Estimating post-secondary student flow with limited data

1987 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-50
Author(s):  
David L. Rumpf ◽  
Stephen P. Coelen ◽  
Francis J. Creran
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Student ◽  
Limited Data ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Student Flow

“It was a Meaningless Job”: Exploring Youth Post-Secondary Students’ Employment in the Fast Food Industry

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 275-298
Author(s):  
Julia Woodhall-Melnik
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Students ◽  
Fast Food ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Identity Management ◽  
Secondary Student ◽  
Fast Food Industry ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Student Workers ◽  
Food Workers ◽  
Post Secondary Students

Fast food work is often described as low-skilled, alienating, standardized, and highly routinized. The fast food industry employs a disproportionately large number of youth post-secondary students who work on a temporary basis and do so part-time or during school breaks to earn money toward educational and living expenses. To date, little is known about post-secondary student fast food workers’ perceptions of their employment. Data from interviews with 32 post-secondary student fast food workers were analyzed. The student workers viewed their jobs as unimportant and low-skilled; however, as students, they were not seeking work that provided opportunities for creativity and meaning, rather, they emphasized the temporary nature of their work and described the inherent stigma and lack of prestige associated with long-term employment in the fast food industry. The students were critical of longer-term workers and animosity between student and non-student workers was expressed. These findings suggest that identity management theories, such as Ashforth and Kreiner’s dirty work, may be better suited to understanding students’ participation in fast food work than traditional Marxist frameworks.

Team dynamics feedback for post-secondary student learning teams: introducing the “Bare CARE” assessment and report

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (8) ◽  
pp. 1121-1135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas A. O’Neill ◽  
Leah Pezer ◽  
Lorena Solis ◽  
Nicole Larson ◽  
Nicoleta Maynard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Student Learning ◽  
Team Dynamics ◽  
Secondary Student ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Care Assessment ◽  
Learning Teams

Understanding Post-Secondary Student Stress: A Qualitative Analysis

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brooke Linden
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Campus Culture ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Secondary Student ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Student Stress ◽  
The Social ◽  
Insight Into

The purpose of this study was to generate conversations with post-secondary students about common sources of stress within the post-secondary setting, and gain insight into the social context surrounding these issues. Five major themes of stress were identified, including: academics, the learning environment, campus culture, interpersonal, and personal stressors. Implications of these findings are discussed in the context of existing literature as well as possible directions for future research.<br>

Understanding Post-Secondary Student Stress: A Qualitative Analysis

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brooke Linden
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Campus Culture ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Secondary Student ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Student Stress ◽  
The Social ◽  
Insight Into

The purpose of this study was to generate conversations with post-secondary students about common sources of stress within the post-secondary setting, and gain insight into the social context surrounding these issues. Five major themes of stress were identified, including: academics, the learning environment, campus culture, interpersonal, and personal stressors. Implications of these findings are discussed in the context of existing literature as well as possible directions for future research.<br>

scholarly journals Psychometric Assessment of the Post-Secondary Student Stressors Index (PSSI)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brooke Linden ◽  
Heather Stuart
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Internal Structure ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Poor Mental Health ◽  
Secondary Student ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
New Instrument ◽  
Test Retest Reliability ◽  
Post Secondary Students

Abstract Background: Previous research has linked excessive stress among post-secondary students to poor academic performance and poor mental health. Despite attempts to ameliorate mental health challenges at post-secondary institutions, there exists a gap in the evaluation of the specific sources of stress for students within the post-secondary setting. Methods: The goal of this study was to develop a new instrument to better assess the sources of post-secondary student stress. Over the course of two years, the Post-Secondary Student Stressors Index (PSSI) was created in collaboration with post-secondary students as co-developers and subject matter experts. In this study, we used a combination of individual cognitive interviews (n = 11), an online consensus survey modeled after a traditional Delphi method (n = 65), and an online pre- (n = 535) and post-test (n = 350) survey to psychometrically evaluate the PSSI using samples of students from Ontario, Canada. We collected four types of evidence for validity, including: content evidence, response processes evidence, internal structure evidence, and relations to other variables. The test-retest reliability of the instrument was also evaluated. Results: The PSSI demonstrated strong psychometric properties. Content validation and response processes evidence was derived from active student involvement throughout the development and refinement of the tool. Exploratory factor analysis suggested that the structure of the PSSI reflects the internal structure of an index, rather than a scale, as expected. Test-retest reliability of the instrument was comparable to existing, established instruments. Finally, the PSSI demonstrated good relationships with like measures of stress, distress, and resilience, in the hypothesized directions. Conclusions: The PSSI is a 46-item inventory that will allow post-secondary institutions to pinpoint the most severe and frequently occurring stressors on their campus. This knowledge will facilitate appropriate targeting of priority areas, and help institutions to better align their mental health promotion and mental illness prevention programming with the needs of their campus.

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