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Kettley, Nigel Charles; Whitehead, Joan M. – Educational Review, 2012
This paper provides a critique of recent Bourdieusian research into the higher education (HE) choice process. Specifically, Ball et al. (2002) maintain that class-related differences in students' psycho-social dispositions in Years 12 and 13, the "landscape of choice", shape their intentions or "decisions" to participate in HE and their selection…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Choice, Social Class, Performance Factors
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Spohrer, Jim; Fodell, Dianne; Murphy, Wendy – EDUCAUSE Review, 2012
Higher education is being reshaped little by little every day. Slowly but surely, from the smallest community colleges to the teaching institutions to the most prestigious research universities, a new set of key performance indicators (KPIs) is transforming what excellence means in higher education. For developed and emerging market nations…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Knowledge Economy, Productivity, Sustainability