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Showing 1 to 20 of 107 for “"Upward Mobility"”.
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Measuring Upward Mobility in Times of Change
<p>How can we understand patterns of upward mobility, and the forces that may shape these patterns, in places undergoing rapid social and economic change? Many of the places where today’s young people are growing up are “developing” countries. The realities and choices young people are navigating …
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Upward Mobility: A Phenomenological Study Of The Hispanic Student Experience In Dual Enrollment
<p>Dual enrollment continues to experience rapid growth throughout the United States and is viewed as one of the best ways to prepare students for college. Hispanics represent the largest and fastest growing minority ethnic population in the nation, but they are underrepresented in most dual …
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Perceived enablers of upward mobility of female employees in a financial services organisation
… purpose of the study was to identify enablers of upward mobility into middle and senior management positions among female employees in a particular organisation of the financial services sector. Motivation for the study: In the South African context, it was demonstrated that although women …
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Affordable housing and upward mobility : bridging the divide at The Community Builders, Inc.
An increasing austerity at all levels of government has propelled a heightened focus on more efficient models of housing delivery, human service delivery and community development. One area of increased attention, with minimal empirical research, remains the integration of these three arenas. While …
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The Black Middle-class Marriage Paradox: At the Intersection of Race, Upward Mobility, and Gender
… Americans have experienced intergenerational upward mobility alongside declines in marriage entry. Despite their attractiveness on the marriage market, members of the Black middle-class are more likely than any other middle-class group to be single and living alone. This evidences a notable …
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Immigrant pedagogies: Testimonios of upward mobility of transnational students and their mothers in Northern Chile
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2026-05-01
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Mind Playing Tricks: Individualism, Upward Mobility, and the Commitment to Self-Determination Among the Urban Poor
… for Americans’ views on achievement and upward mobility. For all of these reasons, the validity of this ethos has come under attack. Philosophically, it is seen as illusory, ambiguous, and unrealistically demanding of individual exceptionalism. Sociologically, it is admonished for being …
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Professional attractiveness, inside sponsorship, and perceived paternalism as predictors of upward mobility of public school superintendents
This study investigated the variation in rate of upward mobility among public school superintendents. An explanation for that variation was provided in a theory which involved upward mobility as a function of professional attractiveness and inside sponsorship operating in a perceived paternalistic …
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The Relationship of Social Support, Help-seeking Behaviors, and Hardiness to Academic Performance in RN Upward Mobility Students
… behavior, and academic performance of RN Upward Mobility student. The setting for the study was a large, multi-campus nursing program within a Midwestern comprehensive land grant university. A self-selected convenience sample of RN Upward Mobility Nursing students participated by filling …
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Impact of Perceived Mandatory Continued Formal Education on Professional Attitudes of Licensed Practical Nurse Associate Degree Upward Mobility Students
… of Licensed Practical Nurse Associate Degree Upward Mobility Students. The results indicate a statistically significant difference in the professional attitude of self-regulation. Those Licensed Practical Nurse Associate Degree Upward Mobility Students who perceived continued education as …
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The effect of educational upward mobility on habitus – The Subjective Experience of Mobility among First-in Family Graduates in Hungary
A dolgozat célja, hogy hozzájáruljon a felfelé irányuló mobilitás magyarországi szakirodalmához, nevezetesen a családban elsőként diplomát szerzők mobilitásával kapcsolatos szubjektív tapasztalatokat vizsgálja. A disszertáció elméleti célja, hogy eredményeink alapján javaslatokat tegyünk a …
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Communication organizational orientations in an instructional setting
… determine if the organizational orientations of upward mobility, ambivalence, and indifference applied to students in the instructional setting. The McCroskey, Richmond, Johnson, and Smith (2004) Organizational Orientation Measure was adapted to a classroom setting to measure student …
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No ties that bind : low skill workers, social networks and job search in the Silicon Valley's new economy
… opportunities that provide them some measure of upward mobility. The thesis considers whether personal networks - a key means of searching for work - are likely to provide any upward mobility for low-skill workers. This thesis examines the role social networks play in providing access to …
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From the Bottom up: Isaac Craig and the Process of Social and Economic Mobility During the Revolutionary era
… frontier, illustrates the paradox presented in upward mobility during the Revolutionary era. The era was an exceptional time for social and economic mobility yet few men were able to accomplish it. Thus the period allowed for many men to gain more economically, while the inability to increase …
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Siguiendo El Camino/Following the Path: Exploring the Experiences of Latin* Second-Generation College Students
<p>With degrees linked to upward mobility and, thus, a robust economy, college completion has become a central focus of the national higher education agenda. As the largest ethnic population in the United States, Latin* college students are at the center of the completion conversation. While …
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Moving Up, Moving Out: Race and Social Mobility in Chicago, 1914--1972
… to racial divisions in Chicago. I argue that upward mobility in the twentieth century allowed European-Americans to shed racial stigmas and doubts about their abilities to Americanize, creating neighborhoods and ideologies that posited ""white"" and ""middle class"" as synonymous. The white …
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Using Network Analysis of Job Transitions to Inform Career Advice
… labor market that offer dependable channels to upward mobility and areas that do not, where workers could benefit from additional guidance. Overall, we find that, although there exist opportunities for workers of various educational attainment, upward mobility prospect are generally curtailed …
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How social status shapes U.S. children’s beliefs about social mobility
… that shape their everyday lives. Social mobility is a core mechanism through which societies either challenge or maintain existing inequalities. The present study examined how U.S. children’s social status—both experimentally manipulated and measured at the national level—shapes their …
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The Mentoring of Nonprofessional, Nonmanagerial Women Who Are Pursuing Upward Career Mobility
… an effective strategy for individuals desiring upward career mobility. Because women have unique problems based in their socialization it has been asserted that mentors will be keys to their upward mobility. However, women in business find few women mentors and because it is rare for women to be …
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Three Papers on the Black-White Mobility Gap in the United States
… will understate the magnitude of the black-white mobility gap. The results also indicate that two methods substantially mitigate this selection bias: having a long panel, or imputing data in a short panel. Paper 2: Measuring the Black-White Mobility Gap: A Comparison of Datasets and Methods …
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