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Sayantan Datta – Contemporary Education Dialogue, 2024
This article sheds light on the registers of violence through which people from marginalised groups--especially non-normative or minoritised collectivities of gender, sex and religion--are constructed as outsiders in science higher education in India. Further, this article delineates the production and construction of a 'normal' sex/gender in a…
Descriptors: Social Bias, LGBTQ People, Foreign Countries, Muslims
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Chatterjee, Sheshadri – Studies in Higher Education, 2020
This study explores to identify the factors and barriers influencing the diffusion of knowledge in higher learning institutes in India. Several adoption theories and models have been explored. Relevant literature has been studied in the Indian context. This has helped to conceptualize the essence of diffusion of knowledge in educational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Dissemination, Models, Information Technology
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Kunnath, Suja Kurian; Mathew, Samuel N. – Higher Education for the Future, 2019
Higher education plays a vital role in the employability of people with disability. It promises an independent existence for the person in the society. Understanding this, stakeholders are moving towards an inclusive environment in educational institutions. But the reality is quite alarming in that only a very small number of people with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Students with Disabilities, Access to Education
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Khan, Tanveer Ahmad; Hamid, Wasia; Jahangir, Mohmad Saleem; Maqbool, Tabbasum – Higher Education for the Future, 2020
The present study aimed to understand the experiences of disabled students while gaining higher education in Kashmir. According to the conference on the 'Rights of Persons with Disability', Article 24, 2(a), disabled persons should not be barred from broader education organizations due to their disability. Besides, the 'Millennium Development…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Students with Disabilities, Student Experience, College Students
McMaster, Christopher, Ed.; Whitburn, Benjamin, Ed. – Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2019
"Disability and the University: A Disabled Students' Manifesto" is a guide to what students with disabilities need to know about attending university, as well as to the essentials universities should provide for these students. Each chapter presents a benchmark for students to follow as they travel through the institution, and lays clear…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, College Students, Student Needs, Educational Change
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Dhariwal, Amrit; Connolly, Jennifer – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2013
The current study examined 1316 South Asian youth socialized in progressively Westernized contexts: "traditional" Indian homeland single-sex schools, "transitional" Indian homeland co-educational schools, and the immigrant "diaspora" in Canadian schools. Results showed youth in the three contexts were similar on…
Descriptors: Asians, Cross Cultural Studies, Intimacy, Attachment Behavior
Gupta, Asha – Center for Studies in Higher Education, 2008
The object of this paper is to analyze the concepts of "entrepreneurship" and "entrepreneurial university" in the broader context of globalization, technological innovations and the emergence of knowledge-based and technology-driven economies. Instead of epistemological and organizational forms of knowledge production and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Entrepreneurship, Global Approach, Technological Advancement
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Parashar, Divya; Chan, Fong; Leierer, Stephen – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 2008
Asian Indians are one of the fastest-growing immigrant groups in the United States, yet little is known about their attitudes toward persons with disabilities and rehabilitation. The purpose of this study was to examine factors influencing Asian Indian students' attitudes toward people with disabilities, using a conjoint analysis design (N = 90).…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Employment Level, Indians, Student Attitudes
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Rattan, Neelam; Kang, Shirin; Thakur, Nisha; Parthi, Komila – Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 2006
The current society emphasizes physical appearance and physical fitness. Individual's self-esteem has been shown to be linked with physical appearance. Methods: A random sample comprising of 100 male and 100 female (N = 200) adolescents was selected. The subjects were administered the Current Thoughts Scale and the Dieting Beliefs Scale for…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Females, Physical Fitness, Adolescents