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Rebecca D. Ottman – ProQuest LLC, 2021
"Theorizing Eloquence as a Means-Driven Process of Recursive Invention" examines the rhetorical nature of eloquence and the value of reimagining the term in rhetorical theory. Historically, eloquence has been used as a mechanism of gatekeeping in the academy that prevents underrepresented individuals and perspectives to enter. I argue…
Descriptors: Writing Processes, Writing Skills, Expressive Language, Language Fluency
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Windle, Joel; Nogueira, Maria Alice – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2015
This paper analyses tendencies that distinguish the internationalisation of education for two class fractions--owners of medium to large businesses and highly qualified university professors and researchers. We identify the importance of cosmopolitan cultural capital, particularly fluency in English, in strengthening the position of both groups…
Descriptors: International Education, Cultural Capital, Business, Ownership
Assie-Lumumba, N'Dri – 1983
This paper investigates patterns of distribution of formal secondary education among different social groups in the Ivory Coast. It reviews educational growth in less developed countries (LDC's) and the questions of unequal distribution of education (many LDC's have not reached universal primary enrollment). Reviewing research on educational…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advantaged, Birth Rate, Developing Nations