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Direct linkCooke, Richard; Barkham, Michael; Audin, Kerry; Bradley, Margaret; Davy, John – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2004
The present paper outlines the experiences reported by students from different social class backgrounds who have recently graduated from university. Students from manual skilled and partly skilled backgrounds were classed as disadvantaged, while students from professional or intermediate backgrounds were classed as advantaged. Data were collected…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Characteristics, Higher Education, Foreign Countries
Kralovec, Etta; Buell, John – 2000
Arguing that the burden of homework causes significant family stress--including parent-child conflict, reduced family leisure time, and overly tired children--this book questions whether the benefits of homework are worth its costs. The book examines the historical progression of homework and the influence of international competition on the trend…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Change Strategies, Educational Attitudes
Download full textFlacks, Richard; Thomson, Gregg; Douglass, John; Caspary, Kyra – Center for Studies in Higher Education, 2004
During the spring of 2002 and 2003, a team of faculty and institutional researchers conducted an innovative web-based survey on the undergraduate experience at all eight undergraduate campuses of the University of California. This report provides the first formal presentation of preliminary findings from that survey and discusses potential areas…
Descriptors: Institutional Research, Research Universities, Student Experience, Learning Experience
