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Bastedo, Michael; Batkhuyag, Batjargal; Prates, Eufrasio; Prytula, Yaroslav – Institute for Higher Education Policy, 2009
In the past decade, the role of higher education in workforce development has emerged as a key issue around the world. Leading authorities inside and outside of government have begun questioning whether colleges and universities are preparing graduates with the competencies and skills necessary to compete in a dynamic global economy. As part of a…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Global Approach, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy
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Soares, Jose Francisco – International Journal of Educational Research, 2006
This paper introduces a new measure of educational inequalities based on cognitive achievement data, and uses it to examine achievement inequalities in mathematics between groups of students enrolled in basic education in Brazil. The groups of students are defined by their race, sex, socioeconomic status (SES), and region of residence. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Policy, Equal Education, Academic Achievement