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Aydin, Hasan; Avincan, Köksal – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2023
Democratisation in Turkey collapsed in the wake of the 2016 failed military coup and the crackdown that followed, with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan launching a widespread rollback of academic and other liberties, systematically purging civic institutions of political opponents and critics that significantly harmed intellectuals, students, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Civil Rights, Access to Education, Conflict
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Al Azmeh, Zeina; Dillabough, Joanne; Fimyar, Olena; McLaughlin, Colleen; Abdullateef, Shaher; Aloklah, Wissam Aldien; Mamo, Adnan Rashid; Abdulhafiz, Abdul Hafiz; Al Abdullah, Samir; Al Husien, Yasser; Al Mohamad Al Ibrahim, Ammar; Al Ibrahim, Ziad; Barmu, Taiseer; Farzat, Abdulnasser; Kadan, Bakry – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2021
This paper examines the relationship between the politics of Higher Education access pertaining to longstanding practices of patrimonial authoritarian politics and the narration of collective trauma. Building on an empirical study of Syrian HE during war, we suggest that a "narrative disjuncture" within HEIs has a damaging impact not…
Descriptors: Trauma, Access to Education, Higher Education, Politics of Education
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Cerna, Lucie; Chou, Meng-Hsuan – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2023
Taking the migration-higher education nexus as an analytical entry point, we address the question: How can we account for different internationalisation outcomes? We focus on three actors involved in the global race to internationalise higher education activities: higher education institutions (HEIs), states, and migrants. We argue that the…
Descriptors: International Education, Higher Education, Outcomes of Education, Strategic Planning
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Kryst, Erica Lopatofsky; Kotok, Stephen; Hagedorn, Annelise – Rural Educator, 2018
Rural youth are now graduating from high school at rates comparable to their peers in urban and suburban schools, however far fewer rural youth pursue postsecondary education. Using a comparative case study method, we explore postsecondary preparation efforts at three rural school districts. Each case represents a different classification of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Rural Schools, College Readiness, School Districts
MDRC, 2021
What works to help rural students succeed in higher education? In fall 2020, MDRC partnered with Rural Matters and Ascendium Education Group to produce a four-part podcast series called "Rural Higher Education: Challenges & Opportunities." The series gathered experts from across the country to examine the realities of rural life and…
Descriptors: Rural Education, Higher Education, Barriers, Educational Opportunities
European Students' Union, 2016
The present joint action programme is proposed by the Organising Bureau of European School Student Unions (OBESSU), the European Students' Union (ESU), and Education International (EI) to their members and partners, in order to advance the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 related goals, which the United Nations adopted in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Education, Higher Education, Access to Education
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Verkhohlyad, Olga; McLean, Gary N. – European Journal of Training and Development, 2012
Purpose: This study aims to bring some additional insight into the issue of emigration by establishing a relationship between emigration and psychic return of citizens to their human capital investment in the country. Design/methodology/approach: The article adopts a quantitative research strategy. It applies organizational commitment and human…
Descriptors: Brain Drain, Immigration, Human Capital, Access to Education
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Ejoigu, Aloy; Sule, Sheidu – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2012
This paper traces briefly the history and development of university education in Nigeria from one university in 1948 to a total of 118 universities as at the time of writing the paper. Besides the chronicle, the paper examines some cross-cutting issues that tend to scuttle the otherwise good intentions and robust programme initiatives of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Universities, Higher Education
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Wiers-Jenssen, Jannecke – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2013
Full-degree mobility from Western countries is a topic that has been little researched. Existing literature tends to be normative; mobility is seen as an advantage per se. In this article it is questioned whether mobility is an advantage when investigating degree mobility and employability of students from the Nordic countries. Results show that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Occupational Mobility, Social Capital, Employment Potential
Morgan, W. John, Ed.; Wu, Bin, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
A major transformation of Chinese higher education (HE) has taken place over the past decade--China has reshaped its higher education sector from elite to mass education with the number of graduates having quadrupled to three million a year over six years. China is exceptional among lower income countries in using tertiary education as a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Higher Education, Access to Education
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Arikewuyo, M. Olalekan – Higher Education Policy, 2009
The Nigerian university system, in spite of its astronomical growth in size, has been beset by a barrage of problems, which are threatening its ability to perform the traditional roles of teaching, research and services. Such problems as highlighted in this paper include: unplanned expansion leading to proliferation of both private and public…
Descriptors: Private Colleges, Educational Finance, Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development
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Niu, Zhikui – International Journal of Educational Management, 2009
Purpose: By reviewing the related literature on the Jiaoshi Pinren Zhi (JPZ) system, this paper seeks to indicate that the implementation of JPZ not only has led to domestic brain drain and the imbalance of teachers' qualities between different areas and schools, but also has violated children's equal rights to education guaranteed by the…
Descriptors: Employment, Free Enterprise System, Childrens Rights, Educational Change
National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, 2010
"National CrossTalk" is a publication of the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education. The National Center promotes public policies that enhance opportunities for quality education and training beyond high school. The primary purpose of "National CrossTalk" is to stimulate informed discussion and debate of higher…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, State Colleges, Graduation Rate, Foundation Programs
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Phillips, Ruthellen; Harper, Stacey; Gamble, Susan – New Directions for Youth Development, 2007
During the past several decades, child poverty rates have been higher in rural than in urban areas, and now 2.5 million children live in deep poverty in rural America. Studies indicate that poor children are most affected by the typical "summer slide." Summer programming has the ability to address the issues of academic loss, nutritional…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Rural Education, Reading Programs, Nutrition
Connecticut Department of Higher Education (NJ1), 2008
This brochure highlights some of the performance indicators used by Connecticut's public higher education institution to demonstrate accountability. This paper reports on the results of these goals: (1) Student Learning; (2) Learning in K-12; (3) Access and Affordability; (4) Economic Development; (5) Societal Needs; and (6) Resource Efficiency.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Public Colleges, Graduation Rate, Academic Degrees
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