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Panigrahi, Jinusha – Higher Education for the Future, 2014
The article examines the question of access to higher education (HE) in the context of unprecedented and irreversible changes in the higher education sector in the current scenario. It is based on a comparative study that seeks to probe the question of access based on a secondary data analysis using the NSSO data regarding household consumer…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Equal Education, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries
Drummond, Aaron – Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 2012
In 2008 it was agreed by the Australian Education Ministers that a national curriculum be implemented with the rationale that it would help to ensure high quality education for all young Australians (ACARA, 2012b). One reason for the shift to a standardised national curriculum is so that "School and curriculum authorities can collaborate to…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Educational Quality, Rural Areas, Foreign Countries
Mackie, Paul Force-Emery – Journal of Social Work Education, 2013
An 11-month long analysis of social work faculty position advertisements examined differences in job descriptions between past and present findings, rural- and urban-located social work programs, doctorate and nondoctorate conferring institutions, and public and private institutions. Additionally, this investigation addressed 2008 Educational…
Descriptors: Social Work, College Faculty, Teacher Selection, Rural Urban Differences
Harder, Natalie J. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2011
With community colleges educating up to one-half of all U.S. undergraduates, more focus on internationalization is warranted in order to ensure student competitiveness in today's global labor pool. This ex post facto study of 2006 survey data from the American Council on Education (ACE) found a low level of internationalization occurring at most…
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, Community Colleges, Classification, Comparative Analysis
Droessler Mersch, Rebecca L. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study analyzed how Wisconsin rural public high schools' academic achievement compared to their city, suburb and town peers while controlling for ten factors. The Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Examination (WKCE) measured academic achievement for tenth graders including reading, language arts, mathematics, science and social studies. The ten…
Descriptors: High School Students, Rural Urban Differences, Achievement Tests, Suspension
Harder, Natalie Jean – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Research demonstrates employers value international experiences when hiring employees. Community college students who do not have global or international experience risk being less valuable to employers than students who have such experience. With community colleges educating up to one-half of all U.S. undergraduates, more focus on…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Extracurricular Activities, College Programs
Glover, Louis C.; Simpson, Lynn A.; Waller, Lee Rusty – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2009
This article explores disparities in faculty salaries between metropolitan and nonmetropolitan Texas community colleges. The analysis reveals a significant difference in faculty salaries for the 2000 and 2005 academic years respectively. The study found no significant difference in the rate of change in faculty salaries from 2000 to 2005.…
Descriptors: Teacher Salaries, Community Colleges, College Faculty, Rural Urban Differences
Erwin, Susan; Winn, Pam; Gentry, Jim; Cauble, Mary – Online Submission, 2010
Because of the importance of developing highly skilled school leaders, statewide assessments of 784 Texas public school administrators were compared to determine how leadership skills varied by type of campus (urban, suburban and rural) and by campus student achievement ratings. Important findings indicate differences exist by campus type and by…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Suburban Schools, Rural Schools, Comparative Analysis
McMillen, Robert; Breen, Julie; Cosby, Arthur G. – Journal of Rural Health, 2004
Although previous research has found smoking rates to be higher among residents of rural areas, few studies have investigated rural-urban differences in exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). Objective: This study contrasted the social climate surrounding ETS among Americans who resided in 5 levels of county urbanization. Design: Data were…
Descriptors: Social Environment, Food, Rural Areas, Family Environment
Poppink, Sue; Shen, Jianping – NASSP Bulletin, 2003
An analysis of secondary principals' salaries between 1987-1988 and 1999-2000 was conducted to determine trends in salaries, contrast those trends to others' earnings, and examine the variations in urban, suburban, and rural labor markets, states, and gender. Findings provide useful data for various stakeholders when entering discussion about…
Descriptors: Principals, Salaries, Secondary Schools, Trend Analysis
Fiene, Richard; Melnick, Steven A. – 1989
This study investigated the quality of day care in Pennsylvania. Observations and evaluations were made of 149 day care centers and family day care homes. Measures used included the Child Development Program Evaluation Licensing Scale--day care and family day care versions (CDPE), the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (ECERS), and the…
Descriptors: Certification, Comparative Analysis, Day Care, Early Childhood Education

Arnove, Robert F. – Comparative Education Review, 1984
Despite remarkable progress in education, China and India still face problems of massive illiteracy; lack of universal access to education; a hierarchical, elitist, examination-oriented system unrelated to economic needs and productive labor; a large number of unemployed school leavers; and dependence on foreign models, particularly at the higher…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Colonialism, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education
Snyder, Anastasia; McLaughlin, Diane; Coleman-Jensen, Alisha – Carsey Institute, 2009
This report focuses on the education and work experiences of rural youth during the emerging adult years (age 20 to 24), as they make the transition from adolescence to adulthood. It documents how rural emerging adults combine work and school and experience idleness, closely examines their educational attainment, and compares their experiences…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Young Adults, Adult Development, Federal Aid
Gaumnitz, W.H. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1929
The training, the tenure, and the professional status of teachers and other professional workers in the rural schools of America are to a large degree circumscribed by the rewards offered, both financial and social. It has long been recognized in a general way that such rewards in rural schools are meager in comparison with those in urban schools…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Public School Teachers, Educational Trends, Comparative Analysis