Digital citizenship participation refers to the utilization of digital technology by individuals or groups for the purpose of engaging in networked participatory behaviors. It involves four interconnected elements: individual, policy, political, and social participation. This study surveyed 446 college students from a private university in China…

In this study, we used online photovoice and community-based participatory research to understand and address facilitators and barriers to online distance education for college students in Turkey. Out of 260 students who consented to the study, 240 shared the most important facilitator, 190 shared the most important barriers, and 190 completed our…

Food insecurity strategies and resources exist on many college and university campuses to serve food-insecure students. Little is known about the decision process to determine what strategies are deployed and why certain resources are implemented. Knowing this information can help institutions that are planning to implement food insecurity…

This dissertation evaluated the outcomes of a civil rights bus tour as a diversity initiative for employees at a private Christian university in Pennsylvania. Previous qualitative research suggests that participants improve their attitudes toward diversity and experience increased levels of civic engagement. This study quantitatively evaluated…

Private universities in Indonesia need to urgently enhance the lecturers' organizational citizenship behavior (OCB), especially in overcoming a transition period of learning patterns after the COVID-19 pandemic from online to offline. Therefore, this research explores employability, personality, and talent management affect OCB and proves job…

This study examines unionization efforts among contingent faculty members, who now account for the majority of the academic workforce. Drawing on data from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and other sources, this article uses an event history analysis to identify factors associated with efforts to establish a contingent faculty union at…

There are strong bodies of evidence supporting the connections between aspects of mental health, such as stress, anxiety, and depression to life outcomes. This study examined stress, anxiety, and depression as related to employability, parental attachment (anxious and avoidant) to mothers and fathers, and spiritual maturity during the university…

Addressing university-based teacher educators' complex work in current higher education contexts requires identifying the variables influencing their professional agency. However, limited related literature mostly falls within boundaries of the global North, while the specifics from those in the global South remain under-researched. Thus, focusing…

The purpose of this study was to understand the academic and social engagement experiences of community college transfer students at a private four-year institution. Approached through the lens of a conceptual critical framework for transfer student research advanced by Laanan and Jain (2017), and using a qualitative narrative methodology, this…

Purpose: This research work aims to study the continuous usage intention of students for digital library systems in higher learning institutions (HLI). Additionally, keeping in mind the lack of focus on academic involvement of students in existing studies, this research work attempts to examine the moderating role of academic involvement in making…

As one element of an extensive revision to program curriculum, the Integrative Physiology and Health Science Department at a small, private, liberal arts institution developed a novel introductory course for the major, focusing specifically on the "core concepts" of physiology. Intended to provide the initial step in explicit scaffolding…

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic along with the gradually changing educational trends facilitate the transformation from traditional learning methods to digital learning methods. Besides, student satisfaction is vital in remote education course evaluations because it is associated with the quality of online programs. Recently, the EduNext…

The "2020 Tuition Discounting Study," based on survey responses from 361 private nonprofit NACUBO-member institutions, reports final institutional discount rates for academic year 2019-20 and preliminary estimates for academic year 2020-21. [This study was supported by Vemo Education. For the 2019 study, see ED608472.]

The present pilot research examined "Restore: The Journey to Self-Forgiveness"--an online self-forgiveness curriculum--to evaluate its effectiveness in improving levels of self-forgiveness, related positive psychological traits/states, and mental health. Study 1 (N = 66) was a single-group and Study 2 (N = 34) was a two-group design.…

Purpose: This study aims to explore the impact of hybrid learning on the satisfaction, effectiveness and academic performance of faculty and students in private universities in Kuwait. The study specifically addresses the challenges and experiences confronted by students and faculty members in utilising hybrid learning, assesses whether hybrid…