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Trends in Higher Education, Volume 5, Issue 4

2026 December - 32 articles

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Articles (32)

  • Article
  • Open Access

Evaluating Prompting Frameworks for Enhancing ChatGPT-Assisted Literature Reviews and Ethical and Pedagogical Implications

  • Aminul Islam,
  • Mukta Bansal,
  • Felix Lena Stephanie,
  • Poernomo Gunawan and ,
  • Pui Tze Sian,
  • Sabrina Luk,
  • Eunice Tan and
  • Hortense Le Ferrand
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

Students use generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools for academic writing, but there is still little understanding of how students can prompt ChatGPT to write literature reviews, how structured prompting frameworks affect their outputs and w...

(This article belongs to the Topic Generative AI in Higher Education: Assessment, AI Literacy, and Responsible Innovation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Views
26 Pages

This paper investigates the patterns and trends in higher education in Britain over the last five decades (1972–2025). Drawing on most authoritative national representative data, we examine class, gender and ethnic differences in educational at...

  • Review
  • Open Access
18 Views
13 Pages

The rapid proliferation of generative artificial intelligence in higher education has precipitated a new crisis of legitimacy for Indigenous Knowledge Systems. While the utility of large language models is widely touted, this paper critically interro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Views
22 Pages

The literature reviewed for this study addresses inclusive-design pedagogy, project quality, and assessment transparency, but does not treat the artifact-level correspondence between a source-located access condition and the response represented for...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Innovation and Inclusive Pedagogy in Higher Education)
  • Communication
  • Open Access
65 Views
16 Pages

Expected Versus Experienced Student Perceptions of Three Sequentially Delivered Game-Based Learning Activities in an Introductory Analytical Chemistry Course

  • Camila Espinoza-Mendoza,
  • Winfred Espejo,
  • Verónica López,
  • Constanza Sepúlveda and ,
  • Wanda Espejo-Contreras,
  • Andy Banegas-Medina and
  • Isis-Yelena Montes
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

Elementos de Química Analítica Cuantitativa is a mandatory first-year course for Agronomy students at Universidad de Concepción (Chile) in which, prior to this intervention, close to 40% of students scored below passing marks on...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Validation and Application of Game-Based Learning in Higher Education: Design, Assessment, and Evidence-Based Practice)
  • Article
  • Open Access
116 Views
25 Pages

This exploratory qualitative study examines how students’ reasoning becomes observable and develops within Socratic dialogues with Riffbot, a large language model (LLM)-based learning chatbot designed to guide students from descriptive and clar...

(This article belongs to the Topic Generative AI in Higher Education: Assessment, AI Literacy, and Responsible Innovation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
110 Views
14 Pages

Analytical Chemistry as a Bridge Between Theory and Practice: A Multidisciplinary Laboratory Exercise Using Complexometric Titration of Commercial Zinc Dietary Supplements

  • Milana Vuković,
  • Jelena Jovičić-Bata,
  • Nataša Milošević,
  • Nemanja Todorović and ,
  • Aleksandra Ćoškov,
  • Dunja Vesković and
  • Mladena Lalić-Popović
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

Laboratory education in pharmacy should enable students to perform analytical procedures and critically interpret findings within a broader professional context. This study proposes a three-hour multidisciplinary laboratory exercise for senior pharma...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Innovative Strategies in Pharmacy Education: Bridging Theory and Practice)
  • Article
  • Open Access
104 Views
21 Pages

This study examined self-reported academic stress, anxiety-related difficulties, coping strategies, and perceived institutional support among 1494 students enrolled in ten Romanian university centers. Four research questions addressed academic barrie...

  • Article
  • Open Access
74 Views
20 Pages

Institutional Contradictions and the Reproduction of Service Devaluation in Higher Education

  • Pinar Ozturk,
  • Lori E. Koelsch,
  • Rachael Miller Neilan and
  • Misook Heo

Universities depend on faculty service to support teaching, research, and everyday institutional functioning, yet their evaluation systems devalue this work through policy and practice. Although the prioritization of teaching and research over servic...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Leadership and Management in Higher Education: New Directions and Global Trends)
  • Review
  • Open Access
274 Views
31 Pages

Evidence from higher education research suggests that the academic, sociocultural, and personal challenges encountered by students can give rise to emotional distress, mental health disorders, and other psychological difficulties, which may adversely...

  • Article
  • Open Access
176 Views
38 Pages

Making Inclusion Actionable in Digital and Distance Higher Education: A Mechanism-Based Analysis of European Policy

  • Theodora Kouvara,
  • Natalia D. Spyropoulou,
  • Angeliki Karangelou and
  • Achilles D. Kameas

European policy positions distance, online, and blended higher education as a route to widening participation, yet the mechanisms that make inclusion actionable remain dispersed across disconnected policy domains. This study examines how European-lev...

  • Article
  • Open Access
303 Views
17 Pages

Over a 12-year period, a set of documents, preliminary listening guides, and diagnostic tools was developed through the Interdisciplinary Method of Musical Literacy, Education and Artistic Awareness (MILMESA) and implemented with 256 students in init...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Art, Identity and Higher Education: How Artistic Expression Shapes Personal and Academic Growth)
  • Article
  • Open Access
140 Views
22 Pages

The Relational Architecture of Complex Thinking in International Postgraduate Education: Psychometric Network Evidence from Japan

  • Jenny Paola Lis-Gutiérrez,
  • José Carlos Vázquez-Parra,
  • Chris Blakely,
  • Arantxa Lucero Ramos-Huerta and
  • Sergio Palomino-Gámez

Complex thinking is increasingly relevant in international postgraduate education, yet limited evidence exists on how its components are internally articulated within multicultural graduate cohorts. This study examined the relational organization of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
246 Views
18 Pages

Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) is a field of cultural transmission in which communities, practices, knowledge, skills, and forms of expression are reinterpreted across generations. Its integration into teacher education can connect local cultural...

  • Article
  • Open Access
238 Views
34 Pages

Decade-Long Analysis of Skills Across 1 Million Graduate-Level Job Advertisements

  • Mitchell Gerhardt,
  • Yi-Xiang Shawn Sun,
  • Andrew Katz,
  • Jessica R. Deters and ,
  • Maura Borrego,
  • David B. Knight,
  • Herman Ronald Clements and
  • Riya Budhathoki
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

This study sought to understand how the prevalence of employer-articulated technical and professional graduate skills shifted over a recent 13-year period to identify areas for curricular change. We analyzed 1,142,245 graduate-level mechanical engine...

  • Article
  • Open Access
286 Views
18 Pages

Validation of a Semester-Level Adaptation of the Cognitive Load Scale Among Health Professions Students in Chile: A Cross-Sectional Study

  • Christian Andrés Verdugo,
  • Jonathan Martínez-Líbano,
  • Valeria Meza,
  • Escarlet Cerda-Pardo and ,
  • Daniela Fernanda Ibarra,
  • Vanessa Torres-Morales and
  • Matías Villarroel Vera
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

The Cognitive Load Scale (CLS) is a widely used instrument for measuring intrinsic, extraneous, and germane cognitive load in a specific learning activity, but no validated Spanish-language version exists for health professions students in Latin Amer...

  • Article
  • Open Access
134 Views
16 Pages

Little evidence exists on the factors that enable students in upper secondary school to achieve eligibility for higher education. This lack of knowledge limits educators’ and policymakers’ opportunities to identify students who may requir...

  • Article
  • Open Access
188 Views
27 Pages

This study develops and tests a human-centric cybersecurity framework for educational Metaverse adoption-related intentions in Jordanian universities. It examines the relationships between privacy protection, compliance and governance, cybersecurity...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Modern University: Bridging Technology and Human-Centered Pedagogy)
  • Article
  • Open Access
596 Views
17 Pages

Existing research with international students explains why international students should be recognised as knowers, and how returnees may transform and circulate knowledge. Less is known about how students begin to view themselves as capable of evalua...

  • Review
  • Open Access
332 Views
15 Pages

Peer review of teaching is a relatively recent addition to the quality assurance processes of higher education. Formative peer review has a developmental focus, while summative peer review has an evaluative focus, making judgements against standards....

  • Article
  • Open Access
163 Views
24 Pages

Science or Arts? Anxiety Towards Experimental Sciences in Pre-Service Teachers: Associated Factors and Implications for Science Teaching

  • José Gabriel Soriano-Sánchez,
  • Rocío Quijano López,
  • David Jimenez-Vazquez and
  • Diego Airado-Rodríguez

Anxiety toward Experimental Sciences represents a relevant challenge in pre-service teacher education, particularly when students have diverse academic backgrounds and educational experiences. This study aimed to analyze the variability of anxiety to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
221 Views
24 Pages

Professional orientation has become an essential objective of higher education because university courses are increasingly expected to prepare students for professional practice as well as academic achievement. This study examined students’ per...

  • Article
  • Open Access
297 Views
26 Pages

This study examines how university stakeholders perceive entrepreneurship education as contributing to students’ start-up intentions through responsive curriculum design, experiential learning, and mentorship in universities in the Eastern Cape...

  • Article
  • Open Access
373 Views
23 Pages

Supporting Undergraduate Students Through a Center for Teaching and Learning: A Mixed-Methods Study in Greek Higher Education

  • George Asimakopoulos,
  • Styliani N. Tsesmeli,
  • Chris Kaltsidis,
  • Natassa Raikou and
  • Thanassis Karalis

Centers for Teaching and Learning (CTLs) have become increasingly important structures within higher education institutions, primarily supporting teaching enhancement and faculty development. However, comparatively limited attention has been paid to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
296 Views
21 Pages

This study aims to examine pre-service teachers’ intentions and anxiety levels regarding learning about artificial intelligence according to different demographic characteristics and to reveal the relationship between these variables. The sampl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
427 Views
31 Pages

Agentic Generative AI in Higher Education: Perceived Benefits, Risks, and Implications for Learning

  • Galina Ilieva,
  • Tania Yankova,
  • Margarita Ruseva,
  • Stanislava Klisarova-Belcheva and ,
  • Penyo Georgiev and
  • George Totkov
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Generative artificial intelligence (GAI) is increasingly used in higher education for explanation, content generation, feedback, and personalized learning. However, conventional prompt–response chatbots may provide insufficient support for comp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
247 Views
20 Pages

From Brand Success to Soft Power: How Post-1992 UK Universities Generate Resources of Global Influence

  • Helen O’Sullivan,
  • Tariq Alshikhy,
  • Martyn Polkinghorne and
  • Ellie Gennings

Introduction/problem: HE soft-power scholarship privileges national policy and elite/research intensive universities; we know less about how everyday institutional brand experience in post-1992 universities generate potential soft-power resources. Me...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Leadership and Management in Higher Education: New Directions and Global Trends)
  • Article
  • Open Access
236 Views
18 Pages

Clinical training in complementary medicine (CM) higher education remains inconsistent, leading to variable graduate preparedness for professional practice. While apprenticeship models are widely used in practice-based disciplines, their role in CM e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
312 Views
16 Pages

Stress, Self-Efficacy, and Coping Strategies in Postgraduate Students of Special Education

  • Georgia Andreou,
  • Christine K. Syriopoulou-Delli and
  • Kalliopi Papoutsaki

Postgraduate programs in Special Education often include practicum placements to provide students with clinical and teaching experience; however, these placements frequently induce academic stress. This study examines the relationship between perceiv...

  • Article
  • Open Access
562 Views
23 Pages

To develop scientific literacy, many STEM faculty members assign technical writing; however, they often cannot make time to assign writing for a lay audience, especially in high-enrollment courses. This creates an opportunity gap for students when th...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Supporting Student Success in STEM: Innovations in Teaching and Learning)
  • Review
  • Open Access
313 Views
18 Pages

Background: Evidence-based practice (EBP) is widely recognised as a core competency in nursing education, yet uncertainty remains regarding how it should be integrated into undergraduate curricula to support sustained competence and implementation in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
428 Views
18 Pages

The Dosage Effect of Undergraduate Research Experiences: Longitudinal Evidence on Participation Duration and Biomedical Career Outcomes

  • Kyle Moreno,
  • Liam Cascelli,
  • Gabriela Chavira,
  • Patricia Escobedo and ,
  • Gilberto E. Flores,
  • Patchareeya Kwan and
  • Crist Khachikian
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

Undergraduate research experiences (UREs) are widely promoted to broaden participation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), yet the amount of sustained research engagement needed to support entry into biomedical research caree...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Supporting Student Success in STEM: Innovations in Teaching and Learning)
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