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Hladchenko, Myroslava; Westerheijden, Don F. – European Journal of Higher Education, 2018
This article aims to explore the academic identities under the conditions of means-ends decoupling at the nation-state level. For empirical evidence we choose Ukraine. In 2014, after the Revolution of Dignity despite the adoption of the policies aimed to construct academic identities like in the Western universities the intended outcomes were not…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Educational Change, Organizational Change
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Hodara, Michelle; Xu, Di – American Educational Research Journal, 2016
Many community college students start college in developmental education and leave before enrolling in college-level coursework or making much progress toward a degree; thus, developmental education courses represent the primary education these students receive. Using student-unit record data from two large community college systems linked to wage…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Outcomes of Education, Evidence, Developmental Programs
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Stengel, Barbara S. – Educational Theory, 2016
At present, the structures, practice, and discourse of schooling are anchored to a "commercial spirit" that understands students, educators, and parents as economic operators trading competitively in human capital and to a discourse of failure that is disabling those who seek to understand and enact John Dewey's notion of education as…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Democracy, Commercialization, Neoliberalism
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Williams, Joanna – Studies in Higher Education, 2016
Discussion of the relationship between higher education (HE) and public good can be traced to Kant's argument that universities critically held society to account. Mill, Newman and Arnold suggested knowledge itself was a public good. In the twentieth century, economists argued education could drive national technological progress. More recently…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Social Justice, Social Mobility
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Ruiz-Adame Reina, Manuel – Educational Gerontology, 2016
There has been an increase in the aging population in developed countries. This has led to a need for trained people in the gerontological field. The most common academic way of specializing in this field in Spain is via a master's program. It is well known that investing in human capital increases knowledge, productivity, and the probability of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Gerontology, Graduate Students, Masters Programs
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Nuñez, Anne-Marie; Sansone, Vanessa A. – Review of Higher Education, 2016
This qualitative study examines how working influences students' college experiences, extending the predominantly quantitative research in this area. Findings based on interviews with Latino first-generation students who work reveal three themes. First, these students bring a familial orientation that motivates them to increase occupational…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, First Generation College Students, Qualitative Research, Educational Experience
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Morgan, Clara; Volante, Louis – Policy Futures in Education, 2016
Given the influential role that the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) plays in educational governance, we believe it is timely to provide an in-depth review of its education surveys and their associated human capital discourses. By reviewing and summarizing the OECD's suite of education surveys, this paper identifies the…
Descriptors: International Organizations, Economic Development, Educational Administration, Governance
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Ris, Ethan W. – History of Education, 2016
How did the undergraduate college rapidly position itself as the gateway to middle-class US employment between 1880 and 1920? This article attempts to explain one part of that process. Drawing on Weberian organisational theory, transnational intellectual history and case studies of three institutions, it identifies hierarchy as a defining aspect…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Middle Class, Social Mobility, Educational Attainment
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Eliophotou Menon, Maria – Quality in Higher Education, 2016
The paper investigates the views of Greek university graduates on the link between higher education and productivity in order to determine the extent to which productivity can be considered to be an indication of quality in higher education. It also investigates the perceived effect of the type and content of higher education on productivity;…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Graduates, Employment Level, Productivity
Le Floch, Kerstin; Garcia, Alicia N.; Barbour, Catherine – Education Policy Center at American Institutes for Research, 2016
The Issue: School improvement policy for the past few decades has been characterized by mandated lists of activities--both well intended and research based--designed to stimulate a dramatic turnaround in student achievement. However, this prescriptive approach to policy, particularly federal policy, has not resulted in the systemic changes needed…
Descriptors: Low Achievement, School Policy, Educational Improvement, Educational Policy
Kirsch, Irwin; Braun, Henry; Lennon, Mary Louise; Sands, Anita – ETS Center for Research on Human Capital and Education, 2016
This comprehensive report examines the magnitude of the crisis of opportunity in America and its long-term implications. Interactions among powerful global economic forces, government policies and business practices have generated a self-sustaining set of dynamics that have led to increasing economic, social and political polarization, with the…
Descriptors: Opportunities, Social Capital, Economic Factors, Political Issues
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Okay-Somerville, Belgin; Scholarios, Dora – Studies in Higher Education, 2017
This article aims to understand predictors of objective (i.e. job offers, employment status and employment quality) and subjective (i.e. perceived) graduate employability during university-to-work transitions. Using survey data from two cohorts of graduates in the UK (N = 293), it contrasts three competing theoretical approaches to employability:…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Employment Potential, Career Counseling, Credentials
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Tyndorf, Darryl M., Jr.; Glass, Chris R. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2017
Developing countries have significantly expanded efforts to import more flexible short-cycle institutions based on the United States community college model. The U.S. community college model addresses human capital needs of the labor market in developing countries by increasing access to an affordable education. However, there is limited research…
Descriptors: Economic Impact, Community Colleges, Developing Nations, Longitudinal Studies
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Saar, Ellu; Räis, Mari Liis – Journal of Education and Work, 2017
Ageing populations and accelerating economic change make it increasingly important to update the skill levels of populations over the whole life course. Adult education is believed to allow adults' skills to adapt continuously to constantly changing economic requirements. Both research into adult education, and discussions on lifelong learning…
Descriptors: Job Training, Job Skills, Informal Education, Lifelong Learning
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Mackay, Margaret – Professional Development in Education, 2017
Practitioners need to invest in professional development to enhance credibility, job security and employment prospects. Employer expectations of continuing development as a performance measure link to the notion of career capital; namely that knowledge competence influences job advancement. This study uses an interpretivist approach to explore…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Human Capital, Human Resources
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