The Struggling Writer: Strategies for Teaching

There has been a great deal of interest in the diagnosis of, and strategies for supporting struggling readers but comparatively little to help guide teachers of struggling writers. Richard Fox tries to remedy this and introduces us to a useful analysis of some of the problems which might beset young writers. He goes on to suggest possible strategies for helping these children make progress.     

Government Policy Towards Overseas Students: An International Perspective

There are now over one million foreign students studying in universities or colleges outside their own countries. The number of foreign students increased very rapidly in the 1970s and several host countries became concerned at the rising cost of subsidising students from abroad. Several countries, including Australia and Canada, as well as Britain, introduced differential fees for overseas students while other countries use quotas to regulate or restrict foreign student numbers. Other countries, notably Japan, have tried to increase recruitment of foreign students. This paper compares recent enrolment trends and developments in government policy towards foreign students in ten countries (Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, West Germany, India, Japan, Russia, United Kingdom and United States of America ).     

Shareholder communication and issue salience: corporate responses to ‘social’ shareholder activism

This study focuses on corporate engagement when shareholder activists raise concerns about social issues during annual shareholder meetings. Building upon strategic communication, social activism, and management research, the study combines Stakeholder Salience Theory (SST) and Issues Management Theory to explain corporate responses to shareholder activism. The researchers constructed a dataset of 844 shareholder actions in the U.S., all concerning environmental issues from 2006 to 2014. The analyses revealed that the urgency of the shareholder requests was the main driver of saliency. Moreover, shareholder activism strategies that engage corporations in private negotiations appeared to be effective in eliciting positive corporate responses. The findings contribute to applied communication theory and research by advancing SST with an issues management perspective in the context of shareholder activism.     

Creating and comprehending the fantastic: A case study of a child from twenty to thirty-five months

Maureen Crago collaborated with Hugh Crago on their longitudinal studyPrelude to Literacy: A Preschool Child's Encounter with Picture and Story. Since then, she has been in private practice as a psychotherapist. She is currently reexamining the rich store of observation on whichPrelude was based for a series of articles that widen and deepen the focus of the original study.