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How Can Competition Be Introduced into Higher Education?
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Empter, Stefan – Higher Education Management, 1991
Discussion at a 1990 symposium on democratic values and higher education administration is summarized. Issues addressed include productive competition in higher education, open access vs. competitive selection, assessment of teacher performance and instructional quality, and the relationship between higher education institutions and national…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Capitalism, College Administration, Competition
Adolescent Suicide and Academic Competition in East Asia.
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Zeng, Kangmin; Le Tendre, Gerald – Comparative Education Review, 1998
Uses recent data and new theoretical perspectives to reexamine hypothesized links between academic competition and adolescent suicide in East Asia, particularly Japan. Finds no direct connection, discusses possible indirect effects on individual motives, and suggests a more complicated model. Analyzes how cultural and historical factors may…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Competition, Competitive Selection
Action Planning for Personal Competitiveness in the "Broken Workplace."
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Feller, Richard W. – Journal of Employment Counseling, 1995
The workplace and the psychological contract between employees and employer have structurally changed. Discusses realities of global economy and competitive workplace. Suggests ways counselors can help clients take action to enhance their personal competitiveness in the workplace such as understanding relationships between learning and work, and…
Descriptors: Career Change, Career Counseling, Career Planning, Competition