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Guangcai, Yan – Chinese Education & Society, 2020
From a historical perspective, it was only in the modern era that the academic profession was favored by the middle and upper classes who came to dominate it. This article shows that, in contemporary China, the pattern of the middle and upper classes dominating the academic profession results from their families having a good early education and…
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Faculty, Economic Factors, Social Class
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Elacqua, Gregory; Alves, Fatima – Education Next, 2014
Two themes connect Brazil and Chile: one is economic success; the other is social unrest. Protests rocked cities across Brazil in June 2013, and in Chile, recent student protests turned violent. Yet living conditions in both nations are better now than they've ever been. Successful economic and social reforms over the last two decades have led to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Quality, Public Opinion, Middle Class
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Austin, John – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2012
The mighty heartland of the United States, the American Midwest, is certainly struggling economically. This region was the epicenter of America's industrial revolution, the arsenal of democracy in World War II, and the builder of the great blue-collar middle class that personified the American Dream. This important region made America a global…
Descriptors: Middle Class, Democratic Values, Economic Development, Democracy
Madland, David; Bunker, Nick – Center for American Progress, 2011
America's economic future depends in large part on the quality of the nation's public education. Education increases productivity, sparks innovation, and boosts the economic competitiveness. Not surprisingly, the American public thinks that there should be greater investments in education, with polls showing strong and growing support for…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Economic Opportunities, Role of Education, Economic Development
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Nilan, Pam; Parker, Lynette; Bennett, Linda; Robinson, Kathryn – Journal of Youth Studies, 2011
Selected survey data on future aspirations and expectations from 3565 young Indonesians are presented in this study. Muslim-majority Indonesia is an Asian economic success story. The economy has seen solid growth, leading to an expansion of the private sector. The upward credentialling of the labour market and the rapid growth of the middle class…
Descriptors: Middle Class, Private Sector, Labor Market, Marriage
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Harrington, James J. – American Educational History Journal, 2009
In Central America the Cold War support of the elites by the United States was designed to ward off the communist threat. At the same time social and economic demands by the working and middle classes created revolutionary movements in the face of rigid and violent responses by Central American governments. Issues of social justice pervaded the…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Higher Education, Working Class, Middle Class
Baylor, Don, Jr. – Center for Public Policy Priorities, 2006
This report proposes several distinct--yet interrelated--policy opportunities that can move more Texans into the middle class. These proposals blend greater state-level investments with common sense policy changes to increase economic well-being for working Texans. While Texas policy makers have recognized the connection between workforce…
Descriptors: Middle Class, Economic Development, Education Work Relationship, Low Income Groups
Uhalde, Ray; Strohl, Jeff – National Center on Education and the Economy (NJ1), 2006
In this paper the authors identified the size of America's home market as a crucial component of its historical comparative advantage. The authors showed that over the last four decades nearly 60 percent of per capita U.S. growth has been dependent upon growth in the domestic consumption. Thus, a comprehensive demand side strategy also must target…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Job Skills, Labor Market, Economic Development