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Wilkins, Stephen; Shams, Farshid; Huisman, Jeroen – Educational Studies, 2013
Recent changes in the English tuition fee policies have spurred a debate on the impacts on student choices for higher education. Expectations range from a sharp decrease in participation in higher education to relatively little change in student demand. We surveyed 1549 year 12 sixth-form students from four institutions spread geographically…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Fees, Tuition, College Choice
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Barlow-Jones, Glenda; van der Westhuizen, Duan – Educational Studies, 2011
The modern world is becoming increasingly digitalised and this is affecting the way in which humans not only live but also learn. In South Africa, the majority of students entering universities are from disadvantaged backgrounds and come from schools and communities in which they were not exposed to the same technologically rich environments as…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Information Technology, Foreign Countries, Critical Thinking
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Chouinard, Roch; Vezeau, Carole; Bouffard, Therese – Educational Studies, 2008
The aim of the present study was to further examine the impact over time of single-sex and coeducational school environments on girls' motivation in language arts and mathematics. Two cohorts comprising 340 girls (7th to 9th grade; 9th to 11th grade) from eight coeducational and two single-sex schools were followed during a period of three…
Descriptors: Single Sex Schools, Females, Achievement Need, Student Motivation