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Ritual and Rhetoric of Gender Policies at the Indian Institutes of Technology
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Pooja Saxena – Journal of Education Policy, 2025
This ethnographic study analyzes the barriers women encounter in achieving their goals at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. Employing a discursive approach, the study seeks to identify symbols promulgated by various policy actions that legitimize or delegitimize specific gender relations. It draws…
Descriptors: Institutes (Training Programs), Technology, Gender Issues, Educational Policy
Characterization of Solid Wastes as a Tool to Implement Waste Management Strategies in a University Campus
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Nolasco, Elaine; Vieira Duraes, Pedro Henrique; Pereira Gonçalves, Júlia; de Oliveira, Maria Cristina; Monteiro de Abreu, Lucijane; Nascimento de Almeida, Alexandre – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2021
Purpose: Universities are an example of institutions that aggregate people around work/study who consume water, energy and produce waste daily in their activities, generating an impact on the environment. The purpose of this study is to determine the quantity, composition and recycling potential of waste generated at the Faculdade UnB Planaltina…
Descriptors: Universities, Sanitation, Wastes, Hazardous Materials
Arctic Adaptability: Infrastructure at I?isagvik College
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Walls, Caitlin – Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, 2019
During the fall of 1947, the first building for the Naval Arctic Research Laboratory (NARL) was constructed, which consisted of a quonset hut retrofitted as a laboratory. Scientists arrived in Barrow (Utqiagvik), Alaska, the northernmost village in the United States, not long after. The remainder of NARL was built two miles outside the village…
Descriptors: Science Laboratories, Scientific Research, Eskimos, Indigenous Populations
Is Our Safety and Security Guaranteed on University of Cape Coast Campus? Undergraduates Students' Perceptions
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Owusu, G. A.; Akoto, J. S.; Abnory, M. M. – International Journal of Higher Education, 2016
In higher education like other institutions, safety and security of persons particularly students resident on university campuses remain topical. The limited research conducted on the experiences of university students in Ghana reflects paucity of literature on safety and security on university campuses in Ghana where such issues have been…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, School Security
An Evaluation of Behavioral Health Compliance and Microbial Risk Factors on Student Populations within a High-Density Campus
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Decker, Jody F.; Slawson, Robin M. – Journal of American College Health, 2012
Objective: The aim of this Canadian study was to assess student behavioral response to disease transmission risk, while identifying high microbial deposition/transmission sites. Participants: A student survey was conducted during October 2009. Methods: The methods included a survey of students to assess use of health services, vaccination…
Descriptors: Health Services, Evidence, Risk, Foreign Countries
AASHE Digest 2009. A Review of Campus Sustainability News
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Webster, Andrea, Comp.; Sweeney, Seann, Comp. – Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2010
This paper includes over 1,250 stories that catalog a broadening and deepening commitment to campus sustainability by colleges and universities in the U.S. and Canada. The 380-page report categorizes stories from nearly 600 higher education institutions into 24 chapters, spanning education and research, campus operations, and administration and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development, Sustainability, Environmental Education