An Examination of How Legal Status Affects Enrollment and Graduation Rates

2019 ◽  
pp. 130-148
Author(s):  
Florence Nyemba
Keyword(s):  
Legal Status ◽  
Immigrant Students ◽  
Educational Leaders ◽  
The United States ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Immigration Reform ◽  
Immigration Status ◽  
College Degrees ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
Large Numbers

This chapter explores the educational choices of immigrants and how the issue of legal or immigration status contributes to social inequality in the United States classrooms and institutions of higher learning. Immigrants within U.S. population have increased dramatically, yet their educational attainment remains small in comparison to native-born Americans. Although large numbers of immigrant students graduate from high school, their path to higher education remains difficulty with fewer getting college degrees. Drawing on literature from multiple disciplines, the issue of immigration status in relation to immigrant education is examined. The chapter recommends the adoption of immigration reform legislations that create better pathways to citizenship for undocumented immigrants and progressive educational provisions. This chapter benefits immigrants and educational leaders in institutions of higher learning.

Persian Language Instruction

1972 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-29
Author(s):  
M. A. Jazayery
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Complete Information ◽  
The United States ◽  
Language Instruction ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
General Evaluation ◽  
Persian Language ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning

This survey of Persian language instruction in the United States and Canada does not pretend to be exhaustive in coverage, or to present the most up-to-date and complete information in all aspects. A questionnaire was sent in June 1971 to some 28 institutions of higher learning where Persian was known or suspected to be taught at the time. It was divided into 8 sections, each containing a number of specific questions. The section headings were: I. Background Information; II. Objectives of Persian-Language Teaching; III. Teaching Methods; IV. Teaching Materials; V. Teaching Staff; VI. Degrees and Curricula; VII. Applied Research; VIII. Recommendations and General Evaluation. The list of the institutions was compiled from various sources, including MESA bulletins.

scholarly journals Terror.edu

2010 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 159-162
Author(s):  
Uppinder Mehan
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Professional Role ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
University Of Houston ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
The University

The Society for Critical Exchange held its first Winter Theory Institute from11-14 February 2010 at the University of Houston-Victoria, located inVictoria, Texas. Eleven scholars from a variety of disciplines and fromacross the United States came together to present and discuss their currentwork on questions regarding the affect terror and terrorism are having oneducation in higher education. The participants presented their work by turn,and all took part in the intense two days fully devoted to the discussions.Some of the questions we hoped to address included the following: Howhave institutions of higher learning responded to the specter of terror? Howshould academe respond? What is our professional role in a terroristicworld? ...

scholarly journals Changes In Higher Education: How To Address The Learning Needs Of The Latino Population

2006 ◽  
Vol 3 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Armin Harbrecht ◽  
Presha E. Neidermeyer ◽  
Tracy L. Tuten
Keyword(s):  
Latino Students ◽  
Business Schools ◽  
The United States ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
American Business ◽  
Teaching Techniques ◽  
Student Body ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
Changing Demographics

Institutions of higher learning in the United States are facing challenges associated with changing demographics. Latino students are making up an increasing portion of the incoming student body than previously.  The unique cultural characteristics of Latino students will require adaptations to the teaching techniques typically used in American business schools.  The unique environment in business schools provides opportunities and challenges for Latino students and their instructors.  We use Hofstede’s cultural classifications in order to map the characteristics of Latino students and suggest six business teaching suggestions designed to increase the learning outcomes for the Latino students.

Awareness of Breastfeeding Laws and Provisions of Students and Employees of Institutions of Higher Learning in Georgia

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 323-339 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Kojo Anderson ◽  
Evan Johnson ◽  
Nicole Motoyasu ◽  
Whitney E. Bignell
Keyword(s):  
Race And Ethnicity ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
The United States ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
University System Of Georgia ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
Chi Square Test ◽  
Initiative Program

Background: Over the past 2 decades, southern states in the United States have recorded the lowest breastfeeding rates. It is not known whether awareness of breastfeeding laws and provision of resources play any role in their breastfeeding practices. Research aims: The aims were (a) to describe awareness of breastfeeding laws and provisions by students and employees of institutions of higher learning in the state of Georgia, (b) to describe awareness by race and ethnicity, and (c) to determine factors associated with awareness of breastfeeding laws and provisions among students and employees within Georgia institutions of higher learning. Methods: A cross-sectional online survey of students ( n = 1,923) and employees ( n = 1,311) associated with five institutions within the University System of Georgia ( N = 3,271) was completed. Convenience sampling was used. Data were collected through Qualtrics. Chi-square test was used to examine differences between groups, while logistic regression was used to examine associations. Results: Participants included 33.3% undergraduate, 26.2% graduate students, 24.6% staff, 14.2% faculty, and 1.7% administrators. Over two thirds were female and white. Almost one third reported having a child or children. Awareness of breastfeeding laws and provisions was very low among respondents, with 26.6 and 9.6% aware of federal and state provisions, respectively. While less than 10% were familiar with the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative program, 52.6% reported their institution provides a supportive environment for breastfeeding. Being a student and being a minority were negatively associated with awareness of laws and provisions that support breastfeeding. Conclusion: The need for focused efforts on increasing awareness of legislative and institutional provisions and support for breastfeeding exists.

Some Important Collections of Catholic Missionary Journals in North America

1979 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 345-348
Author(s):  
David Henige
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
North America ◽  
The United States ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Research Libraries ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
White Fathers ◽  
Oblates Of Mary Immaculate ◽  
Early Returns ◽  
White Father

Readers may be interested to know that there are several little-known depositories of African-related Catholic missionary journals in the United States and Canada. Since these materials were not usually disseminated very widely when published, they are almost never to be found in academic and research libraries, nor, therefore, in the standard locating tools like Union List of Serials and its supplements. Because of this an effort is now being made to find at least one location in North America for each of the more than four hundred relevant journals. Likely possibilities include provincial and mother houses, teaching seminaries, monasteries, and provincial archives, as well as the libraries of institutions of higher learning affiliated with particular missionary orders. Although this project is very far from complete (and almost certainly will never attain the rather quixotic goal mentioned above) some early returns are in and several important collections have been identified. This note discusses the most useful of these, which relate to the White Fathers, the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, the Scheutists, and the Verona Fathers. African historians need no introduction to the value of the published White Father materials. The White Fathers served throughout most of Africa and they published more than any other order on the peoples among whom they served. Many of their writings have been used by Africanists, but it remains true that the correspondence, reports, and articles which appeared in their own numerous journals have not been extensively consulted, no doubt because these journals are not widely available.

scholarly journals Educating today's democratic citizen

2009 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey L. Bernstein
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United States ◽  
Citizenship Education ◽  
The United States ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Democratic Citizen ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
Increased Pressure

What are we in higher education to make of the recent calls for citizenship education to play a larger role in the academy? As Matt Hartley’s paper in this issue of Learning and Teaching suggests, colleges and universities in the United States have been paying increased attention to educating for citizenship in recent decades; Bob Simpson’s concluding commentary makes similar arguments about increased expectations forcitizenship education in Europe. As our institutions of higher learning confront economic pressures, increased competition (including from for-profit entities) and calls for accountability through meaningful assessments of student learning, they will also face increased pressure to graduate not just educated individuals, but also individuals who are connected, as citizens, to the local, national and transnational world in which they live.

scholarly journals Leadership challenges of urban institutions of higher learning, which serve a predominantly diverse and multi-cultural student population

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United States ◽  
New York ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
The United States ◽  
Student Population ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Leadership Challenges ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning

The topic of this research article examines the unique leadership challenges confronted by staff and faculty of higher education institutions that serve a predominantly diverse and multi-cultural student population in urban areas of the United States. Urban colleges and universities are found in the large metropolitan cities of the United States where students are from the area, as well as domestic and international. The study isolates five areas of concern that raise leadership challenges for these institutions of higher learning. Specific areas of challenge are the rising cost of tuition, retention, student preparedness for higher education, technology, and gainful employment. The exploratory research within this study was conducted primarily in the New York tri-state area. It is qualitative in nature and conclusions are based on research and observations of subjects directly affiliated with these institutions.

scholarly journals Like Sustenance for the Masses: Genre Resistance, Cultural Identity, and the Achievement of Like Water for Chocolate

1996 ◽  
Vol 19 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 209-224
Author(s):  
Ellen Puccinelli
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Cultural Identity ◽  
The United States ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
The Other ◽  
Academic Experience ◽  
Critical Studies ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
Critical Attention ◽  
The Masses

Laura Esquivel's 1989 Mexican novel Like Water for Chocolate, neither translated into English nor published in the United States until 1992, was both an American bestseller and the basis for an acclaimed motion picture. Interestingly, though, Esquivel's work also seems to be receiving glimmers of the type of critical attention generally reserved for less “popular” works. Two particular critical studies composed in English, one by Kathleen Glenn and the other by Cecelia Lawless, have been devoted entirely to Chocolate, and both of the scholar/authors grace the faculties of reputable American institutions of higher learning. As a student whose academic experience has been replete with elitist attitudes and expressions of disdain for anything that smacks of an appeal to the masses, I was intrigued by Chocolate for this very reason; in a world where scholarly boundaries seem unalterably fixed, a work that appears capable of crossing these rigid lines is, in my opinion, both rare and admirably refreshing. In my studies, I have often hoped for more communication between “popular” and “scholarly” literature; Esquivel's novel provides not only opportunities for this dialogue but for other cross-genre discussions as well.

“Chinese Perception of U.S. Presidential Candidates”

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-88
Author(s):  
Jeremy M. Hughes ◽  
Brian A. Swanson ◽  
Mary K. Swanson
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Domestic Politics ◽  
The United States ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Political Climate ◽  
Political Awareness ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Presidential Candidates ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning

Abstract Little is known about the perceptions of Chinese citizens regarding U.S. domestic politics, particularly among university students in the People’s Republic of China. During their time at institutions of higher learning, U.S. students often experience heightened political awareness and increased engagement with political issues. Scholars have conducted minimal research, however, among their Chinese counterparts. Given the current political climate, as the United States and the prc have an exceptionally contentious relationship, the opinions of Chinese students regarding the most recent U.S. presidential candidates have particular interest. This case study examines 506 Chinese university students’ perspectives on U.S. 2020 presidential election candidates Donald J. Trump and Joseph R. Biden Jr. Findings indicate that there is a negative perception of Trump, a great deal of uncertainty regarding Biden, and considerable diversity among opinions overall.

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