Traditionally, human services counseling (HSC) training programs have relied upon face-to-face interactions, including such methods as simulated counseling sessions and live supervision, to teach interpersonal and clinical skills. Concerns about the ability of online media to facilitate the interpersonal interaction needed to teach discipline-specific skills has delayed adoption of online learn...

Both the disciplines of biology and of science education have undergone a revolution. The major focus of the biological sciences—understanding life—remains unchanged, but breakthrough discoveries of the second half of the 20th century have changed the basic nature of the questions asked, whereas new and emerging technologies are changing the ways key questions are addressed (National Research C...

Although there is a considerable literature on transition of faculty members to the position of department chair, there is a dearth of publications about transitioning from the chair to other activities including retirement. The Association of Pathology Chairs senior fellows (all of whom are former chairs of academic departments of pathology) made this topic a focus of discussion at the Associa...

The increasing number of ageing population is a signpost for re-directing the resources to ensure quality of life for elderly thus promoting active ageing. However, the challenges to achieve the goal outweigh the opportunities due to scarcity of resources. Several factors including, brain drain, poverty, lack of knowledge of elderly to protect their rights in association with poor state laws de...

This article presents evidence for a rising emancipatory spirit, across generations and around the world, in a life domain in which religion hitherto blocked emancipatory gains: sexual freedoms. We propose an explanation of rising emancipative values that integrates several approaches into a single idea-the utility ladder of freedoms. Specifically, we suggest that objectively improving living c...

The study of the relationship between mental health and social inclusion has generated much interest among social services providers, policy makers, and academics (Huxley et al., 2008). This paper reports the subjective experience of social inclusion in various key life domains of 168 Chinese mental health services users in Hong Kong collected through a non-probability sample survey. A Chinese ...

Two studies examined the associations between life regrets and indicators of quality of life across the adult life span. Given that opportunities to undo regrets decline with age, regret intensity was expected to be inversely associated with subjective well-being and health among older adults. In addition, the research explored protective factors that have the potential to reduce older adults' ...