Powerful Partnerships: A Community Program for Low Income, High School Dropouts and a University

The proposed presentation describes the outcomes of a partnership between a youth and community development program and a teacher education program at a regional university in the Midwest. Once a federally funded program for low-income, youth ages 16-24, this agency provides General Equivalency Diploma (GED) preparation, job skills training, and community service opportunities for high school dropouts (Cohen & Piquero, 2008; Kapp, 2009), and faculty and pre-service teachers from a university supported the GED preparation and transition components of the program. Therefore, the proposal for this session most closely aligns with the "HEAD": Academic Achievement & Leadership strand of the conference, as results of the partnership indicate improved academic outcomes for program participants (increases in scores on standardized tests, GED pass rates, community colleges and technical institute enrollment, and full-time employment). In addition, the partnership simultaneously provided pre-service teachers a chance to apply teaching strategies in authentic and diverse learning environments that improved both teaching strategies and cultural responsiveness

Powerful Partnerships: A Community Program for Low Income, High School Dropouts and a University

This session provides community and university staff results of a study examining the partnership between a community development program targeting low income, high school dropouts and a teacher preparation program. Presenters will describe methods for maintaining partnerships and discuss outcomes of the program in the areas of GED preparation, job skills training, health and wellness programming, and community service opportunities

Coffee Talk: Negotiating/Disrupting the Hidden Curriculum of Graduate School

This article addresses the hidden curriculum within a graduate education program and how four women attempted to understand and resist both the hidden and explicit curriculum through developing community within a writing support group. It is written as a performance that amplifies the interwoven narratives and experiences of the authors. The implications for this work suggest the importance of building community as a way of understanding and resisting the hidden curriculum within academic spaces. It also suggests ways that subordinate groups can empower themselves within the graduate school experience and potentially improve degree completion rates by women and students of color. About the Authors The authors were members of the same doctoral cohort at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Beth Hatt is an Associate Professor at the University of Southern Indiana. Lan Quach is an Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte. Sydney Brown is an Assistant Professor at Gardner-Webb University. Amy Anderson is a Research Associate at the University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill. The email address of Beth Hatt is [email protected]

Arlis at 40 : A Celebration

" As ARLIS/UK & Ireland reaches 40 and enters its middle years it is, as in life, a time to look back over past achievements as well as forward to the future. The society was founded in 1969 at a point when subject specialisation in libraries was gaining new importance, and at the start of a period of unprecedented expansion in higher education, the sector in which the majority UK art librarians were employed. " -- Page 3 of book

Complications Occurring Through 5 Years Following Primary Intraocular Lens Implantation for Pediatric Cataract

Importance Lensectomy with primary intraocular lens (IOL) implantation is often used in the management of nontraumatic pediatric cataract, but long-term data evaluating the association of age and IOL location with the incidence of complications are limited. Objective To describe the incidence of complications and additional eye surgeries through 5 years following pediatric lensectomy with primary IOL implantation and association with age at surgery and IOL location. Design, Setting, and Participants This prospective cohort study used Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group cataract registry data from 61 institution- and community-based practices over 3 years (June 2012 to July 2015). Participants were children younger than 13 years without baseline glaucoma who had primary IOL implantation (345 bilateral and 264 unilateral) for nontraumatic cataract. Data analysis was performed between September 2021 and January 2023. Exposures Lensectomy with primary IOL implantation. Main Outcome and Measures Five-year cumulative incidence of complications by age at surgery (<2 years, 2 to <4 years, 4 to <7 years, and 7 to <13 years) and by IOL location (sulcus vs capsular bag) were estimated using Cox proportional hazards models. Results The cohort included 609 eyes from 491 children (mean [SD] age, 5.6 [3.3] years; 261 [53%] male and 230 [47%] female). Following cataract extraction with primary IOL implantation, a frequent complication was surgery for visual axis opacification (VAO) (cumulative incidence, 32%; 95% CI, 27%-36%). Cumulative incidence was lower with anterior vitrectomy at the time of IOL placement (12%; 95% CI, 8%-16%) vs without (58%; 95% CI, 50%-65%), and the risk of undergoing surgery for VAO was associated with not performing anterior vitrectomy (hazard ratio [HR], 6.19; 95% CI, 3.70-10.34; P < .001). After adjusting for anterior vitrectomy at lens surgery, there were no differences in incidence of surgery for VAO by age at surgery (<2 years, HR, 1.35 [95% CI, 0.63-2.87], 2 to <4 years, HR, 0.86 [95% CI, 0.44-1.68], 4 to <7 years, HR, 1.06 [95% CI, 0.72-1.56]; P = .74) or by capsular bag vs sulcus IOL fixation (HR, 1.22; 95% CI, 0.36-4.17; P = .75). Cumulative incidence of glaucoma plus glaucoma suspect by 5 years was 7% (95% CI, 4%-9%), which did not differ by age after controlling for IOL location and laterality. Conclusions and Relevance In this cohort study, a frequent complication following pediatric lensectomy with primary IOL was surgery for VAO, which was associated with primary anterior vitrectomy not being performed but was not associated with age at surgery or IOL location. The risk of glaucoma development across all ages at surgery suggests a need for long-term monitoring