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Wilson, Franklin D. – Institute for Research on Poverty, 2016
This paper analyzes age and cohort changes in the occupational attainment of Blacks and Whites born in successive decades from 1910 to 1979. Occupational attainment is operationalized as "occupational returns to education" and "earnings returns to occupation." The primary objective is to determine whether the relative…
Descriptors: African Americans, Whites, Racial Differences, Generational Differences
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Kvam, Dani S.; Considine, Jennifer R.; Palmeri, Tony – Communication Education, 2018
This study investigates stakeholder perceptions of a communication studies department's diversity-focused learning outcome. Drawing from critical communication pedagogy and based on thematic analysis, we argue that the language of our department's diversity-focused learning outcome (similar to two of the National Communication Association's…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Stakeholders, Communication (Thought Transfer), Departments
Hazenbush, Matt – Graduate Management Admission Council, 2018
Part-time MBA programs, designed specifically for the busy, early-to-mid-career working professional, are for many Americans what first comes to mind at the mention of "going to business school." In recent years the overall demand for part-time MBA programs in the United States appears to have stagnated. Since 2009, each year most…
Descriptors: Masters Programs, Business Administration Education, Part Time Students, Business Schools
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Neumann, Richard – Journal of Social Science Education, 2017
The primary purpose of this essay is to further understanding of the relationship between social education programs in public schools in the United States and the health of its democracy. A secondary purpose is to encourage reflection on the condition of democracy in other countries and the adequacy of social education programs in these countries…
Descriptors: Democracy, Citizenship Education, Social Studies, Public Schools
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O'Leary, Simon – Journal of Education and Work, 2017
Enhancing graduate employability is a priority for many stakeholders in higher education and this research explores graduates' experiences of, and attitudes towards, the inclusion of employability-related support in undergraduate degree programmes. A literature review is supplemented by primary research on a targeted sample of 104 graduates from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Graduates, Student Attitudes, Employment Potential
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van der Worp, Karin; Cenoz, Jasone; Gorter, Durk – Language Policy, 2017
In this article we discuss the outcomes of a study into the languages of the workplace of internationally operating companies. Our aim is to contribute to studies of multilingualism in the workplace by adopting a holistic approach that focuses on several languages and relates the competences and attitudes of multilingual professionals to the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Bilingualism, Multilingualism, Language Usage
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Terasawa, Takunori – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2017
As English skills are being increasingly perceived as valuable human capital, an awareness of inequitable access to the acquisition of this "profitable" language has developed. Although this allegedly unequal access, which can be referred to as the "English divide", is a matter of concern to applied linguists, little research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Statistical Analysis, English (Second Language), Language Skills
Benson, Damien D.; Jenny, Seth E. – Association Supporting Computer Users in Education, 2017
As distance education continues to be utilized by higher learning institutions, many struggle in knowing how to effectively utilize tools for the benefit of the students, faculty and staff facilitating online courses, distance education departments, and the university as a whole. This paper will highlight survey and interview results from…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Online Courses, Higher Education, Student Attitudes
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Shin, Jung Cheol; Kim, Yangson; Lim, Heejin; Shim, Bongsup; Choi, Younggi – Studies in Higher Education, 2015
This study investigates how academics hired during the period of rapid neoliberal reforms differ from the senior academics hired before the reforms and the junior academics hired after the reforms were institutionalized. The faculty members who were employed in a period of radical reform may be impacted by the additional requirements and tasks…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Neoliberalism, Educational Change
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Piña-Watson, Brandy; López, Belem; Ojeda, Lizette; Rodriguez, Kimberly M. – Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 2015
This study examined the role of cognitive (i.e., grit, hope, and academic skepticism) and cultural variables (i.e., generational status, familismo, ethnic identity, and bicultural stress) on academic motivation among 181 Mexican American adolescents. Results indicated that hope, grit, and familismo positively predicted academic motivation.…
Descriptors: Mexican Americans, Adolescents, Cognitive Processes, Cultural Influences
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Chen, Hao-Min; Lewis, Denise C. – Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research, 2016
This study, informed by social constructionism and narrative theories, explored the relationship stories told by visiting Chinese grandparents and their adult children in a southern region of the United States. The purpose of this research was to create space for family members' explanations of their familial interactions and the meanings they…
Descriptors: Grandparents, Adults, Parent Child Relationship, Family Relationship
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Buckner, Marjorie M.; Strawser, Michael G. – Communication Education, 2016
As opposed to the "place where you were forced to consider new ideas, to meet new people, to ask new questions, and to learn to think, to socialize, to imagine" (Fitzgerald, 2012, p. 20), millennial students view college as a financial rather than philosophical training ground (Berrett, 2015). Unfortunately, this perspective…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Generational Differences, Student Characteristics, Student Responsibility
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Frey, T. Kody; Tatum, Nicholas T. – Communication Education, 2016
Popular culture is all too familiar with the notion of the helicopter parent. This suffocating sheltering extends students' adolescence and delays the development of independence (Price, 2010), causing millennials to rely on their parents for financial stability (White, 2015) and emotional support (Raphelson, 2014). Even in the midst of…
Descriptors: Parent Student Relationship, Teacher Student Relationship, Parent Influence, Parent Participation
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Peguero, Anthony A.; Bondy, Jennifer M.; Hong, Jun Sung – Youth & Society, 2017
The focus of this study is to investigate school bonding among adolescents in immigrant families using a segmented assimilation theoretical framework. Data are drawn from the Educational Longitudinal Study of 2002, a nationally representative sample of 10th graders. We focus on a subsample consisting of 9,870 first- (N = 1,170, 12 %), second- (N =…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Immigrants, Acculturation, Longitudinal Studies
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Skidmore, Susan Troncoso; Zientek, Linda Reichwein; Saxon, D. Patrick; Edmonson, Stacey L. – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2014
Although the majority of colleges and universities are equipped with the latest instructional technologies, an appreciable integration of technology has not been observed in instructional practices (Flavin, 2013; Garrison & Akyol, 2009; Salinas, 2008). The purpose of this research is to understand the impact that generational differences can…
Descriptors: Generational Differences, Technology Uses in Education, College Faculty, Educational Technology
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