College Graduates Research Articles

Investigating the Relationship between Recycling/Reuse Knowledge and Recycling/Reuse Intention: The Moderating Role of Self-Efficacy

This study examined whether an individual’s self-efficacy has a moderating role in the relationship between the different types of recycling/reuse knowledge they may have and their recycling/reuse intention, and the positive relationship between recycling/reuse intention and recycling/reuse behavior. A total of 725 undergraduate and graduate university students were recruited to complete an online survey via MTurk, with the survey covering topics such as recycling/reuse knowledge, intention, behavior, and self-efficacy. Five hypotheses were tested via structural equation modeling. The results showed that even with low self-efficacy, acquiring “effectiveness” recycling/reuse knowledge can enhance recycling/reuse intention and behavior. Conversely, the respondents with high self-efficacy were shown to have positive recycling/reuse intentions and behaviors due to their “social” recycling/reuse knowledge. In general, recycling/reuse intention and behavior were positively related. These significant findings imply that educators, environmental agencies, and brand managers must develop efficient education and/or advertising strategies to provide appropriate action-related recycling/reuse knowledge (including both effectiveness and social knowledge) to university students with either low or high self-efficacy in order to enhance recycling/reuse intention and, ultimately, behavior.

Perceived overqualification of college graduates: assessing antecedents, outcomes, and boundary conditions

Perceived overqualification of college graduates: assessing antecedents, outcomes, and boundary conditions

Transitioning from the University to the Workplace: A Duration Model with Grouped Data

Labor market surveys usually measure unemployment duration in time intervals. In these cases, traditional duration models such as Cox regression and parametric survival models are not suitable for studying the duration of unemployment spells. In order to deal with this above issue, we use Han and Hausman’s ordered logit model for grouped durations, which has more flexibility than standard specifications. In particular, its flexibility arises from the fact that we do not need to specify any functional form for the baseline hazard function—it also circumvents problems associated with heterogeneity. The focus of interest is on the first unemployment duration of higher education graduates. The analysis is accomplished by using a large dataset from a graduate survey of Spanish university graduates. The results show that the university-to-work transition of higher education graduates is significantly associated with the graduate’s age, participation in internship programs, field of study, type of university, and gender. Specifically, graduates who participated in internship programs, engineering graduates, and graduates from private universities experience a smooth transition.

Did court dismiss student's Title IX claim?

A Weber State University graduate student began private therapy sessions with a university psychology professor at his private counseling practice in an off‐campus office.

Digital educational content compilation sources

The development of digitalization of higher education leads to the emergence of new methods and means of learning. At present, information technologies are increasingly used, including distance learning, digital sources are used to create educational content, which opens new prospects for increasing motivation to study disciplines, activation of students’ activity in the learning process and, in general, for the professional success of university graduates. The article analyzes digital sources of spatial educational content compilation in mastering ecological and environmental educational disciplines and materials (by the example of bachelor’s training in the direction 21.03.02 Land management and cadastres). It is important for future specialists in the field of land management and cadastre to be able to use a variety of digital sources of data on the current state of land resources in their daily activities. The information sources in the form of spatial positioning public services, interactive topographic, geological and hydrological map, the map of dangerous exogenous geological processes manifestation, the map of territory functional zoning, the website of the Russian Federation hydrometeorological service management are shown and verified. It is important to use up-to-date geo-ecological and land-cadastral information when studying natural science disciplines, it is inadmissible to study outdated literary materials, inaccurate and unreliable data from electronic sources.

Risk Factors for E-Cigarette Ban Relaxation in Homes With Adolescents

PurposeTo identify risk factors for relaxing a strict e-cigarette ban in households with adolescents. MethodsYouth (ages 12–17) in the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study whose parents held a strict vaping ban in 2016 (n = 6,514; 51.5% male) and their parents provided follow-up data on up to four occasions through 2020 on whether the ban was relaxed. Results13.5% of households with strict vaping bans relaxed them in a subsequent wave. Results from a logistic regression model showed that the odds of relaxing strict bans were higher if, at baseline, parents vaped (OR = 2.20; 95% CI: 1.22–3.97; p < .01), parents smoked tobacco (OR = 2.55; CI: 2.00–3.26; p < .001), youth smoked tobacco (OR = 2.27; CI: 1.29–4.00; p < .01), parents reported no smoking ban (OR = 2.68; CI: 1.88–3.81; p < .001), youth did not know that their household had a vaping ban (OR = 1.95; CI: 1.50–2.54; p < .001), and parents perceived low harm from vaping (OR = 1.60; CI: 1.16–2.19; p < .01). Although most sociodemographic controls were not independently associated, parents were less likely to relax bans if they had a college degree (OR = 0.71; CI: 0.51–0.998; p < .05), graduate degree (OR = 0.50; CI: 0.43–0.72; p < .001), or children who were non-Hispanic Black (OR = 0.69; CI: 0.49–0.96; p < .05) or Hispanic (OR = 0.62; CI: 0.47–0.81; p < .001). DiscussionWhile most households with adolescents prohibited e-cigarette use indoors, nearly one in seven relaxed prior strict vaping bans. Parents need support to maintain clear, consistent, and continuous restrictions that communicate that vaping is not safe or permissible for youth.

Analisis Potensi Kewirausahaan Mahasiswa Universitas Batanghari

By employing descriptive analysis and questionnaires distributed to all Batanghari University students, this study seeks to ascertain the entrepreneurial potential analysis of the student body. As part of the entrepreneurship education plan in higher education, the Entrepreneurial Student Program (PMW) was created to promote an entrepreneurial spirit and encourage entrepreneurial activity so that college graduates become more job creators. On the other hand, it is uncommon to discover a graduate who wishes to launch his business as soon as he graduates from college. The failure of this endeavor is said to have resulted from a lack of seriousness in attempting and appreciating pupils' potential. Six criteria can be used to evaluate a student's entrepreneurial potential: personality, self-control, creativity, drive or desire, risk-taking daring, and self-assurance. Recognizing a student's potential might, in some ways, give insight into how much they believe they still need to study in order to become even better. Gaining awareness of your entire being, including your advantages and shortcomings, is what it means to know oneself. These insights might prove invaluable in your entrepreneurial endeavors.

Household and housing determinants of sleep duration during the COVID-19 pandemic: Results from the COHESION Study

BackgroundPublic health measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic forced individuals to spend more time at home. We sought to investigate the relationship between housing characteristics and sleep duration in the context of COVID-19. MethodsOur exploratory study was part of the COvid-19: Health and Social Inequities across Neighborhoods (COHESION) Study Phase-1, a pan-Canadian population-based cohort involving nearly 1300 participants, launched in May 2020. Sociodemographic, household and housing characteristics (dwelling type, dissatisfaction, access to outdoor space, family composition, etc.), and self-reported sleep were prospectively collected through COHESION Study follow-ups. We explored the associations between housing and household characteristics and sleep duration using linear regressions, as well as testing for effect modification by income satisfaction and gender. ResultsOur study sample involved 624 COHESION Study participants aged 50 ± 16years (mean±SD), mainly women (78%), White (86%), and university graduates (64%). The average sleep duration was 7.8 (1.4) hours. Sleep duration was shorter according to the number of children in the household, income dissatisfaction, and type of dwelling in multivariable models. Sleep was short in those without access to a private outdoor space, or only having a balcony/terrace. In stratified analyses, sleep duration was associated with housing conditions dissatisfaction only in those dissatisfied with their income. ConclusionOur exploratory study highlights the relationship between housing quality and access to outdoor space, family composition and sleep duration in the context of COVID-19. Our findings also highlight the importance of housing characteristics as sources of observed differences in sleep duration.

Crossing boundaries: Beginner teachers transitioning from university graduates to full legitimate participants in the teaching profession

This paper stems from a broader study that foregrounded an existing mentoring programme against the backdrop of low teacher retention in the South African schooling system. It works from the premise that beginner teachers are exiting the teaching profession within the first three to five years of teaching. This research suggests that one way of addressing low teacher retention is through a formal mentoring programme that will assist in the transition from university graduates into school practitioners. Data was produced through semi-structured individual and group interviews with a principal, two mentors, and two mentees. Theoretically, we drew on the work of Lave &amp; Wenger (1991) whose constructs of Community of Practice (CoP) and Legitimate Peripheral Participation (LPP) were used as analytical tools to frame this study conceptually. The data revealed that beginner teachers come into the profession with marked inadequacies stemming from their initial training at universities which meant that they were insufficiently prepared for the realities of schooling. Furthermore, the data reveals multiple and overlapping CoPs in operation, pointing to viewing mentoring as multidimensional and not only in dyadic terms as a relationship between a mentor and mentee as it has traditionally been viewed.

Research On Cultivating the Employment Concept of College Students with The Great Spirit of Building the Party - Based on A Data-Driven Approach

One of the most essential ways to see the worth of college students is via employment, which is also the main focus of student development programs for the Spirit of Building the Party. Some real-world issues with the conventional approach to college career counselling stem from the disconnection between students' education and the real world. For example, there is often a misalignment between students' social needs and their comprehensive skill sets and between students' job-seeking needs and their actual employment situations. There has to be extensive research into how to better assist college graduates in finding work that suits their skills and experience so that society can fulfil the practical demands of its growth in this area for the Spirit of Building the Party. Problems in the workplace have garnered a lot of attention because they threaten society's steady progress and the quality of life for its citizens. The nation now needs to tackle the issue of challenging employment for the Spirit of Building the Party. Institutions of higher learning have responded to societal and economic demands by emphasizing the development of students' social abilities and increasing their access to the job market. To provide a solid groundwork for creating employment assistance programs, this research suggests an analytical strategy for college students' jobs based on a data-driven approach for the Spirit of Building the Party. The proposed model is used to plan the supply and structure of skills from a talent supply standpoint. In contrast, the regression model forecasts university students' employment requirements for the Spirit of Building the Party. The data mining technique used in this work combines enhanced fuzzy hierarchical clustering and feature extraction based on semantic similarity correlation. The testing findings showed that the method performed better in categorizing data and could easily handle and analyze big-text datasets

A collaborative model to restore racial diversity in the teaching profession

Abstract Sixty-eight years after the Brown v. Board of Education decision led to a national reduction of teachers of color, even as numbers of students of color grew, a collaborative effort to racially re-diversify the education profession is forming in the Dayton, Ohio region. This article describes this ongoing movement to increase the number of racially and ethnically marginalized educators, led by seven school districts, five institutions of higher education (IHEs), a county educational services center, and two nonprofit organizations. Initial work was supported by leveraging grant funds. The project seeks to (1) identify seventh- through eleventh-grade students interested in becoming educators, (2) direct students into model pathways and critical supports from high school through college graduation and licensure, (3) offer support for minoritized future and new teachers that fosters confidence and promotes belonging, and (4) facilitate the emergence of collectively-designed professional development for continuous renewal of culturally responsive and inclusive cultures in all education spaces. Strategies include identifying prospective teachers within high schools, establishing peer cohorts, facilitating critical mentoring, mapping grow-your-own pipelines and pathways, providing support at crucial stages in college, developing positive cultures in programs and districts, facilitating ongoing professional development that centers marginalized perspectives, and providing logistical support for emerging networks and organic affinity groups. Lack of support, student debt, isolation, discrimination, and unwelcoming and unresponsive school environments are common barriers that require ongoing dismantling.

Do Transfers into the Community College Sector Graduate at the Same Rate? Evidence from Ontario, Canada

ABSTRACT The overwhelming majority of studies on transfer students have compared the outcomes of vertical transfer students (college-to-university) relative to “native” counterparts, referring to those that directly enter universities from high school and remain within them throughout the course of their studies. In turn, scholars have devoted only minimal attention to the outcomes of students that travel variable pathways into the community college sector (e.g. university to college). Through this study we attempt to correct such imbalance in the existing literature, leveraging various administrative files in Statistics Canada’s Education and Labour Market Linkage Platform (ELMLP) to analyze the pathway-based disparities in graduation rates among those students traveling various routes into the Ontario community college sector. Our logistic regression models reveal that students who transfer into the community college graduate at a rate that is 22 to 27% points lower than direct entries, and that these differences persist even after we control for student traits (e.g. age, sex), field of study, parental income, and familial characteristics (e.g. size, structure). Based on the observed findings, we theorize plausible mechanisms that could be suppressing the success of transfers into the community college sector and identify a series of potential strategies to ameliorate this situation.

Prevalence of and factors associated with likely obstructive sleep apnea in individuals with airflow limitation.

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is frequently associated with airflow limitation (AFL). However, information on the prevalence of and factors associated with likely OSA in individuals with AFL in Korea is limited. Data from the 2019 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) were used, and 3,280 individuals (2,826 individuals without AFL and 454 individuals with AFL) were included. AFL was defined as forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1)/forced vital capacity (FVC) < 0.7. A score ≥ 5 on the STOP-BANG questionnaire was used to identify individuals with likely OSA. The prevalence of likely OSA was compared between individuals with and without AFL. In addition, factors associated with likely OSA in individuals with AFL were evaluated using multivariable logistic regression analysis. Of 3,280 individuals, 13.8% had an AFL. The prevalence of likely OSA was significantly higher in individuals with AFL than in individuals without AFL (9.2% vs. 5.0%, p = 0.014). Among 454 individuals with AFL, obesity (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 14.78, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 4.20-52.02) was most strongly associated with likely OSA, followed by heavy alcohol consumption (aOR = 4.93, 95% CI = 1.91-12.70), hypertension (aOR = 4.92, 95% CI = 1.57-15.46), overweight (aOR = 4.71, 95% CI = 1.76-12.64), college graduate (aOR = 4.47, 95% CI = 1.10-18.22), and history of pulmonary tuberculosis (aOR = 3.40, 95% CI = 1.06-10.96). In Korea, approximately 1 in 10 individuals with AFL had likely OSA. Overweight and obesity, heavy alcohol consumption, high educational level, hypertension, and history of pulmonary tuberculosis were associated with likely OSA in individuals with AFL.

Openness to Change and Academic Freedom in Jordanian Universities

Abstract This study aimed to assess the degree of openness to change among the faculties of educational sciences in Jordanian universities and its correlation with academic freedom, as perceived by faculty members. Additionally, it sought to identify whether there were statistically significant differences in the levels of openness to change and academic freedom based on variables such as gender, academic rank, university, and country of graduation. The study employed a descriptive correlational approach, involving 407 faculty members from the faculties of educational sciences in Jordanian universities during the first semester of the academic year 2021/2022. The study found a moderate level of openness to change and academic freedom, with a strong correlation between the two. No significant gender-based differences were identified, but Arab university graduates displayed higher levels. Hashemite University professors and associate professors emphasized these aspects more than counterparts at other Jordanian universities and different academic ranks. The results highlight the need for increased societal awareness, particularly within the educational community, about the importance of various freedoms. Additionally, the study recommends heightened awareness of the role of unions and institutions for Jordanian university faculty members, aiming to improve their scientific and social conditions.

Are Asian Americans BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color)? Internalization of the model minority stereotype and COVID-19 racial bias on interracial solidarity toward Black Americans.

Collective minoritized identities such as Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) may promote cross-racial solidarity. However, Asian Americans occupy a racially triangulated position as the "buffer minority" stereotyped as both the model minority and perpetual foreigner, complicating their inclusion in the BIPOC identity. The present study examined how the model minority and perpetual foreigner stereotypes relate to Asian Americans' perceived belongingness and identification with the BIPOC identity and, in turn, their interracial solidarity toward Black Americans. A path analysis was conducted using cross-sectional data from a sample of 312 Asian Americans (Mage = 41.19, 69.87% college graduates, 46.79% foreign-born) to examine direct and indirect effects on Black community activism orientation (BCAO), with internalized model minority stereotype (MMS) and experiences of COVID-19 racial bias (CVRB) as exogenous predictors and perceived BIPOC inclusion and BIPOC self-identification as mediators. The BIPOC variables demonstrated a direct and positive association with BCAO. Furthermore, internalized MMS negatively related to BCAO through the sum effect of decreased perceived BIPOC inclusion and BIPOC self-identification, while experiences of CVRB positively related to BCAO through the sum effect of increased perceived BIPOC inclusion and BIPOC self-identification. Asian Americans' perceived BIPOC inclusion and BIPOC self-identification are shaped by their racially triangulated position, characterized by both the inhibiting effect of internalized MMS and the promoting effect of experiences of CVRB. This heightened or diminished BIPOC self-concept subsequently influenced their willingness to engage in interracial solidarity for Black Americans. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

Research on Predicting the Turnover of Graduates Using an Enhanced Random Forest Model.

The frequent turnover of college graduates is a key factor leading to the frictional unemployment and structural unemployment of youth, which are important research fields concerned with pedagogy, sociology, and management; however, there is little research on the prediction of college graduates' turnover. Therefore, this study investigated the turnover status of 17,268 college graduates from 52 universities in China, constructed and optimized a random forest model for predicting the turnover of college graduates, and analyzed the influencing mechanism of college graduates' turnover and the importance of influencing factors. The enhanced random forest model could deal with the unbalanced data and has a higher prediction accuracy as well as stronger generalization ability in predicting the turnover of college graduates. Individual background variables, job characteristic variables, and work environment variables are all important factors influencing whether college graduates resign or not. The top five factors that affect the turnover of college graduates by more than 10% are income level, job satisfaction degree, job opportunities, and job matching degree. The conclusion of this study is conducive to improving the accuracy of turnover prediction, systematically exploring the influencing factors of college graduates' turnover, and effectively guaranteeing the overall stability of youth employment.

What influences university graduates’ entrepreneurship within different time horizons after graduation?

ABSTRACT This study assesses factors related to higher education, differentiating a group of university graduates in terms of their professional activity in the context of self-employment. It concerns graduates’ business behaviour six months, three years, and five years after graduation. We aimed to evaluate the impact of study-related entrepreneurship determinants within different time horizons after graduation. The analyses revealed that as the period from graduation increases, the proportion of graduates who are in business increases. The strength of the influence of factors related to university education is also changing. The probability of running a business after studies increases with the number of extracurricular activities. The type of activity is also important. We also noted differences between hiring and non-hiring experiences; those previously employed have a lower chance of running a business. Slight differences in disciplines and faculties completed can be noted.

Moral Identity Development Among Emerging Adults in Media: A Longitudinal Analysis

ABSTRACT This longitudinal study examines changes in the moral identity of 48 emerging-adult U.S. college graduates in media-related fields from their first year after college to three years later as they progressed into early work life. Results from four moral psychology survey instruments reflect significant shifts in moral reasoning, relativistic thinking and idealism, coupled with stability in personality traits and character strengths. A fifth instrument found largely positive assessments of workplace ethical climate. The findings suggest that emerging adulthood is an important time for the development of a robust professional moral self that is characterized by growing maturity in moral judgment that intersects with a foundation of character developed through a variety of influences before, during and after college. Findings have significant implications for young practitioners entering the workplace, media managers working with them, and media pedagogy.

Do We Let Businesses Get away with Dodgy Ethics and Loose Morals? An Application of Markov Random Fields

Whatever the context, in today’s world, disagreements are unavoidable. People routinely fail to find common ground on matters that matter. Curiously, the format – the nature of disagreements - evolves too. Frequently, a feeling, an attitude, is connected to another one which alters as people age, switch political aisles etc. Businesses – large and small – striving to stay afloat amidst the current economic climate – offer sterling examples of scenarios where paying attention to these differing attitudes could create all the difference. The way these businesses function, their methods of generating revenue, may be viewed by young college graduates in one way, by more experienced professionals with business backgrounds in quite another way and it is immensely crucial, on the part of the organization, to navigate the situation carefully. A recent Gallup survey done on 5757 respondents supplies us with rich data on such exciting matters. With a careful selection of feeling and action questions, and through a careful deployment of a specialized network structure – the Markov random field – we bring out statistically insightful differences: how, for instance, with conservative-leaning respondents, the most crucial hub of this field – the node that exerts the greatest collective correlational pull – is whether the business operates in a way that is sustainable for the environment and the planet, while for liberals, it is whether the business offers fair wages to workers of all types.

Beyond the classroom: following the destination of Haramaya University graduates in the real world, Ethiopia

Beyond the classroom: following the destination of Haramaya University graduates in the real world, Ethiopia