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Rachel Baker; Eric Bettinger; Madison Dell; Gus Gluek; Kaylee Matheny; Hidahis Mesa; Alex Monday – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2024
Background: Condensed courses, as opposed to semester-long courses, are an increasingly popular strategy to improve equity in higher education. With condensed courses, students focus on a smaller number of courses during seven- to ten-week terms (Gullatt, 2006; Zepeda & Mayers, 2006). Historically marginalized students may benefit because the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community College Students, College Faculty, Minicourses
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Marziya Assylbekova; Indira Saikhymuratova; Taner Atmaca; Baubek Somzhurek; Tolkyn Slamkulovna Slambekova – Cogent Education, 2024
This study explores the pervasive issue of social ostracism and bullying among university students in Kazakhstan and Türkiye, underscored by Goffman's (1963) stigma theory. It investigates how societal norms and categorizations contribute to the marginalisation of students based on various identities, leading to 'spoiled identities' and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Isolation, Bullying, Undergraduate Students
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Shahjahan, Riyad A. – Journal of Education Policy, 2013
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is currently engaging in a worldwide feasibility study entitled International Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes (AHELO). This feasibility study seeks to develop measures that would assess student learning outcomes that would be valid across different languages,…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, International Programs, Comparative Testing, Educational Policy
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Nel, C.; Kistner, L. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2009
In the light of the uncertainty surrounding the new National Senior Certificate that was written in South African schools for the first time in 2008, this article aims to examine the new Grade 12 National Senior Certificate results quantitatively in the context of the Grade 11 application score for entry into higher education and the Grade 12…
Descriptors: Grade Inflation, Grade 12, Grade 11, Academic Ability