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2026 EN
Kessner Taylor M. · Scianna Jennifer · Harris Lauren McArthur
We build on prior research suggesting the made-for-school, history-oriented videogame Mission US offers entry-level opportunities for students to practice “thinking like historians”—a phrase the game uses to indicate key historical reasoning and thinking skills. We leverage quantitative ethnography (QE) and epistemic network analysis (ENA) to examine how these opportunities co-occur. We find significant differences between two groups of game missions focusing on different historical time periods with different player characters. One group appears to focus more heavily on historical thinking and reasoning, while a second appears to constrain historical thinking and reasoning to a function of protagonists’ marginalized identities. Further exploration of these differences revealed the game’s developers appear to have designed an ideological game world that positions White avatars to more freely engage in historical thinking and reasoning practices, while Black, Brown, and Indigenous avatars are substantively constrained in doing so. This study illustrates the power of QE and ENA to uncover hard-to-see aspects of the ideological worlds baked into teaching and learning environments, especially those potentially harmful to young people’s capacity to see themselves within disciplinary Discourses.
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2026 EN
Ridwanullah Abdulhameed Olaitan · Villar Maria Elena
This article presents a case study on the deployment of strategic communication by Future Prowess Islamic Foundation (FPIF), a non-governmental organization in the northeastern region of Nigeria ravaged by the Boko Haram terrorism crisis. The case study examines how strategic communication was utilized to address risk factors for victims and contribute to peacebuilding and conflict resolution. Using content analysis and in-depth interview methods, the authors analyzed 67 online posts about FPIF and conducted nine interviews with internal and external stakeholders. Findings show that FPIF adopts multiple strategies to communicate with their targets and that their messaging falls within four thematic areas: social support, empowerment, advocacy, and reconciliation, and apply a range of persuasive strategies including credibility, emotional, and rational appeals. These messages are designed to counter the extremist narrative, foster community resilience, and foster support for the organization’s mission. The inclusive approach adopted by the organization allows widows and children from opposing sides to study together, setting the foundation for peaceful coexistence. This study contributes to understanding how NGOs utilize strategic communication to influence attitudes, reshape narratives, diffuse conflict at the interpersonal level and thus contribute to peacebuilding.
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2026 EN
Zhu Xiwei · Zheng Peiwen · Wang Xueli
The COVID-19 crisis has caused unprecedented disruptions to all facets of postsecondary education. As open-access institutions serving diverse students, community and technical colleges have responded to pandemic-imposed challenges through numerous adaptations. To bring clarity and purpose to community and technical colleges’ institutional decision-making during times of crisis, we used text mining techniques to identify patterns underlying change and adaptations since March 2020 based on text data from weekly newsletters published by a 2-year college system in a Midwestern state. Our findings indicate that community and technical colleges strove to meet their core institutional mission and centered student needs during the crisis. Specifically, the colleges emphasized accessibility, flexibility, and continuity of education. However, we also identified a lack of depiction of important issues, such as support for faculty/staff and an explicit focus on issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our study also demonstrates text mining techniques as an innovative toolkit to support community and technical colleges with data-informed decision-making to enhance institutional effectiveness.
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2026 EN
Floyd Deborah L. · Listermann Kelli
This article celebrates the accomplishments of the Community College Journal of Research and Practice ( CCJRP ) throughout 2025 – a year that concludes as the journal reaches a significant milestone and enters its 50th year of publication. Over the past five decades, the CCJRP has served as a leading platform for advancing research and practice in the community college sector, marking milestones of scholarly growth while building momentum that continues to shape the field. This article highlights the impactful studies, featured articles, and special issues that have strengthened the journal’s reputation for both scholarly rigor and practitioner relevance. It also acknowledges the essential contributions of our editorial board members, authors, and editors, whose commitment to inquiry and innovation sustains the journal’s enduring influence. Looking ahead, this article previews issues planned for 2026, including a special issue honoring the legacy of a distinguished community college scholar–practitioner, as well as forthcoming issues focused on workforce education, student pathways and success, social media and technology, COVID-19 impacts, STEM programs, and other emerging topics vital to community colleges and higher education. Together, these efforts commemorate 50 years of publishing excellence while reaffirming the CCJRP ’s mission to elevate research, inform practice, and shape the future of community college education – carrying the momentum of past milestones forward into the decades to come.
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2026 EN
George Nicholas H. · Cihla Jacob B. · Guyette Francis X.
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Prehospital endotracheal intubation (ETI) is a lifesaving procedure with known complications. To reduce ETI-associated morbidity and mortality, organizations prioritize first-pass success (FPS). However, there are few data evaluating the association of FPS with clinician licensure. We performed a retrospective chart review of all paramedic and nurse ETI attempts by a multi-state air and ground critical care transport service between January 1, 2008, and December 31, 2023. Our outcomes of interest were FPS and last-pass success (LPS). The exposure of interest was clinician license. We performed a multivariable logistic regression controlling for multiple common patient/operational confounders: age, sex, referring/procedure location, medical category, year, paralytic use, and proceduralist experience. As an exploratory analysis we assessed FPS by licensure and years of experience using time since first patient mission as a surrogate (<1 year, 1 to <2 years, 2 to <3 years, and 3+ years). Of 171,804 encounters over the study period, 8,307 (4.8%) required ETI. Included encounters were mostly adult (≥18 years old; 91.0%), male (64.0%), and victims of trauma (57.4%). Most intubations were performed on primary retrieval (scene) missions (70.5%) with neuromuscular blockade (93.3%). Nurses and paramedics intubated with similar success on the first (88.8%; 95% confidence interval [CI] 87.9–89.8 vs. 89.7%; 95% CI 88.7–90.7) and last (97.4%; 95% CI 96.9–97.9 vs. 97.3%; 95% CI 96.7–97.8) attempts. Multivariable analysis revealed no significant difference between two groups for FPS (aOR 0.90; 95% CI 0.77–1.04]) or LPS (aOR 1.00; 95% CI 0.76–1.32). FPS was also similar for nurses (74.7%; 95% CI 69.8–79.7) and paramedics (80.6%; 95% CI 75.6–85.6) within the first year, and after 3 years of experience (91.6%; 95% CI 90.6–92.5 vs. 91.5%; 95% CI 90.5–92.6). Critical care paramedics and nurses perform ETI with similar proficiency. In this analysis of 7,812 intubations, clinician licensure was not associated with FPS nor LPS after controlling for multiple common confounders. Further research evaluating training schemes especially in early years of experience is needed.
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2026 EN
Keller Yacin · Schrimpf Anne · Gries André
Efficient dispatching of physician-staffed vehicles in emergency medical services requires clear criteria to ensure timely allocation of resources, improve patient outcomes, and minimize response time under high-pressure conditions. The aim of this study was to identify criteria ensuring that emergency physicians are safely managed and efficiently deployed. Rescue service deployments in the city of Dresden, Germany (01/01/2021–12/31/2021), were analyzed retrospectively. The rescue mission indications determined by the telecommunicator, along with the presence of vital sign abnormalities at site – such as airway, breathing, circulation, and disability – based on the ABCDE approach from the Advanced Life Support and Advanced Trauma Life Support algorithms, were analyzed. Specific emergency medical procedures carried out in the particular mission were assigned to the respective competence level (CL): CL1: invasive measures reserved for physicians; CL2: invasive measures that paramedics are trained to use independently in emergency situations; CL3: standard measures; CL4: counseling only; and CL5: no measures. In all, 67,975 missions were analyzed. Missions were most frequently dispatched for internal indications, such as cardiovascular and pulmonary emergencies (28.4%), and traumatological indications (20.4%). Despite the physician being dispatched in 36.5% of cases, invasive measures (CL1/CL2) were only used in 13.9% of missions. Internal indications (11.8%) and resuscitation (19.6%) frequently required CL1 measures. CL2 measures were more frequently applied than CL1 measures for allergic (44.2% vs. 1.9%), neurological (12.5% vs. 3.4%), and psychological (6.1% vs. 0.7%) indications. In most interventions (62.2%), only the standard competencies (CL3) were used as the highest level of competence. For most mission indications, the probability of invasive measures (CL1/CL2) increased significantly in the presence of at least one vital sign abnormality. The results show opportunities for optimizing emergency physician dispatch. The presence of a vital sign abnormality should be given greater consideration in the future. Query algorithms for detecting cases with a high probability of requiring CL1/CL2 measures could support efficient dispatching. Furthermore, emergencies requiring CL2 but rarely CL1 measures could be handled independently by emergency paramedics, particularly if they have access to the support of a tele-emergency physician for situations where CL1 measures become necessary.
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2026 EN
Bae Hyunhoe · Choi Yujin
The joint pursuit of social and financial goals confronts social enterprises with unique challenges, as these goals are not always aligned. This study examines the relationship between financial and social performance, addressing inconsistent findings in the literature, by using longitudinal data from Korea and applying a simultaneous equation modeling approach, which allows estimates of reciprocal effects. Results suggest that social enterprises face a trade-off between achieving their social mission and financial profit. Specifically, the pursuit of financial gain by social enterprises appears to hinder their commitment to social objectives, such as employing vulnerable groups; and, correspondingly, successful pursuit of their social mission seems to hinder their financial performance. These findings underscore the challenges social enterprises face in balancing these dual objectives and highlight the need for strategies to manage such trade-offs effectively.
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2026 EN
Chen Frank
Our government watchdogs, commonly known as inspectors general, are powerless in their pursuit of justice and restoring public trust in government. Limited access to documents and lack of subpoena power are common obstacles faced by inspection and oversight professionals. The author analyzed 123 state and local office of inspector general statutes to document their access to records, subpoena powers, and police powers. The findings show that 37% of the offices have both access to records and subpoena power, while the remaining 63% have only one or none. This raises questions on whether the oversight offices have sufficient powers to carry out their mission. Contrary to popular belief, the findings here also show that only 12% of the offices have police powers, which verifies the function of inspectors general as agents of detection and not as overlapping law enforcement agencies. Based on the findings, the author recommends amendments to state and local offices of inspector general to detail the extent and limitations of their powers.
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2026 EN
Ganin Andrey
This article is devoted to the remarkable fate of the Russian officer and Yugoslav general Fyodor Makhin. He was born in the family of an Orenburg Cossack exiled to penal servitude, later returned home, managed to get a brilliant education, including graduating from Nicholas military Academy, participated in the First World War, and in 1918 was embedded in the Red Army as a secret agent of the Socialist Revolutionary Party and became commander of the 2nd Soviet Army on the Eastern Front. In the summer of 1918, while carrying out a secret mission, he surrendered Ufa to the anti-Bolshevik forces, went over to their side, and then became one of the military leaders of the People’s Army of the Committee of Members of the All-Russian Constituent Assembly. Later, without recognizing the military coup in Omsk, as a result of which Admiral Alexander Kolchak came to power in the anti-Bolshevik camp, Makhin at the end of 1918 took part in a conspiracy of Socialist Revolutionaries and adherents of the Bashkir national movement against Kolchak and his supporter Orenburg Cossack chieftain Alexander Dutov, but the conspiracy was revealedy. Makhin was sent abroad. After that, he continued his work as a Socialist-Revolutionary activist. In particular, he supported the rebellious sailors in Kronstadt in 1921. Later, he lived in Prague and Belgrade, focusing on working for Zemgor (United Committee of the Zemstvo and City Unions), which helped Russian emigrants. In the early 1930s, Makhin was recruited by Soviet intelligence as a secret agent. By the same period, he was actively supporting the USSR in the event of a possible war (despite the fact that many military emigrants, on the contrary, were waiting for a new war, as a result of which they hoped external enemies would eliminate the communist regime). Makhin later joined the Communist Party of Yugoslavia. During the Second World War, he participated in the resistance. He joined the partisans of Iosip Broz Tito and became one of his close associates, receiving the rank of lieutenant General of the People’s Liberation Army of Yugoslavia. In 1944, a quarter of a century after he left his homeland, Makhin visited the USSR with the Yugoslav delegation. At the end of his military career in Yugoslavia, he served as a head of the Yugoslav Military Archives. Makhin passed away in June 1945, shortly after the victory of the Red Army in the Great Patriotic War and was considered one of the Yugoslav heroes. However, due to political changes, his name was forgotten.
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2026 EN
McDonald Matt
Climate change is increasingly recognized as an issue of security, including by states and by traditional providers of national security within states: Defence and the military. This article introduces core axes of debate concerning Defence engagement with the security implications of climate change, in the process introducing this special issue on this topic. It explores arguments linking climate change to new sites of conflict, new requirements for military operations, mission types and emissions reduction, reflecting also on the role of climate change in approaches to Defence estates, infrastructure management, procurement and training. The article also points to the crucial role of the politics of climate security. This extends from contestation about the implications of Defence engagement with climate change to the relationship between Defence and (civilian) government, for example. The article concludes by noting the inevitability of increasing attention to climate change for Defence sectors throughout the world.