As aspiring educational leaders, principal candidates must understand the widespread impact of generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) in education. This qualitative phenomenological study explored the perceptions of aspiring educational leaders regarding Gen AI in academic research, highlighting the ethical concerns and challenges they…

First-Year Teacher Surveys (FYTS) are essential for evaluating teacher preparation programs (TPPs), providing crucial feedback from recent graduates about their training and readiness for real-world teaching. This study focuses on Missouri's FYTS, utilizing Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) to investigate the…

Using a transcendental phenomenological analysis, this study explored the lived experiences of seven Native American and Alaskan Native graduate students in counselor education programs. Four themes were identified: balance, invisibility, cultural incongruity and congruity, and Indigenous experience of living within and resisting settler…

The authors explore undergraduate underemployment in the workplace and how it may connect with a graduate's ability to pursue meaningful work. "Underemployment" refers to the experience of four-year college graduates who are employed in jobs that typically do not require a bachelor's degree. A recent report states that over 50% of…

The 2023 National Resident Matching Program Applicant Survey revealed that 45% of applicants viewed an institution's diversity as a factor when selecting a program. In light of Texas Senate Bill 17 (SB-17), which regulates institutions' DEI efforts, becoming effective January 1st, 2024, we aim to assess the status of DEI-relevant information on…

Public Administration (PA) as an academic discipline has traditionally been anchored in the principles of state-centric governance, national implementation policies, and the management of domestic public affairs. However, the rise of global and transnational governance has significantly reshaped the context in which public administrators operate.…

The value of peer feedback for learning depends upon students regularly providing high-quality feedback to their peers, but little is known about the factors influencing feedback-providing behaviors. This study explores the consistency of students' feedback-providing behaviors and its relations to students' writing ability (an individual…

Defining and measuring "professionalism" in academic occupational therapy (OT) programs is a highly interpretative and formidable task, as evidenced in the literature and revised language in the 2023 ACOTE® Standards. Within the context of a university assessment workshop, a team of OT educators and students used an occupation- and…

This article explores the integration of generative AI tools (GenAI) into a writing activity that helps second language (L2) writers critically evaluate AI-generated texts and build their confidence in writing. The activity was implemented in a graduate-level English language course at a university in the United States. In class, students wrote…

The integration of programming into mathematics education in Norway introduces additional workload for students, who must adapt to new challenges in their learning processes. This study investigates how student teachers perceive the affordances and constraints of using the programming language Scratch as a tool for learning mathematics. Drawing on…

Postgraduate education includes a special dimension of the educational process. Developments worldwide are increasing the interest in postgraduate education. The purpose of this research is to examine postgraduate education as a transformational tool. The research addresses the postgraduate's master's phase. The research was conducted using a…

This study investigates the critical factors influencing students' satisfaction with university-business cooperation (UBC) in postgraduate education, focusing on Chinese universities of applied sciences. Employing a comprehensive research model, we utilised multivariate statistical analysis methods, including canonical correlation analysis,…

The disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has had lasting effects on students' mental health, including issues related to social isolation and reduced interaction with peers and advisors. However, there remains a research gap in understanding how institutional communication and individual coping mechanisms affect student emotional exhaustion…

Many professional health programs have transitioned from regional anatomy courses to integrated curricula, in which anatomy is taught longitudinally within a series of systems-based courses. With this shift, systems-based prosections have become increasingly valuable for anatomy education. However, most dissection guides are regionally focused,…

This study investigated whether career coaching can reduce medical students' career decision-making stress through clarifying students' self-concept, increasing career decision self-efficacy, and lowering perceived time pressure to make a career decision. We evaluated the effectiveness of a coaching intervention (including five individual coaching…