Culture matters--especially in leadership in the twenty-first century. This chapter explores the context and frameworks for developing intercultural competence for successful leadership.

This chapter addresses the roles and responsibilities of advising; specifically, how advisors can cultivate both individual and group settings to be important teaching and learning environments and how to advise with leadership development in mind.

The authors present a biofeedback training model and explore 4 specific biofeedback modalities--electromyography, electrodermal activity, thermal, and neurofeedback--that can be integrated into the clinical setting by college counselors. In addition, the authors provide information about how college counselors can become board certified in…

This paper presents social justice principles as core concepts in school psychology practice via a conceptual framework that combines theory, research, training, and practical applications. Focusing on the specific needs of Greece (i.e. economic recession, influx of migrant and refugee students, etc.), we discuss the inclusion of multicultural and…

The HERO project aims to develop a training program for caregivers to be working in the elderly care sector. The program is particularly addressed to caregivers from Middle Eastern and African countries as refugees and intends to help them integrate into European society. This paper seeks to offer an overview of the project, including its…

If maximal exposure were the key to success in language learning, then adult learners at the university level would be doomed to fail. Not only are they presumably too old to learn additional languages effectively, but target language (TL) input appears to be insufficient, especially when other languages are allowed in class. Nevertheless,…

Course-based, service-learning, study-away opportunities for university students can result in transformational learning for students. Within the context of Mezirow's transformative learning theory (2008), this study explored university students' perceptions of a course-based, service-learning, study-away experience in a culture greatly different…

The National College English Test Band 4 (CET-4) is a key test to assess the English language ability of Chinese university students, and the success rate of the test is important to improve the quality of their English learning. Artificial intelligence technology can be used to predict and explore the factors influencing the success rate. This…

This article explores how storytelling and media praxis empower Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) students, faculty, and staff in higher education. Through narrative inquiry and critical race theory, the authors explore leadership for liberation, emphasizing the importance of representation, intersectionality, and social justice. Using…

Elite economics PhD programs aim to train graduate students for a lifetime of academic research. This paper asks how advising affects graduate students' post-PhD research productivity. Advising is highly concentrated: at the eight highly-selective schools in our study, a minority of advisors do most of the advising work. We quantify advisor…

The Higher Education continues to globalize, the concept of Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) has emerged for developing cross -cultural competence skills amongst students. This paper examines how innovative Learning Management Systems contribute to the success of COIL projects which enable cross-cultural learning. The study will…

This study provides a comprehensive analysis of researchers' perspectives on AI integration across theoretical and practical research, academic publishing, and its future role, highlighting ethical considerations shaping its adoption. The methodology used a mixed approach, using a questionnaire distributed to researchers from various scientific…

The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on all sectors of education globally, but the full extent of that impact is yet to be understood. To build our understanding of the effects of the pandemic and its associated lockdowns on educators, this study set out to examine educators perceived self-efficacy, work engagement and mental health…

The main objective of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA) audit was to determine whether the United States Department of Education (Department)'s overall information security program and practices are effective as they relate to federal information security requirements. To meet this objective,…

In this study, researchers investigated the impact of transdisciplinary learning on minority students as they were asked to apply higher-order thinking to solve realworld problems. Minority students, aged 10 to 11, who attended the researcher's elective classes participated. To see the potential in Transdisciplinary Learning, researchers looked at…