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Altbach, Philip, Ed.; Reisberg, Liz, Ed.; Yudkevich, Maria, Ed.; Androushchak, Gregory, Ed.; Pacheco, Ivan, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
How are professors paid? Can the "best and brightest" be attracted to the academic profession? With universities facing international competition, which countries compensate their academics best, and which ones lag behind? "Paying the Professoriate" examines these questions and provides key insights and recommendations into the current state of…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Compensation (Remuneration), Higher Education, Research Universities
Arnett, Jeffrey Jensen, Ed. – Psychology Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
This book paints a portrait of adolescent psychology in 4 major regions: Africa/the Middle East, Asia, the Americas, and Europe. Featuring 24 revised and updated chapters from the "International Encyclopedia of Adolescence" (2007), readers are introduced to the way the majority of the world's adolescents actually live. Most contributors…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Economic Progress, Family Relationship, Adolescents
Mishel, Lawrence; Bernstein, Jared – 1995
Numerous sources of data about family incomes, taxes, wages, unemployment, wealth, and poverty were used to analyze the impact of the economy on living standards in the United States in 1994-1995. It was discovered that most individuals in the United States are worse off in the 1990s than they were at the end of the 1970s. Between 1979 and 1989,…
Descriptors: Business Cycles, Comparative Analysis, Economic Change, Economic Factors