Anti-Semitism on Campus
The authors present results of a study that investigates and compares Jewish and non-Jewish students’ perceptions of the anti-Semitic atmosphere at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
The Impact of a University Policy on the Sexual Harassment of Female Students
Research on the sexual harassment of college and university students has been accumulating for over a decade. Surveys exploring the reported incidence of sexual harassment of students have been conducted at nearly twenty institutions of higher learning. While the majority of college and university surveys are similar in that they have been conducted by mail, comparison of results is difficult because of variations in sampling strategies, operational definitions of sexual harassment, and populations sampled [10]. Despite the incomparability of survey results, Dzeich and Weiner maintain that "again and again 20-30 percent of women students report they have been sexually harassed by male faculty during their college years" [7, p. 15]. Although the literature lacks solid statistics describing the national prevalence of sexual harassment on college and university campuses, the results of individual institutional studies affirm that sexual harassment is a problem for significant proportions of female students. Several studies found between one-quarter and one-third of women students affected by sexually harassing behaviors. Benson and Thompson's 1978 Berkeley study found that 29.7 percent of female seniors had experienced at least
The evaluation of the competency perception of inspectors in using new instructional technology
Abstract The purpose of this study is to find out the evaluation of inspectors in regards to their competency perceptions towards the use of new instructional technologies. This is a qualitative model research. The target population of this study consisted of 25 inspectors serving within the borders of TRNC in 2011. Data was collected by an “interview form” developed by the researcher. The interview form consisted of 6 items. Content analyze, frequency (f) and percentage (%) techniques were used to analyze the data. This research pointed out that: “concerns on falling behind the teacher”, “training needs”, “decreasing training support within the years” and “non existing policy on IT support” are critical factors affecting an inspector's competency perceptions in using new instructional technologies.