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Toymentseva, Irina A.; Karpova, Natalya P.; Toymentseva, Angelina A.; Chichkina, Vera D.; Efanov, Andrey V. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
The urgency of the analyzed issue is due to lack of attention of heads of service companies to the theory and methodology of strategic management, methods and models of management decision-making in times of economic instability. The purpose of the article is to develop theoretical positions and methodical recommendations on the formation of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Service Occupations, Strategic Planning, Mathematical Models
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Nwakasi, Candidus C.; Cummins, Phyllis A. – Commission for International Adult Education, 2018
The rate of educational development in Nigeria is constrained by social, economic, and political factors. This affects the adult literacy rate in the country, which is about 60% and lower for adults in rural areas. Teachers play pivotal roles in improving student enrolment, retention, and completion. Teachers' motivation levels may determine how…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Motivation, Job Satisfaction, Performance
Jinmei Liu – ProQuest LLC, 2015
This study investigated the impact of family/school capital on the academic development of African American and Hispanic students by examining four educational outcomes (math/reading achievement at the tenth grade, high school graduation, post-secondary enrollment and post-secondary degree attainment) from the tenth grade through their…
Descriptors: Social Capital, African American Students, Hispanic American Students, Outcomes of Education
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Lähteenmäki, Marko; Hakyemez-Paul, Sevcan; Pihlaja, Päivi – Early Child Development and Care, 2019
Extra-familial support has been proven to be an important resource for families during early parenthood, but little attention has been paid to what supports should be available for fathers specifically and how fathers perceive different sources of support during early parenthood in the twenty-first century. This study examined Finnish fathers' (N…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Rearing, Social Support Groups, Socioeconomic Status
Divine, Allison G. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Students in associate degree nursing (ADN) programs in the United States experience high attrition rates in the first year. The purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to examine the relationship between preadmission factors and first-year ADN program completion rates at one college in the south central United States. Constructivist…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Two Year College Students, Nursing Education, Academic Persistence
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Mendoza, Arturo; Martínez, Joaquín – International Journal of Language Testing, 2023
Language placement tests (LPTs) are used to assess students' proficiency in a progressive manner in the target language. Based on their performance, students are assigned to stepped language courses. These tests are usually considered low stakes because they do not have significant consequences in students' lives, which is perhaps the reason why…
Descriptors: Language Tests, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Zhao, Dan; Chen, Yuchun; Parolin, Bruno; Fan, Xiao – International Review of Education, 2019
With urbanisation, rural-urban migration has meant falling levels of rural labour, loss of agricultural land and lowered agricultural productivity, all of which have hindered the development of modern agriculture in China. It has become crucial to train the rural labour force to become modern professional farmers who are knowledgeable, skilled,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Agricultural Education, Farm Management, Lifelong Learning
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Kellevezir, Isil; Cakir, Ozlem – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2020
Purpose: The economic and social developments of countries are strictly dependent on the qualified graduates/workforce that they have. The aim of this study was to determine the quality and skill aspects of graduates and their satisfaction level of labour supply and demand in higher education. Research Methods: In this study, the data related to…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Labor Supply, Supply and Demand, Employer Attitudes
Cook, Jenene M. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The role community college faculty play in developing and teaching asset-based, student-centered, and humanized online courses is critical to a college's ability to use online education to improve student success. The study's purpose is to examine community college faculty attitudes regarding the adoption of online education innovations and the…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Online Courses, Teacher Attitudes
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Singhavi, Chandan; Basargekar, Prema – International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2019
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in school education is considered as one of the important tools to make education learner centric and helps to reduce the digital divide between different socio-economic classes in a developing country like India. The government is implementing policies to encourage schools to adopt ICT and integrate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Policy
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Paradowska, Monika – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of rivalry and excludability in transport systems on the positive external effects important for the functioning of a large private university in Wroclaw (Poland). In the context of campus sustainability, policy implications supporting sustainable transport are discussed.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Transportation, Private Colleges, Sustainable Development
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Obasi, Chinedu; Ugo, Chima – Online Submission, 2018
Students' mathematics achievements in secondary school have an influential effect on their performance in university and their future careers. There are numerous innovative teaching strategies which are promising and have shown to improve students' achievement in mathematics; one will wonder if there will be corresponding achievement growth in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Predictor Variables, Academic Achievement, Mathematics Instruction
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Khowaja, Meena K.; Hazzard, Ann P.; Robins, Diana L. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2015
Parents (n = 11,845) completed the Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (or its latest revision) at pediatric visits. Using sociodemographic predictors of maternal education and race, binary logistic regressions were utilized to examine differences in autism screening, diagnostic evaluation participation rates and outcomes, and reasons for…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Disability Identification, Barriers
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Sublett, Cameron; Tovar, Janae – Community College Review, 2021
Objective: This study sought to determine how aligned community college students' declared majors were with long-term occupational projections. In addition, the study explored whether this link was sensitive to entry-level education. Method: The current study merged two disparate sources of national education and economic data to form a novel…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Vocational Education, Labor Market
Zamzam, Raghida D. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Workforce education and development are necessary to prepare individuals to compete in the global market. Building individuals' key job skills ensures career success and economic growth of the United States. The purpose of this quantitative cross-sectional survey study was to describe the U.S. adult immigrants' information communication technology…
Descriptors: Adults, Immigrants, Information Technology, Technological Literacy
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