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Digitalisation, Neoliberalism and Globalisation of Higher Education in the Australian Context
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“It is always hard at the beginning:” Peer-to-peer Advice for International Students Transitioning to University Life in the U.S.
No full textBook Review of O’Dowd, R. (2023). Internationalising higher education and the role of virtual exchange
No full textIntroduction: 16(3)2024: Special Issue Military Conflict and Internationalization of Higher Education: Lessons from the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
No full textIntroduction: Special Issue: The Pandemic of Covid-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean Higher Education: An Invitation to Remember and Reflect into the Future
No full textThe Use of Generative AI in a Doctoral-Level Research Course
No full textThe paper describes the experiences of using genAI in one doctoral-level research course. Faculty and students explored the possibilities genAI affords when designing research studies, polishing research questions, and developing and pilot-testing qualitative instruments. Artifacts analyzed after the conclusion of the course indicated that students used genAI as a thought partner and relied on it to provide feedback. Students were able to understand the shortcomings of the tool although they did embrace its use where it was reasonable. Students found the activities motivating and reported that activities deepened their understanding of the course content
Closing the Renter-Sized Gap in The Inflation Reduction Act: How Housing Policy Can Help Climate Legislation Achieve Environmental Justice
No full textThe passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in August 2022 was an important step forward in American climate policy. The Act is essential to the United States’ goal of effective climate change mitigation efforts, and other countries have even begun to use it as a model for climate mitigation. The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) provides the framework by which the United States will transition away from fossil fuels and move towards an energy grid powered predominantly by renewable sources. For the first time, the Act addresses head-on the climate and environmental injustices that exist in the United States due to decades of structural inequities that have directly harmed people of color and low-income individuals. However, these environmental injustices are connected to housing injustice, which also disproportionately harms these same vulnerable groups. Low-income tenants often bear the brunt of all of these injustices, due to a lack of legal protection, stability, and resiliency in their homes. While there are crucial environmental justice provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act, its preeminent method to shift to renewable energy is the use of tax credits, which favor energy developers and leave tenants behind. Tax credits are likely to reinforce existing inequalities, and here, incentivize development that could lead to further gentrification. Without housing justice, there is no environmental justice nor climate justice. This Note proposes that in conjunction with the IRA, there needs to be a legislative push for localized, renter-protective policies that will create stability for low-income renters and allow the benefits of the IRA (like clean energy, greener neighborhoods, and cheaper energy prices), to be shared with the communities that need these benefits the most
New Hurdles to Redistricting Reform: State Evasion, Moore, and Partisan Gerrymandering
No full textProponents of fair districting reforms continue to face challenges in seeking to address the problem of partisan gerrymandering. Even in states that have successfully enacted redistricting reforms, state actors have been able to evade compliance, and state courts have been unable to guarantee fair districts. In addition, the Supreme Court’s decision in Moore v. Harper could also limit state court efforts to guarantee fair districts. This Article argues that state evasion and Moore threaten to undermine the efficacy of fair districting norms recognized by state courts or enacted through either state political processes. Moore could create a one-way ratchet by weakening state courts’ role in policing partisan gerrymandering, while allowing state courts to dismantle fair districts and fail to address the problem of evasion.
This Article analyzes these dynamics by examining recent examples of evasion of anti-partisan gerrymandering norms by legislatures, redistricting commissions, and other political actors in the post-2020 redistricting cycle in Ohio, New York, and Florida. The Article begins by situating Moore and state evasion dynamics within theories of federalism, democracy, and election law. It then provides a descriptive account of state partisan gerrymandering regimes, by analyzing variation in the pathways through which states have entrenched norms against partisan gerrymandering, and variation in evasion strategies employed by political actors. Finally, the Article assesses the broader implications of Moore and state evasion dynamics for state court decision-making and the efficacy of state reforms
Exploring Resilience Factors and Positive Development in Single-Parent Households
No full textSingle-parent households are often viewed as a risky family context associated with children’s negative outcomes such as social difficulties, psychopathology, and lower academic performance. While single-parent households are becoming more common, particularly in the United States, not all children who grow up in single-parent households go on to develop negative outcomes. Prior studies have not clearly outlined whether there are child or family-level factors that are associated with positive outcomes in the context of single-parent households. This honors thesis explored whether chores, which may support children’s persistence and autonomy, are more common in single-parent households and whether they predict positive developmental outcomes in the future, such as better social skills, increased community engagement, and decreased psychopathology. To explore this possibility, I conducted analyses using the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCWS), a longitudinal study with a multistage sample of 4,897 children born between 1998 and 2000. One of the primary aims of the FFCWS is to advance understanding of the conditions, capabilities, and relationship dynamics between unmarried parents and their children as well as child outcomes in the context of single-parent environments. The study design included oversampling children born to unwed parents. As a result, the FFCWS sample is characterized by socioeconomic, racial, and ethnic diversity. This analysis focused on household structures and how aspects such as chores impact future childhood outcomes. I found that having a multi-parent household structure was associated with increased delinquent behaviors in adolescence, whereas chores were positively correlated with community involvement at age 15. For children from single-parent households, chores were associated with fewer depressive symptoms and increased social skills in adolescence. By applying a strengths-based approach to the study of single-parent households, this examination has the potential to contribute to a more well-rounded and nuanced understanding of children within this family structure