This research addresses how Latinas(os) frame their own college attainment by relying on the color-blind ideology, an underexplored area. Using interviews with Latina(o) students who attend a primarily White institution in the Midwest, I examined how they reproduce color-blind racism through their reliance on frames such as abstract liberalism,…

This study focused on the teaching style of the teachers teaching English at secondary level schools (Urban Area) affiliated with Federal Directorate of Education Islamabad (FDEI). The major objectives of the study were: a) To investigate the existing teaching styles of English language teachers in Public secondary schools of Islamabad. (b) To…

This article theorises and historically contextualises the racialised experiences of a Black male who has attempted to do racial equity work with white teachers in a suburban Minnesota school district. I use Afro-Pessimism as a theoretical tool and guidepost as I weave the journey to becoming a racial equity teacher and the systemic troubles of…

This study explored the anti-black lived experiences of 9 senior-level Black men who are administrators at Historically White Institutions. Black critical theory (BlackCrit) and theory of marginality and mattering are the guiding frameworks used to examine the lived experiences of the Black administrators. The purpose of this study was to reveal…

The experiences of parents raising children with developmental disabilities have been widely researched, although most of this research comes from Western, high-income countries. In comparison, little is known about the lived experiences of parents of children with developmental disabilities in low- and middle-income countries and in Africa in…

Research has indicated the importance of internal motivation as a factor in reducing academic misconduct in higher education and some commentators have also cited prosocial values as buffers against the temptation to cheat. In light of this research, the goal of the present research was to study the roles of motivation and prosocial values in…

Background: Perceptual, cognitive and previous clinical experience may influence a novice Videofluoroscopic Swallowing Study (VFSS) analyst's trajectory towards competency. Understanding these factors may allow trainees to be better prepared for VFSS training and may allow training to be developed to accommodate differences between trainees. Aims:…

This paper deconstructs ways in which the white 'race' of Eastern European pupils and the class determination of their parents in the country of arrival combine to either afford or deny them racialised privileges in British education. Critically reviewing published research on Eastern European pupils in British schools, this article concludes that…

The New Culture of Water (NCW) is a catalyst for sustainable transformation between political agreements and the unsustainability of the real world, thus requiring an integral participation for an efficient water management where the academy will try to make a substantial contribution. Therefore, this study aimed to design, implement and evaluate…

As student activism continues to roil campuses, concerns have arisen about the mental health costs associated with activist-oriented civic engagement. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 42 self-identifying student activists from across the United States, this study examines how activists describe the impact of their activism on their mental…

Researchers in the field of special education has voiced concerns about the disproportionality of diverse students identified for special education services for decades. However, most of the recent research has focused on showing this issue using quantitative data. The voices beyond the numbers are imperative in better understanding this decades…

Background/Context: The experiences of Black girls navigating elite, predominantly white independent schools remain underresearched in the academy despite this issue being integral in disciplines such as sociology, education, and African American studies. Within such institutions, Black girls must navigate the duality of their privilege in having…

The teaching force in the United States is largely White, female, and unprepared to acknowledge the significance of being White and work effectively with a racially diverse student population. To better serve students of color, teachers must be able to understand their own racial identity to be able to respectfully acknowledge the racial and…

Technological advances in the 21st century have led to a powerful information landscape where successfully managing one's personal information grows ever more complex. Personal Information Management (PIM) is the field of study dedicated to the activities people engage in to organize their information so that they can find an item again when they…

This qualitative case study utilized interviews, classroom observations, and course syllabi to investigate the experiences of Black male students at a community college. Applying a conceptual framework of Dumas's anti-Blackness and Paris's culturally sustaining pedagogy provided a lens to understand how Black men experience classroom spaces on…