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Dynamics of Low-Fee Private Schools in Kenya: Governmental Legitimation, School-Community Dependence, and Resource Uncertainty
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Edwards, Brent, Jr.; Klees, Steven J.; Wildish, Janet L. – Teachers College Record, 2017
Background/Context: The UN Sustainable Development Goals include a renewed commitment to inclusive and equitable education for all and will maintain pressure on governments in low-income countries to ensure this provision. A range of prominent researchers and institutional actors continue to explore and to promote low-fee private schools (LFPSs)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Fees, Private Schools, Costs
Equity Efforts as Boundary Work: How Symbolic and Social Boundaries Shape Access and Inclusion in Graduate Education
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Posselt, Julie Renee; Reyes, Kimberly A.; Slay, Kelly E.; Kamimura, Aurora; Porter, Kamaria B. – Teachers College Record, 2017
Background/Context: Education scholars have examined how state policy and informal practice can widen or reproduce racial and gender inequalities in graduate education. Just one empirical study, which focused on psychology programs, has identified organizational practice that supports recruitment and retention of graduate students of color. Focus…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, African American Students, Equal Education, Access to Education
In Fits and Starts: Learning to Create a Neighborhood Educational Opportunity Zone
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Scanlan, Martin; Miller, Peter – Teachers College Record, 2013
Background/Context: Disparities in educational opportunity and academic achievement are closely connected to social class characteristics that lie beyond the schoolhouse doors (Rothstein, 2004). Comprehensive approaches to urban school reform are ecological, seeing schools nested in broader communities. The research presented here examines one…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Access to Education, Urban Schools, Educational Change
The Role of Context in Understanding the Contributions of Financial Aid to College Opportunity
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Perna, Laura W.; Steele, Patricia E. – Teachers College Record, 2011
Background/Context: Financial aid is a critical policy lever for increasing college access, choice, and attainment. Even with the substantial investment in financial aid programs, however, inadequate financial resources continue to limit postsecondary educational attainment. The persistence of financial barriers despite the substantial annual…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Educational Attainment, Student Financial Aid, Access to Education
The Role of Advocacy in Shaping Immigrant Education: A California Case Study
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Olsen, Laurie – Teachers College Record, 2009
Background Context: Throughout United States history, immigrant education has been shaped and defined by political struggles over immigration, language rights, national security, and educational equity and access. Bilingual education has become the contemporary battleground for these struggles. In 1996, in California, a struggle ensued between…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Ideology, News Reporting, Immigration
Can Community Colleges Protect Both Access and Standards? The Problem of Remediation
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Perin, Dolores – Teachers College Record, 2006
A large number of community college students have difficulty with postsecondary-level reading, writing, and math demands, necessitating remedial education. A qualitative case study was conducted to investigate state and institutional practices for remediation in 15 community colleges selected for region, size, and urbanicity. The six states in…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Access to Education, Academic Standards, Remedial Instruction