The Rohingya Refugee Crisis: A Threat to Peace and Security in South Asia

The persecution and brutality against the Rohingya people could as well be regarded as the biggest injustice in the history of human civilisation. This article explores the possible threats to peace and security in Asia and the South Asian regions resulting from the settlement of the Rohingya people in Bangladesh. It examines qualitative data obtained from the Rohingya refugees and various stakeholders, including security personnel, administrators, civil society members, representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and international NGOs (INGOs) and residents in the host community. It has been discovered in this study that human rights violations against the Rohingya refugees are not just a threat to peace and security in Bangladesh but also a threat at the regional level. The study recommends that neighbouring countries and regional and international associations take more proactive roles in resolving the Rohingya crisis by negotiating and mounting international pressure on the Myanmar government. These findings add new knowledge and provide guidelines for policymakers to design a roadmap for resolving the Rohingya crisis.

Fatores associados ao estresse ocupacional e saúde de trabalhadores em área administrativa pública: revisão integrativa

Esta é uma revisão integrativa realizada em 2020, considerando os períodos de 2009 a 2019, com objetivo de identificar as evidências e produções sobre os fatores associados ao controle do estresse ocupacional em servidores públicos em área administrativa. Elencou-se as bases de dados: LILACS, MEDLINE (via PubMed), PsycINFO e SCIELO, com os descritores: Administrative Personnel, Administrators, Administrator, Government Employees, Employee, Government, Official, Government, Officials, Government, Occupational Stress, Job Stress, Work-related Stress, Workplace Stress, Professional Stress, Job-related Stress, Adaptation, Psychological, Adaptation, Psychologic, Coping Behavior, Behavior, Coping Skills, Coping, Adaptive, Stress Management, Stress Control, em combinações and ou or. De uma busca inicial de 438 artigos foram considerados sete produções. Duas categorias foram construídas: O impacto da gestão do trabalho sobre o estresse ocupacional; e Doenças crônicas e estresse ocupacional. A gestão do trabalho tem um papel importante no controle do estresse ocupacional. Observou-se que trabalhadores com dor crônica ou osteomuscular são mais sensíveis aos efeitos do estresse. Mostra-se necessário, a humanização nas empresas e a necessidade de práticas e estudos de intervenção que visem minimizar as fontes causadoras de estresse.

Taking a Deep Dive into the Emergent Theory of Change

The civic learning and democratic engagement (CLDE) emergent theory of change builds on the 2012 report A Crucible Moment, asking vital questions about higher education’s role in advancing CLDE. Though it can be difficult for practitioners to dive deep into such questions once the school year begins, if they do not continuously ask how their efforts contribute to a thriving democracy, they may miss opportunities for richer student experiences and collaborative efforts across their respective campuses. As a lead consulting institution for the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, the University of North Carolina Greensboro decided to frame its cohort conversations around this theory of change and to apply the theory to initiatives and programs at institutions across the United States. This article expands upon the presentation the authors delivered at the Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement Meeting in June 2018 in Anaheim, California, centering on the transition from theory to practice.

The seven voices of information literacy (IL)

The purpose of this research was to discover the conceptions of information literacy (IL) prevalent across multiple stakeholder groups in an international middle school community. The research involved students, parents, teachers, librarians, IT personnel, administrators and leadership in recorded focus group discussions. Using a phenomenographic approach the qualitatively different ways that stakeholder groups understood IL were revealed. The study found extensive variation in the ways IL is understood, revealing 27 different conceptions of IL shared to varying degrees across stakeholder groups. The findings add to our knowledge of IL in several ways: several new conceptions of IL surfaced from this more diverse sample and new light was shed on the way that people’s perceptions and experience of their information context influences their thinking about IL. The article fills a gap in the literature on two levels: firstly, by providing a multi-stakeholder perspective on IL offsetting the multitude of single stakeholder IL studies and secondly by focusing on an international middle school environment which has not been a context for IL research in the recent past.

The Relationship Between Food Security, Housing Stability, and School Performance Among College Students in an Urban University

Although younger populations, such as emerging adults, have been shown to be particularly susceptible to food insecurity and housing instability, the current research is predominantly devoid of literature examining these experiences on college campuses. The present study explores the food and housing vulnerabilities that may be barriers to academic success for students who attend an urban university. The results of a survey of students ( n = 390) indicated that nearly a quarter of the students had experienced some level of food insecurity. Furthermore, students reported disproportionately high rates of housing instability, which negatively affected their class attendance and performance as well as their ability to continue at the university. Implications of these findings pertaining to students, college personnel, administrators, and other stakeholders are discussed.

Benefits of Collegiate Recreational Sports Participation: Results from the 2013 NASPA Assessment and Knowledge Consortium Study

This study reports the results from the 2013 National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) Assessment and Knowledge Consortium. Students ( N = 33,522) from 38 different colleges and universities across the United States completed the Recreation and Wellness Benchmark instrument. Using Astin's Theory of Student Involvement (1984), this study sought to determine if there were significant differences between different depth and breadth levels of participants' campus recreational sports involvement/participation on student retention, health and wellness, and student learning outcomes. Heavy Users placed significantly more importance on campus recreational sports facilities and programs when deciding to continue at their college/university, and felt they had increased or improved every health and wellness and student learning outcome from their participation in campus recreation significantly more when compared with Moderate, Light, and Non-Users. Findings from this nationwide study demonstrate the value of collegiate recreation to the college and university experience.

How to Satisfy and Retain Personnel Despite Job-Market Shortage

Retaining valuable employees is a major issue for organizations, especially for professions characterized by shortage (e.g., nursing). It is thus important for organizations to determine which factors predict personnel satisfaction and intent to leave at various levels (i.e., organization, group, and individual). Nevertheless, few studies on satisfaction in nursing have analyzed a comprehensive set of factors and taken multiple organizational levels into account using appropriate statistical analysis techniques. We conducted a study with 1,547 nurses working in 17 hospitals in Switzerland. Results from multilevel analyses suggest that job satisfaction is predicted by both individual-level (burnout and work-family conflict) and group-level (group cohesion and unit effectiveness) factors, while organizational-level factors (e.g., autonomy) have less impact. Moreover, intent to leave the job is predicted by job satisfaction, whereas the relationship is moderated by perceived differences in priorities between nurses and their employer. When developing strategies to satisfy and retain key personnel, administrators should consider both individual-level and group-level factors as well as how to align priorities and how to best communicate what they have done.

Injuries Associated with Teacher Assaults

The purpose of this retrospective study was to describe the magnitude, nature, and costs of assault injuries among teachers, a high-risk group. Review of assault cases ( N = 341) was based on internal and case management vendor records. The 3-year assault rate was 3.24 per 1,000 teachers. Assaults were predominately physical, occurring during classroom disputes and while restraining students. Assaults accounted for 2,480 lost workdays and more than $714,000 in lost wages and case management fees. The most costly injuries on a per-case basis were strain-sprain injuries resulting in lost workdays and fractures not resulting in lost workdays. Less than 20% of the assaults accounted for all of the lost workdays and most of the case costs. Study variables accounted for 13% of case costs. Occupational health nurses should collaborate with school personnel, administrators, and parents to develop prevention programs, which may include de-escalation techniques for teachers as well as case management strategies.

Where is the Scholarship in Student Affairs?

Four years ago the American College Personnel Association (ACPA) published a special issue of the Journal of College Student Development (JCSD) entitled "Scholarship in Student Affairs Reconsidered" (2001). A year later, the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) also compiled an issue of the NASPA Journal on "The Scholarship of Student Affairs" (2002). In these two volumes, 16 articles written by 17 notable scholars and practitioners in the field were presented for our careful consideration. Each association held a session or two at their annual conferences those years, and perhaps 100 colleagues from around the country discussed the ideas presented in these volumes. The vast majority of us, however, skimmed an article or two and went on with the immediate pressing demands of our daily lives. Three years later, the NASPA Journal has no backlog of articles to print. Our online process has enabled us to go from submission to publication in 4 to 6 months. We also have reduced our publication rate from the upper 40 percentile to the mid-20s. We are now waiting for quality manuscripts to arrive. The JCSD also is actively seeking new manuscripts. What has been missing in these past few years is a national discussion of the ideas presented in the two important volumes on scholarship that our associations published.This essay will provide a case for the imperative facing us: What is scholarship in student affairs? How does it inform our practice? How does practice lead to new theory and research? The NASPA Journal editorial board will elaborate on these questions in the coming year, with the intention of bringing together in 2006 a group of scholars and practitioners for a summit on scholarship in student affairs. The board will advance a national conversation among all the related associations (e.g., ACPA, AAHE, CAS, ASHE, ACUHO) on this important topic. Over the next year, we will initiate discussions with the leaders of these and many other associations with the goal of coming together in 2006 at our national conference in Washington DC. We will also present a few essays such as this one over the next year to help provide the framework for this future conversation.On the theory of "If you build it, they will come," we will provide thoughtful consideration of questions regarding scholarship in our field with the hope of creating interest and action. The "action" may have several outcomes: (a) raised awareness and knowledge by our members and colleagues about student affairs scholarship; (b) production of new knowledge that enhances our field and higher education in general; (c) deepening connections with related fields of academic study such as anthropology, sociology, and psychology; and (d) practice based on theory and research. We look forward to engaging you in this effort.