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Scanlon, Margaret; Jenkinson, Hilary; Leahy, Pat; Powell, Fred; Byrne, Olive – Irish Educational Studies, 2019
The number of young people progressing to higher education (HE) in Ireland has grown significantly over the last three decades but inequality of access and participation remain a major policy challenge. This article sets out to explore the factors which impact on levels of participation in HE by young people from lower socio-economic backgrounds,…
Descriptors: Barriers, Access to Education, Higher Education, Disadvantaged Youth
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Smith, Rachel A.; Applegate, Amanda – Communication Education, 2018
Roughly one in four Americans will experience a mental health issue during his or her lifetime (National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, 2016). The consequences of mental disorders can be profound: people with mental disorders experience higher rates of disability and mortality. People with depression and schizophrenia have a…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Mental Disorders, Social Bias, Negative Attitudes
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Goldman, Zachary W. – Communication Education, 2018
Concerns about the mental health of students have been documented at every level of formal education (cf., Castillo & Schwartz, 2013; Durlak & Wells, 1997; Soet & Sevig, 2006). Addressing the entirety of these concerns is beyond the scope of this forum, thus the author's comments are geared primarily toward higher education; however,…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Mental Disorders, Best Practices, Social Bias
Delgadillo, Fernando – 1991
A popular concept in education indicates that effective instruction requires the teacher to know the child. A study was conducted at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in order to determine where this knowledge comes from. A group of 15 teachers enrolled in the graduate school listed their students and indicated which students they knew…
Descriptors: Action Research, Classroom Communication, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education