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Chen, Hsiu-Ju – Computers & Education, 2012
In recent years, with the development of e-learning, it is feasible for enterprises to adopt information systems to enhance organizations' human capital and knowledge renewal for competition. e-Learning systems designed for new entrants training aim to facilitate new entrants' job adaptation; however, the empirical link between their system use…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Human Capital, Administrative Organization, Socialization
Leonchuk, Olena – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This dissertation builds on an alternative framework for evaluation of science, technology and innovation (STI) outcomes--the scientific & technical (S&T) human capital which was developed by Bozeman, Dietz and Gaughan (2001). At its core, this framework looks beyond simple economic and publication metrics and instead focuses on…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Sciences, Technology, Innovation
Bivens, Josh; García, Emma; Gould, Elise; Weiss, Elaine; Wilson, Valerie – Economic Policy Institute, 2016
Nearly 7 years into the recovery from the Great Recession, two glaring problems remain in the U.S. economy. One is a significant slowdown in the growth of productivity (the amount of output and income generated in an average hour of work). The other is the destructive rise in income inequality in recent decades due largely to big corporations and…
Descriptors: Investment, Human Capital, Knowledge Economy, Educational Benefits
Sagintayeva, Aida, Ed.; Kurakbayev, Kairat, Ed. – Online Submission, 2016
This collection of papers introduces the proceedings of the fifth Annual Conference--"Eurasian Higher Education Leaders' Forum" held on the 26th May, 2016 at Nazarbayev University in Astana, Kazakhstan. The contributors include university presidents, rectors, deans, directors of professional development and leadership programs, faculty…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Economic Development, Social Change
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Semenog, Olena – Comparative Professional Pedagogy, 2014
The values of human labor and teacher's work have been reflected on the basis of lexicographical sources and research reflections of famous Ukrainian and Polish pedagogues, such as T. Novatskiy, N. Nychkalo, Pope Paul II, G. Skovoroda, Z. Vyatrovskiy, I. Zyazyun. Among the existing values presented in lexicographical sources the following…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Human Capital, Teaching (Occupation)
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Njoku, Chimezie; Anyanwu, Jerome; Kaegon, Lies Elizabeth – African Higher Education Review, 2014
The focus of this paper was on the roles of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) especially universities in economic development, paying particular attention to the challenges and prospects of the Nigerian Universities. The role of higher education as a major driver of economic development is well established, and this role will increase as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economic Development, Higher Education, Role of Education
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Means, Alexander J. – Journal of Education Policy, 2014
This article examines the intersecting logics of human capital and national security underpinning the corporate school reform movement in the United States. Taking a 2012 policy report by the Council on Foreign Relations as an entry point, it suggests that these logics are incoherent not only on their own narrow instrumental terms, but also more…
Descriptors: National Security, Educational Policy, Human Capital, Educational Change
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Black, Stephen; Yasukawa, Keiko – Critical Studies in Education, 2014
Harvey Graff in his 1979 study of literacy taught in common schools in mid-nineteenth century Canada, demonstrated that beliefs in the acquisition of literacy for upward mobility and economic success were a myth. Moreover, literacy instruction was promoted by educational reformers and manufacturers as a means of controlling the working class…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Literacy, Literacy Education, Public Policy
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Roberts, Daniel M.; McFalls, Douglas; Brown, Alisha M. B.; Msilanga, Philipo Lulale – World Journal of Education, 2015
Objective: Most youth in Sub-Saharan Africa are not enrolled in school. Although more youth are enrolling in school, they are increasingly less likely to complete their primary and secondary schooling. Similarly to many other African nations, Tanzania has an estimated out-of-school population of 49% of youth despite massive post-millennium…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Out of School Youth, Qualitative Research, Semi Structured Interviews
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Ditchburn, Geraldine – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2015
The "Australian Curriculum: History" has emerged out of a neoliberal federal education policy landscape. This is a policy landscape where pragmatic and performative, rather than pedagogic concerns are clearly foregrounded, and this has implications for curriculum development and implementation. A useful way to conceptualise the features,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Neoliberalism, Curriculum, Educational Policy
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Lee, Jenny J.; Sehoole, Chika – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2015
This study examined mobility within the understudied region of southern Africa and particularly, the factors that drive and shape educational migration toward South Africa as a regional, continental, and global destination. Based on a survey administered to international students across seven South African universities, the findings revealed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Mobility, Student Educational Objectives, Performance Factors
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Guo, Shibao – Studies in Continuing Education, 2015
This article contests a racialised skills regime in Canada. Canadian studies of the labour market transitions of skilled immigrants are analysed through the lens of critical race theory. The analysis shows that knowledge and skills of recent immigrants in Canada are racialised and materialised on the basis of ethnic and national origins. Skin…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Work Environment, Immigrants, Skilled Workers
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Dodd, Graham D. – Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education, 2015
The unrealised and under-estimated value of human motion in human development, functioning and learning is the central cause for its devaluation in Australian society. This paper provides a greater insight into why human motion has high value and should be utilised more in advocacy and implementation in health and education, particularly school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education, Health Education, Motion
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Polidano, Cain; Tabasso, Domenico; Tseng, Yi-Ping – Education Economics, 2015
The objective of this paper is to better understand the factors that affect the chances of re-engaging early school leavers in education, with a particular focus on the importance of time out from school (duration dependence) and school-related factors. Using data from three cohorts of the Longitudinal Survey of Australian Youth and duration…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Reentry Students, Continuation Students, Dropout Characteristics
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Zipin, Lew; Sellar, Sam; Brennan, Marie; Gale, Trevor – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2015
"Raising aspirations" for education among young people in low socioeconomic regions has become a widespread policy prescription for increasing human capital investment and economic competitiveness in so-called "knowledge economies". However, policy tends not to address difficult social, cultural, economic and political…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Aspiration, Cultural Capital, Low Income Groups
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