scholarly journals Bridging Countries and Cultures through Accessible Global Collaborations

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irene Duranczyk ◽  
Elena Pishcherskaia
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
College Students ◽  
The United States ◽  
Project Design ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
The World ◽  
Global Projects ◽  
Globalized World ◽  
Global Project

This paper discusses and provides two case studies on a postsecondary, accessible, global project among students in Russia, China, and the United States. The project design was to engage diverse students in an international conversation to explore their place in the world and envision their future as individuals, innovators, workers, and/or leaders in this globalized world. The three countries chosen, Russia, China, and the United States, are world powers and are pivotal countries for building international bridges. This paper highlights the evolution of the project and students’ vision for developing ongoing student-centered international research projects. It is the hope of the authors that educators reading this article will be inspired to embark on other accessible global projects designed to enhance language and cultural competence with and among all college students.

scholarly journals Using structural equation modeling to model compliance with COVID-19 related non-pharmaceutical interventions amongst university students in the United States

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Spencer Shumway ◽  
Jonas Hopper ◽  
Ethan Richard Tolman ◽  
Daniel Ferguson ◽  
Gabriella Hubble ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
College Students ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
The United States ◽  
College Campuses ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Vulnerable Communities ◽  
General Trust ◽  
The World ◽  
Pharmaceutical Interventions

The world is currently dealing with a devastating pandemic. Although growing COVID-19 case numbers, deaths, and hospitalizations are concerning, this spread is particularly alarming in the United States where polarizing opinions, changing policies, and misinformation abound. In particular, American college campuses have been a venue of rampant transmission, with concerning spillover into surrounding, more vulnerable, communities. We surveyed over 600 college students from across the United States and modeled predictors of compliance with non-pharmaceutical interventions. We identified concern with severity (p < .001), constitutional originalist ideology (p < .001), news exposure (p < .001) and religiosity (p < .05) as significant positive correlates with compliance, and general trust in science (p < .05) as a significant negative correlate. To determine how applicable nationwide modeling might be to individual local campuses we also administered this same survey to nearly 600 students at two large universities in Utah County. In this population, concern with severity was the only significant positive correlate with compliance (p < .001); Additionally, feelings of inconvenience was negatively correlated (p < .001). The effects of feelings of inconvenience, and news exposure were significantly different between populations (p < .001, p < .001). These results suggest that we should focus our efforts on increasing knowledge about the pandemic’s effects on our society and informing about constitutionality amongst college students. However, we also show that nationwide surveys and modeling are informative, but if campuses are to efficiently curb the spread of COVID-19 this coming semester, they would be best served to utilize data collected from their student populations as these might significantly differ from general consensus data.

scholarly journals A Preliminary Exploration on the Views of Terrorism Among Indian and U.S. College Students

2020 ◽  
pp. 105756772097916
Author(s):  
Eric G. Lambert ◽  
Shanhe Jiang ◽  
N. Prabha Unnithan ◽  
Sudershan Pasupuleti
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
College Students ◽  
Death Penalty ◽  
The United States ◽  
Ordinal Regression ◽  
Terrorist Attacks ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government ◽  
Indian Students

No corner of the world is completely safe from terrorist attacks. Both India and the United States have suffered horrific acts of terrorist-inspired violence. While views of terrorism vary for different reasons, culture certainly plays a role. A total of 918 undergraduate college students, composed of 434 Indian students and 484 U.S. students, were surveyed on their views of terrorism, responses to terrorism, and appropriate punishment of terrorists. Ordered ordinal regression results indicated a significant difference on 20 of the 26 items by nationality. Indian participants were more likely to express strong views on the problem of terrorism for society and to see terrorists as more similar to common criminals than their U.S. counterparts. Indian students were also more likely to feel that the government should do whatever was necessary to win against terrorists, while U.S. students were more likely to view winning against terrorists as difficult. Further, Indian respondents were more likely to feel that terrorists needed to be punished harshly and the death penalty would deter them, while U.S. respondents more likely to feel convicted terrorists should be able to appeal their sentences. The results suggest that culture plays a role in shaping terrorism views.

International Students and Their Technology Proficiency

2015 ◽  
pp. 135-146
Author(s):  
Jacob Manu ◽  
Emmanuel Mensah
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
College Students ◽  
International Students ◽  
The United States ◽  
Technology Infrastructure ◽  
Technology Proficiency ◽  
Global Village ◽  
Experience Levels ◽  
The World ◽  
Perceived Relevance

The term “Global Village” has been used by both experts and novices to explain how the world we live in has gradually become a mere neighborhood. Meanwhile, one important factor that does not come into the global village discourse is that not all places or people can be accessed based on disparities in technology infrastructure and proficiency (Internet World Stats, 2012). Most importantly, not all college students in today's classrooms are technologically savvy (Fletcher, 2005). The purpose of this chapter is to identify the perceived relevance of computer technology among international students and their past technology experience levels in one of the Midwest universities in the United States. A sample of 90 international students reveals that they perceive technology as relevant to their learning. The study also reveals that different continents have different past technology experiences that might adversely affect international students' academic work.

A stranger in my own home: Prolonged travel and the (re)negotiation of Otavalo identity in Carlos Arcos Cabrera’s Memorias de Andrés Chiliquinga (‘Memories of Andrés Chiliquinga’) (2013)

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-70
Author(s):  
Megan O’Neil
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Rite Of Passage ◽  
Imagined Community ◽  
Indigenous Identity ◽  
Cultural Products ◽  
Indigenous Groups ◽  
The World ◽  
Globalized World

As one of Ecuador’s largest indigenous groups, Otavalos have become unique in their successful marketing of cultural products both nationally and internationally. The Otavalo diaspora has led to sizeable communities settling not only in larger cities within Ecuador, but around the world. Travel, especially to Europe and the United States, is now a rite of passage for young Otavalos, and these travelling merchants spread their heritage through the sale of products, from clothing and fabrics, to music and handicrafts. In turn, many spend a significant portion of the year (and their life) detached from the Otavalo community, moving through spaces in which they are labelled as ‘other’ to ones in which they are exclusive members of an ‘imagined community’. With a focus on Carlos Arcos Cabrera's 2013 novel Memorias de Andrés Chiliquinga (‘Memories of Andrés Chiliquinga’), this article explores the effects of prolonged travel on indigenous identity, and the ways in which the young Otavalos today are facing traditional and Eurocentric stereotypes in order to (re)negotiate what it means to be indigenous in a globalized world.

Anti-Americanism in East Asia: Analyses of college students’ attitudes in China, Japan, and South Korea

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Young Choul Kim ◽  
Ho Keun Yoo
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
College Students ◽  
South Korea ◽  
East Asian ◽  
The United States ◽  
Influential Factor ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Theoretical Concepts ◽  
The World ◽  
Asian College Students

In the last decade, negative attitudes towards the United States have increased throughout the world. Though the United States and East Asian countries have relatively had harmonious relationships, anti-Americanism is still prevalent for various reasons. In spite of China’s increasing economic interdependence with the United States, the country is succeeding to its long history of anti-Americanism. Although Japan and South Korea have been considered pro-United States allies since the Korean War (1950–1953), the countries’ younger generations have often expressed critical opinions of the United States. What is the cause of this anti-American sentiment in the East Asian countries? The purpose of this study is to examine the determinants of anti-American sentiment in East Asian countries using a cross-national survey. The results of the empirical analyses support previous approaches and promote four theoretical concepts: (1) the people’s knowledge and curiosity about the United States is the most influential factor of anti-American sentiment for East Asian college students (the cognitive-orientation); (2) individual’s attitudes towards American culture and society influence anti-American sentiment in East Asian countries (the cultural-cleavage); (3) anti-American sentiment in East Asian countries is mostly affected by people’s general ideas about the roles of the United States in the world and United States’ foreign policies (the anti-hegemony); and (4) the people’s general perception on the relationship between their own countries and the United States is another determinant of anti-American sentiment in East Asian countries (the equal-relationship). In contrast, it explains that gender and the financial condition of East Asian college students are not significant determinants of anti-American sentiment.

scholarly journals Predictors of compliance with COVID-19 related non-pharmaceutical interventions among university students in the United States

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. e0252185
Author(s):  
Spencer G. Shumway ◽  
Jonas D. Hopper ◽  
Ethan R. Tolman ◽  
Daniel G. Ferguson ◽  
Gabriella Hubble ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
College Students ◽  
University Students ◽  
The United States ◽  
College Campuses ◽  
General Consensus ◽  
Vulnerable Communities ◽  
General Trust ◽  
The World ◽  
Pharmaceutical Interventions

The world is currently dealing with a devastating pandemic. Although growing COVID-19 case numbers, deaths, and hospitalizations are concerning, this spread is particularly alarming in the United States where polarizing opinions, changing policies, and misinformation abound. In particular, American college campuses have been a venue of rampant transmission, with concerning spillover into surrounding, more vulnerable, communities. We surveyed over 600 college students from across the United States and modeled predictors of compliance with non-pharmaceutical interventions. We identified concern with severity, constitutionalism, news exposure, and religiosity as significant positive correlates with compliance, and general trust in science as a significant negative correlate. To determine how applicable nationwide modeling might be to individual local campuses we also administered this same survey to nearly 600 students at two large universities in Utah County. In this population, concern with severity was the only significant positive correlate with compliance; Additionally, feelings of inconvenience were negatively correlated. The effects of feelings of inconvenience, and news exposure were significantly different between populations. These results suggest that we should focus our efforts on increasing knowledge about the pandemic’s effects on our society and informing about constitutionality amongst college students. However, we also show that nationwide surveys and modeling are informative, but if campuses are to efficiently curb the spread of COVID-19 this coming semester, they would be best served to utilize data collected from their student populations as these might significantly differ from general consensus data.

Going Out and About: Activating children as citizens of the now

2020 ◽  
pp. 204361062096919
Author(s):  
Jeanne Marie Iorio ◽  
Catherine Hamm ◽  
Mara Krechevsky
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
The United States ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Multiple Perspectives ◽  
Slowing Down ◽  
Living Well ◽  
The World ◽  
Meaningful Relationships

This article shares two research projects in the United States and Australia where children and teachers lead their local communities towards living well in precarious times. Rooted in the image of ‘children as citizens of the now’, the research projects offer innovative pedagogies as a way for children to generate meaningful relationships with community and local places. Specifically, children, families, teachers and researchers bring questions and curiosities from their everyday lives that activate teaching and learning with and from the world through the concepts of slowing down, noticing and engaging with multiple perspectives.

Has Our Vocabulary Stagnated? Using the Incest Taboo to Explore the State of Definitions in Anthropology

Journal ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Don Arp
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
College Students ◽  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
The United States ◽  
Solid Base ◽  
Graduation Requirement ◽  
The World ◽  
Materials Used ◽  
First Time

Anthropology textbooks are the chief conduit through which students attending colleges in the United States are exposed to anthropology for the first time, either as a glancing contact to meet a graduation requirement or as the first step in finding a career and passion. Textbooks synthesize the field into approachable and digestible pieces. This synthesis helps students develop a solid base knowledge of the field so they are prepared to engage in more specialized courses. Exploring these definitions from time to time provides an interesting assessment of the materials used to teach college students. Exploring one such term found in a variety of textbooks used in introductory anthropology courses in the United States, namely incest and its taboo, found that the definition may be in need of re-examination and re-work. For example, definitions found in a sampling of textbooks changed very little in several decades and did not address issues such as sexual orientation and erroneous, yet persistent, ties to marriage regulation. This article seeks not to offer or propose changes in the methodological approach to kinship studies, but rather to start discussion and suggest a change in the pedagogy of anthropology, especially as it is practiced in the United States. Undergraduate anthropology education reaches more non-majors than majors and provides an opportunity—a mere chance really—to impart some information that could help students understand the world.

scholarly journals From Simple Rules, Complex Behavior

2009 ◽  
Vol 131 (07) ◽  
pp. 22-27
Author(s):  
Alan S. Brown
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Insects ◽  
Autonomous Robots ◽  
The United States ◽  
Limited Range ◽  
Complex Behavior ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Localization And Mapping ◽  
The World ◽  
Simple Rules

This article focuses on creation of autonomous robots by engineers that can interact with the world around them by layering simple behaviors. The growing presence of autonomous robots at Hanover echoes the interest seen worldwide. In the United States, for instance, autonomous robots range in sophistication from simple Roomba household vacuum cleaners to the complex vehicles that competed in Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Urban Challenge. Instead, engineers are looking for clues in the behavior of social insects. Ants have attracted the most interest. While an individual ant has only a limited range of simple behaviors, the way it interacts with other ants produces responses that make the nest appear intelligent. Autonomous robots need better localization and mapping. They must learn faster and more efficiently. They should work together better as a team. They need to be more robust. Above all, they need to get smarter. An ant works randomly because it has no choice. It stumbles around until it creates the shortest path to food. Humans can see the whole picture and pick out that path immediately.

Sex Differences in Mass Media Preferences Across Four Asian Countries

2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 186-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Malini Ratnasingam ◽  
Lee Ellis
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Sex Differences ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
The United States ◽  
Female Students ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Evolutionary Explanation ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
The World ◽  
Media Preferences

Background. Nearly all of the research on sex differences in mass media utilization has been based on samples from the United States and a few other Western countries. Aim. The present study examines sex differences in mass media utilization in four Asian countries (Japan, Malaysia, South Korea, and Singapore). Methods. College students self-reported the frequency with which they accessed the following five mass media outlets: television dramas, televised news and documentaries, music, newspapers and magazines, and the Internet. Results. Two significant sex differences were found when participants from the four countries were considered as a whole: Women watched television dramas more than did men; and in Japan, female students listened to music more than did their male counterparts. Limitations. A wider array of mass media outlets could have been explored. Conclusions. Findings were largely consistent with results from studies conducted elsewhere in the world, particularly regarding sex differences in television drama viewing. A neurohormonal evolutionary explanation is offered for the basic findings.

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