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El Paso's Digital Divide: A Multivariate Analysis Of Computer Ownership And Internet Access From Home In El Paso County, Mathew Mcelroy, Dennis L. Soden
El Paso's Digital Divide: A Multivariate Analysis Of Computer Ownership And Internet Access From Home In El Paso County, Mathew Mcelroy, Dennis L. Soden
IPED Technical Reports
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Hospitality Education: Prevalent Perceptions, Matt A. Casado
Hospitality Education: Prevalent Perceptions, Matt A. Casado
Hospitality Review
The composition of hospitality curricula has been debated by educators, alumni, and industry professionals for the last 30 years. Some higher education programs have emphasized the teaching of professional courses, while others have focused primarily on management. This study recalls highlights of curriculum research conducted since the late 1970s and provides current perceptions of alumni, lodging, and restaurant professionals on core, support, and advisor-approved electives.
The Impact Of Formal Education On Managerial Career Attainment., Amy E. Hurley, Stefan Wally, Sharon Segrest, Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld
The Impact Of Formal Education On Managerial Career Attainment., Amy E. Hurley, Stefan Wally, Sharon Segrest, Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld
USF St. Petersburg campus Faculty Publications
This study explored the role of formal education in career attainment and how this role has changed over time. The study encompassed years of education, subject of degree, timing of degree conferral, and quality of educational institution. The personnel records of an internal labor market large US based company were examined. Two cohorts of managers were studied in the firm. One cohort contained 540 managers, and the second cohort contained 968 managers. These managers all entered the firm in the same year and have stayed with the same firm. Education was found to have a positive effect on career attainment …
Education, Technological Progress And Economic Growth, Winston T. H. Koh, Hing-Man Leung
Education, Technological Progress And Economic Growth, Winston T. H. Koh, Hing-Man Leung
Research Collection School Of Economics
An important role of education – and the resultant accumulation of human capital – for a less-developed economy is to facilitate technology diffusion in order for it to catch up with developed economies. This paper presents a model linking education, the accumulation of physical capital and technological progress. In the model, investment in education and the accumulation of physical capital are complementary, and intertwine with the technology progress through related effects on technology diffusion and the expansion of the technology frontier. The allocation of effort to education, the optimal savings rate and the technology gap are endogenously determined in the …