(2014). Open For Business? An Historical, Comparative Study of Public Access to Information about Two Controversial Coastal Developments in North-East Scotland. Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, v19 n1 Mar. Introduction: This paper compares public access to information about two controversial coastal developments in North-east Scotland: the construction of a gas terminal by the British Gas Council and Total in the 1970s, and the current development of "the world's greatest golf course" by the tycoon Donald Trump. Method: Data has been collected from a range of sources, including: the records of local and national government, the developers, and environmental interest groups; academic and other literature; the press; and interviews and correspondence with key figures involved in the two developments. Analysis: The content of these sources was analysed in order to identify what information was, and was not, made publicly available during the two projects, and to explore what impact this may have had on citizens' engagement in the planning and decision-making processes. Results: The provision of information, and of opportunities for participation, has been more extensive in the… [PDF]
(2018). The Power of 37 Words: Title IX in the Era of Heightened Enforcement. ProQuest LLC, Ed.D. Dissertation, University of Pennsylvania. Few issues have taken U.S. higher education by storm in the way Title IX did over the course of the era of heightened enforcement (defined for the purpose of this study as the period between the issuance of the Office for Civil Rights' Dear Colleague letter on April 4, 2011 and Donald Trump's inauguration as President in January 2017). The Dear Colleague letter and subsequent regulatory actions elicited a wide range of reactions from stakeholders: the White House; federal, state, and local lawmakers; university faculty and administrators; activists and advocacy groups; defenders of due process; students and their parents; the media; and the general public. While understanding official guidance documents from the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is critical to comprehending what happened during the era of heightened enforcement, by themselves, they do not offer a complete picture of the pressures faced by institutions grappling with their responsibilities under the law and their desire… [Direct]
(2018). The Role of Facebook in Latino Transfer College Adjustment. ProQuest LLC, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California, Los Angeles. Latinos are the largest minority in the U.S., yet they hold the least number of conferred college degrees compared to their total population. Despite these low numbers, Latinos have grown exponentially in colleges and universities. Presently, the University of California has six out of its nine undergraduate campuses designated Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). HSIs require a Latino student population of 25 percent or higher. It is important to note, however, that these institutions are structurally and culturally white. Latinos have been found to experience a culture shock when entering higher education (Yosso, 2005). Sixty-percent of Latino students begin their post-secondary education at community colleges, and they, too, experience what is known as transfer shock: a dip in students' GPA when entering their senior institution. As such, tools that may mitigate these various adjustments are explored. Most college aged students do not know of a time before the world wide web. More… [Direct]
(2018). Under the Shadow of Trump: Portrayals of Undocumented Youth in Young Adult Fiction from 2016-2017. Forum on Public Policy Online, v2018 n1. The current president of the United States, Donald J. Trump, has consistently disparaged immigrants entering the U.S. but he has saved his most vitriolic language to describe undocumented immigrants who come from countries south of the U.S. border. He has called this Latinx population criminals, rapist, drug dealers, and animals among other derogatory terms (Davis, 2018). In referring to undocumented immigrants Trump maintains a constant barrage of dehumanizing language that permeates print, digital and social media. He has fomented an atmosphere of hate, intolerance and xenophobia. It is under this verbal avalanche of denigration and vilification of undocumented immigrants that emanates from the Trump administration that I sought to explore how undocumented Latinx immigrant youth were portrayed in young adult literature written near the end of the Trump presidential campaign and into his first term (2016-2017). Content analysis and a critical multicultural analysis (CMA) framework… [PDF]
(2019). Authoritarianism and the Challenge of Higher Education in the Age of Trump. Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, v18 n1 p6-25 Mar. Henry Giroux begins this discussion by observing that he thinks there is a lot to be learned about what happens to higher education when authoritarians win elections and a liberal democracy morphs into something else. Giroux believes that under the regime of Donald Trump, higher education is under siege, and its stated purpose to produce the formative cultures necessary to support critical thinking, civic courage, expand the radical imagination, and nurture individual and social agency has been abandoned. He writes that at the same time, the growing crisis of higher education is expanding across the globe and increasingly echoes H. G. Wells' remark in 1920 that "History is becoming more and more a race between education and catastrophe." Giroux further argues that Trump's brand of authoritarianism has emerged at a time in which there is an over abundance of information, coupled with the rise of new digital and visual media whose cognitive models reinforce the assumption… [PDF]
(2017). "Systems Not Built for Me": A Case Study Exploring Undocumented College Student Experiences Influenced by Environmental Factors in the Trump Era. ProQuest LLC, Ed.D./HE Dissertation, Azusa Pacific University. The recent election of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States of America has incited unprecedented fear and uncertainty throughout undocumented college student populations. Although political barriers to a higher education exist for those who identify as being undocumented, there is a population of undocumented individuals currently enrolled in college and working toward a degree. Absent from political and social dialogue is the topic of how college environments influence undocumented college student development given their personal contexts and needs. Using Bronfenbrenner's (1979) Ecological Systems Model and the concept of the White Architecture of the Mind (Collins & Jun, 2017), this study explored how a college environment influenced undocumented college student experiences. Research questions included: How does a college environment shape the college going experiences of undocumented students? Which environmental components have the greatest impact as an… [Direct]
(2017). "Hear Us, See Us": Constructing Citizenship in the Margins. ProQuest LLC, Ph.D. Dissertation, The University of Nebraska – Lincoln. The meatpacking industry has drawn an increasing number of immigrants to the Midwestern community of Washington River from Mexico and Central America, making it a New Latino Diaspora (NLD) receiving community. Demographic change amidst the sociopolitical landscape of neoliberalism, declining civic engagement, and polarized partisan politics has forced interaction between longstanding residents and newcomers who are socially, culturally, and linguistically different. Historically marginalized groups have sought to claim rights—especially since Donald Trump's election in 2016—resulting in a deeper fissure of the social landscape. Washington River High School provided a context in which to explore questions about how students construct citizen identities: How do high school newcomer students construct citizen identities in social studies? Who are key individuals who influence the construction of citizenship and how do they influence students? Given the institutional nature of… [Direct]
(2016). The International Society for the Social Studies Annual Conference Proceedings (Orlando, Florida, February 25-26, 2016) Volume 2016, Issue 1. International Society for the Social Studies The "International Society for the Social Studies (ISSS) Annual Conference Proceedings" is a peer-reviewed professional publication published once a year following the annual conference. The following papers are included in the 2016 proceedings: (1) The Emergence of Social Studies in Trinidad and Tobago (Leela Ramsook); (2) Opinions of Parents of Students who Studied in Secondary School Regarding Concept of 'Good Citizen' and 'Good Citizen' Education in Families and in School (Ilker Dere and Nurgul Kizilay); (3) Where Are We Now: A Critical Analysis of Historical and Present-Day Race Riots (Gregory L. Samuels); (4) Opinions of Students about the Use of Oral History as a Teaching and Learning Method in Social Studies Courses (Erkan Dinc, Ilker Dere, and Emin Kilinc); (5) Interdisciplinary Approaches to Global Education: Strategies for Internationalizing the Curriculum (Madelyn Flammia, Houman Sadri, and Cynthia Mejia); (6) The United States Pledge of Allegiance Ceremony:… [PDF]
(2021). Determinants of Ethnic Differences in School Modality Choices during the COVID-19 Crisis. Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness A growing body of research and popular reporting shows racial differences in school modality choices during the COVID-19 crisis, with white students more likely to attend school in person. This in-person learning gap raises serious equity concerns. In our paper, we use unique panel survey data from the Understanding Coronavirus in America Tracking Survey (UCA) to document racial differences in how students from different racial backgrounds engaged in school in the 2020-2021 academic year and to study potential factors associated with the observed racial differences. Using data collected between September 30 and October 27 2020, we corroborate significant racial gaps in mode of schooling. Nationally, a majority (68%) of American parents used some sort of remote learning (fully remote or hybrid) but there exist significant differences by race. 77% of Black and Hispanic parents report using fully remote or hybrid learning options for their children, as compared with only 61% of white… [Direct]
(2017). Effective School Leadership and New York City's Immigrant and Migrant Children: A Study. International Journal of Educational Management, v31 n5 p622-632. Purpose: This paper provides insight into the effective education of immigrant and migrant children: many of whom are classified in New York City's public schools as English language learners. It also highlights the ways in which New York City prepares school leaders and the policies that govern their actions. Design/methodology/approach: Literature review. Findings: The practices of New York City's school leaders are governed by the Chancellor's Regulations. These comprehensive mandates consist of four components and address issues related to students in grades K-12, school-based budgets, personnel matters, and parent and community engagement. In relation to students, including those classified as immigrant, migrant, and English language learners the Chancellor's Regulation A-101 makes it clear: children may not be refused admission to a public school because of race, color, creed, national origin, gender, gender identity, pregnancy, immigration/citizenship status, disability,… [Direct]
(2019). Federal Financial Literacy Reform: Coordinating and Improving Financial Literacy Efforts. US Department of the Treasury The federal government spends an estimated $273 million annually on financial literacy1 and education programs and activities across 23 federal agencies and entities. These programs are designed to educate Americans about a wide array of financial literacy and education topics. However, in 2012, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report (GAO Report) that found that federal financial literacy efforts lacked meaningful coordination with multiple programs with similar goals and activities. Furthermore, very few federal agencies appear to monitor the effectiveness of their programs and only a handful of these programs have been formally assessed or evaluated for impact. The Department of the Treasury (Treasury) prepared this report, in part in response to the June 2018 plan by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to reform and reorganize the executive branch entitled "Delivering Government Solutions in the 21st Century" (OMB report). The OMB report… [PDF]
(2021). Why Did They Protest? Stability and Change in the Opt-Out Movement, 2016-2018. Teachers College Record, v123 n5. Background/context: One of the most prominent educational social movements in the United States during the past two decades has been the opt-out movement, in which parents and caregivers refuse to have their school-aged children sit for federally mandated tests. Although early responses by government officials framed the movement in terms of race, class, and gender, in truth we know little about the actual motivations that drive opt-out activists. We also know little about the extent to which the movement was affected by recent seismic changes in the political and policy spheres (e.g., the election of Donald J. Trump and the collapse of the Common Core State Standards). Purpose/objective: In this study, we build on social movements theories to examine who was opting out and why, as well as whether these participants or their motivations changed over time. By doing so, we seek to build upon the existing literature by synthesizing the two primary theoretical perspectives on social… [Direct]
(2009). Consulting on Negotiation: Teaching Business Students Basic Techniques. Business Communication Quarterly, v72 n3 p341-344. The art of negotiation is understood by few people or regularly utilized, and yet most people negotiate several times a day. Each time a person buys a product or service, an internal as well as external negotiation occurs. People barter professionally, personally, and psychologically with little or no thought of improving this much-needed skill. Many different universities, including Harvard Law School, offer seminars and classes on negotiation. In addition, journals and professional books, such as Donald Trump's bestseller \The Art of the Deal,\ discuss the issue, and yet college students lack this skill. For this reason, the author added an activity to her professional business communication class that deals with salary negotiation. In this article, she describes an activity that focuses on the practice of salary negotiation…. [Direct]
(2017). The University as a Sanctuary. Pullias Center for Higher Education Soon after the election of Donald J. Trump as President-elect of the United States, many faculty, students, and staff throughout the country campaigned to have their campuses designated as "sanctuaries." Although the concept of a sanctuary dates to the ancient Greek and Roman empires, it has special historical significance for the United States. For decades, sanctuaries have offered a wide range of individuals–including conscientious objectors to war and faith-based social activists–protection from targeted political prosecution (Lippert, 2013). Nevertheless, the call for a college or university to become a sanctuary is relatively new. The impetus for the call concerns President-elect Trump's repeated demand to reverse the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) immigration policy and deport all undocumented individuals from the United States. Approximately 730,000 individuals who have applied and been approved for DACA are amongst those who might be deported… [PDF]
(2008). Learning Sports and Entertainment Marketing: \Apprentice\ Style. Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J3), v83 n5 p26-27 May. The sports and entertainment marketing program is a satellite program of Great Oaks Institute of Technology and Career Development in Cincinnati. Held in two area school districts, at Winton Woods High School and North College Hill High School, sports and entertainment marketing has been a popular choice for students for more than a decade. The tasks described here start out simply but increase in scope and skill. Each task is designed for students to use and demonstrate the marketing concepts that they are learning throughout the program. Area sports marketing professionals and business people help to develop projects that allow students to demonstrate their knowledge and creativity. Based on the concept of Donald Trump's \Apprentice,\ students compete against each other, and every task requires the students to discuss and defend their results. Through the competition, every member of the class works directly on real-world problems and issues, and through sharing their results, each… [Direct]