Impact of Social Work Spirituality Courses on Student Attitudes,Values, and Spiritual Wellness

Abstract

This paper describes the development and evaluation of two courses in spirituality offered at the graduate and undergraduate levels. The courses have been offered for the last three years and an evaluative instrument, the Spiritual Wellness Inventory (SWI), was utilized as a pre- and post-test for each class. Results showed a significant increase in five dimensions of spiritual wellness and will be described in detail.     

Symbolic Compliance and Student Concerns: Legal Endogeneity and Title IX at American Colleges and Universities

This article considers how American colleges and universities responded to rapid legal change around Title IX immediately following the 2011 release of the Office for Civil Rights’ Dear Colleague Letter. By analyzing the content of 250 campus sexual harassment policies, this article finds that contrary to the predictions of the employment discrimination literature, which suggests that the largest, most visible institutions in a field are the most likely to embed markers of symbolic compliance in their formal policies, small baccalaureate colleges are more likely to include references to the law in their formal documents than their research university peers do. To understand this intriguing finding, the article then analyzes 15 interviews with campus administrators at research universities and baccalaureate colleges to uncover the distinct logics of symbolic compliance and student concerns that differentially inform how actors at different kinds of institutions inhabit their roles and endogenously interpret new Title IX regulations in their formal policies and campus practices. In doing so, this article illuminates the ways in which processes of legal endogeneity differ across institution types within the broader field of higher education.     

Controversies in Sexuality Courses at Colleges and Universities in the 1990s

Summary

Sexuality educators have always had to face issues not typically encountered by those teaching other subjects. Over the past 25 years, the general social climate at colleges and universities has been supportive of sexuality education and has had a role in shaping sexuality courses. However, contemporary higher education and the sociopolitical climate of North America now present major challenges to sexuality education, greatly complicating the role of the sexuality educator. Among the many changes in climate, the single most significant difference may be a shift away from an emphasis on providing a personally enriching experience to an emphasis on providing a personally safe environment for all students. The implications of this are briefly discussed and illustrated.     

The state of sexual health services at U.S. Colleges and Universities

Objective: To describe the array of sexual health care services provided at US colleges and universities. Participants: During 2014–2015, 885 colleges were surveyed about their provision of sexual health services. Methods: 55% of colleges responded. Data were weighted and stratified by minority-serving institutions (MSIs), 2-year and 4-year institutions. Results: 70.6% of colleges reported having a health center (HC), of which 73.0% offered STI diagnosis/treatment (4 years vs. 2 years; 77.9% vs. 53.1%) and contraceptive services (70.1% vs. 46.4%), all p < .001. HCs less frequently offered LARC (19.7%), express STI testing (24.4%) and self-collection (31.4%). Condoms were available on 66.8% of campuses. HPV vaccination was available at more 4-year colleges (73.7% vs. 48.5%, p < .003) and non-MSIs (74.4% vs. 58.5, p = .019). Regarding MSM-targeted services, 54.6% offered pharyngeal and 51.8% rectal STI testing. Conclusions: 2-year colleges may require additional support with providing sexual health care. Improvements could entail increasing express testing, extra-genital STI testing, and LARC.     

高职院校煤矿开采技术专业课程模块化教学研究

根据高职院校煤矿开采技术专业人才的培养目标以及以此确立的职业岗位所需的知识结构和能力、素质要求,提出了在高职院校煤矿开采技术专业课程中实施模块化教学的基本思路和课程体系改革的基本原则,着重阐明了课程模块化设置的结构和各模块的课程设置。     

Chapter 2: The Business Case for the Integration of Employee Assistance,Work-Life and Wellness Services

SUMMARY

Employee assistance programs (EAP), work-life programs and wellness programs are three commonly provided kinds of interventions that have the goals of reducing healthcare costs, improving employee performance and fostering a healthier workplace culture. The integration of these kinds of programs is a recent trend that has the potential to offer additional synergistic benefits. New studies have linked comprehensive delivery services that support human capital needs with bottom-line financial success of the company. This evidence can be used to make the business case for offering EAP, work-life and wellness services in an integrated capacity. However, while promising, the scientific evidence thus far in this area has methodological limitations and there are critical aspects that require further study.     

基于现代教育环境的院校教学模式研究

分析了基于现代教育环境进行教学模式改革的必要性,较系统地探讨了基于现代教育环境侧重班级集体教学、个性化教学、学生协作学习和自主学习的院校教学模式,以及对其主要影响因素的要求,对深化教学模式改革具有一定指导意义。     

城镇化进程中河北省高校参与社区教育的对策

城镇化发展是“新四化”的关键一环,在城镇化快速发展的背景下,结合河北省新市民社区教育的实际情况,探讨高校参与社区教育的途径与对策,从而为解决新市民的教育问题提供一个切实可行的方案。     

浅析高校青年教师的政治信仰与育人影响力

高校青年教师的政治信仰会对青年学生产生很强的育人影响力,因此,坚定青年教师的政治信仰,成为加强高校青年教师思想政治工作的重要内容。必须对高校青年教师政治信仰的内涵释义,阐明高校青年教师政治信仰对育人影响力的作用,并对坚定高校青年教师的政治信仰的路径进行探索,为加强高校青年教师的思想政治工作、提升高校青年教师的政治素质作有意义的探究。     

Out of the Closet and into the Classroom: A Survey of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Educators' Classroom Strategies and Experiences in Colleges and Universities

Higher education has made great progress in creating open classroom and organizational environments for diverse populations. However, little research has been published on the experiences of lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals (LGB) in college and university classrooms. The primary purpose of this study is to identify the strategies used by LGB educators to incorporate LGB issues, concerns, and experiences into college and university classrooms. To provide a context for these efforts, the secondary purpose of this study is to examine educators' experiences as LGBs in the classroom and within higher education in general. Toward these ends, the study presents the results of a survey that examined specific classroom strategies used by LGB educators and administrators and their experiences in the classroom and within departments in college and university settings. The survey revealed that LGBs are actively working to enhance classroom environments through a variety of empowerment strategies; they also encounter positive experiences within the classroom and within academic organizations as a whole.     

增强高职院校思想政治教育实效性探究

高职教育以培养应用型、复合型人才为目标。目前高职院校思想政治教育的实践效果还不能完全适应新时期社会发展需求。文章针对影响高职院校思想政治教育实效性的因素,就如何加强高职院校思想政治教育实效性建设进行了针对性探讨。     

提高高校反腐倡廉制度执行力的途径与方法研究

反腐倡廉制度建设是高校反腐倡廉建设的重要组成部分,是构建惩治与预防腐败体系的重要内容,加强反腐倡廉制度建设已经成为普遍共识。目前,反腐倡廉制度体系框架基本形成,但还有诸多不尽人意之处,执行力有待进一步提高。要积极探索提高高校反腐倡廉制度执行力的有效途径与方法,完善制度内在的执行价值,提升制度外在的执行环境,建立制度执行的保证机制。     

The Market Model and the Growth and Decline of Academic Fields in U.S. Four‐Year Colleges and Universities, 1980–20001

Conventional sociological accounts of the rise and fall of academic fields have been challenged by accounts based on the idea of market‐responsive change. In this article, we focus on the period 1980–2000, the period during which, according to its proponents, the market model of change became dominant in academe. We find changes in the student market to be strongly associated with increased institutionalization of academic fields. We also find the preferences of donors to be associated with increased institutionalization of academic fields. By contrast, we find relatively little support for labor market signals or changes in federal funding priorities as important influences on the institutionalization of academic fields. We find that higher‐status institutions are more market responsive than lower‐status institutions.     

The History and Status of Social Workers in the American Psychoanalytic Association

Historic changes within the American Psychoanalytic Association (APsaA) in the 1980s eventually allowed social workers and other non-medical professionals to train in clinical psychoanalysis as regular “candidates”. The steps to work through organizational resistance to this change are traced. The present level of activity of those analysts who began as social workers is discussed, with numeric data showing expansion of involvement in training and organizational life. Analysts with a background in social work are beginning to make significant positive contributions to APsaA. There is a more rapid pace of inclusion of analysts from social work in the governance side of APsaA than the educational. The ultimate impact on the organization is difficult to anticipate.