New data streams highlight the low levels of access to climate finance by the most climate-vulnerable countries, which struggle with conflict and displacement and call for more effective financing mechanisms. While such measures are urgent, their effectiveness and impact depend on investments in capacity development and education. In exploring…

This article uses the framework of legal violence to examine two educational labels attached to immigrant young people: newcomer and international student. We demonstrate how these labels function to obscure immigrant students' long-standing relationships with the United States and result in missed opportunities to address how legal violence…

Sometimes, public policy outcomes disappoint when unintended consequences arise. In many such cases, the problems might be traced back to poor reasoning. For most of antiquity, logic was considered the core element for successful human endeavour. In this work, we argue that Aristotelian logic -- specifically, the syllogism -- remains highly…

This article investigates the state of AI regulations from diverse geopolitical contexts including the European Union, the United States, China, and several African nations, and their implications for learning analytics (LA) and AI research. We used a comparative analysis approach of 11 AI regulatory documents and applied the OECD framework to…

This ethnographic comparative case study documents the work of the refugee category in Quito, Ecuador. It examines "refugee" in relation to institutional power and details how different educational stakeholders, including young migrants, appropriate and relate to the refugee category. Situated in an urban context where those who have…

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of Pennsylvania's economic conditions, detailing various economic indicators and labor market trends, including data on inflation, unionization benefits, and the impact of erratic tariff policies that may be sparking renewed inflation and eroding investment. Unemployment has increased, hiring has…

The U.S. labor market is at a crossroads. Many sectors and their employers face a persistent struggle to fill positions. This challenge is driven by several interconnected factors: an aging population, lagging labor force participation, and a widening gap between the education/training system and labor market demand that leaves many workers…

Whilst research works have identified many actors involved in higher education public policymaking in the Ghanaian context, there is a paucity of empirical studies on how the application of a quadruple helix network of policy actors considered essential constituents of higher education provision could create added value to strengthen the…

In recent years, policymakers and researchers have paid renewed attention to career and technical education (CTE), but public attitudes--especially those of parents--toward CTE remain relatively understudied. Drawing on the history of CTE and more contemporary policy discourse, this study proposes a new organizing framework for conceptualizing how…

Scholars of color remain underrepresented in policymaking contexts, and the absence of their expertise in policy processes can have significant consequences for society. In this study, we examine motivations for and perceived barriers to engagement in public policymaking among faculty of color. Using an institutional logics framework and…

Our study is the first to provide statistics on opioid use among U.S. Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) applicants. We use an innovative machine-learning method to identify opioids in open-ended text fields in SSDI administrative data. We find that more than 30% of applicants between 2007 and 2017 reported using one or more opioids, a…

This article explores the historically contingent and normative descriptions of vocational education and training (VET) as a low-status alternative in Australia's socio-economic process of skill and knowledge development. Rather than repeating well-rehearsed shibboleths, this retheorisation of how status works applies an institutional logics…

In an evolving global knowledge economy, many countries are actively implementing policies to recruit and retain foreign students as potential global talents and valuable human resources. This article provides a comprehensive review of the evolution of foreign student employment policy in China. The study finds that foreign student employment…

For this reflexive essay, I examine how immigration policy influences the student affairs profession, with a particular focus on undocumented students. I will first review how immigration and student affairs intersect. Then, I will discuss ideologies that shape Southern student affairs. Finally, I will share brief findings from my research and…

Government policies increasingly focus on transformative innovation policy (TIP), as programmes are being reoriented towards addressing societal challenges and contributing to sustainability transitions. Evaluation practices need modification to keep up with this change. While a small number of frameworks for TIP evaluation have been proposed,…