Richard Arum
· Professor of EducationUniversity of California, Irvine · English
Active 1993–2026
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About
Richard Arum is an expert on the legal and institutional environments of schools, social stratification, and digital education. His work focuses on student work habits, teaching and curriculum, and the development of critical thinking skills. He is affiliated with the Connected Learning Lab and has contributed to projects such as the Orange County Educational Advancement Network (OCEAN), Studies In The News, Connecting Youth Project, and Growing Up Digital.
Research topics
- Psychology
- Computer Science
- Medicine
- Political Science
- Medical education
- Internal medicine
- Pedagogy
- Chemistry
- Psychiatry
- Engineering
Selected publications
Stress of university students before and after campus closure in response to COVID‐19
Journal of Community Psychology · 2021 · 158 citations
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, universities were forced to adopt a remote learning model, which introduced a number of stressors into college students' everyday life and study habits. The current study investigates if students' study-related stress increased after the pandemic's onset and how individual and contextual factors moderate this potential stress increase. Longitudinal survey data about students' stress levels and self-efficacy in self-regulation were collected before and after the onse…
AERA Open · 2022 · 28 citations
Senior authorCorrespondingColleges and universities have increasingly worried in recent decades about college students’ well-being, with the COVID-19 pandemic aggravating these concerns. Our study examines changes to undergraduate emotional sentiments and psychological well-being from before to after the onset of the pandemic. In addition, we explore whether certain risk factors (i.e., prior mental health impairments, trait emotional stability) and protective factors (i.e., subjective socioeconomic status, parental educa…
A Framework for Measuring Undergraduate Learning and Growth
Change The Magazine of Higher Learning · 2021 · 20 citations
1st authorCorrespondingEpistemic virtue in higher education: testing the mechanisms of intellectual character development
Current Psychology · 2023-07-26 · 16 citations
articleOpen accessAbstract Epistemic virtues are character traits conducive to principled ways of thinking, leading to a life of flourishing. Recent years have witnessed an emergence of theoretical accounts describing how they develop. However, few if any studies have conducted rigorous empirical investigation into the mechanisms of intellectual virtue development. In this study, we review several significant frameworks before utilizing a randomized, pretest/posttest control trial design to understand the impacts…
Learning and Individual Differences · 2024-11-30 · 8 citations
articleOpen accessMany college students struggle with regulating the time and effort they invest in classes. We used digital trace data from a learning management system to examine students' behavioral engagement and associations with course performance in four chemistry courses ( N = 1596). Results from Study 1a show that behavioral engagement declined across the course, except for high spikes in exam weeks. Students with higher regularity and continued engagement after midterm exams obtained higher course grade…
Frequent coauthors
- 20 shared
C.-C. Yi
- 20 shared
Josipa Roksa
University of Virginia
- 9 shared
Marcus England
Delaware State University
- 9 shared
Calvin Morrill
- 9 shared
LaDawn Haglund
- 9 shared
Torin Monahan
- 9 shared
K. Reed Clark
Delaware State University
- 9 shared
Laura R. Peck
Musicians Emergency Fund
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