When the phrase "Social workers cannot be racist" is used, there is not consideration of race, racism, and the detrimental effects of racism. This study includes an exploration of the extent to which social workers have been educated on racism-based trauma. Most participants did not have courses or training on the concept of racism-based…

Many academic institutions that had previously hesitated to modify their old pedagogical method had to opt for completely online modules due to the COVID-19 global pandemic. This paper provides insight into the perception of students of higher education concerning the online mode of learning. Data was collected from 310 students pursuing different…

The Information Technology (IT) field infiltrates much of our daily lives. It has changed the way we conduct business, communicate, research, and learn. Individuals demand the latest and greatest - faster and better electronic devices, systems, and Internet. Businesses and organizations constantly require upgrades, improvements, or replacements to…

The coronavirus disease, which began to spread from China to the world starting from December 2019, has also negatively affected Turkey and has caused deaths of more than six thousand Turkish citizens until now. The virus has affected the social life in many aspects, and educational institutions conducted their courses using electronic and…

More and more Canadian post-secondary institutions are introducing a fall break into their term calendars. In 2015, a full week fall break was introduced at our university in order to enhance academic performance and improve mental health amongst students. Our interdisciplinary team surveyed undergraduate students at our university about their…

"Research Messages 2014" is a collection of summaries of research published by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) in 2014 in the context of changing economic, industrial, social and education conditions, organised under the following broad categories: (1) Productivity: to sustain and build Australia's human…

Forty-three undergraduates underwent stress induction and were then assigned to a paradoxical, stress management, or self-help treatment. In the stress management and self-help groups, better performance was exhibited by less stress-prone subjects. Initial stress proneness, continued stress, and resistance facilitated performance in the…

Compared experimental group of 76 first-year students trained as peer advisors with control group of 34 similar characteristic peers on pre-post measures: University Experience Questionnaire, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Inventory, Perceived Stress Scale. Results indicated no significant differences between two groups, but exploratory analysis resulted…

Student life educators continue searching for ways to assess campus programs. This is an exploratory study for an alternative assessment approach based on a hypothesized relationship between participation in campus activities, student self-efficacy, and student dispositions toward aspects of mental health and substance abuse. Focusing on the…

This study reports the perspectives of the 11 Lyndhurst Fellows in the 1985-86 fifth-year teacher preparation program. Data were collected via written surveys and tape recorded interviews, grade runners, memos, application forms, and program descriptions. The survey questionnaire sought opinions on the following topics: (1) reasons for interest in…

This exploratory study provides some baseline information on the effectiveness of the University of New Hampshire's extended teacher education program which, in the fifth year, culminates in a year-long internship. Currently, more than half of the intern placements are in cluser sites, which provide an opportunity for developing school-based…

Assessed the effectiveness of a stress management program for nursing students. The stress management group effectively reduced trait anxiety and showed a reduction in state (test-taking) anxiety from mid-semester to final examinations, while the control group showed a slight increase. (Author)

Research indicates that transcendental meditation (TM) may provide relief from accumulated stress and render the meditator better able to cope with future stressful events. Single and combined TM and assertive training programs were compared for effectiveness in the treatment of socially anxious college students. A waiting-list group served as the…

Research shows that the benefit structure of the GI Bill has discouraged veterans from using the education entitlement. Over 1,000 Florida Vietnam veterans completed a survey on education and the GI Bill. The collective experience provides insight to post-wartime readjustment efforts. Case studies and stories of Vietnam War veterans' educational…

The Dual Career Guidance Project is a career guidance development project to design materials and models for professionals to use in assisting young men and women to develop awareness of and skills in managing a dual worker/career life style. The specific objectives of the project were to design and implement field test evaluation strategies for…