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Marraccini, Marisa E.; Brick, Leslie Ann D.; Weyandt, Lisa L. – Journal of American College Health, 2018
Objective: Although bullying is traditionally considered within the context of primary and secondary school, recent evidence suggests that bullying continues into college and workplace settings. Participants/Method: Latent class analysis (LCA) was employed to classify college bullying involvement typologies among 325 college students attending a…
Descriptors: Bullying, Peer Relationship, College Students, Victims
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Malcolm, Andrew – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2018
This article makes the case for clearer reporting of alternative provision. The main body of this paper consists of an analysis of available data on permanent exclusions and attendance at alternative provision. Findings show a greater number of young people attending alternative provision compared to those permanently excluded and concerning…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Special Needs Students, Foreign Countries, Disproportionate Representation
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Katsiaficas, Dalal – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2018
Social responsibilities are a central component of adolescents' and young adults' development, particularly for those from immigrant backgrounds. Social responsibility--a sense of responsibility and duty that extends beyond the self (Wray-Lake & Syvertsen, 2011) includes both family obligations (Fuligni, 2001; 2007) and community engagement…
Descriptors: Social Responsibility, Adolescents, Young Adults, Adolescent Development
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Singh, Gurnam – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2018
Against the backdrop of ongoing discussions about how best to conceptualise, confront and ultimately eradicate racism, this paper seeks to critically examine the relevance of 'post-racial' thinking, both in a general sense, but also in relation to education. The argument is framed around a concern that multi-cultural, and to a lesser extent,…
Descriptors: Race, Racial Attitudes, Racial Bias, Racial Differences
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Dryden-Peterson, Sarah – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2018
This article explores the types of family-school relationships that promote academic, socio-economic, and social and emotional well-being of black African immigrant children in the United States. The data are ethnographic, drawing on one year of participant observation and interviews at two elementary schools. The findings are also set within the…
Descriptors: Family School Relationship, Immigrants, Blacks, Racial Differences
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Brown, Anthony L. – Peabody Journal of Education, 2018
This paper argues that implicit racial bias regarding black males is a manifestation of a long trajectory of Western racial memory and anti-blackness where black males have been considered subhuman or as human kinds. The author draws from theological, scientific, and social science literature to illustrate how racial discourses have historically…
Descriptors: Race, Racial Bias, Memory, Males
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Mielitz, Katherine S.; MacDonald, Maurice; Lurtz, Meghaan – Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning, 2018
We obtained 180 pre- and post-test surveys to investigate how an established financial literacy program may have increased financial knowledge of residents in a work release program in Augusta, Georgia. Paired t tests analyzed changes in subjective and objective financial knowledge, understanding of banking and credit, and financial attitudes. OLS…
Descriptors: Money Management, Knowledge Level, Consumer Education, Released Time
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Rogaten, Jekaterina; Rienties, Bart Carlo – Higher Education Pedagogies, 2018
With the introduction of the Teaching Excellence Framework a lot of attention is focussed on measuring learning gains. A vast body of research has found that individual student characteristics influence academic progression over time. This case-study aims to explore how advanced statistical techniques in combination with Big Data can be used to…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Data Collection, Data Analysis, Higher Education
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Quarles, Bradley; Butler, Alisha – Peabody Journal of Education, 2018
Debates on gentrification's effects on public education motivated two independently conducted literature reviews about (a) how the increasing presence of middle- and upper-class residents affected public schools in gentrifying communities, and (b) what were gentrification's effects on the schooling experiences of students who resided in the…
Descriptors: Public Education, Public Schools, Social Class, Neighborhoods
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Zhang, Yi Leaf; Laanan, Frankie Santos; Adamuti-Trache, Maria – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2018
The purpose of this study was to examine which engagement factors, along with students' socio-demographic characteristics and educational background, were associated with students' overall satisfaction with their current 4-year institution. It also aimed to identify whether these independent variables had similar or different associations with the…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Student Satisfaction, Teacher Student Relationship, Thinking Skills
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Brown, Christerralyn; Maggin, Daniel M.; Buren, Molly – Education and Treatment of Children, 2018
Research indicates school personnel use punitive and exclusionary discipline practices more often with students from particular racial and ethnic groups. In response to these trends, many researchers suggest a need to adapt experimentally validated social, emotional, and behavioral interventions to align with cultural characteristics of students.…
Descriptors: Emotional Development, Social Development, Behavior Modification, Intervention
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Killingsworth, Brenda L.; Mansaray, Mahmud A.; Rhodes, Len – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2018
Graduation efficiency is of top concern for institutions of higher education throughout the world. Increasingly, accountability metrics have come under scrutiny as policymakers seek to ensure public resources are efficiently used. Traditionally, higher education policymakers in the USA and Europe have used graduation rate as an accountability…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, Higher Education, Accountability, Efficiency
von Spakovsky, Hans A. – Heritage Foundation, 2018
More than 50 years after the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, recent studies, complaints filed with the U.S. Department of Education, and lawsuits filed against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill reveal that many academic institutions are engaging in blatant racial discrimination by gaming the system,…
Descriptors: Racial Discrimination, Higher Education, Selective Admission, Civil Rights Legislation
Obery, Amanda Christine – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Middle school (G5-8) students' cognitive engagement, motivation, and future aspirations in science were quantified within informal contexts (week-long summer camps) with self-reported measures of cognitive strategies, self-regulation, value, self-efficacy, and future aspirations over the course of two phases (N = 152, N =140). The participating…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Learner Engagement, Learning Motivation, Informal Education
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Woodbridge, Michelle W.; Sumi, W. Carl; Thornton, S. Patrick; Fabrikant, Nicole; Rouspil, Kristen M.; Langley, Audra K.; Kataoka, Sheryl H. – School Mental Health, 2016
Abundant evidence demonstrates that traumatized adolescents are at increased risk of a host of negative psychoeducational and functional outcomes, but demographic disparities are often seen in access to and use of mental health services and supports. In light of this, the current study examines the prevalence of trauma experiences and traumatic…
Descriptors: Trauma, Early Adolescents, Middle School Students, Urban Schools
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