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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"role of higher education"”.
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Quantitatively Assessing the Role of Higher Education in Global Sustainability
… questions to address an observed scarcity of literature that quantitatively and empirically assesses the role of higher education in global sustainability. Linear regression is used to assess correlations between institutional environmental impacts and campus initiatives; …
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From Campus to Community: The Role of Higher Education in Strengthening Regional Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Appalachia
… in understanding how small, rural liberal arts higher education institutions (HEIs) in the Appalachian College Association Entrepreneurial Alliance (ACAEA) support regional entrepreneurial ecosystems (EEs), and how, if at all, those strategies vary across Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) …
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The Role of Higher Education in Advancing Nurse Practitioners: A Look at the Institutional Decision Calculus of a Health Sciences University
In 2004, professional nursing joined the ranks of other health professions by altering accreditation standards for nurse practitioners, which now mandate that their terminal degree advance beyond the master's degree currently required for the doctor of nursing practice (DNP). This research examines …
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Operation Transition: Post-9/11 Combat Marines Transitioning to Civilian Life and the Role of Higher Education in their Identity Formation
<p>Operation Transition is an excavation of the experiences of Post-9/11 combat Marines, who have been Honorably Discharged, as their transition to civilian and student life. The work of Operation Transition was conducted with a group of Marines, called The Unit, and presents the variety of stories …
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The Role of Higher Education in Economic Inequalities and Intergenerational Social Mobility: Empirical Evidence from South Korea and Lessons from the UK
Many people are convinced that a higher education degree will guarantee good career aspects for any student, regardless of their family background (Connor et al., 2001; Cho, 2016). Whilst higher education indeed plays a role as an insurance mechanism against the risk of unemployment in many …
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The role of the university in building peace in society: a case study of the University of Zambia
… applied to peacebuilding, using the University of Zambia as a case study. The research tracks the university's historical development, employing institutional theory and discourse analysis to explore its role in shaping peacebuilding strategies. By analysing documents such as strategic plans, …
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The role and effectiveness of coaching in increasing career decision self-efficacy, outcome expectations and employability efforts of higher education students
… self-efficacy, and the employability efforts of Higher Education (HE) students. It investigates the effectiveness of career coaching in increasing students’ career self-efficacy and their employability efforts. It also examines what aspects of the coaching relationship are most effective in …
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Perceptions of pedagogy for employability at a transnational university: A qualitative case study
The role of higher education in supporting the knowledge economy by adhering to an employability led curricula is a contentious one. Countries need a highly educated and skilled population to both use and disseminate knowledge, and research centres such as universities are vital in the creation of …
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Affirming Indigeneity in Public Spaces: Indigenous Mexican Testimonios About Higher Education
<p>The purpose of this study was to provide a deeper understanding of the lived experiences and identity formation of Indigenous Mexican students in U.S. higher education. Latinx critical race theory and critical Latinx Indigeneity served as conceptual frameworks for this study, and a decolonial …
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Open Education and the Creative Economy: Global Perspectives and Comparative Analysis
This dissertation is to deal the issues of open education, creative economies, higher education. It also compares the performances in these aspects among different countries. The conception of the “creative economy” develops within the context of “global neoliberalism” and “knowledge economy”. …
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University in Society: Organising for Engagement in Ireland
In this thesis I look at the implications of replicating the organising practices utilized in the creation of the model of civic engagement at Occidental College in Los Angeles at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth (NUIM). I do this through a case study of NUIM and its role in enhancing …
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Cultivating Compassion in Undergraduate College Students: Rhetoric or Reality?
… create positive social change has lagged. Aware of the magnitude of today's global issues and dissatisfied with the current disparity between the world's reality and university curricula, scholars have begun to re-imagine the role of higher education in forming the leaders who will face our most …
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The role of Kazakhstani HEIs and international academic publishing in Kazakhstan's post-Soviet nation-building
… thesis examines the post-Soviet nation-building of Kazakhstan through the lens of higher education. Kazakhstan presents an interesting case of a post-Soviet transitional country that encounters challenges in the process of transition from communism and state socialism toward democracy and market …
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The Expansion of Higher Education for Kenyans, With Special Emphasis on Women, From 1959--1969
… he received over 320 more to an additional 60 higher U.S. educational institutions. The 1959 and 1960 Airlifts, as they are called, included large numbers of women. This study explores Kenya's early nation-building period and argues that the Airlifts served as the catalyst in an explosion for …
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Towards a qualitative framework for blending equity and excellence in transforming South African higher education to achieve development
… two decades in its attempts to transform its higher education system. The key question around which major debates have revolved relates to achieving development within the context of a post-apartheid South Africa. At the heart of this question stand the twin imperatives of equity and …
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Time Spent at University: The Impact of Volunteering on Political Engagement During Degree Study and Beyond
… participation in politics has been the subject of much research and debate for decades. Yet addressing the issue of how to encourage apathetic 18-24 year-olds to engage has yet to reveal an effective solution. This thesis aims to add new knowledge to the discourse around the challenge of …
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Understanding the Employability of College Graduates for Success in the Workplace
… changing world. The Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Science must identify the specific strategies that develop best the needed skills for the success of the graduate and society The purpose of the study was to identify a land grant college of agriculture and life sciences' …
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Drifting identity in the global era? Polish students in Irish Higher Education
… began with a desire to examine in detail the educational aspects of globalization and European integration in the context of young Poles in Higher Education in Ireland and their sense of life stability and localization in the contemporary world. Research Focus The study explores the …
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The Infusion of Higher Education in the U.S. Army: A Sociolinguistic Study of an Organizational Information Dissemination Process
… mechanisms, specifically the metaphor, and their role in the infusion of higher education in the U S .Army It was argued that levels of ambiguity connected to inter-sociolect lexicons embedded within sociolect-specific metaphors may impede effective communication between officers and senior …
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Dementia risk in the population over time: potential for primary prevention and intervention
… evidence is conflicting. If the risk factor profile of dementia changed this would impact prevention and intervention strategies as well as future health service and care needs. This thesis explores the change in dementia risk factor profiles in the UK population, changes across time and …
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