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University Rankings: Evidence And A Conceptual Framework, Jonathan G.S. Koppell, Jacob Fowles, H. George Frederickson
University Rankings: Evidence And A Conceptual Framework, Jonathan G.S. Koppell, Jacob Fowles, H. George Frederickson
Publications from President Jonathan G.S. Koppell
University ranking has high public visibility, the ranking business has flourished, and institutions of higher education have not been able to ignore it. This study of university ranking presents general considerations of ranking and institutional responses to it, particularly considering reactions to ranking, ranking as a self-fulfilling prophecy, and ranking as a means of transforming qualities into quantities. The authors present a conceptual framework of university ranking based on three propositions and carry out a descriptive statistical analysis of U.S. and international ranking data to evaluate those propositions. The first proposition of university ranking is that ranking systems are demarcated …
Escolarización Y Clase Social En Los Estados Unidos, Jaime Grinberg, Jeremy Price, Fernando Naiditch
Escolarización Y Clase Social En Los Estados Unidos, Jaime Grinberg, Jeremy Price, Fernando Naiditch
Department of Educational Foundations Scholarship and Creative Works
En este trabajo se discute la relación entre clase social y escolaridad y se presenta una definición compleja de clase social basado no solo en nivel de ingresos, sino que usando más criterios tales como temas culturales, sociales, geográficos, y otros aspectos que interactúan con la escolaridad. Mientras que una meta de la escolaridad en los Estado Unidos ha sido que esta institución pueda proveer igualdad de oportunidad, en este trabajo discutimos como la oportunidad no es igualitaria y como esta meta tiende a enfocarse en los aspectos individuales y no en los aspectos colectivos, estructurales, e institucionales, que en …