The coronavirus (COVID-2019) has spread very rapidly over many countries around the world, producing an outbreak of acute infectious pneumonia. Medical imaging devices play a vital role in early diagnosis, evaluating severity and disease prognosis of confirmed patients with COVID-19. The aim of the study is to evaluate the awareness level of…

Purpose: Knowledge acquisition is a pivotal concern for the students and many sources help them to obtain knowledge. In this paper, the authors theoretically examine three engagements such as social media, peer and academic engagement by the theoretical foundation of engagement theory which tells that students interact and collaborate, sharing…

When it comes to what higher education students know about sustainability, where they learn matters. In this study, we explore the extent to which students' level of sustainability knowledge differed according to where they previously learned about the environment. In an online survey administered to undergraduate students enrolled at Michigan…

Although the literature offers evidence of students' aversion to borrowing for postsecondary education, it offers no insight into whether such attitudes are mutable. Through a blocked, cluster-randomized controlled trial in six diverse high schools in Louisville, Kentucky, we test whether providing student loan and repayment information affects…

In this paper we examine digital literacy and explicate how it relates to the philosophical study of ignorance. Using data from a study which explores the knowledge producing work of undergraduate students as they wrote course assignments, we argue that a social practice approach to digital literacy can help explain how epistemologies of ignorance…

Business education programme seems to have been faced with inadequate qualitative research in tertiary institution in Nigeria. The study therefore, assessed the strategies for enhancing Business Education research. Two research questions and six hypotheses guided the study. A 66 item questionnaire was administered to 164 colleges of education and…

In a time of ever-rising college costs, financial aid is critical to increase college access and success. Federal, state, and institutional aid programs help to ensure that students can afford higher education regardless of economic background. Financial aid is most effective when students and families learn about it early enough to make the right…

This study assessed both knowledge of and sources of information about Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome in a sample of 161 university students using a 20-item forced-choice inventory. Results are discussed, and implications for health education are identified. (Author/MT)

The purpose of this investigation was to determine the relationship of the source of contraceptive knowledge to contraceptive knowledge accuracy and contraceptive behavior of college freshmen. Results and implications for health educators are discussed. (MT)

Investigated influence of family variables on sexual attitudes and knowledge of 65 college students. Subjects rated parents highest in terms of influence on sexual opinions, beliefs, and attitudes, but rated parents lower than friends, schools, and books as information sources. Sexual knowledge was not related to family variables examined.…

Analysis of a survey given to 134 deaf and hard-of-hearing college students indicated that these students were not well informed about sexual health and sexuality issues, were engaging in high-risk sexual behaviors, and relied primarily on peers for sexual health information. The need for psychometrically sound measures for this topic and…

A study of 34 undergraduates with deafness and 46 typical undergraduates found students with deafness had significantly lower scores on an "HIV/AIDS Knowledge Index" than the hearing students. The students with deafness obtained more of their information about HIV/AIDS from family and friends than hearing students. (Contains references.)…

Reports on a study in which college students wrote compositions that elicited their technical knowledge of three topics, then completed a questionnaire that assessed which of four information sources had contributed to their knowledge of the topics--formal education, mass media, social interaction, and direct experience. (FL)

This statement before the United States House of Representatives Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education reviews what students and their parents know about college costs and student aid, and examines the types of tuition-guarantee programs and their effectiveness. It reports that students have limited knowledge of the cost of attending different…

A sample of 863 college students in a large Midwestern university were polled to ascertain what media sources they might use most extensively for current events, to gauge their actual knowledge of current events, and to compare responses obtained with reported types of media exposure. (Author/MSE)