2024 September - 18 articles
The COVID-19 pandemic had unprecedented impacts, both directly and indirectly, on student populations across the UK. As teaching has returned to ‘normal’, in person exams have made a comeback and so has the debate about the value of unsee...
Higher education is a sector that can be slow to change, yet there are significant pressures on universities and other providers to change. Learning and teaching are central to what higher education does, and pressures, such as the switch to remote l...
Equine-assisted services (EAS) is a relatively new area of study within higher education requiring the development of a curriculum that best prepares the undergraduate student for the demands of the industry. Further, coursework targeting the specifi...
Despite being an educational approach that has existed for more than five decades, project-based learning (PBL) has remained a conceptual fog, with limited applications beyond the medical and health sciences. This paper detailed the scarcity of the a...
Previous evaluations of teaching quality have not considered the integration of digital elements. This systematic review was conducted in accordance with the PRISMA guidelines and offers a critical examination of the integration of digital elements i...
Thinking and reasoning competencies are crucial for the success of future healthcare professionals and are noted as pre-professional competencies for medical school admissions. At Agnes Scott College, our graduate-level Medical Cell Biology class foc...
Young individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) seem to attend higher education more frequently. Yet, the academic performance of students with ASD and the graduation rate appear to be poorer than those of typical development students. Moreover...
University senior management teams are reacting to an evolving trend of identifying and eliminating institutional racism in universities along the North Atlantic Rim. They are tasked with designing and constructing processes for the implementation of...
This article examines the phenomenon whereby ‘professionalism’ is used as a concept in higher education (HE), specifically regarding HE’s relationships with professions in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). We...
Graduate education holds the potential to stimulate personal growth in individuals that leads to economically viable career opportunities. First-generation college students, underrepresented minorities (URM), and females often face unique obstacles t...
Students at 2-year colleges who wish to enter the mental health professions, particularly students of color in urban community college environments, often lack opportunities for internships and experience-building programming relevant to their field....
The purpose of this study is to investigate, through the use of both quantitative and qualitative methods, the computer capabilities that pre-service teachers believe are necessary for integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Special Education Sch...
Austria (Europe)’s university system does not allocate tuition fees to its students and allows for multiple simultaneous enrollments. This leads to students having different constellations between earlier enrollments, i.e., “pre-studies&r...
The exit exam is a comprehensive assessment tool that provides direct evidence of student learning and the level of achievement of program learning outcomes (PLOs). Initial offerings of exit exams showed poor student performance and little correlatio...
In higher education, the cultivation of research competency is pivotal for students’ critical thinking development and their subsequent transition into the professional workforce. While statistics plays a fundamental role in supporting the comp...
In this paper, we report a comprehensive analysis of the disparities in undergraduate degree achievements across different demographic groups in English universities. The focus is on the “degree achievement gap”, which refers to the varia...
Navigating the complexities of establishing sustainable micro-credentialing programs in European higher education requires a tailored approach for providers. The goal of this research is to develop an assessment tool that enhances the implementation...
In this paper, we investigate the waiving of GRE/GMAT for admission to master’s degree programs in a state university in Florida, USA. Standardized tests, such as GRE/GMAT, were required for admission to the master’s degree programs in 20...
