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.     

Women’s reports of satisfaction and respect with continuity of care experiences by students: Findings from a routine,online survey

BackgroundPre-registration midwifery students in Australia undertake a minimum of ten continuity of care experiences with childbearing women. However, women are rarely asked to formally evaluate this care by students.AimTo evaluate data from a routine, web-based survey of women about having a midwifery student provide a continuity of care experience.MethodsAll women (n = 886) recruited by a midwifery student for a continuity of care experience during a 12 month period received an email inviting them to complete an online survey. The survey included personal details, experiences of care, and two scales on Respect and Satisfaction.ResultsA response rate of 57% (n = 501) was achieved. On average students attended six antenatal visits (mean = 5.83) and had six postnatal contacts with women. Most students attended labour and birth (92.6% n = 464). Most women rated overall satisfaction with care by their student as ‘better than they had hoped’. Positive correlations were found between number of antenatal visits and postnatal contact with students on both levels of satisfaction and respect felt by women. Women felt more satisfied when their midwifery student attended labour and birth.ConclusionsThe online survey was feasible and provided valid and reliable feedback from women about their student during a continuity of care experience. Women valued having an ongoing relationship with a student during pregnancy, labour and birth, and postpartum. Pre-registration midwifery education programs should continue to privilege relationship-based care and national standards should support the effective integration of continuity of care experiences.     

Validation of the Australian Midwifery Standards Assessment Tool (AMSAT): A tool to assess midwifery competence

Background

There is no current validated clinical assessment tool to measure the attainment of midwifery student competence in the midwifery practice setting. The lack of a valid assessment tool has led to a proliferation of tools and inconsistency in assessment of, and feedback on student learning.

网络思想政治教育研究的“空间范式”

思想政治教育学科在理论研究中已经形成了多种范式。从现实社会空间向虚拟网络空间的“空间转向”,为思想政治教育新范式的形成提供了崭新的空间条件。网络思想政治教育的快速发展也为其“空间范式”的提出进行了必要的知识积累。“空间范式”凸显马克思主义公共性理论和社会空间理论的理论特性,旨在透过“空间”的维度,发展网络思想政治教育的理论和方法体系。“空间范式”的提出对于进一步凸显网络思想政治教育研究的学术旨趣,凝聚学科共识,培育知识信念,整合学术资源,建构更加专业的话语体系,形成一个影响广泛的网络思想政治教育学术共同体具有重要意义。     

新时期大学生艰苦奋斗教育研究

艰苦奋斗精神是中华民族历经几千年传承的精神财富,更是当前党和国家发展前进的精神动力和精神保障。通过探索改革开放新时期艰苦奋斗精神的时代内涵,分析大学生艰苦奋斗精神缺失的表现,积极探索新时期大学生艰苦奋斗教育的新方法和新载体。     

新时期大学生思想政治教育的现状与对策

大学生的思想政治教育在时代背景、社会环境和大学生自身素质等方面都呈现出了与以往不同的特点。大学生思想政治教育亟需深刻的改革和创新。通过分析当前大学生思想政治教育的现状以及存在的问题,提出相应的对策进行研究。     

以休闲体育理念为导向的大学体育课程改革与探索——以河北工程大学为例

概述了我国普通高校大学体育课程的发展现状,休闲体育健身理念引入大学体育课程的必要性和必然性。对休闲体育的健身理念进行了整理,探讨了这一新的健身理念引入大学体育课程的有效途径,对休闲体育健身理念引入大学体育课程的结果进行了预测。     

基于德育的大学生学业辅导体系的构建

当代大学生是社会进步的重要推手,其能否树立正确的价值理念,关系到我国社会主义道路的发展进程。基于德育的大学生学业辅导体系,有助于培养具有社会主义理想的有为青年。分析了构建德育化大学生学业辅导体系的内涵,阐述了体系构建中存在的主要问题,并提出了具体的改进建议。     

中等职业教育财政投入现状分析与对策研究——以河北省为例

文章通过发放调查问卷,归纳、整理“十二五”期间的财务会计报表对河北省中等职业教育财政投入状况进行了分析,揭示了存在的主要问题,提出了改进中等职业教育财政投入机制的对策和建议。     

信息技术背景下教育教学多维度创新体系研究

“互联网+”、3D打印技术为代表的信息化浪潮已经到来,创新创业教育的已经在全国展开,这既是高等教育教学的挑战,更是不可多得的机遇。为适应信息技术的需求,高等院校要未雨绸缪,及时应对,从创新体系构建信息技术要先行、教育教学创新体系构建要结合学科、专业特点进行、二级学院联动、对教师要求及激励等多个方面探讨信息技术背景下教育教学多维度创新体系。