News tagged with educational aspirations
Research challenges idea raising aspirations is key to education success
New research carried out by Newcastle University challenges the idea that raising aspirations is the key to improving the education of children from low-income families. Liz Todd, Professor of Educational Inclusion at Ne ...
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Apr 30, 2012 |
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Girl power surges in India
By putting 18 million cracks in the proverbial glass ceiling, Hillary Clinton changed the way Americans think about women in politics, and new Northwestern University research suggests that an affirmative action law in India ...
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Jan 12, 2012 |
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Teenagers who 'want to be famous' face poorer job prospects in later life
(PhysOrg.com) -- Teenagers who have unclear career aspirations, or whose ambitions are mismatched with their educational expectations spend more time in unemployment as adults and achieve lower wages according ...
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Nov 16, 2011 |
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Study identifies psychological factors that keep young adults employed
Today's rapid economic change and labor market turbulence make early careers particularly unstable, but new research to be presented at the 106th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association shows that young workers ...
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Aug 22, 2011 |
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Perceived barriers prevent Mexican-American students from pursuing education, researcher finds
Only 57 percent of Mexican-American students graduate from high school, and 11 percent receive college degrees, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. In a new study, a University of Missouri researcher found that perceived ...
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Mar 04, 2009 |
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