There is growing evidence in literature that university students who facilitate informal outreach programs enrich their educational experience through building their scientific identity, sense of belonging to the community, and important career skills. These features are shown to potentially help with students' persistence in STEM majors and…

Background: Policy documents call for supporting STEM students in developing collaborative abilities for working in multidisciplinary teams. Courses with intra- and inter-group collaboration are therefore essential to prepare STEM students to participate in modern multidisciplinary professional environments. To analyze those courses, this paper…

Two-year colleges (TYCs) continue to play a significant role in the physics higher education system. Historically, about one in ten physics bachelor's degree recipients started their postsecondary education at a TYC (Pold & Mulvey, 2025). For the classes of 2021 and 2022, about 13% of all physics bachelors started at TYC (Pold & Mulvey,…

Employability agendas now pervade the higher education landscape of many Western nations. In Australia, employability as both a discourse and related set of practices has recently reached fever-pitch as a result of the "Job-ready graduates" policy reforms, which have generated an image of an 'ideal' job-ready graduate who selects a…

In the twenty-first century, inclusive education has emerged as a vital strategy for ensuring equal learning opportunities for all students, regardless of their abilities or personal characteristics. It affirms every learner's right to a quality education within a supportive and equitable environment. This study investigated the attitudes of M.Ed.…

Purpose: This study examines the variables associated with the likelihood of horizontal mismatch among Chilean university graduates, focusing on the role of field of study, university prestige and gender. Design/methodology/approach: A binary logistic regression model was estimated using data from a survey conducted on a representative sample of…

The global dominance of English has prompted debates on linguistic imperialism, wherein English is seen as marginalizing local languages and cultures. In postcolonial contexts, scholars like Ngugi wa Thiong'o argue that colonial languages were used to subjugate indigenous cultures. Iraq, with its history of British influence and globalization…

Purpose: The purpose of this research is to explore the perceived concept of "going gradeless" among education master's students and academics within a Hong Kong university. This study aims to explore differing perspectives on "going gradeless" and identify the key potential issues associated with its implementation in higher…

In recent decades, there has been a proliferation of neuropsychology training programmes globally, including in South Africa and other low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Almost invariably, programmes in those countries privilege colonial origins of knowledge while excluding local epistemologies. Our objective in this conceptual article is…

Healthcare graduates are often characterised as ill-prepared for workplace entry. Historically, research on health professional's work preparedness has focused on the quality of graduates' clinical knowledge, skills and problem-solving. This ignores the role of professional identity formation in determining readiness for clinical practice. Yet,…

The aim of the article is to determine in the studied groups the multiple intelligence distribution defined in the 1980s by Howard Gardner. The research was conducted in three groups of respondents. The first study group was first-year students of computer science, the second was master (2nd degree) students, educationally 4 years older than the…

The 2024 Nebraska Higher Education Progress Report is the 18th annual progress report designed to provide the Nebraska Legislature with comparative statistics to monitor and evaluate progress toward achieving three key priorities for Nebraska's postsecondary education system. These priorities were developed by the 2003 LR 174 Higher Education Task…

Teaching students how to teach during business management PhD programmes is often neglected by administrators and graduate professors. I believe that if a doctoral programme is to increase in strength, as well as properly prepare graduate students for academic positions, this type of neglect needs to be addressed. As such, I propose a call to…

If the roles students play earning an MFA and the work they pursue after graduation vary considerably, how do those within MFA programs prepare students for professional lives? Where does one's sense of self as an art student begin to shift toward a professional identity? This article addresses literature about earning the degree and the…

The "2018 Annual Report on People with Disabilities in America" is a companion volume to the "2018 Annual Disability Statistics Compendium" (ED595182) and "Supplement" (ED595183). While previous editions of the Annual Report highlighted state differences, the "2018 Annual Report" centers on national trends.…