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Download full textArunachalam, Subbiah – 2002
Often funding agencies and donor governments face the question of whether should they support information and communication (ICT) technologies activities in their development projects. Should the money be invested in computers and communication devices or will it be better spent on food, shelter, health, and education? The choice need not be…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Access to Information, Computer Mediated Communication, Developing Nations
Peer reviewedMcKenzie, D. F. – Journal of Developmental Education, 2005
Attrition statistics for first-year students in many tertiary environments suggest that students face a wide variety of obstacles. Students in developmental education programmes usually have one additional obstacle: They have a history of failure in academic settings. Therefore there are emotional and psychological barriers in addition to academic…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Dropout Rate, Student Attrition, Developmental Studies Programs
Direct linkChristie, Hazel; Munro, Moira; Wager, Fiona – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2005
This article explores the experiences of widening access students at two prestigious universities in Scotland. It is based on interview data collected from a small sample of young and mature students who had all attended a widening access course prior to coming to university. The analysis centres on the students' construction of themselves as…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Interviews, Access to Education
