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Direct linkChen, Kenneth Han; Berman, Elizabeth Popp – Sociology of Education, 2022
The meritocratic ideal prescribes that universities should admit students based on academic ability and individual effort. Yet as competition for scarce slots has increased, markets for services to improve the odds of admission have expanded. We use the case of a popular online forum for elite Taiwanese students seeking graduate study in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Admission, Admission Criteria, Academic Ability
Han, Xiao – Palgrave Studies on Leadership and Learning in Teacher Education, 2020
This chapter examines the life, learning, and research experiences of an American scholar who immigrated to the United States from China where she received her primary and secondary school education, and taught ESL at the prestigious Chinese university from which she graduated. The scholar reflects on her stories in China and in the United States…
Descriptors: Immigrants, College Faculty, Chinese Americans, English (Second Language)
Download full textKempson, Lauri; Burt, Evan; Bledsoe, Eric; Poliakoff, Michael – American Council of Trustees and Alumni, 2015
At a time when 87% of employers believe that our colleges must raise the quality of students' educations in order for the United States to remain competitive globally, and four in five Americans say they believe all graduates should have to take the key courses outlined in the study, few colleges require a real liberal arts education. "What…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Liberal Arts, Educational Quality, General Education
Ma, A. – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2012
The English language curriculum (ELC) in China has undergone numerous changes since its modernisation movement in the late 1970s. The recent English language syllabus (2001) marks a new direction by incorporating "emotion and attitude" as one of the ELC's key domains. The implication is that the deep-rooted principle of learning a…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Teaching Guides, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)
Shelton, Linda – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2007
Should an academic have respect toward cultural differences, including variety in language? A. Suresh Canagarajah has written extensively about global English and its power over vernacular languages, stressing that language learning is not a politically neutral activity. English teachers carry with them the possibility of ideological domination…
Descriptors: Standard Spoken Usage, Reputation, Linguistics, Figurative Language
Stapleton, Paul; Helms-Park, Rena; Radia, Pavlina – Internet and Higher Education, 2006
This study examined 68 Web sources selected by 19 second-language (L2) students while preparing to write research papers. Students submitted an annotated bibliography consisting of ten sources from print or electronic media. Each Web source was classified according to type (e.g., news or advocacy). Of the 68 sites, 29 were considered conventional,…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Research Papers (Students), Reputation, Rating Scales
