Mentorship is a catalyst capable of unleashing one's potential for discovery, curiosity, and participation in STEMM and subsequently improving the training environment in which that STEMM potential is fostered. Mentoring relationships provide developmental spaces in which students' STEMM skills are honed and pathways into STEMM fields can be…

Disparate student academic outcomes and program access is a problem at Master of Public Administration (MPA) programs in the Northeast United States The current admission committee members at the case university did not know institution leaders' rationale for eliminating the Graduate Records Examination (GRE) criterion. The decision to exclude the…

"How to Succeed at Interprofessional Education" offers an introduction to the principles and practice of interprofessional education (IPE). By examining the rationale behind IPE, its application, and the frameworks for using it effectively, the author demonstrates that when healthcare professionals learn together and collaborate as a…

"Majoring in Money 2019" focuses on the payment methods, financial habits--including an in-depth look at credit cards--and overall financial literacy of three groups of young adults: college students, college graduates or "completers," and those who began college but did not complete. This report looks back to the…

This supplemental feature to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center's "Signature Report on College Completions" released in December 2016 (ED580301), contains an analysis of the eight-year completion outcomes for the fall 2010 cohort. In the Center's previous signature reports on college completions, a brief analysis of the…

Although there is a vast amount of professional literature on the hiring process in the K-12 educational setting, the research on how hiring teams identify effective student teachers to be employed at their schools after graduation is limited. This area is significant to educational leaders across the United States because of alarming recent…

This phenomenological, qualitative research investigated the perceptions of university students in a College of Education about the educational use of social media by examining the experiences of seven graduate students via an analysis of interview transcripts, informal observations, and applicable artifacts. This study was guided by three…

Online education has been experiencing steadily increasing enrollment rates and it is therefore vital to study student and institutional factors related to dropout risk for online students. Currently, prior research examining this rapidly developing field is limited. With online graduate programs experiencing continuous growth in enrollment rates,…

Employee turnover continues to be discussed as an outcome in Human Resources (HR), but comparatively few studies have examined the relationship between turnover as the independent variable and institutional outcomes. Although the call to HR practitioners has often been made over the past 20 years regarding the importance of tying HR programs and…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of neuroscience instruction on coach self-efficacy and self-reported coaching behaviors within the coaching dyad. This study used a qualitative research design employing in-depth, one-on-one interviews with life coaches. Purposeful, criterion sampling was used to select seven coaches who…

The present study has been carried out with the objective of identifying the various factors determining the knowledge sharing practices of graduate students. The study is an empirical one and employed cross-sectional study design. The data required for the study has been collected from a representative sample of 400 graduate students studying in…

U.S. higher education attracts many international graduate students--particularly those from China today where many of them become international teaching assistants (ITAs) in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields, which not only benefits the students, but also our country as a whole. However, unfortunately, the issue of the…

Every year, continuation high schools in California serve more than 60,000 students who are in danger of not earning their high school diploma. Students attending continuation high schools have been labeled at-risk for myriad reasons including, credit deficiency, truancy, behavior and emotional issues, teen pregnancy, substance and alcohol abuse,…

Teaching psychology is a noble and rewarding endeavor, but finding the right position at the right college can be a daunting task. This book is designed to guide you through this complicated process by helping you find the job that matches your long-term goals -- whether you want to focus on research, teaching, or both -- and to become a strong,…

Early career attrition in student affairs is a topic of interest for hiring and supervising managers, graduate preparation programs, as well as new professionals. Contributions to the growing body of research on the topic potentially informs best practices in curriculum development, hiring, onboarding, and professional development for new student…