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Yuriy V. Karpov – Academic Questions, 2024
Many American parents, whose dream is to have their kids enrolled in one of the elite American Universities, do not suspect that the realization of this dream will result in the almost guaranteed leftist indoctrination of their children. The dominance of leftist ideology at elite American universities has serious implications not only on the…
Descriptors: Political Attitudes, Universities, Institutional Characteristics, Reputation
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Laursen, Brett; Faur, Sharon – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2022
Peer influence is a twofold process that entails a behavior by an agent of influence that elicits conformity from the target of influence. Susceptibility describes the likelihood that conformity will occur. This review focuses on factors that shape susceptibility to peer influence. We argue that conformity has two distinct sources. In some…
Descriptors: Peer Influence, Peer Relationship, At Risk Persons, Models
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McCarthy, Henry – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 2011
Assessing the influence of Beatrice Wright, a groundbreaking rehabilitation psychologist, is the purpose of this article. She is best known for her books (1960, 1983) in which she elaborated numerous original concepts that describe, explain, and aim to improve outsiders' perception and insiders' experience of life with a disability. A panel of 15…
Descriptors: Recognition (Achievement), Reputation, Disabilities, Rehabilitation
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Pedroni, Thomas C. – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2011
Although Detroit is not a centre of global finance, and plays a declining role in global production, it nevertheless participates in the present remediation of the relationship between cities and the globe. Manoeuvring to reposition the city as the global hub of mobility technology, metropolitan Detroit's neoliberal leadership advances particular…
Descriptors: Urban Education, Municipalities, Political Attitudes, Economic Development
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Flores, Lisa Y.; O'Brien, Karen M. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2002
This study tested R. W. Lent, S. D. Brown, and G. Hackett's (1994) model of career choice with 364 Mexican American adolescent women. Path analyses were run to determine the influence of contextual and social cognitive variables on career aspiration, career choice prestige, and traditionality. Partial support for the model was evidenced as…
Descriptors: Reputation, Females, Career Choice, Acculturation