Research methods in education philanthropy

Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks · 2025-08-21

This chapter presents the rich variety of research methods currently informing practice and discourse in education philanthropy. It reviews prevailing approaches, methodological innovations, and promising methods for future inquiry. This expanding and diversifying body of work is methodologically distinct for its contributions across a range of qualitative, quantitative, experimental, and integrative approaches. Recent years have brought new work by scholars from myriad disciplines spanning various lines of inquiry—from the lived experience of fundraisers including academic deans and presidents to growing private investments in K-12 education, experiential learning programs in philanthropy, transnational education philanthropy, and more nuanced, identity-related factors in giving decisions. Better integration of this work across academic fields, with the world of practice, and throughout the public realm could deepen understanding of increasingly complex and consequential phenomena, and enhance dialogue among education philanthropy's many and diverse stakeholders.

Cohort and Gender Differences in Stability Over Five Years Among Mexican-Origin Caregivers to Older Adults Living With Cognitive Impairment

Research on Aging · 2025-01-08 · 2 citations

The current study examines cohort (i.e., Generation X, Baby Boomers, and Silent Generation) and gender differences in the stability of Mexican-origin family caregivers over time. The data comes from Mexican-origin caregivers to community-dwelling older adults living in the west and southwestern United States from the Caregiving Supplement to the Hispanic Established Populations for the Epidemiologic Study of the Elderly (2010/11-2016). Multinomial logistic regressions with interaction and predicted probabilities demonstrate that female caregivers are more consistent in their caregiving role over male caregivers in every cohort over the two time points (RRR = 0.67; 95% CI = [0.01-0.38]). Among men, predicted probabilities indicate more caregivers from Baby Boomer (.17) and Generation X (0.12) cohorts remain in the caregiver role compared to Silent Generation (.07). The findings suggest that gendered expectations may be changing as male caregivers increase in their provision of family care. Future research should consider generational diversity in Hispanic caregiving experience.

Loneliness in adults with cardiovascular disease and their social and emotional support needs: Implications for Hispanic adults from the 2023 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

medRxiv · 2025-03-20 · 2 citations

Objectives: Loneliness and social isolation pose significant risks for an individual's physical, mental, and social health including higher incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD), poorer patient reported outcomes, and earlier mortality compared to those not experiencing loneliness or social isolation. The objective of this study was to assess loneliness and social and emotional support among adults aged 18 years and older who have CVD in the US. Design: Using the 2023 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System's social determinants and health equity module, we examined the distribution of US adults with CVD, compared the prevalence of CVD by Hispanic ethnicity, and conducted multivariable logistic regressions assessing the relationship of independent variables with loneliness and social and emotional support. Results: The proportion of adults with CVD who felt lonely sometimes, usually, and always was 44.6%. Hispanic adults who felt lonely (56.3% vs. 43.0%; P<0.0001) and did not receive needed social and emotional support (13.7% vs. 9.8%; P=0.0162) experienced a higher prevalence of CVD than their non-Hispanic adult counterparts who felt lonely and did not receive needed social and emotional support. Adults with CVD who reported rarely or never receiving needed social and emotional support (odds ratio [OR]: 1.42; confidence interval [CI]: 1.14-1.77) had 42% higher odds of feeling lonely, compared to adults who indicated receiving social and emotional support sometimes, usually, or always. Among Hispanic adults with CVD, widowed/divorced/separated adults (OR: 2.30; CI: 1.46-3.61), urban residents (OR: 2.14; CI: 1.05-4.36), and unemployed adults (OR: 3.26; CI: 1.93-5.51) had higher odds of feeling lonely compared to married, rural, and employed adults. Conclusion: This study demonstrates significant disparities in loneliness and social and emotional support in CVD among US adults, with Hispanics experiencing a disadvantage in both outcomes. Future studies should examine strategies to improve social connection for those experiencing disparities.

Civic Virtue and Educational Attainment: Is College Attendance Associated With More Tolerant and Humble Citizens?

Journal of College and Character · 2025-04-01

Uncovering Typologies of Civically Engaged Latina/o College Graduates at 4-Year Institutions of Higher Education

Journal of Latinos and Education · 2022-03-14

This study sought to examine how Latina/o1 college graduates engage civically. Through a four-step quantitative design, we found that Latina/o college graduates vote, volunteer, advocate, donate money, serve as cultural and political resources, and run for elected office. We also identified five typologies, or classes, of civically engaged Latina/o college graduates: Activistas, Mentores, Politicos, Votantes, and Indiferentes. Implications for practice and future research are discussed.

Students’ experiences with graduate education in Brazil A confirmatory Factor Analysis Approach

Revista de Investigación Educativa · 2022-07-01 · 3 citations

Assessing graduate student education is a complex task. After all, graduate education is the result of a complex process involving course experiences, teaching, engagement in learning, mastery of skills, the ability to work with others and satisfaction with what is learned. This paper reports the results of a study seeking to document underlying dimensions of student experiences with their graduate education programs in Brazil. Confirmatory factor analysis reveals that student experiences with graduate education underscore three interrelated constructs: Engagement in learning, Collaborative Learning, and Intellectual Growth. The survey instrument that informed this study can contribute to the self-assessment of Graduate Programs in Education by accreditation agencies as the Brazilian’s Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES). Assessing graduate student instruction is a complex task. After all, graduate education is the result of an intricate exercise involving course experiences, teaching, learning engagement, skill-building, collaboration, and learning satisfaction. This article presents the results of a study seeking to assist in the assessment of graduate education in Brazil through a survey about graduate education experiences. A confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), performed on 462 graduate students of various master’s and doctoral programs from six Brazilian universities, indicates that student experiences with graduate education underscore three interrelated processes: Engagement in Learning, Collaborative Learning, and Intellectual Growth. The survey that informs this study can contribute to the self-assessment of graduate programs in Education at different faculties and universities, while also facilitating regular graduate education assessment by accreditation agencies such as the Brazilian’s Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES).

Contaminación alimentaria por hidrocarburos aromáticos policíclicos: impacto en la salud pública y legislación en México

Alimentos Ciencia e Ingeniería · 2021-06-30

Los compuestos formados durante el almacenamiento, procesado y preparación de los alimentos constituyen una de las principales fuentes exógenas de compuestos genotóxicos y carcinogénicos. En los alimentos calentados, los HAPs representan un grupo prioritario de contaminantes químicos con efectos adversos para la salud a largo plazo. El objetivo de este trabajo es poner de manifiesto la presencia de HAPs en alimentos y el riesgo para la salud que implica el no contar con un control sanitario en nuestro país. De acuerdo con los resultados observados, los niveles más altos de HAPs, se encontraron en pescados ahumados (1461.79 ?g/kg), bebidas de té, café y cacao (1406.4 ?g/kg), mejillones de granja (1314.45 ?g/kg) y silvestres (905.66 ?g/kg), pollo a la parrilla marinado (457.3 ?g/kg) y pescado crudo (401 ?g/kg). En todos los casos se exceden los valores permitidos por la Comisión Europea (CE). Esta revisión permitió conocer algunos métodos de cuantificación y cantidades de HAPs presentes en alimentos. En México no existe regulación sanitaria al respecto, por lo que resulta imperioso que por lo menos las entidades regulatorias en nuestro país se unan a la normativa establecida por la CE.

Assessing Overall Competence Of Faculty: Ec Criterion 5

2020-09-03 · 3 citations

ABET self-study directions require engineering departments to discuss the competence of their faculty. This paper describes the structure, content, and measurement characteristics of a Webbased Engineering Faculty Survey that addresses ABET requirements to assess "the overall competence of faculty." The survey can also be used as a diagnostic to assess what individual and organizational factors are associated with teaching methods such as team-based design projects or use of traditional lecture and textbook problem sets. The Engineering Faculty Survey, developed for the NSF-funded ECSEL coalition, gathers information about individual demographic characteristics, industry and academic experience, sources and applications (education or basic research) of funding, publication productivity, teaching goals, selfassessment of skills, perceptions of rewards and resources available for teaching, and teaching methods. Analyses reveal contrasting sets of variables associated with the use of team-based design projects and traditional teaching methods.

Immigration Policy Changes and the Mental Health of Mexican-American Immigrants

Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities · 2020 · 9 citations

• Political Science
• Medicine
• Gerontology

Preparing For Abet 2000: Assessment At The Classroom Level

2020 · 11 citations

• Computer Science
• Political Science
• Psychology

The nature of the classroom experience has recently regained recognition as one of the most significant factors influencing college students' cognitive and affective development. While knowledge of the role of classroom experiences is extensive in general education The absence of such information presents colleges and schools of engineering with major problems. Industry and the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) are bringing increasing pressure on engineering schools to produce graduates who are prepared to engage in unstructured problem solving and to work in groups. ABET is also moving to an assessment-based reaccreditation review process, requiring institutions to produce evidence that their programs "prepare graduates for the practice of engineering at a professional level" (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, 1997, p. 41).