Students’ Perspectives on Broadening Participation of Female Students and Improving Gender-Equitable Education in an East African University Setting
Background Ethiopia is a patriarchal society with marked gender differences in many aspects of life, including education. Ethiopia ranks 173rd out of 189 countries on... Read More
Do Counterpart Support Policy Play the Role in Educational Equity and Efficient Issues in Chinese Higher Education?
Purpose of the study The Chinese Ministry of Education started the counterpart support program between the universities located in the eastern and western areas in... Read More
Beyond grades and test scores: Understanding school effects on college access through semantic analysis of application essays of Latinx students
In our paper, we examine a dataset of college application essays submitted by Latinx applicants to a selective public university system in 2015. Each essay... Read More
The LGBTQ+ Presidency: Examining factors that predict the visibility and advancement of LGBTQ+ leaders in higher education
In many parts of the United States, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer (LGBTQ+) communities have enjoyed increasing recognition of their social, political, and economic... Read More
Providing baseline indicators for precarious populations: Evidence from the Haiti National Evaluation 2017
Climate change has become an inevitable consequence of modern human standards of living and consumption. While sea level rise endangers cities around the world, small... Read More
Private Schooling and Tutoring at Scale in South Asia
The chapter reviews trends and reasons for increased private schooling and tutoring in South Asia, and the systemic implications and governance strategies to tackle this proliferation. Focusing... Read More
Specialized Schools in Israel: A Critical Policy Analysis of the Past Three Decades
Although Israel aspires for equity, its students’ academic achievement distribution is characterized by large gaps compared with other OECD countries (OECD, 2018) Moreover, there is... Read More