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Kretchmar, Kerry – Educational Forum, 2023
Parents make choices about their children's education within a neoliberal, racist system. Measurable metrics are used to evaluate school quality within a competitive, market-based system, yet those indicators often do not align with parents' definitions of a good school, and they obscure the role of race. This paper examines how white, privileged…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Whites, Advantaged, Decision Making
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McNeal, Karen S.; Walker, Scott L.; Rutherford, David – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2014
The southeastern United States (SEUS) faces numerous potential impacts from a changing climate; however, the population has been characterized with a predominance of naysayers and few climate policies have been implemented by state governments in the region. As such, public education is an important avenue for achieving a climate literate…
Descriptors: Climate, Surveys, Secondary School Teachers, College Faculty
Allgood, Sam; Bosshardt, William; van der Klaauw, Wilbert; Watts, Michael – Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 2010
Studies regularly link levels of educational attainment to civic behavior and attitudes, but only a few investigate the role played by specific coursework. Using data collected from students who attended one of four public universities in our study, we investigate the relationship between economics coursework and civic behavior after graduation.…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Business Administration Education, College Graduates, Public Colleges
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Grasmick, Harold G. – Rural Sociology, 1974
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Correlation, Cultural Background, Demography
Chronicle of Higher Education, 2005
"Chronicle of Higher Education" presents an abundant source of news and information for college and university faculty members and administrators. This February 25, 2005 issue of "Chronicle of Higher Education" includes the following articles: (1) "Sins of Admission" (Sumner, James); (2) "Admissions Today: 6…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Admission, College Choice, Scores