Researching and monitoring adolescence and sexual orientation: asking the right questions, at the right time

"Evidence suggests that young people can experience disadvantage due to their sexual orientation, such as homophobic bullying, mental health issues, rejection from family and friends and increased risk of homelessness. The extent and impact of this disadvantage has not been systematically captured to date and constitutes a major evidence gap. Equally, the Equality Act 2010 has established a new Single Public Sector Equality Duty to promote equality, and provide protection for people of all ages from discrimination because of their sexual orientation. A first step in understanding how to capture such inequality is to review the evidence and explore the issues involved in researching and monitoring sexual orientation in adolescence – the focus of this paper." - Page 5

Institutional Mentorship for Bridge Program Students: Fostering Meaningful Engagement

This study explored the relationships between at-risk, bridge program students and institutional mentors. The purpose of this dissertation was to learn more about the ways that bridge program students’ relationships with institutional mentors may (or may not) influence students’ development of academic confidence and campus engagement. Bridge programs are designed to foster student mentoring relationships with both faculty members who teach within the programs, as well the administrators and staff members (usually student affairs professionals) who run the program. Thus far, the research on bridge programs has been overly focused on predictive student attributes and quantitative outcomes (e.g. GPA or retention rates); this dissertation expands the research on practitioner approach to at-risk student mentorship, offering insight into the methodology of mentorship and how at-risk students experience such methodology. A qualitative case study approach was utilized to achieve an understanding of both sides of a mentoring relationship and a close look at what strategies are employed by mentors who work with at-risk students, how students respond to those methods and approaches, and how at-risk students understand their experiences in the bridge program and with their mentors. This study includes an exploration of practitioners’ equity-minded (Bensimon, 2007) approaches within the bridge program and within the mentoring relationships established with students. Findings from this study suggest that program design may foster the development of meaningful mentoring relationships between practitioners and at-risk students; further, findings suggest that practitioners’ use of equity-minded approaches and focus on student self-authorship (Magolda, 2008) may encourage academic confidence and campus engagement among at-risk students

CHILDREN\u27S PERCEPTIONS OF THE ELDERLY: AN ATTRIBUTIONAL ANALYSIS.

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether or not children\u27s attributions would vary as a function of the age of the target person about whom the attribution was being made. Sixteen children, 8 boys and 8 girls, from each of grades 1, 4, 7, and 10 were interviewed. Each child was shown 8 photographs, half of which portrayed elderly individuals, and half of which portrayed young individuals. A behavioural description accompanied each photograph. Following the presentation of each photograph, each child was asked an open-ended question which was designed to elicit his/her spontaneous explanations for the behaviour. Responses were classified as either dispositional or situational attributions. Probes of either a dispositional or situational nature were administered to children who failed to include both dispositional and situational content in their initial responses. Results indicated that the behaviour of old targets was rated as being significantly more dispositional than the behaviour of young targets. While significant differences in attribution ratings between young and old targets were not found at the grade 1 and 4 levels, children at the grade 7 and 10 levels consistently rated the behaviour of old targets as being significantly more dispositional than the behaviour of young targets. Furthermore, girls in grades 7 and 10 showed the strongest tendency to express a dispositional bias for the behaviour of old targets. Children at all grade levels demonstrated the ability to make both dispositional and situational attributions, and contrary to expectation a developmental shift characterized by attributions becoming increasingly more dispositional was not observed. Discussion was in terms of how stereotypic expectancies may influence the attribution process, and in view of a significant interaction between target age and behaviour, it was suggested that a dispositional bias will be most readily detected for those behaviours which are strongly associated with stereotypic expectancies.Dept. of Psychology. Paper copy at Leddy Library: Theses & Major Papers - Basement, West Bldg. / Call Number: Thesis1983 .M322. Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 44-03, Section: B, page: 0919. Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Windsor (Canada), 1983

The Abbey theater movement

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Understanding the lived experiences of Asian American transracial adoptees in college

Asian American transracial adoptees are an underserved and underrepresented population in America, specifically on college campuses. The purpose of this study was to gain an in-depth understanding of experiences lived by individuals in this group, focusing on their time in college. Through qualitative interviews, this research captured the feelings, opinions, and experiences of select individuals within this group. Two semi-structured interviews were conducted with six separate participants via video chat. All participants attend(ed) the University of Northern Iowa, were 18 years of age or older, and were adopted from an Asian country into a White, American family. Results showed that each participant is at their own unique stage of identity development based upon their personal experiences and background, and no two are the exact same. However, many of them faced a similar struggle of trying to balance and understand their Asian identity while connecting more to White culture due to their upbringing. Additionally, college resources and programming for minorities was a common positive influence on the college experience across several interviews. The stories of each participant serve as a strong base from which to measure the need and benefit of additional support and resources for this population while in college

Effects of order of presentation of favorable and unfavorable personality interpretations on the endorsement of test feedback.

Dept. of Psychology. Paper copy at Leddy Library: Theses & Major Papers - Basement, West Bldg. / Call Number: Thesis1976 .M26. Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 40-07, page: . Thesis (M.A.)--University of Windsor (Canada), 1976

Small advances and swift retreat: Race-conscious educational policy in the Obama and Trump administrations

The three terms comprising the Obama and Trump presidencies provide an opportunity to understand the evolution of race-conscious education policy in an increasingly multiracial, unequal, and divided society. Through document review and interviews with civil rights lawyers, government officials, congressional staffers, and intermediary organization personnel, we sought to understand how Obama officials envisioned and changed the role of the federal government in fostering K-12 race-conscious educational policies and what mechanisms they used to advance priorities. We also explored changes Trump administration officials made to federal civil rights policies and through which institutional means. Our findings reveal through-lines between past and present political agendas and the methods for enactment. Obama’s interagency efforts to reinvigorate civil rights oversight and enforcement in education harkened back to the mid-1960s era of bipartisan cooperation around school desegregation. Yet the decades-long legal and policy retrenchment against civil rights advances made in the 1960s constrained further progress. Trump’s administration advocated for the privatization of public education through increased choice and opposed race-consciousness in education law and policy. The reshaping of the federal judiciary under Trump presents challenges for race-consciousness in the law for years to come. Recognizing these consistent through-lines and constraints will be essential for advocates and policymakers going forward

Supervillin Is a Component of the Hair Cell\u27s Cuticular Plate and the Head Plates of Organ of Corti Supporting Cells

The organ of Corti has evolved a panoply of cells with extraordinary morphological specializations to harness, direct, and transduce mechanical energy into electrical signals. Among the cells with prominent apical specializations are hair cells and nearby supporting cells. At the apical surface of each hair cell is a mechanosensitive hair bundle of filamentous actin (F-actin)-based stereocilia, which insert rootlets into the F-actin meshwork of the underlying cuticular plate, a rigid organelle considered to hold the stereocilia in place. Little is known about the protein composition and development of the cuticular plate or the apicolateral specializations of organ of Corti supporting cells. We show that supervillin, an F-actin cross-linking protein, localizes to cuticular plates in hair cells of the mouse cochlea and vestibule and zebrafish sensory epithelia. Moreover, supervillin localizes near the apicolateral margins within the head plates of Deiters\u27 cells and outer pillar cells, and proximal to the apicolateral margins of inner phalangeal cells, adjacent to the junctions with neighboring hair cells. Overall, supervillin localization suggests this protein may shape the surface structure of the organ of Corti