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Thorpe, Anthony; Lim, Lynn L. K. – European Journal of Higher Education, 2013
This article examines how the development of techno-marketing campaigns might facilitate the engagement of university students in voluntary activities on campus which promote active citizenship and community cohesion where there is a concern about a low take up of such opportunities. The increasing influence of technology upon the forms of social…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Marketing, College Students, Citizenship
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Pietsch, Tamson – History of Education, 2011
Since its Foundation in 1901, the Rhodes Scholarships scheme has been held up as the archetype of a programme designed to foster imperial citizens. However, though impressive in scale, Cecil Rhodes's foundation was not the first to bring colonial students to Britain. Over the course of the previous half-century, governments, universities and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Citizenship, Educational History, Males
Barry, Deborah S. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
As the realities of the academic job market have forced some PhD recipients to accept less-preferable position types, there has been increasing concerns that these students are not prepared for their careers, especially in STEM fields. However, aside from the labor market, few studies have explored the influences on career aspiration and…
Descriptors: Occupational Aspiration, STEM Education, Doctoral Programs, Graduate Students
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Stoer, Stephen – Higher Education Policy, 2006
This article examines the impact of new forms of citizenship and European construction on the university. If one conceives new forms of citizenship as identity-driven, rather than based on territory, and European construction as the intertwining of four metaphors (the flag, association, the network and the bazaar), what are the implications for a…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Educational Change, Higher Education, Foreign Countries