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Selection Determinants in College Students' Financial Tools
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Huang, Wei-Ting – International Education Studies, 2016
Recently, considerable concern has arisen over the complex financial markets, which are inclined to require more individual responsibility. Accordingly, students have to bear more responsibility for their financial management. Nevertheless, in a sluggish economy with high unemployment, the commercial events during the last decade have rendered the…
Descriptors: College Students, Money Management, Financial Services, Selection Criteria
Higher Education for Sustainable Development at EARTH University
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Rodríguez-Solera, Carlos Rafael; Silva-Laya, Marisol – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this article is to present the experience of a Central American university that has been successfully advancing an educational model focused on sustainability for over 25 years. Many universities in industrialized nations are assuming a more active role in promoting sustainable development, while in emerging countries,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Sustainable Development, Role of Education, Graduate Surveys
Balancing Risk? First Year Performing Arts Students' Experience of a Community Arts Event
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Hains-Wesson, Rachael; Campbell, Angela – Issues in Educational Research, 2014
This study examines participants' responses to first year students' street performances as a non-placement work-integrated learning (WIL) activity over a two year period. The purpose of the study was to determine: (1) community perception, (2) continuous improvement, and (3) future needs. Data was collected through surveying participants'…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Art Activities, Art Education, Needs
A Survey on the Iranian ELT Community's Attitudes to Critical Pedagogy
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Davari, Hossein; Iranmehr, Abutaleb; Erfani, Seyyed Mahdi – English Language Teaching, 2012
Critical pedagogy (CP) as one of the most radical changes in English language teaching (ELT) has turned into a common theme of research and discussion in recent years. Despite its practical implications, however, most of the research on this issue has been limited to its theoretical and conceptual dimensions. Conceiving the importance of this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Critical Theory, Community Attitudes, Mixed Methods Research
University Involvement in Social Planning: Perspectives of Community Institutions and Universities
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Boehm, Amnon – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2010
The paper develops a descriptive model of different aspects of involvement by academic staff in social planning; for example, involvement in different stages of planning, level of influencing decision-making processes, and involvement in development and action roles for promoting change. Using a structured questionnaire, research conducted in…
Descriptors: Social Planning, Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Community Attitudes
Access to Democracy Project: Community Report on Attitudes Regarding Educational Attainment. Grand Rapids (Michigan) Surrounding Communities
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Daun-Barnett, Nathan J.; Bowman, Nicholas A. – National Forum on Higher Education for the Public Good (NJ1), 2005
The "Access to Democracy" project has two broad goals. It is an effort to understand community beliefs, attitudes and conditions that shape educational outcomes for community youth, and it is a way to focus community discussions on efforts that support higher educational attainment for residents. This report focuses on the lessons…
Descriptors: Educational Attitudes, Educational Attainment, Community Attitudes, Counties