Month: January 2024

Resident Assistant Unionization: The Shift from Student Leadership to Student Labor by Brendon Soltis and Christopher Stone-Sewalish

Student leadership positions in colleges and universities have been a defining aspect of the college experience (Renn and Reason 2021). Often linked to greater rates of persistence and retention to degree completion, common practices in student affairs encourage undergraduate students to become club leaders, peer mentors, resident assistants (RAs), student government representatives, and more (Astin
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The Lingering Effects of Covid-19 on Reading Outcomes in High-Poverty Areas: Introducing Paired Reading to Support Pedagogy and Student Reading in a Post-pandemic Context in Chile by Maria Cockerill, Pelusa Orellana, Nancy Tello, & Allen Thurston

Reading proficiency is key for economic participation, yet international PISA test results highlight continued challenges (OECD, 2018a). In Latin America, all countries scored below the OECD mean (487) in PISA reading tests, with a mean score of 452 in Chile (OECD, 2018a), with 32% of Chilean students not achieving baseline levels (OECD average is 23%).
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