Elevating the Objectives of Higher Education to Effectively Serve Students From Diverse Socioeconomic Backgrounds

As colleges and universities expand the socioeconomic diversity of their student populations, many policies and practices require reconceptualization to better serve all students. Recent social psychology and learning sciences research directly informs how to support the achievement and well-being of students from lower socioeconomic status backgrounds, with attention to intersecting minoritized identities. These approaches challenge assimilationist and deficit-based views of student identities in addressing factors at multiple levels of their sociocultural contexts. Building from the evidence, recommendations emphasize committing financial resources to allow for full access and participation in higher education. Also, specific faculty practices and development opportunities can enhance teaching. Finally, community emerges as a central theme; recommendations enhance student connections within and beyond the college environment.

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Re-examining the Experiential Advantage in Consumption: A Meta-Analysis and Review

Journal of Consumer Research ◽

10.1093/jcr/ucaa047 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Evan Weingarten ◽

Joseph K Goodman

Keyword(s):

Consumer Research ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Well Being ◽

Psychological Needs ◽

Dependent Measure ◽

Lower Socioeconomic Status ◽

Negative Experiences ◽

Lower Socioeconomic ◽

Material Goods ◽

Research Stream

Abstract A wealth of consumer research has proposed an experiential advantage: consumers yield greater happiness from purchasing experiences compared to material possessions. While this research stream has undoubtedly influenced consumer research, few have questioned its limitations, explored moderators, or investigated filedrawer effects. This has left marketing managers, consumers, and researchers questioning the relevance of the experiential advantage. To address these questions, the authors develop a model of consumer happiness and well-being based on psychological needs (i.e., autonomy, relatedness, self-esteem, and meaningfulness), and conduct an experiential advantage meta-analysis to test this model. Collecting 360 effect sizes from 141 studies, the meta-analysis supports the experiential advantage (d = 0.383, 95% CI [0.336, 0.430]), of which approximately a third of the effect may be attributable to publication bias. The analysis finds differential effects depending on the type of dependent measure, suggesting that the experiential advantage may be more tied to relatedness than to happiness and willingness to pay. The experiential advantage is reduced for negative experiences, for solitary experiences, for lower socioeconomic status consumers, and when experiences provide a similar level of utilitarian benefits relative to material goods. Finally, results suggest future studies in this literature should use larger sample sizes than current practice.

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Academic Deans: Perceptions of Effort-Reward Imbalance, Over-Commitment, Hardiness, and Burnout

International Journal of Higher Education ◽

10.5430/ijhe.v8n4p124 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (4) ◽

pp. 124 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Kenneth M. Coll ◽

Spencer G. Niles ◽

Kathryn A. Coll ◽

Charles P. Ruch ◽

Roger A. Stewart

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Maslach Burnout Inventory ◽

Well Being ◽

Academic Deans ◽

Financial Resources ◽

Resilience Scale ◽

Clear Vision ◽

Effort Reward Imbalance ◽

Reward Imbalance ◽

Related Stress

This study explored challenges and stressors facing academic deans within higher education. The study analyzed, via step-wise multiple regression, the degree to which current challenges and related stress were associated with the well-being measures of effort-reward imbalance and over-commitment as measured by the Effort/Reward Imbalance scale (ERI); hardiness, as measured by the Dispositional Resilience Scale (DRS); and aspects of burnout, as measured by the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI). Results indicated that the stress related to certain challenges (e.g., balancing financial resources, creating a clear vision, promoting change) have particularly powerful influences on aspects of work well-being. Implications and recommendations are included.

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National religiosity eases the psychological burden of poverty

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ◽

10.1073/pnas.2103913118 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 118 (39) ◽

pp. e2103913118

Author(s):

Jana B. Berkessel ◽

Jochen E. Gebauer ◽

Mohsen Joshanloo ◽

Wiebke Bleidorn ◽

Peter J. Rentfrow ◽

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Keyword(s):

Socioeconomic Status ◽

Well Being ◽

Data Sets ◽

Societal Change ◽

Human Suffering ◽

Lower Socioeconomic Status ◽

Psychological Burden ◽

Lower Socioeconomic ◽

Low Levels ◽

Developed Nations

Lower socioeconomic status (SES) harms psychological well-being, an effect responsible for widespread human suffering. This effect has long been assumed to weaken as nations develop economically. Recent evidence, however, has contradicted this fundamental assumption, finding instead that the psychological burden of lower SES is even greater in developed nations than in developing ones. That evidence has elicited consternation because it suggests that economic development is no cure for the psychological burden of lower SES. So, why is that burden greatest in developed nations? Here, we test whether national religiosity can explain this puzzle. National religiosity is particularly low in developed nations. Consequently, developed nations lack religious norms that may ease the burden of lower SES. Drawing on three different data sets of 1,567,204, 1,493,207, and 274,393 people across 156, 85, and 92 nations, we show that low levels of national religiosity can account for the greater burden of lower SES in developed nations. This finding suggests that, as national religiosity continues to decline, lower SES will become increasingly harmful for well-being—a societal change that is socially consequential and demands political attention.

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Refugee women’s experience of the resettlement process: a qualitative study

BMC Women s Health ◽

10.1186/s12905-019-0843-x ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 19 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Elisabeth Mangrio ◽

Slobodan Zdravkovic ◽

Elisabeth Carlson

Keyword(s):

Health Care Services ◽

Well Being ◽

Access To Education ◽

Lower Socioeconomic Status ◽

Host Countries ◽

Refugee Women ◽

Care Services ◽

Lower Socioeconomic ◽

Qualitative Interview Study ◽

Resilience Factors

Abstract Background Resettlement can be particularly challenging for women as having a lower socioeconomic status and language barriers, may impede women’s access to education, employment opportunities, health-care services, as well as the cultural, social, material and resilience factors that facilitate adjustment and adaption. Thus, the aim of this study is to further explore the perception of refugee women in Sweden concerning their situation during active participation in the resettlement process in the country. Methods Qualitative interview study with 11 recently arrived refugee women who had received their residence permits and were enrolled in the resettlement process. The interviews were conducted in Swedish with the support of an authorized Arabic translator present by telephone. Results Refugee women suffered from being separated from their loved ones and felt compelled to achieve something of value in the host country. All experienced both physical and mental anguish. Conclusions Stakeholders in societies that receive refugee women should stress the importance of finding opportunities for and fast entrance into employment in the host countries. This would be beneficial for the integration and well-being of refugee women after migration.

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Public Campaign Financing, Candidate Socioeconomic Diversity, and Representational Inequality at the U.S. State Level: Evidence from Connecticut

State Politics & Policy Quarterly ◽

10.1177/1532440018784980 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 18 (3) ◽

pp. 296-323

Author(s):

Mitchell Kilborn

Keyword(s):

State Level ◽

Low Ses ◽

Public Financing ◽

Lower Socioeconomic Status ◽

Public Campaign ◽

Lower Socioeconomic ◽

Socioeconomic Diversity ◽

Paired Control ◽

State Legislative ◽

Campaign Financing

Conventional wisdom holds that public campaign financing can diversify the socioeconomic makeup of candidate pools and, therefore, of U.S. elected officials, which could make U.S. public policy more responsive to lower socioeconomic status (SES) citizens. I argue that in addition to the absence of a positive relationship between public financing and candidate socioeconomic diversity, public financing, depending on the program design, may, in fact, reduce candidate socioeconomic diversity. Using occupational data on state legislative candidates in public financing state Connecticut and two paired control states to execute a difference in difference analysis, I demonstrate that when public financing is available, fewer low SES candidates run for state legislative office, and those who do run are not more likely to win and are less likely to utilize public financing.

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Unravelling the Effects of the Healthy Primary School of the Future: For Whom and Where Is It Effective?

Nutrients ◽

10.3390/nu11092119 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (9) ◽

pp. 2119 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Nina Bartelink ◽

Patricia van Assema ◽

Stef Kremers ◽

Hans Savelberg ◽

Dorus Gevers ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Primary School ◽

Health Behaviours ◽

Well Being ◽

Lower Socioeconomic Status ◽

Whole School ◽

Lower Socioeconomic ◽

The Future ◽

Home Context ◽

Quasi Experimental ◽

At Home

The ‘Healthy Primary School of the Future’ (HPSF) aims to integrate health and well-being within the whole school system. This study examined the two-year effects of HPSF on children’s dietary and physical activity (PA) behaviours at school and at home and investigated whether child characteristics or the home context moderated these effects. This study (n = 1676 children) has a quasi-experimental design with four intervention schools, i.e., two full HPSF (focus: nutrition and PA), two partial HPSF (focus: PA), and four control schools. Measurements consisted of accelerometry (Actigraph GT3X+) and questionnaires. Favourable effects on children’s dietary and PA behaviours at school were found in the full HPSF; in the partial HPSF, only on PA behaviours. Children in the full HPSF did not compensate at home for the improved health behaviours at school, while in the partial HPSF, the children became less active at home. In both the full and partial HPSF, less favourable effects at school were found for younger children. At home, less favourable effects were found for children with a lower socioeconomic status. Overall, the effect of the full HPSF on children’s dietary and PA behaviours was larger and more equally beneficial for all children than that of the partial HPSF.

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Identifying the Barriers and Enablers for Supporting Learners with Special Needs in Higher Education

Handbook of Research on Transnational Higher Education - Advances in Higher Education and Professional Development ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-4458-8.ch024 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 467-485 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Peter Nicholl ◽

Deryn Graham ◽

Jennifer Redpath ◽

Patricia Kearney ◽

Jonathan Wallace ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Staff Development ◽

Students With Disabilities ◽

Inclusive Education ◽

Well Being ◽

Health Issues ◽

Systematic Analysis ◽

Participation In Higher Education ◽

The University

This chapter provides a systematic analysis of thirteen in-depth interviews of disabled students from both universities in Northern Ireland. Undertaken as part of the Uni4U initiative hosted within the University of Ulster, the findings presented describe barriers experienced by students with disabilities to participation in higher education across both universities. The students provided comments concerning their current support provisions, barriers they have experienced, and suggestions for improvements to the service. Examination of the findings leads to three recommendations: firstly, that a network of communication should exist that encourages dialogue between all parties with an interest in the well-being of the student, with the student at the heart of these discussions and involved in all decisions; secondly, that attention must be paid to staff development especially with regard to Mental Health Issues; and finally, that in the long term the aim of institutions should be to move away from individual “reasonable adjustments” to inclusive education for all.

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Outcome Summary of the International Experience in Developing the Financial Resources of Universities

10.1007/978-3-030-78893-3_10 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 121-124

Author(s):

Abdulrahman Obaid AI-Youbi ◽

Adnan Hamza Mohammad Zahed ◽

Abdullah Atalar

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Tertiary Education ◽

Well Being ◽

Financial Resources ◽

Economic Returns ◽

University System ◽

The Public ◽

The World ◽

Excellence In Education ◽

The University

AbstractIt is widely believed that economic returns of tertiary education to the public are much higher than those in other sectors of the economy. Excellence in education and research, therefore, is an important factor for the welfare of countries. To improve the well-being of their citizens, governments invested heavily in higher education. The number of higher education institutes in the world has reached 18,000, and as a result, a larger fraction of people is getting tertiary education degrees. The expansion of the university system required a corresponding increase in the funding.

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