Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have been viewed as a game changer in the evolving ecosystem of the online learning environment. Despite MOOCs being heralded as an educational paradigm in the higher education landscape, scarcity of academic research capturing the mental map of student perceptions to identify the drivers and outcomes…

There is increased demand for social work educators to utilize diverse pedagogical strategies to meet the needs of students of varying learning preferences and ensure student mastery of social work competencies. While many social work educators have found traditional instruction to be effective, I have found that using innovative, nuanced…

In an increasingly diverse world that is characterized by significant social and educational inequities, the development of educators and leaders who embody cultural humility and culturally responsive practices is necessary and transformational. Moving beyond individual and deficit-centered models of student support systems towards ecological and…

Prior to the pandemic, approximately 42,000 students from countries in sub-Saharan countries in Africa enrolled in U.S. universities (IIE 2021). Despite this strong and growing presence, little research exists focusing on their experiences of education in the U.S. Through a small-scale study of the experiences of graduate students from sub-Saharan…

Service learning, an often-cited pedagogical approach in social work education, may be one strategy to assuage student anxiety about research course work and create continuity in siloed course content. The present study sought to provide an understanding of the impact of a service-learning project embedded in a first-year, graduate-level research…

Schools of social work are tasked with preparing students to support the field's ethical challenge of eliminating racism. Given that color-blind racial attitudes constitute a form of continued racism, identifying the factors associated with color-blind racial ideology (CBRI) in social work students represents a first step toward meeting this…

With the rise of mental health needs of students, school psychologists have been forced to adapt to the evolving field (moving from that of mostly assessment based towards therapeutic intervention). However, school psychologists report feeling unprepared, and inadequate in their ability to provide quality mental health services. Among the barriers…

Despite continued growth in enrollments, graduate program attrition rates are of great concern to academic program coordinators. It is estimated that only 40 to 50 percent of students who begin Ph.D. programs complete their degrees. This book describes programs, initiatives, and interventions that lead to overall student retention and success.…

This study looks at the difficulties that IIUM postgraduate students have when memorizing the Qur'an and working at the same time during their studies. The goal of this study is to find out how IIUM postgraduate students balanced Qur'an memorization and working activities during their studies, to identify the difficulties they faced, and to find…

Whether students feel like they belong at their chosen higher education institution is a key topic in both the academic literature and the policymaking landscape. While student loneliness has been a more long-standing feature of research to date, belonging is increasingly taking centre-stage. This Policy Note explores students' thoughts about…

Data visualization literacy can be defined as "the ability and skill to read and interpret visually represented data in and to extract information from data visualizations" (Lee, et al., 2017, p.552). Within the information science profession, data visualization literacy is an emerging and increasingly important competency within the…

Postgraduate students often find work and thesis preparation demands compelling which in turn affect their thesis completion. The authors conducted a descriptive survey with a sample of 161 graduate thesis candidates (representing a 57% data collection return rate) using the census of the target population. Three scales were used to measure…

The purpose of this Action Research study is to understand and stop the decline of international graduate student yield for graduate admissions professionals at Private University. Declining yield is defined as the decreasing rate of admitted students who choose to enroll in Private University despite their acceptance. Knowledge generated in this…

Despite growing evidence of positive student outcomes from course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs), little consideration has been given to employing graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) as CURE instructors. GTAs may be novice researchers and/or teachers and likely vary in their interest in teaching a CURE. Guided by expectancy-value…

Hofmann and Holm's (2019) recent survey on issues of research misconduct with PhD graduates culminated with a notable conclusion by the authors: 'Scientific misconduct seems to be an environmental issue as much as a matter of personal integrity'. Here, we re-emphasise the usefulness of an education-based countermeasure against toxic research…