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Natasha N. Johnson – School Leadership & Management, 2024
Historically, there remains an underrepresentation of Black women in and en route to the highest levels of organisational leadership. The divide is all the more pronounced in the field of education, one in which women represent a large share of the community. Particularly relevant for Black women is the incongruence between their heightened…
Descriptors: Racism, Social Justice, Women Administrators, African Americans
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Margaret Wood; Feng Su; Andrew Pennington – Power and Education, 2024
Examining the entanglement of democracy and social justice in education and the relationship to social mobility, this paper critiques the individualising nature of social mobility in policy discourse as inimical to human flourishing and education as a public good. The rhetoric of social mobility which responsibilises individuals for their success,…
Descriptors: Social Mobility, Social Justice, Policy Formation, Barriers
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Amy Governale – Teaching of Psychology, 2024
Introduction: Poverty is a central concept in many fields of psychology, yet poorly designed activities regarding wealth inequality may backfire or cause students to become defensive. Statement of the Problem: Many students hold misperceptions about class mobility and lack an understanding of how systemic barriers perpetuate poverty across the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Psychological Studies, Poverty, Advantaged
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Corina Sheerin; Jonathan Brittain – Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning, 2024
Purpose: Set within the context of International Financial Services (IFS), this research aims to considers the demographic profile of IFS apprenticeship candidates in relation to gender equality and social mobility in Ireland. This study also offers valuable insights as to the gendered nature of these "new" apprenticeships and examine…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Justice, Sex Fairness, Apprenticeships
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Khalid Arar; Denise Mifsud – Power and Education, 2024
It is widely agreed that the relationship between poverty and education is bi-directional: poor people lack access to a decent education, and without the latter people are often constrained to a life of poverty (Van der Berg, 2008). Poverty as a "lifetime, and life-wide status" thus develops into a self-fulfilling prophecy that is…
Descriptors: Poverty, Low Income Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Equal Education
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Jyotesna Maurya; Niharika Swaroop; Priya Sadar; Debananda Misra – Higher Education Quarterly, 2025
This systematic literature review provides a synthesis of what issues within disability have been researched, how universities respond to the issues to be inclusive to disabled students and the role of higher education environment and policy, in doing so. The review is motivated by the emphasis on inclusive and equitable quality education and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Students, Students with Disabilities, Diversity Equity and Inclusion