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Christopher G. Reddick; Branco Ponomariov – Quality in Higher Education, 2024
Higher education is often framed as a means to social mobility and increased earnings. However, the value of university education in the United States is coming under scrutiny in regard to its costs. This article examines a university education's return on investment (ROI) from attending different types of universities in the United States. Unlike…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Outcomes of Education, Research Universities, Institutional Characteristics
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Mampaey, Jelle; Zanoni, Patrizia – British Educational Research Journal, 2014
In this paper, we examine how ethnically diverse, inclusive schools manage their legitimacy in an educational quasi-market. These schools are often threatened with a loss of legitimacy as ethnic majority parents perceive an ethnically diverse student population and radical pedagogical practices as signs of lower quality education. However,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Schools, Inclusion, Student Diversity
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Kelly, Steven N.; Heath, Julia D. – Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, 2015
This study compared selected musical, educational, and social characteristics of high schools ranked highest in "Newsweek" and "U.S. News & World Report." Questions addressed were (a) How are the top-ranked schools similar or different in educational, musical, and social characteristics? (b) What music courses are offered…
Descriptors: Music, Music Education, High Schools, Comparative Analysis