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Olakulehin, Felix Kayode – Open Learning, 2008
The development of human capital has been identified as the most important component of all the factors employed in production economics. Since independence in 1960, Nigeria has placed great emphasis on training and education for human capital formation. However, the education process as the primary means of developing human resource has failed,…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Distance Education, Foreign Countries, Human Resources
Young, I. Phillip; Castaneda, Jose M. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2008
Background: Pay is an important human resource function that has attracted considerable interest within the professional literature and this study addresses pay discrimination. Purpose(s): To address pay for a particular protected group unaddressed in existing literature (Hispanic-surnamed principals). Setting: The setting for this study is public…
Descriptors: Research Design, Human Capital, Public Schools, Predictor Variables
Hopkins, Pamela Clinton; Cowell, Charles E.; Jorden, Debra; McWhorter, Rochell; Dobbs, Rita L.; Allen, W. Clayton – Online Submission, 2006
Human Resource Development (HRD) programs are faced with overwhelming challenges as there is a dearth of computer literate employees to meet the growing demands of the workplace. In other words, many employees are technologically and computer challenged thus impeding the instruction and learning process. Innovative organizations utilize computer…
Descriptors: Employees, Job Skills, Human Resources, Computer Literacy
Oketch, Moses O. – Economics of Education Review, 2006
Rapid economic growth and improving living standards have benefited almost all regions of the world since the industrial revolution. Africa stands out as one regional exception. While several factors such as civil wars and rampant corruption have been associated with poor economic performance of the African region in the international community,…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Economic Progress, Human Resources, Living Standards
Lingard, Bob; Jn Pierre, Kentry D. – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2006
This paper provides a postcolonial policy analysis of the "Education Sector Development Plan: 2000-2005 and Beyond" in the small Caribbean island nation of St Lucia. The specific focus is upon the nature of the lifelong learning policy as incorporated in the Plan. This is shown to be a globalised policy discourse. Drawing on a number of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Lifelong Learning, Human Capital, Educational Policy
Maqbool, Sara – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2009
Higher education is central to the development of a country. Without it, countries are bound to lag behind others in the race for development. Without human resources development and institution building, a nation cannot dream of progress and prosperity. The investment in higher education does not go unrecorded and its neglect does not get…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Educational Opportunities, Higher Education, Human Capital
Noel, Barbara – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2009
This article discusses the general developments and challenges of Latin American public education systems from the 1970s to the late 1990s. A framework using five stages of equal educational opportunity is used to organize the findings: (1) Enrollment--Involves the mechanisms needed to enroll children in school; (2) Quality--Great disparities in…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Equal Education, Educational Opportunities, Quality of Life
Rolleston, Caine – Online Submission, 2009
The period since 1991 has seen a general improvement both in terms of household welfare and schooling participation in Ghana. This monograph explores the patterns among descriptive indicators and uses regression analysis to examine possible causal relationships with special reference to the role of education in determining welfare and its…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Family (Sociological Unit), Living Standards, Role of Education
Grossman, Tabitha – NGA Center for Best Practices, 2009
The long-term health of each state's economy rests on the state's ability to educate and eventually employ citizens who contribute to its economy by filling jobs in a variety of sectors. With the globalization of the economy and shifts in supply and demand for a wide variety of occupations, students in public schools need effective teachers and…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Human Capital, Preservice Teacher Education, Educational Improvement
Pelkonen, Panu – Centre for the Economics of Education (NJ1), 2009
It is possible that human capital produces positive externalities to the society indirectly, through non-market channels such as health or crime. Another such channel could be the effect of education on the functioning of democratic decision-making. Measures of the functioning of democracy are bound to be controversial, but one such measure--voter…
Descriptors: Evidence, Municipalities, Human Capital, School Restructuring
Capra, Theresa – Thought & Action, 2009
Education is an international must, a veritable human right, yet education--especially higher education--in the land of the free is still remarkably elusive. The author has witnessed the many obstacles associated with preparing students for college. Advanced courses are rarely offered in these schools due to a lack of perceived eligible students,…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Disadvantaged Schools, Disadvantaged Environment, Context Effect
Patrinos, Harry Anthony; Velez, Eduardo – International Journal of Educational Development, 2009
The benefits of bilingual education for a disadvantaged indigenous population as an investment in human capital are significant. Students of bilingual schools in Guatemala have higher attendance and promotion rates, and lower repetition and dropout rates. Bilingual students receive higher scores on all subject matters, including mastery of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Human Capital, Indigenous Populations, Dropout Rate
Munro, John – Journal of Research in International Education, 2007
This article examines the issue of fostering vocational knowledge from an international perspective. It is based on the belief that 21 st-century students would benefit from a study of human endeavour that has an intercultural foundation. It identifies the aspects of knowledge that may be seen to comprise vocational knowledge and uses one…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, International Education, Advanced Placement Programs, Outcomes of Education
Lipscomb, Stephen – Economics of Education Review, 2007
Recent economic research has investigated the extent to which involvement in school-sponsored clubs and sports constitutes human capital investment. Through instrumental variables, the existing literature focuses on identifying long-term impacts in terms of educational attainment and wages. Instead, I use a fixed effects strategy to test whether…
Descriptors: Mathematics Tests, Economic Research, Athletics, Science Tests
Bartkowski, John P.; Call, Vaughn R. A.; Heaton, Tim B.; Forste, Renata – Research on Social Work Practice, 2007
Despite increased attention to religious organizations as an ally in America's welfare-to-work revolution, faith- based employment assistance programs have garnered little attention from scholars. This study seeks to fill this gap by examining intake and follow-up survey data collected from clients of Employment Resource Centers sponsored by the…
Descriptors: Religious Organizations, Career Centers, Christianity, Job Applicants