Collegiate influences on the civic values of undergraduate students in the US revisited

2011 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 497-508 ◽  
Author(s):  
Byung Shik Rhee ◽  
Anna Kim
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Civic Values ◽  
The Us

Biculturalism and Self-Esteem: Differential Associations Based on Cultural Domain

2021 ◽  
pp. 073998632110425
Author(s):  
Paulette D. Garcia Peraza ◽  
Angela-MinhTu D. Nguyen ◽  
Joshua Corona ◽  
Sadie S. Amini
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Mexican American ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Cultural Orientations ◽  
The Us ◽  
Values And Beliefs ◽  
Cultural Domain ◽  
Theory Research ◽  
Multiple Domains ◽  
Collective Self Esteem

Acculturation is multidimensional in that it encompasses both heritage and dominant cultural orientations, and it can take place across multiple domains; therefore, biculturalism, an acculturation strategy involving strong orientations to both heritage and dominant cultures, can also occur for the domains of behaviors and practices, values and beliefs, and cultural identity. The current study is the first to compare the relations between biculturalism and self-esteem across these three cultural domains. Mexican American undergraduate students ( N = 219; Mage = 18.82 years, SD = 1.09), who were primarily women (72.15%) and born in the US (81.74%), responded to an in-person survey. We found that biculturalism is differentially associated with personal and collective self-esteem depending on the domain, with stronger associations for bicultural behaviors and weaker associations for bicultural values. Our findings highlight the importance of recognizing the multidimensionality of biculturalism in theory, research, and practice.

Thrust Vectoring Design Project at Six Universities: Part I — Project Description and Final Designs

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark G. Turner ◽  
Markus P. Rumpfkeil ◽  
James T. VanKuren ◽  
Rory A. Roberts ◽  
Jeffrey Bons ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Force ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Outreach Program ◽  
Thrust Vectoring ◽  
Jet Engine ◽  
Us Air Force ◽  
Project Description ◽  
The Us ◽  
Air Force Research Laboratory ◽  
Academic Year

An undergraduate student design and build project has been established by the US Air Force, Air Force Research Laboratory as part of an outreach program. During the 2011–2012 academic year, undergraduate students of six universities participated in designing a thrust vectoring system for a small (20 pound-thrust) jet engine. A description of the project parameters and student designs is given in this paper. It proved to be an extremely successful project, and other professors and students can learn from the different approaches taken by the six different teams and the project itself. Industry will also be interested in the depth and breadth of an undergraduate project that is being used to educate their future engineering workforce.

scholarly journals Diversity Beyond Demographics: Environmental Worldviews of Forestry and Natural Resource Undergraduate Students

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sativa Cruz ◽  
Chelsea Batavia ◽  
Ana Spalding ◽  
Ivan Arismendi ◽  
Michael Nelson
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Natural Resource ◽  
Past Research ◽  
Natural World ◽  
State University ◽  
Ethical Beliefs ◽  
The Us ◽  
Environmental Worldviews ◽  
New Generation

In U.S. academic institutions, efforts often concentrate on enhancing the recruitment of students from underrepresented groups, focusing on gender and/or race. Yet, non-demographic forms of diversity have received little attention, such as environmental worldviews, i.e., differences in the metaphysical, epistemological, and ethical beliefs that define how humans view, value, and interact with the natural world. Here, we develop an exploratory measure of environmental worldview diversity among undergraduate students enrolled in natural resource related programs. We tested our procedure at Oregon State University, a large public land-grant university in the US. Many students reported metaphysical, epistemological, and/or ethical beliefs that deviate from what has been philosophically characterized as the dominant western worldview of natural resources (anthropocentric, dualistic, hierarchical, utilitarian, mechanistic). Our results suggest that, although forestry students’ environmental worldviews are in some ways more closely aligned with the dominant western worldview than other students in natural resources, generally their worldviews reflect long-term generational shifts away from a strict resource-commodity value orientation, as documented in past research. Our findings highlight the importance of considering environmental worldviews as a dimension of diversity within the new generation natural resource students. Future efforts toward understanding these levels of difference can be important assets in designing programs which appeal to wide variety of students; ultimately helping efforts to recruit and retain a diverse of aspiring natural resource professionals.

scholarly journals Barriers and enablers to undergraduate music students undertaking a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) secondary music programme

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Thomas Breeze ◽  
Gary Beauchamp
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Music Teachers ◽  
Initial Teacher Education ◽  
Music Teacher ◽  
Secondary Music ◽  
The Us ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Uk Higher Education

Abstract In the context of falling recruitment to Initial Teacher Education programmes in the UK, this article focuses on motivators and demotivators affecting undergraduate students’ attitudes towards training as a teacher and considers these under the broad headings of altruistic (such as wanting to share a love of the subject and working with young people) and pragmatic (stable career, regular salary, good holidays). A review of the literature suggests that there are differences between the US and the UK in terms of the extent to which students can develop an identity as a teacher during their formative undergraduate years. An online survey was distributed to undergraduates in UK higher education institutions, the results were related to the issues identified in the literature and the differences between genders examined. The results suggested that there was no single significant barrier to undergraduate students deciding to train as secondary music teachers, but that there are opportunities to increase the number of students developing an identity as a music teacher while studying for their undergraduate degrees, and some gender-specific issues which could be addressed.

Enrollment in Distance Education Classes is Associated with Fewer Enrollment Gaps Among Independent Undergraduate Students in the US

2012 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel Cosmas Pontes ◽  
Nancy Marie Hurley Pontes
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Nontraditional Students ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Student Aid ◽  
Complex Survey ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Us ◽  
Nationally Representative

The purpose of this research is to determine whether nontraditional undergraduate students in the US who enroll in distance education classes are less likely to have an enrollment gap (enrollment gap=part year enrollment). Previous research has shown that preference for distance education classes is significantly greater among nontraditional than among traditional undergraduate students; nontraditional students invariably have a greater number of competing demands (work and family) on their time. Since distance education courses provide students with more convenient and flexible class schedules, nontraditional students, who have time or location constraints that prevent them from enrolling in face-to-face classes during a semester or quarter, may be more likely to enroll in distance education classes in order to stay enrolled for the entire academic year. Based upon this rationale, we predicted that enrollment in distance education classes is significantly related to a decreased likelihood of an enrollment gap among nontraditional students. To test this prediction, we used data from the National Postsecondary Student Aid Survey (NPSAS) conducted in 2008. The NPSAS 2008 used a complex survey design to collect data from a nationally representative sample of about 113,500 postsecondary undergraduate students in the US. Results confirm our prediction, and show that enrollment in distance education is significantly related to a decreased likelihood of an enrollment gap among nontraditional students, but not among traditional students. Results also show that five of the seven dropout risk factors (identified by previous research to decrease 6-year graduation rates) are each significantly associated with an increased likelihood of an enrollment gap. These results suggest that the offer of distance education classes could increase degree progress and possibly completion rates for nontraditional undergraduates who are at high risk for dropout.

Seizing the Moment: Learning from Humanely Relational and Interdisciplinary Soundscapes

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Elizabeth Rosas
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Undergraduate Education ◽  
Common Ground ◽  
Immigrant Students ◽  
The United States ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Student Group ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Moment ◽  
The University

Lessons learned from George Sánchez have been at the heart of the work I do with undergraduate students at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). Many of them face enormous stress as a result of being (or being related to) undocumented Latina/o immigrants in the United States. During the 2011 Winter quarter, several of those students conferred with me about their intention to invite fellow UCI undergraduate students enrolled in our “Histories of the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands” course to join UCI Dreamers. This is an undergraduate student group that supports undocumented immigrant students at our campus as they struggle to finance, complete, and derive full social and intellectual benefit from their undergraduate education. This initiative situated our Chicana/o history course as a productive common ground, a space for this generation of women and men to act in support of each other. Attending UCI Dreamers meetings was not an automatic or random decision but rather the outcome of a series of interactions, discussions, and experiences. Prominent among these was our consideration of music and musical soundscapes that have influenced how life in the US–Mexico borderlands is lived and discussed. 

College Students’ Reasons for Using JUULs

2021 ◽  
pp. 089011712199229
Author(s):  
Kyra V. Newcombe ◽  
Page D. Dobbs ◽  
Julia S. Oehlers ◽  
Chris M. Dunlap ◽  
Marshall K. Cheney
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Self Help ◽  
The Us ◽  
On Line ◽  
Line Cross ◽  
Use Factors

Purpose: To identify reasons that college students use JUUL and explore associations between reasons for using JUUL and social and behavioral (tobacco use) factors. Design: On-line, cross-sectional survey. Setting: Large southwestern university in the US. Subjects: Undergraduate students (n = 605) who owned JUUL and used it weekly. Measures: The study measured age of JUUL initiation, JUUL dependence, and use of other e-cigarettes and other tobacco products. Participants described reasons for JUUL use as brief open-ended responses. Analysis: Responses were categorized by 2 researchers using an inductive procedure. Logistic regressions examined associations between demographics and use frequency and categorized reasons for using JUUL. Results: Four reasons for using JUUL emerged: self-help (48.4%), social (30.4%), experience (42.8%), and substance use/addiction (42.3%). Daily JUUL users were 1.66 (95% CI: 1.05-2.63) times as likely to use JUUL for self-help than those who used JUUL 1-3 days/week. Those who had never tried a cigarette were twice (OR = 2.08; 95% CI: 1.22-3.54) as likely as cigarette-first users to use JUUL for social reasons. Males (OR = 1.87; 95% CI: 1.32-2.65) had higher odds of using JUUL for the experience than females, and JUUL and other e-cigarettes users were 4.37 (95% CI: 1.83-10.45) times as likely as JUUL-only users to use JUUL due to substance use/addiction. Conclusion: JUUL users report unique reasons for use (e.g., addiction) not previously reported for older models of e-cigarette devices.

The Good Place in Your Classroom: Recommendations for Teaching Management Ethics

2021 ◽  
pp. 237929812110416
Author(s):  
Chantal van Esch ◽  
Emily Tarr ◽  
John Frye
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Behavior ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Moral Philosophy ◽  
Teaching Management ◽  
Good Place ◽  
Management Ethics ◽  
Ethical Frameworks ◽  
The Us ◽  
Pedagogical Analysis

The sitcom The Good Place can be used by management instructors to teach ethical frameworks and concepts. This series, familiar to many undergraduate students in the US, features a Professor of Ethics and Moral Philosophy who gives mini lectures applied to what the characters are experiencing. These mini lectures can be shown to undergraduates studying ethics in a full course or as a subsection of courses such as management, organizational behavior, or leadership. This article provides information on particular clips that management instructors can use, recommendations for discussion topics with prompts provided, and a comparative pedagogical analysis of using this resource.

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