begin on a journey of self-discovery to identify the individual supports, strengths and barriers that help them to understand the factors that influence their life. In this process, the KAWA Model attempts to merge the holistic approach that is common in the western themes of occupational therapy with the expectations and trajectory that is common of a secondary student …

Grafted, David Versluis

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.

Integrating Media Literacy Into General Education Core Courses For Undergraduates, Christen Embry

Dissertations

This study aimed to understand the essential nature of media literacy, evaluate pre-developed higher education classes for existing media literacy context, and recommend best practices for incorporating media literacy into an undergraduate curriculum. This mixed-methods study of media literacy in undergraduate college courses explored the presence and absence of media literacy lessons within core classes by auditing 15 online course shells accessed through the university’s Learning Management System (LMS). Specifically, all the courses surveyed included the first skill of media literacy, Access; 33% of the classes included Analyze; 27% included Creation; 20% included Reflection; and 20% included Action. Once the …

Impact Of Online Learning On Academic Success Of College Students, Natalie Carbonel

Capstone Projects and Master's Theses

Online learning has become more prominent in higher education institutions due to the recent COVID-19 pandemic and has ultimately impacted the academic success of college students. The purpose of this capstone is to examine the impact of online learning on the academic success of college students. Through the use of literature review and a survey with 20 students at the community college and four-year colleges, the findings reveal that online learning has negatively impacted their attitude, motivation, self-efficacy and accessibility toward learning. This capstone concludes with suggestions on ways to improve their attitudes and acceptance of the adaptation of the …

Investigating The Process Of Consequential Validity With The Ambassador Questionnaire, Melissa Gayle Kuhn

Educational Leadership & Workforce Development Theses & Dissertations

Validity in psychometrics refers to the degree to which evidence and theory supports the interpretations drawn from a test, and Messick’s Contemporary Validity Theory (1994) includes several facets with well-established evidence collection methods. However, there is a lack of consensus on appropriate methods of evaluating the facet of consequential validity, which is the degree to which interpretation of scores could have consequences for test-takers. The primary objective of this study was to illustrate a method of identifying potential consequences of survey in the stage of manual development. This method was placed in the context of the Ambassador Questionnaire (AQ) used …

The Creation Of Successful Student Subjects: Foucault’S Power/Knowledge Framework And The Danger Of Failing Early Alert, Sue Ann Cecilia Curran

Educational Leadership & Workforce Development Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of learning analytics is to improve and optimize learning using student data (Siemens, 2013). An early alert warning is learning analytics designed to promote student success (Baneres et al., 2019; Foung, 2019; Lawson et al., 2016; Villano et al., 2018). An early alert has an intervention component that includes, at minimum, an email that provides information about college resources to address the issue (Arnold & Pistilli, 2012). Some early alert interventions include a personal outreach by a staff member at the college through a phone call or text message (Choi et al., 2018).

At Care Community College, when …

Centering Community College Students' Experiences: A Multiple Methods Study Of Multiple Measures For Writing Placement, Nicole L. Hancock

English Theses & Dissertations

Community colleges are trying to reform their placement procedures from use of a single placement test score to a system that collects multiple measures to be used either as a replacement solitary measure or in conjunction with other measures for more accurate placement into writing courses than what occurred with the placement test, which often resulted in disparate impact for students of color. In this study of multiple measures placement assessment for writing courses, I critique several large studies of community college multiple measures assessment for the lack of a community college perspective. The studies largely supported use of high …

Public Discourse And Public Policyon Foreign Interference In Higher Education, Kyle A. Long, Carly O'Connell

Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education

In recent years, news media have increased reporting about alleged foreign interference in universities worldwide. A flurry of new policies has followed. This article reviews discourse and policy on foreign interference in higher education in select countries. It identifies the alleged perpetrators and victims, the victims’ concerns and responses, and the voices shaping the narrative about foreign interference. We combine the concepts of sharp power and right-wing authoritarianism to inform a discourse analysis and comparative policy analysis of a data set of 161 news articles and related media sources spanning a 30-month period of 2019-2021. Our findings highlight how government …

Full Issue: 14(5s) 2022: Emerging Scholars Issue

Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education

No abstract provided.

What’S In An Image? A Critical Look At Study Abroad Programs Going To Africa

Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education

No abstract provided.

Mental Health And Wellness, Jaden Garelle

COR 101 Slides (2022)

This presentation covers components of wellness, stress management techniques, and on-campus resources.

Cor 300 Fye Student Facilitator Poster Symposium, Ryan Lerner

COR 101 Slides (2022)

This is a powerpoint presentation describing how a lesson about the Honors Program was conducted in a COR 101 Honors section classroom by a Student Facilitator. Discussing the goals, teaching methods and student and student facilitator reflections.

Study Tips: Finals Week Edition, Victoria Miralla

COR 101 Slides (2022)

The title “Study Tips: Finals Week Edition” , was for the students in my COR 101 to have a better idea on how to prepare for the final week of classes. With these slides I have been able to guide the students into learning how to be the most successful during there first college Finals Week.

Organization: Tips For Success, Katie Weinmann

COR 101 Slides (2022)

This presentation is about organization skills/ tips. I wanted students to get organized and settled going into finals week and next semester. I shared some of my favorite tips that have helped me succeed in school, work, and daily life. Some tips I included in my presentation were To-Do Lists, a Planner, Google Sheets, and Cornell Style Notes. I received very positive feedback from my students; many said these skills would be very helpful in the future.

Identity Tensions And Negotiations Of English Teachers In Costa Rica Through Narrative Inquiry, Hazel Vega Quesada

All Dissertations

This study examined the identity tensions and negotiations of novice three English teachers in Costa Rica, and English as a foreign language context. Grounded in a Communities of Practice framework, this research describes how teachers’ identities are constrained and enabled in complicated academic, social, and political settings. In this study, identity tensions referred to dilemmas that juxtaposed internal and external expectations, values, and practices. Negotiations referred to teachers’ choices, proposals, and changes that denoted their appropriation or contestation of practices and meanings of their communities of practice. I used narrative inquiry to collect and analyze teachers’ experiences learning English and …

Examining The Politicization And Framing Of Hea 117 In The Us Between 2019 And 2021, Elise S. Ahn

Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education

In 2019, the U.S. Department of Education (DED) began increasing its enforcement of the Higher Education Act, Section 117 statute, which provides instructions for institutional reporting regarding foreign and contracts. The three questions guiding this article include: What were DED’s stated premises for the investigations? How was international engagement characterized in the notices? And finally, what traits, characteristics, and/or qualities were attributed to different actors? After providing an overview of Section 117, this article examines the notices of investigation issued by DED between 2019 and 2021 to better understand how the Agency discursively characterized malign and/or undue foreign influence utilizing …

Introduction To Jcihe Emerging Scholar Research Summaries, Rosalind Latiner Raby

Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education

No abstract provided.

A Case Study Of Practitioner Perceptions On The Online Transition Of Student Support Services At A Mississippi Community College, Christopher M. Bagwell

Graduate Theses and Dissertations (2019 - present)

The study explored how practitioners perceived the transition to online student support services at a Mississippi community college during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study utilized the qualitative research approach of a single case study to gather data. Data was collected through open-ended surveys designed to acquire and interpret perceptions on an array of research questions. Forty-one administrators and staff participated in the study. The researcher employed hierarchical coding to narrow the data into themes. Subsequent rounds of coding and peer review were conducted to develop two principal themes of technology and institutional/personal preparedness. Kotter’s Change Model was utilized to evaluate …

The Impact Of Selected Variables On Persistence And Progression Of First-Year Students At A Historically Black College And University., Syreeta Yvette Landy-Blacklock

Dissertations (2016-Present)

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship and predictability of demographic factors, and academic factors on the persistence and progression rates among first-year, full-time, four-year degree seeking students at a Historically Black College and University. Specifically, this study focused on the predictive power of demographic factors (gender, ethnicity, and SES), and academic factors (high school GPA and the number of hours passed) on the persistence and progression rates among first-year, full-time, four-year degree seeking students attending a Historically Black College and University. A correlational research design was employed in the study. Data was provided by the Office …

Discipline Strategies, Gender, And Disabilities That Impact The High School Graduation Rates Of African American Students With Special Needs., Danielle Corbie-Archey

Dissertations (2016-Present)

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine if discipline strategies, gender, and disabilities impact the successful cohort graduation of African American students with special needs. While much research has been conducted to investigate the achievement gap and discipline gap, there is a paucity of research on how discipline affects the graduation rate of this population. Furthermore, this research is also to expose the inequities within the special education system. A quantitative research design was selected to study the graduation rates of African American students over the past years from 2017 to 2020. For this study, data regarding Five-Year …

The Grizzly, December 1, 2022, Layla Halterman, Sean Mcginley, Liam Reilly, Jenna Smith, Ava Compagnoni, Marie Sykes, Jack Hauler, Michael Delaney, Sabrina Mcgettigan, Heidi Jensen, Rachel Brown, Simra Mariam, Erin Corcoran, Kate Horan, Isabella Villegas

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

1000th Edition: A Brief Look at Past Eras of The Grizzly • How Important Are Our Archives? • Comments From Grizzly Alumni • Long-Running Professors • Grizzlies of Years Past • Opinions: Silly but Necessary - The Ranking of Stalls in the Myrin Women's Bathroom • Check Out This Sports Column From the 90s Grizzly! • Congrats to the Football Team on Winning Their Game in the Centennial-MAC Bowl Conference Series! • The Mascot Evolution

An Investigation Into The Role Of Technology In The Evolving Paradigms Of Teaching For The Educator And Learner In The Higher Education Sector Of Ireland, Jack Godley

Theses

The research done throughout the writing of this Thesis has been in service of understanding the processes behind the use of emergent educational technologies and quantifying the merit of those technologies in the classroom of tomorrow. Emergent technologies exist on the cutting edge of possibilities. The thesis will delve into the correct means of choosing an emergent technology based on the needs of the end-user—the lecturer—through understanding their concerns, abilities, and insights. A framework was developed with the goal of bolstering the academic with the correct cutting-edge technology. Understanding the background of the research—detailed in the literature review—reveals that individual …