Higher Education Research and Social Policy Inequality in higher education is a contemporary example of a social problem today because of societal challenges from the past. The purpose of this paper is to identify the discriminative factors that play a role in higher education attainment and retention rates and to discuss the history of discrimination as it links to current social and racial tensions in higher education institutions and policy. This paper examines how the faculty research has addressed
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Analyzing the Classroom From the time we are about 5 years old and for some of us into our late 20’s and 30’s we are in a coeducational environment called the classroom. Ever wonder which gender has the leg up? The bias towards? The one most likely to succeed? My prediction is that boys from kindergarten through the collegiate level more often than not will have an advantage capturing the teacher’s attention and dominating classroom activities over women. From the way students are bred into the
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available CHILD POLICY from www.rand.org as a public service of CIVIL JUSTICE EDUCATION ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS NATIONAL SECURITY POPULATION AND AGING PUBLIC SAFETY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SUBSTANCE ABUSE TERRORISM AND HOMELAND SECURITY TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE WORKFORCE AND WORKPLACE the RAND Corporation. Jump down to document6 The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit research organization providing objective analysis and effective solutions that address
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Abstract Higher Education in India – Issues and Challenges Higher Education in India is improving gradually after Independence. It is in the second place in the world after United States. Some institutions of India‚ such as the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs)‚ Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs)‚ National Institute of Technology (NITs) and Jawaharlal Nehru University have been globally acclaimed for their standard of education. University Grants Commission (UGC) and the All India Council
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emeraldinsight.com/1753-7983.htm EBS 3‚3 Dealing with plagiarism in a complex information society Debbie Wheeler Abu Dhabi Women’s College‚ Higher Colleges of Technology‚ Abu Dhabi‚ United Arab Emirates‚ and 166 David Anderson Al Ain Women’s College‚ Higher Colleges of Technology‚ Al Ain‚ United Arab Emirates Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of the modern information society on attitudes and approaches to the prevention of plagiarism and to examine
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Higher education in the next 10 to 15 years With the advancement in technology and computer science‚ the world is being globalised. We can access influx of information in a few seconds‚ chat with our family and friends far away at any moment with the help of technology. Obviously‚ the wave of this technology has greatly affected the teaching and learning process till now and will do wonders in the future as well. Just two decades ago‚ we didn’t have devices like iPods‚ iPads and tablet PCs. These
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Higher Education in the USA ’The more you learn‚ the more you earn"‚ said the pop singer Cyndi Lauper as she accepted her high school diploma -- at the age of 35! Although Cyndi made it without a high school degree‚ most people don’t. In the USA today‚ about 75% of jobs require some education or technical training beyond high school. The lowest wage earners in the USA are those without high school degrees; college graduates out earn those without a college education; people with master’s degrees
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Pushing For Equal Pay and Gender Equality in the Workforce Over the past hundred years‚ women’s participation in the workforce has grown significantly. Today’s women are getting college degrees which was not common before the mid-twentieth century. More of them than ever are taking jobs that were originally run by men. Many women are going into medicine‚ engineering‚ and law which was nearly impossible fifty years ago. Their ability to get into these fields allows them to pursue careers they could
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The Misconception of Higher Education College will forever convey a certain image in our minds. One of which depicts a large campus with well-manicured grasslands‚ large antiqued buildings‚ and the hustle‚ and bustle of youthful students. As time and technology progresses‚ this is an image that’s rapidly becoming a thing of the past. More students or adults are considering other alternatives for higher education such as online studies. Unfortunately this new found way of learning comes with
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PROFESSIONALISM IN HIGHER EDUCATION Introduction In the context of globalization‚ education becomes a perquisite for the supply of highly qualified and trained manpower. Education is seen not only as a key to social cohesion but also to mitigate the consequences of globalization. The fundamental requirement for global standards of education is the trained and professionally competent teachers. That a professionally competent teacher is indispensable even in
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