com/0951-354X.htm IJEM 21‚1 Balanced scorecards in managing higher education institutions: an Indian perspective Venkatesh Umashankar and Kirti Dutta Institute for International Management and Technology‚ Haryana‚ India Abstract Purpose – The paper aims to look at the balanced scorecard (BSC) concept and discuss in what way it should be applied to higher education programs/institutions in the Indian context. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on extant literature on the balanced scorecard
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Focus Area - Education and Social Inequality Explain how the four components of thinking sociologically assist in understanding this area or domain. Traditionally Australians have believed in and conveyed the myth of Australia as a fair ‚ egalitarian society without excess wealth or poverty‚ however we are definitely not a classless society. Australia’s education system has been and remains one of the most unequally distributed social resources and could possibly be regarded as the main source
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and cultural practices. Huffman discussed about four theoretical approaches to understanding the role of identities in conflict. Here‚ I would like to discuss about theory of protected social conflict in the context of Nepalese conflict‚ which I have experienced in my own life. Nepal is one of the developing country in the world‚ and suffering from the internal political conflict throughout the decade long civil war. The civil war thrown by the Nepal Communist Party (Maoist) from 1996 and came on
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RELATED INTRODUCTION BRIEFLY AND THE THEMATIC MEANING TO ONLY UNDERSTAND THE POEM--‘Caedmon’s hymn’ ORIENTATIONS BRITAIN‚ ENGLAND AND ENGLISH “The cliffs of England stand Glimmering and vast‚ out in the tranquil bay.” Matthew Arnold‚ ‘Dover Beach’ (c.1851) The cliffs at Dover were often the first of Britain seen by early incomers and have become a familiar symbol of England‚ and of the fact that England is on an island. These cliffs are part of what the Romans‚ perhaps from as early as the 2nd
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Critically discuss the claim that education is a social determinant of health‚ and that it is closely related to other determinants of health. Locate your discussion within an Australian context. Education is recognised as social determinant of health by the World Health Organisation‚ amongst many others such as‚ ethnicity‚ income‚ gender‚ housing‚ employment and socioeconomic status (World Health Organisation‚ n.d). The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines determinants of health as: The condition
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suffered a large gap in education due to socio-economic class. Generations ago‚ social class was a major part of society that separated the different classes especially in education. The wealthy attended school and only a percentage of the poor received little education as most left school to help provide for the family. These days‚ although the Australian government is funding schools giving the opportunity of an education to all families regardless of their class‚ social class is still an intimidating
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ABSTRACT Cooperative Education plays an integral part in 38 academic degree programs at the University of Cincinnati. It adds a dimension to students’ educational experiences that has long-term and career-relevant impacts. As the inventor of cooperative education‚ the University of Cincinnati is in a unique position to comment on the conceptual and practical aspects of this exciting aspect of higher education. This paper provides background and history about cooperative education and describes how
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Social Class and Education ‘Everything we do not have at our birth and which we need when we are grown is given us by education.’ (Jean Jacques Rousseau‚ Emile‚ On Philosophy of Education) Education is essential in society for a number of reasons. Firstly‚ education is important for developing skills for employment and living. If we did not have basic education‚ it would severely impact on society. Subsequently‚ it is possible that society could break down due to the absence‚ or poor quality
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Education and Social Change Education in Technical Sense. Is the process by which society; through schools‚ colleges‚ universities‚ and other institutions‚ deliberately transmits its cultural heritage – its accumulated knowledge‚ values‚ and skills – from one generation to another. Social Change * a response to many type of change that take place on the social and non-social environment * Generally affected by the agents of socialization John Dewey * A prominent American philosopher
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HIGHER EDUCATION AND POVERTY REDUCTION AMONG THE YOUTH BY OKUNOLA‚ PHILIP OLAYIDE (Ph.D)‚ ONYENE.V.E(Ph.D.)(frontisresource@yahoo.com) SUBAR‚ S.TAYO. ASHIRU‚ AL-MAHROOF OLASEEWO (sirmooree@yahoo.ca) PAPER PRESENTED AT THE 8TH REGIONAL CONFERENCE OF HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH POLICY NETWORK VENUE: INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE (IITA)‚ IBADAN AUGUST‚ 2008 ABSTRACT Education in Nigeria and higher education in particular‚ are fundamental to the
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